Pollen take over

The pollen is taking over here. I can wipe down the counter and turn around and it's yellow again. I washed the table last night after dinner got up this morning and it was covered in yellow dust. The red truck now has a nice yellow glow to it. I'll tell you what I will be so glad when all our pine trees are done!

Even with the pollen take over I've been busy making some new layouts so I thought I would share them with you. Had to blow the yellow dust off first LOL


Aren't these skunks to stinking cute? My family is going camping in August so I couldn't resist making this.....now I just have to take the pictures LMBO. They were a give away from KaDoodle Bug Design. If you missed them she now has them for sale on her site. Let her know I sent you over. Watch out your going to fall in love with her stuff!


My grandson's love to ride so when I saw this I had to make it. This file is from Treasure Box Designs. I just changed the title from Mud to Dirt. Can't wait to add the pictures.



Wait until you see what I'm working on now........it's to cute. Here's a hint: You all know my DH is turning 50 in a few days and I'm making it in his honor. Can any one guess? Let me know I might make one for you too. You know your going to want them when you see it! I tell the girls at Creative Cuts they're killing me with all the great files they have put out this week. Be sure you check out all these sites. They all have some fantastic files!

Studio J Free-for-All

It's a Studio J Free-for-All with TWO Chances to WIN!
FREE = zip, zilch, nada, absolutely NOTHING!!!! All this month, we're having a Studio J Free-for-All! We're giving EVERYONE a free Studio J JPG file - absolutely NO purchase required! Simply log onto Studio J, create a layout, then order one JPG file of your layout. It's as easy as that! Download and save your file so you can post your layout online, email it to family or friends, or print them.

If you already have a Studio J or MyCTMH account, just log in and start creating. If you don't have an account, creating one is easy. Just head over to my Studio J website to get started.

Now, what about these TWO chances to WIN? Read on for all the details...

Win a 12x12 Quick Pic Album: Simply take advantage of the Studio J Free-for-All before June 30th and you will be entered into a drawing for a FREE 12x12 Quick Pic album. Once you order your Studio J JPG file send me an email to let me know, I will verify your order and enter you into the drawing!

Studio J Personal Consultations: I am currently offering 30-minute Studio J Personal Consultations. In 30 minutes, I will help you create your first Studio J layout using your pictures. Let me show you how easy it is to create gorgeous scrapbook pages with Studio J. As an added bonus. Everyone who joins me for a personal consultation this month will be entered into a drawing for 5 FREE custom-printed Studio J layouts (a $55 value). Invite a friend to join us for the consultation and your friend will get an entry and you will get a bonus entry! Call or email me today to set up your Studio J Personal consultation - spaces are limited.

This month I invite you to discover how quick and simple scrapbooking can be with Studio J - and get a FREE JPG file!

We've been very busy around here with retreats,weed abatement and our grandson graduated from high school last week. Here is a picture of my son and grandson.

It's finally starting to feel like summer here. It's been in the mid to high 70's all this week. I've been enjoying the nice weather until I went to the gym this morning and someone said it's suppose to cool off again. Ok that's not so bad I can handle cooler weather however they said that we have had snow here in July....now that is more than I can handle I would really have to move back to the coast then LOL!

With the yard all cleared you can really see all the wild life. We've had the cutest baby bunnies out running all over and playing. They are so cute chasing each other. I also saw a couple of baby blue jays on the deck yesterday. We also have a couple of dove that come by everyday and sit on the rail and look in the window they are to funny.

If you don't have any plans for 4th of July weekend we still have room for you to come so come spend a fun 4 day weekend cropping and be back in plenty of time for the 4th festivities. If your interested shoot me an e-mail we'd love to see you.

Spring Cleaning

I've been busy trying to organize my craft area and while I was looking for some help I found this and I thought I would post this list I found on Just A Scrappin'


Organizing Your Craft Room - Here are some tips to organize your space

1. Separate your work area

If you do not have separate room for hobby/crafts then try to partition off an area of the room with a screen or by arranging bookshelves or furniture in such a manner that it creates a physical separation to the room. This will help restrict THE MESS (as others commonly call our craft addiction) to one area.

2. Think about storage

Have a place for everything and everything in its place. This will make your work time much more fun and efficient.

