Girls have been playing in the snow & loving it. About a good inch so far outside.

Here is Elise, lovely candid shot of her...



And Elise & Emily together, showing some love!

Yes Joy, they do get their photo snapped a lot!

Snow has stopped here. Quite disappointed as we only have about 2" here. Was hoping for at least 4"! Hoping it starts back up again, but not holding my breath.

I will try to do a Christmas card or two using my cricut this month. Fun challenge!

Hello & welcome to the chat thread! Where in Canada do you live? Looking forward to getting to know you!

I want this on the new page since it might not be read...

Nancy, I will try. We are flying back home on Feb. 3. You gave me two days!!!

And your Star Wars card looks great!!!

Welcome, onmyweigh!

OK. Back to invites. I think that is all I am doing! Wait, I took some pictures for a friend to edit in photoshop. Sr. pics for her daughter. I needed something else to do.

I wanted to relax today but started playing with my E Oh so nice to hear the sound of the machine going LOL

Still raining here so far no snow but that might start tonight...

Have a good night/day everyone

Well girls have already been playing out in the snow, in their pajamas. LOL They couldn't wait to get back out there. Such a difference to when they were about 2 or 3 yrs of age & hated the snow. They would cry when I put them out in it! lol

Easy day today, just have to do a bit of laundry. I like easy days! lol

Nancy - Your Star Wars card is so cute! Love it.

Sharon - Your girls are darling! Loved it when mine were that age. They grow up fast.

Welcome Onmyweigh. This is a fun group!

Not much going today. Just going to make a big pot of veggie soup. One of my daughters and her husband called yesterday and invited themselves to dinner today. I'm not in a cooking mood, so said I would just make soup. Now I'm thinking I should have gone with a roast in the crockpot like Sandra. Would have been easier than all the chopping, but this will smell good simmering all day.

Shelly... enjoy your soup sounds like a nice day for comfort foods

Sandra.. Pot Roast sounds good to me...

DH made a Hugh pot of Clam chowder yesterday.. guess what is for dinner..

It is so windy here thankfully it was sunny out today so the snow melted

I got so much accomplished today...

Laundry done, took apart my bedroom and cleaned floor to ceiling, rearranged things

busy all day

Good grief, Joy...that made me tired just to read all that!

We had a good day, went to the gym this morning. We had to exchange our Wii U that DS got for Christmas. It had a small nick out of the screen. Target was good to work with on it, but all the data/progress in our games would not transfer to the new Wii. DS had to start over on his games. He got over that in about an hour! DH had to return a gift I got him. It wasn't exactly what he wanted and I knew that when I got it, but they were out of the other item. He returned it and will order online. I went to dress barn while all that was happening and picked out two tops to wear with a gorgeous scarf that a college friend made and sent to me. I love the colors, but really didn't have something to wear with it--great excuse to shop! Can you believe they are stocking SPRING items. We have a foot of snow on the ground. Gads.

I made a few cards today. I really like them! Some Valentine's Day, some get well, just a random mix, but I'm trying really hard to use up a 6 by 6 paper pad. I have bunches of them and I'm trying really, really hard to completely use up at least one. I separated them into two stacks: hardly used, and mostly used up. I'm going to try to wipe out the "mostly used up" stack in the next few months. We'll see how far I get. I also want to scrapbook more this year. I say that every year, but I really am in the mood!

I have to take my car in for a recall tomorrow and will get a few things at the grocery. We're not doing much for NYE. Just getting some take out. We watch the ball drop at 11pm due to our time zone. We'll be in bed at 11:05.

I am having a hard time grasping the fact that tomorrow is New Year's Eve. Where has the time gone???

I was in J's a day or two before Christmas, and their Christmas stuff was all 75% off and they were stocking the shelves with Valentine's Day stuff and spring flowers. Oh brother.

Sonya, any excuse to shop sounds good to me!

Sandra, I have crocheted a couple of those ruffley scarves, but I guess now there is yarn out that ruffles itself somehow.

It is so QUIET here right now. All the young group went out for dinner, Nick is asleep, and Jeffie and Kail wore themselves out running back and forth across the back yard. Two back yards to run through! It is wonderful.

Debbie, I would gratefully take a bit of your heat right now. Our highs are in the mid-20's this week. It is COLD. I am tired of cold. I was hoping for 70's at Jills, but alas, only in the low 60's. We heat with a woodstove, and sometimes I get so tired of the mess, but on days like these, it is nice that I can keep the house nice and toasty warm, and not pay an arm and a leg.

I took the ornaments off of the tree yesterday and took it down, but it is still in the office in pieces. Kate put everything back in boxes this afternoon, and we have the boxes put away. Still need to take down and put away stuff that is outside.

I am tryng to pack, but I am not doing a very good job. I wanted to start this morning, but ended up going to the dr with DH (shoulder, not belly) and then he spent like two hours working on Megan's fiance's car, out in the below freezing cold. And it is hard to pack. COLD here, cool at Jill's, warm in Hawaii. Plus formal clothing.

What I REALLY want to do is try out Artiste. But I don't that is going to happen any time soon.

Yesterday, Les Mis (I am not going to spell the whole thing) was a free Kindle book. So I downloaded it. I may never get it read, but at least I have it!!

Hi girls...and happy new year! I made myself take down all the decorations before I could scrapbook today. And I was very motivated to scrap, so the decorations came down quickly. I didn't put up everything this year, so it wasn't quite as difficult a task as it has been in years past. I just wasn't into the holiday this year. I think I need to start a bit earlier so it doesn't stress me out as much next year.

I ended up doing a two page LO today, using my "other" machine. It turned out really nice. I had gotten some Echo Park paper awhile back and have really enjoyed using it up. It's gorgeous stuff and nice quality. My guys are playing the Wii, so I may go scrap a bit more while I'm in the mood!

We had to replace our Wii. The first one had a chip in the screen of the handheld unit (Wii U). Target took it back with no problem, but there was no way to re-put the data from my son's games back on the unit, so he's starting all over on his games. He's disappointed, but surviving...

I have a lot of projects I plan to accomplish in 2013...lots of house projects. I'm hiring our bathrooms to be painted, getting some new living room carpet, a new chair and just some larger cleaning projects. Will be a busy early winter, once spring hits I'm planning to bike a LOT more than last year.

That's all from me....hope you have a great New Years! Here's to another year of friendship!

Poor Megan is going to do some work on her house whether she wants to or not. She had a leak in a pipe in her wall. They had to tear out the tile around her master bath toilet. But the worse problem was in her basement. Part of it was wet and moldy. A contractor came to look at it and said it was bad enough she should call an insurance adjuster. Oh boy.