NOTES FROM THE HOLLER

I hope all of you are doing well and able to rest after the busy Thanksgiving holiday.  We enjoyed a nice quiet holiday with family, enjoying lots of good food and companionship.  No big Black Friday shopping expeditions for me; I think my shopping days are about over.  I just hate the thoughts of grocery shopping, let alone fighting the crowds for big sales.  We have reached the point in our lives that we pretty much buy necessities as we need, and let the rest remain in the stores for all the other people. When hubby gets home from work today, he will probably check out a few stores online that he shops for electronics on, and I have purchased a few scrapbook kits, and that is our big shopping for Cyber Monday.  I guess we are just gettin' too old to cut the mustard anymore! Today is the last day of the big Thanksgiving Sale at Scrapbook-Elements where you will receive 40% off most items in the store While there check out Kimberly Stewart's Heavenly Angel...

Today is the day many of you have been waiting for!   I hope each of you are blessed with plenty of family, plenty to eat and plenty of shopping.  My plans today include going to visit with my husband's family for a brief time and then going to enjoy a nice meal with my brother and his family.  The kids will all enjoy their Thanksgiving meals today with their in-laws, and tomorrow they will shop while I plan on cleaning house in preparation for our "thanksgiving" meal on Saturday. I am looking forward to all of the kids coming in and spending the day with us. In the mean time, take a breather while that turkey is roasting in the oven, and hop on over to the Scrapbook Elements Store for their Thanksgiving Weekend Sale .  Most items in the store are 40% off, and there are 150 Door Buster Items priced at only a dollar or two!  I popped in and took a peek just a few minutes ago, and have my wish list started!!! Cathy Krenek of CathyK Designs has many of her beau...

Thanksgiving Weekend Sale at SBE Fabulous Bargains Are Yours This Weekend!! ~ad created with Harvest Blessings Elements Clusters and Harvest Blessings Papers by Kimberly Stewart Thanksgiving Weekend Sale Thursday, Nov. 22nd through Monday, Nov. 26th 40% off most products PLUS Your choice of 150 fabulous DOOR BUSTERS priced at $1 or $2 Sale excludes UBI Collections, CD Burns, Gift Certificates, and items regularly priced $2 or less. http://store.scrapbook- elements.com

Happy Sunday morning to you.  It is going to be a good day...I just feel it in my bones!  To begin with, I finally got started on some medications that have enabled to think I may be allowed to re-enter into the land of the living.  I even got three or four hours sleep yesterday, the first time in weeks I have been able to lay down and sleep for any length of time at all due to the horrible coughing, and boy do I feel better! We made our Thanksgiving plans with the kids, and are continuing with our "tradition" of having our big dinner day on the Saturday after Thanksgiving.  We are however, changing things up a bit because we are not going to have the traditional turkey feast for the kids are beginning to get tired of the dead bird by then.  We are going to have good ole beans and cornbread, and of course, as my hubby says,  "taters fried in grease" .  Then we are hoping to go with the kids out in the field behind the house and let them choose an old...

I usually love this time of year with the cooler temps and the changing of the leaves, the visits to the orchard, and working in my flower beds but this year has been so different.  I almost feel like a shut-in for I have not left the house in a couple of months except for a few times.  I have had this horrible crud in my head and chest that just will not go away.  Every time I think I am getting over it and I venture out, I back-slide and find myself worse yet again. It seems my immune system is shot, and as it has been for most all my life, everything settles in my lungs and it just takes me weeks to get better.  There has been lots of sleepless nights just sitting on the couch and watching television with a roll of toliet paper by my side to blow my nose on, and a towel stuck between my legs for the coughing fits.  I will not elaborate any further but if you are a woman over 40 then I am sure you know exactly what I am talking about!  Thank goodness for ...

Cathy releases a beautiful new kit today at Scrapbook-Elements and I just love it!  Cathy K's GROWING SO FAST is a versatile kit that is perfect for your growing-up layout plus so much more.  The colors are beautiful and loads of elements with gorgeous flowers!  My boys don't mind that I used the flowers on the layouts I made for them this morning...they are used to Mom's fru-fru.  Just look at this wonderful kit and check out the two pages I made as well and you may find a little reward at the bottom of my post! My oldest son Michael with his youngest sons, Little Michael and Slaton. My youngest son Matthew with his two children, Isaac and Ava. I can't wait to work more with this beautiful kit Cathy K's GROWING SO FAST by Cathy Krenek.  Find this and Cathy's other beautiful kits exclusivley at Scrapbook Elements I hope you enjoy the Quick Page and please post a little comment so I know you dropped by. Thanks so much! freebie ...

 The Scrapbook-Elements Designers have created  items exclusively for this U BUILD IT November event, and are proud to offer them to you at very low prices!  A whopping 42 different products are offered by them at only $1.00 or $2.00 each.  Check them all out HERE in the SBE store. Cathy Krenek has created elements, journal cards and paper sets which are perfect for your holiday layouts and they coordinate with all the other UBuildIt North Pole Express products.     Of course I had to play with Cathy's kits just a little bit, and in celebration of Digital Scrapbooking Day, stay with me all the way to the end, and you will find a nice little freebie!   freebie no longer available I hope you enjoy the clusters!     Now go forth and shop!

  Check Out Our New U Build It Collection! Available in the SBE Store on Friday, November 2nd! ~ad created with items from the North Pole Express UBI Collection North Pole Express is our latest U Build It! project designed for you to build your own collection. The North Pole Express UBI features over 40 fabulous products created by 7 different designers. This collection is perfect for scrapping your holiday events, especially those that might involve a trip on the North Pole Express or simply family gatherings around the fire sipping hot chocolate! All products in the U Build It category are value priced at $1 or $2 for a limited time only. Mix and match your own sets! Available in the SBE store on Friday, November 2nd. store.scrapbook-elements.com HERE ARE KIMMI'S CONTRIBUTIONS!   Kimmi's North Pole Ex press Element Packs are priced at o n ly $2.00 each, and the Paper Packs are only $1.00 each...