To All of You

From our house to yours--



Whatever you celebrate, may it be full of love and good cheer!

See you in 2011!

Holidays

I hope all of you here in the States had a lovely Thanksgiving!

We had a lovely day and ate way too much good stuff. Hubby said it was the best Turkey he had eaten in years, and that is high praise from him. I think it was because this is the first year that I had a fresh Turkey and will definitely do it again next year.

Christmas is not far off and after that the New Year. My goodness, this year has flown by it seems.

There are some pretty cool happenings in my little hometown this weekend. Our Christmas parade and Downtown celebration, as well as a trunk show at the local yarn shop.

There have been full classes at the shop in which I work and I couldn't be happier!

This is my favorite time of year. I love the anticipation and the decorations, shopping for the perfect gift for the few we buy for, the cozy nights at home with the man, and of course all the holiday foods!

Wherever you are I hope that you can find the time to enjoy the season in your own way.

Bye for now friends!

Merry Christmas To All!!

I hope you all enjoy your day with family and friends and those whom you love. Keep safe and warm and spread good cheer.

Hubby and I are happily spending a quiet day together and enjoying each others company.

Whatever Holiday you observe at this time of the year, enjoy!

On The 4th Day

This is day 4 of the snow in. I'm still here and have been living in flannel pjs for 4 days. Don't worry I am taking regular showers, changing underwear daily and have plenty of clean flannel pjs.

Didn't have to work up the courage for the John Deere as my son volunteered to do it for me. He scraped but has never used the tractor before so it still needs to melt out a little, but he has my appreciation and I am sure he did a much better job than I would have.

Actually, a lot has been accomplished during my confinement. The sewing machine was pulled out and book covers made from Laurel Burch fabrics in stash. It is hard to find covers for trade paperbacks or books with more than 400 or so pages. As most of my books tend to be rather large, I decided to take it upon myself to design and sew some myself and I must say they turned out pretty terrific. Laundry is all done and floors are clean. I have gotten some last minute Christmas knitting done, and have enjoyed every evening sitting in my living room watching Christmas shows and seeing the twinkling lights on my tree.

On my nightstand now is The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart. I haven't read the Arthurian books in a long time and have found lots of new authors which will be shared with you as I get to them. Most of the Arthurian authors call for this series to be read first and they have built on it. Personally, I don't know where any of them would have been without T.H. White, but that's just my opinion.

Two more days and hubby will be home! Whoohoo!!

It's the Hap Happiest Season of All!

My Christmas tree is up!!

That means Christmas has officially begun. I love Christmas! Love Love Love it!!

One Christmas gift has already been gifted before I came home this time.



Gifted to a friend who is in North Dakota celebrating time with family. The yarn is long discontinued from stash and I found the cute dragonfly brooch at a little shop and thought it just added a nice bit of bling. It is the Glitterspun Slouch hat without the glitter, but I really like it.

Knitting like crazy right now trying to get gifts done!! Stay tuned.

Tomorrow is a charity knit and I will post about that Monday. Note to self, don't forget camera!

Going through photos this morning, came across this one and had to share. My fancy Pedicure from a couple months ago. I think it was around 7 US bucks!



The little flowers were sculpted onto my toes. The girls who do this are so cute and I feel badly because they get paid so little so I force a tip on them. I say force because they really are not used to it and it scares them, but my conscience feels somewhat better when I leave.

Took hubs back to the airport a couple days ago and he is safely across the pole for a couple weeks but will be home for Christmas. I miss him and speaking of him here is the picture of the day.



I have lots of things planned for the New Year and I will let you all in on it as we go along.

Have a great weekend and, if we get the snow they are calling for, be safe and stay warm!

Playing Catch Up!

Sorry it has been so long since my last post. I have been a little busy doing Christmas shopping and watching all sorts of good movies and trying to spend as much time with Hubby as possible, having dinner with friends and even,on one occasion, having a little too much of the local brew. We have been playing ping pong, and I must say I am enjoying the hell out of that! Talk about fun! It's amazing as we grow older the things that we forget that was so enjoyable when we were younger.

My Christmas shopping is done and now I just have to be able to pack it all in the suitcase! I must say that I am looking forward to getting home to see friends and celebrate Christmas in the traditional way. Also, and you all may think I'm crazy here, I am looking forward to COLD!! It's just not Christmas to me when it's 70 or 80 degrees F outside. I know a lot of people live in the warmer climates and do just fine with it, but I guess I'm just accustomed to the cold Christmas and I miss it. A little bit of snow would be nice as well but I realize that we can't have everything!!

I have discovered a love of the fresh Mandarin Orange as they are in season here and have just about eaten my weight in them. This is the fruit basket we get in the room once a week, not to mention all the fruit you can eat in the mornings on the breakfast buffet.




The two bags of Mandarins go first let me tell you!!

These are two of our friends, Linda and Neo. Yes that is Tsingtao Beer, my new favorite!




And after a few Tsingtaos we decided to entertain everyone at the shopping center. Here we are standing at the big Christmas Tree. Don't let the coats fool you. It is at least 68 degrees F. The street sweeper will have plenty to talk about for a month telling everyone about the crazy American Girl who was dancing in the parking lot!



I'll be home Friday night if the weather allows and all will be good!

Hope to see you all as soon as I can!