See you in 2007!

We're off to Iowa for a few days. I'm not sure I'll be able to post from there so I wanted to wish everyone a Happy New Year!

Jen McWhirt if you see this check your email.

I didn't clean the craft room...

But I did spend some more time messing it up last night. Here's a few pages I accomplished.

Page about the really cool bookstore (the Book Loft) we visited this summer. It was a maze of books. Room after room you almost get lost. If you are ever in Columbus, Ohio you should check it out.

I thought this photo was super fun it's a photo of our car in the tire of a semi.

Tuesday 10 - 10 Things I got for Christmas

Hope everyone had a very merry christmas. Jay and I sure did. So here's today's Tuesday 10 which is about Christmas.

1. Yarn and knitting needles from G&G - What fun. I can't wait to make something. I ordered a few knitting books from the library so I can try a new knitting stitch.
2. Hobby Lobby Gift Card from Joe - I was shocked it wasn't from Walmart since that's where Joe is working these days but never mind that as I like Hobby Lobby Better.
3. A whole bunch of scrapping loot from Debbie, Lorianne and Betsy including an Archivers Gift Card - Thanks Debbie.
4. New silverware from Lita - I really really needed forks I think the dishwasher has been eating them - Lita must have known.
5. Some new VHS tapes from Jay. I've been taping over on the same two for like 3 years they've seen better days.
6. Several conversations with my dad.
   
7. The coolest slipper shoes from my mom. They are great.
   
8. New brakes for the car from Jay's Dad - Isn't that a great gift. My favorite kind practical and sensible.
   
9. The funnest Christmas Ornament from Lynley - she made it. I think I rubbed off on her as she was doing semi-homemade Christmas this year.
10. Snow - Santa must have gotten my letter. Too bad it melted away so quick.

Sorry if I didn't mention your gift as I loved them all but the list stops at 10.

And here's two more of the tags. I need to finish the other one but I'm procrastinating a bit and working on thank you cards.

A mini christmas photo shoot

Jay and I were out and about this after and somehow I talked him into going to the park at the elementary school for a little mini Christmas photo shoot. Too bad it's such a gloomy day out there today. Here's some of the photos we took.

Lookie here we are with an evergreen tree so christmasy.

Jay and a brick wall. I love this angle and the wall.

This photo was actually a mistake but I like it. The wind knocked the camera over and I was coming over to get it straighten out and it took a shot of me.

Jay did not want to go down the slide probably because his hat didn't fit... but he did sit at the bottom.

last but not least Katie the red nosed reindeer coming down the slide.

Well I guess I need to get back to finishing off these gifts and start on the wrapping I'm very close to finishing only 5 more gifts left to complete if I don't count Jay's.

6, 5, 4,

days before Christmas. I'm so behind making gifts it's not funny however I did mail those I was mailing on Tuesday, and I had almost everything ready for my friends I've seen in the last few days, and I took a break to knock out a few tags.

6 Days - went out to lunch on work. We got steak. Yummy. I put the camera on the back of someone's car to take this photo. Please note we are even wearing work gear I have my hoodie on and Jill's sporting her fleece. Thanks for this yummy ribbon Jen I love it!
5 Days - I also had lunch with Kelly and Sara and dinner with Lynley and yet I only took this one photo of the nativity on the circle on my way home from supper. Clearly I was having too much fun, or too busy making lists of do's in my head.4 Days - This photo cracks me up. Lorianne looks scared, Debbie's toasting the camera, little Nick is checking out my hat or something. Hehe too funny.
Well enough of a break I really should get back to making some holiday gifts as the big date is rapidly approaching, and there's so little time left.

8 & 7

Days Before Christmas. No Cookie Party Photos I used one I took of my drum tins. And Below is Santa on a Harley. Isn't that the funnest? Only a week until the Holiday. I'm so behind on everything it isn't funny but I did make these tags tonight.

9 Days...

Okay so I know it's really almost 7 days now. But I'm a bit behind doing these. And I'd post today's too but I didn't take any photos at the cookie party Kim took them all silly me. So I guess I'll do that one tomorrow.

Here's the tag from Saturday though. Jay and I went up to a little mini party at his friends house (no photos whoops) and then we hit the Light Display at Reynolds Farm (surprisingly it didn't take ANY prying for him to want to go to the light display no complaints here.)




Back to work tomorrow - UGH! Luckily I just have a few days of work before more vacation time.

10 Days...

Before Christmas and we're baking cookies like mad. Jay and I made tons of cookies yesterday some for Kim's holiday cookie party and some for our friends. We only hit one little snag in that my tins are too small for my cookies so I have to go out and find something else to put them in today, hopefully I can still use my same vision with just a different container.

Other than that I'm not sure what's on the agenda today perhaps a holiday movie or a trip to the holiday tractor supply light display.

11 Days Before Christmas

11 Days Before Christmas my true love - Jay and I went downtown last walked around and saw the Christmas Lights. I so need to learn to use my camera at night only a handful of the photos came out okay.

Today I start baking Christmas Cookies! What fun that will be.

12 Days Before Christmas

My First Tag. I'm doing them a little different than Mellie as I plan to put all 12 together into 2 12x12 pages.