Vagabond Stampin'

Hello Everyone!
It's been awhile since I've posted anything, and I am going to try to get better at posting more. I have been busy with Card Club here in England, a Card Swap group from the States, being a Key Spouse for my Squadron, Treasurer for the Middle School and trying to keep up with the house and family. Whew! Just typing that made me tired...how do I manage to make it through the day?!? LOL

Alot has happened since my last post. I will Highlight some of the majors. The first one is that my son "graduated" and is now in Middle School. How did that happen?? Seems like just yesterday he was the cutest little 2yr old making me laugh.

The Middle School Treasurer had to leave, due to her husband getting orders. Since two of the three Board Members knew me from the Intermediate School, they asked me to step in. These ladies are great! They are easy to get along with and we always have fun and laugh when we get together.

I joined the ranks of the Key Spouses for my Squadron. Usually in our Squadron a Key Spouse is assigned to whatever flight her husband works in. Since my flight already has 3, I asked if I could help out with another flight. I got paired up with a wonderful lady named Beth Ann in Fuels. I really like this group of ladies as well. Everyone is relaxed and love to get together and have fun. We did a Kids Halloween party and we did the Mad Scientist Lab (You remember as a kid and you would put your hand in the box and feel a brain which was really jello LOL). Apparently my Werewolf Vomit almost made a child vomit. I felt bad for the kid, but at the same time couldn't stop laughing. It was just banana pudding with peas and carrots :) We did the same boxes for the single Airmen. Once a month we get together and people donate food for the airman so they get a "home cooked" meal. For the Airmen we did "Nassty" Foods. One lady made ribs and then put little smokies underneath for a skeleton and another person did strips of cheese on her Mummy Meatloaf. There were some creative minds at work there too. And to end the night we gave the Airmen a pinata filled with candy and the small bottles of liquor.

Then in Sept my husband left on a Short Notice/Open Ended Deployment. For those of you who are not military, this means that he got 30 minutes notice to get ready to leave for his destination and we don't have date for his return. That means our plans to spend Thanksgiving, mine and CJ's B-days and Christmas at home with family aren't going to happen. While this makes us sad, we have learned to "roll with it". I was at the Middle School when he got the call, so we raced to the other base and made it in time for CJ to day goodbye to his Dad. My son has been GREAT since his dad left. He helps me clean and has even started helping me make dinner :)

Today I had Card Club with the local girls. Our Hostess wanted to learn how to do a suspension card. I gave them the base of the card and then let them go to it. These girls are SOOOO creative! We also did a Christmas Card Swap and since 3 of us have B-days this month, we did a Birthday Card Competition. Unfortunately I didn't get pictures of the B-day cards :( But I did get some of the girls suspension cards and the swaps.

That's all for now. Sorry for the long post, but I hope you enjoyed it and the pictures.

Boxes I made for Kids: