December Daily - Ta Done!

Finally I was able to take some pictures of the last pages in my December Daily. It gets dark so early these days that it's hard to take pictures under lights and not get a glare from the page protectors.

December 21st I stayed with the girls while mommy and daddy went to Christmas parties. I'm not sure if you can read the journaling under Khloë's picture. While we were crafting my foot had fallen asleep because I was sitting on it. I asked Khloë if her foot ever fell asleep and she said, "yeah, I just take it to bed with me." I am still laughing about it. I mean it makes perfect sense, right?

December 22nd is when I got most of the presents wrapped.
December 23rd I still had a couple of presents left to buy and while shopping I came across this Disney doll and horse for Khloë.

This is an insert I made for the 24th. Starlet looks like she is so angry, but she really is a sweetheart. Maybe she was just upset that the dogs got a bone for Christmas and she didn't.

Poor Scooter. I gave him and Coco rawhide bones and he was so busy burying and unburying his that he rubbed the skin off his muzzle. Ouch! And yes, that's dirt on his nose.

 

The 24th was spent with just us and our little family. It was very nice and relaxing. Also a lot of fun watching Khloë open her presents. The top left section lifts up to reveal two more pictures.

And this is what you see when you lift the tab.

The 25th was a crazy day at my moms with the whole family. All three of my sisters and their families were there along with my Aunt and Cousin. It was loud and a lot of fun.

Just a few more pictures from the 25th.

On the 26th I was very happy to figure out how to get on the Cricut message board with my Kindle. On the 27th my dear husband was sick and miserable. He made a stop at the store and came home with every cold medicine he could find.

On the 28th I took the ornaments off the tree and hauled it out to the front yard. The rest is up to husband to deal with. LOL.

On the 29th I spent the day cleaning and playing in my scraproom.

 

  On the 30th I had to get gas. For my morning coffee I used the mug I got a couple Christmas's ago from Khloë.

On the 31st we went out to dinner with our younger son and his girlfriend and then we went to the movies.

We were home by 9:30 and everyone was in bed early except me. I stayed up and took pictures. Nobody was happy about that.

 

 

And that sums up my December. Now I need to get started on Project Life. Anyone else doing Project Life this year?

Be Merry-December Daily-Day 19 and 20

This page makes me giggle. My dear husband was riding passenger while I drove. I got a text message on my phone and he decided to answer it since I couldn't. Of course my daughter in law (who he was answering) knew it wasn't me right away and asked if it was him. Instead of texting back he took this "selfie" and sent it to her. He surprises me sometimes with the things he does. He's not one to take pictures of himself so I had to document it.

Us girls, on the other hand, love to take our picture. Kylee is still learning, but we're teaching her while she's still young. Khloë knows what it's all about. Lol. The bottom picture was taken while I was watching the girls. Their mommy and daddy had a Christmas party to attend and I was lucky enough to spend the evening playing and posing for pictures with the girls.

December Daily-Day 17 and 18

I think this is one of my favorite pages in my album. It's very simple, but looks a little more decorated.

The strip on the left is just a piece of paper cut to fit from the Simple Stories December kit. The Christmas sticker on December 18th was a freebie I got when I placed an order for supplies. That's two more days that are done!

More Tumblers to Decorate-December Daily-Day 16

I really love these tumblers and I guess I'm not alone. My older nieces (ages 16-19 years) asked if I would make them some for Christmas. I of course went to the store and bought a whole bunch of them. I only need to make about 6, but I think I bought 20 just in case.

In the past I've only gotten the clear ones, but I'm excited to see how these colored ones turn out. The hard part will be deciding which color for which niece. I'll post an update later on how they turned out.

Time to Party-December Daily-Day 14 and 15

I'm still playing catch-up. I know I've already posted these pictures of the tumblers and the birthday girl, but this is how they look in my December Daily album.

All the kids loved their tumblers with their names on them. They also loved having their faces painted. The funny part was after I took this picture of Khloë and showed it to her. She hadn't looked in the mirror so when I showed her the picture she was all excited and laughing at herself because she had a red nose.

Merry Christmas and December Daily-Day 13

Merry Christmas. I hope you all have a safe, healthy and enjoyable holiday season. I will be with family and away from the computer for at least the day so this is just another day from my December Daily. I'm still trying to catch up, but I'm getting closer. I think.

