Get Ready . . .

In case you haven’t heard, CHA is 2½ weeks early this winter – it starts on January 12, 2013.  And that means the sneak peeks start early, too . . . Spellbinders starts their latest blog frenzy on Wednesday, January 2.  Two to five new dies and/or folders...

No Wonder She Stays So Thin . . .

Our family Christmas gathering is very informal – usually Mom and Dad are headed back to Arizona within a day or two, so we eat up the leftovers from Christmas Eve Eve, play games, and visit.  This year, I introduced them to two games I first experienced on my...

Cookie Night . . .

Last night was Christmas Cookie Night – one of our oldest family traditions.  For the uninitiated, Christmas was very hectic when Blake and I were little – Christmas Eve was spent with our dad’s family, and Christmas Day with our mom’s.  So “Christmas Eve...

Let’s Eat . . .

Yesterday was “Carry-In Day” at the store – the regulars who frequent our Wednesday/Saturday Make & Takes brought in lots and lots of food and shared it in “Marco’s Too” next door to our store.  Thankfully, they share with us, too . . .   And nobody went...

Christmas Comes Early . . .

I had every reason to believe that the news would be good, and honestly not a single reason to believe that it wouldn’t – and still I had trouble sleeping last night.  There is always that tiny bit of doubt.  But it wasn’t just me – Mom’s blood pressure was...