March 2025 Blog Train and Fan Freebie

This has been a weird winter!  When I started this kit a week or so ago, it was snowing and cold.  Like, below zero cold.  This week, however, the sun is shining and warm so I don't need my heated jacket and gloves when I'm working with my horses each morning.  I could get used to this.  If only it stays this warm and rains instead of snow.  Works for me!

I love coffee.  There is no life until after I've had my first cup.  I'm testing out a few new flavors I picked up at the store last week.  One is just ok.  Two others are pretty good and the fourth flavor is a keeper for sure.  After a cup or two, sometimes three, everything is right with the world :)   

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Fan Freebie --

The colors this month were pretty fun to work with so I made some extra do-dads to go with the collection above.  Have fun creating your pages!

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The Boo Update --

Where the horses get kind of wild and crazy, snow has just the opposite effect on Boo.  Oh, he sat on the windowsill and watched the snow falling for a few minutes, then said "enough of this", jumped on the bed in the guest room and has been there pretty much all afternoon.  

Come back to see me next month!

February 2025 Blog Train and Fan Freebie

A winter wedding sounds so romantic.  You know, with a light snow coming down on a starry night.  But, I honestly prefer summer weddings.  If I'm going to wear a dress, it better be warm.  We haven't gotten much snow yet, but it has been COLD!  My mode of dress this time of year includes a heated jacket, heated gloves, artic snow gear and boots rated to 80 below zero.  Sub-zero temperatures all around me, but under all that gear -- it's like a summer day :)  This year, as far as snow fall goes, Florida and New Orleans have had more snow than what we have.  Since there's still plenty of time yet for major snow and cold here, I'm knocking on wood.  At the moment, however, we're having 50 degree weather.  Feels more like April than February :)  

As a side note -- The flowers, leaves, the curly accents, the frame and the corners in this kit are actually carved from wood.  A little Photoshop presto-chango to add color and this is what you get --  Enjoy!

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Fan Freebie --

The thing I like most about Valentine's Day is that it comes right smack-dab in the middle of winter here, when we dearly need a distraction from the cold weather.  I usually make heart-shaped cookies and let the grandkids decorate them.  It's a fun way to spend an afternoon together.  They think I'm so cool :)  

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The Boo Update --

This is my husband's office.  I think it's like a total disaster, but he seems to be able to function quite well in clutter.  Don't ask me why or how.  I haven't a clue.  I just shake my head  and . . . NO, I do not clean that room.  It would mess up his system.  (That's a system????) Boo, however, thinks that it's a dandy place to catch a few rays and take a nap.  Men!  

See you in March

January 2025 Blog Train and Fan Freebie

Happy New Year!  Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year's Eve.  I rarely stay up to usher in a New Year.  My mornings start way too early as it is.  I have a stable full of hungry animals to take care of each morning, and that includes holidays as well.  

I started thinking about my kids when I was working on this Blog Train.  The year we moved from Southern California up to the Minnesota/Canadian border was memorable.  My kids had never seen snow except in movies and Christmas cards.  We moved in the summer so we could all have time to adapt to the weather change.  The first day it snowed, they ran outside without shoes and discovered it was COLD !!  But, they adapted over time, and found that winter was actually kind of fun.  They learned how to skate, ski and snowmobile, and were somewhat disappointed when the snow started melting each spring.  Good memories.  But, I have to admit that I like Southern Wisconsin better.  We still have snow, but it's always at least 30 degrees warmer here than up there and a whole lot less snow.

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Fan Freebie --

Oh, yes.  There's another memory here.  My brother used to pull me on a sled over to the ice skating pond to teach me how to skate.  We had so much fun.  Being the youngest in the family had its benefits. Good memories.  

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The Boo Update --

There is something about my black kitty slippers that attracts Boo to my feet when I wear them.  He wraps his front legs around my foot and starts rabbit-kicking with his back legs.  I'm not sure if he's trying to get those slippers off my feet or kill them.  In either case, he never ceases to entertain me.

See you next month!

December 2024 Blog Train and Fan Freebie

Another year is almost over.  I had so much going on all year, time just flew by.  Thank you everyone for your comments each month.  I really appreciate them.  They're like reading letters from best friends.

My favorite thing about this time of year is snowmen.  In my book, snow isn't much good for anything except for building snowmen.  I built and painted tall ones out of wood to stand by my front door.  That way, I didn't have to take them down until things warmed up and the snow started melting.  Who wants to take down Christmas decorations when it's below zero outside, right?

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Fan Freebie --

I am fascinated by penguins.  I've read about them, watched documentaries, drew them and painted them.  And, yes, there are a fair number of them hanging on my Christmas tree.  All smiles, of course.  They're kind of like potato chips and horses.  You can never have just one :)  

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The Boo Update --

Boo's photos are so much fun to add a few scrapbooking elements to his pictures for the holidays.  Believe me -- If I tried to put a hat on him for real, my hands would be all bandaged up.  I think he truly loves Christmas.  All the decorations are fun to look at, but he really loves the tree.  It's such a wonderful spot to take morning naps, and afternoon naps and naps in the evening.  He probably sleeps under the tree at night, too.  He usually claims the tree as his before I even finish decorating it.  I love this cat!

Hope you have a wonderful Christmas!  See you next year!