Get yourself some cardboard file boxes or the more expensive see-through plastic Rubbermaid boxes and organize your embellishments, fabric, ribbon, flowers, etc. Group things with common themes.

3. Easy Access to Tools

Have your scissors, glue gun, sewing machine, etc all close at hand. Make holders for your markers, your glue gun and your scissors. Get in the habit of always replacing these valuable tools BACK where they came from. This will save valuable time and reduce your stress level.

4. Lighting

Don't forget to spend some time and give thought to proper lighting. It is essential to your health as well as your mental attitude.

5. Worktable

Purchase an old table from the second hand store and it will be well used and you won't have to worry if that paint or glue that spilled will come off. If you do spend a lot of time crafting, an investment in a higher table will result in fewer backaches. You can raise the height of a display table if you cut four pieces of PVC pipe. A display table is the kind that you can buy at your local home renovation store. Their legs fold up and lie flat on the underside of the table. The length of the pipe depends on the distance you will need to raise the table to the right height for you. Fit the table leg into the PVC and tape on.

6. Music

Place your sound system within easy reach. Select your own music, don't just get in the habit of listening to the local station. If you choose your own music you can set the tempo and really increase you output. Try it and see if it works! Take advantage of all the information now available on CD. There are many motivational books and seminars. Learn while you work. (My personal favorite is right on my laptop - Pandora.com.)

7. Use your walls for storage

Get things up off the floor and off the counter tops. Invest in some shelving units or place pegboard on your walls.

8. Be realistic

Do you have craft supplies from BC (Before Christ)? Perhaps it would be a good idea to do a thorough cleaning and donate your old and unused craft supplies to a day-care, retirement center or community arts council.

9. Put it back!

My mom taught me this one, and it's so important it's mentioned twice! Now that you’re organized, once you're finished with it – put it back.

10. Tidy up

Spend 10 to 15 minutes at the end of EVERY day cleaning up. Set a stopwatch if you have to. Leaving your workroom clean and organized for the next day will make your more motivated to start.

Now you have some tips, here's the bad news. It is impossible to simply rearrange one area of your craft room. You must organize everything. Just as you go about clearing one area you will need to have a place to put things. Before you clean one mess it will take making a bigger mess. But it will be worth it. Remember to break down the job into smaller parts. "The best way to eat an elephant is one bite at a time." Good Luck!

I have to thank Linda for the help. I am getting there slowing but at least I can see some progress.

Snowing Again

Can you believe it! We got 3" of snow last night. The weather has sure been crazy around here.One day we are in the high 70's and the next it's snowing. Come on Mother Nature what gives? I can't take much more of this. Are you having hot flashes one minute it's cold and the next it's hot. Poor Mother Nature I think you may need some hormone therapy LOL! Anyhooo this is what it looked like this morning. Thank goodness it is all melted now!








With Mother's Day and National Scrapbooking Day the same weekend I kind of skipped over Cinco De Mayo. Look at these Margarita Cupcakes I made the girls for dessert on Cinco De Mayo to go along with Mark's Enchilada's YUMMMMM. I have to say this was one jam packed weekend with Cinco De Mayo, National Scrapbook Day and Mother's Day all in one weekend!

Mediterranean Chickpea Salad with Lemon Dressing

I hope you had a wonderful Mother's Day and a great time on National Scrapbook Day. We had a lot fun both at the retreat and on our fan page. There where giveaways,contest and prizes!

As many of you know I am always looking for new recipes. I tried this one this past weekend and the girls loved and wanted the recipe so I thought I would share it with you too.

Mediterranean Chickpea Salad with Lemon Dressing
Serves 6

INGREDIENTS
2 Tablespoons lemon juice
2 Cups cherry tomatoes,halved
1 Tablespoon olive oil
1 (15 1/2 oz) can chickpeas,rinsed and drained
1 garlic clove,minced
1 (7 oz) jar roasred red peppers,
1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
drained and thinely sliced
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 (6 1/2 oz) jar artichoke hearts,
1/4 teaspoon pepper
drained and queartedred
1 small head romaine lettuce,
tron into bite size pieces (6 cups)
1/2 Cup crumbled feta

6 pitted kalamata olives, coarsely chopped
1 medium English cucumber,peeled and diced



DIRECTIONS:

1. Whisk the lemon juice,oil,garlic,oregano,salt,and pepper together in small bowl.
2. Arrange the lettuce on a large platter; top with the diced cucumber,tomatoes,chickpeas,peppers,and artichoke hearts.

