New Year's Surprise Gift

I really was not expecting a new knitted scarf this year from Loni.  I know how busy she has been with other projects.  After all Mama has scarves from years past, and I got a new knitted Christmas ornament.  So image my surprise when I got a New Year's Eve surprise scarf finished in my home on New Year's Eve! 

I love it.  It is extra long, because I like them that way.  It is made of polar knit so really comfy, in fact I slept in it New Year's Eve.  The way the polar knit rolls it is perfect to make a little turtle neck around me when I am cold in my office. 

Best of all, I got a Loni ORIGINAL! 

Thank you my dear girl, I love you.  I've told you before and I will tell you again, I am as proud of you and love you as much as if I had birthed you myself. 

Mama C

No Goodies This Time

We went shopping two different days on our vacation. I was specifically looking for gifts for my Sis, BFF, L and M. The boys even got involved in looking for something they would like, and we made a couple of special stops on the way home to places we thought would have something for Sis since she was looking after the turtles.

I came home with zilch.

Here is the thing. Sis is in the process of simplifying her life. She has cleaned out her house of fluff and is very happy with what she had done. Like me her next move will be to downsize, so she doesn't need stuff. I was looking specifically for something to put in her flower beds, but everything was so "tourist" looking we gave up and I decided lunch in the near future would do.

BFF is in the process of cleaning out her knick knacks so she doesn't need any more of those, and the one thing I thought about getting her for her garden was just not "it."

The closest I came to finding something for L was at the Half Price bookstore in McKinney. She probably already has it. And I saw nothing that said "M" to me.

So I came home with no goodies. I was disappointed, but feel like it was a good decision.