Are you getting a skylight put in while they work on the roof? I am glad they came out on a Sunday to fix it for you. It will be nice for you to have a dedicated place for your quilting.
I hope your husbands hand surgery in the new year goes smoothly. My step sister got a rose thorn in her thumb. It got massively infected and she was lucky not to lose her hand. But it did trigger rheumatoid arthritis in her hand.