December 6th---

Let's see we have "17" more great days to enjoy getting ready for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day---

Now here is a new idea for you--
either during a Christmas eve gathering or sometime on Christmas day--pass around a plate of fortune cookies--then have each one read their's--or this might be something fun to start off the New Year with????
If you already do this let me know or if you try it for this year at some point, please let me know how it comes out!!!  Thanks!!!!

Di

December 3th----

IT IS OKAY TO SAY "NO"---

LEARN to say "NO"!!!!! We all try to do more than is "humanly" possible during this holiday season--we want to do it all--be all--have all--go to every function and party--and out do what we gave as gifts last year!!!!

Well--let's just take a seat--with a cup of tea or coffee and ask ourselves--what is it that you really enjoy doing this year for the holidays--maybe it's baking a zillion different kinds of cookies--or maybe you just love to wrap gifts up really pretty--or you love to make everyone homemade gifts--or you enjoy doing all kinds of activities with the kids and for the kids--maybe it has to do with your Church----

What ever you come up with--make that your "passion" this year and then say "NO" to some other activities so you can enjoy doing your passion--it might mean buying cookies from the bakery--have someone else wrap your gifts---what ever it takes--to free you up to enjoy your passion this holiday season!!!

WHAT IS YOUR PASSION GOING TO BE?????????

My "passion" this year is to spend as much time as I can with a friend who is in the last stage of cancer---I will still do some other things--but if I only get to bake one batch of cookies that;s ok--and maybe the zillion things to quilt on my wish list won't get done--but that is ok---there is after the holidays--who says Christmas is only one day the 25th of December??????

Please take some breaks and listen to some Christmas music and enjoy a "cuppa" each and every day in December!

Hugs. Di

WEDNESDAY--DEC.2--

On the first Wed of the month of Christmas--

Care of our cookie cutters:
the best way to clean cookie cutters is to carefully brush the crumbs away with a toothbrush.  If you must use water, thoroughly blow dry with a hairdryer to prevent rusting.  Never wash in the dishwasher or dry in an oven!!!

Another use for your cookie cutters is to tie them with red and green--or what ever your color scheme is this year and hang them in a window--pretty!!!

Hugs, Di

HAPPY DECEMBER 1ST!!!

OK we have made it to the Christmas month--so now what?????

IDEA: keep an old candle stub in your recipe box and when you write out and add a new recipe to the box--just rub the candle briskly over the card--then spills will wipe off easily and it keeps the card from smudging!!

Don't know what to do or get some one--buy the new calendar year calendars and fill in birthdays, anniversaries, and other important information for all during the year--add stickers--or stamping to some days--maybe ideas or a new recipe or quote here and there--whatever to make it personal for the person!

See ya tomorrow--Hugs, Di

CHRISTMAS COUNT DOWN BEGINS

OK Bloggers--we have less than a month to do all those "zillion" of projects on our "TO DO LIST"--WE COULD MORE LIKELY CALL AT LEAST HALF THE LIST--WISH I COULD GET DONE LIST??????
But maybe if we break it down into weekly goals--we will get more done???(Well it sounds good, anyways!!!!)

Here's my list til the end of month--or to be done by DEC 1st--

1. Finish hand quilting my Picnic Quilt (Schnibble challenge for Nov)DONE
2. Do all Christmas decorating--OPPS--SOME IS DONE

3. Get Christmas totes back up in the closet (so I can find my quilt room)DONE
4. Dress my Quiltingisblissful site for ChristmasDONE
5. Add some new Christmas music to that siteDONE
6. Straighten out my checking accounts--me thinks me goofed on Wed?????BETTER-BUT?

Whats on your list--besides eating leftover Turkey????

Hugs, Di

It is another Wednesday---

OH Dear--it's another week again--let's see the only other thing I did get finished on last weeks list is:

The turkey placemats are all done and being used on my table--

I forgot I needed to add borders to the crow wall hanging before I can quilt it--and that is now done -- ready for basting--

this was NOT on the list--but over the week end I did do this redwork design and have started the second one in this series--

And my biggest "goal" this week it to finish the Picnic top by Schnibbles--five blocks are finished--11 more to go--but they are in different stages so are on their way!!!
ALSO on this weeks list is:
1. shop model for Sue
2. finish Schnibbles top----DONE
3. Baste Crow top--AND ALL FINISHED--DONE
4. Baste fall table top--AND ALL FINISHED--DONE
5. finish 2nd redwork project EVEN THE 3RD IS ALL--DONE
6. bake "something"???????????? OPPS--MISSED THIS ONE???????

Can I do it????  Only time will tell!!!!!!!

Hugs, Di

This weeks goals

I am late getting this on the site--but here is my Hope to do this week's list:

1.  Knit a couple baby hats for the hospital---1done
2.  Border on the fall table quilt---done
     Baste this one
3.  Baste the crows wall hanging
4.  Baste a Christmas cardinal wall hanging
5.  Decide on fabrics for Nov. Schnibbles-Picnic --done
6.  Sew Civil war siggy blocks-done
     sign and mail them out---done
7.  do Paper piecing turkeys--done
      and make into place mats

OH yes you did read right--there is paper piecing on this list---more on that later!!!!!

Wish me luck on this list as it is already Wed evening??????? OUCH!!!!!

Hugs Di