Drizzle with the dressing and sprinkle with the cheese and olives. Server at once, or cover and refrigerate for up to 3 days. I hope you enjoy this....let me know if you try it. I'd love to how you like it.

Happy Mother's Day

Hope you have a wonderful Mother's Day. Don't forget we are having a drawing on our fan page later today for a 3 day weekend to Scrap-N-Away.

Happy National Scrapbook Day

Happy Nationsl Scrapbook Day everyone! They are having a giveaway on the Cricut Circle Blog. You have to post a picture of you in your scrapbook room so here it is.










You can't see much of my scrapbook room but here is a picture of me in it. Happy National Scrapbook Day.

Spring has finally hit Frazier Park

Well it's finally starting to feel like Spring around here. The weather is warming up during the day, however it's still chilly at night. The buds are popping out on the Lilac trees. In fact the Lilac Festival is in a couple of weeks. Mark wants to go every year maybe we will actually make it this year!

I'm not sure what happened to the Poppies this year but we didn't have any in our yard and there where very few a long the 5. We didn't get a chance to go out to the Poppy Reserve this year. I'm really disappointed I didn't get any pictures. I love taking pictures of them especially when they cover the whole hillside.

Some of you are already having 80 and 90 degree weather so if you need a break from the heat you should come up. We have some great specials going! Speaking of Specials have you joined our Fan Page on face book? We are giving away a free 3 day weekend to Scrap-N-Away on Mother's Day! All you have to do is become a fan.

We have had some many animals this year I thought I would post a picture of the dove. They have been coming up and sitting on the rail of the deck. This is the first year I've seen so many......usually we are lucky to see one or two all Spring and Summer. Not this year I've been seeing them daily and they are even coming right up to the house.


I'm still waiting to see the baby quail. Last year we had two covey of about 18 each. They are so cute waddling across the yard.....and they grow so darn fast. If you don't see them for a few days they are almost all grown. I hope I get to see at least one covey of babies this year!

I hope you are enjoying the nice weather....have a great day!

Happy Easter

Easter Story Cookies

Here is a great way to share Easter with your childern Easter Story Cookies go over Tiffany's blog and she has the recipe and the story.

I also found these adorable rice crispy treats....I can't wait to make them both!

It's been a very busy day today. Fixed brunch,got the girls off,made DH cookies for his lunch tomorrow (he is starting at a new store),found some of the Easter recipes I wanted,finished a couple of projects around the house and I just put dinner in the oven and decided to sit down and start this post.

I brought my scrapbook supplies into the living room so I can work on some projects after Mark goes to bed. I've got some more Easter die cuts I want to get made and I need to finish up my Easter cards so I can get them in the mail tomorrow.

Here is a layout of my grandson. He was excited about turning 7....he is growing up way to fast! It seems like just yesterday he was learning to walk.














Here are a couple of easy craft projects for the kids to make with egg cartons aren't they adorable?



Have a great evening, Bonnie

More Easter Layouts

We are leaving on Friday to see the grandkids for Easter so I've been busy making Easter layouts. I thought this year I would get a little a head of the game and have some of my layouts done before I take a million and one pictures over Easter weekend.

My grandson is waiting to color eggs until I get there so I made this layout. I can't wait to get his picture to put on it. I also have some Easter charms and flowers I want to add after I have the pictures

Here is the other side....isn't that the cutest little rabbit in the cart?



This week I'm also going to be busy making Easter Candy. I'm going to paint some chocolate and make these adorable little chicks and peeps





I better go make dinner. Hope you have a wonderful day. Leave us a comment we'd love to hear what your planning for Easter.

Layouts

These aren't the greatest pictures but I wanted to show you the adorable Snowball fighting Penguins and the Monarch Butterfly boarder I found.

I really need to get my scanner hooked up so I can scan these layouts. I will work on that this coming week. I have more layouts to show you but I think I'll wait until I get the scanner hooked up.

Easter Eggs

Do you remember these adorable Easter Eggs?


