So today is my sister and my friend Becky’s birthdays. It’s a milestone for Becky, she turns the new 30 today (or double it.) We are celebrating tomorrow but I wanted to take a minute to say Happy Birthday! My sister is two years younger and we celebrated together in Wilmington, NC, a lovely city, a couple of weeks ago. Cathy, my sister, lives in North Carolina and can’t travel well as she has juvenile diabetes and can’t fly or drive more than a few hours. She’s my only sibling, so she and my nephew, Mike, make up the end up my family tree. My sister did not have the best year, health-wise, but is feeling really great since our trip together and we can only assume that it’s from spending time with her little sister, hee hee. (I’m old school and don’t do those letters for things like LOL.) I’m am THRILLED that she is feeling better and when I called her today, she sounded terrific, YAY! My family has a birthday song that my father always sung to my nephew, Mike, on his birthday called “Captain Zoom.” I’m not sure if there is music for it, but if we find it, I’ll make sure Rich adds it to the video I am doing for Becky’s birthday card. Cathy’s birthday card is the four bluebirds card that I have posted on the blog already. She has it and actually has two of them since she loved it so much. One of the presents I made for her was a wooden box (I didn’t make the box) that I filled with handmade cards. It was her favorite gift. We spent five days together which was great for both of us and Mike spent the weekend with us and that was so much fun! He has a great sense of humor and we always have fun together. He turned me on to two crazy You Tube videos that really made me laugh. One is a guy who thinks he’s Batman and always irritates his wife. Here’s the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rGN_7l4ZKo. The other is a guy who I guess refers to himself as a redneck ninja. His most important message is “Don’t go ninjan’ somebody who don’t need ninjan’.” Here’s the link to his video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSrigvOX1AE Both of these videos are pure Mike and I loved it that he showed them to me. I spent the whole weekend using my Batman voice and demonstrating my “judy” chop which was, if I must say, deadly, as you can only imagine. I’m attaching photos of my entire family which is from left to right, my other half Rich, me, my sister Cathy, my nephew Mike and my brother-in-law, John, with his Minion pumpkin. The minion is not a relative, merely a photobomber.

I’m excited because today I’m doing a triple step stamping card and although I’ve seen them done, have never made one myself so we are in for some fun. I always like trying new things and crafting has so many components, you can attempt new things literally daily. Before I craft though, I thought I’d share my dogs with you.
We don’t have children so our dogs come as close to kids as you can get. Aggie whose 14 1/2 and going strong. She’s my right hand girl and never leaves me. She and Noel, (who passed away last year at 15 1/2 and is the yellow lab in my photos) were very close. A vet told us that because they were so connected, and hated to be separated, there was a good chance that the other would pass away shortly after the first. He recommended we get a third dog, thus Bella whose four, and not the Bella from the vampire movies. She has an Italian name and as everyone knows all Golden Retrievers are Italian. I think I just made that up. I looked it up and they came from Scotland. See, I’m not only crafty but really knowledgeable. Or I know how to use the internet, you be the judge. Bella’s crazy about Rich as you can see in the photo.

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So this is my entire family and I love them all. I could not have done the things I have done without them, and their support is what keeps me motivated. I know my fam is small but what we lack in numbers, we make up for in devotion. Thanks for watching my videos and getting to know me better through these blogs. I really appreciate it. Sandy

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