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Weekend Reads 29.11.2024

Have sewing machine. Will travel.

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Nov 29, 2024
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Happy It’s-Safe-to-Start-Decorating-for-Christmas to all who celebrate!

Is anyone else completely over the “black Friday” sales? Sheesh, the volume of emails about lackluster sales is something, isn’t it?

If you are Stateside, did you travel for the Thanksgiving holiday? I did. My husband, our cat Patsy Cline, and I made the trek to Ohio for an annual list of festivities including food (obvs), a football game, and a big party to watch rival colleges play football.

It’s remarkable how every year no matter the amount of preparation, this particular long weekend sorta stresses me out. Something about getting that big meal on the table by a particular time coupled with all the things needed to do to prepare for my favorite holiday always makes for a toxic anxiety cocktail. But this year I think I may have found a remedy.

Instead of books I would never get around to reading, I packed my sewing machine. (I sure am marching to the beat of my own drum here!) It has…

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