We are having a nice day off today... We slept in til 9am, that was so nice... We had breakfast of fried eggs and muffins; pumpkin, banana or chocolate chip... Son3 has been enjoying every minute that he can on his computer games... Son2 is bored and doesn't know what to do with himself, but bug son3... I have been happily cleaning... The front room is dusted and vacuumed and son2 started bringing in a bit of Christmas from the garage... The above picture is of the table as you come in the front door... I have swept the kitchen, wiped down all the counters, cleaned up school papers, started the dishwasher, and now just have to wash the pans... Dinner will be easy of leftover chicken from last night...
I have cleaned off the dining room table and vacuumed... Hubby brought in all the donations to Goodwill yesterday so that is no longer sitting in the dining room.... The picture is of our center piece... I have had candles burning all day.... We weren't able to have a fire last night as it is non burn days right now due to the fog and overcast, making for bad air days... We are supposed to have rain tomorrow and Wednesday... I vacuumed and dusted the family room and moved all the spring knick knacks to the back and pulled all the snowmen forward... Last night after dinner hubby decided to hook up the new digital box to the family TV.... Hook up he figured out easily... All of us fighting over the remote to figure out how to get it to work and program everything, yea, that wasn't fun, lol... By then it was almost 8pm and we were all grumpy and tired... So finally got it all programed, so began checking out the new channels... I went around a few times, then son2 went around a few times and then hubby went around a few times, like they were going to find something that I hadn't already clicked on, lol... Not to mention there was nothing on and we had shows to watch that we had taped... but they were too mesmerized by the new digital... So by 9pm, I woke up, put son3 in his room with a movie and went to bed... Of course then hubby and son2 followed me, lol, and son2 went to his room and hubby and I watched Numbers... 
Cornucopia that son2 and son3 put together this morning...
Hubby is outside putting the Christmas lights up on the outside of the house...
Son2 was outside supervising hubby but now he is back bugging son3 on the computer....
Now it's time to get back to my chores... Wash the pans, move the laundry around, the checkbook needs attention again and start on the Christmas cards... I want everything almost done by next week, so in December I just have to wrap and enjoy the season...
Happy Journaling...
I love quilts too... Someday I may have the time and patience to make one... I enjoy reading fictional books based on quilts also... And I was gonna put in where the quilts came from in the last entry but I figured, nah, you guys would just enjoy seeing them, but no, lol, everyone wants to know... None of my quilts have any stories really... The first four we bought at department stores here or there, probably Sears or Walmart or a Bed and Bath store, I can't remember now.. Number 4 we picked up at Sears last year for Christmas... This year we found one on clearance at Walmart for $15 and we put it away for this Christmas... Number 5 son3 received as a baby shower gift and was purchased at a craft bizarre... It came with a matching pillow and elephant... Number 6 was made by hubby's Grandma... I asked him if he knew any history behind it but he said no, just that she had made it... And number 7 was a Christmas present from a relative that their neighbor had made...
I made it through working my first Saturday in forever... Although I didn't think I would make it the whole day as I was so sick this morning... I felt like my eyeballs were going to pop out of my head and that my forehead was huge sticking two feet out in front of me... and I was so tired, felt like I was walking through quicksand... I got to work at 7am, we were open with our door buster savings... It was way foggy outside but a handful of people made it in to shop... They finished shopping and our regular crowd came in at 9am, lol... I set up our wee ad this morning... And then proceeded to lug two big tables up the stairs... Someone was supposed to help me by doing it yesterday but that didn't happen... They were only way heavy cause I didn't feel good... So I moved the men's table to the women's side and filled it up with women's fashion boots... and then set up the two new tables in men's and filled them with work boots... I then proceeded to stock all the work boots I opened yesterday... I cleaned up the stockroom a bit and stocked some athletic shoes... Meanwhile our 9am person called out on today being one of those days where it is all hands on deck and everyone is to work... grrrr..... Another person came in at 10am and by 10:30am I could barely take it anymore and went to lunch early... I called hubby, drank a soda, took some ibuprofen, choked down my chimichanga and watched college football... By 11:40am I was feeling a bit better and headed back to work... By time I got to the floor, I felt great!! I couldn't believe it... What a difference... So in between all the too much chatting and making plans for setting up the ad for Friday I made a small dent in opening some more boxes... I still feel the headache lingering in the back and my nose is a bit stuffy and I'm coughing a bit, but I think I am finally on the mend... Now son3 says he doesn't feel well...
The boys are now out of school for the next nine days!! I have two of those days off, one being Thanksgiving... but no homework, although I told son3 we would try to work on his practice book... I think yesterday he was on vacation already and that is why he didn't do his work in class, lol... However either because I'm sick or I was ready for them to be done with school a few days too, I discovered when I was showing hubby the work son3 didn't do in class that we had skipped about six pages... I was busy doing my work and not paying attention, so when he turned the page, he went from page 1 to page 5... so while I was making dinner, between me and hubby we got the rest done... so much for my early evening, we didn't eat dinner til after seven... We did get to watch Smallville and Supernatural, they were so good... Now they are done to the middle of January... Son2 and I have Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 to watch this weekend... And now that everyone is wanting to watch my Alien Nations, I have to wait til we are all home to watch them, lol... Ghost Whisperer comes on tonight though...
I'm home sick today... It started yesterday with a sore throat, last night I tossed and turned all night, Raisin woke me at 3am, son3 woke me at 3:30am, the alarm woke me at 5:30am... I got up for work, was taking a shower and thought you know, I really am sick, I should stay home today cause after this weekend, we are going to be lucky to get a day off til Christmas... My throats not sore anymore, but my head hurts, my nose is stuffy, my teeth hurt, my back hurts, my ribs hurt, I'm starting to cough... and I'm so tired.....
Today has been a short slow day... It's already 4pm and yet, it's only 4pm... lol.... Hubby is finally at his appointment, which I think made for the slow day, waiting for it to be time for him to go, although he was busy drinking the yucky stuff he had to drink and the water and then the you know, to get ready for the appointment....
Last night hubby and I watched last weeks Numbers and Eleventh Hour, although I think I fell asleep during Eleventh Hour, so will need to rewind, lol... Tonight we will watch Clone Wars with the boys and then get caught up on CSI and maybe CSI NY or Ghost Whisperer... I saw Ghost Whisperer but hubby is curious about it now... Not sure if I like where they are going, will have to wait and see where they are going with this new plot... Tomorrow hubby and I are off, so after the boys are off to school we will make a strategy plan for Christmas shopping...
I left for work this morning and there was a huge wonderful moon in the sky, but I had no camera... I turn onto the main street and there is a huge orange ball of a sun spreading colors across the sky, but I had no camera... All the leaves on the trees are finally changing to red, orange, yellow, but I had no camera...
