The end of a nice month!!

  It's very unusual for November to turn out to be one of our better weather months, but we really did luck out this year and today is another nice mild November day.  I'm very thankful for each and every day that continues to be warmer and normal, and it's so nice to still be heading outside and wearing my flip flops!  Woohoo!!

  Today my goal was to finish up my Christmas Cards, which I am very happy to say, is done!!   Another thing I can check off my 'To Do' List.    It's really nice to be on track and to have them all set to go out in the mail.  I think I will plan to send them on Monday, if not sooner.   Last year, I was so late that a few cards did not arrive on time, which is awful.  I do not know what is going on with the mail lately, but I am sad to say that it has been very slow.  I received a Thanksgiving card today from a dear friend who live in Connecticut.  It was post-marked on the 22nd, yet it took 8 days to arrive from CT and that's awful.  Talk about "Snail Mail"...and that was a first class card?   WHY did it take so long?     On top of that the card I sent to Brian and Meg, was returned stating it was a vacant address ....WRONG!  It's not vacant and is truly their valid address??   I have no clue why, but I'm putting it right back in the mail again, as all the information is right.  I know the Post Office seems to be hurting, but if the service is this bad, it will only get people upset and keep them from using the USPS services and that will NOT help!!   I hope both these were flukes, but again, why did it also take 8 days for the card to be returned to me?  Something is very wrong and if that is the way the PO is running now, it's a shame!!

  On a happier note, I did also make a fun new card today and it was inspired by today's new Challenge at the Stars and Stamps Blog.  The challenge this week is to create a card using a digi image and I picked this adorable image from By Lori Designs.  I think Lori's images are always adorable and they always brighten my day.   These cuties were part of one of Lori's Summer Collection and I chose to add two images together for my 'Miss You' Card.

  I hope you like it and hope you'll be inspired to create a card for the challenge too.   If you plan to sent it off to OWH, keep in mind that OWH has already sent out all the Christmas/Holidays cards for this year, so please choose another theme for your card.  You can find the current need list HERE!!

   I'm off now to see what else I can get done today and hopefully, it will be some more Christmas shopping.  I did place a large order from Amazon this morning and that one put a nice dent in my list, but I will have a long way to go!   I am starting to feel a bit more festive and I think that really helps.  I'm signing off for a bit and will be listening to some fun Christmas song via my iTunes!  Music always makes me happy and helps keep me moving too....I LOVE to dance and only wish it didn't hurt quite so much!