Here is a layout I did with this kit.  I love that picture of our DGD blowing on the glass door.

Also, Weeds & Wildflowers is have a 12 days of Christmas freebies and half price sale every day until Christmas.  You can find out all the information on their blog.  Don’t miss a day!!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful Merry Christmas season so far,

She also has a great freebie on her blog using this kit.

Here is a layout using this kit.

Everyone have a glitzy day,

We are rather busy this weekend since Glenn will be going to Georgia next week to visit his family.

We will finish washing the lanai windows today, clean out the car, take the car to get it cleaned up for the trip (its nasty for sure), get all the Christmas boxes out of the attic on Saturday, watch a little football, go to church on Sunday and finish the weekend off with football and getting Glenn packed and ready to go for this trip. Oh, I will have to go get my mom’s car so I will have transportation while he is gone.

I think we will get it all in. I hope.

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Cara Mia Designz has a beautiful kit out right now for Christmas. Its full of sparkle, gold and red with a touch of green. Very elegant for all those very special pictures and layouts. You can find it at Pickleberry Pop on sale for the next 3 days.

She also has a great freebie on her blog using this kit.

Here is a layout using this kit.

Everyone have a glitzy day,

Here is a layout using this kit.

Everyone have a glitzy day,

I am not a big donut eater, especially in the morning. For some reason, my body doesn’t want a lot of sugar first thing in the morning. I would love to know why my body is like that because as the day goes on, sugar is always on my mind.

There is a place in Sikeston, MO (a town close to where I was raised) that had the best donuts in the world.  They made their own and when you got them right out of the fryer, they are the best.   They are known as the Donut Specialists!

When I moved further south, I had never had a Krispy Kreme donut and my future husband made sure that was one of the first things I did.

Those are really good donuts, but I was still a bit partial to our hometown made donuts.

So a taste test had to be done.  The next time he was in Missouri to see me, he tried Houchins Donuts and sure enough, he had to agree, they were better. 

I haven’t had a donut in a while and I will be sure to visit our hometown donut shop to make another sweet memory.

Digital Scrapbooking day is this weekend and Cara Mia Designs is having a great sale to celebrate.

Have another sweet day,

When my brother and I were younger, my mom made us Indian outfits.  I loved that outfit and I wish I had a picture of it.  But, we do have movies of us wearing them.  I remember they were made of really soft brown material and there was fringe!  It was so cool for a costume and my mom was good about making our stuff for Halloween.  I don’t even know if they had store bought costumes back in the 60′s.

So, when my son was little, I made most of his costumes too.  My favorite was his Bert costume from Sesame Street.  I loved that costume and it was pretty easy to make.  I wish I still had it.

Isn’t it cute!!!

I would also like to wish Juilette Gordon Low a Happy Birthday.  She was the lady who started Girl Scouts.  A group I was very active in for 12 years and is such a great organization.

I got to tour her home in Savannah, GA and what a thrill that was for me.

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Here is my latest layout with Cara Mia Designz’s Citrus Breeze which is just beautiful.  You can find it here.

Everyone have a great day and a Happy Halloween on Saturday,

It was yesterday!!

My husband and I were helping a neighbor out by changing out the coach lights on her house. Always been an easy job in the past. Take off the old like, connect the wires, screw on the new light with existing screws. We’ve done it a thousand times in the past with all the houses we have worked on.

But no. Not this time. Who ever put on the lights before didn’t have a universal plate and for some reason, my husband was not figuring out the problem. After about an hour of trying to figure out what to do, I suggested that he take down the cap and put the new one flush on the wall. The screws were already there and should fit. He was adamant about it not working. So, he struggled and got the first one up on the wall.

We moved on to the next one and the neighbor came out and she chimed in and suggested the same procedure I did. Again, he gave us the look and went on to only have more trouble with the next light. He had the neighbor go to Home Depot for some supplies and we moved to another light, as I put on the new door bell hardware.

The longer we were working, I noticed he wasn’t having any trouble putting up that light and when I got done, I looked up at the wall and to my amazement……….HE PUT IT UP THE WAY WE (US GIRLS) SUGGESTED!!!!!!!! I think my eyeballs popped out of their sockets as I looked at him.

He hung his head and said,”You have no idea how bad this is going to hurt, but……..you were right!”

Then he had to tell the neighbor that she was right too.  It was bad enough to tell me, but to tell 2 females in one day that we were right. 

I wish I had a tape recorder for that statement.  It will be a day I will never forget and of course, I will have to use that now and again when my man thinks his way is the only way it will work.

Life is good, if you wait long enough.

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Cara Mia Designz had a beautiful new kit out called Citrus Breeze.  If you love orange and green, you will love this kit.  The word art is wonderful.  You can find it here.

Here is a layout using this kit:

Have a wonderful day,

I surely don’t want to go to the future. Knowing the future would drive me crazy. I want to be surprised.

I would like to go back to yesterday though. I could’ve used my time better yesterday, but I was lazy and took a teeny little nap while it rained.

I would never change the past though. Because the past forms my future. Are there things I regret or feel bad about. Of course, but I learned from my mistakes, put them behind me and move on to a better future

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Cara Mia Designz has a great new kit out for boys and girls. I had so much fun making layouts with this beautiful kit. This kit is on sale for 3 days at Pickleberry Pop.

Here is a layout using this kit.

Have a great day,

She is also giving away a freebie from this kit at her blog.

And here is my layout using this kit.

Everyone have a wonderful day,

On the first day, God created the dog and said, “Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For this, I will give you a life span of twenty years.”

The dog said, “That’s a long time to be barking. How about only ten years and I’ll give you back the other ten?”

So God agreed……

On the second day, God created the monkey and said, “Entertain people, do tricks, and make them laugh. For this, I’ll give you a twenty-year life span.”

The monkey said, “Monkey tricks for twenty years? That’s a pretty long time to perform. How about I give you back ten like the dog did?”

And God agreed……

On the third day, God created the cow and said, “You must go into the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer’s family. For this, I will give you a life span of sixty years.”

The cow said, “That’s kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty years. How about twenty and I’ll give back the other forty?”

And God agreed again……

On the fourth day, God created humans and said, “Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy your life. For this, I’ll give you twenty years.”

But the human said, “Only twenty years? Could you possibly give me my twenty, the forty the cow gave back, the ten the monkey gave back, and the ten the dog gave back; that makes eighty, okay?”

“Okay,” said God. “You asked for it.”

So that is why for our first twenty years, we eat, sleep, play and enjoy ourselves. For the next forty years, we slave in the sun to support our family.. For the next ten years, we do monkey tricks to entertain the grandchildren. And for the last ten years, we sit on the front porch and bark at everyone.

Life has now been explained to you.

There is no need to thank me for this valuable information. I’m doing it as a public service.

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I had the pleasure of using the most beautiful kit yet for me by Cara Mai Designz called Sophie.  It is just beautiful with all its elements and papers, word art and frames.  Very romantic and you can find it here.

She is also giving away a freebie from this kit at her blog.

And here is my layout using this kit.

Everyone have a wonderful day,