The entire week before Khloë's birthday was a rush trying to get everything done. Mike was a sweetheart and cut out the Mickey/Minnie Mouse heads for me. These will be covered in black and used for photo props at the party.

Some of my Favorite Things and December Daily-Day12

Merry Christmas Eve.
Yumm, Krispy Kreme donuts. When I heard Krispy Kreme was having a sale where you buy one dozen donuts you get a dozen free I had to go. I just had to.

The sale was supposed to be for glazed donuts only, but by the time I got to the cashier to pay for my order they were completely out of glazed donuts. Not to panic me, the lady at the register quickly says, "This is your lucky day. Instead of plain glazed donuts you can have your choice of a dozen filled donuts." Hmmmmm, I'll have lemon and strawberry and apple and........

And no, I did not eat ALL of them myself, but yes, I do need to do a little extra exercising now. And to think I got past Thanksgiving without any extra baggage. I can't say I got through December in the same shape.

How to catch a cat

I guess it's true what they say about cats and boxes. If there's a box in the house the cat is in it. It doesn't matter what size it is or if I'm trying to use it or not. She will squeeze herself into it and claim it as her own. This has made Christmas wrapping somewhat of a challenge. Just when I find the perfect size box for the present I need to wrap Starlet see's it too.

December Daily - Trying to catch up

Day 9- Preparations for Khloë's birthday party.

Day 10- Freezing weather and ice on the windshields.

Christmas Decorating and Day 8

Hubby went out and got the tree this year to surprise me, so Sunday was a day of decorating.

Our tree may not have all the newest and prettiest decorations, but I love them. They all hold happy memories and have been collected over the years. I took pictures of some of my favorites and numbered them so that my journaling could include where we got the ornament or what the significance is. I ran out of room on my journaling card though so it will be continued on the next page.

My Girls and My Lunch - Day 7

On Saturday Robin and I started working on stuff for Khloë's birthday party. One of the things we made were Minnie Mouse headbands for the kids. They took a little practice to make, but they came out really cute. We covered plastic headbands with black felt and used lots of hot glue.

I tried to get a better picture, but the only way I could get Khloë to sit still long enough to take a picture was to let her hold the Christmas lights.

Kylee was her usual helpful self. LOL.

 

And here is my page for December 7th.

 

 

 

 

Vinyl Tumblers and Day 6

Having a crafting day with my favorite girls is so much fun. Of course Kylee slept most of the time and didn't really help much, but Khloë is always a big help. She loves to load and unload the paper in the Cricut. Then she'll push the buttons on the Gypsy to cut our design. She was not a big fan of weeding the vinyl though. It kept getting stuck to her hands so we let Robin do that.

I really like the way these tumblers turned out. We used the Cricut Ribbons and Rosettes cartridge for the font, the Christmas Solutions cartridge for the snowflakes and the Merry and Bright cartridge for the tree.

I think we got about 12 of these done in one evening.  Of course I think the thing that took the most amount of time was deciding on the font. I tend to be very picky about fonts. We wanted a candy striped font, but didn't have one, so this was the next best thing.

As an extra little insert for my December Daily I added this picture of Mike. While I was gone crafting and Christopher was at work Mike got home from golfing and fixed Christopher's tire for him. I guess that means I have to give him his truck back.

Truck Trouble-December 5th

It was a case of the musical trucks. Thursday evening when Christopher got home from school he got out of his truck to the sound of air coming out of his tire. By the time I got home it was completely flat and he needed to go to school. So instead of fixing the tire he took my Tahoe. The next morning he took the Tahoe to work, which meant I needed to take Mike's truck to work. It's a good thing he didn't take it to go golfing.

I had a little fun at Mike's expense though. I sent him a text message saying he needed to get a new truck. Well, he called me immediately and asked what happened to his truck. "Did you wreck it?" "What happened?" I just laughed and told him now that I've adjusted the seats and the mirrors and put my jacket in it that now it's mine and he'll need a new one. He didn't think I was so funny.

