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I watched Polar Express last night...

so cute.

 

~b

What's going on?

 

Jalapeno cheddar dutch oven crusty bread...

recipe found on pinterest and it's very good.

Oh, and super simple.

I'm serving it with chili tonight.

 

 

I finished another purse organizer.

You can't just make one you know.

 

 

I have a whole lot of knitting to get done before Dec. 25.

I have just barely begun this project and am already wearing a wrist brace.

Yikes, gotta go. Bye!

 

~b

top secret

It's the time of year where a lot of the projects

 we are working on have to stay

 in Santa's workshop and under wraps.

 

 

I'm almost done with decorating the house...

I will spend the next 27 days tweaking, moving, redoing

or undoing what I have done.

Anyone else like that?

 

~b

 

 



make-do

Usually for me Christmas is all about making-do

 with what I have when it comes to decorating.

I wanted to replace this 3-foot tree but decided to instead see what I could do with it.

I had Dakota Man make a wooden box to put it in...

(why do the bases always have to be so ugly?) and I stenciled it.

 Have you ever priced  wooden boxes!?

 

 

We spray painted the tree hoping to camouflage

 the awful-not-anything-like-real color of it.

 

 

I put old and sentimental ornaments on it

 as I like to theme our large tree.

Yup...I'm very happy with it.

(But I may go back and rearrange some of those ornaments.)

 

~b



inspiring

This post is all about getting you inspired to do your Christmas decorating.

 

 

How many trees do you put up?

 

 

We took Friday off and headed to the nearest Hobby Lobby

 in Pierre which is an hour and a half from home.

Pierre is also the city of the South Dakota Capitol.

We have a beautiful statehouse but at Christmas time it is

a winter wonderland.

 

 



 

I came home inspired...

 

~b

 



Thanks

 

This is exactly what we are doing for our Thanksgiving

...eating beef.

 

Have a thankful day.

 

A am grateful for all of you that check out my little blog

 to see what is going on in my corner of this big world.

~b



toys

Dakota Man has been spending some quality time

 in his workshop already this season.

 

 

He was inspired to make these small planes

 from ones he saw while in Kellogg, Minnesota at Lark Toys.

 

 Lark Toys is about the most fun toy store I have ever been in.

 

 

 

This moose is part of carousel.

The troll is to be the first of many

 that will eventually be displayed with it in the toy store.

 

~b

 

 



Russian tea

I found some old Tang in the top of my cupboard the other day
 which prompted me to dig out my recipe for Russian tea. 



 

I picked up my Russian tea drinking habit years ago

while living in Iowa.

Some people call it friendship tea.

 

I do have some interesting Russian-Germans

 on my family tree so I will stick with Russian tea.

 

Russian Tea

2 cups Tang

1 cup sugar

3/4 cup instant tea

1 tsp. cinnamon

1/4 tsp. cloves

 

I will swear to this day that Iowans have the best recipes.

 

~b

Friday post card

 

Daughter knit and pearl in North Dakota

sent her chickens to their winter home while we were visiting.

 

Now don't assume they got to go south for the winter.

They went a few miles out of town to Farmer Brown's

 where there is a little more protection for them.

But they are still three spoiled chickens...

her and the girls see to that.

 



 

~b

so handy

I love this purse organizer I made yesterday.

It has seven pockets! No kidding!

And four of those are divided to help keep your junk organized.

 

 

It will be so handy to put inside your purse or bag.

No more lost keys.

 

I started another one today

while my pumpkin bread was baking.

November is my pumpkin month. I crave it.

 

 

~b

 

snow thoughts

Are you thinking about Christmas decorating yet?

I sent Mr. b out to his woodshop today

 to cut me these barn wood trees.

 

 

This is more of a winter scene than Christmas.

We have had snow and below normal temperatures

making it hard to not think about Christmas.

I say when there's snow on your pumpkins and mums

it's time to get out Christmas.

 

~b

old raggedy

No, not really old.

She is made new to look old.

 

 

I finished this Raggedy Ann this morning.

I have made quite a few raggedy' s

 starting when my kids were babies 40 years ago.

 

 

I had to have a bit of fun after I finished her legs.

 

~b



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And all the roads that lead you there were winding...

 

~b

rugs

Daughter knit and pearl signed me up for a mug rug swap.

With my heart not quite in it I made the first one.

Never sew with half a heart I say.

My top stitching was subpar.

 

 

I did find some cute patterns for them.

The rules were to use a fall theme

 with at least six fabrics and keep it mug size.

 

 

I hope the recipient feels free to use and abuse them

 with their crooked top stitching.

 

 

~b



November embroidery

 

Are you dreaming about a turkey dinner like I am?

 

~b



halloween 2018

Last week was dedicated to our granddaughters.

First we went to the 5th grade play our twin granddaughters were in.

One was a pig and the other a fox.

It was a pretty cute play.

 

 

From there we headed north to trick or treat with our North Dakota granddaughters.

Our 4-year-old decided two weeks prior to Halloween

 that grandma was going to be a witch and grandpa a zombie.

 

 

There may never be another chance that a grandchild

 wants to take grandma and grandpa trick or treating with them.

 

~b

Friday post card

oh deer...

~b