A Happy Thanksgiving!

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Ok!  We had a great turkey day over here.   First, it was gorgeous mid 60's weather, or maybe mid 50's, it really doesn't matter at this point in Minnesota.  Second, we had people other than ourselves over!  lol  We had Zach and his mother in from Chicago, not to mention our own new grandbaby Jackson.



A game of Cranium after dinner.  l-r: Eric, Amanda, Zach, Linda



Then on Friday we got up at 12:30 A.M. to head over to Target.  The lines were so long in the dept. we needed to be in that we just got some other junk and went home.  For the record: this was my husband's idea.  I wanted to stay in bed.  Later that day we ended up at Best Buy and got what we'd been wanting with a much better deal on it too.  Love when that happens.  Saturday I scrapped all day with Amanda and later on at 6:30 Linda, Zach's mom, and her sister Cindy came to Archivers and joined in.  We stayed til closing.  FUN!  I only got 5 pages done.  They're posted on my Scrapbook page here  While I was there having fun, hubby was home with the carpet shampooer.  It's an environmentally friendly company.  They did a great job.  I think they're at http://www.oxifresh.com/  Two rooms, 13 stairs, hallway upstairs for only $127.  Nice. 

Our son slept over at a birthday party so after we picked him up Sunday morning, we went to Home Depot and bought our Christmas tree!  YAY!  A real one.  The first time in two years.  Last year we had a little fake one.  It was nice, but too short.  This one is a Scotch pine and is full and fluffy and smells divine. 



Before it warmed up and 'calmed down'. 

Scotch pines are good for anyone who enjoys balance.  They have the perfect combination of long and short needles.  Not so long, like White pines, that you can't hang much on them, but not so short that you can see through them. 

Later that day we decided to go to MOA.  In my mind it's always cozy there while we sit at Caribou (just down from Bubba Gump) looking out from that balcony.  To make a long story shorter, we ended up picking up daughter and grandson and made it a big family event.


Eating dinner at Ikea first



Once at MOA, Amanda and Eric took off with the baby and left Curt and me to sit at Caribou and knit and read.  Perfect. Of course they stopped by to get us to buy them a Caribou too.  ;-)



Jackson was conversing with grandpa @ Caribou MOA





On the way home we were all cozy in the car listening to Christmas carols.  So far, this has been a fun season.  Some years I'm just not excited for it; not true this time. 

We're almost done with the shopping, and wrapping, for that matter.  We just leave the bows and tags til Christmas Eve.  That's an incredible feeling.  My parents always did all the wrapping on Christmas Eve so that's how I used to do it.  It just doesn't make a lot of sense.  This way they can't sneak a peek either.

Now, on Monday we got the lights put up then realized we don't have garland left!  I've already put the car in the garage and I'm done running around for the night.  So we're stuck with finishing up tomorrow.

Here's our mantel that I decorated last night.  Still not finished with that of course, but I'm definitely ahead of schedule.



A little skimpy on the left eh? 



Here's Curt not wanting his pic taken.  

I'm so sensitive, aren't I?  ha ha

 

I bought an apothecary jar at Michael's last night for only $10 w/coupon. I went to the dollar store for garland and ornament balls. It's not very intricate, but I like it.

Well, I'm off.  Gonna go work some more on my unfinished sock.
 
Thanks as always for stopping by. 
 
Erika