Changes In Latitude, Changes In Attitude

As you are reading this I am somewhere in warm, sunny Florida with my wonder hubby. We are on our vacation. My part of the trip is two nights in Walt Disney W0rld and his part is three nights in Key West.

This will be hubby's first trip to Walt Disney W0rld. Please pray for me that he has a good time and that we both are granted with great patience.

This was a test run this summer in NYC. I hope he feels some of the magic.

Key West will be wonderfully relaxing. Just a couple of Mai Tai's and beach chairs and we will be all set. This was the view from our room last year. This year we hope to be looking right out over the ocean. Of course will we be stopping every night on our way back to get some yummy banana ice cream.

I will fill you all in on our trip when we return. See you real soon!

Happy Delurking Day!

Come out, come out, where ever you are.....It's Delurking Day! Yep, that's right. Read the site? Comment. Comment all the time? Cool, thank you! A little shy? Come on, comment - you know you wanna. Go comment all willy-nilly all over the blogosphere. You'll be glad you did. And trust me, the bloggers to whom you delurk to will appreciate it.

And you shouldn't just do it on this blog, you should also do it on the other blogs you may read where you haven't commented before. We know you're out there, reading the blog but never sharing your thoughts with us. We've been watching you (we're pretty sure it's legal now). I have lurkers. That’s totally fine with me, I am just thrilled that anyone reads me at all. I don’t want to add to the pressure or shame anyone into leaving a message. But it’s your chance to give me an idea of just how many of you are out there reading my blog, I'm just curious. I would still continue to blog my boring and sometimes crazy life and crafts even if nobody ever stopped by and said hey.

You don’t have to say a lot it can be a simple hello or you can tell me what you had for dinner, either tonight or last night. Or your favorite kind of cookie. Or, maybe, what's great in your life currently? It only happens once a year so let’s get out there and delurk!

2008 - A year in Review

In January, we got a brand new Jeep. That we are still slowly modifying. I was hoping to drive it around and play in the snow last year but the only time it snowed enough for me to even think about playing, I was in Florida for my birthday. Oh well, maybe this year.Hubby and I took out yearly vacation to some place warm the second week of January. We went to Key West, Fl. It was so wonderful and we loved it so much we are going back again this year. Then I had the BEST birthday ever! I celebrated by going to Walt Disney World! My extra special birthday included the Pirates and Princess Party, total embarrassment at several restaurants and to be the Grand Marshall of the 3 o'clock parade. It was AWESOME! If you want to read more I have a complete recap here

Then the floods came. This is a sore spot for me. I recapped it all here First half of 2008 Part 1 and First half of 2008 Part 2.

Mom and I made many cool cakes this year.

My Pirate Ship Birthday CakeThis Chocolate Overload cake.Sharon's Ball of Yarn CakeHubby's Monkey CakeHalloween Party CakesMom's Birthday CakeI also dared to try some new crafts. This is my unfinished quilt. It will be a goal for me this year to get the quilt top sewn together. And this is the one Cross stitch piece I made and will probably be the last that I make for a long time. I like the holes to be much bigger when I sew. Like on Elmo. This tissue box cover was a secret Christmas present for Alex. My favorite 2 year old. There were a couple other secret projects like the Baby Carriage for sweatshop worker Kimmy. And the Christmas Card holder Sled for my friend Chris. If you look back in my Archives you will see that I got sucked into some crazy and silly Meme’s this year. And I'm not sure how we got anything done with our drunken crafting nights. In the late summer all of you had the chance to vote on some on the upcoming projects that I would be doing for the craft show. We were only able to finish a few of the winners but I hope to complete the rest for the next show. These are two of the favorites that we got to making. I also made a secret wedding card cake holder for Sairy and John in September. In the fall mom and I got new Bikes and took some great rides around town and beyond. I hope to ride a lot more this year and maybe even get to see the Eagle that I heard so much about but kept missing.

I found a fun fall hobby, Carving Pumpkins. I carved over 25 different pumpkins this year and I hope to add many new and different ones next Halloween. I had so much fun with these. Then I was lucky enough to make a return trip to Disney World on Halloween with Sharon. We attended Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween party. The weather was great and I had a blast.In December came the Craft Show. This is what we work so hard for every year. I feel we did a great job this year. My sweatshop are the best!The holidays came and went and I was super busy. I didn't get a chance to blog at all. Here is just a few photos from the end of December.

Mom in her warm blanket. Made for her by sweatshop worker Kimmy for Christmas. Love that green color.I got my very own Light Box. Now I don't have to hold others for months at a time. As soon as I have something to take a picture of I will let you know how wonderful it is.I got a piece of real Flair! "Yo Ho Ho Ho I'd rather sit on Captain Jacks lap!"And finally I'm going to try to start a new tradition. After 7 years of marriage I hope to start taking a nice, sweet, civil picture of me and hubby next to the tree of Christmas Eve. I hope to look back on them 10, 20 years from now and think, "My goddess, I was so young and skinny"

To all of you who continue to visit my blog, I thank you. I wish everyone a safe, healthy, happy new year! Looking forward to a fun filled 2009!