Well time is flying now. All the last minute things are creeping up. The baking, wrapping, and oh yeah christmas cards.
My cards aren't done. I don't even have them finished, signed or the envelopes addressed. I figure Sunday while the kids are busy playing with the wonderful things Santa brought them I will spend the afternoon finishing them and be a late person and send them on Monday. With all the snow I just picked up stamps.
Today my two oldest nieces are over. We had to work on Grandmas christmas present. Now I need to finish the present. I made quilt blocks with each kids hand prints on them. I am then embroidering a heart around them and stitching their names on also. Ambitious last minute project. I hope I don't bleed on the fabric to much from the repeat stabbing of the needle. I am wonderful with scrapbooks, picture collages, paint and many other wonderful artsy type stuff. This is very ambitious as I never finished the cross stitch my Grandma gave me when I was ten. I still have plastic canvas projects that have sat at varying stages of finished for oh... about 10 years. Usually I am not allowed to touch the sewing machine as I can not "sew my way out of a paper bag" as it has so kindly been put to me. I have a terrrible vertical imbalance that doesn't allow me to make straight lines. I magically cut the fabric, mostly straight, and sewed the squares together with a mostly straight line and a quarter inch seam allowance. I am sooooo proud of myself.
Now the kids are decorating the enourmous amount of sugar cookies that were made. I still need to surprise Mom and make some almond bark. Pretty easy request, just another thing on the list. Why is it sometimes the holidays feel more like a chore then a celebration.
Tonight we shall feast on beef stew. A real meal after a busy week. I LOVE my crockpot. Maybe thats why in the 11 years we have been married I have burned through 3 of them. I will succeed and get Grandmas present done. It will be a wonderful surprise. Now I will listen to the sounds of the kids playing dolls, monopoly and the Wii.
Another day to be thankful for.
A laugh for the day.....http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=5VuN4P7897k
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