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Good morning,

Today it's cold outside it's your typical black Friday weather when you would go out to see if you can get the bargains I remember those days I would go out to Joann's fabrics and get the 99 cents a yard flannel and any other bargains then head to Rosie's house where we would meet up with Dolores and others and go to flemington have breakfast then go to the outlets and shop those were the good old days.
Today I will be home but I got an email from the fabric warehouse so I already asked to go so I will go there I came across a pattern called be an elf for next year for everyone so I will try and get a good start on them it's a cute pattern.
I hope you all had a great thanksgiving mine was great and we have leftovers.
Have a great day.
Prayers go out to all.
Lois

Good start to a beautiful sunrise here.
Lois--your day is packed with fun things. Where is this fabric warehouse you mentioned? The lqs is having 25% off today and tomorrow and I am tempted (but hope not to go.) I have enough fabric for the next few years to keep me busy. But still the urge is go is there.
Dinner was great my nephew was able to come at 5 so we all ate together. We "zoomed" with Dawn and Wayne and spoke to Piper and Lily also. Funny to talk to them and memories of them as babies flash in my mind. They all grew up behind my back.
Today I want to work on the Nativity wall hanging a little. Its from MS and so far it seems to be coming out pretty good. Hoping to start with Christmas bins from the attic.
If you are shopping today I hope you get great super sales
Hoping all enjoy the long weekend
Diane

Happy Black Friday to you all...I also used to shop Black Friday. I remeber one year my friend and her family came for Thanksgiving they spent the night and we sat up til 4 talking, and remembering our younger days,,,then we got the kids up and headed to the mall ( yes with 6 kids in total) It was crowded and we were insane back in those days...The 2 husbands stayed home to sit and drink coffee and never worried about us a bit...We vowed never to do that again and we never did.
I have 2 trees to still put up I will get the basement one up first since it is there ready to go. Probably left overs for supper.
We had a fabulous Thanksgiving dinner My son did a brined turkey that was so moist and tasty...and all the other food was fabulous...we all had food comas. Navy was her usual bossy self ( 3years old and knows it all.) It was good to be with family even if our Lions arent doing that well this year, I didnt watch but sat in the dining room and chatted with other non football folks.
I did get up this morning and after making the bed did buy one gift on the black friday sale that is probably all I will do. I got such a good deal I had to buy this item ( It was 62% off) I had shopped this item before and knew the actual price...
My favorite shopping day was always the day after Christmas,,,everything was at that time 50% off all the Christmas stuff...and I would buy cards and wrapping paper and lights and ornaments for the following year,,,now they dont do that any more..Christmas is 50% off starting in July...a shame I say.
Well I need to comb my hair get dressed and get this pony show on the road..
Have a wonderful day and those of you brave enough to go out be safe out there,,,,XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Good morning!

It's a warm before the storm morning here. We may finally get snow on the valley floor by Sunday.

I never have got up early to shop on Black Friday! Except to work it. I worked in a fabric shop and it was a madhouse ! We were literally walled in by bolts of fabric, standing on the floor, where we were cutting. It was too busy to try to put back all the fabric! I was in charge of a wall of fabric, four bolts high and about 20 feet long. It was miscellaneous fabric, prints, stripes, etc that was my job to keep in color order. Starting in the upper corner shelf with whites, running back and forth down to the bottom corner of Black. Every group of a color, was also together, running from light to dark. It was a job keeping it all straight and the corporate suits would show up every so often and check on the shop. And make sure that wall of fabric was right. Well you can imagine what it looked like after a black Friday sale! Took me a long time to get itback in order! Do you remember when fabric stores, would take the bolts of fabrics and fold out a piece, to drape over the top of each bolts, like a flag! You reached under that drape to see the top of the bolt for the price per yard. I was very happy when shops stopped folding out that drape and pin the fabric now! Also, here's a trick I know about how much fabric is left on a bolt. If you look at the top of the bolt and see as it's wrapped around, those folds there, take and count those folds at the top, and every 2 folds, on one side, is about a yard. 10 folds, equals, about 5 yards. That way, you can tell if there's enough for what you need. That came in handy, when a customer wanted a large amount, so we'd count, before unrolling the whole bolt. Saved us time in re-rolling a bolt of fabric. Also, if you look on the selvage edge and see all those dots of color, those dots tell you what colors are in that piece of fabric. That way gives you help in choosing coordinating colors for a quilt. Makes it a bit easier to create a masterpiece!

