So long thanks for all the fish!

2012 was great, it was the kind of feel good I want to fold up and tuck in my pocket for always. I don’t always remember the detailed specifics of the passing year, which tells me there was nothing too traumatizing to scar my memory. So here are some random bits in no specific order.

..2012 the year..

  • Of the VW diesel (I am so glad you found your forever car ..now which size nozzle is it?)
  • We snuggled more.
  • We walked in the ocean for the first time.
  • Jason broke the Cuckoo clock (sorry you got hurt honey, but the Cuckoo! ..sad :(
  • Lex was accepted into her dream school in Boston, the envelope came on Christmas eve.
  • I fell deeper in love with koigu and almost reached s.a.b.l.e (stash amassed beyond life expectancy)
  • We had a hot water bottle holiday.
  • Jason became president of the Library Board.
  • Alexa’s first vote!
  • My parents filled in the pool (we will miss you pool, but you gave us a fantastic 25+ years)
  • GPS gained our respect.
  • The year of less absurd TV (we got rid of everything but streaming netflix and are better for it)
  • We grew pumpkins and ate them!

It is the year of a lot of lasts for us as a family too, Alexa’s last birthday at home (her b-day is shortly after the start of school) and as Jason has so accurately put it “our unpregnacy” in 9 months we will be empty nesters, gulp.

We are feeling allsorts of emotions around this, everything all at once it’s kinda thrilling, we are excited & more in love (after 18 years together, I am so glad I don’t hate you and you haven’t killed me!) We are also swollen with pride (you’ve amazed us Alexa) we are also a little heartbroken (we will miss you sweet cha cha) who will robot dance with me, make up and sing silly songs about your dad (spatula hand) and the gram dog, laugh inappropriately with me, have a morning freak out over pants, be my excuse for being a stay home mom, help me eat all the pickle relish, rice pudding & ketchup, but most importantly who will unload the dishwasher ?!

Cups raised, here is to the start of an amazing, surprised filled, be good to yourself and everyone else 2013!

My Dolly Holiday

Observe the bumble’s other weakness.

This is Linden (she has her magic now because we named her) our little elf on the shelf sits high atop a bookcase keeping watch over all the happenings good & bad in the house (I have a feeling the Gram dog will be getting zilch from Santa, what a wonderfully terrible bad dog he is!)

Embarrassed, she just realized her undies were showing the whole time!

P.S DON’T TOUCH HER, DON’T EVER TOUCH HER! If you find an elf on one of your shelves, remember to always be good, give them a name, so they can get their special Christmas magic, and most importantly nobody touch them! They are kind of mischievous, so you might find them in the sugar jar making snow angels, building marshmallow snowmen or find a straw in the maple syrup!

Greetings

Greetings from the porch.

All this came yesterday, it was 2º F when we woke up today & it warmed up to 13º :)

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I’m hosting the December “A Dolly Holiday” doll show in the GTT (Good Things Together) group on Ravelry, show and share runs December 12th- December 16th and the social hour is from now until the end of the show. I put the Charlie brown tree over there in the corner (to your right), the kettle is on & the cider should be nice and hot. We’ll be open 24 hrs a day thought this holiday season, so stop in for a chat and sing some carols too!

There will be several prizes just for playing along in the holiday thread, here is one of them, I whipped up a project bag & topped it off with Rudolph’s nose so bright! A screaming red angora merit badge.

I picked a fabric that was wintry without being excessively holiday specific & of course couldn’t help but make the inside candy striped!

Naughty little obitsu! We are having such a hard time keeping her out of the tree, Jason she has Herbie again!

A dolly holiday can mean celebrating any winter/holiday theme. From making warm wooly winter clothes, cheesy x-mas sweaters, ski suits and party dresses, to making accessories like little doll-sized wrapped presents, bity toys, christmas trees with mini ornaments or perhaps your doll needs a stocking! Some of you may even make some doll sizes treats and food for the holiday meal. Crochet turkey legs and tiny snowballs ..oh my! Put your boots on and let your winter/holiday imagination go wild!

Won’t you come out and play?