December moved along too Quickly.. Dang

 

December had got here but I'm wasn't ready and it felt like it was speeding by. On Sunday 12/7 I had a visitor from Houston. My friend Samara along with her daughter and grandson stopped by on their way home from her sister's place in Groesbeck. She had a purpose for stopping besides saying Hi. She was here to pick up the adorable Teddy Bears my friend Bekki made out of Eva's Dad's shirts. He passed in October and they wanted something made for the grand kids from his shirts and I suggested teddy bears.  Aren't they adorable? 

On Monday 12/15 I ran some errands and stopped by the Sassy Stitcher's Christmas Luncheon.  No sewing today. They could have but today nobody brought anything to work on. Everyone decided to come socialize, eat and do the white elephant gift exchange.  I just went by to say Hi and Merry Christmas.    From here I went to the post office and the Cameron Coffee Co. but they closed at 2:30pm.  ughh ! They used to close at 3 or 3:30.  Next time I'm in town I guess.

I had a quilt in my car I wanted to get some pictures of but holy cow the number of deers I saw driving home was crazy. I caught pictures of two different groups but there were more that I didn't catch.

I know they can be a nuisance but they are so cute.

The last few months have been a little rough. We've lost two family members. David's cousin Greg and his Aunt Linda, the last of his Mother's siblings. And then we lost our close friend Sylvia. She fought a long hard battle of cancer. Then a secondary cancer attacked her body but her brother donated stem cells and she was in recovery. She and I were texting about getting together and she said that by the end of the year she'd hopefully get her hip replaced.  But just a few days after our texting the family and her friends lost her due to a tragic fall.  May she rest in Peace now. She was such a sweet, faithful and very strong woman. She is going to be very missed. 

So I did a thing. I was actually commissioned to embroidery some aprons for a friend for her work team. 

Plus I did one for a friend as gift. She's a talented painter, shopper, blogger and author (biography). And an overall super nice person. Her name is Linda from Linda's Life Journal blog. Now I have to hope the one I just mailed to Linda gets there before I post this blog. LOL We met through her son in law who worked with David at one time.

  

At retreat one of my new retreaters, Dottie made/makes T-shirt decals. She's very talented in designing them, embroidery and quilting. Anyway I bought a couple of her decals then went and bought a couple of t-shirts at Hobby Lobby in colors of my choice then I went to my special friend who happens to have a heat press that would seal the deal.  I supervised. LOL    

I finally wore the blue one but managed to drip coffee on it before getting a picture but did have David snap this picture of me in the pink one.  I may have to get more decals one day to make other t-shirts of my liking. The photo don't do the colors any justice. They very teal and pink but they look faded here. Oh well.  

 I don't buy quilt patterns too often but I couldn't pass up the MSQC deals on Black Friday. The patterns were like $2 and I couldn't resist.  I bought a couple more after this. I guess I better get to cutting and piecing.  LOL Wish me luck. But first I need to finish one for a baby that is already 3 months old. I'm way behind.

By 12/21 I was ready for Christmas. Just in time. I got the stockings hung with care for all of us including our 2 fur babies and Pamela's.

My newest ornament I got from friend Kelli is on the tree and the presents are wrapped and ready.

On Tuesday 12/23 the bookclub gals got together for lunch & a movie in College Station at a place called Atami Steak & Grill. It was really good and they had a reasonably priced lunch menu. We had lots of fun and the food was yummy. Lots of fire and steam.

  

While sitting outside the restaurant waiting for everyone to arrive my friends Samara and Eva came by to pick up the memory T-shirt quilt I made from Eva's dad's t-shirts for her mom. He was a big Astros fan so she asked for the fabric to be Astro's colors and found the perfect fabric. My friend Margie taught me how to make t-shirt quilts thank goodness. I think she'd be proud of this one I did all by myself. It was made with 25 blocks that would fit a queen size bed. 

  

I loved the t-shirts I put down the center. And my quilter Donna @ Donna's Lavender Nest picked an awesome quilting theme. Eva had bought a heart patch that I added to the label. They loved it.  Yay

Now I'm in trouble though because they want me to make more t-shirt quilts. The hardest part for me now is picking the right fabric for the sashing and back.  

Christmas is here and Santa dropped off a few things for Braxton and Killian and Pamela and Kaleb brought all their gifts up here.  The presents have exploded.

They picked up the boys at noon and headed our way for presents and food. Now I didn't actually get but basically two pictures of the day. It was a whirlwind with these two boy ripping through presents. LOL 

Braxton opening up presents as fast as he could. I couldn't see Killian behind some big boxes. LOL But I got a picture of all four of them before they left in front of the tree minus all the presents.

    

It was a great day except for poor David. Never fails he's usually sick but this time he was hurting and has been for a couple weeks. His back is trash. Doctors terms. Waiting to see the Pain Mgmt Doctor in January.  So long to wait when he's in so much pain.

Even though he's not going anywhere at the moment he sported his new hat from Kaleb.  He'll wear next time the Bell Gang get together and have lunch. Not sure it'll be the January luncheon since it'll be February now before he sees the doctor again. They sent him for an MRI this past Thursday (1/9). Maybe an injection is in his future directly in his back. 

That's it for now. Our New Year's Eve was spent quietly at home just watching TV. I had been up for some dumb reason since 3:30am that day and by 11:30pm I couldn't keep my eyes open. Yes I know it was only 30 more minutes but I didn't make. David was right behind me but I'm not sure how much he really slept.

Sure hope 2026 brings many more adventures and no or minimal back pain for my man.

Here's hoping your 2026 brings happiness and good health.

Until next post...  Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” – Christian D. Larson