We made the traditional turkey, 15lbs. A lot for just the 4 of us. I couldn't talk anyone into coming this year. They are all coming around Christmas and don't want to make so many trips in a short period of time. We made turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, dressing, and pumpkin pie. We have so much food left. Lola & hubby went out shopping on Friday. They were out for quite awhile. We have managed to get most of the shopping done.
We also watched a few movies. I was looking forward to seeing "Eat, Pray, Love". I was disappointed with the movie. The book is so much better.
Lola and I went to watch "Harry Potter". I have read the books, Lola has not. We really enjoyed the movie. We always try to see it on a "IMAX" screen. I don't remember how it started, but after the first time seeing the wand fights on that really big screen, you just can't see them any other way. One of the local cinemas just replaced a screen with an IMAX. Before we have to travel almost an hour to the museum to see them. I liked to walk around the museum before the movie. We just hit the theater this time. We didn't want to drive so far. Lola drove there, that is always an adventure. She is definitely getting better. She is scheduled to get her license just after the holidays.
We had decided to take day trip to break up the weekend (ward off those blow ups). We went shopping to one of the local college towns. Only Lola had been to the mall before. We ate at Bennigans in the mall. The local college game was on, it was fun to hear the crowd....touchdown!
The Christmas Traditions Quilt is just about done. The outer borders are now on and the binding is being sewn down. I am a little disappointed. You can begin to see in the this pic that the blue and red coins are a little full. The snowman quilting that was so great in the beginning, has shrunk the white fabric enough to have the colors puckering. These coins were quilt as you go. I was hoping to be done with this be now. I quilted 3 lines lengthwise down the quilt, hoping to take in some of the fullness. It wasn't enough. So now I am meandering between those lines. It isn't hard just taking longer than I wanted. Christmas Traditions is next weekend. I am again waiting until the last minute to finish.
Happy Knitting or Quilting!
Just Another Quilter (Knitter)