Sunday, November 18, 2012

We are getting ready for Thanksgiving! Pam and Ryan, with Jayden and possibly Alexis, will be coming in Tuesday afternoon. She plans to stop in at the shop on the way to the house. Wade and Christa, with Audrey and Aiden, will also be spending Thanksgiving with us. We are looking forward to an enjoyable time with our children and grandchildren!

 

I have worked from a short list today - getting the guest room ready with clean sheets, dusting and vacuuming. Making sure the guest bathroom is clean and has plenty of linens. In between those chores, I have been working on Alexis' Wallaby. There was a problem with 4 stitches too many at one shoulder. I had to frog it down to where I knitted the sleeves onto the body of the sweater. Ugh! Getting past that, the re-knitting has been going well. I don't know if Alexis will be coming for Thanksgiving but I want to have her sweater finished for her! I will be knitting a few Christmas displays for the shop in December THEN baby knitting begins! Pam and Ryan's baby boy will be arriving mid March.

 

Tomorrow, I will be emptying out the fridge making room for a large turkey, making a grocery list, vacuuming and mopping the tile floors. The final thing is child-proofing - putting away breakables! That should get us in pretty good shape! Joe will be grocery shopping on his way home.

 

iPurl will be open on Tuesday - closed Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. We figure everyone will be out doing their Black Friday shopping after Thanksgiving. We will open iPurl on Saturday and Sunday as usual.

 

On Wednesday, I will be making 2 pumpkin pies and a chocolate pie, cornbread dressing and sweet potatoes - all family favorites! Thursday morning, very early, Joe will be cooking the turkey - he does a great turkey! He cooks the green beans and new potatoes with Cajun smoked link sausage. He is also thinking he will make a crawfish jambalaya!

 

On Saturday, Cindy and I will begin decorating for Christmas at the shop. We are putting up a tree, lots more lights and working on a Christmas window display! The plans for knit groups to watch Downton Abbey and Classic Christmas movies are almost complete! We hope to start those ASAP. We are looking forward to a fun December and hope to see you!

 

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