And a Happy New Year!

Please enjoy your festivities whatever they are!  May the new year bring you joy!

I will personally be enjoying the gingerbread cookies I made with the cookie cutters I found earlier this year,(my piping skills need work but I think they turned out okay):

Maybe tomorrow I will show off the hedgehog onesie I have been wearing.  It's been agreed upon that the hedgehog is my patronus; cute to certain people and decidedly prickly.

Happy New Year to you and yours!

Winter has arrived

It snowed last night.  More is predicted for the next couple of days.  Happily, the grocery shopping has been completed; as has the holiday shopping.  Son has successfully completed his latest round of college placement tests.  Daughter's business cards arrived early.  Husband's things he'll need for the next year have been packed up and shipped off to where they need to be.  I need to make white chocolate trees for mini-cupcakes for what can be called Drunken WinterFest (participation does not require alcohol; just finger foods, tasty beverages and silly pajamas) on the 28th.
For all those who have been celebrating, are celebrating or will be celebrating your holiday of choice, from us to you:

We went visiting...

It was just a week to visit family over the Thanksgiving holiday.

And then we all immediately came down with a decidedly unpleasant cold that lasted a tad bit longer than the visit had.
Boy spent much of his recovery time listening to Hardcore History and reading H.P. Lovecraft.  Both contained the phrase, "Mene, mene, tekel, upharsin",  which, while fun to recite, always brings to mind the scene from A Knight's Tale: "You have been weighed.  You have been measured.  And you have been decidedly found wanting," which makes me laugh every time despite the seriousness implied.
There was also snuggling with the cat:

As well as hurriedly decorating for upcoming Winter Festivities:

It is important we have the right ambiance, as we are inventing a holiday in between Christmas and New Year that involves eating and drinking tasty things (that don't require silver ware) while wearing ridiculous pajamas.

I've not taken any pictures of finished projects (three embroidery pieces and a sweater).  Though in my defense, things are just a teensy bit over-whelming right now, as well as the light being downright awful for simple photos.
I have to catch up at some point, right?