I'm Not Dead Yet!

Sorry I've been so out of touch lately. Last week I wasn't feeling well and unfortunately, this week hasn't been much better. When I went in for my two week check-up this past Monday, the midwife prescribed an antibiotic to hopefully rid me of my sinus drainage and earache that's lingering from last week and the cough that started up this past weekend. Hopefully, I will be feeling better soon.

In the meantime, I've put the Bright Patches Blanket project on hold - temporarily. I've have forty-seven out of eighty-one patches finished and I just need to work on something else for a while. Since Christmas is only eighteen days away and we're a little tight on money right now, I've turned my creative juices toward making unique presents for our loved ones. I have a list of potential present projects for people (which I can't share, in case they're reading) and I already have some of the presents in the works. Almost everyone will receive a handmade felt ornament along with their gift.

We picked out our Christmas cards last Saturday. I'm actually looking forward to sending out Christmas cards from the two of us and the style we chose is simply beautiful. It looks like a woodblock print of a farm that's been tastefully colored in cheerful Christmas hues with just a little bit of glitter to make it sparkle. We have some colored calligraphy pens that we're going to use to address the envelopes and sign with, which will be a lot of fun.I can't wait to send them out - after all, this is our first Christmas married. It's very exciting! We already have some decorations and two darling stockings, courtesy of my talented mother.

Speaking of my mom, this evening I went over to help her assemble and decorate the Christmas tree. We put on some Christmas tunes and just went at it! It was great fun because my OCD would kick in randomly while we were decorating. Mom would suddenly hear the tinkle of the bells (yes, bells) and the rustle of the artificial branches and ask, "Are you moving something again?" I would see a huge cluster of ornaments or similarly themed ornaments all in one spot and would just have to move something. I'd just have to move that Santa ornament, as my mom joked, two branches over and one branch down before it looked alright. She threatened to leave a few times and just let me complete the tree by myself so I wouldn't keep moving the ornaments she placed. She even went so far as to threaten to color code the ornaments or have them all on just one side of the tree come Christmas day just to mess with me. It was great spending time with her and just be able to laugh about it all. Here's our finished product:

The Beautiful Christmas Tree!

Anyways, I'll do my best to post on Friday with something as equally festive - maybe with a few of my ornament patterns! And for those curious few, the kittens are doing really well. Good night!