Winter Wonderland

Woke up to a snow covered yard this morning!
It sure looked pretty, but I am glad it
didn't stick around! Rain soon followed
and it was all washed away. I spent
all day Saturday in my jammies, I just love
days like that. I actually try to do that
once a week and wouldn't you know it, every time
I do that, that is the day my mother in law
decides stop by...I swear that lady must think
I live in my jammies, she never says anything,
but I can just see it in her eyes!! Ya know
the look... as she looks you up and down and then
glances over to the kitchen sink and still
see the dinner dishes stacked waiting to be
washed....yep, I will never make it as
Mother of the year....LOL Now if only she
would grab that vacuum cleaner and get the
dog hair off the stairs that has been there
since last time she was here and I was
in my jams, I'd sure be happy! LOL

Today was another card making day, I am 3/4
way through now, I think maybe another day
and they should all be done, I got to get to
the post office and get the out of states ones sent
so they get them before Christmas, so I guess
that's what I will be doing tomorrow, and of
course all the other running around that has
to be done, that's why I am posting tonight,
I won't have the time tomorrow! But I still
ain't running the vacuum down the stairs....
I soo look forward to seeing my MIL's face! LOL
As my kids would tell me...."NOBODY TOLD ME TO DO IT"
Can you image living life and not doing anything
until someone tells ya????? A saying keeps
poppin' in me head....and I am sure you all heard
this one before...."I can't wait till you have children
and I pray to God they are just like YOU!" I say
that more and more these days....LOL
Ok.... I better stop before I can't....LOL

Anyway.... I got a new kit for ya, I think it came
out pretty cool, don't forget I am still new at all
this....so be nice....LOL It's in the blues...
Yeah, I love the blues! And it goes perfect with snow!
Here is the previews:






It's rather large, so I have three downloads for ya...
Please leave a ty or something if you like it, cause if
nobody says anything, how I am going to know if I am improving
or not, KWIM??? LOL Good or Bad, I promise, I can take it!!! LOL

You can download them here:

PART1
PART2
PART3

Time for me to relax...have a good night/good day...
whichever applies to you and always Stay Safe!
Chow for Now!!!

Quick Post!

Just want ya all to know I WON!!!! Yeah!!!
We had TURKEY and NO CLAMS!!!!
Freakin' wacky sisters are sooo lucky!
But they still want grilled cheese sandwiches
for Christmas...lol NO WAY... I control the
menu....hahaha
The day went rather smooth! No fighting or
anything! I gave my family the BEHAVE TODAY
or ELSE talk and get this.... IT WORKED!!!!
I do believe in miracles after all!!! I have
got to say this was the first year there
was no screaming before we left the house.
Now that Heather is driving she drove her and
Amber to Lisa's, so there was no bickering in
the backseat either....pure joy it was!!!
I have some pictures to show....I took loads
again... I think like 300 this year, never know
how they are gonna look until they are on the computer,
ya know! I will show just a few and I did a layout
of our annual family picture... plus, I decided to
do something a little different with it too...you'll see...lol

Black Friday:
We were out the door at 5:00 am this morning and I got
home around 4:30 pm, I am dead tired but I did get almost
all my Christmas shopping done, just have to get Lisa, cause
she was with me, and it wouldn't be a surprise if she saw it...lol
Plus a few odds and ends, but the gist of it is done! Amen!
Now that Black Friday is done and all my funds are low...its
time to sit back a relax for a few days...aaahhhh, that's going
to be nice...just to relax!!!

I sure hope everyone had a wonderful day and shopped til they
dropped today, cause that's what I am about to do...DROP!
Gonna grab me self a turkey wrap and some pumpkin pie and veg the rest
of this evening!
Here are some photos of Thanksgiving....

This was on the inside of everyones placecard!




The STAR! of the day....hehehe



The 25lb of stuffed potatoes...I just stick this in the crockpot...and WALA!
they are all GONE!!!! lol



The 7 pies I made:



While the pies were baking, I went to my scraproom and whipped
out these little turkeys for everyone as a party favor...these are
peppermint patty turkeys....lol



Wait till ya see what I do for Christmas....yeah, I get a tad carried away...lol

Here is the group layout.... my crazyyyy family!



This photo is of my hubbys family, which of course we had
to go there after Lisa's! Longgggg day!



and last but not least, a picture of all of us, where we wished
we could all be....I just had to do this one....lol
Yes, it was warm and sunny and everyone was wearing their
coats or jackets....hehehe but I still like it! lol



Pretty Cool huh??? LOL
Well that's it for me today.... gonna go rest this
weary body and pray hubby rubs my feet...hey, I can
still dream can't I???? LOL

Take Care Everyone!
Chow for Now!!!

Happy Thanksgiving Ya'll!!!

The holidays are upon us....man it just feels like last
week we were taking down the tree, now at the end of
the week it will go back up again. My dog isn't going
to be a happy camper that's for sure, we won't see her
for about 2 weeks. It takes her that long to start
coming around. Yes, she is afraid of all the decorations
and we just get a kick out of her when she has to go
outside....yep, we have the reindeer out there that are...
animated of course... but we don't have to worry about
KC chewing on them....she will never get that
close. LOL Heck that dog stays away from me when I come
home from grocery shopping. She doesn't like the
bags.....go figure!!! I told ya she was a nut! lol
But I wouldn't trade her for anything!

