LOL I have a Chu Chu underneath my Christmas Tree! Get it?
My Cat's name is Chu Chu.

Well it’s almost Christmas time again and I am so excited, I love the fall and Christmas season. I always have and always will this Christmas has gone very well for me I am off of the horrible meds that were sucking the life out of me and making me sleep all the time; and I am able to breathe better since I took the treatments to shrink the tumors in my chest.

I finished the Christmas countdown which is an Organizational tool form the Organized Christmas site. And by the first of December I was ready for Christmas.

I decide last year how I was going to do my tree and wrap my gifts. And I bought the paper after Christmas when it was on sale in the colors I wanted. I also started getting the spools of wire ribbon to match my paper when ever I saw them mostly at the dollar store. And I scrapped my gift tags which you can see on my Christmas blog; So my gifts look fabulous under my tree this year.(It’s almost a shame to give them away lol )

I put up my old green tree in the dinning room and my white tree in my living room.

I did my kitchen in gingerbread men and the whole house looks great! I have all my new wood laminate floors and my new French doors in the dinning room with the evergreen garland around them with the white lights and the matching wreathes I made to go on them.

My Halloween was also wonderful I had a Halloween party and while it was small it was fun; I am hoping it will be much larger next year.

My decorations were so cute I had every room full of fall stuff. My kitchen was full of bats and the dinning room full of skeletons and owls.

The living room was all pumpkins (see my fall blog)

We had my back yard done with the twinkles all up in the trees for light.

And we had a piñata for the grown ups it was so funny.

We almost had a hay ride but I waited to long to get the bales of hay; I was afraid that if I got them to soon that they would get full off fire ants.

Any way I hope to do better on my blog this year see you all in 2010!

And may God bless all of you.

Happy Thanksgiving Every one
And God bless You!

Donna & Jeff

Tree Monkeys

Made with the Sweet girls kit

Digital page

I made this page with Digital scrap book program it is a free download form Daisytrail.com

Love this Ideal!

From an email

1. Aspire to be Barbie - the bitch has everything. 2. If the shoe fits - buy them in every color. 3. Take life with a pinch of salt... A wedge of lime, and a shot of tequila. 4. In need of a support group? - Cocktail hour with the girls! 5. Go on the 30 day diet. (I'm on it and so far I've lost 15 days). 6. When life gets you down - just put on your big girl panties and deal with it. 7. Let your greatest fear be that there is no PMS and this is just your personality. 8. I know I'm in my own little world, but it's ok. They know me here. 9. Lead me not into temptation, I can find it myself. 10. Don't get your knickers in a knot; it solves nothing and makes you walk funny. 11. When life gives you lemons in 2009 - turn it into lemonade then mix it with vodka. 12. Remember where ever there is a good looking; sweet, single or married man there is some woman tired of his bullshit! 13. Keep your chin up, only the first 40 years of parenthood are the hardest. 14. If it has Tires or Testicles it's gonna give you trouble. 15. By the time a women realizes her mother was right, she has a daughter who thinks she's wrong. 'Good friends are like stars.........You don't always see them, but you know they are always there' 'Remember yesterday, dream about tomorrow, but live for today'. Now smile and send to any girl wasting time at work, suffering from a hangover, or just suffering from life , that might need a reason to smile!

This is the afghan I did for my sister Maren

An update on my garden.

Out of the 6 packages of pumpkin seeds I planted only 8 plants survived so far and they are not looking to good. I did notice last night when I was watering that one of then had a little blossom on it. So maybe I will get a little pumpkin, but I'm not counting on it. Our triple digits weather for the last 2 months has taken it's toll on my pumpkins.
My okra is doing very well, and my broccoli is hanging in there.
And I have been giving away fresh Basil to who ever will take it LOL.

An Afghan I just finished

My neighbors are going to have to find a new source of entertainment now; they can't watch me any more they may have to buy them a plasma TV

yeah! my fence is finally going up!

My garden

Oh Boy look at those bad boys grow!

My Garden

These are my seeds a few days later

My Garden

Thease are the seeds I started for a Fall garden; Mostly Broccoli, Lettuse, Green beans, snow peas, and pumpkins.

My babies

Afghan I just finished

I made this little recipe book out of some 4x6 spiral index cards

 

I like this small size because it fits in my purse when I run to the grocery store. And when you print your recipes on typing paper and cut them out and glue in to it; it will hold over 200 recipes

 

 

I used the Sabrina paper stack by Making memories for this card

My little guy

"He's so cold"
and yes he is full grown

 

 

 

I used the Autumn Leaves flower stamp, with the paper from the Far East stack by DCWV from Jo Ann's. And the Sketch is from the MoJo Monday site.

Saint Patricks Day Card

 

Easter Cards

 

Same sketch

 

Trying out some Mojo Monday sketches

 

My Tree Skirt

I just finished the Christmas Tree skirt I have been crocheting to match my Tree