October was a real pissy month. Seemed that anything that could go wrong did and had some surprises and disappointments too. Lost a former Jo-Ann's co-worker. She died of a stroke at the age of 55. It is different going into the store and not seeing her there anymore.
Anyway, it is amost the middle of November and it is getting busy. Went shopping last weekend with mom, Erika and the girls. I got quite a bit of shopping done and will start wrapping some of it this week. I also put up my living room tree. Why so early you ask? It is a 9 foot pre-lit tree I bought the day after Christmas at Target last year. I wanted to make sure it would work and that sucker is heavy. It comes in 4 pieces and the pole the branches are attached to is steel (not aluminum like a lot of trees), did I mention it is heavy? And tall too. I am changing up my living room theme too. I am going for the country look instead of the burgundy/cream/gold I've had the past seven years. I already have grapevine garland and berry garland around it. Found some really cute country/woodsy ribbon at Jo's and hope to get several more rolls at the Super Jo's in Ft. Wayne. I also plan on cross stitching a bunch of ornaments (time to dig out all those old cross stitch magazines I used to buy) and some out of felt. I also have some fabric from when I worked at Jo's I'll make some ornaments out of too.
Then next year I plan on ripping all the wallpaper out of the dining room and painting where it is now. Then the former living room theme will go to the dining room and the current Victorian theme will move to Abbie's room. I have a tree for Ashton's room and that will be a Precious Moments theme. The kitchen will be a Gingerbread theme (YES, just say it Erika...I AM MARTHA!) and I know that all of my family thinks I am totally anal, but I love decorating for the holidays and then sitting back and looking at all of the decorations.
Pictures will come as I get the rooms done.
