Random Thoughts

Sunshine outside is misleading during winter.
Too many people are up at before the sun rises watching TV and buying sold on TV products.
NetFlix has a ton of movies I've never heard of.
A cat makes a great foot warmer.
Watching a Pittsburgh Steeler football game is sometimes nerve wracking!
I have no idea how blessed I truly am.
I never gave a thought to how many people in the world have never heard the gospel.
I actually enjoy cooking.
'If I am too busy for God, I am just too busy. I am inviting disaster into my life.' --joyce meyer

Sunrise at LaGuardia Airport, NY. circa 2008

After Christmas Snow

You may have been out grabbing up those after Christmas bargains, but I was snug as a bug at home, not daring to venture out on the roads after our snow storm. I must admit, it was beautiful!  I didn't have to go out in it so of course it was beautiful! Unlike the snow I experienced while in PA earlier in the month, this snow was not accompanied by extreme cold.
There is one advantage of having snow in NC, the opportunity to take some great pictures!

Ice on the holly bush.

This was taken at 525am, when Mike was leaving for work. Nice, big, wet snowflakes!

Scrappy Week

I was home alone all week, gave me lots of time to scrapbook! I was able to do several challenges for Faith, Love & Scrapbooking and CropNChat, both Cafemom groups.

 This was a mystery diecut challenge. I signed up and was sent this cute little mouse. I made a card for my granddaughter, to send her Christmas savings bond inside.

 I used the same layout to make my grandson's card.

The double page layout was my interpretation of a sketch challenge. All it needs now are some Thanksgiving pictures.

This is another sketch layout, using items from a group swap.

Another sketch challenge.

S fold card to send my mom.

Another sketch challenge. My youngest had so much hair, I kept her hair in braids most of the time. When she was 3 or 4, she cut one off of her pony tail.

                                                                                                       

Happy Scrapping!

I realize I need to organize my scrapbooking folder, before I can post pics again because everything is helter skelter there!  Here is the only handmade Christmas card I sent out this year.  My goal for 2011 is to make 2 Christmas cards each week and not send any store bought next year.  I'll let you know how that goes.

This layout was done for a challenge in a scrapbook group I'm in. The directions were to use 2x3 blocks & use 20 of them. The problem with that is that I would have no space between the rows, as my paper is 12x12 so, being married to a retired marine, I improvised, adapted & overcame, lol. This is a close up I took of flowers in a vase. I had it printed to 8x10. I am not quite sure what I will put in the empty blocks, I'm not even sure I will leave the layout as it is. Please leave a comment and tell me what you would do.

My Creative Mojo

I've had some the last few weeks.....and here is what I've gotten accomplished: First are cards I made for some challenges in 2 groups I'm in on Cafe Mom: Faith Love & Scrapbooking and Crop N Chat. I sent these plus 5 birthday cards to one of the members of Crop N Chat for Operation Write Home. This organization collects cards, then sends them to our military so they have cards to send home.  OOPS, the 2 cards with photos of flowers I did not include in that group.

Next are the layouts I've done , for more challenges in the above mentioned Cafe Mom groups. I'm finally making progress on finishing Jess's books!

What do you think? And would someone please tell me how to get my blog to look like it does when I'm writing it?  All the pics are nice & neat, together but when I preview it, they are taking up a ton of room! And why, after I post pics, is my text always centered?

Oh Me of Little Faith......still

Once again, God has had to remind me of how little faith I have in my prayers. I need to be like the little girl who was the only one who came to a special prayer service for rain carrying an umbrella. I prayed yesterday that God would open a seat for me to get on a flight home. If I really believed that prayer, I would have told Mike I would be home last night. Then he wouldn't have made dinner plans he had to cancel, instead, he would have started home from the beach earlier, in anticipation of picking me up from the airport. I have to thank God for this reminder, little by little my eyes are being opened at just how small I am & how AWESOME is He!

What do you think?

                                               

I took this pic when we took our granddaughter to the aquarium during her visit
a couple weeks ago.
I get the impression they don't want anyone touching the plants....how about you?