Feast Day of St. Nick

Once upon a time,
there was the Pay It Forward "blog candy" ... and the winners were posted,
i waited for their addresses...and as they sent them in, Life happened
... NOW, i felt it only appropriate on the Eve of the feast of St. Nick
... as befitting the season, i would get the gifties in the mail!
(and i am finishing the things i start,
~ before i allow myself to start anything else!)
... SO here is a peak!
Scrapbook Survival Kits, {inspired by Artist Survival Kits}
...the contents vary,
~but the "kits" themselves include enough to start a {wallet album} !

~ i can't wait to see the finished wallets!~enjoy!

I thought i'd share the Inchies i sent off in a swap! Likewise...

Mrs. Bobbins Print @ the Pickledish Store

... stumbled on this print today, and thought it significant, as i just committed to "NO BUY" for a year on my Stashbusters group. Our goal is to finish projects started and pay the fabric penalty if we buy fabrics that do go toward backing, binding etc of already started projects... cool, huh?

ps.
Dear Santa,
if your reading this, I was Bad (or someone was) ... and I can't find my camera. Last time i saw it, i was charging it... then, well - i was good and cleaned my house and looked every where, i waz certain it would show up... it has not. HINT. HINT. HINT. =0(

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.
Pablo Picasso.

Visiting Zac in Cleveland ....

... life is good ~
some of our best times, walking, nature and a good talk. The only thing i felt was missing was our long lost Raffi, {Golden Retriever} darting on and off the trail, teasing us. Good times.

~ Caro { Carofaniello } & Fry {est. 1982}

{Adrian family home: Hillsboro Kansas}

FAMILY TREE {link}
~ Caro/Fry Family origin est. 1982 ~
 (under construction/revisions)

 ~ Carofaniello  ~ 
Caro aka: Carofaniello of Monte Calvo, Italy 

{ Marianna & Pompilio Carofaniello }

and family Immigrated to USA 1927
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{Taggert: German/French decent}

= Caro: Peter Caro (4/25/58)
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Fry- Caro: Toni (11/14/62)

~ Geneology:Nickel - Adrian - Unruh - Pauls - Janzen ~

  Sam: Nickel/Unruh, + Adrian,Pauls,Janzen
~Mennonite Movement to KS 1874
Minnie Adrian & Sam Nickel:
{"Nanny" ~ Grandpa Sam: Nickel/Unruh, + Adrian,Pauls,Janzen}
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Fry: Grand-Daddy "Alec" Fry - Essex, England 

(Immigrated to Canada 1914 then to the USA 1916
Blue Ridge Rail Road

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Granny: Grandma "Bonnie" Butler/(Mock) - English/German/Irish/Scottish decent

Adrian/Nickel Family Reunion Group:

  
  Click to join samnickelfamily

SO WHAT!

~ oh yeah, and happy 26 years of BLISS to me and what's his face ~

~ lOok WhaT i CaN dO! ~

... you can too~

(still haven't found my camera =0(

I CANT FIND MY CAMERA

so, i have very much to be GRATEFUL FOR ~
... but, i realized, my camera is not where i thought it was ... and, we've been not just putting in hardwood floors, because as i learned IF YOU GIVE A MAN A PROJECT... he will decide he needs to turn it into a process. If you put in new flooring the ceiling wont look right, if you dont want your wife to loose her mind, you replace the ceiling first, before you put down the new floors! ... and the list goes on. We also learned, much to our surprise, that WE're OLDer.

(photo shamelessly borrowed from artist Photographer Jill Greenberg,)

~ peace.