Busy as usual....
Dec. 11th, 2011 05:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fiberaddictalthough our Sabbath was more restful than usual. We spent most of it at SG's aunt's - the house is being repainted, and we had to pick up paint and trim. Found the *perfect* storm door for our house....we'll see if we actually buy it. (All glass, except for a narrow stained-glass trim. Pretty, unpretentious, and would set off the front door (which has a celtic knot) beautifully.)
Today I finished work. ALL of it. I am caught up! (Except for FA's stuff, but that's never-ending. :sigh:) SG and Himself worked on the "love shack" area - we're putting in a "real" barn. In the Spring, it'll be the kid area; come breeding season it'll be where the buck and his harem hang out. We have a temporary shelter, but it provides no protection from winter....hence the real barn. The ground is finally soft enough that the auger can drill :huzzah!:
Am almost done with SG's aunt's quilt. Need to put trim on a fleece blanket for Cynthia, then get back to place mats. Started a new Shabbat set - white with blue Star-of-David fabric borders. Yes, I have a nice set - but I only made 4; our table seats 6. I want to have a set of 6 for "just in case". Then it'll be on to the Passover set (should we be here).
The kids go back to Granny's Dec. 30. That was the latest I could put it off.....:sigh:
I was reading my Jewish books....a couple of them mention in passing that Messiah *might* come during Hanukkah.....interesting thought. (Basically, God provided a Redeeming Hero in Judah Maccabee; Messiah would be a fulfillment of that. The books were a little more in-depth, but this is the nutshell version)
SG is grilling steaks tonight - tomorrow is my b-day, but it's supposed to rain, so we're doing dinner tonight. :nom nom nom: Smells *fantastic*, and the steaks aren't on the grill yet! :grin:
Need to work on the aunt's quilt....
Today I finished work. ALL of it. I am caught up! (Except for FA's stuff, but that's never-ending. :sigh:) SG and Himself worked on the "love shack" area - we're putting in a "real" barn. In the Spring, it'll be the kid area; come breeding season it'll be where the buck and his harem hang out. We have a temporary shelter, but it provides no protection from winter....hence the real barn. The ground is finally soft enough that the auger can drill :huzzah!:
Am almost done with SG's aunt's quilt. Need to put trim on a fleece blanket for Cynthia, then get back to place mats. Started a new Shabbat set - white with blue Star-of-David fabric borders. Yes, I have a nice set - but I only made 4; our table seats 6. I want to have a set of 6 for "just in case". Then it'll be on to the Passover set (should we be here).
The kids go back to Granny's Dec. 30. That was the latest I could put it off.....:sigh:
I was reading my Jewish books....a couple of them mention in passing that Messiah *might* come during Hanukkah.....interesting thought. (Basically, God provided a Redeeming Hero in Judah Maccabee; Messiah would be a fulfillment of that. The books were a little more in-depth, but this is the nutshell version)
SG is grilling steaks tonight - tomorrow is my b-day, but it's supposed to rain, so we're doing dinner tonight. :nom nom nom: Smells *fantastic*, and the steaks aren't on the grill yet! :grin:
Need to work on the aunt's quilt....
aNNa says:
Date: 2011-12-12 02:52 pm (UTC)Then I came to my senses and realized that I would never be able to get the candle drips off the runner or the food stains off the placemats - eating is a MESSY deal at our place. But WoW... each pattern, if you go to the second or third page, is shown as a blanket in entirety, and some of them are just GORGEOUS.
((I'd make a quilt, but you can buy 'em for $50, and you can't get the material or justify the time for that price... and time is money, in my life.))
As for Messiah coming back at Hanukkah... yes, I see it. I do. Because He was conceived - the start of His ministry actually began - on that day. And at the end of days, He will come for us and 'we shall meet Him in the clouds'... but His actual APPEARANCE *ON* earth won't be until Armageddon. So it fits, almost perfectly. But I haven't given thought to the 'second Maccabbee' idea. Might make for a good musingly blog. ;)
Re: aNNa says:
Date: 2011-12-12 03:45 pm (UTC)Table runner: I have some coasters that the candlesticks sit on. they catch all the drips. The placemats are "dark", so drips and such don't show - and if we have *bad* stuff (spaghetti, for example), I use regular placemats. :grin:
Oooh - I'd like to read that blog!
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Date: 2011-12-12 03:41 pm (UTC)No brain, but many hugs.
- Hearth