happy new year!

2010 i bid ye farewell...

I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. ~Gilda Radner

i wish you all a happy, healthy and blessed new year. i will be spending tonight, saturday and sunday working at the hospital.

“Another fresh new year is here . . .

Another year to live!

To banish worry, doubt, and fear,

To love and laugh and give!

This bright new year is given me

To live each day with zest . . .

To daily grow and try to be

My highest and my best!

I have the opportunity

Once more to right some wrongs,

To pray for peace, to plant a tree,

And sing more joyful songs!”

William Arthur Ward

happy news!

We are bringing in the new year with a fun new challenge spot-join us on 01/06/10 for our very first challenge at Paper Crafting Journey! You can visit the creator and coordinator of the challenge blog Lisa HERE to wish her luck on this new adventure! Hope to see you there!

the year long journal

***warning: long post, lots of pics!!!!!***

December is almost over and what a month i have had. it was one filled with tears of both sadness and frustration along with joy and laughter-i was simply overwhelmed with my thoughts and emotions this month. i don't know if that makes sense or not, but it was an exhausting month, trying to juggle this new overnight schedule i have with all the birthdays and events we had planned. I'm blessed to have such a wonderful hubby to be so supportive and helpful...not to mention how blessed i am to have such amazing parents and sister (& family). i can't imagine not having them around!!!!!


i spent the first part of Christmas day working at the hospital. i was a pleasure to be there although my heart broke for some of the patients who were saddened by spending their holiday in pain instead of in their warm homes with the family. after that i went home to finish wrapping and then spent the rest of the day with our families. everything was fantastic and topped off perfectly with a good night's rest. this was the first Christmas i didn't get a card or call from my godmother-i miss her so much it's indescribable.


my crafting mojo came to a halt when i started working. i found the strength in our empty pockets to make everyone gifts this year, well almost everyone. i pulled out all of my scrappy goods-new & old and i created a year long journal/album-actually i created 2 of them. this one in particular was for my sister Margie, the other went to my sister-in-law Erin. i love the idea and am getting started on one for me too :) i also created 4 frames and 2 other mini albums-i'm so happy to report that everyone loved their gifts!!!!!


hope you all had a very merry holiday!!!!!

Materials:

Paper (Basic Grey, Crate Paper,

My Minds Eye, misc scraps &

kraft cardstock)

Stamps (Unity Stamp Co, Hero Arts,

Scrappy Cat, Inkadinkadoo,

Stamp Insanity)

Ink (Staz On Jet Black)

Adhesive and Foam

Other (Pearls-Recollections,

Lace Ribbons-scraps from NJ show,

Zutter Bind it All, Cricut-George,

Shimmerz Grape Escape).

Are you willing to believe that love is the strongest thing in the world - stronger than hate, stronger than evil, stronger than death - and that the blessed life which began in Bethlehem nineteen hundred years ago is the image and brightness of the Eternal Love? Then you can keep Christmas.

-Henry Van Dyke