Busy Day at the Lodge

Well I've had a busy day have been trying to get some of my china tea cups and saucers washed up as well my bird collection. You know when you burn wood everything get very dusty quick and it makes for more work but the heat feel so good on them cold days. I did manage to get some laundry done and my dishwasher cleaned inside. Just so much too do with such a big home but I would not change it for nothing. I will confess through I do have a cleaning girl that does come in once a week but she does not clean these things I do them myself. I do have a very large bird collection and allot of china tea cups and saucers and I don't what anyone to handle those but me. Yes! dust collectors you may say, but will they are my dust collectors and I like them very much and this is why I am the only one that cleans them and I do it probably 3 to 4 times a year. I also have my Humel collection of about 6 pieces. Well I guess I have told you enough of my boring day. Will I did start a layout tonight which hopefully I will finish tomorrow. One thing I have decided is that I am going to move my desk back into the living room so I can scrap in there, I just can not get comfortable anywhere else in the house it's awful. I got more scrapping done when I had my desk in the living room and it seems I have not done much since I moved it out. I may sound like I am trying to justify moving it back in there, not really sure why I moved it out be honest with you but it going back and that's all there is too it.

Maine's Nor'easter

This is what we look like today a big blanket of white with the wind blowing at times that you could hardy see. Paul and I went to Lewiston for his doctor's appointment and the drive home was just awful, he did not drive more than 35 maybe 40 miles per hour. I was so happy to get home and get a fire going in the firerplace and get warmed up I was so cold to the bone. Tomorrow will be another day to clean up. The decks are piled right up with snow and believe me it will take sometime and alot of hot coffee after this nor'easter. The blessings of Mother nature.

Quiet Day on the Lake

Today has been very quiet. I done a couple loads of laundry and than the day was all mine to do as I pleased and yes I had it all mapped out. I wanted to Scrap! I had a picture of Hannah that I wanted to use for this layout and I also wanted to try some whirl stencils I had purchased. So I started to get my supplies out and wouldn't you know my things are all over the place in the breezeway and down cellar, it seems like I spent half the morning running up and down just getting what I needed to get started. Will finally I managed to get started on my layout and I was making great head way right down to the finally touches and now I have to wait for my glitter to dry so I can add my flowers and that will finish the layout. This is a funky, blink, flowery and girly layout something most eight year old's love and especially with all the swirls in assorted colors. Will as you can see I did have a good day and oh I got some goodies in the mail that I had purchase from eBay. I have gotten allot of good scrapbooking deals off eBay the past month or so, it has been awesome. Well, thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you back soon.

January Thaw

Today was such a beautiful day it had to be at least 45 degrees outside. Now this is good for January and believe me the snow was just melting away. Will I done some paper merging this morning, getting ready to do some more scrapping. I would like very much to enter a contest so I am getting my papers ready so I can at least start my projects. The contest ends the end of February so I want to get going on it. I have not felt that well today have ached allot and had to break down and take my pain pills so that kind of puts a damper on doing to much this afternoon I ended up lying on the couch my lower back ached so much and having a little nap. It's awful to get old. Oh well! There is another day and I have to take it that way and see how I feel. Will I just have to stop in and drop a few lines and keep you updated. This is all part of my resolution to myself in getting back too my blog and to my forums. I have especially missed my forums chatting with the ladies and they have been posting some great layouts in the galleries.

Treasured Keepsakes

I had to come back and tell you about the below "Did You Know?" keepsakes, these are taken from the Thank You, Mom book that I picked up at Big Lots. The reason I posted them is because I found them to be very informative and very inspiring. This book is such a great inspiration to all Mother's, I get teases in my eyes reading some of the sayings and verses they are just so beautiful.

Did You Know?

The Mother Who changed the Course of Church History

Monica was a Christian woman living in fifth-century Northern Africa when that region was still part of the Roman Empire. In 354 A.D, she gave birth to a boy, her only child and her pride and joy. She taught the boy of Christ's love and prayed for him constantly. But as the boy grew up, he abandoned her teaching, choosing instead to pursue the worldly pleasures-as well as the pagan philosophies and religious beliefs-that were so readily available in the late Roman Empire. But through it all, Monica continued to pray for her son faithfully, convinced that God would reach him eventually. When Monica's son was thirty years old, God finally broke through. Monica's son was Saint Augustine, and the truths she taught him at her knee have echoed throughout history.

