A little holiday cheer!

Straight No Chaser - The Christmas Can Can

Happy Thanksgiving!

May you have a very Happy Thanksgiving and wonderful holiday!

I am thankful for my family and friends, my job, food on my table and a roof over my head.

A touch of Christmas

A few pictures from Chicago last week

A little of this and that

Happy Friday - it's almost the weekend. My lovely sidekick is standing beside me while I type this evening. She says HELLO readers!

My first paragraph, I'll title: TALES FROM THE LIBRARY. For those of you who are mislead/delusioned to believe that the library is a quiet place, let me assure you - that is NOT true!!!! A week ago Monday night as I got ready for storytime I decided I would sit in the rocking chair to read for a change. The first book was a total waste - the kids were WILD and I'm sure they didn't hear a word I read. They finally settled down and sat quietly. So I read all the books I have picked out and go to uncross my ankles, only to find that the little girl who was sitting on the floor in front of me had tied my shoelaces together. I had to laugh! I thought her mother would die of embarassment but it TOTALLY made my night.

TO SEW OR NOT TO SEW. I have had every intention of sitting down to sew the Christmas projects that are sitting on my desk this week (and another that is tucked away for the approaching holidays...), but unfortunately - haven't touched them since Sunday afternoon. I hope this weekend will be more productive in that department.

THE WINDY CITY. We successfully hosted a shopping trip to Chicago this week for our clients' wives. We had a good time, the weather wasn't bad and everyone came back that went in with us (always my biggest concern)! The stores were decorated for Christmas so it was nice to have a dose of that and not have to deal with huge crowds yet! I met a friend who I haven't seen in probably a couple of years for lunch and we caught up some. It was GREAT to see her!

TGIF! I am SO happy it's Friday tomorrow and am looking forward to this weekend. I hope you all have a great one!

Well

It's almost the end of the weekend. Back to work tomorrow.

The weather has been VERY Midwestern late fall weather this weekend. Some rain, lots of wind, cold, dreary. You get it... BUT all things considered, it has been a BEAUTIFUL fall!

Happy 13th Anniversary to my hubby tomorrow (11/15). Thank you for the love and the ride that has been our marriage thus far.

I started Christmas gifts this weekend! YEA!!!! I cut out coaster sets I'll be sewing together for DD's teachers. (Thank you sis for the idea) She had fun picking fabric from my stash and it's gone quite smoothly so far.

I didn't do a whole lot else this weekend - got some reading in and a little sewing. Oh - and laundry...

Have a great week all!

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Looking at the Sky on Fridays

Happy Veteran's Day!

If you love your freedom, thank a veteran and/soldier.

Thank you to my grandfather, brother, father in law, uncle and cousin!

Sunday, Sunday

Good morning! It's been an uneventful weekend thus far here (that's a good thing!).

I did get some SCRAPPING done! That's a big accomplishment for me. I got a couple other layouts done too but didn't post them.

We ran a couple of errands yesterday - we were tempted by the cutest puppy when we stopped at the pet store to look. We took the kids to see MEGAMIND - VERY funny!!!!! There was a lot of adult humor it in. Next up on DD's movie list 'to see' (and mine) - TANGLED - that might be a girls' night. And coming to video this week: BEEZUS & RAMONA

I'm off to work this afternoon.... of course, the nicest day of the weekend.

Have a great day all!

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Happy November!

Another month has come & gone. (How does this keep happening?!)

So here we are, face to face with the holiday season. SIGH!!!!!! I hate the constant debating about where we are spending what holiday and whether we can possibly make all the stops on that day for what meal. It's stressful and tiring - before we even get to the celebrating part! Ya know?

I have been knitting my little hands off trying to get DH's afghan done. I am hoping in the next couple of weeks to have it done. (Wish me luck!)

Halloween was fun. The candy is overflowing at our house! The weather wasn't too bad and I think by dark the neighborhood was quiet again. I forgot how much fun our neighborhood is for trick-or-treating! Parents have a beer while walking their little ones around. The kids are all in groups with their friends. It's great!

Have a great week!