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A puppy for Christmas

Some of our children make a wish list for Christmas, do yours?  I never did as a child but I also don’t think my parents could have gone out and just gotten me whatever I wanted with paying for private school for 4 children.   Our kids know that they may receive something from their list or they may not but they still make them anyway and are always happy and grateful for what they receive.

This year Ronnie made a special request on her list and has been asking me for weeks if I think there might be any chance that she might get what she asked for, so……we have a new member to our family.  It’s not a baby but you can still cuddle and love it and we still have to potty train it.  His name is Gizmo and he is the sweetest little boy ever.  The look on her face is priceless.  I was so happy that we could make it happen for her.
 
Poppa picked him up the day before Christmas Eve and we sprung the surprise on her though it seems more like a surprise for everyone, me included.  We had everyone stand in the front door and close their eyes. The look on her face was priceless.  I was so happy that we could make it happen for her.

I am yarning along again with Ginny from Small Things this week again.  I can’t wait to see what everyone has made.   Here is a question. Since I started yarning along I feel the need to visit as many posts as I can since they took the time to blog and share it.  If someone leaves you a comment, do you feel compelled to leave one at their blog post?

On the knitting front, we are getting ready for New Years and to add our new puppy to the fun I knitted him a bowtie!  I had this one ball of black Alpaca yarn which I have not been able to use because it is not enough to really make much so it was perfect for this little project and I could probably make a dozen more since it takes so little yarn.

 
As usual if you want to make one just shoot me a line and I will send you the pattern but seriously its so easy and only takes about 10 minutes to make.

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Rush

Right now I am doing exactly what I said I would not be doing back in October… working like a mad woman to finish Christmas presents.  I am still working on my 3 daughters Waldorf dolls,  they will hopefully and probably be done 2 seconds before they are given to my little ones.  I hope to share pictures with you after the big day.

The next few days around here will be busy, busy, busy.  Tomorrow I will be making some salted caramel apple butter to give as gifts in between sewing projects.  We will begin getting all the decorations together to put up the tree on Christmas eve.  Oh and yes, if you caught that, we do not put up our tree until Christmas Eve.  We prepare our hearts during advent for the birth of Our Lord and so we do not do very much Christmaswise.  We do watch our favorite Christmas movies but that is about it.  This is just the way our family does it, if you celebrate differently, please share!  I love to hear how others celebrate this time of year.  We usually also do a Jesse tree but this year it just did not happen and that is OK.   

I am yarning along again this week with Ginny at Small Things. I am done with all the knitting that I had planned.  I only need to weave in the ends of this one last cowl and ear warmer for my niece (Marv, if you are watching do not continue!).  This was super easy to make in the round and did not take much yarn at all.  I used a wool blend to make it easy for her parents to clean them.

I have a pile of projects I really wanted to do and still hope to sneak a few in before Christmas and I have decided that if they don’t get them done in time I will still make them because Christmas has really just begun.

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