Where is my prarie?

I was given several pink pumpkins. 
I was excited about putting them on the porch until....
 Someone told me they are really good for cooking.

I have a new pressure cooker that was just waiting on some pumpkin.

It was a lot of work but I have some really good pumpkin in the freezer now...

 

 

 Look sideways at my new new pressure cooker because that is the only way these pictures would load...

 

It made a great pie

 

My sweet friend Madelyn taught me all about the "jelly roll" quilt and gave me a jelly roll to try.
I made my first quilt top this past weekend...I love the Christmas prints.

 

 

Ellie the dog who thinks she is a cat loved the long long quilt pieces

 

And last night I worked on a bucket list

 

 

I'm going to frame it as a check list for the holiday season

 

I felt like I needed a craft / activity that didn't make me feel like a grandmother living on a prarie somewhere...