pamgarrison

happy thanksgiving!

Ahhh, a new computer. I had no idea how in need of that we were. Just one of the many things I have to be thankful for. Another is the constant kindness and well wishes I receive from you all. You all have such sweet and generous hearts. 

We have a houseful of guests for the next three days (yay), so I must go into panic-clean mode now (yuk).
I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving, I'll try to post again this weekend. xoxp

very ready for 2009

Hi all. 2008 just hasn't been a great year for the Garrisons. We are ready to start fresh with 2009! You know about the dual back issues, but I didn't mention that about a month or two ago my car was acting up. When I got it to the shop the mechanic said, "maybe you can pay someone to take it away?" True story. And it was only 4 thousand miles out of it's 100 thousand mile warranty. Super. Lesson learned there; sell your car while it's still under warranty. I am enjoying our new car though (a used Prius), and it certainly was time for a new car, but it seems so much more stressful when you are forced to deal with something  you weren't expecting to. 

The latest unanticipated fun was when I arrived home from Silver Bella all ready to post about what a great event it was and all the the details of  it's  success due to Teresa's tireless efforts. I even took photos at Silver Bella this year and was excited to share, only to discover that my computer had died, died, died. The apple store said it wasn't worth fixing. Super. So no computer, no photos uploaded, no blogging, no blog reading. I have bought a new one and it should be all set up and running by next Wednesday. (Thanks to anyone that bought something from me on vendor night because you helped me out with that! I did get a lot of teasing about my bad blogging habits this past year. I know I deserved it.)

But you know, whah whah whah. To put it all in perspecitive we have a new medical issue to pray about.  Super. Should be all wrapped up by the new year though, so, like I said, I'm really looking forward to this year ending. I'll be back next week, just wanted to explain in case anyone was coming by to see an update! xo

wrapping things up around here

Literally and figuratively. Spent an entire day packaging goodies for sale at Silver Bella. Wrapping is one of my favorite tasks over the holidays, so this was fun to me. I am excited for once to have lots to sell. I've been working on it for many weeks and all I can say is my poor family. Laundry, groceries, meals, housekeeping, all veeerrry neglected. But 8 boxes were shipped yesterday. One more shipment should be ready Monday, then it'll be clean up time around here. Just in time to buy a coat and some closed toed shoes. It's going to be cold in Nebraska, and since it's been at least 80 around here for months, I'm not ready for that!

you know how everyone is crazy about prize ribbons right now?

Well, me too. So for Silver Bella I made some giant ones. I'm thinking as a door hanging, or ???

Wish I had time to make some more before going, but tomorrow is the shipping deadline and I'm not close to ready. I  plan to make more for etsy when I get back (as well as flocked wallpaper packs and ornaments for those that have asked).

Maybe this photo will help you see how big they are... dinner plate size.

The ideas were just starting to flow when I had to stop, but imagine with wallpaper, or if I .... you know how that goes, could go on and on... hope I'm still into them mid November when I return. You know how that goes too, might be over it by the time I get back to it. We'll see.

getting goodies together for the silver bella vendor night

 

the weekend

(sorry the photos are all  fuzzy...not fuzzy in iphoto so must have been something in the exporting process, but I have no idea what...and gave up on fixing it)

The "nerd herd" as they called themselves (my daughter in pink) getting in the spirit pre trick or treating. It was indeed a crazy night here. I stopped counting after trick or treater number 200. Luckily there was not much mischief, just a steady flow of groups.

Then we had this:

and usually we have this too:

I must admit that as fun as it is to cheer them on,  I am happy the seasons are coming to an end. All those practices...so much easier to get homework done and dinner at a decent time without them. I won't miss the constant uniform laundry either. I know there are so many of you that know exactly what I mean!

Looking forward to some  free weekends - maybe I'll even get around to crafting. :)