Happy New Year 2011

Happy New Year to all my friends. I hope your 2011 will be happy, healthy and prosperous.

I just want you to know that I will be blogging just once a week this year. Trying to do it every day is just too much for me, and that's one of the reasons why I end up going for days and weeks on end, without adding anything to my blog.

So now that that is out of the way, I want to show you a picture of my birthday gift from Art. As you know, my birthday was on December 4th, 2010, and I received this most gorgeous set of jewelry from him. And it was actually designed and created by his granddaughter, Megan, who lives in Cincinnati. Her company name is FENNO Fashion (fennofashion.com) if you are interested in seeing some of her other work.

So here is the picture of my gift, which, by the way, I wore last night at our New Year's Eve party here at Del Tura. (Wow, I don't know what happened to my picture, but I'll try to find it. Sorry!)

I hope you have a wonderful holiday evening. Talk to you soon.

Hugs,
Lynn

My Birth Day

I guess you're wondering why I didn't post either Friday or Saturday. Well, it seems it was a very special day on Saturday and I was pretty busy on Friday, too. The family arrived on Friday night to help me celebrate my 75th yesterday.

This was probably one of the best birthdays I have ever had. It was extra sweet that my son and D-I-L were here for it. We had a really great time yesterday. Started off with a simple breakfast, and then the opening of the presents! What fun.

Then lunch at Jason's Deli, which was my request. I've been wanting to have a restaurant sandwich for so long, but ONLY Jason's uses gluten free bread if need be. Ohhh, I really enjoyed that sandwich == turkey, cranberry sauce, Philadelphia cream cheese, some greenery and a little mayo. Yummo!!!

Then on to dinner at Heron's Glen. I had the salmon which was so delicious. When we came home Beth had gotten a New York cheesecake and then put cherries on top and whipped cream. It was so good. I really blew myself out of the water as far as calories go, yesterday. But IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY!!! What fun.

Art gave me the MOST gorgeous jewelry set (necklace and earrings) that his granddaughter, Megan Fenno, made special for me. Simply beautiful! And Bobby (or James, his names have become interchangeable to me) and Beth and Josh gave me some tape runners (which I use in my cardmaking) and a really big ACMoore gift card. Wow, I was so thrilled.

I guess I'll have to take a pic of the jewelry and post it on here. Simply exquisite! I'll try to show it to you tomorrow.

Well, have to go now. Have a few things to do and I would like to just sit down and put my feet up for a little while. Hope you have a great evening.

Sweet dreams.

Hugs,
Lynn

Christmas Card #3

This is a Christmas card I made for a swap that our team was doing. (Oops, I see the right side of the card was cut off when I scanned it) Again, I used the Mistletoe papers. I really do love these papers this year from CTMH.

I started my Christmas shopping today, after having a free lunch at Panera Bread. I received a birthday gift from them, and after adding a smoothie that was credited on my card, my lunch was FREE! Love all those birthday goodies from all the restaurants and stores where I shop.

I also received my gift certificate from Strawberry Fields where I had taken some scrapbooking stuff that I no longer wanted or used. They had a "garage sale" before I went away and so I sold quite a bit of things. So now I get to shop in the store for FREE! Don't you just love that word, FREE? I actually picked up two card kits that are quite beautiful and can't wait to make them up.

I also got $10 from ACMoore from my reward card. So I purchased a great book of printed card stock (both sides) so I can teach a class on the card stock handbags that I make. They are so neat and the gals from my card class want to know how to make them. So that's going to be our January class.

Well, must go now, doing some shopping online, and then plan on relaxing for the evening. Here's hoping you enjoy your evening, too. Sweet dreams.

Hugs,

Lynn

PS: Recipe for Card #3

Mistletoe paper pack from CTMH

My Acrylix stamp set "St. Nick" B1356

Christmas Card #2

An exciting day for me. Talked with the owner of Tovos Grille again today. This project with the gluten free pizza is going strong. Can't wait for this to come to fruition. Yeah, Wednesday will be pizza day for me, that's for sure.

