So November totally flew by for us. Wow. Just said goodbye to my folks, who came up for Thanksgiving. It was great having them here — and not just because Mom insisted on washing the dishes after every meal (but really, who was I to disallow her that joy?). We introduced them to duckpin bowling, took them to Belle Isle, Ben gave us backlot tour of the Richmond airport, and we joined about 8,000 other people at the opening night of GardenFest of Lights at Lewis Ginter. Oh, and of course there was lots of eating. Dad smoked a turkey, but I handled the rest of the cooking (my first time being Thanksgiving hostess!). I know it was a success because Ben gave his stamp of approval to my gravy (which I’d never made before). I think we have enough leftovers to last us til Christmas.
Speaking of Christmas, holy crap it’s soon! I’m getting ready to pull out our stockings and hang the Advent calendar we made last year. We’ll probably go get a tree next weekend. Figure we might as well make our house as festive as we can, since it looks like we’ll have a Richmond Christmas. I may get to go to Florida next week for a few days but it’s pretty unlikely we’ll make it down there for Christmas itself — it’ll be sad to not be with all of our family, but a private Christmas is fun too. We’re trying to think of a new tradition to start this year…suggestions are welcome.
The semester wraps up next week (I’ve got one last 20-page paper to finish and turn in), which is exciting — then I have about a week (less if I go to FL) to prep for the Richmond Craft Mafia Handmade Holiday craft show. If this blog has any Richmond readers, I better see you there! I’m working on some rad Christmas cards and ornaments, plus my signature recycled silverware jewelry, and maybe even some cozy crocheted accessories. And on that note, I’ve got work to do!
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