WHAT DOES THE NUMBER 21 MEAN???

 Well that is how many days till Santa comes and we celebrate our Christ's birth--all in the same day!!

Twenty one days--are we going to get all our 'ducks' in row by then???  Good question--right??

I did get my tree--fluffed--and my Christmas out of storage--but---

I would like to say that I got alot of stitching done this week--and I thought I had--but when I did the photos just now--it sure doesn't seem like much--

I did get some work done on the Ginger bread men--

They at least look like Gingerbread men--now for the next step--

And talking about Gingerbread men--have you seen the new embroidery from Melisa--

I got mine colored in with colored pencils just a bit ago--and will probably work on this next as I would like to finish it and enjoy it this year!!!

I also, got this week got #5 block of her snowmen series ready to embroider--

Sure looks funny now--before you do all the stitching---

and I got this month's December one traced out--

So lots of embroidery work to do--

And here is where I am on the next counted cross stitching project--

And I am now finished with the appliqued Sunbonnet Sues--

I will probably do '2' wall hangings--one with all the blue Sues and one with the red and green ones--it's funny sometimes how projects take a different direction than you had planned!!!!

Here is the tree all fluffed-

I still am not sure how I want to decorate this tree--??????????  May be by Christmas I will decide!!!!

And when I was doing some Christmas shopping on Friday--I just had to bring this Santa home to live with me--

I did do a bit of online shopping too--and I am in trouble--as soon as the yarn gets here -I will be knitting not one-but 3 stockings --Years ago I knit these--

The first 2 I knitted many years ago--like 40 some--the one on the right is newer only about 10 years ago--as Dawn lost her's in a truck accident where someone stole all her things--  Well--now I have the new daughter in law and realized she needs one--(oh my daughter has these 3 older ones in Illinois!!)

So I decided to make her one--and then I decided I should make all three of them new ones--So I will be doing a lot of knitting once the yarn comes in--JoAnn's had a really nice sale on yarn!!!

And Yes I did order some Christmas gifts!!!

ARE YOU WORKING ON A 'TO DO' LIST FOR THE HOLIDAYS??

JUST REMEMBER TO TAKE TIME AND JUST RELAX SOME TOO--

HUGS, DI

WELL--FOLKS--

 Whether we want it to be that time of the year or not--

It's time to think and plan and enjoy--Christmas--

Opps-- I just realized we have less that 30 days to do it all!!!!

So here is what I got off the assembly line this week--

First 2 more Sun Bonnet Sues--using the new plaids that came in--

and I got a counted cross stitch finished this morning-

pretty sure this will be a little pillow--there is a 2nd design on this card pattern--so am now going to do that one too!!

And remember last week when I showed you Snowman # 2--

Well--this week I discovered I hadn't really finished him--forgot some highlights--

forgot the little dashes around his jacket and the snowflakes--

And here is this week's snowman--#4--

sorry about the extra threads on it--sometimes I just don't notice them until I upload the photos--I am finding that more and more fabric is fraying alot on me--why???

And here is the birth of a new project--

Bet you can guess what these guys will be????

And I am doing some knitting --(besides the baby sweaters!!)

These will be Christmas presents--doing these at night when I am too tired to hand stitch!!

This afternoon I did '2' big projects--one was unboxing a new Christmas tree--a prelit pencil one--to be sure the lights worked--they do-- and I finally hung up the February embroidery stitch along wall hangings I have done over the last 5 years--

first one I hung in the bathroom--

this is over the towel bar and is the largest one I did so far--

the other 4 are over my desk--

3 are over the top of the desk and one is on the side wall next to these on that wall--

I waited a long time to hang these up--did not think --even with my stool that I would be tall enough to do it--it was a 'stretch' but I did it---

I made a list on Monday of some bigger jobs I needed to do this past week--and each day I have tried to do at least '2' of them--so the list is getting shorter--but not done yet!!!

I did something on Friday I have never done--well--maybe once before, years ago--maybe--and that is go shopping on Black Friday in an actual store--my friend Cheryl texted me she had to go to Walmart and did I want to ride along and as she is leaving to go down south for a whole month--I went with her--totally forgetting it was Black Friday--but I have to say--the one we were in was good--lots of shoppers--but all were polite and having a good time--even the sales clerks were in good moods--which is not the case in this store--plus this store was well stocked--again not the usual case--we didn't stay long--then we went to a I Hop next door--I have never been in a I Hop before--had a good breakfast meal!!