Talked to a few people I have met who are in my shoes as far as gluten goes, and they are excited, too. So Art and I are going to the restaurant next Tuesday to watch the process, and then taste test the pizza. We have been invited to be guests for the meal. Sounds exciting to me!

Here is Christmas card #2 that was made at my November card class. I believe it's another winner!

Well, that's all for tonight. Have a wonderful evening. This is our night of television watching The Middle, Modern Family, etc. We really look forward to Wednesdays in front of the TV.

Sweet dreams, and I'll talk to you tomorrow.

Hugs,

Lynn

PS: Here is the recipe for this card:

Mistletoe paper pack by CTMH

Twill tape by CTMH

My Acrylix stamp set "A Timber" A1110

My Acrylix stamp set "Card Chatter - Christmas" D1388

Christmas card #1

Here is one of the Christmas cards that we made at my November card class. The girls really loved working on this very simple card. I'll be showing you others as the days go on.



I am so excited. The movie group today had lunch at a new restaurant here in N. Fort Myers. It's called Tovos Grille, and, of course, they have great pizzas along with a ton of other types of food. I got to speak with one of the owners today and asked if he would be interested in making gluten free pizzas. He thought for a moment and then said he would look into what it would require of them. He said he would call me and let me know if it would be possible. Well, right before dinner he called. And, yes, he WILL BE making gluten free pizza. He's going to start just making it one day a week to see how it goes. So we picked Wednesdays and that is where I will be probably every Wednesday. I have to go so far now to get pizza that we don't do it very often.

So I'm hoping I can get a lot of people in this area to go to his restaurant. I'm going to post it on FB, and also send an e-mail to everyone in this area who are on my address book. Plus I guess I'll post it at our swimming pools here in Del Tura, and also at the grocery stores in the area. Hope it works!

Well, I'm going to go watch my soap that I taped. Talk to you tomorrow, and I hope you have a great evening. Sweet dreams.

Hugs,
Lynn

Recipe for card:
Mistletoe papers from CTMH
Cranberry ribbon from CTMH
My Acrylix stamp set D1388
(Card Chatter-Christmas)

PS: The movie "Morning Glory" was really funny. I'm sure you all will enjoy it!

Happy Thanksgiving

Well, it has certainly been a fabulous November for me. First, of course, is the fact that my son and his family have been visiting us quite often. They only live 2 hours away, so it's been really great to get to see them on weekends. However, this past week we were in Greenville, SC to visit Art's daughter and son-in-law for Thanksgiving. We had a really great time, and one of the fabulous things we did was go to see the Biltmore Mansion. So gorgeous all decorated for Christmas. We really enjoyed that. Then some other short day trips to various places around the Greenville area.

We were supposed to come home last Friday, but I goofed up by taking Art's meds in the morning instead of mine. And, since one of the meds was for blood pressure (and I don't have a problem with that) I really got sick, ended up not being allowed to board the plane, and was taken by ambulance to the hospital. But as soon as my system got regulated again, I was allowed to go home. So then we had to stay at Carol's home until the next flight, and that was today. I'm no worse for wear, thank goodness, although Friday was a lost day for me. LOL

I don't have any cards to show you tonight, but will be posting some soon. Stay tuned to see some of the gorgeous sights I photographed while in SC.

Tomorrow is movie day, and we're going to see "Morning Glory". I understand it's a really great story, so we're looking forward to that. I'll try to blog some more tomorrow evening.

Have a great night of peaceful sleep.

Hugs,
Lynn

Tomorrow's the BIG day!

I'm so excited. Tomorrow is the BIG day when I get to see my son again. I also get to welcome into the family a new daughter-in-law and a new grandson. Can't wait.

I'll let you know how things went on Sunday. I'm sure I won't have time to blog tomorrow! LOL

Have a great night and sleep tight with no worries to keep you awake.

Hugs,
Lynn