I’ve made cookies and wrapped all the Christmas presents. I think we’re going to have to out tomorrow. Doug tried to take Gus for a walk, but he only got less than half way down our road. He said the road was icy and too hard to walk on. The cats are going crazy. Cora is the only one who will spend any time out-of-doors. 
5:30pm
730pm
Then it rained, and then it snowed again. Cora was the only one who ventured out this afternoon. She didn’t stay out long. Even though it had snowed several inches, her feet didn’t make much of a dent in the snow. 
I am making good progress on the booties. I should have them finished tomorrow. 
Knitting group is tomorrow afternoon,but I don’t know if I will be able to go. I don’t do snow or ice so we’ll see.
Olive has been enjoying the Christmas tree. She prefers it to going out in the snow.
Sweetems went for a colonoscopy this morning. He spent all evening drinking a gallon of vile liquid and didn’t get much sleep due to having to spend so much time on the toilet. he slept during the procedure and for almost three hours when we came home. I was awake when I had mine. I don’t see how he can sleep like that. Whenever I try to nap in the afternoon, I find myself staring at the ceiling.
I did get a lot of knitting accomplished this morning. One booties is finished except for sewing. And I didn’t change much of anything. If there is something on TV tonight worth watching, I should finish that and, hopefully, have a picture for tomorrow. I am really getting anxious to start my socks, but I still have a baby hat to make and maybe a few other little things.
I decided to take Gus for a walk on my own. He didn’t get one this morning. We didn’t go to the horse farm or through the woods due to the rough terrain. There is also still a lot of water at the horse farm. Some of the paddocks haven’t been used in weeks.
It was deceit enough to take a picture outside. I really liked making this sweater. Coming up the back and going down the front was a nice feature. I still haven’t decided on buttons yet, but the baby isn’t due until February, so there’s time. I may just let my daughter decide.
Here’s the Jim Shore calendar wall quilt that I made for my daughter. I personalized it by adding an appliqued heart and special dates. I added five hanger loops across the top with the leftover binding. I’m very happy with the results.
I rode down to Salisbury yesterday and bought three bags of Pecan Yummies for my son-in-law at the UPS store. I’m not certain he will get all three bags. They do look yummy.
I’ve decided hat I don’t need them. Why do I need them? I’ve got three little girls to decorate it. And they are not breakable. Cora is very good at picking the ornaments off and carrying them off to parts unknown. I am also very afraid that she will do it to one that is very special to me.
It has been raining all day. It’s only n the mid-fifties, but I am chilled to the bone. It really sucks. No wonder I’m in a bad mood. I have finished the machine sewing. I even made hangers of it. Hopefully, I’ll get the hand sewing accomplished in the next day or two. The babes are sleeping now, so perhaps I can get a lot of it finished tonight. The baby sweater is finished except for the snaps and buttons. I haven’t made up my mind yet.
It’s really been cold for the past few days. I even had to wear a coat. Yesterday, it was so windy, we didn’t get very far. Today, with no wind, we were out for quite a while. I was really tired and achy when we got back.
I tried to finish my daughter’s calendar quilt this afternoon and had to stop. Usually, I can sit there for hours, but now today. So I decided it was time to put up the Christmas tree. Well, I got Doug to bring it up from the cellar. No matter what we did, we couldn’t some of the strings of lights to work. Bummer. We’ve got to find some more lights. I never did get any ornaments on.
It rained all night. The geese love it. They can stand on the bulkhead and still be in the water. Everything is sodden. I didn’t get much of a walk because of it. The weather was mild so Doug put out the Christmas lights on the deck. I had been out shopping this afternoon and they were so pretty when I came over the bridge. Of course, I forgot to stop at the bank so I have to run out again tomorrow. It’s supposed to be a lot colder.
I have the kimono blocked. Maybe tomorrow I can start putting it together. I found some snaps and buttons. Wal-Mart doesn’t have much at all anymore. They only had one kind of snaps and they were black. At least I have plenty of buttons. In the meantime, I’ve started Heritage Booties with the same yarn. I thought about making a hat to go with the kimono, but I really liked the booties.
I don’t understand why anyone would send an “Edible Arrangements”. You have to eat that stuff right away. You don’t know how long they were sitting around either. You know, I don’t think I could eat it. I’d probably sit it out back and let the birds eat.
I still got nada.
Is that a word? Oh, who cares. It suits. I went to the urologist this morning. While I was away, they called to change my appointment to AN HOUR earlier so I wasn’t happy anyway. The doctor probably had plans for the weekend. After a forty minute drive and having to wait, (at least I had my knitting), I was told that surgery wouldn’t help. He could have done that on the phone. He talked about physical theory, but only a few places did it so another forty minute drive each way. He was pushing to try something that involved me coming every week (for the rest of my life?), but most insurance companies don’t cover it. It seems it only has a less than fifty percent success rate. Why bother. And I’m not taking those stupid pills either.
Happy thoughts! Happy thoughts!
So I went and got a haircut. It looks good. It’s only down to my chin. It was entirely too long. Long is fine in the summer when it’s hot and I can wear it up. But when it’s cold and takes forever to dry, (I don’t have time for a blow dryer) it’s has to come off. If I weren’t so ugly, I’d take my picture. It looks that good.
I’ve started te first sleeve on the baby kimono. I just noticed that you can see the increases after the seed stitch cuff. Bummer. What did I do? I’m not going to worry about it. The mother will never notice. It is so cute! Don’t you think?
I like the way it crosses over in the front, but I am not looking forward to sewing on the snaps. I’ll have to think about it. I need to take a better picture. You can’t see the colors here—— lime, blue, pink, aqua and cream.
Miss Linda just called. She wants to go to Pizza King for hot sandwiches. It sounds like comfort food to me. I can handle that.
For the third time, it rained all the way home. Everyone is still alive. But, what I would like to know is, how can one man get so many dishes dirty in just two days? Then he says he ate right before I got in and doesn’t want supper. So I’m sitting at the computer around 5:30 and he asks what’s for dinner. And he wonders why I’m always threatening to beat him to death. Now I’m not sure I’m glad to be home. If I can get up off my dead ass, I’ll take baby sweater pictures tomorrow.
Up a Creek in Lower Slower Delaware 
