Wow, where did November go?! I can't believe it is December 2nd and the weather has been beautiful! Who would think that we would have 60 and 70 degree weather in Kansas this time of year! It does make it hard to get in the Christmas spirit, but hopefully we will have snow soon!
So much has happened at the Woods house in the past month and here is a recap of our month!
The major, most time consuming item....WE MOVED! We are now at a large three bedroom apartment at Four Seasons Apartments. We have been contemplating a move and selling our house for a while now. Finally, the time just felt right. We moved the weekend before Thanksgiving and we are almost all settled and unpacked. It feels like home, very comforting, and that is just what I need right now.
HOWEVER, we still have boxes, and years of "stuff" to sort through at the house. I didn't want to move things that we might toss or donate, so it was left for later. We will need to clean and fix up the house a little to sell and hopefully we can do that in the next few weeks.
We love the new place! We have so much more room and the best part....I have a fully functional craft room! Plenty of room for sewing, scrapbooking, and crafting! We are working on Casey's "man cave" too!
We spent our first Thanksgiving, just the two of us, at our new home. I baked a couple pumpkin pies, we ordered out a smoked turkey and all the fixings from a local restaurant and loved just spending a quiet Thanksgiving weekend just us!
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| My first made-from-scratch pumpkin pies with frozen crusts. The Libby's canned pumpkin recipe made good pies! |
Four Seasons is right next to Jones Park and Harry has loved all the walks in the park! Harry still wakes up early, so I take him out each morning for a walk. Usually, it is right at dawn and the sunrise is beautiful through the trees! We have seen geese on the ponds and squirrels in the trees. Harry loves the juniper trees and smelling everything!!!
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| Harry has his eye on a squirrel, or leaf, or another dog?! |
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| View from the park of the apartments. |
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| Another view from the park. I love having the park as our "backyard"! |
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| Geese on the pond at sunrise! |
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| Sunrise through the trees. |
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| Beautiful sky at sunset. |
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| A full moon rising one evening last week. |
This weekend I decorated the Christmas tree! I was so excited to go through all the ornaments, remembering when, where and why we had each one. Our tree if full of memories and I love that it is a hodge-podge of different homemade, whimsical, traditional, glittery, felt and wooden ornaments!
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| This cute little guy I found at a beautiful gift shop in Lebo, during their Open House last month. I have several new bird ornaments this year! |
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| Also new this year...looks like he has a sweater on and I had to have him! |
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| Brought him home from our trip to Baltimore in April this year. |
I have been catching up on crafting. I made a new Christmas wreath from yarn and and have been crocheting Christmas gifts. Today, I plan to paint wooden signs, also Christmas gifts! AND, I need to do some paper crafting, designing Christmas cards and paper ornaments. I will post more over in our
How Crafty Are We blog.
We had a busy month and I am sure December will be just as crazy with Holiday activities! We are looking forward to Christmas and a new year in a new home!
