I'm done, I'm done, I'm DONE!

My blogging has fallen behind but . . .    This morning I finished the binding on my mom's quilt JUST in time for Christmas. We spent the night with my dad last night and today we'll head to my mom's for dinner. It took me an entire year to work on this quilt (with interruptions for the baby quilt and to finish our Christmas stockings). I lost track of the number of hours sometime after I reached 80. It was worth it though because it is going to look great in my mother's southwestern theme bedroom.

I got the pattern idea from:
www.swdecoratives.com but had to change the size and borders quite a bit.

 

My mom's cat is already enjoying the quilt

 

Ham Potato Broccoli Soup

Each Thanksgiving we are blessed with a (large) half ham from Matt's employer. Last year, once we broke it open, we were struggling to eat it all quickly enough. This soup was a result, enjoy!

Ham Potato Broccoli Soup
16 cups potatoes
10 cups water
5 cups ham, chopped
2 cups onions, chopped
16 oz. pkg. broccoli
8 oz. pkg. cheddar cheese
freshly ground pepper to taste

I sauteed the onions first and then threw everything else in (except the cheese). I didn't even peel the potatoes but I have a Norwex veggie cloth that cleans them really well. And we don't mind skins. After the potatoes had softened I took a couple cups at a time and spun it through my manual food processor until it had a nice creamy texture. Then I added the cheese at the end.

Our ham arrived last Tuesday. We haven't opened it but I'm already looking forward to this soup again!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday! We followed our normal traveling patterns again this year.
We were blessed with one deer so far this year. Matt got it after work on Wednesday. Then we spent some of our Thanksgiving Day taking care of it. We did get to enjoy a small Thanksgiving meal with Matt's family. On Friday we celebrated with some of Matt's extended family. We traveled to my mom's to make cookies Saturday morning and then to my Dad's family on Saturday afternoon. My beautiful little sister took a picture of Matt and me for our Christmas card. Didn't she do a nice job?