January SOTM

I did not get signed up in time to join the Stamp of the Month Blog Hop for January but this card would have been my contribution. It uses the January SOTM set "True Friends" and the "Evergreen" stamp set (and you thought you had to put that set away until next Christmas!). The paper pack is Felicity and the little flower accents are from the stamp set that comes with it. This set of diecut papers and stamps is available until January 31 for $34.95 or FREE with qualifying purchase ($60 in stamps or a $125 order.)

CS: Colonial White

B&T: Felicity

SS: True Friends, Evergreen, Grown with Love (the little heart)

Inks: Desert Sand, Sorbet

Other: CW crotcheted ribbon, Sparkles,

Free To a Good Home - SNOW!

This Christmas season we have received the most snow I have seen since 1975 when they brought out the heavy earth-moving equipment to get the streets open. And with the cold (!) temps, it isn't going anywhere fast. It is difficult to transmit the depth of the snow without climbing into it (and I am not going to do that) but the drift by the basement windows is about 5 foot - taller than the fence. And the snow plows have piled it up to the base of the mailbox. The path outside the basement door for the dog to get across the cement patio to the grass to do her business has about 18 inch walls of this white stuff. The streets are pretty good but dangerous because the corners are piled so high you can't see oncoming traffic. So I am content for the moment to pretty much stay put inside.

Christmas 2009

Here it is New Year's Eve, and I am finally getting around to getting some new posts on my blog. We had a very good and merry Christmas. The grandkids were very happy with their gifts, and we had a good day watching them play, although I must say I have had enough of the Hannah Montana CD! But it was fun listening to Miss Courtney sing along on her new Karaoke machine.
As I sat waiting for the kids to fall asleep Christmas Eve, I was listening to the wild wind and watching the blowing snow of our Christmas blizzard and was so very thankful that I was no longer working at the hospital. I am sure that I would have been stuck there and would have had to miss Christmas morning watching the kids opening their presents. Our Christmas dinner turkey got stuck in my S&BIL's driveway but we had a rib roast on stand-by just in case, so we had a nice dinner anyway.

I hope all of you had a very Merry Christmas, too.