Showing posts with label christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label christmas. Show all posts
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Merry Christmas!
We are blessed that everyone is healthy on this Christmas Day! We went to Midnight Mass and were able to get a few family photos beforehand. God is good. Merry Christmas!
Monday, December 12, 2011
Merry Christmas!
It's that time of year, where we send out Christmas cards to friends and family. I try to make them all. Here's another one I decided to sew last night:
I have no idea why I decided to sew cards. :o) One observation: sometimes I don't stamp straight! Oh well, it is still fun to send handmade Christmas cards, right? I made a few of the cards below, too. I embossed over stamped images.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Christmas Card
Here is the last card I made for my class at the Senior Center on November 7th. I hope the seniors like it!
I love the embossed "Joy" over the verses of Joy to the World in the shape of a star..... I think I love making Christmas cards more than any other cards!
Christmas Cards
I've already started making Christmas cards. This first one is my favorite. I will be making this one with the seniors at the Senior Center on November 7th.
Here are a few others that I have made. Not sure if I like them all.... but here's what I created:
Here are a few others that I have made. Not sure if I like them all.... but here's what I created:
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Shimmer Paint Paper Tutorial Video
You can make GORGEOUS Christmas cards by creating your own shimmer paint paper and creating ornaments using punches and die cuts. This is a simple WOW technique that I did last year for Christmas on a website. Lucky for you, I retain all rights to my videos and creations, so I can share it here on my blog. Have fun creating!
Monday, December 20, 2010
Portland Head Light Gingerbread
This year, we made Portland Head Light our of gingerbread. Here is the final product. If I get a chance, I will upload pictures of the entire process.
Friday, December 17, 2010
Christmas Crazies?
Every year, I have to remind my hubby that the children will not die and Christmas will not be ruined if the they only get one gift. Jesus was God and He only received 3 gifts. That aside, if they got nothing, they would be okay. Are you caught up in the Christmas Crazies?
Christmas can be difficult for many folks. Often times we put ourselves through unnecessary stress over gift giving. I am guilty of it, as well. It is difficult not to get caught up in the Christmas hullabaloo. So-in-so is getting you a gift, so you feel compelled to return the favor. We've had to learn to be frugal and give handmade gifts. This year, I have made altered notebooks and hand-stamped cards for people on our gift list. I also give small scrapbooks and baked goods. Of course, at some point, your list could just continue into infinity--- We have so many people that we'd like to give a gift, but we simply cannot afford it.
A friend told me about writing IOUs for gifts. What a neat idea! Kids can write things such as, "IOU an hour of quiet" "I will empty the dishwasher without complaining", so forth and so on.
As we are in the last week of Advent, we are trying to focus on the true meaning of Christmas- the birth of Christ. Sometimes, we have to step away from the Christmas craziness to find Him.
Christmas can be difficult for many folks. Often times we put ourselves through unnecessary stress over gift giving. I am guilty of it, as well. It is difficult not to get caught up in the Christmas hullabaloo. So-in-so is getting you a gift, so you feel compelled to return the favor. We've had to learn to be frugal and give handmade gifts. This year, I have made altered notebooks and hand-stamped cards for people on our gift list. I also give small scrapbooks and baked goods. Of course, at some point, your list could just continue into infinity--- We have so many people that we'd like to give a gift, but we simply cannot afford it.
A friend told me about writing IOUs for gifts. What a neat idea! Kids can write things such as, "IOU an hour of quiet" "I will empty the dishwasher without complaining", so forth and so on.
As we are in the last week of Advent, we are trying to focus on the true meaning of Christmas- the birth of Christ. Sometimes, we have to step away from the Christmas craziness to find Him.
Friday, December 3, 2010
Christmas Wishes
Every year, as Christmas rolls around people start asking, "What do you want for Christmas?" Truthfully, what I want isn't something that anyone can give. Well, other than God Himself. I want a cure for Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome and Mitochondrial Disease. I want to never bring my children to the hospital for medical tests and procedures. I want my children to be healthy and not have daily health problems that impact their lives. Sounds like I'm asking for a normal life, doesn't it?