December Daily - Day 4

Okay, so if I thought I was cold yesterday, now I'm totally freezing. The proof is in the forecast. The weatherman is calling for a freeze warning. The display in the car this morning had a warning that there might be ice on the road! I have decided one of the best inventions (that I will definitely get with my next vehicle) is a remote start. Oh how I wish I had one now. I could be in the warm house making my hot coffee and just push a button to start the car and it can be all toasty warm by the time I get outside. That's the way it should be.
Well, enough of my dreaming. You get the point. It's cold! So the dogs, who usually sleep outside or in the garage (they have a doggie door) had to come in the house because I didn't want to wake up in the morning to popsicle puppies. Scooter, the old guy on the right, was perfectly happy to come inside and enjoy the warmth. Little Miss Coco Puff was not so happy. Well, she was happy pulling out all the puppy toys and destroying the house, but then she was pacing the floor panting and wanting to go outside. I guess the cold weather breed (St Bernard) in her prefers the cold. Finally around 10:00 at night I gave into her wanting out. I was afraid of what I might find this morning, but to my amazement she was in the garage and as happy as she could be. Unlike me, she really does like the cold. Silly girl.

December Daily - Day 3

Another day done!

I didn't want to use a picture of the presents I got on this day because they're supposed to be a surprise and the recipients might see this post. I will probably add a hidden tag with more details. The funny part about the picture is that I was freezing while running around shopping, but instead of getting a hot coffee at Starbucks I got a COLD frappuchino. That is part of the reason I'm late posting my December 3rd, because when I got home I got under a blanket and didn't want to come out to work on my December Daily. I sat on the couch, under my blanket and printed the picture from my phone wirelessly. Awe, you gotta love technology.

December Daily - Day 1 and 2

Do you ever have that feeling like everything is going too well? I've been feeling pretty good lately. Thanksgiving was a success, Black Friday shopping was a success, the weekend was great and the first Monday of the month was quiet around the office. Well, all of that has come to a screeching halt. My younger son went home from work yesterday with a stomach flu. When I got to the house and saw his truck I knew he must have really been sick because he never misses work. Sure enough he was in bed and every hour or so running to the bathroom. At 9:30 last night I was up cleaning the entire bathroom and disinfecting everything with a hand towel over my mouth and nose, telling my son, "I'm sorry, but I don't want to get sick".

Here is a picture of the inside cover for my December Daily. Not sure what exactly I'll write on this page, but I'll put something there. Maybe a recap of the year.

December 1st I did some Christmas shopping and got some really good deals, like the one on the Cricut Expression. In the store they charged me $129, but on line it was only $99 so I ordered a second one on line and will (possibly) take the other one back. The one thing I wasn't able to get was the Microsoft Surface for my younger son. Every store at every location was sold out. The second picture on this page shows a list of stores and they all say "unavailable".

That takes us to December 2nd. My morning started out good. I had some baked oatmeal for breakfast that I made thanks to a friend on the Cricut message board that shared her recipe. Of course I had to be a little bad and add chocolate chips to mine. Then there is the picture of Christopher, sick in bed. I used Dr Check-up for the icons on the picture. My son is the one in the middle. LOL.

December Daily Cover

Happy December 1st my friends. I can't believe it's already December. Where did the year go? All I can say is it's a good thing for pictures and scrapbooks because sometimes I need a reminder of the days gone by.

This will be my second year doing a December Daily. I just glanced at last year's Daily and I'm really glad I have it. This year we have a new baby in the family to add to the album. It will be neat to see how much she changes in a month.

Here is a picture of my cover for this year:

The album is a Snap album and the papers are from Simple Stories December Documented set. I cut out December 2013 with my Cricut Quarter Note cartridge at 1 1/2 inches. The blue and white polka dotted snow flakes in the background were cut from Cheerful Seasons at 4, 3 1/2 and 3 inches. The ribbon on the side is something I found in my drawer.

My Life Monday - Week 4 Part 2

Happy Monday friends. I was able to get another week completed for Project Life, but was not able to catch up like I wanted. I have a really good excuse though :-) My older son and his wife hosted a 25th wedding anniversary party for my husband and I on Saturday. It was a beautiful party with all of our family and friends there. I will share some of those pictures in another post sometime this week.

For now Here is week 4.