I have so much stuff that has to been done, and yet
I sit here and type to you fine folks! LOL I have 25
lbs of twice baked potatoes to make, 2 pumpkin pies
and 2 apple crumb pies. Plus I went out and got a turkey,
just in case my sister is serious about those clams.
I figured I would make that Wednesday night, that way
I don't have to get up early Thursday, I did mention I
am NOT a morning person....lol
Except for black Friday...yes, I am one of those crazy
people pushing and shoving at 5 o'clock in the morning.
It's tradition, Lisa and I have been doing it for years!
Actually I don't push and shove anyone,
cause I still got sleep in my eyes and peeps are usually
pushing me out of the way. There is NEVER nothing I
need that day, but we do get some good deals, and of course
I always see something for me, that I just gotta have.
Yes, every year I buy myself a few gifts, just in case
I don't like anything hubby gets me, I got my back ups....LOL
I wrap them too, sign them from Santa. When I open them I
act sooo surprised, my family thinks I'm nuts, but I don't
really care, I LOVE Christmas!
But before all the talk about Christmas we gotta celebrate
Thanksgiving. My second best holiday! LOL The family is
together and I have the 'please be nice just for one day talk'
with my girls and off to Lisa's we go.
We eat and eat and then eat more.....gotta love it! LOL
The sad part is my Mom is no longer with us, there is always
that empty place in me, that wishes we could all be together,
just once more! But I guess that isn't going to happen, here on earth.
One of our traditions we have is to go around the table and say what
we are thankful for, the one year, Brooke sang for us and 2 years ago
Lisa had a list so long the turkey was getting cold....lol Besides the
usual, being thankful for my family...and yes... I am thankful for
them...lol I would like to say to all of you who read my antics
and such I am thankful for all of you. You give me the courage
to do something I love to do and I love sharing it will all of you!
May you all have a wonderful day with family and friends and be
thankful for all the little things we all take for granted.
Now enough of this mushy stuff.... I just can't handle to much more....lol
I got some layouts to show ya. The first one is of Ambry,
that little girl is sooo darn cute and I swear she just keeps
getting cuter and cuter.
The second one is my daughter Heather when she was 9 mths old,


Ambry's driving!!! She hasnt even got all her teeth yet and
she is taking over the car....LOL Look Ma...NO BRAKES!!! lol
Ambry and her family were heading back from Disney when
they stopped to take a break, Ambry got in the driver seat
and Daddy snapped the photo.
This is just priceless! And that look on her face....LOVE IT!





I just loved it when she was a baby! Little Baby, little problems,
Big Baby, big problems! LOL
The kits I used are from Moonbeam over at Scrapbook Max! She
makes some really gorgeous stuff. I have always loved her style!
The Ambry layout I used 2 kits together, Perfectly Pink and Basically
Beige. Heathers I just used the Basically Beige.
If you find some time stop on by her store and check out all
her wonderful goodies. I also used some of Jazz's wordart...this one is called Smiles. She has
loads of new kits in her store too, so what are you
waiting for? You got 2 stores to shop in and nobody is going
to be pushing and shoving....lol

Well its time for me to start working on my to-do list.
It's never gonna get done if I sit in front of this computer.
I must tell ya I got my blue kit all done for ya, so expect
it next week sometime, I have to get the previews done yet.
It turned out pretty cool, and I called it Winter Wonderland...
yeah, I know, how original...but it works for me....LOL
So until next time.... Have a Great Thanksgiving and stay safe!!!
Chow for now!!

Brrr...It's Penguin Weather!

Yeppers, it's COLD outside! Got the fire going
and it's nice and toasty in here!

Hello everyone!!!! Hope ya'll are doing good!
Me, I am still hanging in there. Things have been
rather quiet around here, which is a very good
thing!! And NO, I didn't kill the kids...YET! They are
still breathing at the moment. As for my sisters...
YES they are still EVIL, but I am ignoring them
at the moment. I refuse to talk to them until I see
a receipt for a Turkey....lol I have oodles to talk about
so I am gonna get this ball rollin'!

KimB has a new grab bag up for Christmas and
OMG I LOVE it!!!!



She makes the cutest stuff! When she emailed me the
goodies, I fell in love instantly with it and have been
playing with it since. There is so much wonderful stuff
in this bag and it's all only $6.00!!! Now that is
cheap and its all CU stuff!!!
You just gotta get this for your Xmas layouts!!!
You won't be sorry! Have I steered you wrong yet?
Nawww, I don't think so!! lol
This Grab Bag has 4 element packs and 2 overlay
kits... That's $1.00 a kit!!!!!! I told you it's CHEAP!!!!
You can get it HERE. While it's on SALE!!!

I made this layout with Zander and his 1st Christmas,
which was last year, cause I don't have any pictures
this year...YET ..But ohhh am I gonna have fun with
my camera this year! Anywayyyy....here is the layout...



Isn't he precious! And look at that penguin....awwww,
too cute! Told ya Kim makes cute stuff!! lol
And I didn't forget about you peeps!!!



If you want the QP just click HERE to get it!
And don't forget to leave some luv!
I also used Jazzy's wordart, which is a must for
all your Christmas layouts and she has got some
more in the store this morning! Ohhh, the Christmas
layouts this year are gonna ROCK!!!! So while you are
at DSO getting Kim's grab bag, stop on over to Jazz's store
and see all her wonderful word art and grab some
of those too!!!!! Here is her new wordart which at the moment
is 25% off!!!!



After your done getting these terrific deals head
on over to these sites... They all have great goodies
for ya and you can see some more stuff from Kim's grab bag.
Kim likes to play with the hiding game...hehehe and we as
her CT get to show ya little by little what's in them...So here
are 3 more places to head to:

Jenn has added this to her Whimsical Winter Goodies:



Pam has this CUTE QP page:



And last but not least...Nett....read her post, that girl is NUTS! LOL
She made some alpha to go with the bag! Now don't forget your manners!



Well, that's about it today! Have a GREAT day everyone and stay safe!!
Chow for Now!!!