Christmas is a little over a week away. I can't believe it already. I have been so busy around here trying to finalize gifts, getting shopping lists together for Christmas Eve dinner and Christmas morning breakfast. I am so excited this year. My kids have decided they wanted to bring back the Christmas tradition and all of us being together on Christmas Eve and waking up to Santa on Christmas morning with a big family Christmas like we used to do years ago before things changed.
Thank goodness I have been able to take a little time between jobs to enjoy this holiday season. I hope to start my new job after the 1st of the year. I really don't know how I would have been able to complete all of these projects I start. I used to be able to move a little faster and get more done, but now I find myself stressing because I can't move and get as much done as I used to. Hummmm, is this a sign of aging?? Yes, I think so. But I push and push and always get it done.
I'll have some pictures of the projects I have been working on after Christmas. Can't spoil the surprises.
But, I do have a picture of the newest stocking to join the fleet. This is my granddaughter Bella's first Christmas, so I (Gigi) had to get busy and get her special stocking made. It was so fun doing a girly stocking this time. It has PINK on it. !!! Here is a picture of the completed stocking.
Now, what's been going on around the farm since my last post:
Miss Palyn celebrated her 4th birthday. She got to blow out a candle (really I think she sniffed it and singed the end of her nose). Sorry Palyn. We sung Happy Birthday and she got a new squeaky toy. And, no she didn't get to eat the chocolate cupcake. That was just for the picture.
I realized I had never posted pictures of the finished bedrooms after the remodel earlier this year. Remember, this is an old farmhouse that we gutted mostly the interior and added insulation and new electrical and carpet.
The first 3 pictures are of Bill's "game" room/office. One goal of mine, was to get all of his mounts into one room. It took the biggest part of one day, but I did it. I really like the way they look too, especially now that they are all in one room. :) The next two pictures are of the two other bedrooms. Bring on the company.
I'll end this post for now, but I do have a few more things that I will post about later. Have a good day!!!!
I got a text from my 10 month old grand son asking for something special for his 1 year old birthday photo shoot. Well, actually, the text was from his mom, my daughter Amy, but I think my girls have figured out that if the text sent to me starts out "Gigi, will you..." I will do it if at all possible. Here is the picture I got. She had seen it from the photographers website. So, I got on Etsy and sent her a link to one and she said, "yeah, I saw that, but they can't have it done by the time it was needed for Adam's pictures. Well, then, I guess it's Gigi to the rescue. I had a class yesterday at a quilt shop and just happened to find the perfect red and white polka dot fabric needed for this project and found the pattern on Etsy which I could download the .pdf. So it took about an hour to complete, and then I had to hunt up a suitable model. So, I got another project out of the way. 
