“I’ll do the crescent rolls and you do the cranberries. You know I can’t cook.”

by chuckofish

My mother’s post got me all excited for Planes, Trains, and Automobiles tomorrow night. I’m also excited for all the starches and carbs including, but not limited to, cheesy potatoes. And wine. We’ll be socially distanced, of course, and socially isolated.

Anyway, over here in my neck of the woods, I did NOT travel to St. Louis this weekend and instead spent approximately 48 hours in my craft room working on finishing some Christmas projects. I can’t show most of them because they are gifts, but this one is for me:

Treat yourself, am I right?

Also, can you tell it is online shopping season? Would you believe that despite ordering two of the same thing at the same time, they came in separate boxes on different days? And, they took over a week to arrive so I must have mistakenly selected the option that took longer to reduce boxes. [insert the shrug emoji]

It’s reaching precarious heights.

In other news, I’ve entered the Hallmark sweepstakes (from last week’s blog post) three times. Speaking of Hallmark, I managed to catch A Nashville Christmas Carol starring several notable country singers including Sara Evans, Kix Brooks, and Wynonna, playing the role of Jacob Marley without the whole being tortured in hell aspect..

This was a, shall we say, loose interpretation of A Christmas Carol. They didn’t even have a ghost of Christmas Yet to Come! I would love to know who at Hallmark was like ‘I’m just spit-balling here, but you know who would be GREAT as the dead producer who took her job producing the Nashville Christmas Live special so seriously that she forgot to enjoy her life and fall in love? Wynonna!” [I guess insert another shrug emoji]

Anyway, imagine my surprise today while walking home in the pouring rain when I spotted GRASS at the Capitol!

The Capitol has been under construction basically since I started working in Jefferson City. All of that grass was, until today, a dust pit, that sent dirt into my office (very old windows that clearly don’t seal) on especially windy days. It looks like they will be done in time for the inauguration we can’t have. For once, a construction project finishes on time and the event gets cancelled!

Well, that’s enough from me. Hope you all have wonderful Thanksgiving, however they look. There’s plenty to be thankful for, even if things are weird. xo.