Almost Time for a New Calendar

When I was a young kid I remember being allowed to stay up late to ring in the new year a couple of times. I think we tended to do our own thing until we were all called to gather in front of the television set to watch the ball drop in New York city.

Since we never lived in the east coast time zone I'm sure we watched a re-broadcast of the big event. I remember the big count down. FIVE......

 FOUR..... THREE..... (everyone is counting along now)  TWO.....  ONE!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Everyone on TV would be jumping, yelling, blowing noise makers and smiling. In our house usually my mom would jump and yell and we'd join in, but really it felt so forced and fake. So what? The date changed. Big deal. It changes every day.

I remember one year as a young adult looking forward to the new year, but ultimately I was the same old me, everyone was the same old everyone, and the only thing that was different was the date.

If you think the date changing is a party-worthy event, then certainly enjoy your date changing party. If you'd rather catch a few Zs then enjoy that too. Whichever you prefer, just remember to write "2017" when you write checks.*

The Fine Print: *That's a joke, no one writes checks anymore.... Happy New Year dies by Cheery Lynn, various gold washi tapes from Amazon, star dies by Sweet & Sassy.

On My Mind

The other day I was trying to stand around on one foot and brush my teeth...

Wait, let me back this story up a bit. About a month ago we quit our far away gym and joined a place closer to our house. I started taking an evening yoga class they offer there. Here's the thing with yoga:  if you'd like to find out how non-flexible you are and how poor your balance is--yoga is the class for you!

I wasn't surprised to learn that my balance was so poor, but it was so poor that I was surprised that I am able to walk upright.

Anyway, since my balance is so poor I thought I'd do something about it, so I've been trying to practice standing on one foot. Except that I can't even stand on one foot for more than a tenth of a second so I'm not sure how I can get better at it. I do try though, which is why I was trying to brush my teeth while standing on one foot. I just wanted to share this folly with you in case you hear that I died in a freak bathroom accident. You'll know I probably fell over and jammed a toothbrush deep into my skull.

We call that "the corpse pose" in yoga class.

The Fine Print: Stuff from my stash, card topper by Club Scrap.

The Favorite

Since Christmas is done and over for 2016 (oops, spoiler alert!) and we haven't yet staggered into 2017, this week's Merry Monday challenge is to share your favorite card from the past year. It doesn't have to be one that was entered into Merry Monday, but just one that you made.

This is my favorite card from the past year. There is so much that appeals to me in this card. I love that it has kitties on it,I love that piece of designer paper, the deep red appeals to me, that I got the colors to match so well was cool, the base card was a piece of shimmer cardstock I've had forever so I was happy it finally got used, I was proud of myself for using one of my fancier shaped dies for a change, I used several paper flowers on one card and I even used bling.

Whew! So much to like on one card. I sent this card to my mom and I hope she likes it as much as I do. So that wraps up Merry Monday for this year. Stay tuned for next!

The Fine Print: Cozy Kitten digital image from From the Heart (shocking that my fave is a digi!), fancy oval die by Spellbinders, designer paper by Basic Gray, flowers from Prima.

Magical Dragons

Hubby got me the coolest stamp set for Christmas. Here is is in all its magical action. It has several dragons and greetings on it but I was taken by this one. For some reason I had a hankering to make a step card so I combined my dragon with a step card.

I also used up quite a number of snippets to make this and the following card so for once I'm remembering to trot along to Pixie's Snippet Playground where I can show off my new dragons. This second card is a get well card that I made for my mother who caught the Annual Christmas Cold.* I drew little puffies under the dragon's eyes because he was sick.

Well, now I'm off to build a puzzle. Hubby got me a several of those for Christmas too.

The Fine Print: Magical Dragons stamp set by My Favorite Things, designer papers by  Pebbles "Garden Party," flower punch by EK Success, swirly border punch by All Night Media, enamel dots by Stampin' Up, yellow sprinkle dots by Doodlebug, step card die by The Stamp Doctor. * Someone in our family always seems to be sick for Christmas. So glad it isn't me for a change.

Peace

May you have a peaceful day and if not may you have many pieces of pie. 

Or if you want to put some jingle in your step, do that instead, and you don't have to jingle all the way, you can opt for part-way and no one will complain.

The Fine Print: Top card: I dunno. Bottom tag: A Muse Studio.

Waiting

Charles is patiently waiting for the big day. He hasn't long to wait....

Simple Joys

I'm fresh out of words today. 

The Fine Print: Dies and charm by Stampin' Up, inks by Memento, cardstock from my stash.