Did You Know?

Susanna Wesley was no stranger to suffering. She lived in the shadow of poverty, illness, and hardship. She gave birth to nineteen children, but nine of them died before the age of two. Still, she remained faithful and committed herself to teaching her children the things of God. Though her huge family was squeezed into a tiny house, she valued quiet time with God, and she made sure she got it. When she sat down and pulled her apron over her head, her children knew not to disturb her: she was praying. He faithfulness paid huge dividends. One of her sons, John, went on to found the Methodist Church. Another son, Charles, wrote over nine thousand hymns and remains one of the best-love hymnists of all time.

Here is a saying from one of her sons.

I have learned more about Christianity from my mother than from all the theologians of England. (John Wesley)

Did You Know?

Julia Ward Howe is credited as being the first person to propose a Mother's Day in America, though it wasn't exactly the Mother's Day we all know and love. In 1872 she called for a day when mothers would join together for huge anti-war demonstrations. Her other claim to fame? She wrote "The Battle Hymn of the Republic."

Mother's Day as we know it came about thanks to the efforts of Anna M. Jarvis. The first Mother's Day church service was held, at her request, on Sunday, May 10, 1908, in Grafton, West Virginia. Six years later, in 1914, Congress officially declared the second Sunday in May to be a day to honor mothers.

Shopping with Paul

Yesterday was a fairly good day for Paul so after church he felt like he wanted to do a little shopping at the Christmas Tree Shop and Big Lots. Well after Mass I have to make my usual stop at Dunkin Donuts for my ice coffee or my day is going no wear fast, so after getting all geared up with the caffeine we are off for a couple of hours of looking around for me and maybe picking up a few odds and ends. Well our first stop was the Christmas Tree Shop, bargains big time.....................do I need too say anymore. I picked up two very inexpensive comforters to put over my couch and love seat and they look really good. I have to tell you my living room set is over 20 years old but it still is in okay shape and I am not ready to purchase a new one yet, Chester is still a 5 year old baby and does pretty much what he wants. Well getting back to subject at hand great deal there than we moved on too Big Lots and Paul got a deal here he picked up 2 more lights for his work shop in the cellar. I am telling you he was just like a little boy in a candy store, all I could hear from him is "what lights" for 12.00 and there are only "2". If you girls don't know this these are the words of a man saying to his wife, I got to have them. Of course I never have ever said to Paul do you really think you need these........this is so not me. I love to see him have a place to play and enjoy himself and he does in his little workshop in the cellar. I do have to tell you I picked up these 3 little books with some wonderful sayings in them as well, one is for Sister, Friends and Mothers so last night I sat rid alto of them and they are awesome I must say. I will use them for some layouts that I will be making in the very near future and will post on my gallery. I have not made my gallery accessible yet as it is still under construction but it will be up and running very soon for all too see.

Make a Wish..............

I just had to come back and drop a quick note and post a picture of my wishing well. Please do make a wish.........We get much more snow I will have to take some snow off my wishing well, I don't want all my wishes to get wet.

My wish for all of you...............A very Happy Healthy Prosperous New Year!

Winter Wonderland

Will this is what we have been doing lately. It truly is a Winter Wonderland here at our house. I do have to admitted though the scenery is beautiful. As I am typing this tonight we are getting more snow and the accumulation is to be about 12 inches, so I guess I will have to kept the old shine on the shovel. Late this afternoon I took Chester for a walk on the camp road and it was snowing big flakes and it was really so pretty, he was really enjoying it and I must say I was as well. I took this picture this morning before it started snowing and I took several of out front of the house facing the cove all of my shrubs are laid right over. Happy New Year! I almost forgot to give my wishes to you all. We are so blessed to have come into another year, we can only hope that things do change for the better in the world.