Monday Monday and the first book giveaway

Good morning!!

We got lots of snow on Friday. Pretty, fluffy, winter wonderland kind of snow.


We got the girls dressed (which took at least 20 minutes) and headed out side. The loved it. We pulled them in their sleds and made a huge snowman that greets us when we leave our front door.

Do you ever feel like when Monday comes, it's a huge relief? I do! Especially after a three day - stuck in the house because of the cold and the snow- weekend?

I love Mondays. Brenna goes to school, I clean house, early dinner, homework, early bedtimes etc.

So with said Mama being stuck in the house, on the weekends I enforce "quiet time" once a day when Brooke naps. Brenna can either color, play with Barbies or watch tv. She usually does all three but she is quiet and that's just fine! I usually take that time to read in bed with a cup of tea or sneak down to my office/scraproom. It is my time. Not to fold laundry, not to clean - just for me to create and check out blogs, etc. I always feel refreshed and ready to go again!!

I've been in the mood to not only scrap but make cards for Valentine's Day! I have some tags that I made that are just sweet little fun bits. They would be perfect for adding to a bag of chocolate treats or goodies. I'll be adding some of these tags to my etsy shop!

Tomorrow I'll be sharing some new layouts and I'll be doing the first of many book giveaways here on my blog. I usually get books at tag or estate sales and rather than toss them, I will be giving them away!

Hope you have a fantastic start to your week!

Chris