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(Partially OT) It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like....
So....Thanksgiving is officially over and, in an effort to make the month of
December a little quieter (since the calendar is quite full), I've been organizing for Christmas. I have two semi-large quilts to label still (I always leave that for last) and then wrap. I have a 58 inch square Diamond In A Square for DS in blue, purple and red. I don't know if he'll use it as a throw or a wall hanging but I'm pleased how that came out. I have a Star Quilt for DD and SIL in blues, reds and greens. It is 48 inches square and that will be a wall hanging (I even have a sleeve on the back). They are having their basement finished into a playroom and it can either hang there or in her living room. (By the way - the playroom SHOULD be finished by Christmas - the finish date was promised for October 1st. Anyone care to place a bet?). On the OT side, I have to start making dough for cookies but that will come later this week. I also need to wrap and label gifts. My cards are out so now it's just a matter of seeing who I didn't send to that sends me one. And we got our tree the other day and it's up and decorated. The puppy thinks it's great we finally got indoor plumbing. Happy Prep Time for whatever you celebrate this month!! Nana |
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You are too organized. g I hope to get started on Christmas letters this
week. -- Mary http://community.webshots.com/user/mardor1948 "NanaV" wrote in message ... So....Thanksgiving is officially over and, in an effort to make the month of December a little quieter (since the calendar is quite full), I've been organizing for Christmas. I have two semi-large quilts to label still (I always leave that for last) and then wrap. I have a 58 inch square Diamond In A Square for DS in blue, purple and red. I don't know if he'll use it as a throw or a wall hanging but I'm pleased how that came out. I have a Star Quilt for DD and SIL in blues, reds and greens. It is 48 inches square and that will be a wall hanging (I even have a sleeve on the back). They are having their basement finished into a playroom and it can either hang there or in her living room. (By the way - the playroom SHOULD be finished by Christmas - the finish date was promised for October 1st. Anyone care to place a bet?). On the OT side, I have to start making dough for cookies but that will come later this week. I also need to wrap and label gifts. My cards are out so now it's just a matter of seeing who I didn't send to that sends me one. And we got our tree the other day and it's up and decorated. The puppy thinks it's great we finally got indoor plumbing. Happy Prep Time for whatever you celebrate this month!! Nana |
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Sandy Foster wrote:
In article , "NanaV" wrote: So....Thanksgiving is officially over and, in an effort to make the month of December a little quieter (since the calendar is quite full), I've been organizing for Christmas. I have two semi-large quilts to label still (I always leave that for last) and then wrap. I have a 58 inch square Diamond In A Square for DS in blue, purple and red. I don't know if he'll use it as a throw or a wall hanging but I'm pleased how that came out. I have a Star Quilt for DD and SIL in blues, reds and greens. It is 48 inches square and that will be a wall hanging (I even have a sleeve on the back). They are having their basement finished into a playroom and it can either hang there or in her living room. (By the way - the playroom SHOULD be finished by Christmas - the finish date was promised for October 1st. Anyone care to place a bet?). On the OT side, I have to start making dough for cookies but that will come later this week. I also need to wrap and label gifts. My cards are out so now it's just a matter of seeing who I didn't send to that sends me one. And we got our tree the other day and it's up and decorated. The puppy thinks it's great we finally got indoor plumbing. Happy Prep Time for whatever you celebrate this month!! Nana Ack! I'm so far behind it's pathetic! We don't decorate quite this early, so that's okay. However, I haven't started my baking, which is usually finished by now. I also haven't even bought cards yet, and some need to go abroad. Gifts are barely started; wrapping them is always a chore I detest, though now I generally use gift bags to simplify that. I've *got* to get into the mood! Why am I not feeling the spirit of the season yet???? We try hard not to decorate before Christmas Eve... And then only do the living room. But we will have guests the weekend before Christmas this year, so we may put stuff up a little early. I have about half the Christmas presents collected, a couple to make, and we are doing the big Christmas Present Buying shop this week. I have all the cards and wrapping paper... Got some lovely plain red stuff in