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Merry Christmas and A Happy and Safe 2011!!!

I want to wish all of my readers the Happiest of Holidays and a Safe and Healthy New Year! I will be taking a break for about a week. I have enjoyed everything thoroughly since starting my blog and I promise my postings in 2011 will be more intriguing and crafting as well as filled with lots of giveaways. I want to thank all of you for following and reading. I also will be posting about my homeschooling adventures (had planned prior but life seemed to get in the way). Please take care of yourselves and your families and keep reading.

Angela
A Mama with 2 Cents Worth to Share

10 Days to Christmas!!!

Well, everyone its only 10 days 'til Christmas is here...where has the time gone??? I have been super busy, making gifts, shopping, cooking and homeschooling. Princess and Cheeky Monkey helped decorate the tree, although Monkey has undecorated it at least twice to four times daily. He loves to take the ornaments off the tree along with one of the stuffed animals that has come off and remained off... but it's all good! I am super excited for them this year as it is a time for memories. We will be spending Christmas morning Skypeing with the grandparents in New Brunswick (Canada). All of the family will gather at my parents, except for us. I will be spending the next few days finishing up my gifts and shopping. (Note to self: start earlier when making gifts next year...time flies faster than you think.)
I wish we could be with the family on the East Coast, but next year I promise. Speaking of the East Coast, what a Christmas they are having...+15 degrees and rain. My mom called to tell me about the river flowing through my hometown and the flooding,of roads, school closings and basements filled with water. Approximately 105.3 mm as of Monday evening in the Fredericton areas...loads of roads closed throughout the province, possibly 94 (my mom said) in total. St. Stephen, NB received 173 mm as of December 12th...unreal! Moncton expecting more rain tonight. I look out my window and think that usually that has been our weather forecast, but here in the Toronto area we have snow on the ground (not typical) and -9 plus windchill registering up to -21 in the last few days....BRRRRRrrrrr!!!! We have been staying put because of this chill snap.

This is a picture in front of my parents house,
my mom told me this morning it looked like this at 10 am
and by 11:30 the water covered the road. Photo courtesy
of Diane McNutt Flynn

View of the Miramichi River from the Hwy 8 bridge,
looking up the river at the Walking /Train bridge. The object in the centre
of the picture is the abutment from the old bridge, removed many years ago.
Photo courtesy of Diane McNutt Flynn

I guess they residence will be hoping for a white Christmas, rather than a wet Christmas this year. I am sending out my prayers and thoughts to all my fellow Doaktowners, Storeytowners and Frederictonians & New Brunswickers, as you all deal with such a horrendous weather event.
May Christmas be Merry and Dry!

Happy Holidays!

Santa Printable, part 3

Santa Printable again has been a fun one to create...here is another one for you.

Please enjoy this one...

Ciao,

Things that you think of when you talk of Santa...

Here is another Santa related printable for you...it embodies all those things you think of when talking about Santa. Please enjoy it as a gift from me to you...

Ciao,

For You From Me

 Here are some tags you can enjoy, or you can use them as cupcake toppers. All you have to do is click on each one and download it then print out and cut as you like and use as you need. Please enjoy them on you packages or as ornaments or as cupcake decor.

Happy Holidays!

Santa Claus the World over....

Well...here is another printable for all of my lovely readers out there. I thought that as the kids begin to write their letters to Santa that I would pass on a this fun one I made on how Santa is known the world over.
Santa by any other name is still Santa no matter how it is spoken...

I hope you enjoy this printable as much as I did searching out and teaching Princess and Cheeky Monkey about how other ways Santa Claus is known around the world.
***I have a few more printables to post for you in the next coming weeks...check back often!

Ciao,

Winners, winners, but no Chicken Dinners!

Sorry for the delay on announcing the winners of the two giveaways on AM2CW. I have had 2 sick kids and now it seems they have passed it on to me....*cough cough*sniffle sniffle* I hate being sick and having sick kids...I have an admission to make....I hate SNOT!!!!! But boy do they get cuddly when they are sick...which I can forgive them for snotting me almost by the minute and not allowing me to get my Christmas gifts made. On top of this, Cheeky Monkey had a needle yesterday...not fun.
Okay, ok so without further delay....here are the winners!

Five copies of the Gifts from the Heart by Victoria Osteen courtesy of Simon and Shuster...
The winners are, as chosen by the Free Number Generator at Typing Out Loud:
1. #2  Jamie said...

I follow AM2CW already! :)

November 12, 2010 3:31 PM

2. #19 Tania on the Hill said...

I did sign up for the Simon & Chuster's Newsletter.

November 21, 2010 5:34 PM

3. #13  Lee said...

I am a follower! A new one!
thanks!
butler83atoldotcom

November 18, 2010 3:42 PM

4. #11 Taffy said...

I'm already a follower!
taffy.lovell@gmail.com

5. #26  Brooke Anna said...

I grabbed your button!

brookeannaroberts@yahoo.com

November 25, 2010 10:43 PM

The Pieces of Me Pendant winner is
#14

 mamipdx said...

i like the scrabble pendant vintage owl.
shenais
divertida at fastmail dot fm
i follow with gfc

November 25, 2010 12:12 AM

I will contact all my winners very soon! Congratulations and respond within 48 hours please to claim you prize.
Thank you for entering all of you. I have some more giveaways coming up before the holidays take over here. Thank you again.

Ciao,