Happy New Year!

It's been one heck of a year! And it's ending on a pretty good note, considering! lol I have a husband who's still in love with me, after all these years, a family who loves me with all their hearts, and friends who have made my life fun! I got to see old friends, reconnect with old friends, keep in touch with old friends, and have made new friends. My family is safe and healthy. We may not have all we want, but we have all we need. We are truly blessed!

And with that, I wish you all health, happiness, and prosperity in 2009. Happy New Year!

Happy Birthday, Dear Jacob!

Happy birthday, Jacob! Friday was his birthday. We went over there after Denny got off work and had some cake and ice cream and watched him open his presents. His Mom got him his favorite thing--a wrestling video! We gave him money. It's the easiest thing to do anymore. This way, he can pick out what he wants. I can't remember what we got him one year, but he informed us he already had it! lol It's like my Dad says--the size may not be right, but I know the color is! LOL

This is for you, Z!

Zenita said it's been too long and I need to update--she's bored! lol So this is for you, Z! It has been ages, hasn't it?! I don't know where the time goes! I was busy for months getting ready for 2 craft fairs. The first one went pretty well. The second one totally sucked! It was so disappointing! So I'm not sure if I'll be doing that one again. We'll see.

So now I'm busy doing my own stuff and getting ready for Christmas. I'm making my Christmas cards again this year, so today I cut out enough to make 36. Yikes! I'm doing something different --for me, anyway--this year--embossing. That's going to take awhile. But they're going to be so neat when done. I made one up, and I love it! Here's the stamp I used. I saw this a couple of years ago, but it sold out. So I finally ordered it this year. Isn't he gorgeous? I've seen a few really cool projects made with this stamp. One being a tag inspired by Tim Holtz. I love his work! So anyway, making cards is just for starters! Jacob's birthday is today--the pic in the background is him when he was 3--he's going to be 11! So I need to get his card made. And Audrey's birthday is next week and I have to make her card, too. Plus I have a ton of ornaments I have to make names for with my Pazzles and I have a several projects left to do. I think I cut it pretty close this year. I haven't missed a deadline--or a Christmas--yet, but this may be a first!

So this just brings me through this month. In January, I'm teaching a Teresa Collins class, and I still have to make the project. It's so cool, though! I just love her stuff! It's cutting edge, without being over the top! She's all about the journaling, so her projects always leave plenty of room for that. I don't journal that much, so I'll probably just put in a few extra pics! lol So after the class project is out of the way, I'm going to concentrate on doing pages for the grandkids--all 4 of them! I'm so far behind, I doubt that I'll ever get caught up. But I think what I'm going to do to speed things up, is just scrap the major events, like birthday, Christmas and things like that--not scrap every little thing that comes along. Then if I get caught up, I can throw in some extra pages. The girls ask once in a while if I've done any new pages of them, so I know they do enjoy my doing this. So that's my goal for at least until March or so--catch up on the kids' scrapbooks. Then I'll get back to making projects, which is my fave!

And....I've just recently gotten in contact with a special friend that I had lost contact with. This makes me very happy! It sucks to lose contact with people you care about, but things happen. Life happens. But I encourage you, if you've got someone out there you've been thinking about and haven't had contact with in a while--try to find them! It'll make you both feel good! :)