And the Race is on....

Well, Thanksgiving is over and the race is on towards Christmas.  We had invited Jeff's sister and my cousin for dinner yesterday and I was in charge of the meal. The menu was changed many times and Wednesday while sitting in the shop, supposedly working, I did a few final tweaks.  However, Jeff spent the night up with the chills and ended up sleeping most of Thanksgiving but we still had company coming for dinner.  Ended up with roast pork, mashed potatoes and gravy and  fried carrots; lemon meringue pie and pumpkin pie.  Too bad Jeff was feeling so bad coz we had a good time at dinner! (He got leftovers when he woke up.)
                                                 
The elves had been busy decorating the shop and it looked very good Wednesday when I worked.(photo left)  I left several baby hats (photo right) and baby socks to fill up my space and I just got a phone call saying  that this yellow hat w/the raspberry flowers sold this morning...along with a baby sweater set.  I'll have to stay busy and do some more hats!  It would be nice if the snowman or Santa would sell but ...maybe more hats?

The shop has been invited to participate in a one-day sale at Hyde Hall on Dec. 2nd.   Hyde Hall was the unusually large home... actually, a neoclassical country mansion... of George Clark, heir of George Clarke an early NY governor and distant relative of James Fennimore Cooper. One of the finest American houses, built in 1817,  it combines the architectural traditions of England and America and is located in Glimmerglass State Park. When the park first opened, my family spend many hours on the beach there and we'd always walk up to the mansion and try to peek thru the broken shutters, so when I heard about this sale I immediately volunteered to help represent the shop. It will mean a couple extra sweaters and half a dozen hats but it will get me into Hyde Hall!  The sale runs from 12-4 pm and admission is free.  Unique gifts and books including local hand-made crafts, and holiday sweets and treats will be available.  There will also be a display of Victorian children’s toys and a visit from Father Christmas. Now if the weather cooperates....

Found this beautiful flower arrangement on our kitchen table Wednesday when I got home from Cooperstown.  My mother had no idea where it came from but the card...our neighbor the florist...was from my cousin Mike and his partner, Chris.  Heard my mom tell the aide today the flowers were from her favorite nephews.  They are definitely spoiling her!

p.s. Saturday morning, 9:20am, it's snowing!