Friday Potpourri

In a few short hours

I will be starting a weeks vacation

and I am ready for it

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I walked out the door for work one morning this week

to the smell of a wood fire burning ~ the smoke curling around the neighbourhood

fog over the river and geese honking overhead

making me smile and grateful for days like this

it's not quite winter but no longer feeling like autumn

the end of November always feels this way

snow makes it seem softer ~ less harsh

after the colourful show that was fall

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I will not be lounging around on this week off

I have shopping to finish ~ cookies to bake

and cards to drop in the mail

I absolutely love having this week off ~ I really do

as it takes the pressure off getting things done on the weekends

tomorrow night is game night so I will finish my decorating

do some food prep and make sure the beverages are cold

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I hope all my US friends had a wonderful Thanksgiving

and you all had a great week

whatever your plans this weekend

do it with love

Sometimes....

Yesterday I almost had a mini panic attack

thinking that I was lagging behind

things that should be done weren't

will I be ready?

then I looked at the calendar

it was the 23rd of November

so no ~ I am not running behind schedule

as a matter of fact I am ahead of the game

it seems everywhere I turn in blog land 

people are all decked out for Christmas

I loved this post last week from Jeanne

I know people are getting ready for home tours

and Thanksgiving 

they have their trees up ~ the halls are decked

but I will sit here sipping my hot chocolate

and finish writing up my Christmas cards

and come the 1st I will be ready

no panic attacks necessary

xo

Twinkle Twinkle

The last couple of weekends I have taken a break

from cooking and cleaning

and have spent my time in my renovated room

with no natural light ~ creating

finally taking some of those things I have pinned

and made them for myself

I have also been having some fun with my chalkboard

wow ~ there are so many cool quotes and fonts

plain inspiration everywhere you look

since our Thanksgiving was last month I chose this one

as I thought it was a bit early for me 

to be putting something Christmas related on it

a couple of weekends ago I made these sweater pillows

again ~ crappy lighting ~ sorry about that!

found on Pinterest ~ a couple of sweaters from goodwill

some batting and stuffing and I used embroidery floss instead of thread

I have 2 or 3 more sweaters to do and 

can't wait to see how they will look on the couch.

This past weekend I made these...

egg cartons + paint + mini lights = cute!

I love them and they were too easy to make

again ~ another Pinterest find

so my little corner of the world is basically complete

that sweater hanging over the chair was one my Grammy Brown made me

and I cannot part with it ~ so after the chair gets recovered with this fabric

the sweater will become another pillow!

I picked this up on my trip 

and it is awaiting a perfect little spot of wall

thought I would take some random shots of my space

as I will soon be hauling out the Christmas wrap, ribbon and bows

and this will become filled with everything Christmas

yes that is my old stereo with a turntable

because you never know when the girls are going to show up 

and we will drag out the 45's and have a dance party!

see randomness and whiskers abound

along with peanut butter pie ~ to die for delicious 

and currently crushing on these ~ please come to Canada soon!

Happy Tuesday.

Friday Potpourri

OK ~ let's go back to autumn

crunchy leaves ~ warm days and cool nights

not wind chill and bitter cold

I am really not ready for this

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I find it very hard to believe that we are half way through November

the time is flying ~ it will be Christmas before we know it!

I am thankful that I have most of my shopping done

and plan to have everything done by the first week of December

I am talking decorating, baking, shopping and shipping

I am a girl on a mission

wearing cozy sweaters, socks and scarves

drinking tea and lattes

running errands and snuggling with the fur babies

cooking soups and casseroles

reading books, blogs and magazines

it is the season for nesting

last weekend I spent some time being creative

it felt good to let everything else be and focus on me

and then not feel guilty about it

I made a couple of sweater pillows and will show you soon

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this weekend will be more comfort food

yummy smelling candles

cleaning and organizing

and spending some quality time

with my little family

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what are your plans?

Sweet November

I must say that November has been pretty sweet so far

even though it did start out as a rain event

which made for a crappy drive to our destination

but after an hour's wait to cross the border ~ and another hour or so drive

we arrived no worse for wear

we talked all the way ~ caught up ~ truth baring heavy stuff

and lots of laughs as well

the weather cleared and it got warm

which helped in lugging our bags out to the car so we could continue shopping

we stocked up on things we can not get at home

did a lot of Christmas shopping

and picked up a few treats or so for ourselves

I spotted this on Saturday and thought how easy would that be to make

so I did what any normal girl would do and snapped a pic so I could use it as a guide later!

Sunday we packed up and headed for home

the car was full ~ and our wallets empty

but it was so worth it

the open road ~ the talking was done

it was time to turn up the music and sing

we figure we hit almost every genre of music and several decades

because that is how we roll

while I was away ~ Katrina celebrated her birthday

19 candles this year ~ hard to believe

I missed her dinner but will make it up to her soon

I took Monday off and I am so glad that I did

honestly I felt like I had been to a huge party and had a hangover

although no alcohol was consumed the day or night before

I snuggled with my furry kids

sorted through and put away all my new treasures

and made a nice dinner for hubby 

it was a day well spent

today was take your kids to work day

so I took my niece Sam and my brother's step daughter Alayna

apparently they got bored this morning during a little bit of down time

and took some selfies ~ too cute!

they had fun though and got a peek into my everyday.

Getting around slowly to catch up with my blog reading

and thankful it is Wednesday already

hope you are having a great week.

Friday Potpourri

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the countdown is over as I have been waiting for this weekend for 2 months

in just a couple of hours I will be hitting the road

on a little girl's getaway

it is needed ~ I am so looking forward to it

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it will include lots of talking and shopping

sharing loves, hopes and plans for the future

eating great food and just maybe a few beverages

and it will include singing ~ we love to sing in the car

love this friendship and I I know new memories will be made.

Happy weekend!