I like making things!
We were sorting out empty totes to put on the sidewalk for free, as we had way too many to store, and lo and behold, there sitting at the bottom of the pile was the missing tote.
But, (there is that word again!) the bag with the homemade tree ornaments wasn't in it. Now that is a mystery for sure!
But here are some of the things that I am so happy to have found.
Merry Christmas everyone and a happy and healthy New Year!
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I don't know why photos of Christmas trees never look as nice as they do in reality, but it really is pretty. I have a tree skirt for it, but I can't get down to put it around. The presents will sit there when I get round to buying them and wrap them! The floor had been damaged at some point in its history. The previous owners had it completely carpeted, and they discovered it when they removed the carpets. They did a temporary repair to it, but at some point in the future, we will get it done properly.
The house came with a stove, fridge, and dishwasher, and albeit older ones, they match well and are good brands. The stove is a Kitchen Aid. The dual front burner switch needed to be replaced, as the burner(s) would only heat up on high and the indicator light was permanently on. I have managed without it up until now, but decided it was worth paying to get it fixed, so I used Chat GPT to diagnose the problem and check out local appliance repair people. It did a great job and recommended an excellent repairman. My stove is now fully functional, and he even took the oven door off to tighten up the handle.
My knitted nativity scene now has a star! I bought it for the Christmas tree, but it was top-heavy, so I sat it behind the nativity scene.
I dug out some of the Christmas Santa's this year and scattered them around. This is just three of them.
That poor baker's cabinet has been resurrected. It sat in our shop for 15 years, as my husband had given it to his son many years ago. He didn't have room for it, so he put it in storage for a few years, then he moved it to us to store for him. It was in sad shape. When we were in the moving process, it was either restore it or throw it out. I did my best with it, and it now sits proudly in our dining room. It is a pretty piece of furniture but I don't think it would take another move, so, this is it's last home. As long as it holds up, it will stay there.
Christmas decorating is done for this year, now onto gift buying!
Finally, I have started on Christmas! In the moving process, downsizing was my main concern. In the heat of July and August, Christmas was the farthest thing from my mind. I had a lot of stuff stored in our workshop, and I went through that and culled a lot of it, and sent it to auction. I kept what I wanted.
In the house, however, I had Christmas stuff stored that I definitely wanted to keep. It was clearly marked keep and where it was to be put when we got here.
Having sorted through all the Christmas stuff I have here in the past few days, there is at least one tote missing. It had lots of handmade things in it, made by both my mother-in-law over the years and myself over the 20 years we have been married.
It is nowhere to be found! Did it get left behind in the house or in the moving man? Who knows? I hope whoever has them enjoys them and they make their Christmas as special as they did ours. Thankfully, the nativity and Santa made it here so they are now out on display.
In the culling process I let my Christmas trees go. I wanted a new one and saw this one on a flash sale at Walmart. It is white and artificial, but it is lovely. Never had a white one before and I have been doing Christmas for 60 years now!
I put it up this morning and got the ornaments we have ready to put on it but I have to go and buy some lights for it. They went missing too!
But, here it is in all it's naked glory! I need to titivate it a bit but I am really happy with it and it cost a wopping $24. I do so love a bargain!
