Tangles

November 30

Well, we made it to the end of the month.  I posted something every day, but they have to be some of the most boring posts ever done.

Today was a good day--I picked up my iMac from the Apple Store.  Let me say again that the entire Apple experience was excellent.  I picked up the computer, broght her home and started the restore from my Time Machine backup.  Amazingly, everything looks just the same as it did the last time a backup was run.  It's so nice to have a full-size monitor screen again.  The Macbook was a life-saver, but hard to look at for long periods of time.

The tree is almost finished, but I ran out of steam and will get it done tomorrow after work.  Here's a photo of a cute new ornament for this year.  The label called her "Princess Kitty" and that reminded me of Oreo.  She was our "Princess Kitty" most of the time. How could I resist?

November 29

One day left in the month!  Yikes!!

Today was not the greatest.  I dragged out the Christmas tree and decorations.  The tree top got a little bent while in the garage for the last 11 months.  The tree is in position and has the strings of beads on it that we use instead of garland.

Other than that, I had a headache all afternoon and evening.  One good thing did happen--I got the call that my computer is ready to pick up.  I'll do that Sunday morning and hope that restoring my backup goes smoothly.  Wish me luck!

November 28

I had a busy day today and almost forgot to make today's post.  I did lots of things around the house to get ready for putting up the Christmas tree and the rest of the decorations.

I finished the hat for Jason.  He request off-white--should be interesting to see how that works out.

Digital scrapbooking has taken hold on me again.  I shopped at several Black Friday sales looking for new kits to use for my 2008 Christmas Journal.  This is an online class offered by Shimelle Laine. 

Thanksgiving Day

Wow, can you believe that we only have 3 November days left?

We had a very nice Thanksgiving day.  It was pretty quiet and fixing dinner moved at a leisurely pace.  Unfortunately, Jason & Chris had to leave tonight to go back home.  Their visits are never very long these day--too much going on in Los Angeles to hang out down here in Orange County.

Will you be shopping tomorrow?  I won't be--the older I get the less I enjoy fighting the crowds.  There's not much that could prod me to get out to a mall that early.  That hasn't always been true, but the hassle and crowds are just not worth it as far as I'm concerned.

Hope you had a good day, whether you had a holiday to celebrate or no!

Thanksgiving Eve

I hope that if you will be celebrating Thanksgiving tomorrow that it is a great day.  If tomorrow is a regular day where you are, I hope it's a great one, too.

Both my sons are here for the holiday and we will have a quiet family dinner and enjoy their company.  Once the cooking and cleaning up are finished, my plan is to lay low and do as little as possible.  I might decorate our Christmas tree, but that's not certain.

See you Thursday!

November 25

Typing the date just made me feel a little sick to my stomach.  Christmas is one month from today!  I'm so not ready.

Today was a nice day.  We had our department's potluck luncheon at work and everyone seemed to have a good time.  Tomorrow the company is providing lunch for all the employees.  I hope we get to leave early, but not counting on that happening.

I finished another Barn Raising square tonight and started the next one while watching Season 1 of "Mad Men".

See you tomorrow...

November 24

This will be a drive-by post, I'm afraid.  Still knitting on the same things, so no news there.  I want to start a new sock, but not sure what pattern or yarn to use.

We're having a potluck for lunch at work tomorrow.   A friend made a special request for me to make a green bean casserole.  Definitely not ~my~ favorite thing, but how could I say no?  Her birthday was today, too.

The rest of this week will surely be busy, busy getting ready for Thanksgiving. 

November 23

Today, I didn't do much knitting.  I'm still working on the secret project and the Barn Raising Blanket.

I forgot to post these photos from yesterday's visit to South Coast Plaza.  Every year, the smaller section of the mall has a huge indoor Christmas tree to decorate the central part of the mall.  The tree is 3-stories high and decorated with doll houses near the bottom, a model train running through some of the branches and these huge Santas near the top.  There is also a giant snow glove at the very top of the tree.  It is so tall that I couldn't get a photo of everything.  I will try again at the end of the week when I go back to pick up my computer at the Apple store.

November 22

Today, I have a two-part favorite thing.  I had to take my iMac in to the Apple Store to get the hard drive checked.  My baby had to stay for a servicing :-(  The hard drive went kaput and will be replaced.  Not sure how long it will, but I hope to have the computer back home by next weekend.

I can't say enough about the level of service at the Apple Store.  The other part of my favorite thing is the Apple Care protection plan.  I purchased the plan with the computer, so the replacement won't be costing me any extra $$.

November 21

I thought of something this afternoon that would have made a good favorite thing post--too bad the though slipped right out of my brain a few minutes later.  Oh well, maybe this wasn't such a good idea.

On the knitting front, I'm making good progress on the secret project.  I also received some new yarn from The Loopy Ewe.  It's the Lorna's Laces special edition Team Spirit colors in Dodger Blue!  I will take photos tomorrow. I got two solid royal blue and two blue and white skeins to use for hats and fingerless gloves.  The royal blue is the perfect shade of Dodger blue.