What makes me happy: Christmas

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Sunday, 26 January 2020

Monday, 9 April 2018

More handmade gifts for Christmas 2018

I've finished 3 gifts for my nieces and my nephew for Christmas 2018.

Monkey for Anthony

Pusheens for Naomie and Océanne

Thursday, 28 December 2017

Gifts I received for Christmas 2017

Gifts I received for Christmas 2017:

From coworker:

A box of chocolate snowmen (white, milk and dark)

From my mother-in-law

From my youngest sister-in-law:

Mr Tea's bio teas

From my parents:

Pj's
3 bars of Lindt chocolate (hot chili and sea salt)
Crochet dictionnary
Flat iron for hair

From my niece Kasandra:

Beautiful bubble gum ornament

From my brother Eric:

Picture blocks of my nephew and niece

From my brother Stephen

Homemade kombucha (5 bottles)

Gift-exchange brothers / sisters (my sister picked me)

Beautiful yarn bowl
L-Glutmate protein (for my IBD)

From my son:

Lavendar bath products

From my daughter:

Bath bomb with jewelry inside (have yet to use it and get the jewelry)
David's Tea classic teas

From my husband (or rather from me to me :) )

DVD Walking dead seasons 3 and 4
DVD New Year's Eve
DVD Christmas switch
A wool sweater
Cranberry dark chocolate
2 pairs of socks
PJ
Salt lamp
soft-fluffy gray infinity scarf
bracelet, necklace and ring set
2 other bracelets
Small set of fairy lights
Pistachio nougat
6 silicone muffin cups
box of small Lindt chocolate
1 long necklace
1 lottery ticket
Pack of bamboo knitting needles
Leg ornament from a Christmas story
Hampton beach ornament
Minnie-Mickey hot-chocolate mug

Great gifts!

Monday, 27 November 2017

Happy Monday! Less than a month left before Christmas. I'd say I'm 85% ready, maybe a little more.

The weather
We had our 1st snow last Friday. Still some of the white stuff on the ground (barely). Today is -6 with some winds. Week is to be around -3 and 4C on Friday.

On my reading pile

10 aventures autour du monde Pierre Dupont - seems a bit long (over 600 pages) more like a documentary so we'll see if I read it through.

On my TV

DVR is almost empty. So Christmas movies this week. Yesterday was Max Lucado's The Christmas Candle. Today I have a few Little House in the Prairie christmas episodes.

On the menu for this week (may be changed)

DH's job site closed last Friday so he will be home to cook this week :)
Yesterday he made 3 chicken pot pies and 1 cherry pie. So one supper will be chicken pot pie. the others will be frozen for the Holidays.
DH will be making sheppard's pie for Monday night.
Hamburgers
Don't know about the other days but dh is in charge :)

On my to-do list

Wrap, wrap, wrap.
Finish & mail Christmas cards
Christmas cookies, fudge, skor squares and rice-krispie squares were baked yesterday and frozen.
Regular housechores

What I am knitting and crafting

Scarf
Socks
Crochet discloths

Looking around the house

Yarn, knitting needles and crochet on the LR table.
Dark chocolate, teacup, ebook and tv controller on LR side table.
Wrapping paper, ribbons and gifts on the kitchen table
Christmas decor everywhere

From the camera

Pictures of my 2018 Christmas decorations

Simple pleasures

A snow day! When you don't have to drive and go out

What I look forward to this week

Essentrics and stretching classes. Lunch with cw's.. we will each bring our lunch and play some games... we are starting our Christmas stretch.

Quote of the week

Monday, 15 May 2017

Slowly working on Christmas 2017

I've decided that this year's ornament for friends will be crocheted snowflakes and then I use a fabric stiffener so they hold up better.
Still have a few more to do but they are fun to make.