I'm still here!!

I think. Whew! I tell ya, for some reason this working is getting the best of me. Seems between it and the sickness going around, The holiday season, I can't seem to get a hold on things.

I've been at my job for 3 months now! I do enjoy it, it is a good place to work, good people, good company to work for.

Christmas was great! Our son stayed Christmas Eve with us. I asked him to. Being new to this empty nest thing, I did not want to wake up Christmas morning just the hubby and I. Our daugher and her little family came in the day after and stayed til New Years Day. Poor hubby came down with the flu the day after they got here, so they took the little one and stayed at hubby's moms house the rest of the time. I felt so bad for him. I know he felt bad that they had to do that. But we were able to get together the last couple days with them. Hubby still has a nagging cough from it.

One of the things on my Christmas list was a knitting class. I know the basics of knitting but would like to gain more experience in it and to learn more of the different stitches, how to cast off, etc. I received a gift card so I signed up for a knitting class at a local yarn shop. It started yesterday and I think I was bitten by the knitting bug! We are making a cowl out of this Wendy Knits Lace.  I'm making mine twice as round, it just seemed that it would be too tight around my neck. The yarn Im using is Malabrigo Silky Merino. It is so soft! I'm loving how it is working up too.
If I can only get the hang of the YO, SSK and K2TOG.

We've not had much winter to speak of so far, little to no snow, we did have an ice storm, thankfully our power stayed on. I would love to see a good snow.

So I've been thinking about a 'bucket' list. I'm reading Debbie Macomber's "Twenty Wishes". A group of ladies are encouraged to make a list of twenty things they want and then decide on how to get it accomplished. Knitting is on my list, I've got that going. Another thing is to ride in a hotair balloon. Plans are being made to do that later this year. My daughter, sil and son are going with me. Hubby is terrified of heights.  There is a hotair balloon company here local. I'm excited about it!

So if you had a list what would be on it?

~~til later

Merry Christmas!

Sunday night/Monday morn

It's 10:30 pm and I'm still up. I'm hoping that if I go to bed later then I won't wake up at 3 or 4 am like I have been. I do that then it is hard to go back to sleep with my hubby snoring.

I've had a good weekend. I went to a children's annual consignment sale, found a few toys for the grandson for when he comes, which hopefully will be in a couple weeks. I went to the fabric store-well, two fabrics stores. Bought fabric at both. I tend to get so overwhelmed in those stores! So much to choose from.

 

I have finally decided on a quilt pattern It is found here.

I've been busy cutting the 2 1/2 in. strips.

I love this fabric! Looks like turkey tracks.

 

The main color will be a dark solid brown with some dark red thrown in here and there. I have lots of different scrap fabrics.

 

 

 

 

I've been looking into doing some freezer meal cooking. I've found several interesting websites. Found this recipe for Chicken Cordon Bleu. Very simple, easy. I'll just thaw these, make the sauce and put in the crockpot for supper one day.

Not too sure about this one. It is half a pork loin, made a mixture of brown sugar, mustard, vinegar, salt and pepper and garlic, rub into meat, put in freezer, it marinates itself while it's thawing. I'm hopeing it won't be too sweet.

 I want to look into buying a Food Saver. It's so hard to get all the air out of freezer bags.

 

My fibro has decided to demand some attention. I've been hurting pretty bad this evening.
Wish I knew what, if anything, triggers it.

So, I'm off to bed, hope I can sleep.

~~til later

Thanksgiving

Praying you all have a wonderful Thanksgivng.

Thursday...

is it possible that it's only a week away from Thanksgiving?!?! Am I prepared? Of course not. I need to get my list made so I can get it all this weekend.

I'm just going to do a small turkey this year, it will be only my hubby, my son and myself. Nothing fancy. No wild turkey this year. I'll be looking at the organic, range free, etc. ones, see how much they cost.

I'm slowly, slowly, getting used to working most of the day. I'm doing a bit more of the evening instead of coming home, getting supper and sitting down. I'm pretty tired.


Christmas is coming in 5 weeks!! I'm wanting to make a quilt for my son. I've got some fabric picked out can't decide on a pattern. I'm thinking either this one

Hunters star

 

disappearing nine patch

 

 

or the  snowball quilt. They will all be scrappy quilts with a dark brown as the main color.

I was going to work on it last night but couldn't find my rotary cutter.

 

Well, it's time to get off and get ready for work.

 

~~til later.

Sunday Morn

 

 

....and I'm being rather lazy. Or is it that I'm just zapped of all my energy and want-to?

Hubby is back from his week long hunting trip. I didnt sleep well last night. Between his snoring and my weird feeling dizzy(?) spells and having a cuppa coffee too late in the evening...well, I was glad when I looked at the clock and it was finally a decent hour to get up--6: something.

Hubby didn't have any success in hunting. The only thing he bagged was his dirty laundry. Whew! it does stink too. So guess what I'll be doing today?  Isnt' Sunday suppose to be a day of rest?

So, I'm sitting here having my second cuppa coffee, debating on whether or not to go to church. That's kinda sad, isnt' it?

I will go, just have to talk myself into it. Has nothing to do with my church but with me. I'm just being too lazy.

On a happy note--my grandson is walking!!!  I've only seen videos of it tho but so thankful for that. He is the cutest thing. He gets so excited about it--claps his little hands and says, Yeah!!

I have pintos cooking in the crockpot-soaked them all day yesterday and they've cooked all night. I need to get the other stuff fixed. Or I may just save them for the coming week and go somewhere else to eat so I wont' have a kitchen to clean  all evening.

OK. I'm off

~~til later.

Thankful Thursday

 

I'm thankful today that the snow we got here earlier this week in western NC or at least my area, was at higher elevations.

 

 



I'm thankful that by yesterday evening the skies had cleared up and the temps were a bit warmer.

I'm not quite ready for the cold weather to stay.

 

I've watched some of the news about the devastation caused by Sandy in the northern states and my thoughts and prayers go out to those people. The weather is something that you just do not underestimate.

 

My husband is preparing for the hunting season. Would be nice to have some meat in the freezer. I've heard of people canning venison. I may try that if he gets one. That way if the power goesout this winter I won't have to worry about it spoiling in the freezer. Have you ever canned venison? I remember my grandmother would can chicken. It was delicious too!

 

My job is going very well. I'm still kind of in awe that I have it. So thankful for it. Still trying to get my work/home schedule figured out. I plan to take time this weekend to set some plans and goals to work toward. I know there are so many resources out there to help with this.

 

Off to finish laundry.

 

~~til later