Day 366 of 2024

Waiting for the new year.

 

Day 365 of 2024

It's still one of my daily activities.

 

Day 364 of 2024

I'm enjoying the slower pace of the last few days 

and the Christmas decorations 

which will be up until M's birthday as usual.

 

Day 363 of 2024

I'm taking some time to knit a little this week between holidays. 

This is a Christmas gift for Fireball that didn't get made. 

He understands. 

I'll get back to the house in the new year.

 

Day 362 of 2024

It's time for our Pacific Northwest family to head home. 

It's been a fun week.

 

Day 361 of 2024

I found more color inspiration today at Target. 

I asked a young woman if I could take a picture of her sweater and she obliged.

 

Day 360 of 2024

Merry Christmas!

 

359 of 2024

One more sleep 'til Christmas.

 

Day 358 of 2024

Tonight was so much fun. 

We were eight family members split into two teams.

Here my DIL, R, is about to cement our team victory

 by hitting the 1,000 spot.

 

Day 357 of 2024

Family pizza, paper crafts and game day.

 

Day 356 of 2024

Our den is ready for holiday guests.

 

Day 355 of 2024

I'm getting this room ready for a new rug roll out.

 

Day 354 of 2024

As I'm wrapping up the projects that I will be able to finish,

 I'm going to have to start putting the tools away.

 

Day 353 of 2024

I'm leaving yesterday's paint predicament alone for the time being. 

I'm moving on to continue on the bathroom. 

Luckily, I have new paint for this space. 

Cutting in began today.

 

Day 352 of 2024

I need to do a little touch up painting in the den. 

When I was finally able to get the can open, 

the paint inside looked more like a dried up hair gel than paint. 

It had completely pulled away from the can. 

 I'm hoping we have a spare unopened can in the garage  

that is in good enough condition for me to get my touch ups done. 

 

Day 351 of 2024

I'm prepping these walls for painting by filling holes 

and sanding the edges off the painted stars and stripes. 

I spy a mistake I made when I originally painted. 

Can you see it too?

 

Day 350 of 2024

This is not exactly the photo I wanted, but it's the photo I got. 

Regardless, Fireball opened the front door to go outside 

and the neighborhood cat seemed to be guarding our door. 

That may not be exactly true as a moment later 

he leapt from this spot to the adjacent garden 

and stood like a statue. 

I'm sure he was chipmunk hunting.

 

Day 349 of 2024

We played a new game tonight.

 

Day 348 of 2024

Christmas craft goals.

 

Day 347 of 2024

I'm figuring out some new artwork placement. 

Have you ever tried this method? 

It worked very well for me today. 

The only thing I can tell you is that the yellow painter's tape 

doesn't hold very well 

so if you do use this method, 

you will need to use perhaps the blue tape or work very quickly.

 

Day 346 of 2024

After starting close to Chicago

 and then traveling to another location in Chicago, 

this yarn arrived in Indianapolis. 

As shipments do, it then went to another location in Indianapolis. 

After its delivery date came and went

 I got a notification that it would be delayed. 

Finally after four days of radio silence, 

I see via tracking that it has gone back to Chicago. 

After several more station transfers it heads to Indy again. 

Two more days pass and I have finally received my new yarn. 

Good thing it's so gorgeous. 

 

Day 345 of 2024

Synchronized angles.

 

Day 344 of 2024

Tonight's entertainment: 

hooking the electronics back up after the carpet installation. 

We're almost there.

 

Day 343 of 2024

December sky.

 

Day 342 of 2024

I thought I'd try another tiny project today 

and thought I was going to finish it up tonight

 until I realized I had read the instructions incorrectly 

and now need to tear out the last part and do the right thing. 

Maybe you'll see it tomorrow.

 

Day 341 of 2024

I'm working on one tiny item 

to see if it's worth making more of the tiny things.

 

Day 340 of 2024

This is inside our furnace. That red 57 is flashing. 

It was also flashing last night. 

Someone diagnosed our problem and came back today to fix it. 

