Romantic Christmas

Christmas became a romantic holiday for our family this year. Not one, but two proposals of marriage were given. My daughter received a beautiful engagement ring on Christmas morning. Must joy and excitement from her by phone till we all gathered to share her joy. All become excited to enjoy family time together. Delicious food was prepared by my family as I drove home form the E.R.the only bonus of having to work on Christmas morning. We then moved on to the gift wrapping contest then the exchanging of presents.
When everyone was finished opening gifts, my granddaughter receive a gift. It was presented by an actual on the knee proposal. She shed tears and very happily said, yes also. It looks to be two weddings in 2009. It reminded me that I had received my engagement ring for Christmas 40 years ago. How the passage of time seems to speed by so quickly.


The above picture is an altered cabinet card by Jeannette janson. You can find her beautiful work at www.etsy.com

Gift Wrapping Contest

New winner this year... is *Rebecca with her moving picture and Eco friendly recycled gift. The technology theme choice, definitely needs to be "You Tubed" to be fully appreciate all the activity of the gifts. They had music playing, Christmas picture shows of past memories, and much joy in the preparation. Will post later, when one of my family members post the display on You Tube. The granddaughters did a fun clever job as well. Maddy won with 2 wrapped gifts, that housed a remote car and controls so her gift traveled across the floor.

Roy Rogers Christmas

My family loves competition.. We have a gift wrapping contest. Big no-no never use a bag...
Actually our gift wrapping theme is technology. My DH thought that it would be fun to have to have a Roy Rogers Christmas. As I always like to decorate with the theme. The small tree is my theme tree. Last year's was Hawaii.
You may check out last year winners and celebration on you tube by clicking link.

Christmas Week

Merry Christmas to everyone!! I wish you many cherished memories with family and friends.
Much joy and blessings to all of you. I will find myself enjoying work. but I will be home on Christmas afternoon to enjoy the celebration with my family. Thanks to Liz for coming in at 1:00 P.M. so I may travel home so much sooner! All my prayers and blessings to her family as well.

Icy Wonderland

Winter has came and brought much ice and snow to begin our Christmas week. My youngest son arrived before the storm hit the Midwest. But tomorrow, his wife will come from Florida where it is 80 degrees. We have warned her to be prepared for a balmy 2 degrees. When she lands to joins us for the holiday week. She will find the cabin's wood stove to give her wonderful warmth as she comes from the Arctic blast here.

Tis the Season

The time for families to gather and projects to be completed is here... Doesn't it seem to come so very quickly? I so very much look forward to this season. I love all that is accomplished in this, so short of time. But the very best thing of all is the gathering of my family. The time is always so precious and so cherished by my Dh and Me!! How we look forward to everything coming together. I am off for another 3 days at work. So everyone finish up those last minute projects because the season is here...

Angel Exchange

I became a part of an angel exchange through Esty Cottage. We were to use any medium. My favorite is of course, textiles. This little angel was mailed last Wednesday to Minnesota.
That accomplished, I found myself busily getting ready for the holidays, as I was due for my 3 day weekend at the E.R. Now I find myself taking the morning slowly with my gingerbread tea and sitting by the warm fire. It has turned bitterly COLD! I went to work yesterday morn with temps at 58 degrees then to drive home with Arctic winds and sub zero temps....Brrrrr
Not an easy adjustment for my body.

Christmas Comes Early

My Dh and I picked up our Christmas present this week. An 8 week Doberman, called Rainbow Girl. We are still trying to agree on a family name. She came from Sho-me Kennels in St. Louis. She is very sweet and seems to be adjusting very well. Only one middle of the night wake-up calls daily.

We had one Dobie in the past but mostly, we have raised Goldens. But we have found ourselves dog less for several years. This has been a big step for us. Adjusting will be for all of us.

Our Products Have Changed...

The Today Show is how i occasionally begin some a.m.s... This morning it was on so i could check the weather forecast as we are receiving some freezing rain....

The subject was how our products have changed! Skippy Peanut Butter being very sneaky..

Look on the bottom of the jar, you will find a big indentations to take away an extra 2 tablespoons. Not changing the price, of course. How many of us look on the bottom of our products. Anyway if interested, you can check the Today Show website for more info.

It got me thinking... I remember being upset, when i was trying to collage an Altoids tin. When to my dismay, as i was trying to smooth the pic on the top, i found raised letters of the product. It use to be nice and flat easier to use. No longer to hurry to use the mints so i can use the tin. I need to find another media for my base. Any suggestions anyone??

Oh well, life is always changing some good, some much better, some disappointing..

O.M.B.C. Christmas Party

Christmas Book Club night always kicks off the holiday season for me. It was so much fun and enjoyed sharing our host, Brenda's beautiful home. Her decorations were so wonderful. She has a special gift and eye for making those holiday decor outstanding. The food as always was delicious and we found ourselves very full. we were able to prepare for the rest of the evening. We discussed Brenda's book, "One Fifth Avenue" by Candace Bushnell. Ratings were 2.5 to 4. We all agreed, we enjoyed reading about a lifestyle in New York and it was far removed from our simple lives. But, it was fun learning about the life of wealthy New Yorkers. It was agreed humorous and interesting read. thanks for the pick Brenda. The gift exchange of books read in 2008 keep us all guessing and lots of laughter as we opened the wonderful presents.

We miss you Tina and thought of you all evening. Otherwise all members were able to attend.

Thanks Brenda!!! Great night.

OMBC gift completed

Completed projects give much satisfaction. It was fun embellishing with memories of books read in 2008. The joy in gifts are always in the giving. Thanks to the receiver who appreciates that gift.

Snowtop cabin

Snow has arrived the last day of November and continued on the first. We have been trying to get the outside ready for the holidays. But, to our dismay not all of the lights work. Too far to head to town to obtain more. My helpful daughter will wait to work another day.
Tonight is book club Christmas party. Big night!!! My gift is completed and I hear our host is getting ready for the fun evening tonight! So many clues, we must remember in order to guess our gifts. We also will discuss this month's read of "One Fifth Avenue". Quite a story.. Don't believe, I could live in N.Y.C. after my peaceful life at the cabin!!!
Must go bake my bread for tonight and wrap my gift....