Dealing with a lot!

Hi all!  I know I haven't posted in quite a while but I have been dealing with a lot since January and it's a bit too much for me these days,  :(  As you all know my father has cancer in his bones and it's been difficult to handle.  Now, my oldest cat Kylie also has cancer.  A tumor was found on her jaw a few weeks ago.  She was doing well last week but she hasn't been eating much these past couple of days.  I have an appointment at the vet's tomorrow and I suspect she may not be coming home.  It breaks my heart and I'm just so overwhelmed at the moment with everything happening in my life.  I hope to be back soon when I'm feeling a little more hopeful.

Mail and other fun happenings!

Hello all!  I guess it's about time I catch you up on my mail.  It just seems like I have been so busy lately and time is just zipping right by.  I can't believe it's already the end of May.  Phew!  Really!  Where does the time go?  It always seems like I have a lot to do or want to do but then never get done!  Anyone else have this problem?  I've been trying to find time for hobbies lately but I always have a more pressing issue to deal with.  As some of you know my son Noah is autistic and he has priority in my life.  I'm also trying to grow my teaching business which takes a lot of time and energy. There's also my father who is precious to me and I try to spend as much time with him as I can.  After all of these there is Me time.  It's a juggling act and not an easy one.  And now it's time for the mail.
Letters/postcards:

From my friend Judy from England.  She also included some lovely stationary sheets, stickers and note cards.

From my dear friend Ayaka from Japan.  She also sent some lovely stationary sheets and bookmarks.

From my friend Molly from New Hampshire.

Swaps:

Two beautiful "Lilacs" decos.

A "Vintage Men" deco.

Variety of beautiful decos.  I especially LOVE the "Eggs & Nests" deco.

Another variety of lovely decos.

This is not really a swap but one of my friends made me some beautiful address labels.  She also sent me a small note pad.

In other news, a couple of weeks ago Noah and I spent a weekend visiting my friend Molly and family in New Hampshire.  On the Saturday we spent a beautiful day walking the streets of Boston.  I love Boston, such a pretty city and full of energy!

Delicious cakes at the Cheesecake Factory.  What I wouldn't give for a piece of one of those cakes right at this moment!

A Memorial to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing.  I have never seen anything like it.  It was quite moving!

Noah and I.

Noah and Molly's daughter Jadira at the beautiful Public Gardens.

We had a nice ride on the lovely Swan Boats at the Public Gardens.

We also stopped by the Paper Source for a look.  What an amazing store but expensive.

I bought lot's of postcards, a vintage camera pencil case and nice smelling soaps.

Other things I bought at Michael's while in New Hampshire:

Goodnight everyone!  

Another mail update & National Scrapbooking Day!

Hi all!  The weather has been gorgeous and I've been busy which is why I haven't been around much lately.  I LOVE this time of the year.  I'm quite behind on my hobbies though.  Yikes!  Well, this weekend the forecast is for rain so I'll be able to hang out in my craft room.  I need to do some prep work for my painting class on Tuesday too and that'll take a while.  I have gotten some good mail in the past two weeks although my mailbox has remained empty for the past three days.  Not sure if the mailman decided to take an extra long weekend but I hope he brings me something on Monday.  Here's the mail that has come lately:
Letters:

From my dear friend Rosita from Finland.  I always love reading her letters.  She also sent a great assortment of craft supplies.

From my sweet friend Rina from Japan.  I love her cute stationary and she included a couple of FBs.

From my dear friend Lone from Germany.  She always writes her wonderful letters on such pretty papers.  She also included some craft supplies and decos.  The Suzy Zoo deco (bottom right) is a homer.  It's so cute!

From another dear friend, Andrea from England.  She included a lovely photo of Teddy, the newest addition to her cat family.

From my friend Jeanette from Denmark.  She also included a lovely swap of decos.

Swaps:

A "Vintage Easter" ATC + extra papers.

A beautiful "Travel" deco and "Peter Rabbit" ATC.

A variety of decos.

A beautiful "Vintage Child Star" deco.

Craft supplies.

A wonderful selection of craft supplies and yummy chocolates.

Last Sunday was National Scrapbooking Day here so my friend and I went to a couple of stores in Montreal.  I bought a few items as it was 20% off in one of the stores.  I can't wait to start using everything.

Take a look at some of the papercraft works on display at the store.

And, finally, a look at some of the supplies I've bought in Sherbrooke (the city I live in) recently.

Have a nice weekend everyone!

Finally, a mail update!

Hi all!  I know, it's been quite a while, hasn't it?!  Well, in my defense I was sick for the past three weeks.  It started off as a cold and then turned into a sinus infection.  I'm still on antibiotics.  Actually, both Noah and I have been taking antibiotics, he for a throat infection and me for a sinus infection.  The poor boy was feeling all better and now tonight he was blowing his nose like crazy.  Hopefully he's not getting sick again.
So, I am quite behind with everything these days, including the mail.  Here's what I received in the past three weeks:

A really pretty postcard from my friend Molly from USA.  Pickity Place is a restaurant we like to go to for lunch.  It's so pretty there and the food is delicious.  She went there with her mom recently.

A wonderful letter from my great friend Nicole from USA.  Molly and I usually meet up with her for lunch when we go to Pickity Place.  Anyway, Nicole also included lovely photos, a travel report from her trip to Germany, postcards and decos.

Another great letter from my friend Marjolijn from The Netherlands.  She also included an Easter craft kit, stickers and a cute postcard. 

A really pretty letter from my friend Helena from England.

Another really pretty letter from sweet JarieLyn from USA.  I love the way she decorated her envelope.  

A letter, Easter card and FB from my dear friend Agnieska from Poland.

A wonderful letter, travel report, tulip postcard, photo and FBs from my lovely friend Gaby from Germany.

A sweet letter from my friend Maria from Finland.  I love the pretty paper she used for her letter.

Another wonderful letter and photos from my dear friend Reiko from Japan.

This letter comes from Satu from Finland.  There is an interesting story associated to this letter.  Well, Satu and I used to be pals more than 10 years ago but had lost touch.  She found my name and address in a FB and decided to contact me.  How nice!

And, a letter, postcards and stickers from Monica from Italy.

I also received quite a few lovely swaps:

Mary Englebreit note cards, Jolee's French General line of ribbon, K & Company sticky notes.

A pretty "Gardening" themed deco.

AWESOME swap of note cards, stationary, stickers and craft supplies.

Various postcards swap.

Various decos.

More decos.

These two BEAUTIFUL decos made for me.  The themes are: "Famous Landmarks" and "Cute Characters at Winter".

So cute "Vintage Cats" deco.

These decos were made for me and returned because they are full.  The entries are really lovely.

And, that's all.  Time for me to get some sleep just like my furry babies below.

Goodnight!!!!!!!!!