Updated Photos of My Craft Room!

     Brian and I have been adding to the Craft Room. I had chosen the largest of the three other bedrooms for my craft room several years ago. The others are a guest room and an office/music room. Anyway, Brian has shown an interest in certain aspects of my crafting and so we have added some new spaces. He also bought me a new printer for Christmas this year! It prints up to 13" scrapbook pages! Awesome!

Not So Happy New Year

     We got some not so great news just before Christmas. Brian has been having CT scans every three months as regular protocol after his melanoma surgeries. All has been well until December. Three small spots showed up on his latest CT scan. One in the left lung and two in the right lung. We decided to go to Vanderbilt in Nashville to see a melanoma specialist. Last week he had the largest of the nodules removed. We spent three days in the hospital. Today we learned that it is positive for melanoma. That means it has metastasized into his lungs. We go back to Vanderbilt on Monday to meet with the melanoma specialist and decide the best course of action. He will be having immunotherapy. We do not know too much about that or what it entails. We do have lots of people praying for him and he has very good health so we are hopeful for a very good outcome. This was not the news we had hoped for in this new year. We were so very close to two years cancer free!
     We did not let all of this keep us down for the holidays. We got a HUGE tree at our favorite Christmas tree farm, we visited the winery close by with the tree hanging out of our tiny car. We went out and about to lots of Holiday events. Brian sang at several events and parties in town including the Gallatin Christmas Parade. We saw the Megacavern in Louisville, KY, as well as the Jim Beam distillery. We had all the kids and grandkids over Christmas morning for presents and brunch. We enjoyed another New Year's Eve in Nashville with 150,000 of our closest friends!
     We are still planning our summer vacation. The choices are hard. New York, Cape Cod, Florida, Texas, Bryce Canyon and Zion National Park, Arkansas.....etc! I'll keep everyone posted about our decision and on the cancer stuff, too.

Second Anniversary!

     I cannot believe it has been almost TWO years since I married my first love! It still feels almost surreal! He has been in my dreams for all my life - and now he is for real! He treats me like a queen every single day and spoils me to no end! We are busy making memories and making up for lost time. We are a perfect match in every way. We were back then, and we still are. I can't believe how lucky and very blessed we are to have this second chance at love.

Smoky Mountains

Happy Halloween!

     Halloween is tomorrow and it marks the second anniversary of the night my sweet husband asked me to marry him! He met me at Albany airport where I had flown in to spend a long weekend with him as we were renewing our love. It was kinda difficult living 1,000 miles apart! He had his guitar with him so I knew he would sing to me...but I had NO idea he was going to propose! He sang Train's "Marry Me" in front of everyone at the airport! Then got down on one knee and proposed to me! I was so totally shocked and surprised! Of course I said YES! That was the beginning of the most wonderful times of my life!

Fall Break!!

   Two years ago on Fall Break from school is when I met the love of my life again! My sweet husband was my very first boyfriend. We had lost touch with each other for many, many years. We were finally reunited and realized that we were really meant to be! We married right away and he moved here to Tennessee from our hometown in NY. We made a pact to live every day to its fullest and part of that has been traveling whenever and wherever my teaching schedule will allow. This last week we ended up in the Great Smoky Mountains! We had such a wonderful time! Beautiful scenery, easy hiking, climbing to the top of Clingman's Dome, sunset at the top of the world, yummy food, shopping, and real live BEARS!

Not So Smart!

   I am having an awful time learning all the ins and outs of Cricut Design Space and all the things that I want it to do! I know I am getting old, but jeesh!  Inkscape, svgs, unsupported files, font issues! I just want to create! It shouldn't be so hard! I want to make this and I can't add the text I want so it looks good. SIGH!
   Nevermind, I can't even add the picture here!! Goodnight!

One of the errors

Messy kid!

What a Weekend!

My brother, Michael made a quick trip into town from Manhatten! He stayed with us on Saturday night. Some of the kids and grandkids came to visit. Sunday was grandson, Criss' Birthday party. He wanted it to be at Granny and Grandpa's house! We rate right up there with Chuckee Cheese! The kids went swimming...brrrr...but they didn't care. They rode bikes and scooters, played frisbee and basketball, ate cake and ice cream...all in all a great day! Here is a card I made for Criss. He is into Minecraft this year.

 On Saturday, Brian and I went to a local craft store and  made some Halloween decor. Brian was a good sport about it and did a great job designing his pumpkin. It was the first time either one of us had tried anything like it. We had fun!