The ins. checks got to the bank after all! So waiting was the right advice. DH went to the lab for monthly blood work and had no problems with the new ins. So keeping fingers crossed our new plan will work. Colder and some snow here but not too bad. Chris, it's somehow not that surprising that...

Getting colder and trying to snow here, you'd think it was winter! We have bird club tonight and DH did grocery shopping, but otherwise not going out. My call to switch our electric plan (back to the city's aggregate) apparently went well. To our new health ins., :noidea: we mailed checks for...

It looks so barren to imagine this small bird against the huge rocks! But there is vegetation within the wall. Credits: -background: Not so basic: Whites by Maya de Groot -frame: Oscraps Collab hOmespun -brush: ArtPlay Palette Sophistica by Anna Aspnes -stitching: UrbanStitchez No. 3 by...

Oh, Chris, thank you, thank you! I'm so glad you liked my greenery!

Raining today but still not that cold. I've got to leave about noon for a meeting but before that have calls to make that I hope go well. Chris, good luck with your calls. I know you need it! Yes we had a nice time out yesterday. Sunday the heated jacket would have been great. Trudy! So...

I love visiting the city greenhouse in December to see the poinsettia display and to marvel at the goodies in the orchid room where it is warm and humid. Credits: -papers: MonoBlendz Lima Paperie by Anna Aspnes -transfers, button, brushes, word art, mask: ArtPlay Palette Lush by Anna Aspnes...

Gray day here but not so cold and we plan to check on birds on the lake in a bit. Yesterday I went birding for a while in the sunny afternoon while DH watched football. Chris, glad things were happy there. Good luck with contacting people today. I don't think I'll try until tomorrow...

k - knife

G - Ghent

r - rocking chairs

Vera, thanks so much for picking my art journal LO! What a sweet surprise.

It was hard to remember all this was still this year. Credits: all by NBK Design -background: Re-invent mixed media vintage papers -mask: Re-invent painters masks -lights: Re-invent magic lights -white paint, butterflies, frame: Re-invent artsy bits & pieces no1 -swirl: Autumn Whisper...

l - laptop

Handsome page, super colors, love the graphic effect of the word strips. It all gives a feel of being on the go to match your journaling. Super!

Q - Quito

Probably be another quiet day here. We are enjoying wearing a couple of Christmas presents. We got such nice things from each other, BIL and DH's cousin. Still feeling the glow. Also we had a lovely dinner with lots of yummy roast leftover. Today is gray and windy, but, yikes!, it is 60*F. But...

Super page! Love the faint swirls in the big photo. Can almost feel that super cold air.

This wildlife area is really something special. Credits: -template: Holiday Template Pack No. 1G by Anna Aspnes -background, white paint: Oscraps Collab Smile -foliage: ArtPlay Palette Sojourn by Anna Aspnes -brushes: ArtPlay Palette Aspera by Anna Aspnes fonts: Jane Austen, Old...

Happy celebrations to everyone! It'll be a relaxed day for us, a dinner that's become our Christmas Eve standard then we wrap presents for each other and put them out to tantalize till morning. That's our tradition developed over many years. Chris wishing you lots of stamina for the...

DH did his early morning bird survey this morning. Had missed a couple weeks with bad weather. But, very few birds today. We still have snow on the ground, but it's close to 40*F. I really do think everything "holiday" is done that will get done. Have the groceries for Christmas Eve dinner and...