Weekend adventure

Hello all,
Enjoying the blizzard??? We had a fairly peaceful day at home. This weekend was another story.

We went on a snowmobile trip to Pequot Lakes, MN which is near Brainerd. This is an annual vacation for us for about the last 5 or 6 years. We left late Thursday night and arrived at the motel around 11pm. We enjoyed their free breakfast of waffles, bagels, juice, coffee, cereal, etc early the next morning so the kids could get some swim time in before we left for the trail ride. In past years I measure the success of the trip based on the hours spent in the pool... and we did rather well this year with about 8 total between 3 days.

After swimming, however, Ben our snowmobile enthusiast (pretty cool, I spelled that right without spellcheck!) didn't feel right and was rolling around the floor all curled up like a ball. When asked if he wanted to skip the trail ride he proceeded to get his gear on while curled up...it was quite a task. He was a good sport and drove his Skidoo from the motel to downtown Pequot and took a little cap nap in the little red and white cutter that Bethany and Josh rode in behind Paul's '66 Arctic Cat. He found his second wind and made the trail ride to the restaurant, just in time to take another rest on the floor laying on my coat. He found his 'third wind' and made it back to the motel and rested and watched cartoon for awhile, while we went swimming. He caught his forth wind and joined us pool side throwing a ball for Bethany and Josh. He finished the night feeling like he had to puke, but didn't and by 7:30 am on Saturday he woke me up stating, "I feel awesome!"

Saturday went well with a snowmobile show and races which Ben raced two and got a trophy for the youngest racer. More swimming for us and Paul and Ben went to the banquet where Ben got his trophy. Sat night around 3am, I awoke to Bethany puking which lasted for a good 2 hours. Luckily, Paul was able to sleep through the whole ordeal....

Sunday, Bethany was feeling a little better, but tired. Josh started getting sympathy pains and they both declined breakfast. We packed up and headed for home by about noon. About 20 min into the drive, Josh was complaining a bit more loudly about his tummy hurting so, I told Paul we had better find a bucket somewhere. Luckily, Paul found a sympathetic gas station employee who found us a large bucket and wished us luck and off we went. We took Josh's coat off to find him rather clammy, but he seemed content to watch the movie on the laptop. About an hour in to the drive....Bethany was the first to use the bucket....and eventually Josh did too. Not too pleasant of a trip. By Wahpeton, Ben was needing to go to the bathroom, but decided to wait til home. Off we went.

We arrived at home around 4:30, just in time to unload the pickup before we watched the Vikings game. (Yeah, yeah I know they lost) While we unloaded here comes my black lab, Lena, holding her hind leg up. Looks like she broke it, but with the icy roads decided to bring her in the house and take her to the vet in the morning (lets make that Tuesday morning)
Ben finally made it to the bathroom and shortly was yelling for....you guessed it, a bucket.....

So the blizzard was a pleasant surprise seeing the kids weren't going to school anyway. Unfortunately, Lena had to wait to get to the vet (I'll post her update tomorrow)

On the bright side, Ben's fish tank went from 3 fish to about 20 when a black molly exploded with babies!!! They are way too cute. And tonight, Josh found an itty bitty little orange fish, so who knows how many fish will be in there in the morning.

No puking today and with 2 extra hours in the morning we should get to our destinations.

I hope you had a less eventful weekend than we did, although we did enjoy it.

More later with pictures...I can't find the picture card thingy again.

Thanks for stopping,
Treena

P.S. Fish for sale

Game night

Here is a cute little box I made for a family gift exchange.
It held a deck of cards, dice, and notepad.

I thought it was so cute, I made one for myself too!

I used my Big Shot to cut the letters out using the Billboard Sizzlet
decorative strip die.

I embossed the dice and dominoes and used crystal effects on the little hearts and spade to give them some shine and thickness.
It took some time, but was worth it!
Have a great day and thanks for stopping by.
Treena

Special Birthday Card

This card is for Paul's Grandma Ruth. She is 93 years young.

