Good morning ladies. It is cool and very rainy here this morning. I told Jack to just take the Mariner to work as I didn't need it and I can use the grand marquis if I need to run an errand though the thing needs a good cleaning inside and out and fumigated. It smells like the plant inside, which trust me, is not pleasant.
I am working diligently on my niece's sweater and set aside the socks because her sweater had to be done completely and wrapped before the 19th when she gets here. I am having joint issues to add to it so my hands hurt but I am just going to have to work through it and just knit because it has to get done. I am finished with her shopping now, thank goodness. I think I am going to get Thomas's other grandparents a couple sets of nice towels for Christmas this year. I am running out of ideas. I bought them a Sears gift card last year. What older couple don't use Sears for something?
I saw that Penneys has the towels I use on sale in sets for $25 and they are lovely thick absorbent towels. I did want to get white and red and put candy canes in them, but they don't have red so I am going to figure something out in the colors they do offer.
Jean: Kelly wears all kinds of fun socks, she loves striped ones and I think for casual wear they can be fun. What guy is taking all your dishes? Did I miss something? Jack is going this weekend hopefully and get a new faucet set for the upstairs bathroom and replace it. We have to replace the other bathroom upstairs too, but it may have to wait with all the Thanksgiving trip expenses, Christmas and bills and such. You know how that is. So many things just so much money!
Susan: I am sure it will all come back off in short order and I can get back to losing. It will definitely keep me on the straight and narrow WW wise as I have to be in shape to go on a vacation and walk around and such.
Maggie: We are setting up Christmas this weekend. I noticed out neighbor pounding and such putting up outside decor. I wonder if his landlord will object as he is a renter. We have to go and hunt up a tree. They are pretty much shipped down here from Michigan so of course we have to pay a bundle for a little tree, but we go to the same place every year and they do cut off the end and bag it for us so it is easy to get home and into the house.
My sister from California and bil are going to his mom's for Christmas in western Arkansas so we are going to leave early and drive over on Christmas day and spend the day. The woman is my step-aunt (her mother was my step-grandma and the only one I knew so I always call her aunt) and her dd introduced me to Jack so we are all family so it will be fun. I haven't seen my sister in two years so it will be nice to see her. I know she is excited about it.
Well, back to the sweater and morning chores. Have a wonderful hump day and if it is wet and cold where you are stay warm and dry today! Faye
Titilating Tuesday
I have all my jars filled that I plan on filling and the party is December 12 so I am ready with that chore. I need to now decide what to wrap up for my white elephant gift. Maybe I'll wrap what I got last year (I never used it). It is a small sandwich press. Went to our favorite butcher shop yesterday which is 60 miles down the road in a very small community. Got the 10 pounds of burger meat for my chili that I will make for the party. Also picked up a nice roast and a couple 1½ inch pork chops with pockets that I will stuff and bake some fine day. He will sell us a half of a beef, cut and wrapped for $200 less that what the butcher here in town charges. We also went to another small town that has an awesme gun shop. We can get our reloading supplies there for he has everyhing. What he doesn't have he will get for you. That old fellow has been in business for many years and has an inventory that certainly is worth up in the millions. Lots and lots of stuff and the hunters come from miles around to do business with him. He got our attention.
Type at y'all later. 
