Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!
Hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and an awesome New Year!
Wow! I haven't posted in a long time!! Shame on me!
I do believe I am just about ready for this Christmas now. Just waiting on a couple of presents that should arrive today. Took me awhile to get going, but ok, once I got started , I got it done!!
I just found out about a really super great giveaway. Check it out at :http://www.NeereAnDearCreations.com
http://www.NeereAnDearCreations.com/wordpress put on by Neer an Dear Creations and designs. Please let her know that I sent you!

Also Brenda's Little Cottage at: http://benzy55.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/12/gift-wrap-stati.html?cid=94376588#comment-94376588. She is having a really fun giveaway! Funny!!

I am not posting any pics today. But I have been saving up. So soon I will get some more posted.
Anyway--- Have a fun Christmas!!

Won a Giveaway!! And Swap Pics

I am such a lucky girl!!! I am one of the lucky people to win an awesome collage packet from Melissa at The Garden of Pink Shadows!!! I am just so excited! She puts together such awesome, beautiful things!!

I will post some pics finally of the swaps I received lately. I got some awesome packages!!

The first one is the swap package I received from Raesha for the October Sweet Goodness Sister Swap.

And the next two are of the November Sweet Goodness Sister Swap, also from Raesha. She makes the most adorable swags/banners!

We had a great Thanksgiving! Hope everyone else did too!

A Few Pictures To Share

I finally took some time and uploaded some pictures to my computer. Now I just need to get them printed! My husband keeps reminding me that he hasn't seen any of the pictures I have taken in who knows how long!!

But anyway-- here are pictures of just a few of the goodies that my sister gave me while we were back in NJ for the wedding. This was a few things that were at the top of the box. I still haven't gotten the time to sort thru it all and put it away. So , I will try to take some more pics when I do.

The first picture is one of her quilt hanging patterns she sells. The pine tree one. I have always loved it. I just love the little angel troll in the last picture. I loved my troll dolls when I was little. Guess I still do.

I received my swap package from the Vintage Stocking Swap!! I got all kinds of goodies from my swap partner all the way from Australia!! These are a few of the many things she had tucked away in the stocking. She made the little snowflake ornaments from a vintage necklace that was her grandmother's!! Aren't they precious? So many cool things!!

I will try to post some more pics soon. Hope everyone has an awesome Thanksgiving!!

Good To Be Home

Back from New Jersey and had a fabulous time!! The wedding was so nice and my niece was such a beautiful bride! The bridesmaids looked beautiful too (my gorgeous daughter was one of them!) Had a great time visiting with my awesome sister and brother in law!! Wish we could have stayed a day or two longer, but it was good to get home. Missed my man!! Oh, and the fall colors were soooo beautiful! My sweet sister loaded me down with a bunch of trims, fabric, etc. to bring home!! I am so excited to use it all!!

This is a picture of my daughter and myself in my sister's back yard.

Sent my stocking off to Australia for the Vintage Stocking Swap this morning. I will post pics as soon as I know she has recieved it.

A Wedding

No, not mine!! I'm an old married lady of 32 years!! One of my beautiful neices is getting married next weekend and my daughter and I are going together to the wedding in New Jersey. Actually, my daughter will be in it. So I'll be taking alot of pics. I am really looking forward to going to the wedding, and especially going with my daughter! We are going to have so much fun!!!
I've had alot going on lately with my Dad, but things are better there.
I've been trying to get some work done on my swaps. Working on my November Sweet Goodness Swap now. I've pretty much finished with the Vintage Christmas Stocking Swap. That was fun.
A Halloween party last weekend and another one this weekend.
Lots of things to do, but it's so fun putting costumes together (I love Halloween!) and getting ready to go to New Jersey! I get to see one of my sisters!!
Well, that's all for now.

Nice Surprise At The End Of A Tough Day

I recieved the nicest surprise yesturday at the end of a pretty tough day. It was a day of going back and forth for tests for my Dad and with his fractured back it was pretty hard on him. Not a fun day. But I was soon surprised by a wonderful package from Sondra at http://sondraschuld.blogspot.com/. My givaway prize came and really made my day!!! Thank you so much Sondra!!! Everything is so awesome and obviously made for me!! That was so thoughtful and nice of you! I really love everything. I can't wait to try out some of those mexican recipes! My husband is gonna love that! MMmmmm,with a cold margarita!! He doesn't drink, so I 'll have to have his!! So, today I am trying to catch up on some housework and get ready for my oldest sister to come see me this weekend . Her youngest son is coming too. We also have about 4 birthday parties to go to this weekend! I guess it will be a long weekend -- but alot of fun!

Holiday Things

It is really starting to feel like the holidays are near. I just love it! I've been working on my holiday swap stuff and having alot of fun with that. Thinking about gifts for the grandkids, that's always fun! But along with the holidays comes the other things. You know , like the things you HAVE to do, instead of the things you WANT to do!!! There have been alot of those lately.
My Dad has a compression fracture in one of his vertabraes. So his back has been giving him alot of pain. He hopefully will be able to have a procedure done to make it all better. But till then-- well, it's a little stressfull. He is living alone. Has help that comes in every day, and that helps alot. But I sure will be glad when he is better.
I got a new camera! I'm still learning how to use it, but I can't wait to see if it takes better pics, I really need it to. I'm not a very good photographer!!
I bought my husband a beeeeeautiful knife for his birthday from a fellow Etsy seller . The name of his shop is "Bullseyenam", and he does awesome work!! I gave it to my husband 2 months early, I'm so bad! But I just couldn't wait!!
That's about it for today.
Have a great weekend!