Weekends

Happy Monday, How was your weekend? Did you get to do anything fun?

I had another long weekend. Well actually I only went back to work today after being off since Christmas Day. Let me tell you when I woke up at 5:00 AM I did not want to get up. What happened to all my days off? They go by so fast!!!

All of my Christmas decorations are still in place. My husband doesn’t believe in taking any of the decorations down until after the new year. After Christmas I am usually over it and ready to get the house back in order. I hate to tell you this but I saw some Valentine cushions at T. J. Maxx right before Christmas and I bought some. I put them up and I won’t get them out until after all the Christmas decorations come down. There was also some heart shaped dishes that I resisted but may have to go back and get. Just saying. But I just love Valentine’s Day. Me and my husband don’t really celebrate or anything but I love the color red and all of the decorations and I love hearts. I have tons of heart earrings and heart necklaces. I am always drawn to hearts. And I just love love. It is happy!!!! Well usually. I know Valentine’s Day can be sad too but I believe it is what you make it. I have many many many Valentine’s of all shapes and sizes, hint, many of them have four legs. HA!!!

My fingerless gloves. Not the best picture but I do love them.

Winter has a beauty all its own.

Scruffy loves his walks.

Winter sunset

I did have a good weekend. I was still nursing the back pain from the fall on Christmas Eve. I guess some rest and relaxation is what I needed. I stayed at home most of the weekend with some knitting and reading and watching movies. I DVRd the Little Women movie with Catherine Hepburn playing Jo. I also want to see the new one and see how they compare. I have the book and have read most of it but I need to reread and finish it.

I knitted some fingerless gloves over the weekend and had some long walks with Scruffy. It has been very warm here. It was about 70 degrees here yesterday and windy. Not like winter at all. Come on winter show yourself!!!! I’m probably going to regret saying that.

I am reading a knitting book my husband got me for Christmas, Knitting in America

https://www.amazon.com › Knitting-America-Patterns-Profiles-Americas

and Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty. They are both awesome!!! Liane Moriarty is one of my favorite authors I have read several of her books.

Have a wonderful week and a happy New Year and always remember

Love your day your way!!!

Weekends

Are you ready for Christmas? I am never ready. I always hear about those people, and maybe you are one of them, who say “yes I am ready”. I am always shopping and cooking until the last moment. But isn’t that kind of what makes it fun? Yes yes and that is my story and I am sticking to it.

Another long weekend for me since I had Friday off. What am I going to do when I have to work a full week?

I started out on Friday like a crazed woman with a mission. I slept in a little later than usual but my main goal was to get a honey baked ham from the Honey Baked Ham Store. Is that just a southern thing? Anyway they are fabulous!!! My husband requested one for our Christmas Day dinner with his family.

On my way to the city I saw these lambs in a field and I had to pull over and take a pic. I would love to have some sheep some day. We had a really big frost can you see?

I did not want to go to the Honey Baked Ham store in Knoxville. If you have ever been at Christmas time or Easter or any other major holiday you know what it is like. Cars are actually lined up on the highway trying to get in. Once you get in the store you have to take a number just to pick your ham. You better know ahead of time if you want bone it or bone out. Then you take the number to a tent set up outside, to deal with all the overflow customers. There is where you pick up your ham. And you better not even blink an eye at how much it cost because it is a “Honey Baked Ham” and it is Christmas!!!!! There is even extra security there. The whole time I am thinking yeah!!! my husband has never had this experience. If he had, would he really want one of these hams? But who am I kidding they are amazing.

I did not go to Knoxville. A friend at work told me of a Honey Baked Ham store in Alcoa which is actually closer to me. Only about 30 miles away instead of 40. I went at 9:00 AM on Friday morning. There was no one in the store!!!!! WHAT????? How can this be? I actually went in and picked the ham and paid for it all in about five minutes. This even included a conversation with the clerk about the benefits of getting a bone in ham, which may be more expensive but much more flavorful. Thank you very much. I was dumbstruck. I didn’t know what to do with myself. I wandered back to the car in a daze. I actually had time to do some more Christmas shopping before I had to take the ham home.

So I ran by the Walmart in Alcoa to pick up Kitty Kitty a condo. They had some really nice ones for about $69.00 but you did have to assemble it yourself. Oh well I am sure me and the hubs can do that.

After doing some Christmas shopping I went home. I had a couple of hours before I had to be at a Christmas party at the assisted living village where my mother in law lives. When I got home I decided to rest for a few minutes. My husband decided to assemble the Kitty Condo. I heard him in the kitchen going HMMMMM HMMMM. I thought oh dear Lord he is trying to put the condo together without using the instructions. It’s a man thing. I went in to help him.

It turns out the Kitty Condo was harder to put together than you might think. You put it together from the top down. A little backwards if you ask me. We finally got it put together and only contemplated divorce once or twice. Kitty Kitty was all about watching us but when we put it in the corner for her she wouldn’t go near it. GRRRRRR!!!

Look at Kitty Kitty all interested in the assembly of the Kitty Condo. Not so much once it was put together.

This is the finished Kitty Condo. If you look closely you can see Kitty Kitty on the lowest level this is as far as she has ventured.

Over the weekend Mark and I watched our favorite Christmas movie of all times. A Christmas Carol with George C. Scott. If you haven’t seen it I highly recommend.

Our Christmas tree and a kitty kitty in a basket gazing at the tree. I am almost Christmas ready. How about you??

