Advent Gift #7

 What a Monday!  Got a late start and have been like a slow boat to China all day! LOL!  I did hear from an old friend which was so nice as I was starting to worry about her!  So that was a gift to know she is doing fine.  As for my Advent gift to Amy...great minds think alike.....she received a 4 pack of EOS lip balm in different flavors.  Remember I received one from her the other day! LOL!  She gave me this for Day #7.............isn't it just precious?  I love it!

Today I received the last of my floss for my Christmas List XS for Christmas Day....

I did finish my red bird XS yesterday and Dying for Chocolate book by Dianne Mott Davidson.  This was the 2nd book in the series.  I'll have to see if I have the 3rd one.  It was very good!  I'm reading 2 other books now which I'll tell you about tomorrow as I can't recall the names of them right now.

I also dragged out my Chicken Joy XS that was a free pattern last year from Priscilla and Chelsea that I had done some work on and then put it away.  I forgot to take a picture so I will tomorrow.  I needed to make a dinner but I did not get that done so I guess it will be frozen pizza tonight.  I still have to get the garbage out to the street!  It is the first day of Winter too so it's time to change my header!  A busy day!

Also, I subscribe to Acorn T.V. and they have all the Christmas shows from all their programming bundled together so I watched the first one last night.  It was Midsomer Murders and was really good!  I hope you are enjoying some Christmas programs.

 Here's your Christmas book for today..........

and we can't forget some Holiday Humor!

Happy Trails!!!

YOP Week #25

 

We're almost halfway through the YOP year!  Time flies when you're having fun!  

I have been pretty monogamous with my crafting....I wanted to finish my red bird cross stitch and I'm sure I will today...after I post this! LOL!  I only have a little bit left in the upper left hand corner of the border.

The hexies are coming along and I am on #9 of 11 of the full hexies and then I have 12 partial hexies to do.  It has been a while since I showed the original project and someone asked what I was going to do with them......here are pictures from the quilt book , Kindred Spirits from Yellow Creek Quilt Designs located in Pearl City, IL not far from my hometown.  I definitely plan on visiting when I get up there!

I got #8 done and I'm working on #9 of 11 full size hexies....then there are the 1/2 and 1/4 size hexies  and the connecting ones...............(light colored in the photos)  I will frame it like they did.

 If you didn't see my post this week, I received my Christmas Eve sock cast on yarn!  It is hand-dyed self-striping and the name is "Christmas in Whoville"!  I can't wait!  I need to kit it up today and I want to do both socks simultaneously on 2 circular needles.

As for Advent Gift #6 - I received a vintage reproduction tablecloth...you know I love me some vintage!  This is awesome and has all my favorite colors!!!  Amy got a big tube of Jergens Citrus body butter.....we are the citrus sisters! LOL!  We love to eat it and smell it....not the body butter just citrus things.  My favorite dessert is lemon meringue pie that my Aunt Bernice used to make and Amy's favorite are lemon bars that I still make....yes, the more lemony the better! LOL!

Here's another Christmas book...remember, I have not read these so I have no idea if they are good or not but I pinned them for holiday reading....if you do read them let me know if they were good!  You could check Amazon to see a synopsis and a rating.........

Here's a little Holiday Humor.........

Happy Trails!!!

Advent Gift #5

 I am getting pretty tired as I've been  up since 2:30 a.m.   I did make a dinner for tonight and another batch of turtles.  I even got a few pieces of material cut for my Tiny Trees quilt.  Dinner is stuffed peppers vegetarian style...............I've not made these before.....I'll see how I like them...........they're all done I just need to pop them in the oven for  5 minutes to warm them up!

Amy received her Dala horse pincushion and really liked it.  I received a lovely fox Christmas ornament....just precious!  Amy knows I love foxes............

That's all for today.....I can't stop yawning! LOL!  I should have taken a nap but now it's too late.

Happy Trails!!!

Advent Gift #4

 Amy received 2 little tiny books of ephemera for her collage making and a package of napkins with gingko leaves on them.  She loves gingko trees.  I received these 2 tubes of my favorite lip balm in the Strawberry Sorbet flavor which I have never had before.....yum!

I had a new visitor at the bird feeder.....it doesn't look that big but it was a good size bird!  I haven't a clue as to what it is....anyone know?  I'll have to look it up.

I received a pattern I bought....Thomas the turkey cross stitch by Notforgotten Farm.....it was on sale for a good price and has been on my "to purchase" list so, for a sale price I couldn't see waiting.   Lori Holt just finished this and it was darling!  I love that about cross stitch....if you love something in the photo you will adore it after it is stitched up!  It always looks better stitched.