I thought I would make them again this year.
Here's what you need to make them
1 dozen eggs
Food coloring
Sharp Knife

Directions
Hard boil your eggs and peel. Place in food colors of your choice. Leave until they are the desired color you want. Let dry then cut jagged edge with sharp knife and fill with your favorite deviled egg recipe.

We took a mini-vacation and got out of the snow for the past 4 days. It was so nice to be in warm weather....short sleeves and flip-flops :-)

I got to have lunch with girl friends I haven't seen in awhile. It was a great time. Now it's back to the Retreat and back to work!

There was no snow when we got back yesterday....in fact the weather is beautiful today. It's still a little brisk out but the sun is shinning and the sky is a beautiful shade of blue.

I best go get ready for the Retreat. Hope you have a fantastic weekend!

Easter Layouts

Here are a couple of the layouts I made for Easter. Sorry the pictures aren't better. I still haven't figured out a good way to take pictures of layouts. Anyone have any suggestions?

It's snowing again today. Right now it is coming down pretty good here is a picture of just before I started to write this and here is one about 5 minutes later. It sure didn't take long for it to turn white! One thing about this cold weather I love to stay inside and bake. I'm off to make some cookies and banana nut bread. Have a great day!

Do you know what this is? Yes it is the Yudu and Michael's has it on sale for $99.99 today! That's a great price if you've been wanting to get one of these this would be a great time.

I've heard mixed reviews on them. Some people say the are really difficult to use and others just love them. Here is their website Yudu just in case you want more information.

If you have one or get one let me know how you like it I'm still trying to decide if I need one. I've heard to many negative things so I've been putting off getting one however this is a great deal. It's probably a good thing I live so far from town or I might be at Michael's picking one up!

Today I am busy making bread and cookies so I will post some Easter ideas either later today or tomorrow. Hope you have a fantastic day!

Easter Carrots

Ok ladies remember these Hot Chocolate Bags and I told you you can make them for any holiday or party favors?

Well how about a cute little carrot for Easter. All you have to do is fill them with orange jelly beans,gumballs or M&M's.

Looking for something for the little guys who can't eat candy or just want something a little healthier? Fill them with Fish Crackers. I saw this cute idea on The Moody Fashionista's Blog.

What you need to make Carrots

1. Piping bags (1 per carrot)

2. Green Ribbon

3. What ever orange filling you want....jelly beans,gumballs,m&m's, crackers

Directions

Fill piping bags with jelly beans and tie the end with green ribbon.

These are Cute and Easy.....what could be better?

How about Chocolate Dipped Peeps

I can't remember where I saw these sorry if any one knows I would be happy to give that person the credit.

Since the rage this season seems to be everything taste better on a stick I'm going to add a sucker stick and put them in a vase for a center piece for the kids table on Easter Sunday.

Ingredients

Peeps

Chocolate for melting

Easter Sprinkles

Directions

Melt chocolate in microwave or on top of store. Take your peeps and dip them in melted chocolate and roll in Easter Sprinkles

I would love to see or hear about what you are making for Easter. Have a great day!

Easter S'moores

Druuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuum Roll and the winner of a Weekend trip to Scrap-n-Away is Debbie. Congratulations! If you e-mail me with your address I will get your gift certificate out to you. I've been busy getting stuff together to start making Easter goodies. I'm off to get groceries in the morning. Here is one of my favorite things to make for the grand kids. I've posted it before but thought it was worth posting again since it is so easy and they love them. directed. *This gift jar may be created to suit any holiday for which marshmallow candies are available. Easter S'moores INGREDIENTS AND DIRECTIONS: 1. 1 1/4 cups of Easter M&M's 2. 8 marshmallow bunny peeps 3. 1 package of Graham Crackers 4.1/3 Cup Brown Sugar Spoon M&M's into jar first, then Peeps, then put combined brown sugar and graham cracker crumbs in baggie. I put a cute Easter napkin over lid before closing. Attach a gift tag with the following instructions: 1. Empty the jar contents into a bowl. Snip the bunnies into bits with kitchen sheers or cut up with a knife. Return the bunny bits to the mixture. Mix well. 2. Melt 1/2 cup butter; add 1 teaspoon vanilla. Pour this over the dry ingredients, mixing well. Pat into a greased 9" square pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 15 minutes. Cool and cut into bars. (Makes 9 to 12 bars.) *Option - leave bunnies whole; combine remaining ingredients and place the bunnies on top; then bake as directed.

