~Monday's Meanderings~

Snow is softly falling, swirling & twirling about on an errant gust of wind, a snow plow trudges by now & again, the fire roars, candles glow & music softly plays on this Monday morning in February, this President's Day in Vermont. Good morning. I thought I would start attempting to pop in on Monday's and say hello...that way if I find myself buried the rest of the week..at least I will feel better knowing I took the time to say hello, let you know of my plans for the week ahead and what's happening here in Vermont.


On the home front....we've begun taping our trees for sugaring season....well..the guys have (Mark, Mike & Gary)
the ladies and I...(Myself, Mandi & Janet) do more of the behind the scenes stuff...cooking...baking....delivering meals...cleaning up from said meals.......and taking care of everything at home..while our men are all consumed with the making of that golden liquid...Maple Syrup! It's a LOT of fun and a LOT of work but we love it ...the boys (Mark & Michael) have been sugaring together since high school..long before the rest of us came along... and they plan on doing it for many, many years to come. I must admit, I do not spend as much time in The Sugarhouse as I use to... with my work schedule being what it is...and the plain and simple fact that I enjoy the occasional quiet evening alone, I find myself there less and less each year ...perhaps this year will be different....we shall see.......

The kids are doing wonderfully.................As you can see....Jenna is LOVING Florida.....she & Ben have settled into a beautiful apartment with their dear friend Julie and they are all having a fantastic time ..living, working, playing and soaking up the sun.....I am thinking it is going to be quite some time before they make their way back to snowy Vermont!

Kurt is back from his trip to Belize & Guatemala
and is back to school and busy with classes. The trip was an amazing experience, he absolutely loved it. The picture above is my FAVORITE picture from the trip..I LOVE IT! That's MY boy!!! I'm so proud of him!!

Kurt will be home for a visit this weekend....thank goodness he's still close enough to pop home often....If Jenna has her way...she will get him down to Florida for the summer.... She is doing her very best to get him down there..that brat..she's always trying to steal my boy!! ;)
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In the studio..................
I've a busy week ahead, as I'm sure we all do....beeswax orders are coming in daily, so I am doing my best to keep up with them along with filling orders for finished creations. I have two mouse moppets that I absolutely must finish in the next two days ...they are late making the journey to their new homes and that is something I do not like to happen!

Also in the studio I am fast at work on my Teddies World Wide
offerings. I am so absolutely thrilled with my first creation and am just itching to share it with you...but alas... I can not..you will however, be able to see a preview on March 1st, on the Teddies World Wide site. If you click on the banner above it will take you there.


Let's see..what else is happening...Oh yes...I've started making my own thank you cards. Nothing fancy, just simple little cards ..

You can see one of them in the photo above. They are coming out quite nicely if I do say so myself. I have been looking for thank you cards for literally months now...trying to find something that was to my liking and was "me" and I just couldn't find anything that I was happy with so I finally decided to make them myself and I LIKE THEM :).

AND....along with the rest of my day to day studio work and crazy busy life....I am happily and oh so excitedly working on my creative writing class course work...the more I get into it..the more I love it!!!! Going back to school is SO much fun..I HIGHLY recommend it!
Okay..I must get going now..I've a pot of potato ham soup to put together and then mouse moppets to finish. Wishing you a wonderful week. Doreen