Tuesday Treasures!

 Louis Dean was 84 on November 16th.

Today he finally received his birthday quilt!
I had it all warm straight out of the dryer for him!

I thought he looks so cute in these pics, I decided to use both of them!

It's supposed to be a Texas State flag and it's turned sideways in this picture.

All that's left is to sew a big white star in the middle of the blue denim section.

While we were doing out morning coffee and Bible reading, we heard a knock on the door.

We had a delivery!

A cookie delivery!

TWO boxes full and they smelled like they were just baked and freshly packaged!

No card so I wondered.....

I sent a text to Louis Dean's oldest daughter and, sure enough, they were from her!

Since this was Tuesday.....and I was at Target picking up big bags of frozen corn for our Christmas Eve dinner....I decided to make a quick tour of just one thrift store - and I chose Goodwill.

I passed by these at first and then went back to take a closer look.

Brand new in the box from Dillards and marked 'Returned.'

Not bad for $3.50!

This 2011 Hallmark Keepsake ornament was just $1.25!

You can still buy these online for $14.99!

I bought the cute hinged tin for $3.

The thrift stores are weird in their pricings!

I saw some things that I had donated - new never used battery candles - I really don't like to use battery ones - and they were charging more than it cost new!

I was in the market for some tins to put Christmas goodies in - but they were priced $2 - $6!!!

That's more than some of those tins cost new - and filled with cookies!!!

Everything in the thrift stores is not a bargain but you can still find some good buys!

I came home to see Louis Dean still plugging away at his deck!

It looks great!

However, I noticed it was lower toward the house side.....

so I mentioned it. He said I told him just in the nick of time or he would have gone past the point of no return. It's still not perfectly level - but nearly and that's close enough for me!

Lillian has been very ill with the Covid virus and she is back in a quarantine room....without any of her personal comfort belongings. She's been really too sick to talk much as she has a horrible cough.

Yesterday I called and she didn't answer. I called again this morning and she said she was just so sick she couldn't. Then she called me this evening and sounded better. She was excited!! A dear reader and friend, Theresa, sent her a package a couple of weeks and it arrived today. Talk about perfect timing! Lillian was thrilled!!

She called and told me all about it - twice! It was good to hear her voice sounding so much better.

That may be Christmas for her. I'm not sure when I will be able to visit again. 

Thank you all for making Lillian's life a little bit brighter with all the cards you've sent.

Yes, she is still able to receive mail, thank goodness!

I stayed on task with the food prep I had planned to do today.

One last batch of caramels......yum yum yum.

A veggie dip that will go on top of some crescent dinner rolls - rolled flat and baked - and then cut into squares. I prepped the veggies for the vegetable tray. Cooked a pound of bacon and finished off the pepper poppers.

I used some of the bacon for this last thing on my to do list.

Bacon-Cheddar Loaves.

You can see the bacon pieces in there.

I stayed up late last night looking through the rest of my Christmas cooking books and have decided to cook from them during the New Year.

The loaves are cooling now and then I will wrap them up and put them in the fridge.

You let them come to room temperature before slicing them - and I am going to let Louis Dean do that with his electric knife.

And guess what??? Those two loaves will fit perfectly in my new hinged tin!!

Win! WIN!!!