Merry Christmas

Well here I am once again, I don't know why I can't remember to post more often, but  I will try to make up for a couple monthes next month. lol

Christmas is here once again and I have been busy working on projects just for that special day. I had posted a list of things for me to do all this year to be ready for the holidays and I did so so good at following it. I will post websites and pictures of what I made this year for gifts, and the cards. I didn't send out all my cards so I have a start to next year "yeah". 

I will also update my list for next year so if anyone has any idea please share.

Merry Christmas to all my dear friends.

There’s nothing sadder in this world than to awake Christmas morning and not be a child.”
~ Erma Bombeck (1927-1996), American author and humorist.

It comes every year and will go on forever. And along with Christmas belong the keepsakes and the customs. Those humble, everyday things a mother clings to, and ponders, like Mary in the secret spaces of her heart.”
~ Marjorie Holmes, American writer.

 

Whats Happening in December 2012

• 2 Advent begins
• 7 Pearl Harbor Day
• 9 Chanukah lasts 8 days
• 12 Poinsettia Day
• 21 Winter Solstice (shortest day of the year)
• 23 Festivus - for the rest of us!
• 25 Christmas
• 26 Boxing Day
• 26 Kwanzaa
• 27 National Fruitcake Day
• 31 New Year's Eve
• More December holidays and special days

Whats Happening in November 2012

1 All Saint's Day

1 Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)

2 All Soul's Day - usually on the 2nd

4 Daylight Savings time ends gain 1 hour of sleep

6 Election Day -please exercise your right to vote

11 Veteran's Day

13 Sadie Hawkins Day

15 Great American Smokeout - third Thursday

20 Universal Children's Day

22 Thanksgiving Day

23 Black Friday

Whats Happening in October 2012

• 1 International Day for the Elderly
• 8 Columbus Day observed
• 8 Thanksgiving Day in Canada, 2nd Monday
• 16 Boss's Day
• 20 Sweetest Day 3rd Saturday
• 24 United Nations Day
• 26 Eid-Ul-Adha
• 27 Make a Difference Day 4th Saturday
• 31 Halloween
• More October holidays and special days

Whats Happening in September 2012

• 2 VJ Day, WWII
• 3 Labor Day
• 9 Grandparents Day the first Sunday after Labor Day
• 11 911 Remembrance
• 16 Rosh Hashanah begins at sundown
• 17 Constitution Day
• 21 International Peace Day (UN)
• 22 Autumnal Equinox
• 25 Yom Kippur
• 28 Native American Day the fourth Friday of the  month
• 30 Sukkot begins at sundown
• More September holidays and special days

Whats Happening in August 2012

• 3 National Watermelon Day
• 10 National S'mores Day
• 13 Left Hander's Day
• 14 V-J Day
• 15 Feast of the Assumption
• 15 World Youth Day date varies widely
• 30 National Marshmallow Toasting Day
• More August holidays and special days

Whats Happening in July 2012

• 1 Canada Day (Dominion Day)
• 4 Independence Day
• 13 Friday the 13th
• 20 Ramadan begins
• 22 Hammock Day ...relax and enjoy!
• 27 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony - not until 2012
• More July holidays and special days

Whats Happening in June 2012

• 6 D Day, WWII
• 14 Flag Day
• 17 Father's Day - third Sunday
• 19 Juneteenth Day
• 20 Summer Solstice (The longest day of the year!)
• More June holidays and special days

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Easter 2012

We had a great time getting the eggs colored, looking for the baskets, looking for eggs, and spending time with the family.
Here are some pictures to remember are day:

April Birthdays

This is a busy month 3 birthdays and Easter. Then 2 of the kids come home and say I need money for field trips. The school should know better lol.

Cheese Cake with strawberries and chocalate

Happy Birthday to my 3 beautiful children.

First Bike of her own. Gotta love the boots.

My List:

When you make a list do you follow thru with it?

Do you do things in order?

Are you happy with only getting a couple things done on it?

For me I like to do things in order, but it always dose not happen that way. I made a list back in January about how I was going to make Christmas a little easier this year. 

Oh here is the list for a update:

I will clean up all the Christmas decorations and will start a gift closet in Jan.

