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Three Things On Thursday

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This coming weekend is the big Kiwanis event of the year in my town, Christmas on the Common, and that means a lot of the things on my mind are related to that. There’s the tree lighting tonight and the parade and tree decorating contest on Saturday. But there are other things going on, too, and well, I guess I should just let these lists speak for themselves . .  .

Three things I have to do:

  1. Make apple crisp for the Christmas tree lighting tonight. Better get on this one, quick!
  2. Organize the forms for the judges of the tree decorating contest. I’m in charge of this for the 2nd year in a row and I don’t want to get too lackadaisical about it so I need to stay on top of it and get things ready.
  3. Finish the Through the Woods hood for Hannah. I’m pretty sure she will want to wear it to Christmas on the Common on Saturday.

Three things I’m looking forward to:

  1. The Christmas tree lighting tonight. There will be hot chocolate and caroling and pretty lights and it’s a great way to start the Christmas season.
  2. Hannah coming home this weekend. I was surprised when she said she wanted to come home again right after Thanksgiving but I also recognize that the appeal is attending Christmas on the Common and has nothing to do with me.
  3. Riding in the Christmas on the Common parade on Saturday. My father-in-law is Grand Marshal and my sisters-in-law and I are riding with him in the limousine. How cool is that?

Three things I’m thinking about:

  1. Pinterest. Have you seen this? It’s surely another internet time suck but it’s cool and it’s fun and a great place to keep track of the things you find online that you want to share with others.
  2. Polio. I just got to the part in the FDR book where he contracted the disease and then I went to a Rotary event the other night and they talked about how hard they are working to eradicate polio through their vaccination program. It’s a horrible and insidious disease and it needs to be stopped.
  3. Project 365 for 2011. Do I want to do this again or not? I’m leaning towards doing it because it’s a good way to make myself use my camera every day and it also helps with blog stuff when I don’t have something to blog about. On the other hand, it’s a big commitment and I don’t take this sort of thing lightly.

What 3 things are you thinking about today?

Three Things on Thursday

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I wanted to block and photograph the finished triangular scarf to show you today but 1)I forgot to block it and 2)when I remembered about the blocking it was raining and I knew I wouldn’t be able to take photographs. And so, you get some random groups of 3 today.

Three things I’m knitting:

  1. Man socks for Dale. I’m using Dream in Color and it’s awesome.
  2. TTL Mystery socks for me. I’m almost done with the foot on sock 1 but haven’t even started the foot on sock 2 so I think I’ll be behind for this week’s clue.
  3. Test knitting for Susan. I think this is going to be another fabulous design.

Three things I’m planning:

  1. The menu for our Halloween party Saturday night. Anyone got a spooky name idea for margaritas?
  2. Costumes for our Kiwanis Halloween party tonight.
  3. Where to plant all the bulbs I bought last spring. Yes, it’s past time to get them in the ground. Whoops.

Three things I’m loving:

  1. Our fall foliage. I think it’s spectacular this year.
  2. A schedule that’s finally slowing down. Dale and I have had a lot more unplanned time lately and I’m grateful for it.
  3. I finally made a meatloaf that didn’t fall apart. I’ve been plagued with this problem for years and I figured out this week that 1)the burger I was buying was too lean and 2)the mixture was too wet. I rectified this slightly and wound up with a much better looking meatloaf. Yay me!

And that’s 3 groups of 3 and I’m done.

Three Things on Thursday

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I’m still feeling kind of random so I stole this idea from Sheri at The Loopy Ewe.

Three things I’m happy about:

  1. Family Day at Hannah’s college is Saturday. Dale and I, along with Jessica and Patrick, are going for the day. Can’t wait to see my girl and show Jess and Patrick around Hannah’s school.
  2. The return of Grey’s Anatomy. It was a long summer without my favorite show and I’m so glad it’s back.
  3. I’m cooking a turkey on Sunday. I love the smell of roasting turkey and I love gathering family around the table and I love that it will create leftovers for the week ahead.

Three things I’m concerned about:

  1. Someone is talking about me behind my back. It’s work related and I hate it.
  2. Finding time to plant the big ass order of bulbs that came on Tuesday. I’m always way more enthusiastic when I order them in the spring than I am when I hate to plant them in the fall.
  3. I haven’t touched my spinning wheels in months. I am hoping that the cooler weather will inspire me to start spinning again.

Three things I love about the fall:

  1. The gorgeous color of the leaves.
  2. No humidity! I love summer and heat but I’m definitely not crazy about the humidity. I love the warm and dry days of early fall.
  3. Apple pie. This goes with the third thing up there – roast turkey and all the fixing with apple pie for dessert. Now that’s what I love about fall!

Got three things to share?

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