Finally the snow is melting and I am done with my taxes whooooooooohooooow! Now it's time to play. I've been wanting to get started making some Easter crafts. I will post them as I get them done....I will also post some cute ideas I've been seeing around.

The animals have been out in full force lately..... I guess they are enjoying the nice weather too. The birds and squirrels have been fighting over the bird feeder. I wish I could get a picture of this crazy squirrel. He gets on the gate and jumps onto the window trying to reach the bird feeder. Of course he falls off every time.....you think he would learn after the second time Oh no he keeps trying and trying. This poor little guy isn't going to give up. I felt so bad for him since he kept falling and never did make it to get any food so I put some out for him. We have also had jackrabbits playing in the snow. I didn't get a picture of them play but here is a picture of one of them the other one took of as fast as he could.

If you click on this picture you will see a woodpecker eating out of the bird feeder. Have a great day!

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Snow,Snow and MORE SNOW

Ok enough is enough it can quit snowing anytime now. It's been snowing since Sunday. Ok not continuously but off and on. I am so OVER WINTER!!!! Poor Mark has been shoveling snow for days now and can't get caught up....it's kind of like laundry and dishes no matter how many times you do them there is still more :-) Poor Guy!

Today snow is just now starting to stick so there is only about 2" so far and accumulating rapidly. We still have power,sporadic phone service and absolutely no CELL service....text come in once in awhile but we can't return them. I'm not sure if this is a good thing or bad. It sure has been peaceful with no TV,Radio or Phone.

So enough about our situation here on the hill have you seen the new Pantone Colors for this Fall.....well here they are.....aren't they gorgeous?

WOMEN

MEN

No Power for over 24 hours

There was no late night scrapping here on Sunday even though the girls where stuck here until late on Monday. We lost power at about 7 on Sunday and didn't get it back until Monday night after 8. Just as I was trying to fix dinner by candle lite.

It was very quite around here. You could hear the branches and trees falling. All day Sunday and Monday you heard snow blowers from sun up til sundown. The snow in the driveway was over 3' deep. On the patio it was up to the railing.

We lost two trees and I'm not sure how many branches but they are all over the yard.

We are suppose to be getting another STORM tonight. I'm not sure how much longer we will have power. There are still a lot of power lines done and we could lose more if the winds get as strong as they are predicting.

I'm trying to decided if I want to go to work with Mark and stay at a friends house or just be here in the storm by myself. I pretty sure he won't be making it home until probably Sat.....we are suppose to get snow the rest of the week. I don't mind being here if we have electricity but it's a little hard around here with none and I'm not sure I'll have enough firewood to last that long. I'm sending Mark to get more wood now.....I don't want to be without heat. I can live without everything else but I draw the line at being cold.
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Snowed In

It's the first day of Spring and we are snowed in. Here is what it looked like at noon today

Here's what it looked like at 3 and it is still snowing. The trees are so heavy with snow the branches are breaking and we have one large pine tree that fell over. They say it's suppose to be like this for the next 7 days. I feel sorry for the girl's families that are stuck here. Don't you wish it was you ;-)

Super Moon

Don't forget tonight is Super Moon so get out those cameras....this won't happen again until the year 2029!



We woke up this morning with a light dusting of snow on the ground GRRRRR I'm so over winter. I was soooo hoping Spring had arrived to stay....we've been having such nice weather and there are a few sings of Spring starting to pop up around here.



I've been knee deep in taxes YUG but I almost have them done HOORAY. Hopefully this week I will get them finished and out of the way. It is always such a relief when I get them finished.



I have had sometime to scrapbook with the girls at the retreats the last couple of weekends so that has been a lot of fun.




How many of have tons of Glimmer Mist and really don't use it.....raise your hand. O ya my hand is up there with the rest of you :-D Anyhooo today when I was blog surfing I saw this really cute table scape for Spring and guess what they used....YEP Glimmer Mist. So here is a picture and if you would like detailed instructions head on over to Tattered Angles

Rainbow Pudding

The snow is almost all gone YEEEEAAAAAA! as you probably can tell I'm not a big fan of snow. We have had way to much snow for me this year. I know it's not over but I'm always glad to see it disappear :-)



I've been working on some layouts for Saint Patrick's Day and Easter I will post them in a day or two. Until then here is something fun to try.

