what a busy week so far
and it seems like i have done nothing!
winter and its chill has gripped us here in southeast michigan with its wicked ways
so funny today i thought hey run into that big box store and just pick up a few yards of fabric for curtains how busy can they be.....HELLO ~ 5pm two weeks before christmas, after have worked retail the past 28 years....i never even found a parking spot. just left. hahahaha~what was i thinking!
seriously aside from the grocery store and popping into home depot when taking mark to work i have not been in a store since OCTOBER! i know bad huh? i haven't needed anything though, and well honestly hadn't had any extra $ to go purchasing things.
i have scaled back my christmas gift-giving to the bare bones. just mom and dad and my brother and sister in law want to do a little exchange with us, seeing it will be just the 6 of us for the holidays. i don't even think mark and i are exchanging anything, we had the honeymoon and got each other things then for the holidays!
it's soul sucking how much planning this wedding did to me. i am DEFIANTLY starting on next year's gift giving soon, and not just holiday gift giving, get all birthdays and such started toot sweet! i think we just have four kids to get something for , britany and chris want a game called 'fact or crap' and wyatt and emmett....they are so fun to get things for i have to reign mark in from picking out the most elaborate things....so funny!
there are a few things we want to do in the next two weeks, walk through northville at night and see all the lights and window displays, take the hines drive holiday light drive, spend time together planning what we want to do in the next year~ up soon , painting the bedroom!
speaking of which i have come to the conclusion that i don't like the looks of that room. its very tiny and painted a horrid chalky grey. so while at home depot one day i stumbled across a pretty cottage white color called 'swiss coffee' , first i thought of a color in there then my friend jerry pointed out that i wanted to use the white color or a light one to make it look bigger. and there were no personal things in there. just the bed, a tv and a small dresser....so after being gifted a larger tv that lynn no longer needed(thanks lynn!!!) and the paint, i am on the hunt for something to put in that room.....DUH make a cool wall hanging for there and add some photos....i need to get two small bedside tables and some table lamps and we need new pillows so its on its way! thank goodness!!!
our art group had its annual holiday party last weekend at a local irish pub and had fun just visiting and we did something different this year. normally we have a yankee gift exchange with a tool you can use in your art, but this year with the economy hitting us all in the face we thought an ornament exchange would be fun! i was lucky enough to get an awesome little paper pieced ornament that shannon made, and anne got the one i made! sandy also surprised lynn and i with a cool skull lace she made and my favorite holiday candies!
the most fun part of the night was when sandy and her husband pat, joined us after at the starting gate where mark sings on saturday night! we had a blast laughing and catching up with each other,,,,bigger bonus of the night ~ they had christmas cheesecake on the menu! peppermint cheesecake with a cookie crust, yes virginia there is a santa claus!
here is my ornament that anne received
and here is the very pretty one i got from shannon
and the skull lace...with glow in the dark thread how cool!
so yeah busy doing stuff this past week, up next? the home depot holiday party tomorrow, it will be good to see some old friends. this time i am a guest , not on the planning committee and i can sit back and enjoy it!
by the way , 1st new years resolution is to blog more with more art!