From the Mind of AlphaBetsy

Friday, December 9, 2016: We went to see our favorite nail techs at CS Nailspa in Gahanna. Christmas nails. Saturday, December 10, 2016:  My little sister was attending a military ball with her boyfriend Dan, so I drove to Cambridge to take pictures and help her get ready.  Sunday, December 11, 2016: We broke out our new skinny tree, and began decorating for the holidays.  Monday, December 12, 2016: Tea with Tarot night, and my cat climbed into one of the boxes of decorations.  Tuesday, December 13, 2016: Beautiful Koi from a fountain in a local Chinese restaurant.  Wednesday, December 14, 2016: Spent time carving the stamp for my holiday cards, and stamping them. So much green paint.  Thursday, December 15, 2016: Holiday Sock Exchange! You buy a pair of socks and stuff them with awesome stuff. The socks I got had holiday flamingos, and were chock full of awesome!  This we...

This past Saturday the 21st was our annual Egg Decorating Party. We enjoyed a couple of new participants including my niece Sadie and my nephew Gideon (he didn't actually decorate, but he was awful cute), as well as my friend Megan and her daughter River. Many eggs were decorated, many children were painted, and a lot of fun was had.     Me rocking my bunny ears. They didn't last long. :) Mom and Shmoo Egg Tree! Brownies and Banana Pudding. Yum! Chip, Dips, Popcorn and Ham Ball. The paints were in this hanging divider...in color order of course. Even the Mixer was decorated. The first couple eggs. Seth is not amused. My aunt Gayle having fun painting eggs. The nieces have arrived. The adorable Gideon. Moira cheesing it up for the camera. Sadie concentrating on her painting. Chris and Giddy-munk Mom and Zoe Niki watching me paint. Mom and Zoe again. Moira is painting. Cliff ta...

It's March! And I was sick for the first 3 days. Hopefully that means that I got it out of my system before my birthday next week. I always seem to get sick around my birthday. March is always a crazy month for us, and this year is certainly no exception. Tomorrow night I am having dinner with my mom and sister, and the three of us are making a whole foods trip. On Saturday we are headed to the Columbus Convention Center to hit the Arnold Fitness Expo. It is amazing for people watching. I hope to get better photos this year than I did last. March 14 is my birthday and Mega Pi Day, so Mom, Traci, Seth and I are walking the Pi-Day 5k. Then later in the night we will be going to my new favorite Italian restaurant, The Florentine. They have amazing food. Our amazing Egg Decorating Party for 2015 is scheduled for the 21st. I am hoping that it will be fun and that we will have a good turn out. I have been looking for new ideas for eggs for this year, and I have some ideas....

I am currently embroiled in several craft swaps, a Tim Burton swap and Alice in Craftster-land , again. I have a lot of ideas for both, but really am most excited about watching all the Burton films and Alice adaptations. Makes a happy Betsy. Saturday we are having a birthday party at our house for our friend Jerry who is turning 30. Because we are inviting a lot of his friends there will be people in my house who have never been to my house before, so I feel like I should panic clean the whole house. I also have been hanging wall art that has not managed to make it onto the wall yet. It's making me happy to have all this art up. I need to buy several frames for pieces so I can hang them as well. So many empty walls...must cover with things. :) Here are some of my recent wall additions, please pardon the random mannequin nudity in the Wall of Dresden Dolls pic. I need to find Ursula some new clothes. :) The cross stitch from the Dresden Dolls Wall gets a close up in the next sh...