Merry Christmas

Well... we are running out of time in this year and soon it will be 2009. My wish for everyone is for a happy and warm holiday season; a Merry Christmas and a great beginning to the new year. We will be having our annual tea party with our grandchildren and toasting in the New Year with tea and goodies.

I am so excited!

I was recently contacted by another member of my birth family... a cousin! And, then her sister, that I'd met years ago... and they are very nice and are providing me with photos and information for my family tree!! It's so nice to be able to fill in the blanks and I am grateful.

How Time Flies!

I was just reminded that there is only a month till Christmas... ack!! I am so far behind with my shopping and have no baking done at all! I have been making mini albums for gifts this year and will get some cards done and mailed out next week. For now, I am helping my friend Colleen do an inventory count at her store... http://www.dragonflyscrapbooking.com/shopping.html - we should be done by the weekend - there's lots of great paper and embellishments so it will be an interesting job - I seem to 'resee' things I just have to have when I'm there! And... I just have to mention my other friend's store - Pick of The Patch... now is not just online! Check it out - the monthly kits are the best I've seen... #107-250 Schoolhouse Street in Coquitlam.

What a great time of year!

Oh, I know...everyone hates the rain! In spite of the rain, just go take a quick little walk around your neighborhood - look at the leaves, walk in a puddle and just enjoy the fresh air. On Sunday I was out taking photos with my bf Margaret and even though things looked dead or dying, there is still a lot of life out there! Here's some of the photos I took.

Mini Album Again!

I was doing a challenge recently - to use all different shapes of chipboard and make a mini album... wow, I thought, why have I not done this before!

Here it is:

These photos are from a crop I went to - we had a great time!

An Unofficial Crop

We are holding an 'unofficial' crop over at pickofthepatch.com - just to get ourselves in the scrapping mood. This is totally put on by us members - check out the rules of the crop and you'll get the picture. Sandra has generously allowed us to do this - thanks Sandra!

Back from our cruise & a laugh for the day!

What a great trip... and a total get away! I didn't just make some cards! We sailed on Holland America's Oosterdaam... a great ship, lots of nice people and very relaxed. Here's a few photos: This is the welcome aboard get together around the pool area - they were singing and dancing to YMCA!

Every night there was a different little creature waiting in our room along with a nice good night message and some chocolates. Cute eh?

Bruce was getting a little nauseated off and on - and was suffering from vertigo so tried a sea sick patch... he lost it so added another one behind his ear... then later... much later realized that he still had the old one...hiding on his hand! We don't know how it stayed there so long because we were washing at all the hand wash stations around the ship all day!

After our stop in Victoria the pilot was picked up in this little boat...we were just lucky to catch a photo or two!

And finally... the last night of our cruise...no sleeping pill because we had to get up and off the ship by 8:30 am.... Bruce snores... LOUDLY... and after I got too tired to keep telling him to move (he even snores on his stomach!)... I made a little bed in the little bathroom... ha ha ha... he caught me when he had to use it in the early morning! So there's your laugh for the day!