Good afternoon, we have been blessed with really nice weather this month, but that is changing fast starting tonight. Low 20's and teens at night starting tomorrow for a lot of days.
Of course our furnace-still under warranty til early January is not working-again. We bought a Trane and have had nothing but major issues with it. sigh.
So of course I am stressed over this. With our health especially Larry's we need heat. We do have a small little plug in heater that Larry can use if it comes to that.
I have been doing a deep cleaning this week, I usually have this all done before November. I have one more room and the bathroom to clean-my craft-art room I don't worry about haha.
I am keeping our Thanksgiving meal really simple this year. Larry does not eat a lot so the whole turkey will be the star, and I will serve just a couple sides and will make the from scratch cranberry sauce. I have a pecan pie in the freezer, but will make a pumpkin pie or a sweet potato pie-not sure which yet.
I started working on my Christmas cards over last weekend-Doing something totally different this year. The international cards will get mailed a bit after Thanksgiving just waiting for a white stamp pad I purchased.
For those in the States that celebrate
Happy Thanksgiving
Everytime i sit down for a min i think ' i need to get going on the Christmas cards' then when i get up to get busy with something bam ! It just goes out of my mind.. lol I think i have a simple design this year... I'll be water coloring a drawing of mine... so we'll see how that goes...lol Water color kinda has a will of its own....lol... I can't wait to see your card! As long as everything goes smooth i will have gotten away from store bought cards... finally... I think i did mostly handmade cards last year ... just a couple last minute store bought cards when i ran out of time... I think we are cooling down here too... cold in the 30's F but not below freezing.. Oh! Thank you for the comment on the blog! The last few years now we have just done the breast and nobody seems to mind.. Much love and happy Thanksgiving wishes! Hugs! deb
ReplyDeleteI made my own cards for years, and then the last couple of years I found original paintings by artists made into cards on Etsy. The artist I really liked did not have anything new for this year. I looked around but the price for others on Etsy for their artist cards were too expensive.
DeleteSo I found something totally different-I hope everyone likes them.
Larry only will eat the white meat, I like all of it ha ha It won't go to waste as I will freeze the meat and make soup stock as well
Happy Thanksgiving
I know! You were such the inspiration to motivate me to make my own cards....This year i'm afraid i can't get started until after Thanksgiving... in that sweetspot between Thanksgiving and i start decorating for Christmas... :)
DeleteI enjoyed making them a few years back--I hope everyone loves what I found to send out Hope your Thanksgiving was wonderful hugs
DeleteI've never had a white stamp pad... love to know all about it and if you like it! Maybe i NEED one in my life...lol Thanksgiving went well... yours? Hugs! deb
DeleteWhat a lovely surprise to see you commenting on my blogpost. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteI gather Larry is not very well. What a nightmare that, on top of everything else, your new stove is not working properly. I hope it gets sorted. Preferably with a completely new one.
I'm not sending Christmas cards this year. The postage has gone up so much, it's ridiculous. I'll just contact people by whichever means (Whatsapp, email, Facebook or Messenger).
I don't remember when Thanksgiving is, but it's in November so it should be soon.
Happy Thanksgiving,
Lisca
Thank you Lisca, postage has gotten too expensive here in the states too sadly. I do enjoy the process of writing and sending out the cards at Christmas though-so I will still do that.
DeleteThanksgiving here in the States is this week Thursday a lot of wintry and cold weather coming in as well for most of the country.
So glad you dropped by hugs
Hi, it’s me Barb. I should change my name to “anonymous”, it’s all I know how to do. And thanks to Kathy’s advice to keep it simple, I am not going to stress about it. I’ll have fun, all are welcome who want to visit my blog
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I will be happy for what works for me! I have a cool face Face off Friday photo this week!
Two of our 4 kids including grandkids, 3 teens and 2 toddlers will be here for turkey day, I am banned from the kitchen😀 Our other 2 older kids are coming from afar for Christmas.
It’s lovely time of year, best holiday wishes for all!
Hi Barb-yes just keep it all simple When you click on comments it opens up to annyomous or google if you click on google it will put your blog infor in for you.
DeleteSo happy your kids and grandkids are coming in for the holidays that is special hugs. Sadly we have no family left-I couldn't have kids so no children or grandchildren and now of course at our ages our parents and grandparents are no longer with us.
In our younger years I would prepare a huge feast and welcomed in soldiers or nearby friends that had no family-so that was always a lot of fun through the years. Our woods home was close to Ft Leonard so we put the word out we would welcome in a couple soldiers to our table
Happy Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving! -Christine cmlk79.blogspot.com
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DeleteThe card is very, very nice. Will you get someone to look at the furnace? We've had so many people out it feels like to have ours worked on. Burrrr. Hope yours gets fixed. Any heating pads and blankets?
ReplyDeleteYes we got someone out pretty fast yesterday-it needs a part, and yes I dug out the king size down blanket along with quilts. For the couch I dug out a wool quilt I had made and also my heavy blue jean quilt too.
DeleteTo keep the furnace running to not cause more damage I have it set for 68 degrees so the house is really cold. and we are getting colder every day going forward ugh.
