I DO BELIEVE--

I believe that we have a new number--number 14--and that is Christmas Day-- just 2 weeks away is Christmas Eve--are we ready yet????

Me--no way--but I am chipping away at it each day!!!  what about you???

So--let's see what I actually got done in my regular stitching jobs--

First I did get Melisa's bowl of gingerbread men all stitched--now to decide how to finish it--

and I got last week's Snowmen block finished yesterday--

and in counted cross stitching I got the Santa piece all stitched--

and now to finish this one too!!!

Monday morning was the Van trip to big Dollar Tree and Publix-- and in the afternoon I took the bus to the Library to update my Library card and to actually get a book to read--about Christmas--and then got back on the bus and went to Bealls--I had remembered something there that I realized would make my new daughter in law a nice Birthday gift--her birthday is Dec 29th!!!

Tuesday was just a regular day--but problems with JoAnn's in ordering on line--I had done 2 orders for yarn for new stockings for the '3' kids--only--it's been over 2 weeks now and still no ship date--

Wednesday afternoon my dil and I went to the mall for lunch and she needed to shop for shoes--which she did not find anything she liked--but we had a good time--when we left there she took me across the street to a JoAnn's and I went in and got a skein of yarn to start one of the stockings-Now I had ordered Red Heart yarn--but in the store I did not like the looks or the feel of it at all--and ended up getting a skein of Caron yarn instead--about a $1 more--so worth it--

Now the rest of the week--was knit knit knit and I came up with this stocking--

this is 25" long--a bit long for a stocking--so this afternoon I did some unraveling from the top down and made it 19" long--

This-- to me-- looks more normal in length--this one is for the daughter in Illinois--She grew a sunflower this summer from a seed kit I gave her for her birthday and she loves mushrooms--so I found both buttons to put on it--

Have 2 more stockings to go and will be buying the yarn tomorrow to start them as still no word as to when my orders will ship--I will just return that yarn --when and if --it ever comes in!!!

Now in between breaks from knitting--I did do some Christmas decorating--and this year I have '4' trees up--first is the tiny one--

See it--there on the top shelf--it has my 'old' crocheted angels on it along with the rest of my angel collection--the bottom shelf has my 'old' miniature collection display!!

The next tree is on the kitchen table in the kitchen--

It has my 'old' mitten collection and some new ginger bread ornaments--the two bigger gingerbreads are 'old' too--just like me--they are probably a good 25 yrs old by now!!!

Another new tree--the silver tree--

This one is beside my desk where I eat breakfast each day and do a bit of paper work-it holds my 'old' glass ornaments--some of these are now-over 50 years old--but the stand up Santa is new this year!!

And then the new pencil tree this year--

I ended up doing the gold tinsel trim and my keepsake ornaments--most of these are 20-45 year old too--So I think I am saying--I am old!!!!!!

and did you notice the new 'kid' on the block--?????

the big soft furry Owl--I even found it an 'old' baby owl!!!!!!

Even Peter and Betty got their Christmas bows on!!

I still have some decorating to do--hopefully--

This morning I did get my Christmas Cards ready to mail out tomorrow--

Only 14 this year--I used to sent out a good 40 each year--2 books worth of Christmas stamps--but my list gets shorter every year now--so sad--losing so many good friends and family!!!

On a happy note--

this was the sunrise a couple mornings ago--

HOW ARE YOUR CHRISTMAS AND HOLIDAY PLANS AND PREP COMING ALONG??

BE SURE TO BREATHE AND RELAX NOW AND THEN--

HUGS, DI