Quilt progress and soup

I hate being tired. It slows me down. Friday after work I didn't get much done. Saturday morning, I was out and about hitting several grocery stores and picked up my order from JoAnn's. I don't shop at JoAnn's much anymore; they never seem to have anything I need in stock. They did have the interfacing I use for t-shirt quilts. I like to keep a bolt or two on hand and at 60% off it was time to get a bolt. I was also shocked I was able to get some large spools of thread. Last time I tried to get some I received one spool and the rest of my order was cancelled. I sat down and fell asleep being tired from shopping and putting away almost everything; what a wimp I am!  I did finally get the pink quilt top finished, the backing washed, and the batting cut late Saturday.

On Sunday, I got the quilt laid out and started pin basting.  I have another half hour of pin basting, and I will be ready to start quilting. I also got the binding ready.

I spent some time on Sunday working in the kitchen too. I want to make healthy soups and have them portioned out in freezer bags so I can just grab and go for meals at work. I got a batch of Stanley Tucci's bean soup made with a few alterations. I left out the pasta and onion, and added chicken. I have made this many times and this was a really tasty batch and so easy to make. It only made 3 quarts and that will get me thru the next couple of days for breakfast and lunch.

When I was out and about on Saturday, I stopped at the Honey Baked ham store to see if they had ham bones on sale. They did and I bought two of the biggest ones I could find in the freezer. I threw one in a pot of water to make broth for soup. I will reheat it tonight to get the meat off the bone; there will be more than enough for one or two pots of soup to freeze.  I also found a good deal on chicken, so I will work on getting all that cooked over my Thanksgiving time off so I have it for soup.  My neighbor, Dave, stopped over yesterday and had lots of questions!  First, I got invited to Thanksgiving dinner on Wednesday evening.  They are having family over.  Second, could they use my oven Wednesday.  Dave's wife lost her mother about 6 weeks ago and her mom always brought green bean casserole.  Nichole is now making it, but there won't be enough room in their oven.  Of course, my answer was yes.  The third question was can the guests coming use my driveway for parking?  We are on a cul-de-sac so parking is limited and with two multi-generational families and another family with six grown kids - some still live at home and other do not - it limits the parking.  Of course, my answer is yes; I'm not going anywhere except to dinner at their house!  Now I just need to know what I can bring - a cheesecake?  Cookies?