Happy New Year, everyone!

I noticed something weird & kind-of scary when I was doing my Christmas cards & envelopes I discovered that I spend so much time typing & printing things using my "sticky notes" program on my computer & printing rather than writing on regular notepads for increased legibility, that I am actually FORGETTING how to write in cursive! Ack!! Something I do not particularly care for, & I think I will need to do something about it, in the New Year.

Today was our 2nd wedding anniversary, so we went out & took some pictures, & went out for lunch.

It's Christmas day & another year is almost finished. I am looking back over the past year, & looking ahead, to what is coming. Anyway, I can't seem to remember all the stuff I wanted to say, so I will have to come back & finish this later. Time to go watch "A Muppet Family Christmas."

Today's the 14th, getting things happening for the holidays. I crossed the border yesterday, got the last of the presents mailed off. We have the tree up & decorated.

I have been designing some of our own Christmas cards again this year. I wasn't sure I was going to continue doing it, given that Picnik closed & I loved some of the special effects they had, like this:

But some new sites that I've recently found, have some really beautiful & amazing Christmas frames & I am quite happy with them.

In other news, I rode 7 miles on my exercise bike this morning, a new personal best for me! We bought it in late August, to help us both stay in better shape, during the nasty weather.

It does seem to have been helpful. I am pushing myself a bit, as I am having a lot of trouble losing weight & getting in better shape. 

It's early December, getting ready for the holidays. Shopping, baking, all that fun stuff. Made a batch of peppermint patties, chocolate coconut balls & Frosty's hats, last week. I forgot to take a photo, but here's one of last Christmas's Frosty hats.

I've been trying out several new free sites with Christmas (& other) frames, to make my own Christmas cards. Here's some examples:

 

 

 

I've been having a lot of fun, trying different styles. I was so sad when picnic closed, they had a wonderful frame of lights, like this:

I haven't been able to find another program that does this, if you find one, please let me know. Thank you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well, hopefully I'll get back on here before my birthday & Christmas come around, but just in case I don't

It's early November, Thanksgiving & Halloween are finished. Thanksgiving is coming soon & then my birthday & Christmas! Before you think it's a typo, or that I have lost my marbles, we do celebrate Thanksgiving twice, once in October (Canadian) & also in November, because my husband & I are a bi-national couple. If you ever wondered why Canada & the US have different Thanksgiving dates, here's the answer (I clipped this from a local free newspaper, several years ago:

I made Frosty's hats last week & they are still amazing. Something different I noticed, though. The last 2 times I made them, were a bit different from the 1st time.  The first time, 8 ounces of baking chocolate (with 1 tsp. cooking oil), made 8 hats. The 2nd time, 8 ounces of chocolate made 12 hats. This time, it made 15! I am not doing anything differently, as far as I can tell, so I am not sure why the difference. I will have re-calculate the calories though, as it was based on the 1st time.