We're back!

Sorry that the photo is so small. It is not a photo that I took. I got it from an online gallery of Myrtle Beach photos. We only spent about 45 minutes on the oceanfront and I did not take my camera. Barry and I went to Myrtle Beach ALONE! We stayed at the River Oaks Golf Resort in a nice 2 BR condo. We were in a gated community so it was quiet and off season meant very few other people. We had the heated pool to ourselves which was nice too. It was a much needed break after the year we have had with the loss of 3 of our parents. Of course, the quiet is over. The boys are making so much noise in the living room right now!
All of our Christmas decor came down today too. How about y'all? Have you packed away the lights and stuff?
Tomorrow is Barron's birthday. He will be 10. He wants a bowling party tomorrow night.
Craft on!!!

You gotta see this. It's my favorite new Christmas video. Enjoy.



My MIL's funeral was today. All went well. Our church prepared sooo much food for us all week. There are over 130 of us. My MIL and FIL had 12 children. All 12 made it home before she passed away. Both of my in-laws would have loved having all 12 together since we rarely enjoy that. Sooo many grand and great grandchildren were also able to attend. We really packed out the church. It was a beautiful service.
I will get back to posting cards in a few days. I am going to get started on New Year's cards. With my MIL's illness and death, I only got out about 15 or so Christmas cards. Sorry family and friends. I know you understand.
UPS brought my new Cricut a couple of days ago. The boys insisted on wrapping it even though I know what they got me. I am counting down to opening that box! I am also getting my motor rebuilt in my Durango for Christmas. I was afraid it was a lost cause and I love my Durango. My husband has been talking about trading it for a couple of months. Now I get to keep it. Yippee.
Check back for New Year's cards since I blew making enough Christmas cards. Thanks for all of the well wishes this past week,food,cards and flowers.(poor live plants that were sent to us-I am no green thumb)

Throw some snow around!

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If you can make out what he says when you hit the windows, please let me know. It think its not English.
Going to wrap presents while the boys are at school! Have a wonderful day.

My MIL passed away peacefully yesterday after a tough decision to remove the life support. She was 76 and it was her wedding anniversary to my husband's dad. We lost him in 2006. Christmas will certainly not be the same for my family this year. A wonderful comfort to us is that Leroy was waiting for Marcella and that they are together again.

While we are mourning the loss of our friend, others are rejoicing to meet him behind the veil. ~John Taylor

A sad day around here.

The family has decided to take my mother-in-law off of life support today. I feel like the weather today. I know we need the rain but did we have to get it this weekend?

Sheetload of Cards

I recently found a great website while looking for card ideas. I am entered to win 16 packages of stamps and you can be entered to win too. Go there quick to get the details on how to enter.... www.sheetload.blogspot.com

I am pretty pleased with this card. It is SU So Saffron base with a small strip of Always Artichoke. The designer paper is a Debbie Mumm double sided Christmas print that I picked up at Scrapbook Creations in Spartanburg, SC. The burgundy and gold ribbon is just a Wal-Mart roll of ribbon I've had awhile. The sentiment is from Martha Stewart's Joy collection and is stamped in SU Old Olive. I punched 3 of the 5 Petal Flowers in So Saffron and attached them with a brad and a pop dot. (I have the card propped up on a piece of Night of Navy for a backdrop)Sorry for the glare. I will practice more on my photography as soon as I am caught up on my crafting! LOL The colors really look great together with the designer paper.
I realized that a couple of people on my mailing list for Christmas cards had seen my mass produced card so I thought I better create a couple of special cards for them. I am putting this one in the mail tomorrow.
My husband's mom is still not doing well. She has been in ICU for a week now. Her white blood cell count is low and dropping everyday. They did a bone marrow test yesterday. We are waiting for results. If you pray, pray for her.(and us) We lost his Dad in 2006 and my Daddy this past June. We are absolutely not ready for another loss of a beloved family member.
Thanks for looking at my blog today. Come back again. I am steady working on things.

Oh my gosh! We went to the Grove Park Inn today/tonight to see the gingerbread houses from The Food Network's 2007 Gingerbread House Competition. This is held every year in Asheville, NC at the Grove Park Inn in November and the houses are on display until just after New Year's Day. Anyone can tour the display on Monday thru Thursday and it's FREE. Everything on the boards are edible. The displays are amazing. This is the house that I wanted to move into but it's only about a foot and a half tall. I have 132 photos. We took our boys last year and we all loved it. This year we were also able to take our grandchildren. (I know I am soooo young to have grands)There are also about 100 Christmas trees on display throughout the Inn as they also host a Christmas tree decorating contest. The one below was called A Copper Christmas.


Can you see the sky out the window behind that gorgeous tree? It was such a beautiful night to be on the top of a mountain. Is that Santa in his sleigh? Nope, just a couple of helpers, Adam and Jack.

Thanks for reading again today! Come back for more cards and travels.