Happy New Year!
....and Happy Birthday Sharon. Hello friends! Did you all have a wonderful holiday? I know I did. As usual, I got far less accomplished than I had hoped. But, I did get some relaxing done. I enjoyed visiting with all of you over the last week. We had some good food, fun shopping, and fabulous crafting days. I'm ready to do it all over again.

National Day of Mourning
Well, as you all know today is a National Day of Mourning. I'm sad that there will be no mail delivery today...that's three days in a row! You all know how much I love getting mail. Which reminds me that I forgot to mail a bill today...oh well...

Anyway, in addition to mourning the loss of President Ford, I'm sad to report that there was another loss last night. I received a call from Anthony this morning on my drive to work (yes, I made it to the office) and he told me that Bell, his former cart horse, had passed away last night. I'm so sad for him. Bell was my favorite. She was sick one night last week, but Anthony says she appeared fine when he fed them last night. We'll miss you Bell.

New Year's Day
Yesterday was a lot of fun. I was able to drag myself out of bed around 9:30 (miraculous since I went to bed at 3am). Anthony and I did some shopping - one of our favorite activities. We hit Target and Ikea. I love Ikea. In the afternoon we visited with Brooke and Ed at their Open House. It was nice to visit and see what changes they've made to the house. It's definitely no longer a bachelor pad.

Brooke and I also had a fun shopping trip last Friday down to the outlets in AC. We had fun together, but the outlets weren't anything to write home about. There were a couple of dozen outlets - mostly clothes and shoes. I love the Lenox and Pfaltzgraff stores so I was out of luck. But, no worries, I still found plenty to spend my money on. It was nice hanging out with my new sister one-on-one. We had a nice visit and I'm definitely looking forward to doing it again soon!!! Maybe next time we'll hit the Pottery Barn Outlet in Lancaster!!!

New Year's Eve

What did you all do for New Year's Eve? I rang in the holiday stamping my brains out! Chrissy came over in the afternoon and I taught her all about stamping. She made several beautiful cards and a couple of projects to frame. I continued stamping through the evening. Julie came over around 9:30 and hung out right through midnight and the new year! We had lots of fun. Julie's husband, Al, gave her A LOT of stamp sets for Christmas so she had to assemble them all. I think I have also finalized the cards for this Saturday's event.

Christmas Get-Together
This past Saturday was our annual Christmas Get-Together with all of the "high school" friends. We had a fabulous time together and exchanged gifts. I made my signature Chicken Pot Pie for everyone. I meant to bring in the recipe today, but I forgot. Someday I'll post it on here and you can all try it for yourselves. Here are some photos from the night for you all to enjoy.....