***Holiday Planning, 2014***

[Nancy]

Dd delivered a bag for dson & dil a couple of things that were additions for their basket. Yea for that!

[Harriet]

Dd34 was searching for gift tags with scripture or carol lyrics - something about the Christmas story.
Found some free printable ones at zazazoocards that worked fine.
I also noted that lifewithlovebugs.com had cute ones, although not religious.

I got 10 gifts wrapped today.

[FelineFriend]

Wrapped 6 hats, 1 vest, 1 pair of gloves last night, finished another hat, #7, this a.m., and wrapped it.

The mail run brought in a free ministry Christmas music CD, will wrap it, to give to DD/DGS-18.

Then, since I'm crocheting myself ponytail scrunchies in pretty/fun/fancy yarns, I've decided to make DDIL/DGD-23 months some, for Christmas, too.

After these gifts are done, wrapped, and labeled, we have no more to go/get.

DH will get Costco cheesecake on Monday. ♥

[FelineFriend]

I'm using the smaller more elastic ponytail bands, for DGD-23-months. I have smaller ones, still, for doing pigtails/braid tails, too. These are so adorable, I'm having such fun, and am glad I got out the "G" hook for the little princess and I use "H" for big people.

I've decided to do ALL of DGD's scrunchies, a few for Ddil (because her hair might be short again!), and I keep putting them into a quart-size Ziploc bag. I wrote their names on the bag, on the white part, and will wrap the bag, after I fill it up, and close it, for a Christmas gift "just because".... JUST BECAUSE GMA WANTED TO HAVE FUN! ♥ ♥

[Nancy]

Ff I like your attitude. I might need to do up some of those at some point but not this yr.

I have another blanket kid size in the works. That is fun!

[FelineFriend]

I found pairs of the same colors of smaller ponytail/pigtail holders. So I've been crocheting pairs, for little pigtails and/or braid tails, for DGD. I'm having a BALL! This is so much fun. GMA CANNOT STOP! This little Pretty Princess is going to be all decked out!

DH bought only 1 sheet of pre-cut/pre-formed cookies dough, from "Frozen" movie, to bake for us, this year. The adult kids get store-bought cookies and cheesecake from Costco.

[Nancy]

I need to get cheese cake and pie this weekend. Cheeseball made.

[FelineFriend]

I used to make cheese balls, put crackers around the edge of the platter, for a nice look. I used the recipes in the 1970 Betty Crocker Cookbook. That's the year I got married. DH told his ENTIRE FAMILY I couldn't cook! So EVERYBODY HE WAS RELATED TO--- sent me cookbooks!

I used to also make a cheese log, with nuts on the outside of it.

I used to grind my hamburger, to make hand-made sausage, too. It was yummy.

[Nancy]

Gave dd the ham for their gift tonight. I will do the rest of their basket later.

[FelineFriend]

My most favorite scrunchie was made for DGD. I used Aunt Lydia's #3 size thread in sparkling pink and it made a very pretty, feminine and delicate scrunchie for her. I used a size "D" hook, as the narrow crochet hooks under a "B" are difficult for me to use, unless they have a fatter handle.

DGD's scrunchies are done, in a medium Ziploc bag, labeled, and ready to wrap.

I'll wrap DD's Christmas music CD, too. We'll deliver gifts next week, to an elderly friend and then we'll be finished.