Thank you and merry early Christmas

This poor guy I married has had a YEAR. A month ago today he had hernia surgery on both his right and left side. He's healed really well, but during what was supposed to be his recovery time I decided to have a medical misadventure. That's a couple posts after this one. He managed to take it in stride and is an excellent caretaker, far better than I am, and is doing very well. Yesterday he experienced his first sneeze in almost a month that didn't hurt, so hooray for progress!

Since he likes surprises, and I don't, I figured it would be fun to plan a secret with a friend who quilts. No, I will not give out her number. She's mine. You can't have her. 😉 She graciously accepted all my bins and boxes of old jeans and Tshirts and a certain pink ("LIGHT RED!") Ohio State sweatshirt and turned them into magic. 

While he may have known a quilt was coming, none of us knew the timeline, nor how incredible it would turn out. Look at his delight:

She asked what our favorite colors are and I told her green for me and purple for him. She said it turned into truly a reversible quilt and was almost as excited by the back, above, as she was about the real thing, below:

For those of you late to knowing us, I am a Nittany Lion from Penn State whilst he is an Ohio State Buckeye. We met at a church camp in Pennsylvania- hence all the camp staff shirts bearing CAPNWP- the Camping Association of the Presbyteries of Northwestern Pennsylvania. Talk about getting a new lease on life. Some of those shirts are from high school, many from camp and college when we were dating and engaged, and a few from our married life together. 

Thank you, sweet friend, for a most outstanding legacy gift that we are loving snuggling under at night. Thanks for using your gifts and talents on our behalf, and for you and your hubby's friendship to the two of us. We really appreciate you! 

And for my sweet, most elite of husbands, thanks for being you, for covering everything and then some with your vows, and for loving me beyond my ability to imagine. What a wild ride! Love you!