Pfaltzgraff Winterberry

 Wednesday night, we saw more Christmas-themed sitcoms--The Mayor, Kenan, Young Rock, and The Christleys. I passed on Kelly Clarkson since I can barely stand to hear her speak. However, she is a fantastic singer. 

I finally put the batteries into the boom box and the quality of the music is great. Now, where did I put the white remote?

While I took a nap, Tommy put all the ornaments on the tree. It is so pretty! 

I have been wanting Christmas dishes for years. But, since I had Wedgwood "Strawberry and Vine (above)," I used those at Christmas and had an abundance of red on the table along with snowflakes. Well, I no longer have that pattern and it is discontinued. I wanted Lenox "Holiday" and changed my mind after thinking about the gold rim. So, Pfaltzgraff Winterberry service for four (head of this post) is what I purchased. Actually, it is prettier than Lenox "Holiday." I broke my bank, but it is my gift to me this Christmas. Actually, this is money I saved a penny and larger denominations at a time. Some of the money was found on the ground.

We went to Cullman today and I had one piece of mail. The rest was junk mail. I sat in the car once again at Office Max and gave the young woman a list and she shopped for me. I needed several items but settled for Lysol spray, 10 ft surge protector and a rack to hold envelopes/mail. The mail was crawling all over the table. The surge protector is dying, and I needed the Lysol right that minute. 

At the junk store where my friend has still not paid for the hamburger meal she asked me to buy for friend, I found her in bad shape. Her death seems imminent, within the year I expect. I have $14 credit for things I have given her to sell, things that I didn't want. I found two cute lamps, 2/$5. 

Double Luck green beans were $0.69 for each can. I got two and will get more, hopefully. I love this brand. Cream cheese was a 2-pack for $5 or 1-pack, 2 for $4. Guess which I bought. Even though there is a warning that cream cheese is scarce, I have not found this to be true. Have you?

By the way, did you sign up for $20 instead of buying cream cheese? It was in the previous post. 

I bought a can of Pet Milk at a high price, but I did it anyway! I cannot find the receipt, so I have no idea what I paid.

We are home. I must see if the lamps need rewiring.  Okay, only one lamp works. That's okay because I was going to rewire both or sell both as is. I love them, but for the right price... I can be fickle with my latest love.

A boneless turkey breast is destined for the oven and will be dinner tonight. Since it is 4:45, I need to get busy. Tommy is skinning carrots. The 3-lb. boneless turkey breast and a halved onion are waiting for the carrots. We will have a can of green beans.  5:15 and it is in the oven! 

Tonight, we will both have two chocolate covered cherries and one Hershey Kiss. That is it for the sweets and the dinner will not be high in carbs. So, we get Christmas candy for 11 days, but just a bit each day rather than pigging out and then going to buy more. Yes, I could and would and have done it. No more. 

What kind of pretty Christmas dishes do you use? Do you ration your sweets?

 

Roach Clips

It seems that roach clips are the new way to attach ornaments, even the balls. Most of the ornaments sold one at a time are glued onto a roach clip. I wonder how long this will last. Have you seen ornaments with roach clips glued to them? 

Tommy went to my doctor after I spoke to my doctor about my toe and explained that Tommy's toenail was coming off and hanging there. So, Tommy likes him is going back for another appointment. We both have an appointment in January, mine first and his 15 minutes later so we can make one trip. 

Tommy's toenail was hanging by a strip at the base of the nail. Tommy said it did not hurt at all, just a snip, snip, snip. He said the doctor had a needle and pain med lying there in case it was necessary. It was not red or anything. It has a Band-Aid on the toe, so I cannot see it. 

As we left the parking deck, the attendant asked Tommy--who are you for, Auburn or Alabama? Tommy replied that he went to Auburn. The guy was happy and told Tommy there would be no charge for parking because "Alabama has hurt us enough." I hope he has a job next time we go there...lol. 

We went to Publix for eggs. I hate to run out and I had just eaten the last of them Thursday. The chair by the dumpster in the park was still there, and I examined it and left it. It was a chrome, metal-framed chair with padded seat and padded back. It looked like something a mechanic would have in his office for customers.  I know the seat had gotten wet and the back, too. The chrome was in good shape, however. And, dew has formed since it was put out. 

Formerly, I would gotten the chair, strip wood and material, replace the wooden seat bottom, upholster the seat, and tighten or replace screws in the metal frame. It was rickety side to side. There will be other chairs. I don't have a work place here. I had bought a worktable the size of a sheet of plywood for my basement at my house. This chair was going to be one I sit in either outdoor to work in carport or to work inside. 

Tommy's pen needles from Amazon and my hair color arrived safely with no detours to the woods. We have no gifts or anything pricey expected, but I hope it all gets here safely. 

Have you noticed as you type that we have a spellcheck on blogger that runs all the time and for each word? It is good. I could have sworn I typed "chrome" instead of "chrone" like I did. I check to see why there were two blue lines beneath. However, it does not do so well with commas and such. I know the rule to refute their proclamations, so I refuse to change commas. 

We watched "Annie Live" on Thursday night. Did you see it? I cried, bawled at first because it was so sad. I knew what was going to happen, but I could not get over the sadness. 

Friday, I bought One A Day Vitamins for Women 50+ for my Pink Purse Project I started last year. I need to go out with a list and get the buying finished. It will be Christmas before I know it. 

Sooo, I suppose there was nothing to say?