First Picnic of the year

This is just a quick post of the first picnic of the year here in our backyard. I don't know who invited the gnome....

It's been toooo long....

Since I've updated my blog. I have some projects finished that I would like to post soon as I get some batteries for my camera. In the mean time I would like to leave you with some family pics that I have. Enjoy....

Please meet Will...our new addition.....

I'd like you all to meet the new addtion to our family! His name is Will! He is a Yorkie/Shitzu mix. Is he not adorable! He is less than a lb. at this point. Sally is afraid of him! She hate when he starts whining, she goes over, looks at him, and he will start walking toward her, and she takes off. She is so cute when she does that! Anyway, my friends dog had a litter of 6 puppies, one was a girl, the rest were boys. This was the only one who looks most like the yorkie, so I picked him! She pretty much gave him to me, because we are friends, and she wants to be able to see him all the time, so he is a shared puppy! I needed this like I needed a hole in my head, beleive me! Sally is enough work for 3 dogs, but I just had to have this one! The kids love it. The poor dog will never have to walk, because they carry him around all day. Great, another one that will not climb steps! Sally will not, except for the 2 porch steps, and she flies up those. She will not climb any other stairs, not even for scooby snack! The vet says, alot of dogs have height issues, mostly smaller dogs, like her. It's actually kinda nice, when a repair man comes or something, you can put her up stairs, and she will not bother the guy who is fixing the sink! My other dog, Terry, used to get up under whatever someone was fixing, and lay there, till I had to drag him out by his collar, and then he would whine the whole time, because he wanted to play with the plumber! Luckily, our plumber was a friend, and he would laugh about it! Anyway, I hope you like Will, we do! Pray my son Nicholas does not squeeze him too hard, because he is afraid he will drop him, so he squishes him to his chest and the poor things eye's bulge out! Goodness, it's been a weekend! Hugs to all! Michelle

Snowstorm!!!

Wow, I'm sure there are alot of you who got dumped on this past Friday/Saturday. We were only to get 8-12, we ended up with over 24 inches. Many friends in my neighborhood do not have power. I fortunately do, and I feel badly that I do. I'm warm, have lights, furnace, and my friends are worried because they are told it may be 5 days till the power can be restored. I offered help, and so far all I have been able to do is charge some cell phones. I dont have much room, but I would like to help in some way. I offered my freezer to my friends whojust did a big grocery shopping with alot of expensive meats, since they had gotten thier income tax check, they shopped big. I told them there is room for thier most expensive things, to please bring it over. They will today. I cannot beleive how bad that storm was. It was worse than the blizzard of '93. We actually got 36 inches of snow that time, but for some reason this one caused much more problem, they say. I hope where ever you are, you are warm, and have power. I am going to post another post, hope you'll stop in to see it, its a cutie!!! Hugs, michelle

A couple of new Valentine Cards

I was playing around with my digital stamps from Whimsie Doodles this morning, and my oldest son saw them and decided to give one to his girlfriend. Then my tiny boy saw them and thought he might like to give one to his girlfriend! LOL! One is 18 and one is 7! Nicholas likes a girl named Nicole. He likes her because she has horses at her house and wants to go see them! So he wants to give her a special Valentine so she'll invite him over! (She already has, but he does not know it yet! We are going over next weekend!) Anyway, hope you like the Valentines. I had fun making the newspaper flowers on them! Hugs, michelle

Who wants pie???

I'm so proud of myself! It may not look like the best pie in the world, but I did it myself! Now, don't get me wrong, I can bake. I bake alot! I love baking cut out sugar cookies, pizzelles, jelly cookies, all kinds of cakes, cobblers, etc. But pie was never my "thing". I could not get the crust right , ever! I got a food processor for Christmas, a Black and Decker, and have been looking at the pastry crust recipe for some time now, and finally said, today is the day. I'm going to make a pie, a real pie with homemade crust. It worked out so well! I made one crust, then another! I made a 2 crust apple pie! I usually use storebought crust, which there is nothing wrong with that. They come out just as good. But this was so awesome! I can't wait to cut it for dinner later! I hope it tastes good! Ok, now that I have accomplished this, I may move on to homemade bread one day soon! I'll let you know!

Meantime, its an awesome day here in the North East. It poured rain yesterday, flooded my basement, of course, made mud everywhere due to all the melted snow, and all the rain. Today it's about 42 degrees out there, and there is this foriegn orange thing in the sky....oh, it's the sun! LOL! I have not seen that for weeks! I take that back, it came out for 5 minutes on Saturday!

I am waiting for a few things I ordered from HSN, and Papertrey Ink. I can't wait till they come. I think I will go sit down now, and finish my Valentine candle mat, so I can share it. I actually got one stitched up, coffee dyed, but I am working on another one, and then I will finish them so they can be used. I'm also working on a little coffee cross stitch project and of course, cards. Soooo, off to work on these things, then a trip to the Goodwill before Nicholas and I go pick up the other two kids at thier friends houses! Have a great rest of the day! Hugs,

Valentine Cards...

I finally got to sit down and use my new Crafters Companion this morning. I also got to use my new Bow-easy. Don't you love gadgets? I love all my gadgets. I got the Ultimate Crafters Companion as a late Christmas gift, and I'm so glad I did! It is so fun to use, just be sure to watch the DVD it comes with, and you can get the basics and do your own thing. I love the little Bow Easy too. It makes perfect little bows for cards everytime! Flat, and the ribbon always turns the right way! That has always been a major problem for me, making 1 sided ribbon work. Sorry the pictures arent' the best. They never are, but these are really giving me a hard time. I think it is because the paper is shimmery. It came with the Ultimate and it is such nice heavy cardstock! It is awesome! I'm ordering more of that! Anyway, one of the cards is called an Accordian Card and the other is a pop-up, the inside and the outside. I've used the digitals images from Whimsie Doodles, and used my Nesties to embellish them. And of course the Ultimate and the Bow Easy. Thanks for stoppin in. I appreciate your visits! Hugs, michelle