Daily Ooo's: Monday, December 23

[faerywings]

It is Christmas Eve Eve and I am finally starting to feel good about it. :biggrin: I only have a few things on my To-Do list today and a few more that I need to do tomorrow morning. Then it will (hopefully!!) be just sitting back and relaxing. I said, "hopefully." ound:

I was able to wrap the gifts and wash the wine glasses. I made up the cookie trays for the people I am giving out today. I wouldn't say that it was 100% Sit on my Butt Sunday but it was more than I typically sit-- I was able to finish the LO of Tat in the Tree. It makes me smile. Silly girl.
Caitlyn is bringing two more rats into the home on Jan 4. Do you remember a few weeks ago when someone had dumped hundreds of rats, gerbils, hamsters, and guinea pigs on the side of a road to die? The local SPCA was trying to get them all rescued and adopted. All of the gerbils et al. found homes quickly but there are still so many rats and many of the females had litters soon after they were rescued. The rat rescue that Cait got these girls from took in as many as they could and the babies are now ready for adoption. Cait is getting two baby girls on Jan 4. They will be 6 weeks by then and they look a little like Livvie (hooded rats- brown heads and shoulders and white bodies with some brown spots).
Since Cait had already been approved- and the approval process last year was strict!- the Rat Rescue org didn't need any additional info from Cait so her app was processed quickly. I bet it helped that Caitlyn would send them update photos quite often. heh.

Expect many more rat pages to come in January

::grouphug

 

[faerywings]

Trudy- that is pretty surprising about Costco not being a nightmare. I would have expected it to be packed although I guess most people were waiting for Saturday. I hope the trip yesterday wasn't so bad. Did you also have a nice visit with your sister?
I bake a lot of cookies but I also give out a lot too. Too many according to my family. LOL

Kay- I am happy to hear that you are listening to your foot and putting it up when needed. Unfortunately, I do not speak "Ankle."
That is great news that the happy memories are more than the sad.

Nancy- I made cinnamon rolls a few nights ago with eggs for dinner- they are so good. well if the boys think the cookies are burnt, more for you!
My fingers are crossed that the break will be beneficial for the Devils and they can turn themselves around.

Jean- Us too-- the sun melted a lot of the snow and ice, there still a few patches but they should be gone today. Yay!!
I am sure that BIL will be very happy with your artwork gift. Make sure that you tell us what his reaction was.
So you know how Gary isn't allowed to paint b/c he makes a mess? Scott is not allowed to bake for the same reasons. The last time he and Caitlyn bakes (they were in HS) they got into a flour fight, throwing handfuls of flour at each other. They did a good job cleaning up-- as best as you can since the flour got *everywhere.* But for now-- no more baking.
:rofl:

Rae- I saw the cookie photo on FB-- hope you had a wonderful time!

Sending hugs to all of you~~~~

 

[scrap-genie]

Gotta run as DH is leaving soon for H&S but I am going with as they are going to play for an hour in the community atrium and I'll get to listen & take pix. It's because they weren't asked to perform at the Dec. potluck lunch.

Later!

 

[nancyr]

good morning - I am busy working on my son's Christmas gift - at the last minute he want a calendar done for his co-workers. He is too funny as he is pretty critical which I like but it takes lots of time with the back and forth - he knows it won't be done by Christmas but hopefully by New Years. Watching hockey for the last day before break. Then I will binge shows.

Chris glad you got so much done and a page! Have fun today!

Rae cookies are awesome.

Kay good that you are listening to your foot. I bet you are enjoying the reading time with the foot up!

Jean glad you get to hear your DH play. Have fun!

Have a great day all!

 

[bcgal00]

Good morning ladies. It's the countdown for me so I'll be running at full speed now until tomorrow night. I'll get it all done, I'm sure....but need to be focused.

