Christmas

Yes, I know, it is more than 3 months away, and I'm a slacker and haven't started shopping. I'll get to it, not too worried. There's a lot going on and I don't want to shop absent-minded. Instead, I will do a double-fold purpose and craft. There are some that we don't exchange with, instead we do White Elephant, which if you haven't done before, it really is a lot of fun with a group - pulling numbers on who gets to pick a present out of the pile that everyone brought (which buying is half the challenge because you have a spending limit and you have to get something others want.) You get to "steal" anything someone else picked before you, the first person gets to do that last if they want.

While we enjoy this, I still don't like not doing something for family and crafting is the perfect solution. No one can get on me for spending $, I get to do something with my idle hands, and I get the joy in seeing someone I love (hopefully) enjoy what I made.

So far, I have started on the symbols of Christmas in an ornament. Looks good so far ;)I will post once they are complete. I will be keeping one for our own tree!