Life is Sometimes Good - Sometimes Bad...

Well it definitely has been another crazy week. Quite a few things happened so this will be a fairly long posting!



The Good......


We were in Dallas on the weekend of the 20th to see the Cowboys home opener against the Giants. Dallas is my husband's team and he was quite excited to be there... who am I kidding - I was excited to be there! I love watching football even though I'm not quite the fanatic like my hubby and our friends - they know all sorts of stats and I'd be lucky just to name most of them!

My husband was actually lucky enough to get Seattle Seahawks season tickets this year. We don`t really like the team - but Seattle is the closest city to us that has NFL team. It`s only an hour flight - and I`ve fallen in love with the town! It`s always a great weekend when ever we get there. We`ll be going to a couple of games - the rest of the season my husband sold the tickets. We`ll be down there in a couple of weeks over Canada Thanksgiving. My favorite team is Tamba Bay Bucs. We get to see them play in Seattle on December 20th! A very Happy Christmas to me!!

My sister had her baby on September 13th. Jackson weighed in a 8 lbs - 4 0z and was 21 inches long. He`s quite the content little guy and absolutely adorable - not that I`m biased or anything! My 3 year old neice Machayla is having a bit of a time adjusting to the new addition - but she is great with him - just not sure how not having all the attention all the time is working out.



The Bad....

My older sister's father-in-law passed away on Wednesday. His funeral was on Saturday. It was a good service - lots of people there and great support for all of his family. It's kind of a unique situation where they are more than just in-laws with us. We all grew up together so we really are an extended part of the family. He will be incredibly missed by all - but like I said - there is a lot of support for everyone. My mom and sister wanted me to make some cards for them. Here are the sympathy cards I made:







A couple I had on hand but the rest I made up this week. I like how they all turned. The last one was one we did at Calgals a couple of weeks ago as one of our challenges and it actually turned out as a very nice thinking of you card. I wasn`t too sure about it - but when I used it - it actually turned out okay.

I often find that if I finish a card and leave it for a couple days - when I come back to it - I actually like it better than right after I finished it. I guess it takes a bit of time to appreciate some of your own work!! LOL!

I found this out with my Tracy`s Christmas Challenge this month. I decided to use the spirelli technique and as this was my first go - I didn`t think it too bad. I thought the cards were okay when I finished them last night....and I know that I`ll have to work on this technique to get it more perfect - but when I went to go take the pics - I think I actually quite like them!!

Here they are.....well - still trying to figure out the new computer and can`t figure out how to turn the picture!! Sorry!! LOL!!

Ringette has started and that has been a great stress relief for me over the past couple of weeks. I hope things will get back to a bit of a normal routine to me and I hope to be able to blog on a regular basis.......that is until moving day - November 15th!!

Thanks for stoppin`by!

Little D

Up and Running

Okay so thought I'd give the computer another go and today it seems to be working! So thought I'd get a post in - still no picks to post....yet! I've started my Christmas Challenge cards so hopefully this weekend I'll get the done!

Dallas (actually Arlington) was an amazing weekend! We went to the Texas Rangers vs. L.A Angels ball game on Saturday and then the main event - the Dallas Cowboys vs the New York Giants in the brand new amazing stadium of the Cowboys! The game was exciting and the stadium is beautiful! We had a great time - and even tho' the Cowboys lost - it was a great weekend!

We did however suffer a bit with the humidity. We definitely are not used to that! It was 88 degrees F. with about 90% humidity. Needless to say - just walking across the street we were drenched! LOL!

Anyhow - thougth I'd throw a little hello out there and hopefully will have the Christmas challenge done on the weekend.

Thanks for stoppin' by!

Little D

Crazy World

Well - I know it's been a while but things are definitely going a bit crazy. My sister had her baby on the 13th. Jackson was 8 lbs 4 oz and 22 inches! Friends had their baby on the 14th - 8 lbs 4 oz 20.5 inches. No pictures of Jackson yet - but will get them up as soon as I get some!

And again having computer issues where I can't seem to get internet access on my two computers - it's very hit and miss. However - hubby just stepped out so snaggled his laptop to get this post up and to check a couple of my blog sites!

Ball season has come to a end on a very a good note. We won Nationals. 11 games in 4 days! It was a long weekend over the long weekend - but very satisfying!

My sister's father in law had a heart attack about a week ago and it's not good. There is severe brain damage and they've decided to not attempt to do any life saving measures. They're basically going to keep him comfortable and let nature take his course.

So the last few weeks have been a bit all over the place. Haven't done much is the way of stamping. We had Calgals last Friday and that was the only time I've really done anything. It felt really good - and I was somewhat happy with my card - which I haven't even taken a picture yet! I'll get that posted soon!

I'll definitely be doing Tracy's Christmas Challenge so I'll get that posted!

So yes - still here - just in a whirl wind of life right now!

The winter season has started as well - already been on the ice twice!

Hubby and I are off to Dallas this weekend. We get to go to the Cowboy's home opener game Vs the Giants at the new stadium. Dallas is my hubby's favorite team so he's pretty excited! We leave tomorrow morning and come back on Monday - so really just for the weekend! It should be a lot of fun!

So here's hoping that I'll be able to get things up and running again and get back to a normal routine of stamping!

Thanks for stoppin' by!

Little D