4 Days Off ...

I decided to take Friday and Monday off and give myself a nice long weekend. All of a sudden the month is flying by and I'm not even close to being ready ... breathe ... yes the house is done inside and my baking is in the freezer waiting to be given away (only if I stop eating them! There's nothing any better than frozen Christmas cookies and hot coffee yummy!) ... but for all my good intentions I have hardly started my shopping. It's not that I have a lot to buy. Like everyone else out there, we are spending less and I really don't have much to mail this year ... but for some reason I'm feeling a bit like time is running out ... breathe ... and I don't like to feel hassled, hate it in fact and try my hardest to keep from getting there ... so taking a couple of days of vacation should be just what the doctor ordered ... breathe ...

I do have a finish from last week ... It's a new design by Lizzie Kate ... I love how it turned out, but damn all that solid color stitching sure got boring real fast! I wasn't sure I was going to like the white lines when I was stitching them, but wow they look great all done ...

I put up tree with all my stitched ornaments ... this is such a fun tree. I bought it last year as a bit of a splurge for myself ... putting it up this year, I was sooo very glad I splurged last year ...

another view ...

Off to stitch on a Christmas gift, but before I do, I want to let you know about two blog giveaways ...

Karyn is having a great giveaway on her blog ... look at all the goodies ...

And Chiloe's having a giveaway too ... what a sweet figurine ...

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Thank you all for your sweet comments about my Christmas decorating and my finishes ... I love reading all your comments!

I hope you find your Joy in your stitches ...

I'm grateful for red Christmas trees ...