Yesterday it was cold. The high was 40 but it felt colder. Today the high was 47. Jo and Allison came today to do some Christmas "finishing up." We asked Coach to go with us and he bought us lunch at our favorite Mexican resturant, El Fenix. Of course I knew that if we went there that Jo would want to go to our LYS, The Shabby Sheep, and see Abby "The Yarn Dog". Of course we went and I got a couple of skeins to knit baby socks for her new baby sister who is set to make her debut in March. Dasher, Abby's dog friend, was there also and while Abby was sleeping Dasher made the trip worthwhile for Jo. He followed her around the shop and was very happy to let her rub his back and kiss his nose. We headed to Sam's to pick up beef jerky to put in Uncle Joseph's stocking we are mailing tomorrow. He won't be home for Christmas this year and will be on post at Ft Benning so we want him to have the traditional stocking filling. I mean all Texans like beef jerky in their stocking, right? We finished our Christmas food shopping and are making some changes in the spread this year. Everything is going to be easier to make. My RA is flaring and Allison being pregnant we decided the time had come to "let the women enjoy Christmas too." I have spent many years in the kitchen for hours and hours. I think we can enjoy it just as much if I do not have to get up at 4:30 am to start the food. We are having a Greenberg turkey again this year. If you have never ordered one (out of Tyler, Texas) you are missing out on perfection. Wonderful.
After shopping we came back to the house. Aunt Jane Ellen had mailed Jo a new hat and scarf. I mean too cute. These pictures do not do justice to it. Hopefully I will have better ones on Ravelry but we were in a hurry. It is a Glow Worm hat and scarf. The hat is in Bernat Glow yarn lavender with a white glow worm coming out of the top where you would normally decrease and tie off. She added the white and continued to knit the glow worm and then made sure it was sewn down on the hat. It is so cute. The tongue is red and actually curls around. The whole hat glows but the worm is fantastic since it is white. You just set it out under light to "charge" and then it glows. The scarf was the same lavender and then was trimmed in the white and had lavender tassels. If you have wondered about this yarn it is fantastic. It is the same yarn I used when I made Jo a pumpkin hat at Halloween. When Jo saw it she said oooooohhhhh. So it was a success. Christmas Eve is a week from today. Do you have your shopping done?
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