This morning, I slept till 9 am. Patrick didn't go golfing like he said he would. So, I slept anyway. 

Got up and got a few things done. Started laundry. I wanted to get some of that done so I didn't have a lot to do after tomorrow. 

We went early to Safeway and everyone one was there! We didn't have to wait too long in line, but it was busy! We picked up a few things that were on sale that we needed. It was one of those things, we decided to get a few things ...

I went with a 'Christmas Village' theme this year.

Per my usual MO,  I used a 'less is more' approach.

I wanted the mantel to have the feel of a wintry village in the Swiss Alps.

I thought the staggered heights of the buildings and the bottle brush trees helped to give that illusion. 

The village theme continued onto the shelves.

I thought I’d share some pictures from the family Messenger group. The first one is from my grandson Gannon. Well, it’s really from his mom, Kalissa…she sent the picture. Gannon made the project at Thanksgiving time. He was supposed to write four things he was thankful for…military, food, family, and God. We all got a …

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Snow is always at the top of my Christmas list but Santa has not been listening to me lately . . . . 

Do you have Christmas family traditions? This morning I got up early to put together the star of our traditional Christmas Eve dinner - Christmas Lasagna. This tradition began years ago when I decided to include on the holiday menu a few international dishes like Swedish Meatballs, Pierogis, Sweet and Sour Cabbage, Baklava (bakery bought). Eggrolls as an appetizer. It was a lot of fun to do this and the one tradition that really stuck was the lasagna. It now makes an ...

Good morning, my friends. We're expecting high winds today. The weatherman is predicting downed trees and power outages. All is calm right now, but we're bracing. I have some baking to do, and so I need the power to stay on. Erik called yesterday with concerns about the weather. After talking it over, we agreed to stay on the side of safety and postponed our family dinner until tomorrow, on Christmas Day. 

Yesterday started with the usual slow stitching. This is Tiny Treasure #35. It has a chain fill, a stem fill, stem stitch, and fly stitch.

Good morning, my friends. We're expecting high winds today. The weatherman is predicting downed trees and power outages. All is calm right now, but we're bracing. I have some baking to do, and so I need the power to stay on. Erik called yesterday with concerns about the weather. After talking it over, we agreed to stay on the side of safety and postponed our family dinner until tomorrow, on Christmas Day. 

Yesterday started with the usual slow stitching. This is Tiny Treasure #35. It has a chain fill, a stem fill, stem stitch, and fly stitch.

First, Merry Christmas to everyone!  I hope ya'll have a wonderful holiday season!!

I've been working on new designs and have another to share:

Have a wonderful Christmas! 

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 Hello Everyone,

I figured I’d better get my Christmas post out early this Christmas Eve. A bomb cyclone rolled into California overnight. With pine trees whipping around in the gusty winds, there’s a good chance we could lose power. It feels a bit like waiting for the Polar Express to arrive… though it’s not quite cold enough yet, and the rain hasn’t turned to snow.  This is a picture of my Toyland Tree design which I love to put on display every year.

Last night, our eldest granddaughter started a text chain that quickly turned into ...

Christmas is here, but it will be very quiet. It will be just the 2 of us today and tomorrow, so I suspect we'll do what we do other days.  I'll sew and Dave will probably golf (in his golf simulator).  A Christmas movie or two may be watched of course.  I do have steak planned for a nice supper tonight, and a ham for Christmas Day.  At some point tomorrow we'll Facetime with the grandkids.  They'll all be here for our delayed family Christmas on Monday, so we just have to be patient.

I totally get the hungry feeling after eating oatmeal. I have tried hemp hearts, and they work, but they are sometimes hard to find. And then my big question is, do you want whole hemp hearts or ground hemp hearts - which one provides more nutrition? I'm going to use my protein powder because I have it and need to use it up! But first, let's use the carbohydrate powder. It's time to clean the cupboards! 

So many choices!! I laugh about eating oatmeal for breakfast, because when I was chatting with my aunts earlier this year, most ...

I like to think that I am a very good hostess and when people come to stay, they have clean bedding and towels and there is plenty of food in the house. I made the long drive up to Glasgow and stayed with one of my children who will remain nameless as this is not trip advisor Nella and I had a couple of lovely days together, but it was very much like staying in student digs. The area is not very salubrious and Nessie was having to pick her way between poo vomit and fast food on the patch ...

And using my latest Christmas quilt to help me do it!

Isn't it fab?  I finished it a couple of weeks ago, but now is the time for it to be lit up and revealed.  It's the first one I've ever made with fairy lights on!