LOTS OF WEATHER CHANGES, LOTS OF WORK! TRYING MY HAND AT CARD MAKING.

MONDAY:
Clear, cool day.  Sarah has left for the airport, heading to Florida.  It's quite.
Back to the hum drum life style! 
Betsy came home from work about 3ish, not feeling well.  I was reading a IMac book that was gifted to Bob.  I was interested in the recipe section...looks cute...but Greek to me.  One section is called Paprika!  I'd have to have help and it looks like the print out would be bigger than 4X6 card, I wouldn't want to change that file.
Bob talked to his sister Jane, sharing photos of this past summer/fall.
I went in my craft room and messed around creating cards using my new Big Shot machine. 

MY FIRST ATTEMPT, NOT GLUED YET.
GOOD EXAMPLE OF EMBOSSING AND DIE CUTS.
THE MUSIC AND DOTS AND WORDS ARE RAISED UP FROM PAPER.

THE EMBOSSED HAPPY BIRTHDAY DIDN'T COME OUT STRONG ENOUGH.

Then decided I needed more info; so I pulled up a video on the computer and sat here until I was cross eyed! 
So tired, I went to bed at 9:00pm and woke up at 11:00pm.  What?  It's not morning? 

TUESDAY:
I had been rolling around in bed until I'm sore.  Get up!  Betsy's alarm went off.  After coffee, I started taking down the Disney Looney Toon houses that are on the stair banister.  For some reason, I miss being able to pile stuff on there to bring downstairs.  Just had to get it put away which is good to have done.  One thing a day, maybe.  That finished and packed; I went back to bed!

Now that it's day light, I can see snow coming down.  Lake effect warnings again.  30, 60, 90 days till April!

I made a list of things to finish or match up...returns, bills, calls, appointments.  It's staggering!  I wasn't to consistent with receipts but I'm finding them all. 

WEDNESDAY:
I first animal that I saw this morning was a small, red fox.  It was hunting around in the back field.  Is that a sign that we will all be hunting something in 2014?  Aren't we always hunting

• FOR BETTER ORGANIZATION
• FOR BETTER HEALTH
• FOR BETTER COMMUNICATION
• FOR BETTER SECURITY
• AND ON AND ON!

The day just passed in anticipation of the evening celebrations.  We did edit and pic out pictures for my 2013 Christmas album.  That's an accomplishment! 
HAPPY NEW YEAR! 
THURSDAY:
Time to hang up new calendars. 
I took me all day but I finished taking my glass ornament tree down.  Boy, I have so much stuff on that tree; bead garlands, shiny star garlands, extra string of lights, ornaments, glitter sticks and icicles.  Phew!   I was multi-tasking too..a load of wash, the meals, etc.

Snow plows have gone down our road twice, Bob has cleared the driveway twice, and it's still coming down.  4 degrees tonight. Schools cancelled all afternoon & evening activities, now starting to close in the morning too. 

Everyone has gone to bed and I still have to move furniture back in place.  Maybe tomorrow.  I have a new James Patterson book that's calling my name.  Bob is reading THE KILLING OF LINCOLN by Bill O"Reilly, (a Christmas gift) must be good as he is sticking to it.
FRIDAY:
More of the same, picking up Christmas items to finish up with the packing.  Boy, the house looks bare.  So, I unpacked all my Snowman collection and my ice wreath and have that all strewn about for the cold months.

OH, SICK LOOKING!
LOOKS LIKE THIS NEEDS REFURBISHED.




SNOWMAN TO STOP DRAFT,
SHOULD BE UP AGAINST THE DOOR.



I HAVE ABOUT 20 OF THESE WOODEN SNOWMEN THAT I HUNG ALL OVER MY UGLY TREES.  MADE DURING OUR CRAFTING DAYS.



THIS ONE GOES UP AND DOWN AND GIGGLES!

ENOUGH ALREADY!




And finally washed the kitchen floor.  It was disgusting with all the drips and food all about. 
After supper, Betsy wanted to start taking her tree down and put it away. 
I wrapped ornaments as she took them off tree.  Mights well move furniture and do a good job sweeping.  I watched Under Cover Boss while doing it. 

SATURDAY: (An indent, where did that come from?)
Now with the house sparkling clean, I can't sleep.  What a rotten night!  The bones are aching, guess I do need to exercise because when I actually do something, it nearly kills me.  I went threw all the Christmas cards received for address changes; then went back to bed. 
 
The time had come to sort out all the bills against the receipts.  That's because I had them in several places; like Christmas presents receipts (in a different envelope) available if the kids needed to return an item.
I worked for hours.  Bob was sitting near by so I delegated a few jobs.  Hay, why not?
 
SUNDAY:
We went out for lunch, posted some snail mail, and went to a couple stores.  I hadn't been out of house for a week and some.  Now colder weather is coming, and 2' of snow expected starting tomorrow at 11:00am.  The people with snowmobiles will be happy.  I think I'll try to bake some bread while it snows.  That ought to be a trip! 
I sure wish we had a generator for the house, with 2' of snow, many things can happen to cut the electric off. 
 
Tonight Downton Abbey comes on at 9 o'clock so I will post early so I can watch that.  Love the old fashioned clothes!   

Have a good week everyone and thanks for clicking in. 

GOLDEN GRAM