How can it be Monday already????

That is how I feel!  LOL  I just do not understand where all my time goes!  We had a busy week last week, just planning things for Dan coming home on leave & heading to the lake.  That was his only request - what a kid!  So I of course have been busying baking & freezing.  Don't want to have to do it all at once and go into over load!  Making the menu plan is always the hardest when you have a large group & know that more will show up.  That is what makes going to the lake so much FUN though!  I of course am trying to figure out what to pack in my tub.  Yep that's all I get to bring with me is 1 tub.  Can you believe they would be that MEAN to me??  LOL  Just means I need to get to figuring out exactly what project(s) I wanna bring with me.  Dan will be flying into Minneapolis airport late on Wed (6/15) evening and we will be there to give him a GIANT HUG!!  I can hardly wait to see him!!!!!!  Then we will head right up to the lake and just hang out there, till he has to be returned to the airport & fly back to California, to base.  I am so excited to hear all the stories that he will have to tell & the many experiences he has had also.  Just so happy & thankful that he has been SAFE!

Now onto my share for today - - - -

I'm still addicted to the Subway ART!!  I just love how all the words you want to use to describe someone or something is used!  Then I found these little do dads (the metal cog) and knew that I had to get those when I found them!  So I did and none too soon!  I think it fits perfectly with this card!  Hope you enjoy it & remember Father's Day is just a couple weeks away!  YIKES!!


Off to plan some more things for when my Airman returns home!  Hope you ENJOY your Monday!
Hugs -
MaGoooooo/maria

Wild Wednesday!

It is a wild one!  But you won't find me complaining bout it!!!!  The sun is shinning & there's a nice breeze coming through the windows that get to be open!!  Just doing that HAPPY DANCE that we don't live down in the big city!!  Yesterday the temps in Minneapolis were 103 - They set records & the weather man said it hasn't been that warm (at this time of the year) for 23 years.  Thankfully things have changed in time & we now have AC in our home!  It doesn't seem to be used much living up north though!  LOL  We hit a whopping 68 yesterday, which was just fine with me!

We had a wonderful time at the lake and I have not loaded pics yet.  I will share those in a bit.  But I am sharing a pic of a few cards I worked on there.  LOVE being able to stamp & have the peace & tranquility all around.  Something about feeling like you are in the BIG WOODS!  I am using a stamp that I took as a SAB - remember a few months ago when SU was holding their Sell-a-bration special?  I took the single stamp "on the green", figured that I would put it to good use at some point.  I know just a few Golfers!

I think it makes a pretty nice b-day or Father's Day card!

ENJOY your day!
Hugs
MaGoooooo/maria

Heading to the lake

I don't have much time, but I wanted to make sure and share with you some FUN news go to Our Craft Lounge and check out their blog hop going on this weekend!!!!  http://www.blog2.ourcraftlounge.com  FUN - AWESOME samples!  Great bunch of gals & AWESOME designs!!

Have a GREAT weekend!  Hubbys yelling that he's pulling out with or without me.  Gotta go!
Hugs
MaGoooooo/maria

I'm BACK!

Sorry I've been MIA for a while.  Life just seems to consume a lot of our time and stress along with it. 

I figured the best way to get outta this slump & bring some happiness into life is to pull out the stamps and PLAY!!  Along about this time the sun shine has decided it's time to peak out once again too.  It is amazing to me how just a little of that bright color up there in the sky can make a GIANT difference on our out look!  It is so nice out there today that I just returned from a nice long "Muffy" walk and it's warm enough I can actually leave the windows open and bring in some of that wonderful clean air smell!!!!

I hope that you all ENJOYED your Memorial Day weekend.  I hope that you were able to take a moment to remember all of our guys & gals in the Military.  Past & Present!  One of mine will be state side soon - YIPPEEE!!  My Sailor Airman Dan!!  He will be returning from his first deployment on June 15th to San Diego.  So we will not be able to run and greet him, but he will be getting on a plane and flying back home & spending his 7 days of leave with us!!!!  All he asked for was time at the lake, with his immediate family!  I can hardly wait to see him, give him a tight hug & kiss!!!  Then I'm gonna stuff him full of the foods that he has missed & just let him drink the beer he wants and BS with us!!  Even Tyler is coming home from Colorado to be with us all.  What a GREAT group of kids I have!!

So today I am sharing one of the graduation cards that I made for one of the many open houses we have to attend this spring.  I'm so happy every time I make a Grad card for a special friend!  I smile the whole time I'm working on it, thinking of what that special kid went through to get to this place in their life.  Wishing them well as they take the next step in their life journey.  Okay I'm done with all my sloppy - soupy story.  LOL  Now I don't know if you have noticed that over the past year it seems that the Subway Art is taking over!!  I, personally LOVE it!!!  Any how Janet over at http://todaysfabulousfinds.blogspot.com had a contest back in March & I WON!!!  She created the COOOOOOOLEST family subway art work!!  It is hanging very proudly I would like to say right smack dab next to our front door.  Go check out her blog, I know you will also fall in love with it!!  She has sooooo many AWESOME ideas there and she is so very gracious with her sharing!  So that takes me to my share for today.  I hope you enjoy it and will also check out Janet's blog.  Just make sure it's when you have time!!!

I will be trying to stay on top of things better now!  Though remember I'm heading to the lake and we have to internet there.  That's fine, I can just play!!

Hugs
MaGoooooo/maria