~Over The River & Through The Woods

Good afternoon. Gracious, it is rather nippy outside...damp, windy and raw! I was outside taking some photo's for the Yuletide project I am working on and my fingers froze! I could not wait to get back inside, put on my new slippers (what it is about a new pair of slippers that is sooo wonderful)


and fix myself a nice, hot creamy cup of cocoa... I am enjoying both..the slippers and the cocoa right now.

Can you believe Thanksgiving is next THURSDAY.... mmm...I can already taste those delectable delights!!! Goodness, how I love this time of year! The fire is now going 24 hours a day, my favorite pine candles are lit and you just never know when you will glance out the window & see snow gently falling from the sky. As usual, along with the hustle and bustle of filling orders and working on my yuletide project I have been gathering my recipes, scouring through my cook books for something new I might like to try, writing menu's and lists galore and preparing for the big day. It will be a bit different this year as Jenna will not be here :(..but we will be happy and thankful for those that are with us...

and be oh SO excited when she arrives for Christmas. We just purchased her plane ticket the other day!!! I can NOT wait to see her!!



Speaking of my Yuletide project..which will be available on my Website beginning November 26th (fingers crossed and prayers said that everything goes as planned)
I have been having SOOO much fun working on this. Besides the typical creating...It also involves a lot of writing, organizing and careful thinking to make sure everything comes together correctly and I am really loving everything it involves. I really hope it will be something that you will enjoy and not be a big fat flop...lol.


So anyway..back to wonderful and delicious Thanksgiving...will you be going over the river and through the woods to Grandmother's house..or will you be staying home and cooking.


We do both actually...We have lunch at Mark's parents..dinner at my parents and then on Friday, I make a turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce and mashed potatoes so that we have a house full of leftovers to enjoy. Also on Friday I am having the girls over for an afternoon get together. I read a book recently (The Quilters Holiday by Jennifer Chiaverini) where a quilting group gathers on black Friday...skipping the frantic hustle and bustle of holiday shoppers... and spends the day stitching. Each guest has to bring a dish they have prepared using Thanksgiving leftovers.. it has to be a new dish..made from the leftovers..not something simply leftover from Thanksgiving...and a quilting project they are working on FOR Christmas. Doesn't that sound fun! Well, I am doing my own version of this. There will be six of us and we will all bring a hand made project we are working on for Christmas and a dish we've made from Thanksgiving leftovers (I have no idea what I am making yet). We will sit by the fire, perhaps while snow falls gently outside (fingers crossed) work on our projects and enjoy a delicious meal, each others company and a bit of mulled wine :) I am looking very forward to it.

Ok, I hate to run, but I must get back to work as there is much left to do before this day is done.

Wishing you a beautiful day. :)D