My son and dil had our thanksgiving dinner  on a Wednesday night--and it was a lovely-- filling-- good food and nice family fun--we played Rack-O afterwards--I think I won!!

WELL I GUESS THIS IS IT FOR THANKSGIVING--AND AGAIN I AM SO THANKFUL FOR EACH OF YOU WHO READ AND /OR COMMENT ON THIS BLOG--

HUGS TO ALL --DI

IT IS TIME--

 

ALONG WITH THIS ONE--

YES I AM GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL--ALONG WITH BEING GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL FOR EACH AND EVERY PERSON WHO READS MY BLOG SITE EACH WEEK--

THANK YOU--HUGS, DI

WE GOT RAIN--

 I would of liked it to 'rain' dollar bills or fabric--but instead we got lots and lots of good steady rain--it rained hard 2 days and off and on the day before those and a day or two afterwards--I believe we got 8-10 inches of rain, or more in total and we really really needed it--but it was hard for me to go so many days with out sunshine-nearly a whole week--today --we are back to full sun and blue skies--but a bit cool for us long-term southerns!!!!!! 

I did get some house work done--but mostly it was lots of hand stitching--

I got --

Novembers block done in the pink and greens I am doing these in--the pattern is from Melisa and we have just December's to do now--when she gives that us the first of the month--

And I got Block #2 and #3 in her newest Snowmen series all finshed--

block #2

block #3

And here is the first 3 blocks-- so far--

Remember I am doing these in '6' shades of blues--so will have '2' of each color in the quilt--

these are so fun to stitch!!!!

I got the 16th Sunbonnet Sue appliqued--

I am waiting on the new plaid fabric order for the next 4 Sues--hopefully it will be here tomorrow or Tuesday!!

And  here is this week's Heart block--

And --yes--I know mine is different--the 3 little hearts are suppose to be in row down the left side of the heart inside the heart--only--that flower in the upper left hand corner is soo pretty I just couldn't cover it up--so I put my '3' little hearts at the base of the big heart!!!!!

Here is the newest counted cross stitch I am working on--

Can you guess what I am stitching at the end of the word--Cookies?????

And I have spent some time this week hand quilting on the 'sisters' quilt--

I just have 3 1/2 sisters to do--and then all the sister blocks will be done-- But--look at all the blue space, all around the sister's--

What am I going to quilt in all that space??????

And I started a dish cloth last evening--

Yes--I still have a baby sweater in the works--I have a big stack of sweaters that now need buttons and to be shipped to World Vision--hopefully after pay day on the 1st!!!!

I mainly did just grocery shopping this week--did make it into a bigger Dollar Tree on Monday and did find some 'stuff'--mostly things I needed and some stocking stuffers!!!

CHANGES--life is always in motion and whether we want it to or not--things change--I did get my cell phone up and running and I really like it so far--lots of differences--but have alot to figure out yet--and my daughter and I were talking about all the computer changes and how now it takes us more steps to do what we used to do --we are not happy about this--but--we just have to adjust--

and there has been a change here--the Salvation Army for years has always bought us a Thanksgiving dinner --boxed up to our apartments on Thanksgiving day--this year--they are doing the dinner down in our dinning room--this afternoon--and you have to go and eat down there--not happy about this as---100 residents signed up to go down to our small dining room that probably only serves half of that many--I do not like crowds--so I will probably just stay home--now I will be going to my Son's on  Wednesday for turkey dinner--so I will be getting some fresh roasted turkey--and the trimmings--and some love and fellowship with him and my daughter in law--much better !!

SO WHO IS PUTTING UP THEIR CHRISTMAS TREES SOMETIME THIS WEEK??? ENJOY!!

HUGS, DI

BUSY WEEK--PLUS STITCHING TIME---

 I had a really busy week--every day this past week I went some where's--in the mornings--so by afternoon--all I wanted to do was sit in my rocker and hand stitch and knit--

I did the first 'snowmen' block of the 'sal' finished in embroidery while watching the last NASCAR race of 2023--

Love how these are  coming out with the little coloring on them--this afternoon while watching old westerns I will be stitching on Block #2--

Another really sweet design my Melisa--

and talking about Melisa--this morning I finished one of her counted cross stitching patterns-

I did add eyes to the Santa--you know me--every face needs 'eyes'!!!  Just need to decide how I want to finish this one off--

And Here is this week's Sunbonnet Sues--

I have one more in the blues to applique yet--which would bring me up to 16--but that darn 'Di' just ordered a pretty set of plaids from Missouri quilts in one of their packs they have on sale--so now there will probably be at least 20!!!!  Her --excuse is--she needed some black Kona cloth and there was a nice charm pack on sale today for only $6--sooooo--gotta go for it--right?????

