Making a List

• 9 days until Danny's birthday
• 10 days until Sara and Jon come
• 15 days until Christmas

Danny is keeping track on the wipe-off board. I am trying to stay calm. Lets see....my to do list:

• finish the second half of my shopping
• do all the christmas cookie baking
• make "dogs"
• make oodles of batches of Butter Toffee
• clean, clean, clean, clean
• mail Christmas packages
• address Christmas cards (when they arrive)
• plan easy, tasty meals for when gang is home
• get a haircut

Actually that doesn't feel so bad. I realized I've done at least, or maybe more than, half of my shopping online. Infact, I have things in my cart at amazon.com right now. I am NOT a shopper. I love to be able to sit in the comfort of my home and order online. Plus it's always exciting when the UPS man arrives!

School Pictures

Uncle Jeff took the kids school pictures again. I haven't had them printed yet. I will do them when I do the Christmas card picture. I will send them then.

eta: re: Amanda's comment: When we got the proofs Danny looked at his picture and this is the conversation:

Danny: Oooooohhhh I look different.

Me: You do? Do you think you older?

Danny: Yeah! I look like a teenager!

Apron

After seeing Becca T's Emmaline Apron on her blog (myownpemberley.blogspot.com)-I don't know how to "link" it. I thought I'd post mine. I do wish I could photo mine as good as she does! This is a fun and reversable apron. This one was for Larissa's birthday. I'm hopeing to get another one done before Christmas for "someone's" late birthday but we shall see....

Last Day of Gun Season

We were waiting for Jeff and Heidi to stop by and Dad decided he'd walk out in the woods for a bit as it was the last day of gun hunting. Well, he was out there for more than "a bit". In case you can't tell, it's a 9-pointer. It's hanging but I'm not sure what were going to do with it now.... (This picture below is in the backyard just before he put it hanging.)

It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas.......

We picked up our tree the night before Thanksgiving. Gretchen put it together and we got it decorated Thursday afternoon. We decided to go with a "living-like" tree this year. Since we always put it up so early it will be nice to not worry about needles all over the carpet.

No, I did not go to the outlet mall at midnight. I started thinking..........midnight.........crowds.......tired........shopping for grandkids pajamas.......No, I don't think so. It's hard enough when I'm rested during the day to figure out 11 different sizes and what sizes for girls and what sizes for boys and what families like the blanket sleepers and what families are "sweat hogs" and do not want blanket sleepers.....And after talking to a lady that went, am I EVER glad I didn't. Her words were something like this: "I have never seen so many people in one spot in my life! It was CRAZY!! You would not believe it!!! The parking lot was full so they were parking way down the road outside the outlet mall!!" No, I don't think I made the wrong choice! I did go shopping this morning after Dad and I went for breakfast and only need two more pair of pajama's for the grandkids. I did hit some good sales and at least got a start on my shopping!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving. We only had 11 but it was fun and relaxing. Well, sort of....there's still a lot of preparing. The girls helped clean up so that went fast. Molly wants me to take her to the outlet mall at midnight. That is WAY past my bedtime but we'll see how well I can stay up. Brett and the girls just left to go "kyds".