Off to the mountians!

We're leaving in a few hours for our annual trip to Paisano Baptist Encampment between Alpine and Marfa, in the Davis Mountains. It still feels strange to be standing in nearly 100 degree weather packing for temps anywhere from the 100's to the 50's, but that's what it's like. We'll take the spoiled brat, aka Amelia the cat. She's fun to watch on the screened in porch. She'll slink around chasing bugs and then jump on the window ledge to meow at birds outside. I'll try to get some pictures of her doing that.

I'm taking along 2 small acrylic albums. Maybe I can get over my fear of them and get them done. I'm also taking some cards along to make and a couple of altered projects. It's nice to sit in the quiet and just relax and scrap in the afternoons.

This year's Bible Study leader is the pastor of a friend of mine from Houston. She says he's fantastic, so that will be enjoyable.

I'm also taking along some things to make hymnal markers for the choir at church. I'm tired of torn bulletin pieces falling out of my hymnal each Sunday.

So, I should have some good crafts and some fun pictures to post when I get back.

See you then.

Some Scrapping!

Well, cards actually, but hey, I used my Cuttlebug, inks, Bazzil, and ribbons!

These are thank yous for the friends who brought us meals after my surgery. I didn't think I'd like the tan one when I first embossed it, but now it's my favorite.

The Reason I Haven't Updated Sooner

What a week! My in-laws were here for the Fourth, and stayed over to do some stuff at their cabin at the farm. So my dear Mother-in-law, Clarice, and Kathleen and I did some shopping on Monday. It was fun. On Tuesday we got the kids eyes checked and Jeff left to go to the funeral of a very special man in Marfa.

On Wednesday our very special friend and family member Cheryl called. She was trying to paint her house and her helpers had to back out due to a case of mono. So on Thursday we got up early, headed to Cheryl's house and painted. We finished up Friday. The house looks great, but July in Texas is a tough time to paint. It was 104 in the shade and we weren't in the shade most of the time. The best part is we all had fun visiting with Cheryl and it didn't seem like the chore it should have been. And Cheryl, Kathleen and I went and got pedicure when it was over. :)

The Beginning

Well, this is my first post on this blog. My hope is that this can be the place I display my scrapbook layouts (the scraps) and share random thoughts about life (the snippets). Over the next few posts I plan to get organized and adjust the look of this blog to my tastes, but for now the template will do.