Checking in

Hi Everyone.

I know that you will all be busy getting ready for Christmas.  As for us… well, we aren't quite ready yet.  We still have to go shopping for food tomorrow – and, in fact, I still have to decide what I'm cooking!  talk about leaving it to the last minute.

The last couple of days have been spent just relaxing and enjoying each other's company.  We have seen two movies in two days and will be seeing another one tomorrow.  We have gone out to dinner on a date night and we have sat around the house and just chatted and chilled.  In fact, we both fell asleep on the couch this afternoon.  We have NEVER done that.  But it was warm and cozy in front of the fire, a small amount of snow was falling and, after all, we did get to bed at 2.30 this morning!

On a couple of occasions I have tried to make a card.  In fact, I have tried making 5 cards.  Errrr….. I didn't finish one of them.  I think my mojo has seriously gone south for winter.  I even tried CASing a card to see if that would get my creative juices flowing again.  Sadly, it did not.  So, I am going to take a break for a couple of days and see if I can get back into it after Christmas.  I think my brain is so full of what needs to be done around the house, packing that needs to be done, chores, things that need to be fixed, where the furniture is going to go in the new house…. well, with all of that whirling around in my little brain, there is nowhere for a card to materialize!

In case you were wondering what Buzbee has been up to.  Well, he hasn't been able to go outside and play snowballs because the snow all melted, so I caught him with an alternative 🙂

Lucky they are made from unbreakable glass otherwise we would have had a dreadful mess on our hands. 🙂

I did want to share a photo I took on Thursday morning.  Lou and I were up bright and early having breakfast in the family room.  Suddenly the back of the garden caught the sunrise and lit it up in this amazing shade of orange.  Considering the rest of the garden was still pretty dark, it looked amazing.  I rushed downstairs to get my camera, but the color was already fading by the time I got to take the photo.  I did notice though, that the reflection from the sun was almost the color of the deer at the feeder.

Mother nature sure knows how to bring a smile to my face so early in the morning.  it was bright, beautiful, intense and disappeared so quickly.  One of the things we are looking forward to in the new house is the much more open vista we have.  As we currently live in a valley, we see so little of the sky and sunrises and sunsets go unnoticed for much of the time.  However, our new home will be different.  We also realized how different the views will be from each level of the house, too.  It's going to be pretty amazing.

I found a couple more shots of the new lot whilst looking for cards to put up.  (I couldn't find any cards that I had made that I hadn't shown you yet!!!), so I will share a couple of shots of the new lot with you.

This photograph was taken when I was walking around the lot in the middle of November.  I walked down to the wetland area and along the back of our lot.  I love that our lot leads right onto the wetlands and we are really looking forward to exploring them.

This next picture is from the same spot, but looking behind me.

This next picture gives you some idea of the slope at the bottom of the lot.  I had walked back from along the wetland and was standing at the bottom of the slope of the lot looking up at where the house would be.  I think this helps you to see how different each of the levels of the house will feel and what a different view they will have.  The basement will be much closer to the lower levels of the trees but, because of the slope, the ground floor will be pretty much eye level with the stump from yesterday.  Finally, the bedroom will look out pretty much right at the top of the trees and out into the open area.  So, very different from our views today.

I wanted to leave you with this fabulous pic.  You have no idea how being this close to nature – in our own garden – makes me so happy.

As always, thank you for taking the time to visit my little area of the blogosphere.  I really do appreciate it.

I'd like to give a shout out to those of you who have offered to help make dresses for underprivileged little girls around the world.  Even though many of you are lacking in deep sewing skills – just like me – the plight of these little girls struck a chord in your heart.  I will be posting details of timing on my post after Christmas.  In the meantime…. a very BIG thank you to each of you who have emailed me.  You ROCK!!!!  In case you missed the post looking for help – click here

Warm hugs and prayers tonight for those who need a lift.  Beth, my thoughts and prayers are especially with you and your family.

Have a wonderful Christmas Eve!

Hugs
Jaydee