Is this "girlie" enough?

I was asked to create a birthday card.

The criteria?

Black and white and red.

And girlie.

I think I was spot-on with each.

Donna, I'm sure your birthday was great.

And filled with all things "girlie!"

on this day ...

Carol was born.

And this world is a better place
because of her birth.

If you are fortunate enough to know her,

you will agree.

She's the best of the best.

Enjoy your birthday, my dear friend.

Bet you wish you were in that chair right now!

I miss you so much!

Ahead of schedule - on purpose!!!

Facebook is the best.

Through it, I reconnected

with a grade school friend.

We've talked here since May 2011

(can it really be that long?)

In our conversations,

of course, we talked about mutual friends.

Several have passed away.

She included two obituaries

in a Christmas card.

Our conversations always came back

to one person.

I mentioned that I had a picture of him

and promised to dig for it and send it to her.

That finally happened

so I included it in her Valentine's Day card.

Not only was the card a surprise,

but the picture was as well.

I mailed the card on February first.

Early, on purpose,

so that she could enjoy it before the holiday.

She received it!

Happy Valentine's Day, Joyce!

Birthdays deserve cards

And sometimes a cupcake, too.

Wouldn't you love to have

a window box full of flowers just like these?

I know I would.

Deen celebrated #90.

You'd never know she was that age

by looking at this picture!

Ladies, I know your birthdays were great
(or will be great.)

Just like you.

It's official

Anniece won't have to set an alarm clock

from now on.

As of 5pm today, her working days are over.

She's worked for the City of Euless

for 30+ years.

That's setting a lot of alarm clocks, I'd say.

Enjoy your retirement!

The niece and the aunt

How exciting for an aunt

to have her niece born on her birthday!

That's exactly what happened in this family.

Happy birthday, Christina.

Happy birthday, Aunt Karen! 

I know you both enjoyed your day!

A wine tasting party

We were invited to one last week.

Even after the two hostesses knew

we are not wine drinkers.

How nice was that?

We were to bring a bottle of wine.

Not just any bottle,

but a big, bold red wine.

Like I said, we're not wine connoisseurs.

So what did I do?

I sent The Runner out to buy a bottle.

What did he buy, you ask?

He bought Freakshow.

(Truth be told,

he went after the name and the label

rather than the "big, bold red.")

Either way, I guess he did pretty good

because at the end of the evening,

the bottle was bone dry.

I brought the bottle home with us.

I was going to try to remove the labels.

I say "try" because I've tried before

and was completely unsuccessful.

I asked a friend her process.

She successfully does this all the time.

Thought about it for a minute

and then remembered something.

Not too long ago, I purchased magazine holders.

The way I removed those price tag labels

was using my heat tool

(like a hair dryer for you non-craft people.)

It worked.

Both labels came off the bottle clean as a whistle.

Why did I want the labels?

Well, to use on thank you cards for the hostesses.

Why else?

Thank you, Toni and Dana!

We had a great time.

(And between the two of us,

we had five glasses of wine.)

Yep - us non-wine drinkers!
Except I'm a cheater.
I don't "do red" so I took
a bottle of white zinfandel.