It's beginning to look like Christmas . . .
I'm curious about what that means exactly; is it the lights, the decorations, the UPS, FedEx, USPS, and Amazon trucks speeding around? Whatever it is, I'm feeling a little bit of festive especially since I finished writing in and addressing Christmas cards to our friends and family and dropped them at the Post Office.
It was fun to make these cards once I got my mojo! I even decorated the envelopes. Fortunately, I had gotten some inspiration (and materials) from my lovely Stampin'Up! demonstrator. The only downside to getting over 20 cards out was that my writing got progressively worse because of arthritis pain in my hands; ah, well! Old age manifests in odd and sometimes inconvenient ways! Speaking of old age, my 71st birthday was December 7th, and although I'm not wild about heading into my 70's, my day was happily passed with greetings from friends and family . . . all the love reminds me that life is something to treasure.
I've not done much on the sewing/quilting projects the last few weeks which needs to be remedied. There was the interruption of shopping for and wrapping gifts, decorating the tree, making cards, and just generally being lazy! Thing is, I've found that I can manage doing one, maybe two, tasks (besides getting meals on the table and doing the laundry) in a day and then I'm done and have to sit and, well, read or knit or stare into space . . . !!
We purchased Emergency Roadside kits to give to kids and grandkids and I wrapped all of those (ten) and shipped three off to faraway grandkids (Texas and Arizona). I am pretty pleased with the little tags I made for each of them:
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| I made two of the top tags for two of our single grandsons, seven of the middle tags for married couples, and the bottom tag for our cowboy grandson who has a truck (couldn't fit a horse trailer on!) and two dogs. I have such a huge assortment of stamps and colored pencils which I was able to put to good use on these. I still have three gift tags to make for three of our great grandchildren's gifts. Really, I should think about making stuff like this in January or at least earlier than a day before gifts have to be distributed! Maybe next year . . . haha! Speaking of next year, there is hope on the horizon for a little more stability here in the US of A. And, the prospect of vaccinating the population for COVID-19 is heartening too. We have personally weathered the pandemic storm so far without any ill effects but are saddened by the deaths of a few friends and of course all of the thousands of people who have died leaving families grieving their loss. Our prayer is that 2021 will be kinder and that everyone will cherish each other and live each day to the fullest. Ordinary days still here on Vine and looking forward to many more. Happy Christmas and blessings in the new year!  Hazel |
