Where have I been...?? and Merry Christmas!!

I apologize for being AWOL again, but I have been up to my eyeballs...so to speak. To catch you up...we had a wonderful mini vacation to Blairsville, Ga. the end of October. The color in the North GA mountains was absolutely breathtaking! We had a wonderful time visiting with family and sight-seeing. We got back home the 29th and settled back in here. Halloween evening my daughter Cristy and her hubby took Seth and Sion trick-or-treating at their other grandma's home. When they were in the process of leaving, Cristy stepped and fell in a newly dug up flower bed as she was trying to catch Seth who was jumping off of the steps. She turned her ankle when she fell and Seth's 53 lbs on top of her broke her ankle...BAD!! Every bone...The doctor said that she only see's this kind of ankle injury when people fall from roofs or from auto accidents. So after surgery, 9 screws and 1 plate later, she is s-l-o-w-l-y healing. I quickly became chief cook, bottle washer and babysitter (mama sitter too when Michael is at work). She is now able to put some weight on it, which means no more crutches, wheel chairs and her crawling on the floor to get around. She starts PT after Christmas. Doctor said she might be able to go back to work in February. And on top of all of that I have been working on 3 album orders that I finally finished up Dec 23rd. Folks...I'm tired...!
Anyway I wanted to share some of what I have managed to get done since the end of October.



In the middle of all that was going on I did manage a few swaps. Here is a card and an ATC I did for 2 swaps.
The orange mesh behind the embossed pumpkins is from an onion bag...cool, huh?

I wish all of you Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!! 2010 is going to be a great year!!!

Well I am going to run and enjoy the quietness that is currently in my home right now....think I'll take a nap!
TTYL

Fall has finally reached North Florida...

Brrr...it was a tad chilly this morning...42 degrees according to the thermometer on the back porch. I LOVE IT!!!!! I know for you northerners 42 is almost hot to you guys, but most Floridians pull out the flannels and jackets (my dh for example) when the temp drops below 70. I guess I am still a northerner at heart, after all I was born in Michigan, but I have been down here a l-o-o-ong time. I just don't like the heat and the ridiculous humidity that Florida is famous for. This weekend we are taking a short vacation up to North GA to the mountains and hopefully see some color. I can hardly wait! I love the mountains...think that is where I am gonna retire...will definitely have to get dh some thicker long-handles to wear...lol

I have been busy scrapbooking and making some things. Figured it was about time that I checked in and showed you what I have been up to. Here are some layouts for the gift albums I am working on:

This past weekend (the 17th) was my parents 56th wedding anniversary. Isn't that amazing??!!Here is a card that I made for them using Basic Grey's Euphoria 6 x 6 paper pad and a stamp from Unity Stamp Co.
Well I had better run and get back to work or I won't have these albums finished by Christmas...AAAACCKKKK...did I say Christmas???? Yep...it is here upon us....

TTYL,

Don't file a missing person report....

I've just been busy. Yes I know it has been over a month since I posted...bad Cindy...but I do have an excuse. I have been busy completing 2 album orders, keeping the grandbabies and yes, still taking care of Olivia (the calf). She sure is growing, I've got to get you a pic to see.

I do have some layouts to share with you as well as my May ATC swap and the Mother's Day cards that I made...so here goes...

We'll start with the ATC. The theme was a random one so I picked friendship. Saw something similiar to this on another blog, just can't remember which one...sorry...

Next is a couple of pics of the Mother's Day cards I made. Thanks SCS tutorials.
Now on to the layouts.

And last but not least...here is a pic of me and my grandbabies at Easter. They are growing up so fast. Seth turned 3 the end of March and Sion will be 1 the end of this month (May).

And yes, Seth was trying to escape.

Hope you enjoyed the pics...gotta run and feed Olivia....moooooo!

TTYL

Cindy