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Laura

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  1. February 2024 This month was very exciting. Mom was scared to death to get her back surgery, but on 2/5, she had it. For the first time in years, her back was better. I am so relieved and happy that after just a 24 hour stay, she was was discharged. She went to live with Grandma Ann as she recovered. Wednesday, 2/7 was my day off. I baked some sourdough bread to bring to Mom. I also finished my tallow project by whipping it and putting into dishes to use for moisturizer. My oven is now being used for heat. It keeps my sourdough starter warm, and providing heat to the onion seeds that I planted. Later on, I planted some spouted potatoes that I found in the cabinet. I also started some home made vanilla extract by putting vanilla beans into some Jack Daniels that Chad and I had sitting in the cabinet for years. It was such a beautiful day, I put the sunroof open as I drove to visit Mom. While there, I told them about my vanilla. Grandma found me some bourbon in her cabinet. Apparently it was Grandpa’s favorite (but he died 11 years ago, so who knows how long it has been there). On Saturday, 2/10, I picked up some gifts for Mom, Dad, and both Grandmas for Valentine’s Day. It’s Mom and Dad’s first Valentine’s alone as an adult so I thought the would like some sort of celebration. Chad and I watched the Super Bowl on 2/11. I was excited to see the Chief’s win. It was a great game! Chad and I left on 2/14 after work. We stayed at a hotel in St. Louis and left on Thursday for Vegas. The flight went well, and we rented a car. We got out of Vegas right away and went to Hoover Dam. After spending a few hours there, we headed towards Arizona. It was about a 7 hour drive. The next day, on 2/16, we started the day off with arriving at Saguaro National Park at sunrise. It was amazing! I checked off my bucket list item of seeing a Saguaro cactus. After touring that park, we got back in the car and headed back up north, towards Colorado. We stopped to see some dinosaur tracks on the Navajo Reservation. We continued on to Colorado. On Saturday, 2/17, we visited the Four Corners. Chad and I were in Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico at the same time. Then, it was back on the road to Utah where we visited Arches National Park and Dead Horse State Park. We spent the night in Moab, UT. The next day, we viewed Capitol Reef National Park at sunrise. It was a cloudy morning with a few snow flurries, so there was no sunrise to view, but the park was still pretty. After viewing the park, it was back on the road again. We made it to Torrey, UT where we met Sam. He took us on an off-road tour of the landscape. It was beautiful. On Monday, we drove towards Las Vegas. We stopped in St. George, UT to meet a Scrapgirl friend, Andrea. It was nice to meet her in person. We made it to Las Vegas and checked into our hotel. After we got settled, we walked the strip and got some dinner. On Tuesday 2/20, we toured the strip some more before catching our fight back home. We got home around 12:15am. On Saturday, 2/24 Chad worked on my Kitchen Aid mixer. On Sunday 2/25, we went to Chad’s parent’s house. We helped them set up shelves for the basement. We spent the rest of the month recovering from vacation. https://store.scrapgirls.com/ValuePack-Wordy-Months.html
  2. @alsoarty, so glad you were able to bring them back. I never really got into them but maybe this will be a new experience.
  3. January is done. I'm going simple this year. We shall see how it works.
  4. January 2024 The year started out with us relaxing on New Year’s Day, recovering from the weekend with the kids. Also, Chad had to start his prep for his colonoscopy that was coming up. I put a note on the cabinet door and the fridge to remind him not to eat anything when he had the munchies. Mom dropped of a crucifix that Grandma Ann has ordered for all of her grandchildren. She wanted each one to have one in their home. It’s beautiful. On 1/2/2024, we went to St. Joseph’s Hospital in Breese for Chad’s Colonoscopy. He did well and they did not find any issues. On Friday, 1/5/2024, we had to bowl. It snowed pretty good in the afternoon and evening. We got a few inches, but it didn’t last too long the next day. It was a pretty snow. On Saturday, when Chad got off of work, we met with my cousin Jake Blumenstein at Jansen Chevrolet in Germantown. Chad found a car he liked at the dealership in Breese and since they are affiliated with each other, Jake got to show us the car. We liked it so we told him that we would buy it. Later that evening, we cashed in our rain check tickets to see the movie “Wonka”. It was a pretty good movie. We met with Jake again on Wednesday, 1/10/2024 to sign the papers and pick up the car. We didn’t really get a chance to drive it anywhere until Saturday, 1/13, when we took it to Chad’s parents for a visit. We noticed the locks needed to be fixed so it went back into the shop later in the month. On Wednesday, 1/17/2024, I made beef bone broth. I also canned some homemade chili beans. Both projects turned out great! I used the fat from the beef broth to make tallow. I had learned about it’s use for a moisturizer and wanted to try it. Mom had told me that she can tolerate sourdough bread, so I pick up some. For lunch, I had one of my favorite winter meals: grilled cheese and home made tomato soup that I had canned this summer. It was delicious! I was able to tolerate it pretty well (gluten intolerance). I’m so excited to eat bread again! U was back in the kitchen again Saturday, 1/20. I tried a home made cough syrup recipe made with onions and honey. It was edible. We will see if it works for cough the next time one of us gets a cold. Later that night, Chad and I went to the movies to see “The Color Purple” and then we went to Texas Roadhouse to cash in part of a gift certificate from my cousin Shawn and Jessica for photographing their daughter’s engagement. It was SO cold this weekend, but we enjoyed the date night. Our Sunday was spent a home. Chad chilled and watched YouTube. I made some turtles and caramel from Zurliene’s recipe again. It was so good! I also worked on rendering down the tallow to get rid of the impurities this week. I enjoyed another Scrapbooking Retreat in Fairview Heights the weekend of 1/25/2024-1/28/2024. Lynn and I went over there on Thursday night. I worked on Chad’s family album. On my day off Wednesday, 1/31, I photographed my parent’s house to get it ready to sell. It was such as pretty day out. I tried out the sun roof in the new car. The fresh air was great! Later, I tried my hand at making white sandwich bread. It turned out delicious! I also started a sourdough starter. This should be interesting. Value Pack: Wordy Months https://store.scrapgirls.com/ValuePack-Wordy-Months.html Always and Forever Alpha Pack https://store.scrapgirls.com/Always-and-Forever-Alpha-Pack.html
  5. Actually, I used to bring my desktop with me for local crops. It stays in one place the whole weekend. I'd love to meet you!
  6. I think I am going to follow @Jane in N.Z's idea with the Wordy Months template. It will be like a preview page for each month's layouts.
  7. @scrapgarden, that sounds very interesting! I can't wait to see what you do. I love that idea!
  8. Here's to another year! I hope it is fantastic. I think I am going to change it up this year. I will have to think about this. January February March April May June July August September October November December
  9. Congratulations to everyone on your hard work this year! @Belle, you won the June Monthly Drawing for a $5 gift certificate. Congratulations @Scrapin Pat, you won the 4th Quarter Drawing for A Collection Biggie of your choice (valued at $9.99). Congratulations @Florida granny, you won the Yearly Grand Prize drawing for $50 Scrap Girls Gift Certificate! And the following participants qualify for the $10 Scrapgirls Gift Certificate for finishing the whole year! Great job! @Boatlady @Belle @Florida granny @A-M @Jane in N.Z @MariJ @Scrapin Pat @scrapgarden @Terri M @Laura To claim your prize, please email: hello@scrapgirls.com
  10. Thank you everyone for participating. It was a great year! You did a great job!
  11. Here is my page. Thanks for the challenge.
  12. Monthly Memories? of the three, I like recap best.
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