Rakin' Leaves

Here is my little Bubby teaching me how to rake leaves. "No, Mommy! You can't stand up and rake, you have to CRAWL! Here, gimme the rake and let me SHOW you!"

Addictive : Watch Out.

You may remember me mentioning my all time favorite game...Cities and Knights (The Settlers of Catan.) Well, folks, I can now play it (Settlers) online - anytime of the day or night.

You can find it here.

This online version is The Settlers of Catan. Cities & Knights uses that game as a base, but is much more intricate and involved - and I don't think you can play it online anywhere yet. Takes a lot of strategy. The first time I ever played, I thought my head was going to pop off because of all the rules and stuff going on.

Currently, I am on a Cities & Knights (board game version) winning streak. Here's a list of all the people I've beaten at this game lately.

My mom
My brother
My husband (several times)
My friends from Rio Rancho
My 2 oldest nephews

Christmas Wishlist

Some of you have been asking about a Christmas wishlist. Here you go!

Books, books and more books. I like USED books.
Here's my wishlist at Amazon. [You don't have to get the books at Amazon, it's just a convenient way to list them.]

Miscellaneous:
(Don't know if you know this or not, but I love practical gifts!)
A battery-powered Lint Shaver (I'm serious.)
Jewelry. Especially with beads.
Crazy socks. Long, if possible.
Anything from the World Vision Gift Catalog, especially one of these bracelets.

Power Tools...for Card Makers

I wanted to share my latest 'Power Tool for Cardmakers' purchase. Feast your eyes on this baby...

What you're looking at is a QCM 1200E Heavy Duty Stack Paper Cutter. Whoot! Do you have any idea how much easier this thing is going to make my life? It's on it's way RIGHT NOW. Sweetw. If you really want to read the specs, go to this page. Now, you may be wondering, as I am, why I failed to purchase this baby sooner...like when I really needed it for this season's card rush. Well, I have no answer for that. I was stressed out by all the orders, and got stuck in a the rut of cutting them all manually (one at a time!) that I completely forgot that things like this existed!

Well over 1200...

It's official! We've sold over 1200 Christmas Cards this season...already. And it's not too late for even more.

I was hoping for 1000 (a 40% increase over last year). Brian was hoping for 3000! But, considering that I hand cut and fold every single one of these babies, I'm feeling pretty good about 1200!

I posted Brian's newest card yesterday. It's pretty sweetw. And no that is not a typo...it's sweetw. If you want to know what that means, you need to go talk to Amy.