We made it … All handmade gifts were completed and GIVEN. I pulled together a few cards (five – to be exact): Four to give to our offspring, to house the cash gifts they all wanted; And one more card for my sister … To go along with the Mexican Fruit Cake for her …
Category: cooking, crafts, family Tags: card making, Christmas 2019, cooking, deadlines, disappointments, family drama, gratitude, holidays, manners, millenials, moving on, not doing this next year, recipes, studio awaits
But – I work 12 night weekends, AND we’re celebrating with the extended family on Christmas Eve. [Yes, on Monday – after I get home from work …] So, this girl has got to get BUSY!!! Thank goodness for internet shopping. Everything I didn’t make has been delivered safely to our house. [BTW – thank …
Category: bulldogs, cooking, crafts, fused glass, knitting, Neapolitan Mastiff Tags: christmas countdown, Clayton Hill Neo's, deadlines, ER nurse, etsy shop, felted slippers, fused glas studio, hand made gifts, holiday rush, internet shopper, night lights, spoon rests
RELIEF! Got through the annual tax date with our favorite accountant. We really cut it down to the wire this year, finishing our sorting and tallying for the 3 businesses/4 jobs just 2 short hours before our appointment (with a 45 minute drive to make!)! YIKES! After that painful deadline, I am so not ‘adulting’ …
Category: crafts, non-glass ... dogs, non-glass ... life Tags: adulting hiatus, bulldog sisters, card making, Chloe & Ro, copic coloring, deadlines, relief, stamping, tax preparation
I’m relieved all the same. I make myself nutty with these craft/art shows. I know I do. “They” say identifying the problem is half the battle. It’s not true … I’m still nutty! (But I knew that going in, so …) We’re working a show (that DH signed us up for) in … well, T-5 …
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And now, we can close the books on Christmas 2012. It was touch and go there for a bit, as DH and I were struggling to get to the bottom of the punch list, while enlisting the aid of our ALL-TOO-EAGER teenage offspring. But we made it, had a fun family evening and my Martha …
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