Trying to Catch Up

We left on Thursday afternoon for our Auburn home to getaway for a few days and to visit the annual antique tent sale. I feel like since the calendar flipped over to December I have been on a fast moving treadmill. It has all been good, but last night I fell asleep on the couch around 8:00. I think that is a good indicator that I need to slow down.

I have a few errands to run this morning and then I hope to settle into a nice quiet day at home with Christmas music in the background. HOWEVER, the painter just showed up. Oh yes, the never ending saga... He has doors to finish so I know my nice quiet day will probably not be, but at least I will be at home.

Last Wednesday on my shopping trip in Fairhope, I realized that my daughter would like for me to cross stitch an ornament for Tucker. I sent her a hundred (not really a hundred, but lots) of pictures for her to choose from. I was going to go all fancy. She chose a rather simple one. I whipped it out over the weekend in Auburn. I had hoped to fully finish it yesterday, but I had to take Mama around town for quite a few things and like I said I was pooped yesterday evening.

I will fully finish today and share tomorrow hopefully.

That little boy is growing like a weed and changing every day.

 

The antique sale was fortunately a bit overpriced this year. I say fortunate because Hubby would want to buy something and quite honestly as much as I love stuff I didn't need a thing. Well, I did want a pair of barley twist candlesticks for the Auburn house mantle.

I did get those, but that was the only purchase.

We had planned to take an old desk to Auburn to put in the master bedroom that I once had in my sewing room. When that was remodeled it sat in the pool table room in the way for almost 5 years. We did take it up there, but it ended up at the back door where I was going to buy a shelf to just drop off the purse, keys, dog leashes, etc. I think it looked good there and will be a win that we have a place for it since it belonged to my mother-in-law and we didn't want to get rid of it. I didn't take a picture. Maybe next time.

We did just go to Hobby Lobby and purchase some shelves for the master bedroom on each side of the fireplace. I didn't really want any big purchase since there is a huge closet with shelves there. I don't really need a place to store much more since we just vacation there. I figured these could be used anywhere down the road if we change our mind.

I will shop home here to find things to put on the shelves.

I really need to do something with the cords and I will eventually.

IT rained like cats and dogs all weekend and was very cold, but I guess the upside is that it wasn't snowing like parts further north.

One of the things I like about Auburn is I get to see a change in seasons without too much travel or too much cold.

I haven't shared my house for Christmas and I always like to document that although I don't think a whole bunch has changed. My mom always took pictures of the house so I love looking back and seeing how things once looked. I have always done that too.

Planning to do some stitching and finishing today!!!!

Needing to hold a needle in my hand,
Sandy