Happy 
Thanksgiving!

May you and yours have a happy and safe holiday weekend !

We are having a small day at home (we ordered Cracker Barrell dinner , just thankful for the past few weeks and hopefully moving past the worst of this surgery. Gary is recovering slowly with a few kinks along the way.
This year the older kids have plans , especially my oldest son - he is providing a FREE meal with his food truck  The Rolling Pig, to about 150 people in the Cleveland Ohio area,  it makes us proud to know that even though he is struggling to get his business going he knows the importance of giving back, my granddaughters are excited about helping!  

Thank you to all my friends that have called, messaged , in the past few weeks, I am Thankful to have great family and friends to help! 

Have a great day!
Kathy


THANKSGIVING TABLE PRAYER

O Gracious God, we give you thanks for your overflowing generosity to us. Thank you for the blessings of the food we eat and especially for this feast today. Thank you for our home and family and friends, especially for the presence of those gathered here. Thank you for our health, our work and our play. Please send help to those who are hungry, alone, sick and suffering war and violence. Open our hearts to your love. We ask your blessing through Christ your son. Amen.

 From Celebrating Faith: Year-round Activities For Catholic Families, by Mary Cronk Farrell

Yes I know it is October and we are in full swing Breast Cancer Awareness-- but I am  going to share some information about Prostrate Cancer with you-- I went with my husband to the urologist on Wednesday as we were discussing his options for his surgery  I asked his Dr. why Prostrate Cancer is as not talked about, he said .... Men don't share like women , they don't want to discuss it or the side effects.

  So if you have a father, husband or son over the age of fifty they need to ask for a PSA test,  Gary's test was a routine -oh your fifty we need to check your PSA , if you have a father that has had prostrate cancer you need to be tested at 45- 

Gary's cancer both of them have been found because he had tests- his Kidney cancer was found in a scan from his gallbladder,  this cancer was found in a follow-up after his kidney surgery-

This surgery sounds scary , but we are hopeful and positive that it has been caught before spreading to any other organs.

I am taking each day as it comes lately, staying busy and enjoying doing nothing!  A little crafting here and there, spending time sitting on the porch, planning what we are going to do when surgery is over and hopefully life returns to normal. 

I'll be back blogging soon, until then keep us in your thoughts and prayers.

Kathy

Here  is some info : Other than skin cancer, prostate cancer is the most common cancer in American men. The latest American Cancer Society estimates for prostate cancer in the United States are for 2012:

• About 241,740 new cases of prostate cancer will be diagnosed
• About 28,170 men will die of prostate cancer

About 1 man in 6 will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime.

Prostate cancer occurs mainly in older men. Nearly two thirds are diagnosed in men aged 65 or older, and it is rare before age 40. The average age at the time of diagnosis is about 67.

Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in American men, behind only lung cancer. About 1 man in 36 will die of prostate cancer.

Prostate cancer can be a serious disease, but most men diagnosed with prostate cancer do not die from it. In fact, more than 2.5 million men in the United States who have been diagnosed with prostate cancer at some point are still alive today.

Come Join Us On Saturday October 6 for National Card Making Day
We will be using the craft room at Hobby Lobby in Cullman from 10-2pm we can stay as long as we like!

We will be making cards for Operation Write Home

Please bring a basic set of stamps and supplies, I will also have some extras!
We will be close to cutoff for Christmas and fall, so please consider what types of cards we can use,
 Just a note, Hello, Birthday, Valentine, and cards for kids!

I will mail these to OWH - please invite your friends , I have lost many of the emails I had.
Also if you can not attend you are welcome to drop your cards at Hobby Lobby and leave at cashier for me to send!

ALSO - OWH is in need of Hero Notes and Letters for the holidays -- make a card and write a note addressed to any hero to be mailed along with our packages!
I'll bring the cookies!
Hope to see you!

Kathy

Labor Day Love

Welcome September!
 My first finished project for Momenta!
 Creative Canvas

 I am not sure where the month went, I spent a week In Chicago visiting  my parents, attended Scrapbook Expo in St. Charles, took a few Copic classes!
 I had a blast did not know a soul buy it was FUN!
 So  if you ever are in doubt about attending a class JUST DO IT!
 I am sharing a canvas I used from Momenta, when I saw it I knew exactly what I would do with it, I snagged this photo off my brother's facebook a few months ago,(he knows so its ok- I love how we can save and print later)
 He was married in Hawaii about a year ago this is a great picture of them on the staircase!

           This kit from Momenta it is a Creative Canvas Kit, I love that it is Black so great for B&W,
                       You can find more info at
                         www.facebook.com/mymomenta
                                        the website   is www.momenta.com
Hopefully I am better from my little knee accident and will be climbing the stairs a few more times to finish up some layouts! I have been coloring and trying to get all my stamps and color combinations in order, sounds like a crafter always trying to get organized a little better!
Thanks for stopping by again.
Kathy

The New Holiday Catalog is here! 

 It is time to start all those holiday projects!

  So many new stamps, new framelits, new embellishments, new dies and embossing folders-

 You can even buy certain products in bundles and save 15%!

 View the Catalog here
http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/kathywittlock/blog?directBlogUrl=%2Fblog%2F2106400%2Fentry%2Fkathy_s_scrappin_stampin

You can order online, or would you like to have a get together and make a project with your friends? I would love to show you how to start the basics of stamping!

So I am trying to get creative again -- only FIVE months till Christmas I think I can make a few cards before then!

Have a great day!
Kathy

My life is a ZOO

Here is my first attempt at scrapbooking in months...  I used the animal pattern assortment and the black alpha set from Momenta. This is my first layout for Momenta  in a while.


 I have been so busy with life feels good to play in the scraproom room!

  We bought a Zoo pass to the Birmingham Zoo , Emma has gone about four times this summer, sadly I only went once - it is just too HOT for this Grams, I will enjoy it this fall!

Thanks for Stopping in!
I have a crafty weekend planned, actually going to The Scrap Book Princess Flip -Flop Crop!

Kathy

 I'm Back!
Hoping to start getting back to crafting and blogging again, and of course I am looking for a job these days-
 I have to find something to do at least part time.
 Gary is doing great after his surgery last week, he had a partial Kidney removal last Tuesday,  Kidney Cancer is why they did it - they found 2 spots a few months ago when he had his gallbladder removed  durning a CT scan -  it is the only way Kidney cancer is found early through a test  for another problem --so far everything is looking good!

I received some Crafty mail from a few people last week - was so excited to see some crafty mail!  

The Top one is from my friend Judy Hardwick!  It was adressed Pay it Forward.... I have a person on my list for mine .... hoping to do a good deed this week!

                               The second is from Donna Salzaar , I won it from her Tuesday evening classes online!
So I hope the summer is treating you great! It is HOT here , and raining every afternoon so my flowers are happy!
Watch for a Momenta Post this week!

Thanks for stopping by!
Kathy