It was predicted that we’d get 5-8” of snow, then it changed to less, then to more and I think we ended up getting 3-4” of course all the weekend plans had to be cancelled! No church service, no Church Christmas party Sunday night and also town parade in the after- though I wasn’t really …
I’m back from a week in Denmark. Before Christmas I found out that my mom’s husband (sort of my step dad?-they got married after I did, but still) was dying from cancer! Lung cancer, stomach cancer, kidneys, bone marrow or spine and a cyst in his brain. I honestly didn’t think he’d make it thru …
Did you all see the eclipse? Yesterday was also Bjorn’s 15th birthday! I had originally planned on just having him do half a day of school but it was an excused absence so we kept him home all day. We had teased him all week that since he’s getting an eclipse from God on his …
The 14th Sonja turned 5! we had a party for her on Saturday I made her this cake Here’s the princess The kids painted some fun figurines (of course I had to plan a craft!) We had burgers and cake and kids also played in the pool She got some great gifts! Since Monday was …
Today is my Anniversary I’ve been married to Dan for 18years and known him for 20, that’s more than half my life, I’ve known him longer than I haven’t!! Look forward to at least another 18! I figured I’d show some after Christmas pictures here too It was just home on Christmas Eve and Christmas …
I got a Christmas gift early from my husband! a new office chair. it’s a SEALY! and very comfortable…. my old chair was fine and we’ve had it for years but my husband had some home depot gift cards and waited for a sale and saw this! of course now Bjorn took my old chair …
Lots of goodies for me in the mail lately (apart from all the amazon stuff I got for the kids and use a free month of Prime!) First I got this Bee pincushion from Tanja (dec) I love bees Then I got this from Monica for Nov a neat dressmaker! with a fimo clay needle …
The Christmas fun is over! We actually didn’t cook much. on the 23rd I took my oldest daughter to Target to get a Christmas dress (forgot she had outgrown her other one)- they were prepared there so it wasn’t too bad, but the parking lot took 10 min to get out of to make a …
Last week my neighbor came over and ordered some personalized eyeglass cases and wanted 5! Then picked the different animals for each name and I got free reign about the fabrics. This is the result I had never done names on them before and the owl I knew would be tricky because there isn’t much …
Since I often pre schedule my posts and I am just showing a few projects and blocks that are done. First, this is the Women of the bible block ESTHER! since my blocks are 3” finished I had to remove some lines on this one and simplify the block, apart from the center, I think …