Yep, that’s me. With the lack of a job, I tend to find things to keep me busy.

I made a total of 20 double sided dishcloths this season. I used Tunisian crochet to make them with kitchen cotton so they were heavy and washing machine friendly.

I’ve made rice crispy treats about 4 times so far in the last couple of weeks. The latest batch has Nestle mini semi sweet morsels in them. They are YUMMY!

Lauren’s decorated cupcakes.

Lauren attempting to be funny.

Lauren’s friend with her decorated cupcakes.

The rest of the week still has some goodies that need making. Tomorrow is Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Cake, the base is crunched up Oreo cookies. Saturday we are going to my mother’s for the holiday but we aren’t staying too long. I am going to see a friend and her family (and Lauren likes the teen age son) then I am off again to drop Lauren off to her father’s parents as they have some unexpected company in town. My niece (well, former) is here from Boston and she wants some time with as much family as can be gathered. Who am I to disappoint my beautiful niece? Lauren will be home Saturday night and then Sunday.. oh Sunday.. will be priceless!!!

After a bit of fun here in the morning I am out the door with the previously mentioned ice cream cake and Cinnamon Struesel Coffee Cake for Mike and Hope’s place. We will hang there, have dinner and play cards. It will be a nice and quiet evening.

Monday and Tuesday find Shawn at home. He had a couple of vacation days that needed to be used up. We plan on tearing the tree down (I don’t leave mine up due to lack of room), cleaning up the decorations in the house and he has offered to help me do some other small things that are just easier with 2 sets of hands.

All in all, the Christmas weekend looks and seems rather busy. I don’t mind, it means time out of the house for me! I can’t get out during the day since he takes the van so being on the go will be a nice change of pace.

New Year’s Eve will be a revisit of last years party! We are hosting it again and having most of the same folks out. Final plans haven’t been confirmed yet but as it looks, I will end up with a houseful which will mean PICTURES and I will likely be in a few.

With all this baking, yo would think I would be putting on my winter weight but oddly enough, I haven’t really gained anything still. I am within 2lbs of the weight loss my ticker shows. I’m not really fluctuating nor am I eating a heck of a lot either. But I am not working out much or dancing much. With extra kids here, I don’t really want to be seen getting all sweaty and nasty so I just don’t bother for now. Once the kids are back in school, I will be back into my routine of dancing regularly.

Deb and I are going to start pushing each other to start stitching again. I have avoided working on my WIP (works in progress) and my finished items for months. So now, Deb and I are going to commit 1 hr one day a week to work on something cross stitch related. We will be keeping tabs on each other with pictures to show our progress and finishing. I have slowly grabbed work that needs finishing, mounting etc and then looked for things I have started that need to be stitched to complete. It’s slow going but worth it. I see my pile growing too. I have a lot more then I originally thought.

Now it’s time to find dinner, settle in to watch the news and relax until tomorrow’s “to do” list hits me in the face.

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