Jumping Ahead

I jumped ahead of the HHP again. I cleaned the downstairs bathroom today. Running the washing machine cleaner through right now. It's also the laundry room and that's the room for next week. I just have to go through the closets and bureaus next week so that should be an easy week. I didn't do anything for Rudolph Day yet this month. I don't really have much to do. I will probably do one more order for Hubby and then he's done and everyone else is fairly quick and easy. I do stocking stuffers in one trip to the trial size aisle in November and I do Christmas cards in November in one sitting. I've got ideas for the people on my list it's just a matter of running to the stores a couple of times and I'll be done.

Houseworks Holiday Plan

I'm doing good on the plan. I'm actually ahead of the plan right now. I cleaned the spare bedroom last week and yesterday I cleaned the living room. That was the last of the carpets that needed cleaning. I also cleaned the mud room and decorated it for Fall this weekend. I just have the bathrooms and the kitchen/dining rooms left. I've got curtains in the laundry right now and I'm going to wash a couple of rugs next. I put my Winter picture up in the living room over the loveseat because I don't have a Fall picture and I figured it was easier to put it up when I was changing the slipcover since I store the other picture behind the loveseat. Holiday prep is going pretty good too. I've done most of it on Rudolph days all year. Looking forward to finishing early and having a relaxing December again this year.

Fall Basket

My Mom, Aunt and I did the Fall arrangement for our year round baskets this weekend. I think they came out pretty good.



Yesterday, I deep cleaned the master bedroom. It's fresh, clean and ready for Winter. I just have to pull out the clean blanket when it gets cool enough and I have some Fall leaves flannel sheets to keep us cozy.

Houseworks Holiday Plan

So the plan started last week. I got the computer room cleaned top to bottom. I had cleaned out the files a few weeks earlier. I shredded for days after that. This week was the craft room. I have it clean and fresh and I cleaned the carpet in there when I was done. I also cleaned the front stoop so I guess I'm mixing the plans a little, but I'm trying to stick mostly to the houseworks plan. Next week is the master bedroom, but it's still too warm for nice thick blankets. I have to clean the carpets though so I will probably stick to the order of the rooms.

Done! (Finally)

I finally finished staining the new front stairs. I put in about 16 hours total. We moved the plants from next to the porch to next to the stairs along with as many of the decorative stones as we could move. That way they won't be lost while the porch is being built. I even painted the trim around the front door and washed the siding and the light.



Then, I decorated for Fall.

Finished My Fall Stitch

I've been working on this cross stitch for 3 months and I finished it just in time. I'm going to start one more this year. It's a Christmas one, but I think it is easier than the ones I've been doing so I'm hoping to get it done by the end of November when the Christmas decorations go up.

A Touch of Fall

I started decorating for Fall during the hurricane last weekend. I have to take out the floral basket that will hang where the polka dotted cow picture is now. The scarecrow on the right is new from a recent shopping trip and the one on the left I snagged from my Mom's give away bag because it balances out the mantle.

New Stuff

I snagged the jug in the middle from my Aunt's give away box and I rearranged the tops of my cabinets. I took a couple things down and added the jug.