October Weeks 6 - 10

I realize I've let this go for quite a few weeks; but really, I only show having 3 followers.  And for the last 4 weeks  there have only been 1 or 2 views.  So, I'm mainly only journaling this for my own rememberer.

On October 20th I gave a surprise birthday party for my husband (who turned 70 on the 22nd).  I sort of "sped up" the Plan to have everything done in time for the party.  Even though it was technically outside, there were quite a few people going in and out of the house.

Over the last few weeks I have purged/organized/cleaned the guest room, my room (sewingcomputer area), kitchen, den, laundry room.  Two days before the party a lady came and between us the house was cleaned from one end to the other.  On the morning of the party I mopped all the tile floors.  So, at that time, my house was really clean.

Now, some of the tasks for Christmas prep I'm not as good at, but working on it.  As of this evening, I've gotten a fairly good start on shopping.  All familyand friend cards are signed, addressed, sealed.  I plan to go buy Christmas stamps in the morning, and they'll be ready to go.  I also have about 10 swap cards addressed.  I just need to sign those.  Some of my cards - both friends and swaps - are out of country, so I will need to find out the postage needs for those.

I came up with a sewing project I can handle.  I've had to struggle between problems with the sewing machine and worsening vision problems, and a project I previously started has proven more difficult than I expected.  But this new one is a breeze, and I'm making great progress.
In addition, I have hemmed a pretty piece of fabric to be Christmas curtains for the bathroom.  I have curtains and a bed cover hemmed for Christmas "sprucing up" for the bedroom.  One other project will be curtains and a sofa cover for the guest room.

I have a wrapping center all set up; but I haven't gotten started wrapping yet.  I had planned to do that today - so maybe I will get it done tonight.  Well, started, not done! LOL!

I know this is a really fast overview.  It's the end of october, so by next weekend I hope to be able to begin decorating.  Thanksgiving is early this year; so guessing at when DH will be able to come home from the hospital; and not counting nurse visit days and days I have vendor events - there's 10 days to get decorating done by the 16th, which is my goal.