Out With the Old...

Happy New Years! I hope to (finally) stitch tonight. I've been picking Bob up & we've been driving around looking for either a truck like his for the transmission, or a cheap beater to drive around until he finds a transmission. Ya know, I was going to shorten that word, but as I wrote it, it occurred to me that googlers on a mission might inadvertantly come across my blog. And with the "X"'s I already have in my title, well.. it might just turn out not so good.
Anyway, happiness to all and good stitching for the coming year.

Bah Humbug!

I had to take my tree down today because Delilah had decided it was a good place to "nest". Rather than having a bunch of branches ruined by irreversible bending, and having a bunch of ornaments broken, I chose to take it down.

It really frosts my ass! This is the first time in about 20 years I've had to put the tree away before New Year's. I LOVE having the Xmas tree up! I love the ornaments and the twinkle of the lights; I love just walking by & moving an ornament to just the right spot, I love buying something new & special for the tree every year; I count the days until I can put it up (even if I can't find the time when that day comes). I especially love all the happy memories it evokes, from my childhood on up to Emily's. I always get a little sad when I finally have to take it down. It's as if I'm putting all those sweet memories away again for another year.
Damn that Delilah!
I left my Hallmark Santa & reindeers up on my hutch, and my snow house up. The lights are still up & on outside.

I started on of those JBW Design ornaments at work yesterday. I'll try to get a picture tomorrow.
And all you Patriots fans- let's get our team jerseys on & do that voodoo on those Giants!

Ummmm...

Just so you know- I'm a very good speller; I'm just a very bad typist combined with dyslex-o-type (transpose digits). It gets SO tedious trying to proof read everything. Sorry!

Stash Alert!

Just Deb, Linda, Jean & me tonight at S & B. Deb's having an after-Christmas sale, so I bought 2 charts & a piece of fabric:

Cirque des Circles (like everyone else!) and Sleigh Ride Snapperland. I had bought the JBW Designs a couple of weeks ago but can't remeber if I showed it.

This is a piece of 32 ct. Belfast Linen in Amsterdam Blue. Some of the snowflake ornaments I've seen look very nice on blue.



Here's progress on Fruit of the Loom:

I have the first house done and a littel more to do on the left side tree.
And here's my itty Chickles:

Fa-LA-LA-LA

And here is the wreck that is my kitchen:

I did have a nice day though; I decided I like Thanksgiving better- I have 3 more days to recover from cooking insanity, as opposed to having to go back tomorrow.

My mini cheesecake was yummy!

I hope everyone's day was wonderful, and all your dreams came true.

Just a Little Further...

I got the other 4 mini-cheesecakes done- one sprung a leak in the water bath; I'll save that for me. I just baked my dinner rolls, and a batch of what I'd hope be like the buns my mom made for Xmas; alas, not quite, but still a bread product and therefore good!


I put the turkey in to brine this morning, and got Avery's pillow made this afternoon; I was wrapping just as Dianne knocked on the door to deliver her presents- good timing or what??!!

I had a thread skip first seam in the middle above the x-stitch, leaving a 3/4" gap, which I found as I was stuffing. I had to pull out all the fluff, turn outside in again & resew. What a bother. It's pink organza ribbon; it looks on the orange-ish side here.
Patriots are 15-0- what a present that is, huh? Bob is borrowing my car so he can go back & forth to the shelter in New Bedford at will. * Edited* to say that Bob helps cook Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners at a woman's shelter in N.B. every year. The cooking spans several nights preceding the actual holiday(s). Without his truck it was a huge problem getting there.
I'm waiting to hear from Emily to see if she's coming home from the boyfriend's house or not. It's been our tradition to get Chinese food Christmas eve, but if she's not coming, I'd prefer pizza and they close at 6:00 so I kinda have to know....SOON!

I'm liking not having a car- it's forcing me to get done what needs doing, instead of running around avoiding the tasks I've set out for myself, and then complaining "I don't have time!", and being up until 2:30 am wrapping. As it is, I'm blogging instead of dish washing to clean up the kitchen before the wrap party starts.
Hey just got a call she's coming home later so i can get a pizza- if they're still open.
A Merry and Joyous Christmas to you all!

Are we There Yet?

1 regulation-size cheesecake, 4 mini cheesecakes, and 1 vat of beef stew later, and I still have a loaf of lasagna and 4 more mini cheesecakes to make tomorrow, plus that damn baby quilt & pillow. Then deliver the goods, plus a trip to the mall. THEN I can start on my own feast!

I did get the long overdue vaccuming done today while the 1st cheesecake baked. I don't know why I do this to myself every year.

Sigh