Now I had gotten behind on the Friday --weekly heart blocks--like by 4 of them--so one afternoon I worked on making up the patterns and matching up fabrics for them and then the last 2 days I have stitched more hearts--

the block in the lower right hand corner with the 3 hearts was for this week--week #41--!!!

Ok--I said I was busy this past week--Sunday was out to dinner at Red Lobster--then watching the race and Monday morning was the Van trip to Walmart and some shopping--Tuesday was the bus ride to Publix for groceries ( and we had '2' characters on the bus--one even got thrown off the bus!!!)  On Wednesday a friend and I went to the Jade Palace for lunch (Chinese) and then to a big Bealls for shopping--I found a couple Christmas gifts and 2 of my T-shirts on sale for only $6.00-- Thursday seen me walking downtown to the thrift store--Molly Mutts--it was a 50% off day--nice discovery-(plus they are closing and moving at the end of November--BOOOOOO!!!!) and then I went back on Friday--not a half price day--but still found some pretty Christmas cards and a couple Christmas ornaments and 2 packages of gold and white tinsel--that I forgot to take photos of--and Saturday--I did 3 big loads of laundry--(usually I only do one or two loads--three loads meant 10 trips up and down this long hall way!!!

So here is some photos of my treasures--

two pretty plates with my pink roses--couldn't decide which one I liked better--but seeing as they were only $2 each before half price--wellll---

and these 2--the bird one is a collectors edition and is numbered on the back--

and this is on the back of the big white one--I need to wash it and get all the sticker stuff off it!!

I also found a real bargain--

This silver tree--half price-- was only $3--and it looks new and is very shiny--I know that I wanted one last year or the year before and could not find one--have no idea if I want one this year or where I will put it--I got it!!!!!

and here is the collection of the new ornaments I got for me--there is 5 of the them--plus the Christmas scarf--the scarf is real silk too---!!

I do love all my new treasures--!!  I will really miss that store--didn't go a lot--apartment is too small for too many treasures--but did enjoy going now and then---

WE need rain here--but they say we might get some later this week--we've not had any rain in 4-5 weeks or longer--ouch!!  Temps are good 75-83--so that is nice--

WELL--JUST 10 DAYS TO THANKSGIVING--AND THEN----HO HO HO TIME!!!!

HUGS, DI

NOVEMBER--THE FOOD MONTH!!!!!

 

Turkey--Pumpkin pie, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes, corn casseroles, stuffing, gravy--- so who is hungry????

Here is what I 'cooked' up this week--in the sewing/quilting department--

First these are the newest Christmas hearts--

And here is some 'more' Christmas Sunbonnet Sues-

got me some blue Sue's in this bunch!!!  Really like them--but very hard to find blue plaids!!!

And here is the latest stitch along--

From Melisa--again this year she is giving us a monthly snowman block to embroider-I did the one 2 years ago--but skipped last year--so am all ready to do this one--we are coloring them in a bit with crayon--and I plan to do the main parts in shades of blue--but will do the actual snowmen/women bodies in white with orang noses and black face accents--

Plan to finish this one,  while watching the last NASCAR race of the season--this afternoon--oh --dear--then, what I am going to watch--???????????

Someone let a 'frog' lose in my apartment last Sunday--

And can you believe this quilt top went from this--

to these--

yep it took Courage to take this one above, all apart--for the 3rd or 4th time with these blocks of trying to put them into a wall hanging in the last 10 years--once again--

but part of it was my fault--these blocks were different sizes--and when sewed together like above--the seams were very crooked and uneven--soooo--time to start over once again--

And now I have '12' blocks that 6" square all the same--I hand sewed each block to the square--with centering that block to the square--and then I have ruffled out the side seams on each square a bit--

NOW to decide if I want to do lattice around the blocks and what to do for the border????

And for knitting --I am working on a couple little preemie  size baby sweaters--

Not sure where the week went--kept busy--but it doesn't seem like I have much to show for it??

HAVE YOU STARTED PLANNING YOUR THANKSGIVING DINNER??????

HUGS IN GRATEFULNESS--DI