Crafters, November 25 through December 1

Enjoy those fleece throws Sue! They sound so cozy and warm. Don’t you love hibernation weather?? Good news that you got less snow than expected. Less to worry about and clean up. Hope you have a nice day.
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Ginny, that is a beautiful message you posted this morning. I, too, feel blessed that I met all of you and I thank both God and Meg for that.You all have added joy to my life. I'm thankful for so many things. Even when we have negative things in our lives we still all have positives things also. Sometimes it's hard to see the blessings in some situations but if we look harder we usually find there are some after all. And ,Ginny,you have a whole new wonderful blessing to be thankful for...congrats on the new grandbaby!

We're not doing anything today. Dh is down on his computer probably looking up fishing regulations in Indiana and I just cleaned up the kitchen and made mashed potatoes. I make them with cream cheese (which those that dislike cream cheese cannot even tell it's in there) and it's amazing how that cream cheese makes the mashed potatoes taste wonderful even when reheated and the texture doesn't get strange like it does if you reheat mashed tatos that don't have the cream cheese.  Otherwise It's leftover pork from yesterday. I also baked some sweet potatoes yesterday and have leftovers.I plan to do a lot more crocheting today as I got very little done last night

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

Ruth and Phyl, thanks for your Thanksgiving messages...indeed, living in this wonderful nation- flaws and all- is so important! Isn’t this why our great nation was founded? So we could worship as we wanted to and be thankful? (And pick out good places to fish in Indiana- and yes that is a blessing!!!).

Phyl-bet it was nice having a day off from cooking “the big meal”. Even if your home cooked food is better, still a nice thing that you had that choice. Glad you enjoyed your day.

Ruth, your Dh sounds a bit like mine....oh yes, its important knowing all the fishing regulations where you are going to live! (Good thing there are no laws or regulations on hooking yarn, however!)
I am very sure your mashed potatoes are wonderful, perhaps I will try that some day. Do you use cream cheese in the place of butter? And you too (and all of you on the thread!( have added joy to my life too. Thanks.

Sue, CJ and Meg, looking forward to hearing from each of you when you get a chance...

Yesterday was nutty and I did not sit much. Its a big meal to put out, Dd did a great job but still with 3 little kids and one on the way she was a bit tired. Glad I was there to help her. My SIL stayed home as did her daughter. Neither was feeling well, SIL due to a normal reaction to chemo, and my niece had a cold. BIL and their son stopped in. Guess it was good for them to escape to a more normal existence for a short while. Going through chemo is no picnic for sure.
Got absolutely no crafting done yesterday. Dd#2 is coming over tomorrow to do laundry. Hope I can finish the tree skirt today for her. Its going to take a lot of work to get it done....but I will try.

Take care all
Ginny

Ruth, sounds like you are having a wonderful day...some crocheting, some reading,probably a nice fire and a good cup of tea. Like you, I have some herbal teas that I rely on during the day to keep me drinking something how and yummy but will not upset my stomach. To me, it sounds like a good day not to clean! Why ruin a good snow storm with cleaning? Ha ha ha.... Glad you are staying inside where its warm and all the loonies cannot bother you. Yes, its a tough day to go out. What are you working on, did you finish the hat for Dh and the fingerless gloves for yourself?

Got a nice walk in today, stopped at CVS to get some Vicks- for some reason I cannot find mine and I have a bit of a cold. I find it comforting....nice and cool here, no snow yet. They say that is coming on Sunday. Yes I did get some work done on the tree skirt. My machine gave me a ton of headaches and was jamming....but after changing thread, bobbins and retreading several times I changed the needle. That solved the problem. Think I have about a third of the quilting done. Hope to work on it more tonight.

Knowing each of you ....I bet none of us went out today. Good day to stay home, stay safe and let the loonies have fun in the stores.
Ginny

Good morning, thanks for the heads up Ruth on that crochet pattern. Will have to go to that web site to find the pattern....I will say I am going to have a hard time doing better than I did for the afghan for DGD#2, that is the pattern I shared with you. That pattern, while not mindless, is also easy....and looks amazing. Anyway, will go check out Yarnspirations and see what I find there. I do love how your Dh loves what you make for him!! Gotta keep that head warm! (My dh is also a little scarce on hair on the top of his head).

Slept poorly last night.
See ya all later
Ginny

I'm just back inside after a little pushing of snow off the back deck. In a while I may go make a short trail for the dogs in the backyard. An inch here and an inch there added up to a foot or more. The high today will be 20, so the snow is light and fluffy.

Sorry that you didn't sleep well, Ginny. After a few nights of little sleep, I slept very well last night. The inconsistency can be bothersome, but I feel much better this morning.

The sky is blue, and the view out the bay window is beautiful.

Inside the temperature and hb is sleeping to the sound of MASH.