Busiest Shopping Day of the Year

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Let me just begin by saying that I made it through Thanksgiving ok. My oldest daughters were quite helpful this year in helping with making the dinner. In fact, they took the initiative to do things I didn't even ask them to (that rarely EVER happens!). It was nice to see how helpful everyone was and how everyone got along.

Anyway, I went out and did the crazy shopping today. Let me just say I am so tired and ready to sleep. I waited in line for 2 1/2 hours in one store just to have one piece of fabric measured and cut and cut just to move to another line to wait another 30 minutes to check out. I would have waited that long if it weren't a family tradition.

I made it through Thanksgiving and managed not to decorate for Christmas at all. I am proud of myself. Of course now I am looking to do that. I find that is never a problem since my kids are so willing to help with Christmas decorating. In fact, sometimes they help "too much" and I have to wait until they are gone to fix things the way they are supposed to be.

Happy Holidays to everyone.

Coming together

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Well it looks like my PTA project has come together. And, if it hasn't, it is almost over and there isn't anything I can do now. I am winding down on that project and gearing up for Thanksgiving dinner. I have some decorating to do but my daughter was nice enough to do the shopping off of a list I had made.

I think of Thanksgiving and feel sad sometimes. I think it is one of the best holidays we have yet it seems to be forgotten year after year. It celebrates how two very different cultures got together and forgot about all their differences. If that isn't enough of a lesson, think about how it makes you pause and think of all the blessings you have in your life. I know I have a tendency to be pessimistic a lot of times. Life has beaten me down more times than I care to admit....but even with all that, I have NO DOUBT IN MY MIND that I have more things to be thankful for than not to be thankful for! I hope I can incorporate that belief into my children...the good really does outweigh the bad and there is always hope.

Ok...off the soap box! I can get on it once in awhile, but hopefully no one takes offense. I am not trying to offend, just trying to put on "virtual paper" the things that are in my head.

I am still not sure when my in-laws are coming for Thanksgiving. I hope they will let me know before they pull into my driveway! Right now they are acting more like MY parents than my husband's parents. I am worried that everything won't be clean enough. I KNOW my carpets aren't clean enough! Who ever decided to put light beige carpet in family homes should be shot!!! If I could afford to change the color while my children are little, I definitely would!

Circles

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Does anyone have an easier way to cut circles from paper??? I am still working on my PTA project and I am going CRAZY on cutting so many circles (and they are all different sizes). I have cut out a lot, but I still have a long way to go and I thought maybe someone had an idea.

Anyway, I am still crocheting my mom's southwestern blanket for Christmas. I have put it on hold just a few days while I take care of the PTA project, but after that, it is only the blanket!!! I am almost halfway done. It is personally not my style of blanket, but I can see that she will like it (see and my dad love the southwestern decor). I think I have used up the black, red, heather gray, gray, and orange yarn in the area! If you need some, I may have extra when I am done!!! I may not be able to use those colors for awhile when I am finished.

Thanks

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I think I am doing this right. You will have to tell me if I am not. You guys are really nice to respond to my first post. I am so unsure about all this stuff. I feel like I am computer "literate" but with the blog stuff I am a RETARD!

I loved the blanket that luvtocraft posted. I heard about it but never saw it. It looks fantastic!!! I think everyone will be happy about how it turned out.

I am going crazy about this PTA project that I am doing. It is draining the last ounce of energy that I have out of me. On top of that I have gotten sick. I have definitely spread myself too thin on this. I need to learn to say no to people when I see that it is too much to handle. Unfortunately, I am the ONLY one who volunteered for this project. There were NO backups. AHHHHHH!!! I guess if I can hold on for another week it will be all over...and then I get to deal with impressing people with Thanksgiving. Oh, did I forget that part?

I was just found out through the grapevine I will have company for the holidays. Not that I don't like company, but with the stress I am having plus being sick, I was looking forward to just flopping on my couch and crocheting in between cooking. Now I have to decorate, entertain, and probably go "shopping". I never was a "shopper". I even have to CLEAN. LOL My house is never terribly dirty, but now I feel like it has to be really clean. Bummer. Oh well.

New at this

I never thought I would see myself posting on a blog before. Afterall, I have really gotten after my kids about doing it before...but that was because they give out too much information where they can get hurt. Maybe I am overprotective, but I think I am just being safe. However, my SIL swears by blogging. She finds that she can really "vent" if she wants to without anyone really saying anything. I don't know. I still don't know what I think about this. Maybe I can try it for a few days and go from there.

Right now the holidays are coming up. I am madly trying to get some Christmas gifts crocheted. I am doing a southwestern blanket for my mom that is about halfway done, but I alway find that I get a little bored after awhile and need to take a break. I like to crochet, but I find that I can only do it for so long. I guess as long as that is done within the next couple of weeks I am ok.

I really love to work on Family History/Genealogy. There are few things that I have a passion for, but this is one of them. For some reason this has always come together for me. I can find people that are so elusive to others. It really makes me feel good. I really should do it more often than I do, but I find that I also have other things I have to do (that usually aren't as fun) than need to get done.

I also like to play a game called Bookworm. It is like a fancy version of Boggle. It has a lot more tiles and they start to burn if you do not get words. My kids think it is crazy that I play the game so much. They don't realize it is the same game played over several days. I find that it keeps my mind sharp...at least as far as my vocabulary is concerned.

Anyway, that is me in a nutshell.