24 DAYS AND COUNTING

NOVEMBER HAS ARRIVED.  Take a deep breath with PLANNING in progress.  24 days until THANKSGIVING and I have an entire house to deep clean, make the beds up with clean sheets, menu planning, grocery shop for our BIG THANKSGIVING MEAL, set a pretty table and prepare THE MEAL.  

Gotta find the pretty Thanksgiving dishes that are in the basement to use.  I know they're down there somewhere far, far away, but where.  I will have to locate them this week so I have that much done ahead of time.  

FALL decorations are already up.  That's a bonus.

The month of November will be an active one as my son turns 45, our youngest Grandson turns ONE and my oldest Granddaughter turns 21.  My dear Dad would have been 96 this year.  There will be a couple of medical appointments this month as I will find out how my A1C and lipids are doing.  A Granddaughter may be running in Nationals for Cross Country.  THANKSGIVING and continuing on remodeling our small COTTAGE!  

By the end of November, I hope the storage shed is completely done with all of my Holiday Decor comfortably resting on muscle racks in the COTTAGE STORAGE SHED.  The Bathroom should be in full swing of getting a complete facelift and I will have painted that one tall Kitchen Cabinet that I keep putting off to get painted.  Not sure why I have made this so hard.  The JUNK room in the main house needs cleared out and replaced with neatness.   Each day, I try to gather a few items and put them away not making a big deal out of it knowing that this is a very slow way of doing things, but inching along for a finished project.  Better slow than not at all.  

The day after THANKSGIVING, I hope to have the CHRISTMAS DECOR on display with the Christmas tree up twinkling and the tree decorated.  Nativity Scene displayed.  Front door wreaths hanging with garland about the doors, the fireplace mantel decorated as well as the stair rail.  Touches of greenery here and there.  Then concentrate on CHRISTMAS GIFTS and treats.  KEEPING IT VERY SIMPLE THIS YEAR. 

Christmas Carols will play all through the month of December and I hopefully will have Christmas Cards in the mail the first week of December.  

FOR NOW, I have 24 days before THANKSGIVING.  Each day I hope to make progress to where I am ready for the BIG MEAL and welcomed company.  Ta-daah.  

THANKFULLY YOURS,

~d