Thanksgiving 2013

Another Holiday, came and gone

I posted this pic on instagram the other day

and I had several comments about the pewter

My Mother gave this pewter set to my husband

along time ago

She bought the set when I was a young girl

and would use it for our Thanksgiving meals and Christmas meals

One year, my husband casually said to my Mother,

that he wanted to be gifted the pewter set

so she gave it to him

lucky me...

One of the best memories that I have about the Holidays

is washing dishes after the meal with my husband's Grandmother

She was so full of wisdom and humor

I miss her

so this year,

I made my girls wash the dishes, glasses and silverware by hand

I called it bonding time

The next day when I was putting the tub of pewter away,

this is what I found

I'm guessing Holly isn't taking any chances

on anyone else claiming the pewter

Petie

A Simple Christmas

Love this...

simple gifttags...

a Christmas tree poster...

A simple Christmas

at least that is what I am shooting for.

I made my list of "to do's" for December to put on my calendar

one word, SCARY...

there is so much to do

and I am actually starting the week of Thanksgiving

with decorating.

My daughter will be in town this weekend with the monkey's

so I will be cooking the turkey dinner on Sunday.

Married children=sharing Holidays

So with turkey dinner out of the way,

I don't feel so bad about decorating next week.

I have a few new things I want to create this year,

but for the most part,

it will be pretty much the same as last year.

I can't believe the Holiday's are right around the corner.

I guess the saying is true,

time fly's,

when you're having fun...

Petie

LBD

anthropology

Let's just forget the fact

 that nothing  Anthropology makes

will ever fit me

but I love these little black dresses

especially,

the one with the bow around the neck

so elegant

lbd...little bubbly dresses

Petie

Stocking Stuffers

notebook

These would be perfect for the writer in your family

or for the person who journals.

I don't  journal,

but I do have a lot of binders

that I have filled with projects, magazine clippings,

furniture ideas, painting ideas, etc.

I also like to make lists.

it helps me get things done

and I feel like I have accomplished something

when I check it off my list.

Petie

Sunday's

I love the weekends.

Especially, Sundays...

Going to Church

Eating a home cooked meal

Laying around

Making plans for the coming week

and in the late afternoon

I love to get my laundry done

wash, fold, and put away

It makes me giddy to have a clean laundry room to start the week off

another thing I like to do on Sunday evening

is spend fifteen minutes

running around the house picking up and putting things in their place

cleaning off the kitchen counters

unloading the dishwasher

getting the coffee pot ready for the next morning

you get the idea...

when I do this,

it seems like my Monday's have a hop and a skip to them

and when I don't

well you know,

I feel like I am ten steps behind

On another note

our weather is changing

sweater weather

my favorite time of the year

Petie

these are not my pics above, see tumblr for sources 

Mad about Plaid

Why don't I have this yet?

I love wearing dresses,

but this dress would probably look better on my sister,

who is 6 feet tall

My sister told me the other day

that she missed my blog,

I told her that I lead a boring life.

I was reading

the art of doing stuff the other day,

and she blogged about

a Christmas pledge calendar.

basically,

it's a guideline to getting all of your Christmas stuff done

before December 1st.

I really liked this concept

but it would be impossible for me to do this,

so, I came up with my own calendar.

I will let you know if it works or not.

that is, if

I start blogging again.

too future blogging or not...

Petie