Dinner was yummy yesterday. As Sarah and the girls got the dishes and kitchen clean, she started her stock pot full of the bones to make stock. Tradition! Takes us 24 hours for a deep rich, yummy stock for our dish called noodles. My kids say that is the best part of Thanksgiving! Work to make the hand rolled, hand cut noodles, but worth it!

So it'll be sewing today. One college game to watch, early. I need to play nurse and remove the bandage on Mr G's wrist, where the stent entered. Hopefully, no bleeding when I do. On blood thinners, that's a possibility.

Hugs,
Jana

I'm back because I wanted a second cup of coffee and someone to chat with.

JANA - not sure if you're rooting for snow or not, but I guess it doesn't matter. You're going to get it - or not. Yep, I knew about measuring fabric by the folds and also the colored dots on the selvage, though I have such a large stash now I am usually just looking for one fabric when I'm buying new stuff. Not many places left to buy new stuff now. Tacoma has Shibori Dragon still (I think) though they gave up half of their rented space. And we have tiny Sew Hip in Gig Harbor. And the little bit Michaels now sells. I would LOVE your noodles in turkey broth. I love making pasta the way you described - my mom's way. But the smell of cooking the carcass to make broth makes Bill sick. He doesn't know why - he likes the soup but can't stand the smell of making the broth. I finally gave up on it.

Good Morning

I'll be back later.... have to go finished getting ready for plumber to arrive with parts to fix my kitchen faucet! YEAH!!! I'm showered and dressed, but have a wet head and need to go blow dry!!

See you later


12:31 CST
I'm back... I HAVE RUNNING WATER.... in the kitchen sink! Who knew that such a little thing could make a person so happy! No more washing dishes in the laundry tub!!

Lois... YEAH you scored a good deal on fabric!!! I suppose all the reds and greens are low in stock because of all the Christmas sewing every has been doing! My fabric warehouse rarely, if ever has a "sale" sometimes they will put kits on sale, but never the regular fabric!

Diane... You got the MSQ Nativity templates too? I have my wall hanging all made too, but some how got distracted by other projects and haven't finished it yet. (Imagine that! ) wouldn't take long to finish if I put my mind to it. Yeh, how is it that those kids grow up so darn fast!!

Judi.... I'm with you... the day after Christmas---wrapping paper, cards etc all 1/2 price. But I don't need that much of that stuff any more so I stay away on that day! I do love a good sale, but it seems like now all through December there's lots of 1/2 off thing. Hobby Lobby has had 1/2 off Christmas since Halloween I think. HL might have 75% off Christmas after... like all their fall stuff was the last time I was there. That might be worth a trip!!

Maryz.... Last nights dinner was leftover Fettuccini Alfredo with chicken. Don't get excited--it was bag of frozen stuff I got at Target!! But it was pretty darn good. Your dinner today sounds wonderful---except for the asparagus! I need to get groceries next week and think I'll get myself a small turkey breast--already have the cranberry sauce on hand!! I could eat that stuff out of the can!!

Jana... Once you work in retail for a while, you kind of lose that "gotta go shopping" idea on Black Friday. I'm getting so I'm not crazy about large crowds and full parking lots. All the madness.... nothing I need that badly!

Valerie... How is David doing after his fall off the ladder?

Chriss... So far I'm loving my sink!! Love the deep side for soaking pots and pans! I'll have to look for the stainless cleaner. I have pretty hard water so I'm going to keep a spray bottle with vinegar close by to keep the spots at a minimum!

Haven't done much around here today. I did watch a tutorial the other night on Youtube for making a quilt from a layer cake---trying to use them up! So I grabbed one and now have the blocks made--just need to throw together and see what happens! Need to run down to kids house and check on the cat this afternoon--tho I might wait until supper time and drive through McDonalds or Dairy Queen or Chipotle for supper!

Back to work..............

Good afternoon I hit jackpot I go 14 yards of fabric some for backgrounds I wanted some reds or greens but they didn't have any that will be a scavenger hunt.

I hope you are all having a good afternoon.
Lois