Illustration Friday - Pretend

These twins are happily pretending all sorts of things. It looks like my house after my twin nephews have been to play....stuff everywhere. LOL

Here is to New Friends

We live out in the country and rarely get to travel, what with a 4 year old--but mostly because we prefer to be here--and I have a lot of long-distance friendships. I have recently developed some new long-distance friends that have come about through Stamping Bella. Em is definitely a soul sister once removed in Canada, but then there the lovely people who post such beautiful cards and share them for all to see. Some of these talented artists have become friends through emails and chats and I feel so blessed to have developed these friendships.

Now, I am sure that there are many lovely Bellaholics who deserve bragging on, but two are my "especial" favorites, Vicki/Giffy and Hope. Below are some cards that I have received from Hope and they are just adorable in person. I actually "Awwweedd" out loud in the PO....people looked at me funny. LOL

And then I have the copy of Vicki's cute book that is now happily living on my little one's bookshelf. We just read it today actually. :)
The books under Vicki's book are the magazines managed/published by Hope (did you know she was the boss of so many people...she just seems too nice to be a boss! LOL) and they are just chockful of helpful stuff for teachers. She was kind enough to send me some for my part-time job at my daughter's school as a reading specialist. Yeah!!!! She also included the very cute story, Chrysanthemum, which my DD absolutely loved. She should have been called Chrysanthemum, because she is just like that little mouse.

So wherever my friends are tonight, peace and good wishes to you all! :)

Illustration Friday - Wise Shopper

Matilda is a wise shopper...or maybe not, judging by the number of bags she is holding. :)

...and the Winner is "Baram O'Cain"

Predicted by my little one this morning after my hubby was trying to tell her he was going to vote today to help choose the president.

Let us hope that in no way is this prophetic!!! LOL

I voted early! :)

Day 7 - Back on Track

I got a little distracted with my quest to finish my portfolio. I have been drawing and painting almost every day, but sometimes getting them listed just is one step too much! LOL

Happy Halloween!

Just a day early! :)

Feeling Lucky

I post some of my personal life on another blog, Propagelle Project, but I thought I would add some thoughts here today.

We live in a little house that we built ourselves (except the drywall and electricity) and I am often amazed at that feat. Most of it is due to the ability of my dad who supervises all the construction on our shared property. I guess I started thinking about it because he is almost 63 and he is still climbing up ladders and hammering away at our newest project--a barn. This was done by him and usually just one helper in about 6 weeks!! He is an amazing guy. So is my hubby who works full-time and then helps out when he is not at work. What a lucky lady I am to have both of them in my life, providing for me and my daughter so graciously and lovingly. It is a wonderful life!