Hope Everyone Had A Lovely Thanksgiving
We had a lovely Thanksgiving. Last year had been the first Thanksgiving we've really hosted, and we were able to have a friend over who had missed the last few Thanksgivings with health problems. We lost him this summer, and he was absolutely one of my favorite people, but his widow and some of the family were able to join us and my parents came down, and I think it was as nice a day as it could have been for our first holiday without him. Today we're decorating for Christmas, with LOTS of kitty help. We got Valentino right before Christmas last year, but he wasn't here for the decorating, which is entirely fascinating for kitties--as is embroidery: We have 9 Christmas parties on the calendar so far, so I might not be as far ahead with hostess gifts as I thought I might be. This weekend I'm also hoping to get started on some spicy spiral runners. One of my closest friends is turning 50 shortly, so I wanted to do something special for her, a...