Hard Week for Cait

as  a couple of her childhood icons have passed away.  At the beginning of the week it was David Bowie.  She told me she had to mop in bed an extra an hour it was so terrible.  And today it has been Alan Rickman who played Snape in the Harry Potter movies.  They are some of her favorites.  She told me Paul Simon better hang on and not be leaving this world. 
She does keep me entertained.  And she is an old sole enjoying alot of the oldies, but goodies!

We are back to winter today with it snowing.  And the streets are a mess.  And my rig is so, so dirty. 

You can tell how big the flakes were!!!

It has pretty much been an inside day.  Although I did make a quick run to Target this morning and then came home and cleaned house. 
I did some pick up in my scrap space so I could create a couple of layouts.

Here are some I made lately.
They are two layouts from when we had family photos done.

 I love this photo of Harlee and Cooper.
Background paper is from Bo Bunny - Barefoot & Bliss
I used a Memory Box Mesh stencil and some Colorbox Chalk ink
Title is a SSS die
MME enamel dots
Authentique mini phrases

Papers - We R Memory Keepers, Crate Paper, Teresa Collins and Blue card stock
Pink Paislee tag, which I covered and then made a 2nd tag
Fancy Pants sequins
Bella Blvd ephemera
XO die- SSS
Mr. Huey green mists

Cooking up a Storm!

Today Kirsten and I cooked the morning away.
She and Tim have some friends that just had their first baby last Friday.  We had hoped to prepare some freezer meals this week for them before the baby arrived.  But, Isla had different ideas when she wanted to arrived.  It was a couple of weeks early.  So, today we hit the grocery store for a few items and then we went to work.  We made chicken parmigian casserole, chicken pot pie,  chicken fajitas, meatloaf, taco fixins and turkey noodle soup.  Cooper was here with us and had toys strewn all through the house.  We delivered all the goodies and took Harlee with us after school to see the new baby.  She was very smitten.
I am pooped tonight.
I worked a few hours yesterday afternoon and head back for some more this weekend.
It finally has been melting out these past couple of days.  Won't be fun in the morning when it has refrozen with new snow on the ground.  Today it was 42, they said the last time Great Falls had reached the 40's was Dec.13.  So the last month we have had pretty cold temps and that is why the snow has stayed.  Usually we have those chinook winds blowing melting the snow away.

Have a couple of layouts to leave with you.  This is the same photo scrapped two different ways.  Still have to do one more so they each have one for their photo albums.

 Papers used -  Echo Parke(Merry Christmas)
                        Heidi Swapp(Believe)
                        Making Memories(Fa La La)
                        Bo Bunny (Sleigh Ride)
Decorative brads- MME, Teresa Collins, Echo Park
Savy Stamp Joy Die
Simple Stories emphemera
Shimelle stickers

Papers - Pink Paislee(Merry and Bright)
              Carta Bella (Christmas)
Title and tree cut on Silhouette
Simple stories ephemera
Stars, Washi?

New Shoes!

I got me some new athletic shoes on sale after Christmas. Curtis calls them my "Frozen"shoes! I really like them because there are no laces to tie up and fall over!!! That's a bonus for me! They are super light and very comfortable.



I have been wearing them around the house to break them in for my upcoming trip. But today I bit the bullet and went walking! Already 3 times as warm as yesterday snd is only 30F. All the people that shovel get gold stars because their sidewalks are bare and dry! I curse those that don't!
 Spent a while on the phone the last two days, as my sister and I start to finalize our big trip.  I leave a month from today- Feb. 10.  Starting to make my antsy. 
A gal called from work to see if I would pick up some hours on Tues.  I need some spending $$$ for so called trip.  I willingly said yes.  Work hours have been few and far between this last month.  
Need to stop here and get on the desk top to include a couple of layouts.

 Papers used- Bunny (Little Miss), Prima(Flights of Fancy)
  Butterflies- Kaiser Craft, Bo Bunny
Tickets-MME
Tim Holtz flourish die, the die cuts were misted with Colorshine
Pearls
Title cut with Quickutz Zoe Font

 Papers from Authentique(Original collection) , Chatterbox(dark blue)
Fiskars punch
Ribbon
paper scraps
Raised stickers- MME
Title cut with Quickutz Zoe font



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My Visitors.

Today Cooper came to spend a little time with his nana, while his mum ran some errands and didn't have to keep putting him in and out of his car seat.  Pain in the butt when it is cold and snowy like today. 
So, I took some photos.

 He always has a snack in my mums old tin measuring cup

 How happy is he attacking nana with a wrapping paper tube

 Oh, how this kid loves trains. 

My other visitors are all the birds in the back yard and a rabbit too.  Don't see the rabbit every day, but I did see him today.  We have a family of flickers that visit daily.  I can have up to 6 of them flying around and eating the suet out back.  Along with downy woodpeckers, nuthatches and chickadees and red breasted finches.  

Today the cold air from the north has plunged south and it is very cold and snowy.  

Here is a little layout I worked on. 

                                                                from our family photo day back in August. 
Paper from Echo Park and We R Memory Keeprs
Title is American Craft Thickers
Big star is Bella Blvd
Wood Veneer is Studio Calico
mini letters Authentique

Putting Christmas Away!

I always think it is sad to put all the Christmas decorations away.  The tree went down on Saturday with Cait's help.  And because I went into work on Sunday morning, I waited until Monday to put the rest away.  And of coarse, like clockwork, I found one little wall hanging that got missed.  My little snowman village is still up until the end of the month.  After all, it is still winter here.  Cooper and Harlee were here after dinner last evening, while Nic was at Boy Scouts.  It was a mystery to Cooper where that big tree went.  He had some ice cream with lots of sprinkles and then crashed when he actually sat still with his nana. 
So, today Mama Clean went into action.  The furniture got dusted as the stuff went away, so now there were floor to clean.  Both the wood and the tile floors got mopped down.  And the laundry got done.  Now I am almost set for the week.  Just the bathrooms to do and they don't take too long. 
That means I can play in my scrap space.  Until something or someone interrupts me.
I did do a couple of layouts today and I have one more in the works.  Most productive I have been in weeks. 
Here are a couple I created. 
A page of Harlee and Cait from our family photos. 

Papers were from Bella Blvd, Authentique, Amy Tangerine, Dear Lizzy

Ephemera -Kaiser craft

Mini Letters-Authentique

Aerican Craft Thickers

Flair-?

 Old K&Co papers

The title and girl with the books were cut on the Silhouette

Ticket- MME

Flair-Two Peas in a Bucket