making a list

It’s been the busiest December ever!  I’m quite proud with how well we’ve been keeping our head above water.  This past weekend was extremely productive.  Here’s what we accomplished…

~ Hosted dinner both Sat and Sun nights
~ decorated and cleaned up the house for hosting
~ rearranged garage so deep freeze is in back
~ made vanilla strawberry jam and apple cranberry jam and canned both
~ made reindeer noses
~ made chex mix
~ nearly finished Christmas shopping
~ shipped off packages and Xmas cards

Things still to do..
~ finish my sewing projects.  I worked on this last night.  My flannel scarves are all assembled sewed up and pressed.  Yes I even pressed them.  I had the intention of sewing a border about a half inch from the edge in zig zag (b/c I wasn’t confident on my skill of sewing straight).  I don’t know if it was the thickness of the flannel or what but I kept breaking the thread.  And I decided I didn’t like the small zig zag, maybe it was too small and compact.  A wider stich may have been better.  I didn’t make it down half of one side of one scarf.  So I started another one and started hand quilting the border, simple running stitch.  I don’t like that either.  Not sure where to go with this.  Give them as gifts as is?  I liked this stitching idea so that the scarf doesn’t bubble up and the back twist to the front.  Maybe I need some prettier perl cotton and do an embroidery stitch for the border.  But you’ll see the back so it would have to look nice on both sides.  Thoughts?  suggestions?  I know I don’t have pics.  It’s been dark when I get to work on these.
~ I still need to quilt my Xmas runner. 
~ Plan Christmas dinner
~ finish up R shopping
~ Call dentist about a weird bill
~ make appt for kitty’s shots
~ wrap gifts
This weekend we have a family weekend planned.  Lots of watching Christmas movies and being together with out a huge plan.  I’m really looking forward to it.

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