Over the last several years, we've had to make 15 out of state hospital trips and every fall, we end up having several surgeries-- this on top of the routine bone marrow biopsies and other testing. This fall was the first fall in 5 years that we didn't have an extra surgery scheduled. That certainly doesn't push us into that elusive land called normal. We've had high blood pressure (one child, not mine!), dizzy spells, severe migraines, and lots of their continuing pain issues over the last six months. I wish that we knew there would be an end--- if this next battery of tests were the end and we could fix it, then we could fix it and get on to regulalry scheduled life. That would be a gift-- fix it-- find a cure!
Yesterday, I was thinking about our oldest son. He is "normal" and healthy. I was wondering if, perhaps, the problems my other two have on a daily basis might be in the realm of normal. Our oldest rarely, if ever, complains of pain, headaches or anything. He has never had trouble walking -- except for the time he sliced his leg open when running into a metal bleacher. His blood pressure is normal. He is rarely sick...and when he is, it never gets too bad. Just small colds. When I do this, I realize there REALLY is something wrong with my other two boys. Sigh.
All I want for Christmas is a little slice of health! If the tilt-table test isn't normal, then we won't have to repeat the MRI (he has a small lesion -left temporal lobe) and we will have an answer. I don't think the lesion is an issue-- we found it in 2006, repepated MRIs with and w/o contrast and an MRA tat same month, then repeated the MRI the following year (2007) and the lesion showed no change at all. His headaches have gotten worse and the dizzy spells seem more frequent, but that really could be any number of things. We are trying to get the youngest in to see the MDA clinic PTs. We've heard they had experiecne with Mito. The last time he went to PT, the PT made the pain worse. Here's praying the MDA clinic PTs know how to help him.
Over the last several years, we've had to make 15 out of state hospital trips and every fall, we end up having several surgeries-- this on top of the routine bone marrow biopsies and other testing. This fall was the first fall in 5 years that we didn't have an extra surgery scheduled. That certainly doesn't push us into that elusive land called normal. We've had high blood pressure (one child, not mine!), dizzy spells, severe migraines, and lots of their continuing pain issues over the last six months. I wish that we knew there would be an end--- if this next battery of tests were the end and we could fix it, then we could fix it and get on to regulalry scheduled life. That would be a gift-- fix it-- find a cure!
Yesterday, I was thinking about our oldest son. He is "normal" and healthy. I was wondering if, perhaps, the problems my other two have on a daily basis might be in the realm of normal. Our oldest rarely, if ever, complains of pain, headaches or anything. He has never had trouble walking -- except for the time he sliced his leg open when running into a metal bleacher. His blood pressure is normal. He is rarely sick...and when he is, it never gets too bad. Just small colds. When I do this, I realize there REALLY is something wrong with my other two boys. Sigh.
All I want for Christmas is a little slice of health! If the tilt-table test isn't normal, then we won't have to repeat the MRI (he has a small lesion -left temporal lobe) and we will have an answer. I don't think the lesion is an issue-- we found it in 2006, repepated MRIs with and w/o contrast and an MRA tat same month, then repeated the MRI the following year (2007) and the lesion showed no change at all. His headaches have gotten worse and the dizzy spells seem more frequent, but that really could be any number of things. We are trying to get the youngest in to see the MDA clinic PTs. We've heard they had experiecne with Mito. The last time he went to PT, the PT made the pain worse. Here's praying the MDA clinic PTs know how to help him.
Friday, November 27, 2009
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Video clip of Sean practicing Hark! The Herald Angels Sing in preparation for playing it at Christmas Eve Mass.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Gingerbread House Part I
We've had this special pan for years. We love it--it makes it easy to make a gingerbread house. Bake two of one side and one of the other and you've got it ready to put together. 
