Greetings!

Good afternoon!
It is the Sunday after Thanksgiving, a very warm and sunny Sunday, and my husband is outside getting some yard work done. Normally I would be working beside him, but I felt that since he monopolizes this computer during the week, I would take advantage of the open seat. Of course, I may get interrupted half a dozen times by his calling for me, as I did just now...

Thanksgiving was pretty quiet by our usual standards. My two girls stayed at their homes (AZ. and CA.) the sons' girlfriends didn't come for their visits until later in the evening and most of the nieces and nephews were elsewhere, so there were only (a quiet) eight of us. However, something that never usually happens when I cook a turkey, happened this year.
Our turkey was ready about 2 hours before we expected, so it was a mad dash to complete those last few dishes. Thankfully, the side dishes that my brother and my sister brought for the dinner were hot hot hot, so we didn't have to worry about reheating! Everything was delish - we have had scrumptious leftovers ever since- AND everyone went home with goodie platters!

I don't know about the rest of you, but I stayed away from the stores this weekend. I have been using any free time lately, to craft the greeting cards which you can see below.
This first card was difficult to photograph because there is a clear transparency over the card which caused a lot of reflection.
In fact, I can't believe the problems I had in getting the color to look like the actual cards. I am chuckling about this though, because if you can believe this, I once photographed products as part of my job when I worked for a point of purchase display company!

Hmmm...not so clear...but I think the photos will enlarge by clicking on them if you are interested.

Most of the cards were done using a master board that I had painted, copied and cut, and/or in combinations of scrapbooking papers, photos that I’d taken, rubber stamps, beads, sequins, glitter, and so on. It has been fun, but every piece is cut with an x-acto knife or scissors (or torn) because I don’t like using my paper cutter for small pieces, and I don’t have one of those fancy machines that (I guess) do the cut work for you. (I really don’t know how those things work.) So it is time consuming, but I am not complaining. It is very peaceful in my little room.

After I post this I will probably bring some of our boxes of Christmas decorations up from the basement to go through, and then I may have to go to the grocery store. Not one of my favorite activities, but since I shop for my mother as well, I do have to hit the store at some point.

OH! As an update…These past two Saturday nights, we have visited with our friend Chris. You may remember him from my older posts about our friend who broke his neck while surfing? Last week he came down here to visit with us, and last night we went to his home for dinner. Chris is a miracle. He moves a bit like he has a stiff neck, but he is able to breathe, walk, talk, use his arms, etc., etc.! And aside from the slightly tilted, stilted look, he is quite the normal, nutty guy we love and adore. What a blessing for us.

Hope you are all enjoying the weekend, and I hope to talk to you again real soon.

p.s. I was only interrupted three times while writing this post!