Thanksgiving

Paper used for this card was from Passages.  Stamps were Inkadinkado.  All the emellishments are from CTMH.  I just love the new Mocha Pearls.   Turkey and saying were stamped in Pepperwood (retired).  I am going to be sad when my ink pad finally gives up the ghost. 

Today was another nice day.  It was a little more cloudy but still nice enough to go out and do some yard work.  I think I have finished cutting back my perennials.  We modified  my bird feeder outside my craft room window as it was too low.  We got a taller pole and Jim put a squirrel baffle on it.  The squirrels are fun to watch also I just don’t want them eating my bird seed out of the feeder. 

Talked to Leola today and got a Christmas wish list from her.  Kambrie is progressing well in every way.  She will  sit in the corner of the davenport and watch what is going on around her.  When PJ plays his drums Leola says her little legs go a mile an hour keeping time. 

Kathi, how is Miranda doing?  When is her due date?

Time to do a few things before supper.

Archiver’s and Michael’s

The deer on this card did not photograph well at all and I don’t feel like messing with it.  I spied this card at Archiver’s along with a sign that said if you bought $30 worth of merchandise you could get a free 7”x9” album from Shutterfly.  It wasn’t hard to spend $30.  This is an 81/2 X11 piece of cardstock cut in half lengthwise.  The materials are Bazzil Basics Herbal Garden,  Paper Garden Natural CS and My Minds Eye Holly Jolly.  The deer is a gold vinyl sticker from Stampendous.  The ribbon is from American Crafts. 

Trying to upload my pictures to Shutterfly is some undertaking.  I think there is a software glitch somewhere.  I thought I would put pics from our 6 trips to Colorado.  I have until the end of Nov to put them all in. 

Now on to Michael’s.  I bought a twelve inch Martha Stewart Cutter ( I had given my 12 inch swing arm cutter to Leola for her scrapbooking.  She is just starting to get into it doing pics of Kambrie and doesn’t have many supplies.) and a Martha Stewart Scoring cutter.  When I checked out the gal gave me a 40% off “coupon for my next visit.  I replied “ I wish I had known that before as we live 300 miles away.” Bless her little heart she said “Return one and buy it back at 40% off.” So that is what I did.

We have been having some nice weather.  Tomorrow I hope to get some leaves out of my back flower bed.  They were all out once then we had terrific winds and they all blew back. 

Yesterday I was sitting at my desk in my craft room looking out the window and lots of birds were flying around.  I found a bird feeder we hadn’t used in awhile and hung it on a pole that in the summer holds a hanging plant.  It didn’t take the birds long to find it.  So far I have chickadees, red breasted nuthatches, white breasted nuthatches, downy woodpeckers and hairy  woodpeckers.  

I feel a nap coming on and since I am fighting some kind of upper respiratory  bug I am going to go find my bed. 

LadyBugs

I love the smiles.  Talked to Leola this morning and Kambrie felt no ill effects from her shots.  While we were there she was already putting weight on her legs.  Her Daddy walked early, Mom about a year.  Sure would like to reach through cyberspace and give them a big hug. 

The Great Outdoors

I used the Passage Paper pack from CTMH for this card.  The image of the man hiking is from Inkadinkado.  The word Explore is from the Live Inspired set also from CTMH.  Moose button is from JoAnn’s.  Image is stamped in Cocoa and I used a cocoa ribbon for added accent.

The wind has finally quit blowing.  Tuesday and Wednesday we had steady gale force winds.  We had several trees go down in our woods but our neighbors had two big pine trees come down and one landed on their house and went through the roof.   Jim helped get the tree down.  The insurance lady came out right away.  

Talked to Leola today and Kambrie had her first shots yesterday.  One must have hurt her pretty bad cause Leola said she screamed but with the other two just a little cry.  She is growing like a weed.  She weighs 9lbs 4oz and is 21 and 1/4 inches long.   Kambrie is going to be a ladybug for Halloween.  Leola found the cutest little outfit that can be used as a sleeper when Halloween is over. 

Time to go find something for dinner.

We Are Home

After driving 3,385  miles we are home.  Yesterday (Saturday) we drove 340 miles from Oshkosh to here in the rain.  Sometimes it rained hard and sometimes it seemed like it was letting up.  Today we have more of the same. 

Kambrie was a delight.  We got to babysit twice.  Once Leola and PJ went to community band practice (Leola plays french horn and PJ the drums) and once when they went grocery shopping.  Kambrie is a good baby.  In the first pic she just had her diaper changed and is stretching.  He little onesie says Grandma’s little pumpkin and I got some fabric paint and wrote Great above it. Second pic she is all dressed for her dedication at church.  Third pic needs no explanation.  This is what I love to do.  I am pooped think I will go take a nap.  There will be more pics later.

 

Almost Home

We are in Oshkosh Wi and should be home tomorrow (Sat night) but first we have to go past Archivers and Michaels and all kinds of good shops at Fox River Mall.  Today we stopped in Burr Oak Iowa and toured the hotel that Ma and Pa Ingalls ran for a year.  From the tv show one gets the idea that everything happened in Walnut Grove.  Because I am a distant cousin of Laura Ingalls I got to sign a special book.  The door on the left were for men to enter the smoking room.  Door on the right was for ladies.  Everything was so very small.  Guests paid a quarter to sleep three to a bed and there were no doors on the rooms. 

On The Road

These blue berries are on an Eastern Red Cedar tree.  They are not blueberries but seeds of the Red Cedar Tree.  We stopped at the Nebraska Nature and Welcome Center near Aida, Nebraska.  There was a nice little trail going down to the Platte River.  Tonight we are in Oakley Kansas.  Tomorrow we will reach our destination and see and hold our precious great granddaughter for the first time.  Watch out for a bunch of baby pics. 

Kathi, eversince you posted that card titled Inspired by I have been mulling over in mind of making a Christmas with that same idea.  I have the background script and I think I have a couple of Christmas stamps that will work.