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Today I took some paper, chipboard and envelopes and made a mini album that I'm going to fill with gift cards for Christmas.
One down and I cut enough to make several more.  Although I'm not sure a gift card will be tucked in every pocket, I may have some notes or other items included.
I took a couple of the envelopes and ran them through the using the 
sizzix textured impressions...

There were several choices for B but when I pulled out this picture,
 I knew I found my B word.
B - Batman Costume 
(Ryan's costume I made him his last Halloween)

Well, you knew this before you even saw the picture, right.... 
A - Apple (my favorite fruit of fall)

the sun decides to shine at the end of the day on Sunday...
I guess I shouldn't complain since the weather didn't spoil our weekend plans, it just would have been nicer had it been dry.
This weekend was the first Mount Union home game and what an experience it was! The stadium was packed, the field was covered with football players and everywhere you looked people were wearing Mount Union apparel!...

I may not talk about him much, but I think its about time I do a post about him and only him. That guy is my husband Joel.  He does so much and asks for so little in return. So I need to document some of the wonderful characteristics of Joel.


(in no particular order)
He has an amazing work ethicHe will do anything for his familyHe's a wonderful husbandHe's a great dadHe does...

Yesterday my sister and I made a trip to Michigan to visit our friends there.  We had a great day, we always do when with our friends.  But this day was bittersweet too.
Before making our way into Debbie's store we stopped off at Scraptales to pick up a few necessities... ha ha
After we left there we headed over to Debbie's store to meet up with her and Brenda.
We had lunch at Carl and...

Thirteen of my favorite things around town...
Perfectly Charming - not just the town, but the store!Farmer's markets - which are going away in a few weeks!Target - did I really need to list it??Medina SquareThe berry farm, right up the roadFarms all aroundAlmost every yard has a lakeHorse and buggies travel down our streetQuietLots of walking trailsDunkin Donuts, Star Bucks, Cool Beans, Muddy...

I started writing about Narcissism a while back as I was trying to learn and understand more about this personality disorder.  You can see my previous posts here and here and here and the first post I made about Narcissism hereThen the more I read, the more I thought about making Narcissism its own page.  This way if its something your interested in learning more about you can look here, and if...

I have been doing a lot of playing these last few weeks with anything and everything Halloween!
Between working on the house decorations, I've also been playing with some crafts that I'm really having a blast with. I still need to pick up some gourds and small pumpkins for some finishing touches and Joel usually picks up corn stalks for me to decorate the porch.

As for the crafts... here are...

A trip to the hospital was how we spent our Sunday after Zach was helping a friend haul wood and had something blow into his eye.  They numbed his eye, washed it out and even after going to bed early his eye still hurt this morning.
So it was off to the eye doctor to have a second look.  He could see a lot of scratches he said but could not find anything still in the eye, so he wants to give...