It’s become Diamonqueen’s tradition to put up her Christmas tree in the days before Thanksgiving. Usually we’ve done it on Tuesday night, when I’m always there visiting. However, this year J.Hooligan had a skating party with his Cub Scout pack, so we moved our tree trimming back a night to Wednesday, Thanksgiving Eve.
It was extremely [...]
Archive for November, 2007
The Hooligans Trim a Tree (or Two)
Posted in Christmas, Holidays & Celebrations, The Hooligan Chronicles, tagged children at Christmas, Christmas, Christmas tree, Dr. Who, Elf, ornaments, the Grinch, tree trimming on November 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Unexpected Delights
Posted in Holidays & Celebrations, Just Rattling On, My (Mis)Adventures as a Writer, NaNoWriMo posts, tagged celebrations, Lone Star Steakhouse, NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month on November 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes the best times are the ones that are unplanned and unanticipated.
Today I got an e-mail at work from Diamondqueen. She’d finished her 50,000 words and was a “winner” in the 2007 National Novel Writing Month. I congratulated her and tried not to feel too jealous. After all, I’m only 4,000 words behind her.
She wrote [...]
Lean your ear this way…
Posted in Christmas, Holidays & Celebrations, The Hooligan Chronicles, tagged asking Santa for presents, Christmas, Dora the Explorer, ho-ho-ho, Santa, sitting on Santa's lap on November 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Today the Hooligan children got to visit Santa Claus at Tri-County Mall. There wasn’t any hemming or hawing or digging in of heels at the last minute. We weren’t sure how S.Hooligan would react since she claimed she wasn’t going to sit on Santa’s knee, but she went forward willingly.
I couldn’t hear what Santa asked [...]
Turkey Sandwiches
Posted in Holidays & Celebrations, Looking Back, Thanksgiving, tagged leftovers, Thanksgiving, turkey sandwiches on November 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It’s always been hard for me to choose which I like better — the Thanksgiving meal or the leftovers. We always eat around noon, so there’s plenty of time for another sidle up to the trough. The stuffing, sweet potatoes, even the turkey seem to taste better for having sat in the refrigerator for several [...]
November 22, 1963
Posted in Attempts at Artwork, Folk Art (mine), Looking Back, Sheep, Thanksgiving, tagged 1963, assassination, Jack Kennedy, JFK, John F. Kennedy, November 22, President Kennedy, Sheep, Thanksgiving on November 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Every Baby Boomer has their story of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy: where they were and what they were doing when they heard the news.
I’m a Boomer as well, so of course I must share my story:
November 22 fell on the Friday before Thanksgiving that year. In grade school we had to sell [...]
Abundance in Amish Country
Posted in Amish areas, Holidays & Celebrations, Thanksgiving, tagged abundance, Amish, autumn, farm stands, gourds, Holmes Co., Ohio, produce, pumpkins, Thanksgiving on November 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As we celebrate our bounty with gratitude this week, my thoughts go back to the trip my mother and I made to Holmes Co., Ohio, in October. I was impressed by how the Amish celebrate abundance from their fields. Their produce markets aren’t just crates of vegetables, mountains of pumpkins, and offhand stacks of bagged apples. [...]
Some Thanksgiving needlework
Posted in Holidays & Celebrations, Needlework, Thanksgiving, punchneedle, redwork, rug hooking, tagged Needlework, pumpkins, rug hooking, hooked rugs, punchneedle, punch needle, redwork, embroidery, turkey, Thanksgiving on November 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Over at Lillian’s Cupboard, my mother is bragging about my needlework again. The turkey and pumpkin/moon hooked rug hangings and the punchneedle pumpkin were original designs (obviously, I made them up as I went — they’re lopsided and/or out of proportion; I just can’t plan ahead). The redwork of the grandmother and kids in the kitchen is [...]
