2nd City

Windy City, Chi Town, the City, Downtown. my kind of town..... what ever you want to call it.... going downtown to Chicago today to meet up with friends from Wisconsin. They are bringing my mom down, and our trains meet about 10 minutes apart. Brrrrrrr a cold day..... we'll see what the city brings us today!!!

PS Left over card for your viewing pleasure!

Twas the day after Christmas....

... and all through the land,
we got 10" of snow,
the weatherman DIDN'T plan.

Thank goodness we were snug
all cozy and warm
opening the plastic packaging of gifts
while outside, a storm.

We see all kinds of weather
Here's to living in the mid west
although snow is pretty
sunshine is always the best.

A new year is coming
it will be 2010
wishing you joy and happiness
Please come visit my blog again!!!

ps~ still having computer problems, but now I've moved everything to the lap top. I hope that doesn't crash! Yikes! And we got a computer back up drive from Santa.....computers, what would we do with out them?

Merry Christmas

May there be joy and love today, tomorrow and throughout the new year for you and your family. Relax and enjoy the holiday season, see it through a younsters' eyes. May peace be with you!!!

Missing

Oh my, I'm at a loss because my main computer that I upload pictures and cards is still NOT virus FREE..... what to do? Hubby is still at a loss (it appears our computer guy must be too). I don't know about you, but I have been using my computer as a form of entertainment and communication and not necessarily a work tool.... so when my fun goes down, it takes me with it... I almost don't know what to do!

But as I type this with a smile on my face.... what is it that I CAN do right now!!! I'll be back soon, looking for what I can do!

Out with the old!

It's the end of December! Isn't that the time we reflect on the past year? What we've done! What we should have done! What needs to be cleaned out to start the new year fresh, so as not to repeat the same old things, over, and over and over again. Knowing what really matters in life!

Here are the first two cards: Although I thought the colors were more complimentary on the card above (I guess it didn't photo well, or my eyesight is shot) , it's part of a 10 pak gift pack sent to a special person. One day not too long ago, I received a surprise in the mail. Yellow paper, shades of yellow paper, embellishments in shades of yellow, ribbon and stickers and oh so much more. All this great fun stuff for a creative card maker, so I decided to have it combined into a special project that can't quite be revealed yet. In return for all the sweet citrus paper, we'll see only some of the stuff this week that I created with that care package.

I'm reading the book Eat, Pray, Love..... lots of good quotes.... good karma.... today I will sit here with a smile on my face as I meditate!!! And as I think how thankful I am to be able to reflect on the past and maybe get on with the future with a little bit of a SHINE on!

Big Hit!

Kind of hard to tell, but the front of this car is a bit banged up! Today is my hubby's 46th birthday and this card is for him! His present..... last night he hit a deer on the way home from work! Yikes!!!!!!! So I whipped him up a sentimental card... hope it's not Rudy that he hit! Inside: Hope that your birthday is another BIG HIT!! ha ha.... you gotta laugh at this situation right before the holidays. Only thing damaged: his car and his ego..... at least he is safe!

The man's never gone deer hunting but in the past 15 years he's hit two deer. Go figure!

Final(ly) day 4 Charley cards

Here she is, one of Santa's helpers! This was fun to show 4 totally original cards! Another one of our computers got the dreaded blue screen, so the kids have been using 'my' lap top and let me tell you it's quite hard trying to be creative without my faithful SCS (Split coast stampers, website and gallery for card makers) up on the screen giving me ideas!!

I can tell it's going to be a weird day!!! I feel it in the air. The dogs are acting weird, the neighborhood walking the dogs seems weird!!! Oh, probably that holiday spirit floating by!!! Well, let's see if today is my last day of work! Wish me luck!!!!! And a happy day to you!