I was gone last week to visit my friend Debbie. We laughed, and made cards, and laughed, and ate, and laughed. I was able to attend a book group with her, and also tour the inside of their beautiful Orthodox Church.
The photo above is of me and her cat...talk about a balancing act! I bent over to get some stamp supplies out of my case, and he jumped up on my shoulders. :) I would have shown a photo of Debbie and I together, but since I didn't ask permission, I figured I'd stick with the cat.
We worked on Christmas cards. I made five or so prototypes, but haven't settled on one that I will mass produce to send out. Debbie is aiming to make one hundred cards to mail out! I will be making well less than that (if I get them done at all). I've got to decide and get busy, as I want to mail them the end of November.
I made my menu for the week, and ordered and picked up my groceries. The tab was high, but there are planned overs included into the menu plan, so will restock the freezer with homecooked meals. My order included a turkey since they were on sale; it is in the freezer to use later. I also bought a large package of beef boneless shoulder ribs, which I cubed for stew meat. I put half into the crock pot with vegetables, and at six o'clock tonight I will be thanking myself for the supper already being done. The other half of the cubed meat I vacuum sealed and put in the freezer for another future meal.
The girls will be home this weekend, and we will be making pizza together. They are both good cooks, but haven't tried their hand at pizza dough yet, so I thought I'd share the quick and easy method I've been using for awhile now.
I put up the Christmas tree on Tuesday. I don't like to do it before Thanksgiving, but with Thanksgiving late this year, and me having to work all of Thanksgiving week, I wanted to get it done. I haven't added the ornaments yet, but hoping to later today. I have presents to wrap and get under it too.
So that's what I've been doing. How 'bout you?
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For years I insisted we wait until the day after Thanksgiving to put up our tree. Mostly because we knew we were going to make a day out of going to the tree farm. That was then, this is now. I put it up this week so I could check the lights. But I will most likely wait until next Friday to put ornaments on. For now its like a big twinkling potted plant. (:
ReplyDeleteWe used to always get a live tree. The live trees today don't smell as good as they used to. Not sure if it's my sniffer, or maybe that they are cut so early? Bah humbug! LOL
DeleteSome years all my trees get are lights...and those are on permanently! I figure my neighbors can't see my ornaments from across the street, so no big whoop. LOL