Quick question for everybody out there who also uses Blogger. Do you ever have pictures mysteriously disappear from your blog posts?  Then reappear too?   This has happened to me a couple of times.  I tried adding the picture back in from my computer and it still didn’t show up.  But then the next day I …

I think that after my Poinsettia Pillow, this is my favorite Christmas project I’ve done this year.  This one took much less time that the pillow and was totally free! Originally I’d envisioned a large piece of wood art, from pallets maybe.  I couldn’t think of a good place in our house to put it  …

**Edit** Didn’t ever get around to starting an advent, and now you’re bummed it’s already Dec 5th?  Don’t worry!  What about doing just a 10 or 12 day countdown?  Or do 12 days of Christmas (which really go from Dec 25 to Jan 6)  You may need something fun going on in those days before …

The last 3 days have been consumed by decorating for the Festival of Nativities.  Now that it’s all set up, I get a bit of a breather.  We’ll visit as a family this weekend and walk through all the rooms.  Then I’ll live there again Monday taking it all down. It was definitely a fun …

Since it was my birthday last weekend, I gave myself some time off from dishes and cleaning and sat down to do a few scrapbook pages.  It’s probably my longest running hobby, but it’s been a little neglected lately.  I don’t let myself get stressed out about it though because hobbies are supposed to be …