I will be 30 three weeks from Saturday

So today I bought a box of devils food cake mix and two tubs of frosting.  I'll make my cake similar to George's, but I haven't decided how to decorate it yet.  I don't think I've ever made myself a birthday cake before, I usually get one from Baskin Robins or the grocery store.  I really like box-mix cake though, and i love frosting, so it's kind of strange that it's taken me 30 years to figure out what I really wanted..

Today I also started a compost pile in our backyard.  Do you compost?  When I told Costas I was going to start one he said, "but you don't do anything in the yard." and it's true.  I don't have a garden, I don't like to get my hands dirty. But I do like collecting things.  Collecting food trash and making a pile of it in the yard sounds like fun, let's see how long this lasts.  Oh, and it was really satisfying to smash 3 pumpkins into the pile to get it going...

And maybe the most important-- today I also got life insurance.  I've wanted to take out a policy for a long time but i was a little confused about my options and how to go about it.  The Metlife rep made it easy and almost painless (there will be a bloodtest..).  Now I have peace of mind.

And because this is still a quilting blog... Look what came in my mail last week:

It's my Post Partum Anti-Depression quilt!  I sent it off to Shannon and she quilted it up beautifully! 

Aren't those feathers to die for?  I have it folded on the back of the front room couch now and I just like to stare at it.  George likes running his fingers across it. 

As soon as the semester is over I'll bind it, but already I love it as it is.  I am so grateful to Shannon for pulling me out of what could have become post-partum depression and pushing me to focus on quilting again.  This year quilting has really kept me sane.  Thank you.