Feb.-make Christmas cards

March make Christmas crafts/gifts

April- buy forever stamps for your Christmas Cards.

May- buy one gift for every child in my house.

June- find crafts (Kids) and recipes for Christmas

Christmas in July we are going to do crafts with the kids make a Santa list,watch a Christmas movie.

August- Stocking Stuffers- school supplies are on sale.

September- Make sure you have supplies for your cookies.

October- Address Christmas Cards, make sure I have enough crafts made for everyone.

November- rearrange furniture and start getting Christmas decorations out.

December- Wrap gifts

 Now that I see the list I'm not doing to bad. 

So this means I'm right on target.

Have a Great Day :)

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Whats Happening in May 2012

• 1 May Day
• 5 Cinco de Mayo
• 6 National Teacher's Day
• 8 VE Day, WW II
• 13 Mother's Day
• 19 Armed Forces Day -third Saturday
• 24 Victoria Day (Canada)
• 28 Memorial Day
• More May holidays and special days

Wordless Wednesday

Boxes

When I was looking at Crafty Journal I seen that they had a tutorial on making boxes.

Here are the couple I made and I have to say super easy and would be great to make for gifts.

Easter

Easter will be here before we know it and I have been playing:

I seen some cute little baskets at Beacon Time with the Hungry Hypo that could be made for decorations, teachers gifts or table settings.

Here is where I found the instructions Crafty Journal:

Whats Happening in April 2012

• 1 April Fool's Day
• 1 Palm Sunday
• 1 International Tatting Day
• 6 Good Friday
• 6 National Walk to Work Day 1st Friday
• 7 Passover begins at sundown, lasts 8 days.
• 8 Easter Sunday
• 13 Friday the 13th
• 15 Income taxes due
• 16 Patriot's Day Third Monday
• 22 Earth Day (U.S.)
• 25 Administrative Professionals Day formerly "Secretaries Day"
• 26 Take Your Daughter to Work Day 4th Thursday
• 27 Arbor Day always the last Friday in April
• More April holidays and special days

Friends

I was challenged at Scrapbook Challenges  to make a layout with the letters in my name and all the letters in my name ment something that you would add to the layout. I was not sure I could pull it off but I do like what it turned out to be, and it did make me use things I normally wouldn't.

The title is friend and I don't have a picture at this moment that will fit what I want the meaning on the page to be so I used a picture from a card.

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Wacky Day At School

2011

I'm up to date now in my Yearly Scrapbook.

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2010

I'm getting closer!

Here is another page for my yearly scrapbook. In this one Chris just graduated from PTI. The kids are always hams for the camera.

 and i made this one to go with it :)

2009

Still working on my yearly scrapbook.

Tag

This is made for one of  365 Cards Challenges. I am going to add it to a layout I'm working on. :)

Feb. 2012 Challenge pt.6

I seen this card challenge and I had to do it.

Its at 365 Cards 

I have been seeing other cards made with the buttons on a tree and I thought it was cute. 

Here is mine :)

The glue wasn't even dry when I scanned this LOL.

 

Me

I found a baby picture of me and I thought it would be a great addition to my early album.

I put paper over some of the journaling to much info for the internet. 

2008

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Tashema and Miya 06

Christmas Blogs

I searched just now to find a Christmas blog that is active. I fond one that posted in February.

I use to belong to a couple yahoo groups then they slowly faded away so I went to blogs and now I'm finding they to are fading away.

I just can't understand what is going on!!!!!!

Christmas was always the time of year that u could believe, spend time with family and share the love Make gifts etc... Even if you don't have much you do the best you can (Love).

If any of my readers know of any please pass them on to me.

Feb. 2012 Challenge pt.5

Here is the rest of the cards that I made for Christmas. 

I would like to make 5 more so I would have a total of 20. I am so glad I'm getting this done now. 

Keep watching there will be more to come.

Thank you Shawna for pointing me in the direction I'm going in.

Feb. 2012 Challenge pt.4

Part 4 can you believe it, and believe this I have more still to come.

 

Here is the card I used as a sketch.

 

Here is the card I made, I do think mine isn't as nice but I had some fun.