Soooo, Sleepy

I had a very rough night, for some strange (or perhaps not so strange) reason my mind would just not shut down. I kept running through lists of what I need to accomplish before we left to spend Christmas in Drumheller. I think that I need to sit down and make a special "To Do" list to keep this from happening again.

Before I go to bed I thought I would do a mid month update on my few goals.

1.  Continue with any unfinished projects. I am working daily on this one. I finished my cowl, and the scarf. I am now working on my hooded cowl.

2.  Get my Christmas Cards out within a couple of weeks. Christmas cards are done and mailed out.

3. Work on my own Daily Planner. Finished my planner. I have thought of a couple of other pages and will add them this week.

4.  Try for 18 no spend days this month (it will be very tough, but doable I hope). Working on this by staying out of the stores as much as possible in this very busy, spendy month.

I have also pulled out a few more items to donate following the challenge to give something away every day in Advent.

Today I am giving away these wicker trays.

The top one could be used for nuts, candy or crackers. The bottom 3 could also be used for the same purpose or for some kind of craft.

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.

Menu Monday

The last full week before we leave to visit with Kurt in Alberta, for Christmas. Next weeks menus will be the abridged version!!

Monday

Tonight we will have the Perogies we were supposed to have last Friday.

Tuesday

Some of the leftover Chicken made into a Chicken Casserole (I have a new recipe I want to try).

Wednesday

Soup and Egg Salad Sandwiches. I have an abundance of eggs for some reason that need using and I found some soup in the freezer that needs to go.

Thursday

Ham Steak, rice and sliced fresh veggies with dip

Friday

Baked Fish Fillets, leftover rice and peas.

Saturday

Clean out the fridge night, or if there are no leftovers to be had.....Hamburgers.

Sunday

Roast pork, roasted potatoes, roasted carrots.

There you have it my suppers for the week. As usual lunches will either be leftovers or sandwiches.

Everybody have a wonderful day.

God bless.

Sunday Ramblings

Today is the Third Sunday of Advent. The pink candle represents Joy.

Father Brian stressed in his homily today something that Pope Francis spoke about. We are not to be
"sour pusses" when giving. We are supposed to give in the spirit of Christ, with a smile on our faces and joy in our hearts! I do hope that I am not a sour puss when giving and I am going to practice this everyday during the rest of the Advent season giving joyfully from my heart.

I am feeling a bit better today, still a bit weak and shaky, but at least able to function. Perhaps not up to full speed as of yet, but getting there.

Today I picked this to give to the second hand store that supports battered women here in our city.

This jewelry box was one of the first gifts Harvey bought for me after we married. It has been in the closet for the last few years since he bought me a rather large standing jewelry box. I think I have held on to it long enough and it is time it found another home. Once it is cleaned up I will add it to the bag containing a couple of books and drop it off. I am sure someone else will find a good use for it.

I also did make one more tray of squares....along with a loaf of bread (got to love a bread maker).

Can you tell I love chocolate? This is some Caramel Toffee Squares and as soon as it softens a touch it will be cut up and stored in containers.

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.

Not Feeling Well

I am really not feeling very well right now. So I am just going to say that this is the evening of my next give away.

First person to leave a comment asking for the Vogue Knitting Shawls and Wraps book will receive it.

Hopefully I will feel better tomorrow.

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God Bless.

Plugging Away

Today I have spent partly baking and partly finishing up started projects. I am also working on using some yarn up.... No waste around this household any longer!!!

I started the day off baking cookies.

First off were these

Whipped Shortbread. I was going to put them through my cookie press, but decided to go the easy route of rolling the chilled dough into balls and pressing them down. I also only made a single batch instead of the usual double (sometimes even triple) batch.

I moved on to these next

A single batch of Christmas themed Sugar Cookies. I do need to decorate these, but that can wait until tomorrow.

The last thing I made was Peanut Butter Squares.

A nice big pan as these are a family favorite.

Hopefully tomorrow I will get the Caramel Slice, Peanut Brittle, and the Three Layer Bars done. I think I will save the Cinnamon Buns until Sunday or perhaps Monday. Gingerbread Man cookies sound like a really good idea right now, but we will see if I feel up to it.

Project finished is this cowl.

I started this cowl when we went to Moosejaw and I finally finished it today.

Now I have started another knitting project that will hopefully be finished soon. There was a ball and a half of this yarn left and since I am on a no waste, use it up challenge as a means to living a simpler more frugal life I decided to start this a couple of days ago.

This should work out to be a double wrap infinity scarf by the time I am done. A girl can never have too many scarves!

My give away for tonight to anyone who wants it is the Knit Ponchos, Wraps, and Scarves. Once again it will go to the first person who requests it in the comments.

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.

Thursday Tid Bits

I decided to do my shopping and bill paying today so that I could bake undisturbed the rest of the week.

After I got back I started with some simple things.

Two trays of Almond Bark.

Then these

Chocolate Coconut balls.

I hope to start earlier tomorrow and get Cinnamon Buns, English Shortbread and Whipped Shortbread Cookies made. If I am really luck I could manage to get the first batch of Peanut Brittle made as well.

I found some more items to give away today following the Advent Challenge. They are these three books.

I am doing something different. Today I am giving away the Christmas Ornaments to Make to the first reader of my blog to request it.

Tomorrow I will be giving away the Knit Ponchos Wraps and Scarves the same way. This continues on Saturday when I will give away the Vogue Knitting Shawls and Wraps. If there are no takers I will be taking them to the other used items shop in town.

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.

Wrap It Up Wednesday

Today was spent getting a few things wrapped up and crossed off the "To Do" list. It was also a day of starts.

First off I got the gifts wrapped for my brothers and nieces.

These are the hooded cowls I made for the girls.

Then it was moving on to getting the Christmas cards stamped.

All this done while enjoying my morning coffee in the mug I bought myself for Christmas.

Somehow this just seemed so appropriate!!!

I then moved on to some baking. We needed bread and since I hadn't started my Christmas goodie making as of yet I decided to make these first....

Tiny little butter tarts. I made 4 dozen which is cutting back from the 5 dozen I usually make. I also made 2" ones instead of 3"ones.

Yesterday was my friend's and I annual trip to go Christmas shopping. While I was done she wasn't and so I had great fun helping her pick out gifts for her grandchildren. I did however buy something....

This rather large pile of yarn to make cowls with. The correct yarn size even!! To make matters even better it was all on sale.

With all the wrapping up going on I did not forget my give away challenge.

These two books, one of which we will be taking to Kurt for his in class library, while the other one is in the donation bag.

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.