Midweek update

Here is where I am with the Frolic Mystery- again, not committed yet but you gotta have something to do when you can't sleep.  So, if I end up completing this quilt, it might be called "Insomnia".

Here's the majority of my cookie baking crew, all decked out and only slightly messy at this point.  It was a great time with family that I don't get much of anymore.  Treasured moments for sure!

Here are the pajamas for PJ day at school this week.  I made the shirt with my Cricut and the pants are warm and fuzzy.  Fun to wear!
Yesterday was flannel day and today is Christmas hat and sock day.  The fun goes on all week, trying to motivate students before they take finals next week.

Made a little progress on my Neat Ripple afghan.  The pattern is from Attic 24.  LOVE HER!  But I don't know how she makes such fast progress on her crochet.  It took me about 2.5 hours for 4.5 rows.

Hard to see but the above are the results of my GoodReads reading challenge for 2019.  40 books so far this year and still counting.

And, the solar panels have been installed but await the inspector's approval before they can come in to use.  I'm less than thrilled with the appearance but hopefully our cooling bill this summer will make up for it!

Gratitudes to get me through the week:  2 great kids who are working hard on college finals, a lovely home to keep us warm and cozy, an amazing spouse who puts up with all my craziness and crafts, Secret Santa week at work to remind us all what is most important- making others smile!  Being healthy enough to worry about getting healthier, canine companions who have been devoted friends for many years and will be greatly missed when they are gone which is almost certain to happen for a couple of them in 2020, a fresh new year on the horizon.  And lots of quilting a crochet projects to keep me busy!

Happy Hump Day!

What's Happened Lately...

So, I seriously have not committed to the Bonnie Hunter Frolic Mystery.  I have  other of her mysteries started and unfinished...One I worked on in the middle of the night recently...

But I have so much fabric hanging around and needed something fresh to get me motivated so I have step one of Frolic done and printed step 2...

Some of the other projects I have worked on recently...

A tree from our plethora of Corks.  What was I thinking when I saved all these?  Another thing to consider...do we really need to be drinking all that much wine?

Some crochet ornaments...I am at least enjoying them.

A tree skirt for my new tree but it needs a few more rows and I don't know if I will actually get that done any time soon.

Then I got the house decorated for Christmas.  Its a much larger task when the kids aren't around to help anymore. 

My daughter recently had a recital.  Amazing, as always.  She just sent out her Graduate School Applications.  I am so proud of her for the hard work she has put into her degree in Opera voice performance!

Here is the Love Bird ornament for this year.  My husband and I will be celebrating 25 years this summer.  We have lovebirds for many of those years for our tree..  They are surprisingly hard to find.

And here I am, being happy about Christmas and looking forward to a fresh new year!  

Snapchat filters are one of my favorite things!  

Cricut fun

These are a few other projects I have done, with a great friend.  A group of us at the HS were Care Bears for Halloween.  My friend and I had great fun making all the shirts!
Then, next week we are having a "Blast from the Past" Bookfair so I made myself a shirt and passed on the iron on design to my assistant so she could make one.  I am having too much fun with my Cricut and Easy Press!

I even made these to hang in time for Thanksgiving.