I don't know why it is so hard to blog lately…actually, yes I do!  But my intentions, which are usually good, are to get back into the rhythm.  I also want to get back to doing projects:  layouts, cards, artsie stuff.  We are going to have a really fun (if people participate!)  Relief Society birthday party this Thursday.  We are following a "green" theme…not the leprechaun type, but the "reduce, reuse, recycle" type, or as the old saying that President Hinckley reminded us of – fix it up, wear it out, make it do or do without!  So I have a few items that I am working on that I will post here once they are unveiled at the meeting!  Just in case anyone is peaking!  But for now, here is a layout that I did for one of Pinecone Press' recent books.  (I finally figured out how to photomerge!  I love Photoshop!) This is my Megan and I, I think at Disneyland, but I changed the colors to black and white…unless Megan took the picture, because her camera has that function to change to black and white…no, I think it was my camera, but heck, I can't remember that long ago.  I love these My Mind's Eye patterned papers! Now…don't you "other" kids be jealous!  I'll have pictures of all you eventually! Tomorrow, I will let you all into my "Amish

 All my Thanksgiving food shopping is done…I hope!  Thank heavens for Costco and the yummy cheese trays, cheap olives and artichoke dip.  I got a box in the mail from Pinecone Press and when I was going through the Options booklet from the Domestic Goddess kit, I noticed that on the page that has the recipe cards, there is a blurb about going to download the recipe card blanks at justhelen.typepad.com and I realized that I hadn't figured out how to get a PDF on the website yet!  But this is what drives me to figure things out…a hard deadline - it should have been done YESTERDAY!!!  I have other downloads I want to do that will just be easy to use and fun to share, so now is as good a time as ever to "get 'er done"!  And if I can't figure it out, I have a web-savvy son that LOVES to help his aged mother! In my box I got from Pinecone today, I received an extra kit that I would be happy to share with someone.  With all the expense for Christmas coming up, it's a hard time to be buying things for yourself, so leave me a comment and on BLACK FRIDAY I will randomly pick someone to send it off to as a BLACK FRIDAY give-away!  But sorry, this time it will only be one lucky winner!  HOWEVER…I want to