It's time once again to start the preparations for this years Christmas Cookie and Ornament Exchange. The end of October has arrived and I'm up in Montana. Gwen has selected this years make and take and gifted them to all. Today is the day to make the sample. What do you think?
Mister and I are taking a day --- getting out and re-centering before the next push. Our first stop is at Vector, where there is a Small Business Saturday market. Let's peek in.
It's the day before Thanksgiving. The house is clean and I've met Jen in Grapevine to take a glass together. Here is the LINK to the Vetro Glass post I did sharing all of our fun. We have a great time and even wander Main Street in Grapevine for a bit.
A month ago or so I spotted an ad for a blown glass "make an ornament" class. A quick call to Jen and I signed us both up --- today is our class. It is at Vetro Glass in Grapevine, TX. We check in at the studio and are quickly picking out glass colors and starting. Each person has an individual instructor - Jen goes first. She takes the rod and goes into the fire to collect some molten glass. Then the glass is rolled into colored pieces of more glass. We have both chosen a candy cane mixture of red and white. At this point she still has her purse, but it is shortly taken away and placed in a drawer along with mine. They are soooo good about allowing me to wander around near her and take pictures. That makes the whole event even better.
All Saints Day - We are still in Montana and it's been a busy day. I made a trip into town to run errands and managed to get in 10 stops in an hour. Yep, woman on a mission. First, I went to the lake to take a selfie in a hoodie, then stopped to have the oil changed in Mom's car, downtown to take another selfie in same hoodie, gas in the car, stop at drug store for my sister, up to liquor store for friends (honest), bank to put money in Mom's account for cleaning lady, post office to mail previously said hoodie to Wyoming, get mom's mail on the way home and one last stop to drop off purchase from drug store with my sister. I did it!!
The beginning of our 3rd week has us going into Kalispell to run some errands. Home Depot and Costco fill the needs and apparently, my closet as well. I grabbed two more shirts and a pair of gloves - both to stay here. The two shirts I bought earlier were the exact same and I LOVE them so they will go home with me. We got back to the house and Mister wasn't quite done being out of the house for a bit. We went back into Bigfork and walked around to see the Scarecrow Contest. Each business that participated had one out front. Had we done this last week, they wouldn't be covered in snow, but it is what it is. Right? Walk along and enjoy the fun.
As the second week begins, we have the opportunity to spend some time with Jill and her littles. We are off to feed their cows.
