Day 336, Wednesday, December 2

This ornament is one of my most favorite ones. Cindy made this for me for christmas several years ago. She cut the wood and painted it for me. The story behind it...she had to go out back and get a few "twigs" for the snowman arms...well she got into the poison ivy and had to go to the doctor.

Day 335, Tuesday, December 1

I finished my December Magic Colored Pencil Technique card. The santa image is a Stampin' Up and I colored it with my prisma pencils. I cut the tree from the Christmas Noel cartridge sizing it to fit my card in Design Studio. I added stickles and doodling to the snow and outer edge. I cuttlebugged the red background paper with the snowflake folder. The presents are a square punch and I inked and doodled and added ribbon bows. The "believe" is a charm I got at Michaels. This card is a step card and you can find a video on Dawn's Stamping Blog.

Day 334, Monday, November 30

Yes, this is Giz with the cone on his head. He has been itching and chewing on his paw pads and legs for several days. I took him to the vet today...he has a yeast infection and a bacterial infection in his skin. He also had to have a biosopy on some lumps on his legs and one behind his ear. Thank goodness they are just a skin cyst that one day may have to be removed. He is on 3 different meds now and I have to give him a bath with special shampoo every other day.

Day 333, Sunday, November 29

I bought a new tree!!! It is a slim line. I had to look all over to get one that would fit in the basement family room. Most of the slim line trees are 7 1/2 feet high....we could only have one that was 7 feet. Each branch has to be placed in the center pole. Kinda a pain, but I do like the way it looks!

Day 332, Saturday, November 28

We went shopping for new phones today. Jim got the blackberry curve. I have no idea what mine is called...just got the full keyboard so I can text! And it is green! We did add outgoing texting to our phone plan. Jim now has internet access on his phone.

Day 331, Friday, November 27

BLACK FRIDAY!!!! These are all of the ads that came in the paper yesterday. It was tempting to go out shopping...however, I didn't want to go by myself or push through the crowds. We may do some shopping this weekend...but not until there are fewer people around. Usually, we go during the week after Black Friday.

Day 330, Thursday, November 26 Happy Thanksgiving!

John and Stacie are thankful for each other, having jobs through 2009 and family & friends (everyone says that!)

Jim was thankful that his parents are home and doing well, Nate was thankful to have somewhat of a job and I am thankful for losing some weight and getting healthier. We are thankful for our family & friends, too!

Cyndi was thankful for Peyton and Rob & her having jobs. Peyton was thankful for food (as he was shoveling in a piece of pumpkin cake!), thanksgiving, his Mom & Dad and that he didn't have to go to school today! And of course, family & friends.