MISC. CHIT CHAT

Way back in April I started hooking a sunflower to make into a pillow for my DILs May birthday.  Lost my momentum interest so gave her something else and decided to make the sunflower pillow as a Christmas gift with more months to work on it.  The purchased pillow insert was too big so made my own with cotton fabric and leftover stuffing from the dollmaking days.  So now all I have to do is stitch the opening closed and voila, a gift for the sunflower loving DIL.

I know sunflowers are a summer flower but her family gave her sunflower themed items last year for Christmas so I won't feel badly giving her this.

Make sure to ship your Christmas gifts early this year as USPS hasn't seemed to become any better.  Remember the rug I sold and shipped on 11/12?  It was shipped to Lafayette, Louisiana via Priority and delivery was estimated to be 11/15.  I kept checking the tracking number but the USPS info seemed to be stalled at "delivery late 11/14 on way to next destination".

I contacted the USPS earlier this week asking if the package had been delivered.  Thought perhaps it had been delivered but the postal person hadn't scanned the label to indicate it had been.  Just this evening (10 days after shipping)Troy contacted me saying the rug had arrived and was nicer in person than the photo.  Well of course I was ecstatic it arrived and more so he was happy.  But why did it take 10 days????

While perusing various places for antique hooked rugs I came upon something which gave me pause and then a chuckle.  It wasn't so much the 'speedy hooker' ad or the prices of the burlap for hooking rugs.  It was the price of the look-alike Hartman hook for 20 cents for which we now pay up to $48.  Unfortunately I don't know the date of this ad but wow the difference in price.

I've never been to a fortune teller for fear of what negative info they might provide, although don't think they'd give bad news outright.  Have never had my hand read by a professional either.  But I did try reading my own palm when discovering how to read your own palm.

To read either photo better click on the photo.

Windy, rainy and COLD outside.  My heat just shut off and within a minute came back on  It may have gone from heat pump to propane which is a warmer heat.  Tomorrow might be a tad better but winter has just begun.  Cover up buttercup.

Saundra

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