We thought it was, but it is not. 

It is very cold inside our house. 

The temperature outside is going to be very cold overnight 

so I expect it will be even colder inside by morning.

 

Day 339 of 2024

I got behind on my advent calendar again so today I opened two boxes. 

Day three surprise is a very smooth pair of scissors. 

Day four is a Christmas pillowcase kit. 

I'm loving the artwork and color scheme this year.

 

Day 338 of 2024

I'm sorting through more things today. 

Here are some of my mom's things 

including a pen that was engraved 

for her parents' 50th wedding anniversary.

 

Day 337 of 2024

I am once again doing the Stitch Supply Co advent calendar. 

I'm a day behind, but I'll open two boxes tonight. 

 

Day 336 of 2024

I matched my M&Ms to the unsolved Rubik's Cube. 

I was impressed how closely the blues matched.

 

Day 335 of 2024

Pizza out with the girls...

and Fireball and T-Bone.

 

Day 334 of 2024

It's time to start thinking about decorating. 

Let's start by seeing if these can be improved 

with a little silver polish.

 

Day 333 of 2024

We've eaten and it's time to start a game. 

Happy Thanksgiving.

 

Day 332 of 2024

With Fireball's help, I have gathered all the ingredients

 (excluding refrigerated items)

 for tomorrow's Thanksgiving dinner and grouped them by recipe. 

 

Day 331 of 2024

Fireball is working on 

getting the last of the leaves off the roof.

 

Day 330 of 2024

This promo lunch bag isn't very well made

 and the slider slid right off the end this morning. 

Having learned how to put a slider on the zipper tape with teeth 

in the making of my many Hemingway pouches lately, 

I thought I'd give it a go. 

After a few tries, I was able to get it back on. 

With that done, I stitched a lot of sloppy hand stitches across the end

 through the zipper tape and the end piece 

which was supposed to keep it on in the first place. 

That zipper slider isn't going anywhere now.

 

Day 329 of 2024

I took other photos today, but usually the sky wins out. 

Today is no exception.

 

Day 328 of 2024

Progress.

 

Day 327 of 2024

Fireball and I had a good time at the Christmas at the Zoo preview 

with Big D, R, and GB#3.

 

Day 326 of 2024

First wave of our first snow of the year hit this morning. 

The second wave will come this afternoon.

 

Day 325 of 2024

Now that the carpet is in, we're swapping some furniture from room to room. 

I found this date written on the underside of a table leaf that 

belongs to a table that belonged to Fireball's parents. 

He remembers it was a big deal when they got it.

 

Day 324 of 2024

I bought the cutest buttons for this little baby cardigan. 

Sleeves are still in progress.

 

Day 323 of 2024

Carpet installation is complete. 

Thank you, Bridget, for the reminder to reveal What is it? 

Yes, it was beef stew. 

I combined the ingredients of two different recipes I found on Pinterest,

 and after browning the meat and sautéing the onion and garlic, 

I cooked it in the Instant Pot. 

It was really good and it made an excellent meal, 

leftover lunch and another dinner. 

Unfortunately, I never got a picture of it.

 

Day 322 of 2024

Tonight's gorgeous sky looks like a painting.

 

Day 321 of 2024

GB#4 and GB#5 were very proud of the houses they built 

at the Children's Museum today.

 

Day 320 of 2024

I did my fix then finished the body portion tonight. 

I've tested the Icelandic bind off and like the look, 

so I will complete that tomorrow.

 

Day 319 of 2024

We're getting new carpet installed on Monday. 

My job is to get the room ready. 

I'm almost there.

 

Day 318 of 2024

I've encountered a small setback in my knitting. 

I've got the tool I need and will drop each column

 down to the offending row 

and pick it back up correctly, 

but we've started a movie 

so it will have to wait until tomorrow.

Day 317 of 2024

This is the only picture I took today. 

It's the grocery list for the ingredients I did not already have

 in the house for tonight's meal. 

Let's make this a what is it? 

What am I making for dinner?