Thanks Day
Nov. 24th, 2011 10:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
trickykittyLast night was dinner with my mom's side of the family. I think I spent more time entertaining my baby nephew than anything. I really didn't get to spend as much time with my cousin's children as I normally do (all of the "first cousins once removed" are in the same age/generation range as my nephews, so I still mentally think of them as nieces and nephew, and as me as still being in an aunt capacity, rather than cousin). My schizophrenic uncle was very quiet this year.
After my sister and cousin ran off with ALL THE CHILDREN* (three each), my uncle and his wife stayed a while longer to go through some of my grandmother's things that Mom didn't put out for sell at the garage sale. The bulk of it was old and collectible coins, and a ton of pictures. I was fine at the time. However, when I got home I ended up crying myself to sleep again. The first batch of holidays after a close family death is always hard for me, and I don't typically show it to anyone else.
Today through Sunday - no plans, except for attending an extra class Friday evening and my usual class Sunday evening. I think I'm going to try and finish the cuts** in the bar wood, finally. If I can get that done, that will leave the staining and piecing together to finish it off. I might be able to present a bar by Christmas - maybe New Year's. One of these days, at any rate.
*No matter what, I have to get chided by my family every year about something. This year it was jokingly pointed out that I lucked out and took the smart road of not having any kids. *sigh*
**I'm really nervous about these final cuts, so I've been procrastinating the hell out of getting it done.
After my sister and cousin ran off with ALL THE CHILDREN* (three each), my uncle and his wife stayed a while longer to go through some of my grandmother's things that Mom didn't put out for sell at the garage sale. The bulk of it was old and collectible coins, and a ton of pictures. I was fine at the time. However, when I got home I ended up crying myself to sleep again. The first batch of holidays after a close family death is always hard for me, and I don't typically show it to anyone else.
Today through Sunday - no plans, except for attending an extra class Friday evening and my usual class Sunday evening. I think I'm going to try and finish the cuts** in the bar wood, finally. If I can get that done, that will leave the staining and piecing together to finish it off. I might be able to present a bar by Christmas - maybe New Year's. One of these days, at any rate.
*No matter what, I have to get chided by my family every year about something. This year it was jokingly pointed out that I lucked out and took the smart road of not having any kids. *sigh*
**I'm really nervous about these final cuts, so I've been procrastinating the hell out of getting it done.
