Black Friday

 

Since I have not been stitching... I figured I'd share some quilts and paintings I have hanging up!

I did snap one photo of the kitchen island with all the food yesterday with Grandma filling her plate. We had all the normal things - turkey, mashed potato, stuffing, gravy and cranberry relish. Grandma added green beans, rolls and sweet potato casserole. We put out olives and pickles as well. 

When putting things away, I have a ball jar of maple syrup, which I got out for her casserole topping she makes. For some reason, she grabbed that and put the black olives in it! This one will be remembered for a long time! Olives in maple syrup! She was almost on the floor laughing when she realized what she did!

We did not continue the Domino's game from Sunday. Instead, Aidan picked Skip-Bo. We did need a refresher on the rules but played a couple of rounds. Aidan won them both....... makes you go hmmmmm on that one! 

I finally hung up my Christmas Cactus in the kitchen/living room wall. It took days to find that quilt or it would have been up sooner.

The Christmas Cardinals is hanging on the wall in my office behind my desk.

This is the half wall my desk is against - I like looking at my paintings I did at Painting with a Twist over the years. My favorite is the one in the middle! I do still use an old school calendar - and have next years already. My cousin is a great photographer and she has a calendar out with photos from around Vermont that will be hanging there next year. 

After Grandma left and everyone had 'quiet time', I was going to take Bear for a walk. I asked everyone and Emily said she's go and she walked him. She doesn't let him sniff like I do and ran with him a few times to get his energy out. We had a cool front go through Thursday, and the temps were in the 60's which was lovely. This morning it was 40 degrees at 6:30 when I woke up. Everyone is still sleeping. the dog has been out back twice, and then went back to bed with someone. 

I'm thinking of making some muffins - thinking cranberry orange as I still have some cranberries I did not put in the cranberry relish. Then the tree needs ornaments added to it. We will pop to my FIL's house today and grab a few more things with the kids and the truck to bring to our house, then the rest will be donated to various charities to clear it out. I have not done my 'normal' living room decorating yet, since I am swapping my tv and hutch out to the one from my FIL's place. I'll need to find new places to put things, as I'm losing my top shelf where I normally place some things. 

I never go near stores today, I am not a crowds person! 

Hoping to get some sewing time in later today.... more bear paws need to get made.