Thanksgiving

The year has flown by and here we just enjoyed Turkey and all the trimmings of a traditional Thanksgiving Day.  Our family get-together was at my niece's house.  I have hosted this many times throughout the years as well as my other two sisters.  Passing the torch is really starting to be enjoyable.  As much as I have always loved entertaining, party planning, and hosting, I'm getting to the point of enjoying being able to walk away and leaving some of this for the younger generation.  It is certainly easier for all the kids to be in their own home, playing with their own toys, trashing their own rooms, causing hysteria in their own house (get the picture??).  The visit was nice.  We played Phase 10 and Euchre.  We actually stayed a lot longer than I thought we would but things were going well.  Sometimes with a family of 20+ crammed into a house can cause a little tension, but it went very well.

 

One major drawback to not being the hosting home is the leftovers.  I do miss not having the "leftovers".  

Where Have I Been?

So have you missed me?  Been a few days, but life has been busy. 

I just attend the 36th Annual Meeting for the Indianapolis Chapter Sewing Guild. It was a luncheon at Primos the first weekend in November.  It was my first luncheon with this group and it was nice.  The food was great, the door prizes were nice, and there was a special speaker.  Her name is Pam Damour.  She is very well known in home décor.  Not only was she very interesting, she was funny and had no problem keeping your attention. 

 

 

 

My friend is the president of our chapter.  She is a great teacher and helper to me.  I've only been sewing for almost two years.  I lack so much knowledge.  Even the simplest of things seem to be difficult for me at times.  She coordinated our registration and this is her at our table.

 

 

I have been busy sewing for Christmas, but can't talk about that right now.  My daughter might get on my blog and I don't want to let the cat out of the bag.

 

 



HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Halloween Night.... love it.  Although this year was a little strange with the weather, Halloween on November 1st was a little odd.  We were only able to pass out candy for about an hour due to previous commitments, but we really enjoy the kids and their costumes. 

Here is a couple pictures of our front porch with the added "Halloween" features.

So what would Halloween be without costumes - right??? So the next three pictures are of my daughter (she wore her costume to work), my son, and can't forget the dogs...

 

 

She is Ariel (the Little Mermaid with legs)

 

Yes, a packer fan is a great costume

 

Our two dogs in their pullovers

 

 

The next picture is of the cutest girls.  There is a little story behind this.  About three years ago these girls came trick-or-treating and I was dressed like snow white.  They loved her so much that each year they come in hopes of seeing her again.  Last year I heard the grandmother telling them "this is the house we wait all year to come to".  I was not dressed up this year and when they arrived, they immediately turned and told their grandmothers "she isn't here".  My heart sank as I knew who "she" was.  I had disappointed these little girls by not dressing up.  I felt horrible.  One of the grandmothers inquired on whether she would be coming.  I assured them that if they could come back in ten minutes I was confident snow white would arrive.  (We had to be somewhere and that is why I hadn't dressed up.  I was afraid the time restraint would not allow enough time for the changing).  I ran upstairs and changed as fast as I could - knowing we had to leave in 15 minutes.  They came back and their little faces lit up when they saw snow white.  The grandmother had the girls go on and stayed behind to tell me that they had been to Disney over the summer and when the princesses came out they said that was nice - but that wasn't the real snow white.  They told them the real snow white was in Indiana.  Yes - isn't that the sweetest story?