IKEA, so all my parcels this year will be very tasteful scarlet with gold bows! I also started the Christmas cooking... Got six (Yes, SIX!) Chocolate Christmas Cakes (as per recipe on my web site: one and a half times the quantity makes 2 6" and 4 7" cakes. I think I'll make the marzipan tonight... I have puddings, golden Christmas cakes and stollen to do. I think I might experiment and make chocolate stollen this year, just for fun! I also want to make shortbread. Don't need to make mincemeat this year as I made a ton a couple of years back, and we still have six jars in store... I also have rumtopf and slow gin to bottle up for the family. Boozy evening some time soon! It all has to be done by the 10th, when we hope to do our annual trip that FIL calles 'taking Kate's Red Cross parcels to the Frozen North!' I *MUST* get the puddings done, as mine is the only one MIL will eat! And I need to forage in the back of the store cupboard in the lean-to and track down the cranberry sauce. I made a lot in January when the cranberries were cheap. Talk about getting ahead with the preparations! -- Kate XXXXXX Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk Click on Kate's Pages and explore! |
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In article ,
"NanaV" wrote: So....Thanksgiving is officially over and, in an effort to make the month of December a little quieter (since the calendar is quite full), I've been organizing for Christmas. I have two semi-large quilts to label still (I always leave that for last) and then wrap. I have a 58 inch square Diamond In A Square for DS in blue, purple and red. I don't know if he'll use it as a throw or a wall hanging but I'm pleased how that came out. I have a Star Quilt for DD and SIL in blues, reds and greens. It is 48 inches square and that will be a wall hanging (I even have a sleeve on the back). They are having their basement finished into a playroom and it can either hang there or in her living room. (By the way - the playroom SHOULD be finished by Christmas - the finish date was promised for October 1st. Anyone care to place a bet?). On the OT side, I have to start making dough for cookies but that will come later this week. I also need to wrap and label gifts. My cards are out so now it's just a matter of seeing who I didn't send to that sends me one. And we got our tree the other day and it's up and decorated. The puppy thinks it's great we finally got indoor plumbing. Happy Prep Time for whatever you celebrate this month!! Nana Ack! I'm so far behind it's pathetic! We don't decorate quite this early, so that's okay. However, I haven't started my baking, which is usually finished by now. I also haven't even bought cards yet, and some need to go abroad. Gifts are barely started; wrapping them is always a chore I detest, though now I generally use gift bags to simplify that. I've *got* to get into the mood! Why am I not feeling the spirit of the season yet???? -- Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1 |
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Oh, how my mind zig-zags. First I just whooped about Nana's pup thinking the
Christmas tree was, finally, indoor plumbing. I remember our Yorkie's first Christmas and we didn't even dare try to put up a tree. Then - the brain zigged to: maybe I better warn my family members who have puppy Yorkies (two of them) that a small tree up high is a good idea. And, then, the brain zagged over to: what did we do with our Black Rose? (She has a Yorkie too). When have we heard from her? Polly "NanaV" wrote: (in part) And we got our tree the other day and it's up and decorated. The puppy thinks it's great we finally got indoor plumbing. |
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On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 03:08:22 GMT, "Polly Esther"
wrote: Oh, how my mind zig-zags. First I just whooped about Nana's pup thinking the Christmas tree was, finally, indoor plumbing. I remember our Yorkie's first Christmas and we didn't even dare try to put up a tree. Then - the brain zigged to: maybe I better warn my family members who have puppy Yorkies (two of them) that a small tree up high is a good idea. And, then, the brain zagged over to: what did we do with our Black Rose? (She has a Yorkie too). When have we heard from her? Polly "NanaV" wrote: (in part) And we got our tree the other day and it's up and decorated. The puppy thinks it's great we finally got indoor plumbing. Hi folks, pardon my barging in, but I'm wondering if anyone has heard anything from "Black Rose"? She used to be very active in the bicycling group and haven't heard anything from her, (including an email to her 'netscape.net' account.) Anybody know anything? I'm a bit concerned she's had a biking accident or something. Do we know if this addy is invalid, and if so, what is her real one? Sorry for the intrusion, and don't mean to alarm anyone. Best, -Badger |
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