Weekend Update

We, or should I say I, have got most of the Christmas decorations up. I have the tree out and lit, but will put the ornaments on when Blonde Girl gets home from school. She likes to polish her silver bells.

Am waiting for the tow truck to take Love Man's car to the mechanics. His engine is sparking.
Not inside the engine, but outside. I seriously thought about driving it down and letting the thing catch on fire. But, I wouldn't want to hurt anyone.

It is always something.

LATER:

The guy towed Sparky in.

It is About That Time

I can not believe November is almost over.

We have started putting up our Christmas decorations.

I left that village up all year.

Most of the houses in the village don't have Christmas decorations.

Some do. You'll find that even in the best neighborhoods.

And So it Goes

As we were walking into Macy's, Blonde Girl said to me, "Mom, can I get a second piercing?"

She just got the first piercing done on Tuesday. When she was 8 we had a failed attempt at getting her ears pierced.

There is a jeweler in my neighborhood who pierces all the little girls ears. You pick the earrings you want out of a catalog and they come pre-packaged and ready to be loaded into the piercing gun. This is how Miss Brunette got her ears pierced. The earrings are very good quality. The jeweler is so nice and spends a lot of time making sure the holes are going to be straight and centered. Miss Brunette's ears are perfectly pierced.

Blonde Girl's purple flower earrings had been sitting on that jeweler's bench for more than two years.

She chickened out after the sharpie pen marks were made on her ears. I think the black dots

put on her ears gave her a considerable amount of pain. At least that is what she claimed at the time.

They had Redemption Day at Sunday School. You get punches for right answers, attendance, bringing a friend, smiling and who knows what else. Blonde Girl chose stickers for your nails and some small tattoos. She put the tattoos on her ears.

Meanwhile, she has pierced every dolls ear that she owns. Some of Miss Brunette's earrings are permanently missing at they are probably in a doll or stuffed bear. In fact, over Christmas break we are going to get them all out and check their ears for the better earrings.

If you brought up the subject of piercing her ears, Blonde Girl would get upset and cry.

So, the tattoos went on her ears. She went to school and came home and said, "I want to get my ears pierced." I don't know if the kids at school made fun of her tattoos or if she just decided. I called the man, set the appointment and we went.

I told her, "we are just not getting one ear pierced, if you do one you have to do two." I had put numbing creme of her ears. "I know". She started crying. I held her tight and he did the first ear. She didn't cry during the piercing and then she started laughing. He did the other ear.

She raced to the mirror and was thrilled.

Now, every time we go to the store, we have to look at "EARRINGS'.

Black Friday

I did do a bit of shopping.
Got a new camera.
Cheap, cheap, cheap . . . .
Took Blonde Girl to Macy's.

She wrote this note to Santa.

She bought earrings, as she got her ears pierced on Tuesday.

The Dish on Thanksgiving

See these His Majesty plates from Johnson Brothers? I found them for a song on a routine cruise through TJ Maxx this summer. Then later, because I am too stupid, it occurs to me that Johnson Brothers uses the same color palette. These dishes match my Johnson Brothers Friendly Village.


And, they do, more or less. They coordinate.








I figured these dessert plates would work with the turkey plates. I routinely buy two Johnson dessert plates, but have now stopped as I have 12. Sad day, when I purchased 11 and 12 of the plates.





But, when Blonde Girl was at soccer. Miss Brunette and I were AGAIN on a routine cruise through TJ Maxx, look what we found! Friendly Village dessert plates. I will use the Chintzy ones for bread.


I only have 6 of this wonderful set, but that is enough. On my honor, I promise never to buy another dish, unless it is to replace a broken one. But, I still like to look at them.

Feast Day

The feast at school was good and makes for a super fast day.

We wrapped our homemade pumpkin bread, ate and it was OVER.

The best part, is that I don't have to go to work until Tuesday.

Naturally We Made These

Of course, I later added a beak, wobbler and legs.
They turned out cute.