Not too many photos this week, but lots of journaling again. The title card is pretty simple this week. I added some strips of paper and then the date on top. I used Close to my Heart's Art Philosophy cartridge for the letters. They were cut at 1.25" and .8"

The last day of this week was the day we flew to Maui for our 25th wedding anniversary. I wanted to add a Cricut cut to signify our plane ride. I chose Pack your Bags for the plane. It was cut at 1.25". The last 3x4 card on this page was made using Jubilee for the letters cut at 1.25" and a sun cut at 16" from Pack your Bags, which I cut in half to leave room for the words below it.

That's all for today. I'll be back soon with pictures from the party and another week from My Life. I will also be working on some Thank You cards and some layouts to share. See you next time. Cindy

December Daily Completed

Fair warning, this is going to be a long, picture heavy post. I finally got my December Daily done and have lots of pictures to show. I think the last day I shared was 17, so here we go with days 18 and 19.

Days 18 and 19 were just simple tags that pull out and have a picture on each one. I haven't done the journaling on the backs yet. Nothing much to add though. On the 18th I went shopping for Christmas supplies and on the 19th I made little sleighs with candy to go into some of the gift bags.

Day 20 is the only day I haven't done yet. I didn't really do anything on that day and didn't take a picture. I think I'll add something about Christmas's past for that day.

Now on to days 21, 22 and 23. This first picture shows how the days are organized in the book.

Day 21 pulls out of the paper bag at the left side. On this day I drove to my son's house and got to spend the evening taking care of Khloë while he and my daughter in law went to a Christmas party for work. Khloë had a blast making the gingerbread house.

Day 22 opens like a book to reveal a picture of my niece Allie that we had picked up from the airport. She flew in to spend Christmas with the family while on break at school in Utah.

Day 23 is a tag that pulls up from behind Day 22. It shows some of the presents I wrapped that day and the fudge I made. The journaling is on the other side of the tag.

Days 24, 25 and 26 are on the next page.

Day 24 flips up to show 3 pictures and journaling.

I'll add more journaling for these pictures later.

Day 25 pulls out from behind the 24th and reveals a tag that has a flap on it.

When you lift up the flap you see the full picture of the family on Christmas Day and journaling on the right side.

Day 26 is a large tag that pulls out from the paper bag on the right. It contains an old picture of my Grandmother and one of my cousins. My Grandmother passed away 6 years ago, but the 26th would have been her birthday so I saved this day for her. My cousin that was sitting on her lap was born on the 27th so they used to celebrate their birthdays together after Christmas.

The next page contains Day 27 and 28.

On the 27th I had allergies really bad and didn't feel like doing anything. I didn't feel very festive or have anything going on that day, so I just took a picture of the allergy medicine I was taking.

Day 28 I felt a lot better and went with my sister and two nieces so that the older niece could fly back home to Utah. The picture was taken at the airport just before she went through security. That picture lifts up and has another picture of my sister asleep on my couch with Scooter. This is also where I put all of the journaling for the day.

Days 29 and 30 are on the next page.

Day 29 is a trifold that opens to the left and to the right.

On this day my sister and I spent hours and hours designing a logo for her new cupcake business. It took forever, but I love how it turned out. We cut vinyl for her truck window, her Kitchen Aide mixer, her wall and her Cricut Cake.

Day 30 pulls out from the paper bag on the right. This was a relaxing day filled with crafting and watching football. Both of my favorite teams played and won so I was having a great day.

And finally we get to December 31st. Lots of pictures for this day. The first pictures pull out from the paper bag.

On one side of the tag is a picture of me, hubby and Khloë just before she had to go to bed on New Year's Eve.

On the other side of the tag is a picture of Khloë while we were at dinner.

Slipped behind the barn door style pocket is another picture of Khloë.

When you pull up the tag on the top you can open the doors to reveal yet another picture of Khloë and her mommy while we were at dinner.

Last but not least I added a family picture on the back inside cover. This picture was taken on Christmas Day, but I love it because it has all of us in it. This is what life is all about - FAMILY.

If you made it all the way through this post Thank You for stopping by and taking a look at my version of a December Daily. This was the first time I've done anything like this and it was a lot of fun. I know this will be a treasure to me in years to come. These last two pictures show the front cover and a side view that shows how chunky my book became. Thanks for looking and Happy New Year!