A World of Ice

On Tuesday, the temp shot up to 44 and all the snow melted….we even had thunderstorms! When we woke up Wednesday morning, it was 7 degrees, with a wind-chill of -22!! *Everything* was ice….everything was shut down. DH took off for work, called me an hour later and said he’d only gotten about 20 miles. He, along with lots of others, sat at McDonald’s for a couple of hours until it got light enough to at least see the road before he made his way home.

Have I mentioned that I HATE WINTER!!?

Anyway, it gave me plenty of time to get some scrapping done — and a good excuse to stay in my jammies all day!

This first LO is my ds and his girlfriend. I used the Impressions kit by TerrellS Designs, which you can find at SAS, here.

This next one is a quilt I made for my son’s friends’ new baby. Joe, the dad, is in the Army and is shipping out to Kuwait next week. The good thing is, he got to be there for her birth…..the bad thing is, she won’t remember him.   The journaling reads: I hope I never again have to make a baby quilt for a child who won’t know her father until she’s more than a year old.  The paper is from Karen Lewis and the flowers from Jofia DeVoe, both at TheDigiChick; the bow is from RachelScraps at K-Joi Studios and the Word Art is from Define Your Life by Paper Boutique Designs.

Please keep this young family in your hearts….they’re *very* young. Dad is just 22, mom is 19. This is going to be a very long year for them.

This LO is my brother’s children. They’re all so beautiful, I keep snatching their pics off his blog! I used DarleneH’s Island Getaway kit for this. You can find it here.

This last one is of my own kids. It warms my heart that they’re so close to each other. In spite of 7 years difference in their ages, they’re best friends and each other’s staunchest defenders.

You can’t have this kit yet! <grin> It’s by my wonderful Stella of Stellarific Designs and will be available at Stone Accents Studio as a February posting bonus. Be sure you head over to SAS and check out all their challenges for the month — all the posting bonuses will coordinate with this and they’re all absolutely gorgeous!

You’ll probably want to check out Stella’s Blog, too. She just keeps slipping in more and more goodies!

Outside is still a frozen wasteland and they’re predicting several inches more snow tonight, so I’ll crawl back into my hole for a couple of days! Meanwhile, I’ll be scrapping and should have lots of new kits to show off next time I post.

Stay warm, if you’re in the middle of winter — enjoy the warmth, if you’re in the middle of summer.

Thanks for taking time to check out my blog.