Thank you to.........................continued

First photo is from Fiona from Chookyblue's Santa Swap. Thank you so much Fiona for the wonderful ornaments that are adorning the tree now and the small table runner and Santa wall hanging and the calendar and dishcloth. You do lovely work.

Second photo is from Cherry from Pat Sloan's Secret Elf swap. She made the most wonderful Snowman wall hanging. Since I love and collect snowmen it fits me so well. She included the best tasting chocolates and winter fqs and snowman ornament. Thank you Cherry so much!

What we woke up to this morning in NJ .......

These is what we had this morning in NJ. The first photo is from the front door and the other photo is the backyard. I still have to go shovel and clear off the car.

Thank you to...................

Thank you to Alison from Australia for the wonderful calendar, fqs, the Christmas portfolio hand embroidered by her and the handmade bear. I love them all and can't wait to use the fqs. This is from Fionamaries Great Global Christmas Swap.

Giving thanks.............and moving on.............

I was so grateful to be able to go home for this week since it has been over 90 days since I was home. It was nice to see my family and take care of closing a life up. I put down Jingle Bells on November 27th. She was 17 years old and lived a good long life. She was the last tie to my dad who died in 1995 of cancer. Rest in peace Jingle Bells and run and play over the rainbow bridge my friend...................

Got to get the mojo back.............

It has been over a month since I have been around here. Last weekend I joined Weight Watchers and at my first weight in I lost 7 lbs. Y*I*P*E*E!!! I am off to a good start and it wasn't a hard week just some minor annoyance at work.

Swaps.....

Here are two swap projects that I completed recently.

Slow mo this summer.....

My where has the summer gone?? I have been sick and very lax this summer but I have to get it in gear since it is back to work in a little over two weeks. So here are some photos from this summer so far. The shots are from the Missouri Botanical Garden and the famous ketchup bottle in the town I live in in Illinois. The day lillies are from my back yard.