Okay, its time to get back to it. There's now exactly 25 days left to get ready for Christmas. It seems like we just barely got through the insanity of Thanksgiving and its time to hit the ground running again. While most people think of that as 25 days left to shop, I see 25 days to get all my crafts and baking done. I'm currently up to 10 yarn/sewing projects, some 50 dozen cookies, 30 Christmas cards, 60 pints of jelly, Lord only knows how many pans of English Toffee, and a partridge in a pear tree...
We had our Thanksgiving this past Saturday, and I feel like I barely managed to scrape through that one. Thank God for friends. My best friend came over a little early to help me get everything set up-- if she hadn't, I'm not sure I would have gotten a shower before everyone started showing up.
I was getting up every two hours, the night before, to baste the turkey, you'd think I would have taken a shower during that, but no-- sometimes I just make things harder on myself.As it turned out, I think everyone had a good time. I didn't feel like I had enough time to visit with everyone that showed up-- I'm always worried about being a good hostess. My friend, Gina, spent just as much time as I did, making sure that everyone had everything they needed-- once again, I say a great big THANK YOU to her
The big hit of the day with the kids, was our pool table. At least they weren't planted in front of the TV playing video games.
This picture is a bit blurry-- still learning how to use that miniature pain-in-the neck (camera,) that I bought; but it shows that even Grandpa got in on a game of pool with the kids.
And even though I'm sure he would have much rather been doin' stuff with the big kids, Gina's son spent most of the time playing basket ball with Jr.:
And, while I took many other pictures, these three are the only ones that came out worth a darn, so the last one to add, is a picture of my friend Gina and her son Lucais (pronounced Lucas):
...and still its blurry.So now I'm off to finish some housework and head back to the crafts and baking for the next big one:
