It’s been a busy week. As an introvert, it is difficult to have to leave the house everyday. I’m so glad for yesterday when I didn’t have to go any where.

I spent some of the day looking for Christmas gifts and more of the day preparing for a big fun night at our church. I’m really excited! We’ll have a little singing, games, prizes, fellowship, and good food – well, I hope it is good food because I’m making it all.

The holidays are always so busy for people. We wanted to do something to celebrate with our church family but didn’t want to make the holiday season even more hectic, so I suggested that we have a Holiday Bash before Thanksgiving where we can celebrate Thanksgiving, Christmas, and the New Year all at once.

I don’t want to give away too many details as I want it to be as much of a surprise as possible to the attendees and I’m not sure how many, if any, read my blog.

Monday after Tiffany’s appointment we did the shopping for the Holiday Bash. We went to several stores. We got some stuff at Sam’s, Dollar Tree, Hobby Lobby, Aldi, and Walmart. It was a good day. I was surprised that we finished as early as we did, though. We even managed to purchase all the game prizes. They aren’t much but it’s something. I think prizes, even inexpensive prizes, make it more fun.

Another thing I like to do is to have a few small door prizes. It’s nice to have one larger door prize to give away at the end but we are on a smaller budget this time around, so we don’t have one this time around. Door prizes are a fun addition to group gatherings, even when they are inexpensive ones.

In a few hours, Tiffany and I will be at the church getting three large stuffed turkeys and two large hams into the ovens and slow cookers. Then later we will put on some green beans and make mashed potatoes. Thankfully we are not in charge of desserts. People will be bringing pies. Apple, pumpkin, or pecan is what I asked for but cherry and coconut cream were both mentioned, so we might end up with some of those as well.

We have ice cream to go with the pies and some canned whipped cream to go with the pumpkin. It should be pretty good. Of course if there are any that don’t want/like pie, they can just have the ice cream. We aim to please.

I hope I’ll have some pictures to share with you next week, but if you’ve been around my blog very long, you probably know that I’m not very good with taking pictures.

Well, I better get going. I have a lot to do today!

Until next time, God bless,

Michele ºÜº

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I struggled with motivation yesterday. Oh, it started out well enough but then I got sidetracked. The thing that sidetracked me was necessary but then I let it go on too long. I ended up way off track for the day. It is a sad thing but alas, there is grace.

The sad thing is that I didn’t do something fun like read a book or crafty fun, like knit, crochet, painting, or tangling. I was doing something totally un-fun: looking for a new box for our internet. The old one died and I was trying to get it replaced. It died sneakily because it still has a power light on even though it isn’t working properly . . . very sneaky.

I got a lot of my special stocking stuffer order yesterday. It was a lot of fun to open each of the packages to see which ones had come. So far I’m pleased with the items. One thing I did before ordering each item, was to look at the dimensions and pull out a tape measure to see how big each thing was. This was especially necessary since most item sizes were given centimeters, with which I’m so unfamiliar. It helped realize the actual size of things before I ordered them. I got one item for my mother that I think is pretty nice and she’ll be able to use. I got a really different item for my middle sister that I know she is going to love. I even got one for myself but Tiffany wouldn’t let me open it up and investigate all that was there; it’s an accessory kit for knit and crochet. I didn’t see what all it had in it but there are a lot of cool little gadgets. (I like putting gifts in the Christmas stockings that are inexpensive. I spend $1, $2, mostly but have recently increased my stocking stuffer budget so that I can include a $5 item in each. )

I was working on a knitted dishcloth last week and ran out of yarn. I was very saddened by this. I didn’t have any more yarn and didn’t want to buy any more. Unfortunately I do not know how to rip out rows and pick it back up with knit like I do with crochet. So I unwound it all and started over. I’m halfway done with it again and made it two rows shorter, which should give me more than enough yarn to complete it without it being too much smaller.

I ordered about a fourth of my Christmas presents this week. It’s always fun! I love Christmas! I love the whole holiday season! I love getting gifts people love. I love it all, the baking, the traditions, the fellowship, and the love.

I realized the other day that the next church fun night is next Friday! I need to get my games all lined up. Tiffany and I will have a fun and busy week, next week.

I worked on the recipe indices this week, so you should see them start to appear on the menu bar soon. I’d put it up already, but I’m having to go back through every Tasty Tuesday post and some tags, categories, and feature images. After I get the recipe indices done, I’ll work on a gallery for my Zentangle tiles, and then some of the more important posts for Marriage Monday and Thoughtful Thursday. I hope these will be a blessing to you as I am able to get them online.

Well, I’ve really rambled a lot today. Clearly my mind is going in many directions. It appears that I’m already in holiday mode, which is actually quite fun.

Until next time, God bless,

Michele ºÜº