GingerBread Party 2006, Part 4

And our last guests, the delightful Roscoe girls. Wanda brings Meghan and Sarah (Wanda if I mispelled their names, let me know, I'll fix!!!) every year. This year they didn't have quite enough time to finish before having to leave in time to catch a new American Girl movie on TV - but I did catch some Work in Progress shots.

Meghan is laughing so hard because I had just told her the Tootsie Roll chimney on her house looked like a turd. Yeah, I'm a classy broad. But it really did.

GingerBread Party 2006, Part 3

Next to arrive, Gina and Timmy. It was getting pretty crowded, but we just threw another table at the problem, and got to work. Tim also veered toward the twisted - I really look forward to seeing what he does next year. I think he was influenced by Mr. Jeremy's evil crimescene!

Miss Gina's house was adorable, just like her, of course!

GingerBread Party 2006, Part 2

Lisa, Jeremy, and Holly were next to arrive.

Lisa brought cookies to decorate, but ended up knitting the whole time. Oooooh - is she hooked or what?

Jeremy needs serious therapy. His "house" was more of a crime scene diorama. Blood, guts, and mayhem. I am so proud.




















He also decorated a cookie for Jess, and we found a perfect backdrop for it.

Holly went with a Hurricane Katrina theme - the house pretty much looked like a levee broke allllll over it. She added POLICE to the roof as a finishing touch.

GingerBread Party 2006, Part 1

Phew. My feet hurt. Let's get that right out of the way. Now - on to the good stuff. So far, 7 guests, 6 houses. Some twisted and sick, others traditional and adorable.

Ahva and Rita got right down to business - Rita's first time at one of these things. She managed to stick 20 lbs. of candy on a 2lb house - absolutely amazing. Ahva went with a more traditional cottage - very cute, in pastels and of course, heavy on the pink!

One Thing I Am Thankful For

I don't usually get sappy - just not that type of person. But during these holidays I especially miss one person who always adds life and energy to every day, and to watch her during the holidays is a blessing I have enjoyed for more than 15 years now. I have watched her grow up from a little girl who cried because she thought she wasn't pretty to become a gorgeous, talented, self-assured young woman who lights up the room just by walking into it.

And she is in Brazil, with her extended family, and missing Thanksgiving at home. So I just wanted to let her know that even though she isn't here with us this week, she is in my heart and can't wait for her to come home.

Grand View. Whew. Still Recuperating.

Wow. What a weekend. From Friday night to Sunday noon, 12 absolutely insane women knit, drink, munch, gab, sing, crack jokes, and occasionally sleep. Where? The Grand View Country Store in Randolph, NH is a yarn store for yarn stash-aholics.

Everywhere you turn, there is yarn. It's enough to convert anyone from a "I'm just coming with you to scrap" type chick into a "OK, this scarf is almost done, what do I do for a second project?" chick.

Case in point.

CroptoberFest 2006

It's a little late, but I really want to thank Melissa for holding an excellent CroptoberFest. It was great to be able to bring Gina, Chris and Lisa, and scrap allllllll day. I made great strides on Aunt Joyce's birthday album - it's almost done!


The girls came to visit during dinner, and Nora, the shy retiring little Junebug she is, visited everyone, asking about their pictures and their pages. What a freakin cutie! I managed to convince her it would be AWESOME to put bug stickers on our noses - I had to do it first to push her over the edge.
Lisa wanted to go outside and get some pictures for her albums so I got to play photographer - she so pretty, huh?