What can I say about a post so filled with stuff!?
Santa piping icing!? That is so cool. Where did you ever find that? I have never seen anything like that before. I love it, but, I'm no baker, so I will just admire yours. I like that your mom gifted you the $$ to make it from her. Now every time you look at it, you can thank your mom. Before I forget, Sweet Jesus! That is a huge storage room for how big your house is! It looks like you could make another bedroom out of it. I mean, seriously. I'm not sure mine is half that size.
I am glad you don't have all of your Christmas down. I don't either. :) I always leave a few nutcracker cans sprinkled around the house somewhere and half a dozen other small reminders of the season. It makes me happy to see that you still do it. I have my poinsettia hanging out with Valentine's hearts, it won't die, so it will have to live with the shame.
I agree with you and the paper thing. I hate all that junk mail. I think I have gotten more and more since Covid, you know... they have nothing better to do and they know many people are home, just so they can collect their junk mail when it gets in. I just love those back roads in NC and other places. Those cars do zoom by, because who is going to stop them? Being far and away from town, well, unless they need a speed trap... our policemen set one up right near the high school.
I really love the stained glass and I have some too. It just makes the room so happy with the sun streaming in through all the colors. One of mine is flowers also. Well, I have to say that I would never give you the finger! Throw that dirty glove out. I got a mandolin and I didn't get a glove with mine! Pfft. I don't think. I would remember that I am sure.
Well, my friend, I hope you have a great rest of your night. xo
Ha Ha... I know ...right? A most random random post.
Good Morning !
I found Santa on Amazon. I was looking for gingerbread things, preferably for my kitchen, which this is not, but once I saw it, I really wanted it too.
Did you see that the back wall of the storage area is a mirror and that it is reflecting again everything that is in the front of the photo? That is an additional area off my bedroom where the original owner closed in half of the front porch that use to go across the entire front of this house, to put in a hot tub. When my uncle bought this house in the late 80s, he disconnected it so his renters could not use it and he built a cover for it that you could walk up on, which actually had looked very nice... well.. .for what it was. He took the hot tub all the way out before I moved in. I originally used it for my prissy dressing area, until I needed to bring my work home almost two years ago now. I then needed some of my spare bedroom for my work area and the things I had stored there had to go somewhere. This house I am in has no reasonable attic access and the the additional closet that had been added in the hot tub area is nice, but will still barely hold all my Christmas things... ha... I love working from home, so I guess the sacrifice of my dressing area was worth it.
I do always leave a thing or two of Christmas out all year. It's not usually big and prominent. This year I got a new bubble light night light that I put in my kitchen and it's staying there. I even bought a set of replacement bubble bulbs in case it burns out before next year. I'm not sure what else will stay out this time.
The mail thing is extra terrible, because when they send to someone else's name at my address, places like Spectum also include a second line that says "or current occupant", so you can't really make the post office "return to sender".... which is really crappy too. I didn't notice it one time and had written the "return to sender" on it and next time I went to my mailbox, it was still there and that line had been circled ! arrgghhhhhh
Soon I will call Mom and see what she is up too and maybe go out for a visit. yeah... that means I will have to actually get out of my nightgown today... ha ha... wah
I love random posts. Most of mine are anyway and I have no idea how or why it came to that. I feel like one subject can be covered and then I need to move on because there is so much to say and I don't have time to do multiple posts like a lot of people.
Where do they get the time???
I am already back from Church for hours and did a quick walk today as it is freaking cold out there. Not cold. Freezing. Okay, 38 is not freezing, but, so close, I am reacting to it. My laundry is done and put away, I vacuumed because I made a mess of the floors bringing in pieces of grass and such yesterday. I was going in and out, so I didn't take off my shoes... then my mother's voice was in my head. I wish she would stop that, it is always when I am doing something wrong. :)
Anyway, dinner is made, I have leftovers! LOL Who knew, right? I am all done with work for the day, so I am finishing up #MarketFriday, and maybe because it is already Sunday then I started another quilt and I may work on that in a while. The girls wanted to try to do it together, it is more fun that way. I was trying to make it for my brother, but, I won't give it to him until Christmas. I am trying to make most things, or whatever I have time for. If I start early, it is fun instead of stressing on me getting it done on time.
There have been those years too.
Have fun at Moms!! Don't you dare go to Popeye's and tell me about it later!!
Sometimes I have a lot to say about one subject, sometimes not.
I don't know about where that time comes from. I think I have a lot of time, but I still don't think I have time for daily posts or multiples in a day. Sometimes I think it takes me longer than it should to do a post. Maybe others are more organized and can whip one up and post it in 30 minutes, but that rarely happens with me.
Sounds like you were a busy girl this morning and got lots done. I really didn't get anything extra done here, but the time I slept in, talked to Mom on the phone, took a shower and got dressed. I then went by Wendy's and picked up some baked taters for our lunch Visited till about 5:30 and headed back. Put things away, answered a few family emails, got in my nightgown and I will be chilling the rest of the evening I think, probably inf front of the TV.
Doing a quilt with others sounds fun.