Thanksgiving Weekend

Thanksgiving was a wonderful day shared with family and friends. Dinner was good, but the fellowship was better.

The day after Thanksgiving, I woke and the house was clean, and we had plenty of leftovers for dinner, so I got to attend a craft show without thinking about all of the other things that I should be doing. What a blessing!

I've long been researching making cold-process soap, and there were two ladies at the craft show who were selling it. Much to my delight, they were happy to hear of my interest and talked freely of the process, and happily answered my questions. This morning, I ordered my supplies. I often think I should have been a pioneer woman, but then again, I would have had to drive the team to town to fetch my supplies instead of sitting at my computer and ordering off of the internet. Since I hate to drive, I guess the internet is better. ;0)

Back to yesterday. Collin was very ready to have the house decorated for the Christmas season, and offered his assistance to retrieve the boxes full of goodies from the attic. Around 7:30 last night I gave in. We got the boxes down, the house decorated, and the boxes put back up by midnight. I'm so glad that I have children who are old enough to help!




I gave Collin and Autumn tasks, and they did them well. Abigail was busy cleaning her room, and setting up her own little Christmas tree. She loves to fall asleep while staring at the lights.

I'm glad that the decorating is done. Now I can get on to the baking, menu planning, and other fun stuff!









Today was a day for catching up on laundry, lounging, and sewing. I even got to take a cat nap. And Chester slept with me. Autumn decorated her dollhouse, as she does every year. Verne and Collin hung the outside lights, but a picture will have to wait as it has started to rain. Abigail supervised, and made the guys hot chocolate. Mac had to work, as he did last night.






I have to tell you how it tickled me the other night, when out of nowhere, my eldest son, Mac announced that one of his favorite things about Christmas was the mistletoe hanging in the doorways. You can be sure that he got a kiss when he came home last night! And I got many from my husband, Verne, during the whole decorating process.

It sure is a fun time of year!