I had the kids each sign their names. Bethany helped make the card.

I just love this pop up cake....there are so many fun things to do with it.
Wouldn't you feel special getting this in the mail?
Have a great day!
Treena

Occasions Mini Share

Do you like some of the accessories in the mini, but can't get it all?

This offer might be for you!

RIBBON SHARE
You get 3 yards of all 9 colors from the mini for $18.90
It is a 5/8" satin ribbon

Corduroy Button Share
You get 12 buttons for $5.80
6 real red, 6 pretty in pink; 2 each of 3 designs

Epoxy Brad Share
You get 12 brads for $5.14
2 each of 6 designs

You can view the Occasions mini by clicking on the link to the left.
Please email me if you are interested.
Treena@drtel.net

I also have room for my 4-4-40 club. Scroll down for more details.

Have a great day!
Treena

Last day of the Holiday Mini!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!
I hope everyone had a memorable New Year's Day.
This is the gift exchange I made for my Christmas Party with the gals in the Stamp til you Cramp club. I had this idea in my head for months and finally made it!
It uses the specialty designer series paper from the Holiday Mini, Night & Day. The black and white make such elegant cards and projects. If this paper was on your 'gotta have' list you better act fast as today is the last day to order it!!!

The recipe for this box includes 6 matchbox 'drawers' assembled and taped together, some white punched flowers to frame the shot of red in the rhinestone brads, drawer pulls. The entire set is then wrapped in the Night & Day DSP with another shot of red for the bow. I added some white matchbox die cutouts for the recipient to use on her own projects.
I was very happy with how this turned out and can't wait to make more. These would make great gifts for holding jewelry, stamping bling, or other treasures.
Ooo, what a great activity for Bethany's birthday party! But that isn't until April...

I hope you have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by!
Treena

4-4-40

What is 4-4-40?
A quick way to expand your stamping supplies, while reaping the benefits of being a hostess all while getting together once a month with stamping friends.

I have had a couple of people who have been interested in joining a monthly club, but couldn't commit to 6 months. So I came up with a shorter version.

Who: 4 Enthusiastic Stampers
When: 4 months; Jan, Feb, Mar, and April
Where: typically I can set these up at my church
What: spend $40 each month and be hostess one time
Why: because you need a night out!

The timing of this couldn't be better.
Sale-a-bration will be during Jan, Feb and March and I am confident there will be some special for April too. So if everyone just spends the $40, the total is $160 which entitles you to a free hostess set and $15 in free merchandise. If most take advantage of Sale-a-bration and spend $50, your total could increase to $200 which gives you $20 free merchandise.

The new Occasions mini catalog will also be available Jan 5th through April 30.
There are some exciting new things in this one!!
A new punch design
&
Clear mount stamps!
It is 43 pages of Stampin' Up! at their finest.

The hostess will serve a snack and I will prepare 2-3 stamping items to make.
This club will be filled on a first come, first serve basis, so contact me ASAP to reserve your spot.

Have great day and stay warm!
Treena

Christmas crafting

I got them to sit still for a minute Christmas morning for a quick picture.

Here are the teacher gifts Josh brought to school. Candy canes are one of his favorites. He was so proud of his gifts.
One item Dad got in his stocking was a bag of M&Ms which, when left unattended, Josh ate half.
When questioned....he simply threw his hands up, as if caught, admitting
"OK, I LOVE CHOCOLATE!!"
It was hysterical!! He may look like Dad, but loves his chocolate like Mama.

These are some of Bethany's creations. She made several at my holiday workshop, but needed a few more. I think she had fun handing them out at school.

I left Ben and Bethany to work on their gift bags alone while I went to a Christmas Party with my stamping friends. They were asleep when I got home and had all their treat bags ready on the kitchen table. I was so proud of what they had created...more impressed that they did it together and lived to hand them out!