Ok so yesterday I found a site that showed you how to make GOLD and today I found RAINBOW PUDDING.....a great project you can make with your kids. What kid wouldn't love to make and eat these. I found this rainbow pudding over at MakeandTakes all you need is




Vanilla Pudding Mix




ingredients to make pudding




Several different colors of food color









Head on over to Make and Takes if you'd like to see how easy it to make....she has great pictures. What kid wouldn't love having their own pot of gold and rainbow pudding on St. Paddy's Day.






Come CELEBRATE SHAMROCK SEASON with SCRAP-N-AWAY. We will be serving up a blend of traditional Iris fare like Corned Beef and Cabbage,Colcannon Potatoes,Irish Bread and treats like Blarney Stones and Lucky Leprechaun Cookies.

How would you like to feel like a LUCKY LEPRECHAUN? We're going to add SAINT PATRICK'S DAY to your weekend on us....an

EXTRA 24 HOURS OF CROP TIME at NO COST TO YOU. The LUCK OF THE IRISH is certainly with you this weekend! so come join us on this 4 DAY WEEKEND
for a weekend of Relaxing,Scrapbooking,Food,FRIENDS and FUN!

Don't forget about our giveaway. Be sure you enter to win your chance to WIN a 3 DAY SCRAPBOOK RETREAT at SCRAP-N-AWAY! Don't scrapbook no worries bring your stamps,knitting,crocheting,quilting or whatever you like and just relax for the weekend and let us pamper you!

Pot of Gold

Need some GOLD for your LUCKY POT of GOLD? Aren't these rocks just the cutest thing ever. I can't wait to make them.....if you want to make them go on over to Yesterday on Tuesday she has a great turtrial on her blog. I know my grandkids are going to love these!

LUCK OF THE IRISH

Can you believe tomorrow is March 1st? Is March a LUCKY month for you......well it could be this year! We are going to giveaway a 3 DAY WEEKEND TO SCRAP-N-AWAY to one of our lucky readers. We are even giving you more than one chance to win. Here is all you have to do
1. Leave us a comment once or daily if you like.....you could have 31 entries just for saying hi!
2. Post about our giveaway on your blog,facebook, twitter ....each place you post gets you an entry.....just send us a link to where you posted
3. Become a Follower.....if you are already a follower just let us know and we will put your name in again.

We will be picking the winner at the end of March so you have plenty of time to get your entries in. Wishing you the LUCK OF THE IRSH!

Speaking of LUCK OF THE IRISH if you are interested in visiting us in March don't forget we have a SPECIAL WEEKEND on Mach 17-20. with 6 SPACES AVAILABLE

Come CELEBRATE SHAMROCK SEASON IN STYLE. We will be serving up a blend of traditional Iris fare like Corned Beef and Cabbage,Colcannon Potatoes,Irish Bread and treats like Blarney Stones and Lucky Leprechaun Cookies. How would you like to feel like a LUCKY LEPRECHAUN? We're going to add SAINT PATRICK'S DAY to your weekend on us....an EXTRA 24 HOURS OF CROP TIME at NO COST TO YOU. The LUCK OF THE IRISH is certainly with you this weekend! so come join us on this 4 DAY WEEKEND for a weekend of relaxing,scrapbooking,food,friends and fun!

I will also be posting some ideas for Saint Patrick's Day starting this week. Don't forget to come back daily and leave us a comment! We can't wait to hear from you.

Another Storm

Boy this week flew by. We had a Retreat from Friday - Monday and the next Retreat started on Thursday and goes to Sunday so we have been non stop. Monday Mark started his vacation so Tuesday we went to Santa Clarita so I could get my birthday facial and massage :-) (thanks to my wonderful friend Shelly). If you live in Santa Clarita and feel like pampering yourself you need to visit RoseMary's Salon her and her husband are wonderful! Wednesday we went to Bakersfield and spent the day spoiling our grand daughter. She is growing way to fast. She already 15 months old.

