Busy Weekend and more!

Mom and Dad came down for the UK football game early last week and it seems like we just haven't stopped all weekend. Mom had several "projects" to do, and of course, she enlisted her best helper. 8^O

Tuesday was spent getting ready for the trick-or-treaters to come. I set out several candles on the front porch and had a huge bowl of candy to give away. The weather was quite warm, so Bug and I just sat outside on the porch to greet all the kids. We saw some really cute costumes! I think my favorite had to be the little girl dressed as a pink poodle. She even brought a pink doggie dish that said FOOD on the front to collect her candy. (Her parents carried a bag to put all the candy in...) She was just too cute!

Wednesday I was making beaded stitch markers all day and then delivered them to ReBelle. I did 12 sets! That's a whole lot of beading... I hope they sell well and Robyn and Sarah want me to create more for them. I even did some creative packaging by hand stamping my own cards to hold the stitch markers. They looked pretty good, but I delivered them before I thought to get a photo for the blog. Darn it!

Thursday Mom and Dad arrived early and we went to get groceries and stuff to fix for the tailgate on Saturday. That evening Dad and I spent scanning old photographs and looking up genealogy stuff on the internet. That took hours of looking and searching...

Friday we ran errands while Bug was gone to work and then fixed some of the food for the tailgate the next day. Mom and I ran around and cleaned the house and did a huge amount of laundry.

Saturday was the tailgate and the UK game. The Wildcats beat the Georgia Bulldogs and the fans were so excited they tore down a goalpost! The Cats had not beaten the Bulldogs in 18 years I think.

Mom and Jenny Lynn went shopping afterward, and I made chili for everyone for supper because it was really cold out that day. I was supposed to meet Liz that evening for knitting, but when it was time to go, I was so tired, I called and canceled. It was okay though, because Liz had been cleaning the house all day and was tired, so we gave each other rain checks and decided to meet up again another day.

Sunday, Melissa and I got up early and went to get doughnuts from Spalding's Bakery. Mom and Dad were planning on leaving early that morning, and we wanted to fix breakfast for them before they left. We fixed bacon, eggs, sausage and had doughnuts. Then Melissa and I went out and started raking leaves. Mom and Dad came out and helped us. We started about 11 am, and did not stop until 5:30 pm. By that time, we had filled about 35 yard bags full of leaves. We were so sore and tired. Mom and Dad decided not to leave that might and we all got cleaned up and went out to eat.

Monday, Mom and I got up and ran down to the dollar store to get some items for one of her projects that she had forgotten to do over the weekend. She is doing shoeboxes for the Samaritan's Purse charity, like we did with the Girl Scouts last year. She went out and got all the stuff to fill four boxes, and then got Dad ready and went home, leaving me to finish wrapping and stuffing the boxes.

It's been a busy month already and it hasn't even gotten started yet!

Labels: holidays

posted by Raellyn @ 3:33 PM