Pumpkin Sunrise

My weekend contained: -a Christmas dinner party with husband's co-workers.  (read that as no cooking!!) -frantically knitting like a demon and finishing a project.  But I will not tell you which one until the next time I blog....gotta edit some photos. -starting another project that is super super secretive....ssh.... -receiving my *free* skein of yarn from eat.sleep.knit -I won on the yarn lotto card :) -receiving a lovely gift from Emily (thanks!) in the mail, it really made my day. -waking up on Saturday and having very little evidence of my cold.....I was thrilled that all of that tea drinking did me some good. -playing with my ipod touch camera with some camera apps, hence the photo above! -lots and lots of smiles reading comments with everyone asking about the glue on the gingerbread table from Friday 's post.  Yes there were TWO activities (so so silly)  and no the glue wasn't intended to be eaten but I do believe Elmer's glue is non tox...

Joining Amanda at Soulemama

This Advent Calendar was made by my mother in 1990 and every year I pull it out I have wonderful memories of her and past Christmases.  When the kids were little they would fight over who was first to start the calendar.  It was valued to be the last so you could place the gold star at the top of the tree.  Now it is just me and every morning when I place an ornament I think of the kids.  I know when they get back from school for the semester break one of them will take over the duty.  Probably without the arguing. I am so thankful that I started decorating the house last Saturday and finished on Sunday.  I used to be able to decorate all in one day.  Now it takes me two days, I am a little slower. I am okay with that.  The reason I am thankful especially this year is because I finished before my tiny cold started.  Now I am sitting with hot cups of tea staring at the tree. My mom made the fabric tree, placemats and and the cro...