Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Another day...

M and I spent another productive weekend working around the house. We even cemented our place amongst "real homeowners" on Saturday by replacing a light fixture. M also picked up leaves for what we hope is the last time and brought in the hoses and the outdoor furniture. The P family is ready for winter...at least on the outside. It was actually a good thing we got all of that done as it snowed Sunday night. Granted it was a dusting of snow, but it was snow just the same. Now we're just getting ready for the holidays. I've got all of the Christmas gifts bought and wrapped so we can deliver them to my families over Thanksgiving. I'm making pies and cranberries this afternoon and tomorrow, and Otis is heading to the groomer this afternoon. Our experiment with just having him brushed out over the winter isn't working out. His legs get all matted (not to mention he just looks kind of mangy), so we're going back to shaved Otis. I don't think he'll get too cold...maybe I'll fix his dog blanket just in case. Have I mentioned the super expensive dog blanket I bought him last year when we had him shaved for the first time? He chewed it off of himself. I made a mental note never to leave anything attached to him in his kennel again. Live and learn.

Of course, it's just a few short days until "decorate for Christmas" time, and I still haven't even bought fabric for the new stockings. I just cannot get motivated to go to the fabric store. For some reason, I hate going in there. I think it's because a check-out lady gave me a look and announced to me once in a very snooty tone, "you know this is embroidery thread, not sewing thread, don't you?" I replied that I did, in fact, know it was embroidery thread. It was for embroidering. Ever since then, the ladies that work in there always bother me. It doesn't help that I'm usually the only customer, but I still have to wait at the cutting counter before anyone will come over and help me. What are they doing anyway?

That's really all that's going on around here. It's a mundane life these days...

1 comment:

feather nester said...

Hate the fabric store?! My God, I could live there. You need a new one. And I stand corrected from my last message about whom you're spending T-giving with. Have fun with your fam then!