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I may be unable to have access to the computer for a day or two as my own personal PC Doctor, my dear Hubby installs my new hard drive but I wanted to get the Christmas decorations packed up from my blog.  How do you like the new look?  I used the Peace kit from Studio Rosey Posey for my new look.  I chose this kit for the beginning of this new decade for a variety of reasons.  I love the colors and the wintry feel of it but most importantly, as my DS#2 prepares to leave his family for Iraq, yet once again, it is Peace that we all hope and pray for.  God bless our soldiers and their families is my steadfast prayer.   I know that many of you do not like music playing on blogs but as Nicholas has been an Elvis fan since he was a small child, twenty of our favorite Elvis songs will be playing here for Nicholas.  They will be hear for you to listen to until you come home son.  We love you, Nicholas!

Mission Accomplished!  Or just about anyway!  With tons and tons of digital kits, embellishments, templates, etc. etc. etc.  I had so much that I would never use just sitting on my computer!  All year long I have went through and deleted but it so hard to delete something that you paid good money for...even it was five years ago, lol!  My dear, beloved husband told me he would get me a new gigantic hard drive for Christmas if I did a complete cleaning and threw out a lot of S*** (His words). Well, I did it!!!  I now only have 333 GB of digital supplies on my computer!!!!  And I am still deleting things from that!!!  My new big hard drive was ordered and should arrive today! My New Years Resolution is to purchase or download only that which I dearly, dearly love!  If I stop buying every little thing just because it is on sale....I might actually afford to buy some of the things I REALLY do want at full price.  For instance, there are several Lorie Davison Collections at SBG that I hav

I hope every one enjoyed a wonderful day close to their family and loved ones yesterday!  We had a great day here yesterday with all of the kids ( except for Nick and his family) and my brother spending the day with lots of food, lots of gits and lots of fun!  Nicholas joined us via telephone for a while.  The only bad news of the day was to learn he has to leave yet once again to Iraq in February.  This will make his fourth time to the Middle East since 911...when will it ever be over...I guess with two in the military, I just might as well get used to it as Michael will probably have to go back in 2010 as well. Anyway, the day was good and as soon as everyone left, I went to bed and crashed until five this morning.  That is the longest I have slept in one stretch in months.  Now today is for the cleanup as I did nothing before I went to bed, lol.  Hopefully I can talk Matt and Noelle back over today to help eat some of this food!  Every year I say I am not going to cook as much, an

Today is the final day of our "Days of Christmas".  I hope you enjoy all the goodies the Muses have gifted to you, and in case, you have missed any of them, all the links will be effective until the new year.  I hope you enjoy a wonderful Christmas surrounded by all those you love! 4Shared Here OR MediaFire Here Merry Merry Christmas!

Who doesn't love leaving Santa a little snack on his busy night? Fun frosty and toasty colors with some delicious baked cookies straight out of the photoshop oven come to us today from Studio Rosey Posey!                                         Cookies from Studio Rosey Posey   I found a great recipe for Gingersnap cookies from WeightWatchers to share with you today as well using Cookies       .                                  Download GINGERSNAP RECIPE Here                                                           Don't forget to check out all the other great cookie recipes at the Virtual Cookie Exchange (click on the top sidebar blinkie on the right)  See you tomorrow for the final gift of The Muses "12 Days of Christmas" Happy Scrappin!

ENJOY!!! Download @ 4Shared OR Download @ MediaFire MediaFire File has been corrected now-sorry!

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The big day is drawing near!  I finally have all my shopping and gift making done.  The brag books and photo albums have all been printed, and I will finish my gift-wrapping this afternoon.  We have one more Christmas party to go to this week and then the BIG day will finally be here!  I can't wait!  I hope you are enjoying the season with all your family and friends!  Without further ado, here is your gift for today, and don't forget to visit Muse Denise today as well!!! Download @ 4Shared OR Download @ MediaFire Visit Muses Denise Here Happy Scrappin!

I hope you are enjoying the goodies!  Today you have surprises from Muses Bon, Sandy and myself! Download @ 4Shared OR Download @ MediaFire Happy Scrappin!

Download @ 4Shared OR Download @ MediaFire Don't forget to check out Denise's blog for a gift as well! Go to Muse Denise's Blog Enjoy and Happy Scrappin!

Download @ 4Shared OR Download @ MediaFire Plus, Muse Denise has a goodie for you today as well: Go to Muse Denise's Blog ENJOY and HAPPY SCRAPPIN!

I know there were some who missed out on getting the Quick Page I had using Rina's Glorious Page Set so I have a new link for it!   Snag it soon for it, as well as the "12 Days of Christmas" will only be available until the first of the year, and then they will be gone forever! DOWNLOAD NO LONGER AVAILABLE Happy Scrappin!

DOWNLOAD 4SHARED OR MEDIA FIRE And don't forget to visit Muse Denise's Blog for another wonderful gift! Go to Muse Denise's Blog Happy Scrapping!

