Hi everyone,
It sounds like those who celebrated Thanksgiving had a wonderful time. We did too… Cindy and I went to Schnuck’s last night and pretty much planned our dinner as we walked through the store. I actually had bought a turkey but never got it out of the freezer because we weren’t sure when they were coming.
So we decided on pot roast with potatoes, carrots, onions and mushrooms… then we decided on these things to go with the roast… sweet potato souffle, corn, broccoli salad, Sister Schubert rolls, gravy, cranberry sauce, dressing, green beans, pumpkin pie, chocolate chip cookies, and maybe a few more things I’ve forgotten. We had plenty and were very thankful!
Okay… enough on the food!
After we ate, and did the dishes, Cindy started playing around with the mantle above our fireplace. I watched… she did all the work. (Actually, I had started part of it,) but she made it the way it is now…PERFECT! At least to me!
We went outside and broke off a few low hanging branches from our Magnolia tree to use in a pitcher that was one of my mom’s favorite trinkets.
She put the little ceramic house (Susette sent me) in front of a painting that was my moms… and we rounded up some candles and cut them down…
I’ll just show you some pictures…
If you click on them they will enlarge.
Some of the pictures are mine and some are Cindy’s.
Then she moved to my china cabinet and rearranged the top. I had found this fold out star with lights inside and we put it together and it looks so Christmasy… especially with more Magnolia leaves added.
Tomorrow Deb is coming and we’ll be the Three Sisters Together again. I can’t wait!
I hope you have a wonderful Black Friday and don’t spend too much money! Save some for Cyber Monday! :o)
Have a nice weekend,
See you Monday,
Blessings, Jeanne
Cindy certainly has a way with arranging your home decor, pulling items together and so on. I wouldn’t have thought to put that darling little house right in front of that picture, but it’s just perfect there. And I love the light-up star over on the china cabinet, too.
So glad the three of you girls will have some time together this weekend! You’re so fortunate to have sisters!
I spent the day alone, although I did message back and forth with my son several times, and also with a friend, and had messages from Sarah and Kim (the mothers of my grandchildren) as well as others. I took the flowers out to the cemetery, then went to church and practiced before coming home. My tummy wasn’t up to a big meal, so I just ate here. For lunch, pickled herring (homemade from the Normanna Christmas bazaar a week or two ago!) and a hard-cooked egg (actually a good combination but maybe you have to be Swedish to appreciate it!! 😂) with some flatbread, and for supper a little frozen entree heated up, and leftover Copper Pennies (carrot salad). It was more than enough. I might take myself out tomorrow instead, if I’m feeling up to it. I’ll see.
I did find that “From Russia with Love” was on tonight–my all-time favorite James Bond movie–so you know what I was watching!! (and another station has a James Bond marathon on all day Friday!! Ooh…)
Oh, and good news about my toe: the infection seems to be going away and swelling is down, so I can wear my normal bedroom slippers again–they pressed on my toe and made it hurt before, so I was wearing my old, loose, sloppy slippers! Soon I will be done with the antibiotics, and then my tummy will settle down again.