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I just thought I’d post a pic of what Santa left for Snickers in his stocking. 😉

I have been enjoying the preparations for Christmas and listening to the wonderful music! Next my cards need to be addressed! I made another set of cards a few days ago and will upload a pic soon. In the meantime, how do you like my new banner? My friend, Michelle Laycock, made it for me! Wasn’t that sweet of her? 🙂 It looks soooo much better than the one I made a few months ago!

Tomorrow is World Cardmaking Day. Last night I went to help my friend (& upline) with her World Cardmaking Day Project. Her goal is to make 1,000 Christmas cards for the troops. She did a great job preparing the supplies and setting up stations for us to work at. We worked for about 3 hours cutting, stamping, embossing, etc. I left right before they counted them up but she said we made almost 700 completed cards with about 150 more that were half completed! Wow- not bad for a couple ladies working a few hours! Some kids at a local school will be writing to the servicemen in at least half of them. Cool, huh? 8) Great job, Linda!

Click here for information about how Stampin’ Up! is celebrating World Cardmaking Day.

I did the un-thinkable today. I bought a card. aaack! It was one of those musical cards that sing when you open it & the recipient has been wanting this particular one. sigh. LOL. I’m going to have to find a way to stamp on it.

I was riding in the car Saturday and spotted this guy sitting along the road. I haven’t stopped at a yard sale for years….I guess I never seem to have time. But we couldn’t pass him by. So we turned around and $2 later had a new addition to the family. 😉 Being the bug-a-phobic that I am, I had to give him a bath in the washer and spin in the dryer…just in case…LOL.

Last week was just a crazy busy week but it was fun. Bible school is over, the Splitcoaststampers fan club challenges are winding down, and now I am unpacking from a last minute vacation to Lake George, NY. And…. to top it all off, I decided on a whim to sign up as a Stampin’ Up! demo! I sent my paperwork in and I’m all set. Just have to wait for my kit to arrive. 🙂 I never, never thought I’d sign up. I’m not sure why I caved, but now I am looking forward to it. There will be a lot to figure out and learn, I’m sure! I plan to be mostly a hobby demo but I’ll see where it leads me.

So since I haven’t had time to stamp, I’ll share some photos from the lake. Lake George is beautiful and there’s quite a few things for families to do there. They also have trolleys that run every few minutes if you don’t want to drive to where you are going. The first pic is of some of the lake houses and was taken from the beach. I just think pics of lake houses are so charming! The next three photos were taken from Prospect Mountain. You can drive to the top and there are a few lookouts along the way. The last pic is of the sunset Friday night. I wish we were walking by the beach at the time….it would have been gorgeous!

I’ve been tagged by erika as a rockin’ girl blogger…thanks, e! Eventually I will catch on…LOL. I guess I’m supposed to post 5 other bloggers. How do you choose? (insert clueless smiley…which I still haven’t figured out). hmmm…

I started listing 5 people but I can’t limit it to 5…LOL…so if you are reading this, consider yourself tagged!

I just thought I’d share a pic I took yesterday. As soon as I grabbed the camera and snapped this, it flew away, so I was lucky to have taken this one. I am not a photographer, by any means, LOL! If you want to see beautiful photos (I mean drop-dead-gorgeous) then go visit my friend Anna. She is amazing! 🙂

Today a friend is having a workshop and I need to decide what to order. Since I am not a demo, I don’t already have some new catty stuff to play with. I can’t decide if I should order new colors or a new set….hmmm….

hello! Is there room for another blog? A few friends asked me why I don’t blog.  Maybe it’s because I dislike typing…LOL.  But I guess I just didn’t take the time to figure it all out.  It should be a fun experience, though, since I enjoy challenging myself with new things.  That is how we grow as individuals, right?  Well, I guess I will try it and see where it leads me.  I hope you stop by once in a while and see something to spark an idea or two!