Christmas Eve

 
Not sure what I was thinking but I called my mom last night and offered to host Christmas Eve at my house! Yikes… I haven’t started decorating yet let alone done any shopping! I don’t even know if I have enough ornaments for the new tree I got on clearance last year–gosh, where [...]

Mental Health

Today someone at work posted a message to his blog regarding burn out.  I wrote back to him and I think what I wrote was worth reposting here.  I apologize if this is more information than you’re interested in but maybe it will help someone deal with similar issues.

You are not the only one.  I recently [...]

Elf

Every time I watch my favorite Christmas movie, Elf, I laugh so hard. I laugh at things no one else finds funny. There are only a couple movies like that for me (one of the others is Wedding Singer). I was really excited to see that Elf was on last night. [...]

Prayer Request

This is usually my favorite time of year. Although I enjoyed seeing my family on Thanksgiving, Amber wasn’t there. I am really worried about my daughter. She’s still in Florida and when I talked to her on Thanksgiving, she wasn’t doing very well. So, please keep her in your prayers and/or [...]

Happy Thanksgiving

I really do have so much to be thankful for. Holidays always mean family. There have been times when I was away from home for a holiday or two and it just wasn’t the same. Tomorrow we’ll be spending the day at my parents’ home in Scappoose. My dad’s side of [...]

so thankful

I am so thankful for the women who so openly share their art, talent, travels, and lives by way of their blogs.
I have had a blog of my own for a couple years now. It’s supposed to be in lieu of a family newsletter. Only problem is it was not interactive. My [...]

Okay, this just doesn’t make sense…

I did a google search on cutting glass and up pops a link to youtube.  So I click on it and what in the world…?!
Cutting glass underwater with a pair of scissors?!  Does it really work?  Has anyone tried it?  Incredible… who would have thought that one up?

eBay & Etsy

Oh, my gosh!  I got some really awesome things in the mail the past couple days.  I may have gone a little overboard but hey, I will use these items in my projects.
Here are some pictures of my finds:

I loved the shape of this old clock.  I may take out the clock part and use [...]

Thankful for the rain

I know what you’re thinking.  It’s true, I am a little off balance today.  But I am so thankful for living in the Pacific Northwest with the rain and all that goes along with it.  The days are short now but soon they start getting longer.  It’s always a nice time of year to throw [...]

Art & Soul – Hampton

Dang, some of you ladies have lightening fingers!  I got into four out of the six classes I was hoping for.  I only missed out on two.  So I’m very happy.  The classes I did manage to get into are: Susan Lenart-Kazmer’s Uncommon Objects in tassels and Fringe, Michael deMeng’s Morpheus Box: a Transformation Chamber, Kathy [...]