I found this picture on Instagram and oh be still my beating heart!  I love the coziness and my favorite green color!

I will be showing you some Christmas books.  I have not read these just "pinned" them but I like reading holiday specific books leading up to the holiday and beyond...........this one looked good!

Today was Walmart shopping and I think I am set to get through the holidays now.  That's about all I accomplished today besides regular daily chores.  I hope you had a nice day and have an enjoyable Friday night!

Here's a little holiday humor......

Happy Trails!!!
 

Advent gift #3

 The gifts just keep getting better!  Amy got her cell phone cover that I had crocheted for her.  At first she thought it was a pan handle cover but then I told her it was a cell phone cover......she laughed and said no way would her phone fit inside.  I told her there was only one size in the pattern so then I told her to use it for her Roku remote!  It fit!  LOL!

I got some antique buttons...........I love buttons..........especially old ones....

I finally finished hexie #8............

and started on #9...........

I received my floss for my Christmas Day start of Christmas List by Silver Creek..........

I also received my Christmas Eve sock yarn in the Christmas in Whoville colorway.  This was hand-dyed by www.mintrainyarns.com on Etsy  I don't think I will be dozing while knitting this yarn!  People will definitely see me coming too!  I love it!

I got the "turtles" packed up with a card and a candy cane for my postman and put it in the mailbox for him to pick up.  I also made some more turtles for me!  This is a relaxing time and I love cleaning and putzing around the house.  This is the first year I've had this kind of time before Christmas.  I'm playing Christmas tunes from the 40's and 50's on You Tube.  I put in another grocery order for over the holidays.  It wasn't a big one just some basics.  I pick it up tomorrow at 10:00 a.m.  I prepped my snowball cookies but not sure I'll get to them today.  

I had to laugh at Grayson again he is so funny!  We tried to Zoom and I got an error on my tablet so it didn't work.  Last night I was talking to Amy on the phone and Grayson came in and told his mom to tell me he set up a Zoom meeting and I should try it again.  I told him it wouldn't work and he said "Grandma, don't ever give up....anything is possible!"  I laughed myself silly.  He should be a motivational speaker!    

That's all for today.  I hope you had a great one.  It's cold here....20's but the sun's shining!

Happy Trails!!!

Advent Gift #2

 On Day #2 of our gift exchange, Amy received the paper lanterns and she loved them and just like I thought she is going to use them in her classroom.  I received 4 rolls of  washi tape and a lip balm container with Burt's Bees lip balm that I put on my key chain..........so useful!

 The other day when I was going to make doughnuts I was looking all over for my Fry Daddy which I never found but I did run across my Mother's fry unit.........in perfect shape.......unfortunately there was no cord.   I'm going to see if I can find somewhere that has replacement cords.  Does anyone know if that is possible?  I hope so because it is really nice and well made.

I made the first of the Christmas sweets........these are for the mailman......

These are homemade turtles.  A mini-pretzel, a Rollo candy and a pecan set on top after the Rollo melts.  300 F for 4 minutes and plop the pecan on when it comes out of the oven.  Let it completely cool.

I'm cleaning up around here and doing some vacuuming and putting things back where they belong.....that's a full time job!

Happy Trails!!!

Tuesday

 Well, yesterday was the first day of our Advent exchange....my daughter and I.  She loved her Frida Kahlo bag and I loved what I got............she collected flower seeds from her garden and printed off seed packets to put them in...brilliant!

We got snow Sunday night!   About an inch...it was so pretty coming down but it melted pretty fast yesterday when the sun came out!

I got my Christmas decorations out and up...............most anyway...there's some I can't find....imagine that! LOL!

This is in the front window....my Aunt Alice's ceramic Christmas tree.............

I have a plant that is blooming but I have no idea what it is!  I got it a few years back at the Farmer's Market.............

It has seeds along the edges of the leaves and propagates like crazy!  Anyone know what it is?  I'll have to do some research.

I did some more decorating yesterday.........

and here is my little tree.........crazy lights but they were all I could find...........

You know it's winter when Miss Peeps crawls under the covers to take her naps! LOL!

This afternoon I made tortilla chips.....I used up the flour tortillas but it's not worth the effort to make your own neither are the caramel apples unless you use Kraft caramels and I won't make the caramel corn again either...some things are just not worth the time and effort.

Today is Jim's birthday.....he would have been 40 years old today.  I miss him but the tears don't come as often and I am very grateful that he passed before COVID came on the scene or I would not have been able to spend his last days with him.  It's amazing what you can be grateful for when you think about it.  I feel for all those who have lost loved ones and couldn't be there and for all those who had to die alone.  I was one of the lucky ones....who knew.

Happy Trails!!!