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Zach and I were shopping at Catans the other day.  I needed spray for my ornaments.  While shopping he told me he wanted to do the count down again to Christmas and wouldn't it be cool to have Dove candy in each box.  So since we were in Catans already we started looking for boxes. 
After we picked up all the boxes we walked over to Starbucks for a hot chocolate and peppermint mocha.  While...

I seen this one from one of the girls at stamp club and thought what a great idea.  As you know if you've seen my scraproom it is overtaking me!  I need to find a better system of organization.  But I'm one of those people if I don't see it, I don't remember I have it.
This girl made a copy of her stampin up stickers before she took them apart to put on the blocks.

Then I taped the picture...

Found this blog with 7 questions every sunday and thought I would try some of them.
THIS WEEK’S QUESTION:
Name your top seven television icons.  This was tough...
My answers:
 Oprah Winfrey Johnny Carson James Gandolfini George Clooney Ellen Degeneres Sarah Jessica Parker Michael Landon  
Things on my mind...
Figure out what's left to get done on my Christmas list finish up some...

and back to school for the kids!  It was a nice break, though now I can get back to finishing up that Christmas shopping.  It seems they are getting to that age where they know almost everything they are getting, so I like some things to be a surprise!
Zach had a dentist appointment yesterday and again came out with no cavities, however he has 3 teeth that have to come out.  Two that were hanging...

I was reading this blog and though I missed the actual show, I have seen Joyce Meyers many times, I love her message. I think because of losing Ryan, my brother and my dad and recently my cousin so quickly, so suddenly I don't doubt anything bad happening.  I don't know what its like to have a happy ending - therefore if there's something I"m afraid of, odds are it will have a bad ending... I...

 
And I cannot believe it has taken me most of today to work on and I'm STILL not done!  Here is some of what I did finish up, then its back to work for me.  I'm still hoping to get into my scraproom yet tonight too??

I made all our stockings and would still like to make them for the dog and cat.
 
 
 
 

Though the pictures aren't the best - I'm really happy with how this...

and evening putting out Christmas decorations - and still have lots more to go.  I'll be sure to get some pictures tomorrow.
Yesterday I seen how to make a bow on Split coast stampers site.  So I wanted to try it out myself. HERE IS A LINK TO DIRECTIONS
They came out pretty cute - and they were quick and easy!


I hope tomorrow gets a lot more accomplished once I finish with the Christmas...

We decided to return to Hinckley Park for pictures again this year... and even though the sun was shinning it sure was cold!

Here are some fun things I found from another site here
How about some awe-inspiring moments frozen in time?  Perfectly-Timed Photos is just the ticket!  It starts out a bit slow, but you'll marvel at the luck? - skill? - of these photographers.
Would you like to learn to write Elvish?  Here's an easy tutorial for creating beautiful art out of words.
Do you think you can give Picasso a run...

What a great idea Trish had - I thought I would share here...
Happy Thanksgiving and...
I hope each and every one of you enjoy a day with family & friends, acknowledging all of your blessings. You are among mine!
And in honor of the shopping blow out tomorrow and Oprah's Favorite Things show (wasn't that amazing?) I had the design team make lists of their favorite things for you to...