Hope you all have a great day and I'll check in tomorrow when hopefully I can say it pretty much done

 

[taxed4ever]

Morning ladies... seems everyone is in for another busy day including me!! I ended up helping my sisters friend fix up three boxes that she had purchased for Memory boxes as a part of a Christmas gift for her grands. She stayed for coffee while we decided what to put on them and then after she left I spent a few hours getting them all done. They turned out pretty good and I hope she will be happy with them! I will drop them off to her later today. So now I need to get the rest of my cleaning done and finish off the :washing: A few things to pick up at the grocery store (I always forget to get something!!) . Then I will hopefully have the rest of the day to do nothing!! Ya right! I am not doing any more baking which I am sure will be disappointing to my FIL! He could eat cookies all day! So besides getting the food prepped for Christmas Dinner, I am done!! Hooray!! Oh and I just got a notice that Heather's parcel was delivered to her door this morning, so that's a relief!!

Chris - Sounds like you are all good to go for the big day too!! WTG! I knew you could do it!! :thumb: How nice are you giving others all those yummy goodies!! And you got a page done too!! You rock!! How fun for Cait to be adopting more cute rats! You will be doing many more sweet pages with them all I am sure!

Nancy - Yikes! Those last minute gifts are a lot of work for you, hope that you have it done by New Years for him! You are such a great Mom!! Enjoy the last of your hockey today!

Jean - Have fun at the Hum and Strum today! How nice to be at the Atrium where you can get some great photos!! Enjoy!

Ok gotta run Heather is calling and both boys are home so I get to see them together this morning! :wave:

 

[taxed4ever]

Rae- We cross posted! Hope your day goes well and you get it all done!

 

[BrightEyes]

Morning, all. Hope everyone is wrapping up all the "to do" lists and finishing last minute things before the holiday arrives. Always a busy day for most. I wanted to get some fresh fruit but not going to fight the crowds at the grocery store.

But I did get a few chores done that I kept putting off. The big one is:

Doing a :dance: now that it is all done and everything is stored away. One good thing was I discovered I had a spray can of everything cleaner that would work on leather. The top section of one of the recliners where DH's head rested had a build-up of waxy hair product. Tried several things to remove it... but nothing worked. Tried the Everything cleaner and got most of the build-up off. Will give it another treatment after the holidays.

Time to take some meds and put the foot up again. Re-reading a Dee Henderson book and enjoying it just as much on this re-reading as I did when I first discovered her books. CYL

 

[felis]

Hi dears!
Finally I'm free and had chill day! I read again!!! I missed this much! I'm kept the Galbraith's last book especially for now. It's not festive subject, but I love J. K. Rowling so much so it's count! My family not stress about Christmas Eve as we have traditional meals that have to be done, so not wondering about the menu. And don't wrapped gifts as we just put the gifts at gift bags, which we reuse multiple times. As I said time for chill out!

Weekend was nightmare, so better :tape2: . This family is professional in excruciation. But karma is chick, when I was most blue I scrolled IG and found radio show where my favorite singer is give list with songs he listen to lift his spirit! This man is such a treasure, sad that men like him not exist at the ordinary life, these top models are so blessed to have his attention! However the list works and the songs that Jean shows me too helps!
The vet visit went excellent, immune system of the little one is stronger now and also we was prepared what to expect this time, so everything gone well!


Chris, I was complaining that my appt is too late, but you beat me lol LOL ! How is Dilly? Bravo for Cait and her new babies!!! I'll wait for the pages you promise !

Jean, I wish so much to was able to be with you on this H&S gig! Every time when I listen TW I felt your hug. :hug: Thank you so much!

Nancy, hehe, you'll be busy making this calendar, but actually this is a big compliment! And they will mention your great skills every month. It's nice that you can scrap and watch hockey at the same time, as I found it too distracted!

Rae, fingers crossed holidays to happens as you planned them! Enjoy it!

Kay, I'm happy to hear that this time holidays aren't so hard time for you! ::grouphug Don't overload the foot and let kids to mollycoddle you!

Trudy, you are always so helpful! With your decorating skills I'm sure your sister's friend will be more than pleasant from the Memory boxes results!


Happy holidays to all! Thank you for always being here !!! ::grouphug