I'm trying to decide when to cut off yearly ornaments for dniece & dnephew,
Lilac -- and dnephew is 26, I think!
And doesn't even put up a tree of his own! This might be a good year to stop that.
I do need to look for new ornaments for dgrands. I usually get ds/ddil one also. And I like to add to our tree each year. But OTOH, I'm about running out of TREE. DGS said last night, "There is no where else to hang this one!" I do NOT have space or energy for a second tree... so I don't know what to do about this. We do hang at least 6 dozen plastic apples on the tree, ranging in size from very small to medium to large. I could certainly take away some of those and never notice. They were on our very first Christmas tree. DDIL thought it was b/c we were teachers. I never even thought about that, I just thought "country Christmas," and "decorations of red on a green Christmas tree." I have a (fake) popcorn string garland too, but ds never liked it, and it was a lot of trouble to get it somewhat evenly spaced, so I haven't used it in a long time.
No Christmas prep today.
Today has been
-- take dgs to school
-- pay water bill, electric bill
-- help dh with parking permit order for ballgame this weekend
-- phone calls & texts with ds/ddil/dbil/dmom
-- prepare chicken and dressing
* Is it possible to do this without messing up every dish and utensil one owns???
>>> Boil chicken
>>> Cook biscuits (Pillsbury Grands)
>>> Cook cornbread (Martha White)
>>> Wash/chop celery
>>> Stew celery and (precut) onions
>>> Boil, peel, chop eggs
>>> Shred chicken in mixing bowl
>>> Melt butter
>>> Combine and mix all ingredients
* This better taste good tomorrow. * whew *
-- pick up dgs at school
-- grocery store for gravy
-- cook hamburgers & corn on the cob for supper
-- wash what seemed like every pan in the kitchen
-- bake 3 doz cookies (Pillsbury refrigerator w/added pecans)
I am wiped out.
DGS had a pretty good day at school, but he was wiped out too (though he would NEVER admit it!) I doubt they'll have trouble getting him to sleep tonight.
I need to get an A-river order completed. I did order 3 Christmas gifts last night, and I am so excited about them! Cutting boards with dmil's sugar cookie recipe laser engraved on them -- for ds/ddil, dniece, and dnephew. I hope they turn out nice. I ordered them from a site I found on e t s y.