Card for "Old Fisherman"

The inside reads... "If it was easy, it would be called CATCHING, but it's still a great way to spend your birthday."

Cards on 01/26/08

Anniversary for my in-laws and Birthday for a Dear friend...

Cards made this week

I finally found time to make a couple of cards... The fish card is for a dear friend who is taking care of her Mom who has serious health issues and the Bella card is a going away card for a co-worker. TFL!

Starr's Step By Step

My Goal: 10,000 + steps per day...

Average steps in Jan 2008 = 11,065

Jan 31, 2008 - 10,218
Jan 30, 2008 - 10,984
Jan 29, 2008 - 10,145
Jan 28, 2008 - 12,008
Jan 27, 2008 - 11,270
Jan 26, 2008 - 11,423
Jan 25, 2008 - 10,470
Jan 24, 2008 - 13, 019
Jan 23, 2008 - 11, 842 (Boy did I ever mess up on food today!!!)
Jan 22, 2008 - 10, 832
Jan 21, 2008 - 10,345
Jan 20, 2008 - 12,555
Jan 19, 2008 - 4,877 :(
Jan 18, 2008 - 14,909
Jan 17, 2008 - 18,019
Jan 16, 2008 - 10,690
Jan 15, 2008 - 5,607 (life got in the way)
Jan 14, 2008 - 10,324
Jan 13, 2008 - 13,138
Jan 12, 2008 - 8,590

Making progress

I ended the day yesterday with a total of 13,168 steps! DH and I went up to play darts (in our rec room) and I made sure I took the long way every time I went to remove my darts. Odie and I walked @ 6,500 steps late yesterday afternoon too. The bad thing is that there were thousands of snow geese in the fields we were walking in. When we got back to the house, my new shoes, as well as Odie's feet, were bright green! YUCK!
I got some great new walking shoes and I am doing my best to break them in right. At the rate I am going, I will have 8,000 steps before I get home from work tonight. I hope to finish up on the treadmill, but maybe I'll challenge DH to darts again... Some challenge - he let me throw 6 darts for his 3 and I still couldn't beet him! Oh well, practice, practice, practice... :)

It's a NEW YEAR!

My resolution - Weight Loss - AGAIN!
I have a pedometer and some new walking shoes... Here we go. Odie gets to go on lots of walks now because my goal is 10,000 steps or more per day...
Yesterday 8590
Today - 11546 - and it's only 9:30! Yay for me!
I will keep you all updated on my progress!
Feel free to leave well wishes!

Whew - That was fast!

Can you believe Christmas Day has come and gone! It seems I blinked and it was over!

I finally got a good picture of DH! Had to catch him in the middle of a story so he wouldn't throw his hand in front of his face or stick his tongue out. Great photo, don't ya think?

Now comes that long period of winter when there aren't any Holiday celebrations. It is just cold with short days. I tend to get a little meloncholy this time of year. It is my goal to avoid that this year. Maybe I will make it a New Years Resolution, right under losing weight!

Things are going to get real busy from now until Christmas, so I wanted to take a minute to wish everyone of my friends and relatives a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

And a special note to my dear departed Boomer - we miss you boy! And we love you more than you could possibly know! Merry Christmas Buddy!

The Tree Is Up!

Now it is starting to feel like Christmas...

The tree is up, the house is decorated (inside), and I have gotten off to a very good start on Christmas shopping! YAY for me!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Now that the wedding invitations are done, I have finally started on Christmas cards. They have to be quickie cards, but it's the thought that counts, right?

Invitation Progress

Making wonderful progress on the invitations! ALL of the RSVP's are done! All of the invitation fronts are done, except I ran out of red ribbon. I will get some tonight so I can finish tying the bows! The envies are in! The only thing left are the insides... I need to print and cut the vellum and adhere them to the inside. After that, all I need to do is create an insert with directions to the church and the reception. DD brought a stack of engagement photos to enclose in them. We are almost ready to go!
Maybe I will get some Christmas cards made after all!

ARRGGHH!

Well, I cannot find enough of the little red buttons that I need to make the invitations and RSVP's! So, we have switched to silk roses, which is appropriate because the theme of the wedding is red roses.
Last night I received the envelopes in the mail, and guess what? Right - the RSVP envelopes are too small! I have searched and searched and cannot find the right size! I definitely should have measured the envelope first and made the RSVP's next! DUH?!? I can order custom envies, but not less than 1000! I only need 75-100!
So - I guess we will make the RSVP's again, but this time make them 1/4 inch smaller!
Advice for anyone who plans to make bulk invitations ... Buy the envies, then make the cards to fit! Also ... before you start making the invitations, make sure you can find all of your supplies!

Odie - see the resemblance?

Ok - so when we adopted our little rescue dog, he came with a name. The more we tried to convince this little guy that his name was Quincey - the more we realized that we HAD to be WRONG! "Quincey" insinuates sophistication, NAH! "Quincey" indicates scholarly, NAH! "Quincey" relays a message of confidence, NAH!

The more we got to know our little fellow - the more we realized that we have seen his charachteristics before! Yep - you guessed it, Odie - from Garfiled!

We have officially changed his name to Odie!

He even responds to Odie!

What do you think?

Hello from the South

Well, we made it! Lots of terrible traffic, but 16 hours later we made it. We have been having loads of fun visiting, and eating of course! Quincey's name has been changed though. He is now Odie! You know the one, Garfield's sidekick! Well, that's him!
Well, I hope everyone is having a safe and happy holiday! Thanks for visiting! Til next time...

Heading South for Thanksgiving

Me, DH, DD & Finace' are headed South to visit my Dear sister, DBIL & my sweet Daddy! Big Sis & I will fix a big ole Southern T-day dinner and we'll all eat til we're miserable! Sounds fun, huh?
DD's fiance' is looking forward to it because he hasn't been many places. DD plans to show him around some. Me, I'm just looking forward to visiting! It will be great to see all my neices & nephews too!
Everyone have a Safe & Happy Thanksgiving!!

Wedding Invitation Progress

Last night, DD and my Dear Future SIL came over for dinner and then the three of us worked on invitations. We got all of the RSVP's done, except we ran out of red hearts, which have been ordered and shipped but not yet received. I had already cut and folded all of the wedding invitations. Last night, while I was printing, future SIL was busy cutting and using my scalloped square punch and DD was steady gluing. We really had fun! I think they will always have a special memory of making their own wedding invitations. I hope they include this in their memories of me as well.
Oh yeah, DD called to say that the church for the wedding and hall for the reception have both been booked!
I'll keep posting our progress as time goes by.

DD & Fiance'

A June 14th wedding is planned...

DD Getting Married!

Well, DD and BF are getting married! June 14, 2008! I have no idea what I was thinking, but I offered to make the wedding invitations! I made a couple of samples and this is the one that they chose. Only 75 more to go!!

POOPED PUPPY!

This is Quincey after the day at the beach! Poor Baby! He just couldn't stay awake!

Birthday Card for DMIL

This paper is the GREATEST! I got it in Lancaster, PA. It has so much texture! I love it!

TFL