meanwhile.... back at the ranch

Yes... I have been:

 
Thanks for hanging in there with me!

On the road again ~ we are in the midsts of planning a Spring vacation (complete with adult children) to Mexico and Honduras. A great excuse to make another travel journal for myself and 2 others for the boys. The cover is from a 1942 information booklet about the steamship Mauritania (sister ship of the doomed Lucitania). As you can see I had quite the time trying out my new sewing machine, discovering all of the different decorative stitches.

 

and a few of the pages....

 

 
 
 
 
And now...

On to other matters....

~Imagine ~

 

if you will - as cute as he is...

carrying this:

 
around with you 24/7.

That is exactly what I have done (figuratively of course) for several years. With the help of a wonderful hypnotherapy session, daily exercise and a new-found store of self-discipline, I have shed some of the unwanted pounds. To date, the same amount as what Mr. Moose weighs... and counting. Yay!

So you see - I have not been quite the slackard as it would appear. Cannot promise daily blog updates but will try to keep a bit more current. That's the plan anyway!

Oh - and hardly an afterthought - but this:

 

is what awaited me this morning. 30" and still going strong. And not a snowplow in sight. Mexico is looking might fine right about now.

Hoping all of you have begun the new year with a clean slate and renewed creativity ~

xo

Comments

[Joanne Thieme Huffman]

Glad to see you back blogging. The travel journal looks incredible - very well done and very inviting. Congrats on the weight loss (I'm slowly working with the same issue, currently happy to be back to where I was before Christmas). You're having more inches of snow this year than we are; good luck with it. The photo is beautiful - photos of snow are so much nicer than the actual snow. Have fun in Mexico and Honduras!

[caterina giglio]

Hi dearheart! hope you had a great Christmas and New Years! Mexico always looks good to me about now too, just so done with snow and minus digits! great journal, can't wait to see it all filled up! have safe travel! xx's