"Even a stopped clock is right twice a day." - Proverb

Happy Monday!

Had a great weekend!

Didn't cook at all! Saturday night we went out with Ray's company, and last night the SIL invited us!
SWEET!

I DID craft though!

I finished my cards for CCAYR! I'll do a separate post for them later this week!
I will show you though!
They turned out like I wanted them to!
I've been making 6 Christmas Cards at a time, and I'm putting 4 aside for the Family Rebellion Silent Auction next year.
I'll do that until I have a collection of 12 or 16.

Had to show you that I'm finishing the insides too!

I used every scrap of that red & pink swirly paper on the left!

Ray's hauling logs to a mill about 100 kms away. They make a paper there......I made the 'scale girl' (she weighs their loads of logs) a Thank You card.

The little rectangle is out of the paper they make.

I made the flower too!

I read about it in a post somewhere, and if anyone's seen it, they can tell me and I'll credit the proper crafty person!

You punch out a shape, these were scalloped circles....just 2 of them.

You run it through your crimper until you can pull the papers apart. The inside of the papers look like suede!

You put a brad through the center, scrunch them up, and scrunch and scrunch, then carefully pull them apart, and shape them into  flower!!

The butterflies were left over from the last Stamp Club.

And I LOVE that newsprint paper!

Ray had brought me samples of paper from the mill before; I used a whole sample sheet on Kendras' card I made her in this post! (She likes purple! When she went out with K; do you know how hard it was to make purple Christmas cards?!)

Last week he brought home 12 X 12 sheets!

I'll have enough 'local' paper for a lifetime!

 I also received these in the mail today!
The "I Hear A Symphony" ATC's.

I've been walking on the treadmill!

Things I've learned .....You.Should.Not.Face.The.Clock.!

That's it. You shouldn't face the clock!

I'm getting there!

Want to do 5 miles a day!

So, I get home, do my chores; dishes, laundry, fill the stove, make muffins, read the mail, etc.!?

Whatever comes up actually! 

Then walk on the treadmill before I come to craft & play!

Better go, have a great week everyone!

Ta ta for now!

Ever Notice That The People Who Tell You to Calm Down Are The Ones That Got You Mad in The First Place!?-Maxine

Nope, I'm not mad.....just having issues this week with my fellow Friends of the Library, the Library Board,  the town council, and the (ex?) librarian; I'll get over it! Or maybe The Friends of the Library will un friend me!
TGIF!

And the news makes me cranky..........if it is news!
I don't watch the news on TV cause it just makes me sad.
I DO know what's going on in the world, I do Not live under a rock; I just like to read about it.
Here are some headlines for today!

    Obama challenges Egypt's president: Consider your legacy

Army denies Arlington cemetery burial for Hmong general

Sarah Palin's bid to trademark her name refused - for now

Vatican says Pope Benedict no longer an organ donor

Son of former Enron President Jeffrey Skilling found dead

Lawsuit: Mets owners owe Madoff victims $300 million

Two Canadians die swimming in Mexican resort town

Former B.C. teacher guilty in murder of pregnant wife

Ont. woman fights off shark while swimming in Mexico

Ice falls from Super Bowl stadium roof injuring six

Man caught driving 170 km/h over speed limit in Quebec

    Miley Cyrus adds another tattoo to her growing list

Seriously!? Miley Cyruses tattoo is in there with the breaking news stuff.........oh bother!
That's what I'm talkin about folks!

Okay, so I just popping in to tell you to have a great weekend!

I have a few pictures for you, and not one of them includes all my Stampin' Up goodies. But I'll tell you what I got.
The Big Shot, 3 double sided embossing templates, a spider web template (embossing), some filler plates for the Big Shot, 5 stamp sets, 2 sets of designer paper, a Stampin around wheel, 2 sizes of envelopes, and that might be about it. All for less than $100.00 Canadian! I played last night! Gotta find a spot on my desk for the Big Shot, cause I know; out of sight, out of mind!

I'm working on my cards for CCAYR!
Decided what I want to do, so need to crochet 5 flowers...yeah, I do that too!

Alrighty, stay tuned for the pictures.

I'm not sure what these chubby little fellers are! Grouse? Ptarmigans?

The weather warmed up again this week, and these guys were everywhere!

The first pics were when I turned into the driveway, just under the neighbors fence, there was about 6 of them!

This one was in the yard at work. He had friends too, I just couldn't get them all!

This next one is a sunrise out my office window!

Yeah, I go to work in the dark!

This picture is of the Valentine card Ray & I got from the kids......doesn't it just make you go awwwwwww!?

There you have it.
It also rained last night and most of the day.
Which is not good when the temperature's hovering around 0 degrees!

The mechanic at work came in at noon and told me he'd had enough fun, he was going home.
I said: "Oh, what did you do?"
Him: "Well Gail, when you get out to the highway, you have to stop, even thought the sign's not there."
Me: "Oh, where did it go?"
Him: "I took it out when I hit the ditch trying to get on the highway with the service truck."
Me (cause I'm tactless) "hahahahahaha!"
You KNOW if that was me I"d never hear the end of it.
Him; "Didn't do any damage to the truck."
I didn't ask! I was still laughing!

So have a great weekend people, I'll try to have some crafty pictures for you by Monday!

Ta ta for now!