It's Tuesday!

Well, it's Tuesday! Yesterday was so busy that I couldn't even post about it!

Anyway, I had therapy on my knee and I was doing so well they dismissed me a whole week early! YAY! I go see the orthopedic surgeon a week from Wednesday and am hoping I don't have to have surgery! At this point, I don't think I have to!

Right after therapy I had to take Lilli to the dentist in Muncie!

She always does so good!

I wish I was more like her!

In the mean time, I came down with a sinus migraine that I thought was going to do me in for the rest of the day! UGH....However, I came home and went right to sleep and slept a couple hours and was much better!

So today is catch up day here at home! I have to make a list of things that have to be made for Christmas and a list of the stuff I have to buy to make the things for Christmas! I know I have about a dozen ornaments to make! I have to organize my sewing room! Do laundry and fix supper! I hope I have time to sit and watch a little TV and do some handwork!

We will see!

Alot of you may or may not know there used to be a fabric store named So-Fro Fabrics in Muncie, IN. I used to work there! Loved it! It closed. There maybe more around the country I don't know? Do you?! Anyway, while I was there I learned alot about sewing and crafting and on a occasion we would even have a trunk show!

While I worked there I bought up a bunch of fabric and about 19 or 20 years ago I made this Santa with fabric that I had bought at the store! Maybe I bought the book there too! I can't remember! Isn't he adorable?!!!

Wherever you are whatever you are doing I hope you are having a wonderfully happy Tuesday!

Vickie

Happy December 1!!!!

Hi to everyone! Have I ever missed blogging! It has been sometime for me! Since I really blogged last, John and I celebrated our 28th Wedding Anniversary! WoW! I am always kidding him about it seeming so long that it feels more like 280 years! He just laughs but I am sure it feels like a forever time, he just doesn't want to admit it! We celebrated Thanksgiving! Which was great! Everyone was there! YAY! Lilli, John, and I(the sound is toooo loud for Gayle) went to see BOLT!!! It was wonderful! I winterized the yard and Lilli helped me put up the Christmas decorations outside! John has been working lots and with the economy like it is he can't turn anything down so this year he missed out on all the outside fun! And finally we took another POLAR EXPRESS TRAIN RIDE! It is another thing Gayle can't do, mostly because of the motion. We will, however, take her shopping once and we will make our annual trip to the zoo! She loves it! All the lights, music, and animals!
So Sunday we went on our train ride! They were forecasting snow but we didn't get much! By the afternoon and our drive down it was gone. All we had was a drizzle. The drive to the train is roughly 50 miles! The old station is wonderful! We go to the White Water Valley Railroad Station in Connersville, IN! The whole train ride is managed by trained volunteers from all over! Last year our engineer was from KY! Each car has two chefs! It is truly a wonderful ride! They also serve us hot chocolate and a cookie! The kids all get a silver bell from Santa! Our punched tickets!

John messing around writing on the windows of our train car! He really is a big kid at heart! He was writing Merry Christmas backwards so you could read it from outside! He did really well until he got to the s and it turned out to be a 3!!!! It was funny! Our train car was made in 1924 and it was a diesel engine! Next September they will go back to the steam engine!

The train ride is approximately 11 miles out of town(to the North Pole) and, of course, about that to get back! Here is a not so great picture of the North Pole! Sorry but the moisture on the windows and the flash was not the best conditions to take pictures in! When we stopped at the North Pole, Santa comes out and gets on the train!

Here is Santa and Lilli!

Wherever you are whatever you are doing I hope you have a wonderfully happy day!