Well it was a nice Thanksgiving and all of the leftovers are gone. It has turned very cold but at least it was sunny all day.

Haven't heard from any family but my friend Nancy called me Thurday morning. Things are pretty slow.

Went to Kmart and got my shopping started at least. It wasn't really crowded but busy.

I am making the Snow Doily and I think it is going to be pretty. Stacy at the Mania received the snowflakes I sent her for the swap and really liked them; the ones she sent me are so pretty too.

I told her how to stiffen them using Stiffy it works great especially on small items.

Several people in the neighborhood are already decorated for Christmas and it isn't even December yet. I will wait until the second week in December to decorate. I then always take them down on the 26th.

I also mailed to Tina at FFF her gift exchange gifts I hope they are still in one piece when they get to Louisiana I wrapped everything as good as I could. I probably won't sign up for anymore until after the first of the year.

The photo is of my Christmas doily with beads I ordered the pattern from Epatterncentral.

It has been sort of a boring weekend even though I am making another Christmas doily and reading a good book.

The weather is pretty chilly but no rain yet. We did have a little snow the other day.

DD bathroom is all finished and she is back home she stayed in a residential hotel and the meals were even furnished. They brought her cat Liza there too because of the construction so she wouldn't be so upset. The cat did really well and slept with DD.

I finished my Star Snowflake doily and will post it. It was a really old pattern from North Dakota State U. and a textile from the German-Russian studies.

I have my Thanksgiving dinner all planned and only forgot to buy one thing a corn bread mix for the corn casserole. Something new this year for us.

The last Nascar race for the year is today hope someone new wins. It won't be the same without the red #8 out there.

Haven't been on for awhile no reason. It has been raining here all day, have stayed home all day too.

My DD birthday was yesterday and she is now 41 hard to believe but so true. She liked her gifts, made her a Texas sheet cake her favorite.

I have been crocheting a doily called Snowflake Star or something like that it is pretty time consuming but not very complicated. I am doing it in lt. blue and white. Then I will start a few gifts for Carrie's helpers.

She will be staying at the Marriott when the owners of her house come to fix the leak in the bathroom they say it might take 5 days but hopefully it will only be a couple. They are paying for her to stay there so I hope she likes living in luxury.

Everything is so expensive now in the grocery things are all 2.99 if they are not on sale. Prices have really gone up this past 6 months and it is ridiculous. Meat is out of sight.

I am posting a photo of the doll for whom I made the outfit she is so cute.

What a dreary day it is and chilly. I am working on a small poinsettia doily and reading a good book right now about an Italian American family in Rhode Island.

So far I am in a secret pal swap and a gift exchange at Frosty Friends forum. I haven't signed up for any others at my crochet forums because some of them set too high of a minimum. $25 is a lot this time of year and since I got burned at the Parlor and never received a Harvest swap I am leery of signing up for any others.

We took the old Chevy to its storage place yesterday but will bring it home on nice days this winter. DH misses having it here but we need the garage space for the truck in bad weather.

I am posting a photo of the 56 it is in pretty good shape so far.

This has been a nice day. Took a ride to the country store I like in Harmony Township. Didn't buy a thing but noticed that all of their stuff is made in China which disappointed me. The jars of stuff like jelly and preserves were American but that was about it.
Then we went across the street to the antique mall and looked around and I bought two tole magazines for a 1.00 each.
I am making another Christmas doily and it is pretty easy so far. I finished my doll outfit for the smiling Itty Bitty . Then I will be making another one for the pouty doll.
DD went to the pumpkin show in Circleville and called when she got home and said they had a nice time and the van they borrowed was really nice. They had a great day for it.

It is still hot here but supposed to start cooling down Tuesday. I have been working on some crochet items I can't talk about yet one is a surprise for someone and one may not work out for my Bitty Baby doll.

I feel like all I did this weekend was eat out went to Cracker Barrel Friday night, had pizza Saturday night and breakfast Sunday morning at Frisch's. But I did cook last night and will tonight.

The kids next door got married Saturday they have lived here over a year and finally did the deed I feel like they planned it well don't know them at all but take care of their house and yard. I guess they went to Jamaica for the honeymoon.

I have been studying how to paint like they do on some of my forums some are so good and the stuff is cute. I received my ornies from Frosty Friends swap that is them above. It is a lot of fun to do this and now we are having a Christmas Exchange so that will be nice too.

It has been a weird day some sun some clouds and 79. Not too bad.
Went to Steak and Shake for supper had their chili it was good this time. We try to space out the places we go to like every few weeks or so.
I talked to a good friend and she was telling me about another friend of hers (this was Monday) the woman is very sick she says, this morning in the paper was her obituary, she had died on Sunday and my friend didn't know it when I talked to her. The woman had a genetic liver disorder and needed a liver transplant. There are no services just a dedication to her at her church on Tuesday she was 62.
I have met a lot of people on line who make me feel like I really know them. They are such good people. Only a very few have disappointed me not personally but by what they have done on line and posted. I think they don't realize how they come across to others when they snipe at someone.
I am reading a very good book by Luanne Rice called ____Dance with Me. She is such a good writer I can't put it down. I usually get 7 or 8 books at the library every month and sometimes one is not very good so I have a list of authors I typed out so I can keep track of the ones I like to read most.