We are suppose to get hit with another storm tonight. We've had snow flurries off and on all day....they are saying we are suppose to get 1-2" of snow tonight. I hope not! I am so over winter LOL. Just like last weekend the girls are hoping for snow. This group is really hoping they get snowed in. In fact they are the only group that has ever been snowed in so they are hoping for a repeat ;-)

I found this wonderful soup recipe (can't remember where. I really should write down where I find these recipes) if you looking for something easy and YUMMMMMMY to fix in this cold weather

Tortellini Soup
Yield: 3-4 servings
Ingredients:
1 tbsp. olive oil
½ cup onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic,
minced½ tsp. dried oregano
1 (15 oz.) can diced tomatoes, with juices
4 cups low-sodium vegetable broth (or chicken broth)
9 oz. tortellini, any variety (fresh or frozen)
3 cups fresh baby spinach, loosely packed Salt and pepper and Grated Parmesan, for serving
Directions:
In a large pot or Dutch oven, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the onions to the pan and cook until beginning to soften, about 5 minutes. Add in the garlic and cook, stirring frequently, just until fragrant, about 1 minute. Mix in the oregano and diced tomatoes. Add the broth to the pot. Bring the mixture to a boil. Add the tortellini to the pot and cook according to the package directions. One minute before the tortellini is fully cooked, stir in the spinach. Remove from the heat. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve warm with grated Parmesan as desired.

I usually double this recipe it taste great the next day too! This really a must try recipe it's so easy and good! Let me know how you like it.

Only 8" of Snow

We were suppose to get up to 2' of snow. We ended up only getting about 8" . Here are a couple of pictures. this is what it looked like yesterday morning and here is what it looks like this morning

It's Snowing

We woke to a light dusting of snow this morning. It's snowing lightly now and we are suppose to get 1-2' of snow today. I was so hoping the snow was gone for the year LOL A girl can dream can't she. Those of you driving up today please drive safely.

Are you getting ready for Saint Patrick's Day? I will be posting some cute ideas and recipes for you later this week. This is one of my friends favorite holidays you would think she was Irish LOL anywho I want to make her something special....she has been having a real ruff time lately.

I hope you all have a wonderful Presidents Weekend! Talk to you soon!

35 degrees out

It's 35 degrees out and I have to go shopping. This Sunny Southern California girl isn't looking forward to leaving this nice warm house to a cold car. We have a 4 day retreat this weekend so I have to go get groceries or I wouldn't be leaving LOL

The group that is coming this weekend wanted snow......well we are suppose to be getting up to 8" of snow this weekend. That should make them happy.....not me I'm ready for summer or at least spring.

Don't forget to order your pictures from Snapfish. $5 for a 100 pictures and that includes shipping. I ordered mine last night. I can't wait to get them and have time to scrap them. I ordered pictures of my 3 year old grandson's first time in the snow. The kids where having so much fun sledding and making snow angels.

I need to go to town (grocery shopping is now an all day trip now) so I best get going. Have a great day!

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I have to go order my pictures :-) Have a great day!

DRUM ROLL PLEASE

Drum roll Please...............the lucky winner is....oh wait I can't pick just one. How would all of you like to win? It is Valentine's Day after all! Ending with Shelia if you will e-mail at bonnie@scrap-n-away.com I will send all of you a gift certificate for $25 to Scrap-N-Away. Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day!

We hope you have something special planned for today. I am making Mark a one of his favorite dinners when he gets home from work.

I also decided I want to do something for you. I am going to be giving away a $25 gift certificate to Scrap-N-Away to one lucky reader...... all you have to do is leave us a comment.

No time

I really thought I was going to have a lot more time to blog now that we have moved to the Retreat. Oh that is so far from the truth.....I am busier now then ever before. We have had back to back 4 day retreats so by the time I clean,do the laundry it's time to go to town to get groceries. OK I know going to get groceries doesn't sound like much but it is now an all day process. It's the one day a week I get to town so I have to make sure I get all my errands done on that day.

I haven't even had time to start my Valentine's Day crafts. I hope to have time to get them done this week since we are heading to Pismo Beach next weekend. Yea we need the break it's been non stop since Christmas and it will be non stop for another month when we get back.

Here are a couple of things I hope to get made this coming week. Aren't these suckers adorable. I found them over at Skip to My Lou. I only have large candy canes left so I hope they will turn out. I was to late to find the small candy canes.

I also want to try making Hot Chocolate on a spoon with home made marshmallows. I don't have a picture of them to share yet but if I get them made I will take pictures.