It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

Christmas stocking garland, made last year but funnily enough I like them more this year.

I got the idea from here but I used felt for mine and I made 25 because it is meant to be used as an advent calendar though this year it is neglectfully empty.

Stockings for the family, but I will be making myself a new one using this fabric because I realize that I am the only one with a red stocking, even the dog's stocking is more in keeping. (his is the green one)
Little Claire made Floyd the blue robot one two years ago so I made Andy and Frances ones to match but of course couldn't quite get to mine...lazy...lazy.
Speaking of lazy, here is a list of the things I have not done nor will be doing this Christmas:

cards - not bothering. Sorry if you were expecting one from me, just couldn't get to it this year. I will however be completely miffed if I don't receive a bumper load of them myself.

cooking turkey - no-one likes it in our house. We are having a different 'festival meat' (Andy's terminology) this year.

entertaining - no-one's invited (except for one or two peeps) and I won't be throwing our annual Boxing Day party.  I am deliriously happy at the thought of a quiet Christmas with my babies, building train tracks and having picnics on the living room floor...just heavenly.

freaking out about shopping / making presents - I've done most of it and what isn't done most likely won't happen so now I plan on just relaxing in front of the fire and driving Andy crazy with my relentless abuse of Christmas FM. Floyd knows *all* the words to jingle bell rock and boy oh boy you should hear his ending.
Hope you are all feeling the festive spirit.

Comments

[mikawendy]

"Festival meat"--I love it!

I know what you mean about turkey. Hubby & I hosted Thanksgiving this year (we rotate with my parents and his parents). I did a pork roast (glazed with cranberry/apricot sauce and stuffed with dried cranberries, cherries, and onions) because 1) I can't stand cooking a turkey and 2) the meat is really boring and dry, so a turkey really becomes all about gravy and I am lousy at making gravy. The pork roast came out great, so moist, and it was easy since it was a dry cooking method, no basting or anything.