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Hope things settle down for you soon Donna. If not - please take a break anyway. You've got to stop & smell the roses once in awhile

Yes, our Thanksgiving is much like yours. Turkey & ham with all the trimmings, ending with pumpkin pie & whipped cream. As always I ate way too much - but it was sure good!

Mavis, I just read your post and haven't eaten supper, yet. Yummy. We're probably going to have frozen pizza or soup...just ain't right. LOL

My kids are counting down the days to Halloween here. Then we have 2 birthdays and then Thanksgiving. I am not prepared for any of it. There's so much I want to get done on the house before Christmas.

Donna

Updates anyone???

Donna

The cooler weather has slowed everything down. We have been trying to get the yard ready for winter and still have lots of beds to clean out. Hubby has been toping off his compost bins and tilling and chipping stuff.

I would like to finally finish painting my livingroom this weekend. It was put on hold when I had to move all the furniture from the other rooms into it so the floor could be done. Since I started on other projects when I couldn't do the painting, I now have 3 things happening and end up dividing the time between them instead of concentrating on just one at a time. Then, of course, I have to do shopping and trips to the off-leash dog park on my weekends to, so it seems I do very little around here. I should be cleaning up the back yard too, because the snow isn't far off now. Anyway - I don't think I'll finish painting the livingroom, but hopefully it will be almost done by the time I go back to work on Monday.

How is the yard going, Connie?

Were you able to get to your living room, Mavis? I know what you mean about dividing your time between several different projects. I do that, too.

I'm not getting a whole lot done. Been having stomach pains for several weeks and been in and out of doctors. There is talk of surgery. Oh boy! Then I pulled my knee out and spent all last week limping around. Then just for fun I got stung by a wasp last night. LOL

I think I need to go stick my head in the sand for a while and come out when things calm down.

Instead, my goal right now is to get ready for the holidays. Gotta decorate the house and all that. Trying to get my husband to hang the lights on the roof. We live at the end of a cul-de-sac and our house is seen the whole drive down the street. I hate to not have it lit up. But, we have a steep roof, so it's really hard (and dangerous) to hang lights. He is contemplating building some kind of wooden frame to make it easier to hang the lights on the dormer this year. Not sure exactly what he means, but we'll see what happens. My 3 younger boys are all eager to help build it!

Donna

LOL - I'm beginning to think the livingroom will never be finished. I did get the trim around the windows done and the baseboard on one wall. Another wall was almost painted, except that I can't find the long handle for the roller, so I only got it painted as high as I could reach. Other things got in the way, as usual, so thats as far as I got. Weekends just aren't long enough!

I hope you can get your health problems under control soon, so you can enjoy the holiay season.

Well, you are still making progress, Mavis, so that's good, right!

I decorated the inside of the house yesterday. Put up garlands in all the doorways and windows; removed my pottery and replaced it with my Christmas snowmen collection and the whole family worked together on decorating the tree.

I haven't decorated the dining room, yet, as I have taken over the room with one of my mosaic projects. Hopefully that will be completed this week and I can add some holiday cheer in there.

There was no roof climbing. My husband and teenage son both pulled out their knees, so I'm not sure we will have roof lights this year. However, we have some lighted angels and candy canes lining the path to the front door.

Donna

I guess we finished what we could get done in the yard except for raking leaves. That is a never ending chore. I never thought having trees would be such a pain! My husband uses the leaves in his compost.

We are hosting Christmas dinner this year and so I have a bunch of little tasks to complete. So that should keep me busy for a while!

Donna, how is your stomach doing? I hope you are feeling better, holidays are so busy without adding being sick!