There is a woodstove here but the previous owner had a major chimney fire so we need to put in a liner before it an be used. when we were much younger we heated only with woodstoves for years and loved it. Larry can't cut and split the wood any more now-but the guys we pay to help us could do that-I think we will get that set up this summer for next winter.
we are survivors smiles just need to make sure Larry is warm I will have the oven going today for a pie for tomorrow
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DeleteWe have become terribly spoiled by the warm weather this late, but, as you said, that is about to change. I hope you get your heat issues resolved soon! Your Thanksgiving meal sounds wonderful. I will be making pies tomorrow- thinking one of those will be pecan. I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
ReplyDeleteThey did come out yesterday and we need a part-I set the heat down low to 68 so the furnace doe not come on a lot. I am making a pie today too-thinking of a sweet potato pie to go along with the pecan Happy Thanksgiving Mary hugs
DeleteI keep forgetting to identify myself. Mary at hilltop post.
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DeleteHaving no furnace with those low temperatures is awful! I hope it can be fixed soon so you'll have it warm again. Our furnace broke last year, the guys came in the very same day, it was just a part, but they wanted almost a thousand bucks for the installation. So my husband looked the part up and bought it from amazon for less than $20 and installed it himself. It has worked since then. However, we want to cut down on gas, so over the past few days he installed a minisplit which will be paid by what our solar panels produce. We usually set the thermostat to 65, sometimes 68 and it works for us. Hope you will have it warmer very soon. Happy Thanksgiving.
ReplyDeleteThank you Carola, some of these prices on repairs are out of control. we are still under the year warranty til early January so everything covered. They had to order a part so am hoping it comes in this week so they can put it in soon after thanksgiving. if not the repair guy said it could burn our the motor.
Deletethe insulation is really really bad in this house so it is always cold in here. Larry did spend a lot of money with blown in insulation in the attic which helps. to keep the chill off in this house we have to set it at 70 degrees.
After Larry's really bad fall off a stone wall here he an no longer do things like this.
Happy Thanksgiving-and thank you for stopping by
I'm sorry to read about your furnace issues Kathy. That is definitely frustrating. And it sounds like you're making a good Thanksgiving meal. Who really needs too many sides. I was craving a pecan pie but decided to try a pecan pie cobbler instead. I made a single serving with some of ingredients so I could try it before I bring it to the family gets together. It was very good, and easier than pie. I hope you have a really lovely holiday. hugs-Erika
ReplyDeleteHi Erika the furnace issue is very frustrating-we have had numerous issues since the beginning of the install sadly. Hoping it holds up til the new part comes in with this frigid cold coming in.
DeleteI am curious about the pecan cobbler-please share the recipe.
Our Thanksgiving is just the two of us-but I also enjoy the Macy's parade and my two teams are playing during the day too.
Happy Thanksgiving
Oh gosh hope your furnace does not go out. We started out with wind this morning and then rain. Now it is blowing snow. I make a fresh cranberry relish that we all enjoy. Hope your dinner is a good one. Happy Thanksgiving! Janice
ReplyDeleteI sure hope the furnace continues to work til the new part comes in-we have frigid weather coming in-hopefully no wind ugh on the blowing snow-stay safe out there-hugs. I always make a fresh cranberry relish too. Happy Thanksgiving.
DeleteHappy 🦃Thanksgiving to you both, Kathy, and glad to read that the furnace was repaired, although the warm comforter and blankets will still come in handy. Luckily, we do not have to sorry about furnace issues but they can be a headache when they fail to work properly.
ReplyDeleteGood evening, the problem was identified but not yet repaired-they needed to order a new part-so hoping this continues to work til then.
DeleteI sure did think we have all these issues with a brand new furnace install-we must have gotten a bad one-sigh
Happy Thanksgiving
The card is lovely, dear friend 🧡 Happy Thanksgiving to you.
ReplyDeleteThank you Linda
DeleteOf course, furnaces and air conditioning always seem to go out during the season when they're needed. I hope you enjoyed your Thanksgiving. We're observing it today (Friday) as we all gather at my sons home later this afternoon. God bless you and Larry.
ReplyDeleteIt does happen that way for sure-Smiles.
DeleteEnjoy your Thanksgiving!! I bought a free range organic turkey this year-it was really good-just cooked down the bones etc into broth-smells delicious.
We will be very cold this week but doesn't look like snow for us-thankful for that.
and Gog bless you-hugs
Ingo suddenly eats more - and feeds me more, oh gack, my poor stomach! ;-) Yikes on your heating!!!! Ingo has a little gas oven that works good for him. Maybe you can buy that, not too expensive, either.
ReplyDeleteWish we celebrated Thanksgiving but here you don´t even get a turkey! Hugs, well wishes to you three, as in youi Larry and the lake.
Good morning Iris, No turkeys to buy in the stores? They are really delicious too Can you find a fresh whole chicken-if you can get organic pasture raised those are delicious too-and smaller than a turkey.
DeleteThis turkey cooked down into a gorgeous stock and hardly any fat floated to the top after cooled in the frig-store bought turkeys are loaded with fat-I usually skim off an inch at least after stock cools
Not familiar with a little gas oven-that sounds nice. The tiny stove and oven here need to go-very old and I want gas to cook on not electric.
Happy weekend dear friend
Hugs from the lake
Oh, I am so sorry you're dealing with furnace trouble right now, especially with those freezing temperatures coming. That is incredibly stressful, and you absolutely need reliable heat, especially with health concerns. Fingers crossed that warranty fix happens immediately. On a brighter note, that simple, scratch-made Thanksgiving menu sounds perfect, focusing on the turkey and that homemade cranberry sauce is always the best way to go. Happy cleaning.
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