 Without further ado, let me present my favorite Christmas cookie! For many more delicious cookie recipes CLICK HERE

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It is our 3rd Day of Christmas and Muse Bon has created a wonderful surprise for you! There is also a little surprise from moi as well! Please, check out all The Muses' Blogs regularly for you never know when they will tuck in a little extra surprise they have created for ya! The Royal Muse Blog Roll Kimberly Stewart Rina Kroes Charne aka Meisie Denise aka wererich Debbie aka GrannyNKy Kabra Laurie aka The Purple Princess Tammy Gary Tammy Dumlap And now for what you have come for.... DOWNLOAD HERE @ 4SHARED                      OR DOWNLOAD HERE @ MediaFire

I am so sorry!  It seems that I ran out of bandwidth!  This ole Granny is not even sure what that means but not-to fear.... here are the new download links for Day One and Day Two! Day One -  Download 4Shared Here Day Two - Download 4Shared Here

On the 2nd Day of Christmas my true love brought to me ... Download Day 2 Gifts Here Download @ MediaFire Here  

Can you believe the big day is almost here?  Are you like me and just itching to rip open some of those packages which have been collecting under the tree?  Well The Royal Muses are here to help uou scratch that itch!  For the next 12 Days, just visit Muse Denise and/or this blog to find some delightful surprises created with products from Kimberly Stewart and Rina Kroes waiting for you to tear open! If you have time, please visit the SBE store and check out all the wonderful creations from these two prolific designers! Kimberly Stewart -  SBE STORE    Rina Kroes -     SBE STORE Now for today's surprises, we have two of them, one on each blog! Be nice and leave thanks as well...Santa is watching you! Go to Muse Denise's Blog           AND Download Day 1 Gift Here Download MediaFire here Happy Scrappin!

I am going to be participating in a virtual cookie exchange with The Hillbilly Housewife , Bridgett from http://www.SpectacularEats.com , Tracy from http://www.MomsInABlog.com and Loretta from http://www.JustNotMartha.com . The Christmas Cookie Exchange will be held on Tuesday December 15th 2009.  Come back Tuesday to discover some yummy new holiday cookie recipes. In the meantime feel free to browse through the cookie recipe section on HillbillyHousewife.com and if you haven’t already done so check out SpectacularEats.com , MomsinaBlog.com and JustNotMartha.com - Both are worth bookmarking and coming back to throughout the year. Of course you are also welcome to participate in the exchange. Details Here.

I know all of you must be busy, busy, busy in these final days before Christmas!  I know I am and can you believe it, we still have not went shopping for any of the Grandchildren!  Any-hoo, I can't stay long today but wanted to let you know the Muses are in the final stages of getting our 12 Days of Christmas Blog Train all set up so make sure you sure check back tomorrow for Day One. Happy Scrappin!

Its Monday again and that means the gals at Faith Sisters feature some layouts from their gallery that just "Made Ya Look" !  I was fortunate enough to have a layout chosen again this week!!!  I used sets from the SBE-U Build It Collection for December 2009-Family Treasures:  the Glitter Papers by Rina Kroes ,  Layered Borders by Rina Kroes , Cluster Frames by Rina Kroes and Layered Frames by Cathy Krenek .          Kimberly Stewart has three wonderful element packs and three coordinating paper packs in the UBI Family Treasures Collection.  I used her Family Treasures Element Pack 1 , Element Pack 2 , Element Pack 3 and Paper Pack 1 for the following page       This is a wonderful collection with 78 products from the wonderful designers at Scrapbook-Elements and each set is priced at only a buck or two!!!  These sets will only be available at such low prices for a limited time only so be sure to check them out!  Happy Scrappin!

Rina's opulent "GLORIOUS" collection combines the timeless elegance of rich gold and shimmering silver in a magnificent tribute to the majesty and wonder of Christmas. *** SCRAP4OTHERS-FRIENDLY!! ***  Included in this download you will receive 12 shimmering background papers (12x12 inches) in blended shades of gold and silver enhanced by subtle glitter overlays. All of the elements come in BOTH pre-shadowed and un-shadowed versions (where drop shadows are only used where needed for added realism) and include the following: rectangular gilded wooden frame; ornate silver frame; golden ribbon circle frame with star-and-bead embellishments; 3 hanging Christmas tree ornaments (golden ball with frosted white pattern; ornate silver bells and bow; cluster with golden decorations and bell); wreath of white/silver bells and glitter leaves; cluster of golden decorations on twirled ribbon; shiny gold cone cluster with gilded leaves, berries and bow; ivory carved cherub/angel p

Happy Tuesday to everyone!  Can you believe that December is here all ready!  This is the first time in a very long time that I have not even unpacked my Christmas decorations yet. Perhaps I will get to that this week. I want to send a heartfelt thank you to all of you who have said prayers for all of the family as we laid to rest my BIL Chester this week.  He has been sick for some time with pulmonary fibrosis and at 8:10 am on the morning of Nov 27 he took his last shallow breath and left this world to join his heavenly Father.  Please continue to remember his beloved wife Willodean and their family as they struggle with their tremendous loss. We canceled our Thanksgiving dinner we had planned with our kids on this past Saturday so I fixed a small dinner for my hubby and myself that evening, and just enjoyed some quiet time with each other.  We now look forward to Christmas Day as we will have a big dinner with the kids and my brothers. One of my layouts made the Faith Sisters