Merry Christmas to all of you I hope you have a wonderful time with friends and family and all of your loved ones. Remember those that can’t be here with you and cherish those who are.

Alway remember

Love your day your way!!!

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Weekends 12-14-19

Happy Monday friends. How was your weekend?

My weekend was really good because it was three days long. I took Friday off as a vacation day and I will be taking that extra Friday off until the end of the year. I love having a four day work week. I think it should be mandatory. I feel like I get so much done having three days off. Oh well. Such is the life.

So on Friday my sister Sandy and I went Christmas shopping in Knoxville. It was crazy!!!! But what else can you expect less than two weeks till Christmas.

My main focus for this trip was a pair of AirPods pro for my husband. He put them on his Christmas list. We don’t usually get a lot of gifts for each other. We get one big gift for each other. We got a new Apple desktop computer this year. We have our MacBooks but when I am working on my blog and doing photos I like a desktop. Our old computer bit the dust about six months ago but in all fairness we had had it for about ten years so it served its time. Rest in peace you did an awesome job!!!

So I, in my ignorance is bliss way that I have sometimes, marched into Target and requested the AirPods. The dude behind the counter practically burst out laughing. We are out of stock we may have some in by the 16th but I heard they are on backorder until after Christmas. Ok. I thought, I will check at Best Buy I am not panicking yet. But I did have this little worrisome voice in the back of my head saying “haven’t you heard those are the most popular Christmas item this year” I went to two different Best Buy stores and they informed me they wouldn’t have any in until after Christmas. The clerk even chuckled a little evilly at the second Best Buy Store, well that might have been my imagination considering my panicked state of mind, and said everyone is sold out they are on back order everywhere. Ok. Ok. I got on line and searched EVERYWHERE!!! “Not in stock” kept appearing. I am starting to panic a little o.k. a lot. I have a plan. I think some of the stores will get them in just before Christmas. At least the Apple store right? I will magically be at said store at the perfect time to snag the AirPods. Yes that is my plan. Wish me luck and I will keep you posted.

We left Knoxville fairly early because it was just getting too peopley.

The rest of the weekend was spent doing laundry, reading, knitting and grocery shopping. I baked a ham on Sunday to have for dinner and then have leftovers during the week. I also made home made pizza to have in the fridge and some peanut butter balls to take to work and deliver to some people that I promise them to every year. Can you say carb overload!!!

I found this book at a thrift store and am re-reading it. I had all of these when I was younger. I love the Little House Books.

Peanut Butter Balls are my signature dessert to make for Christmas

I have been in a sock knitting mood. I don’t know why socks all of a sudden but I do love to knit them. It’s almost like working a puzzle because you have to do all the different parts, cuff, heel, toe etc. Maybe that’s just me. HA HA.

Mark got the new computer hooked up and we are awaiting the fiber optic cable that will be coming tomorrow. We have hoped wished and prayed for fiber optic to be introduced to our little remote area and it finally is!!!! It’a a Christmas miracle. We are beyond excited.

I hope your week is wonderful!! It’s Christmas Crunch Time but Always remember,

Love your day your way

Weekends

Happy Tuesday friends. I meant to get this posted yesterday but it just didn’t happen. I am trying a new series on my blog called “Weekends”. I absolutely love weekends even if I don’t do anything at all. Which is what I prefer sometimes. Anyway we will see how it goes. I hope you enjoy reading.

This past weekend was a very busy one certainly not one that I was able to lounge around in my jammies for half of the day. I started out early Saturday morning getting my hair cut. I got about four inches cut off. I love the way it feels. It was getting really long and I needed a good cut.

Since I was out and about early I decided to get some running done. I had some of my family over on Sunday for a special Birthday for my nephew Tyler he turned eighteen!!! WHAT? How can he be eighteen?

I went to the village where my mother in law lives and put up a small Christmas tree for her in her room. We then did the usual going and getting a hamburger for lunch. It really helps for her just to get away from the village for awhile. I did some shopping for her and then did my own grocery shopping.

My nephew decided that he wanted a spaghetti dinner for his birthday. He didn’t want to go to a restaurant he said he didn’t want anyone to make a big deal about his birthday. He is so different than his brother.

Sunday I did some quick cleaning on the house and finished putting some decorations on my Christmas tree. Since I was making spaghetti I didn’t have to do a lot of cooking ahead of time. My sister brought the cake so I only had to worry about the spaghetti and I bought bread. I usually make my sourdough bread but I just didn’t have time over the weekend. It is a two day process when making this bread. I did a post about it awhile back if you missed it you can check it out here

I just had to sneak these pictures of Kitty Kitty in. She loves to lay under the Christmas tree. She hasn’t bothered the tree too much since I got all of the ornaments on it.

First Birthday to eighteenth Birthday. Where oh where does the time go?

This is the Birthday guy lighting his candles.

This is another of my nephews, he is a musician and every time he comes to my house he plays my out of tune piano and makes it sound amazing!!!!!

My sister got an ice cream cake for the Birthday dinner. It was great!!!

This is Tyler’s younger brother Caleb and his friend Alyssa. This boy is always making us laugh.

I think he is over the Birthday festivities ha ha!!!!

I had about ten people over for the spaghetti dinner and we had a great time!!! It was a beautiful day so we were able to hang out on the deck and be outside a little. I think spending time with family is the best way to spend a weekend.

Have a wonderful week and remember

Love your day your way