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Dec. 16th, 2021 01:38 amWe had a friend come and visit on Tuesday from out of state. I haven't seen her for over ten years. She'd been a neighbor when we moved into this house - living with a boyfriend when we met, then married to him, then a mother of a son and daughter. And then the marriage went south and the husband (I swear) lost his ever-living marbles and for the safety of her kids she moved out of state and then (after he threatened her with a rifle in front of them) as far out of reach as she could. The kids were 6 and 4 when she moved. They are in their 20s now, one married and the mother of two children and the other in a committed relationship. They are both doing well. And my friend is remarried, to the first guy she dated after the breakup of her that marriage. They are so cute together. We caught up on a lot of history and I think would still be at it if we hadn't yabbered until after midnight while her mom was waiting for her to join her at their hotel. Oopps.
I watched a "how to" video about making hanging Tomte for decorations (sort of tree-sized hangings) and decided I was going to give it a shot. So I've got the pieces all set up on our table and now have no real desire to finish the project. I had no idea they had flooded the market and people are tired of the cute little things until another friend complained about them on Facebook. And my project is going to produce about 30. I thought I was going to give some away for SCA 12thNight but now I don't really know what I am going to do with them. Oh well, the project was on my "To Do" list and at least I will be able to cross it off. Maybe I can talk my husband into taking some to work and leaving them (anonymously) in his coworker's work spaces, for those he thinks may like them since he declined to pull out some holiday cards for anyone this year (they are not all in the office on the same days right now thanks to Covid.) And we've got a friend heading for a family Christmas celebration with his siblings who are all in their 50s and 60s, and the family is American-Scandinavian. Maybe he'd like to take a few to them.
I watched a "how to" video about making hanging Tomte for decorations (sort of tree-sized hangings) and decided I was going to give it a shot. So I've got the pieces all set up on our table and now have no real desire to finish the project. I had no idea they had flooded the market and people are tired of the cute little things until another friend complained about them on Facebook. And my project is going to produce about 30. I thought I was going to give some away for SCA 12thNight but now I don't really know what I am going to do with them. Oh well, the project was on my "To Do" list and at least I will be able to cross it off. Maybe I can talk my husband into taking some to work and leaving them (anonymously) in his coworker's work spaces, for those he thinks may like them since he declined to pull out some holiday cards for anyone this year (they are not all in the office on the same days right now thanks to Covid.) And we've got a friend heading for a family Christmas celebration with his siblings who are all in their 50s and 60s, and the family is American-Scandinavian. Maybe he'd like to take a few to them.
