Best wishes to all for a great year!

Sherri’s Family Crafts Blog
· By Sherri Osborn,
Celebrate LEON Day
Did you know that June 25th is LEON day. Have you ever heard of it? LEON is NOEL spelled backwards. LEON day is the half-way mark until Christmas! It has been six months since Christmas and it is six months until Christmas.
Some may think it is too early to start thinking about Christmas, but I think it is a great time to start planning and crafting. Christmas is only second behind Halloween when it comes to people’s favorite crafting holidays!
If you think about it, now might be the perfect time to start thinking about Christmas. Many kids are out of school and many might be getting bored already. When the boredom starts to set in, the Christmas crafting can start! Take this opportunity to start making Christmas gifts for everyone you know. You can wrap the gifts and hide them away until Christmas.
One thing I love doing for Christmas is making home-made Christmas cards. I don’t usually do it though because I always seem to run out of time. That problem can certainly be solved if I made my Christmas cards now.
If you like adding new, home-made ornaments to your Christmas tree every year, you can make a variety of home-made Christmas tree ornaments right now. You probably already have everything you need on hand to make puzzle piece ornaments, felt ornaments, and several recycled ornaments.
There are so many other things you can do to get ready for Christmas. You can browse through some holiday how-to-videos to see what sparks your creativity. You can also decide on what style of advent calendar you want to make. You can even sign up for my 12 Days of Christmas Crafts email newsletter.
I am not sure what it is like in your household, but in my household there seems to be plenty of time to spare at this time of year. Once the new school year start schedules get busy and hurried. If for no other reason, that is the perfect excuse to start your Christmas crafting now. If you start your Christmas crafting now, you just might be done by the time Christmas gets here!

A 1st grade school teacher had twenty-six students in her class. She presented each child in her classroom with the 1st half of a well-known proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder of the proverb. It is hard to believe that these were actually done by first graders. Their insight may surprise you. While reading, please keep in mind that these are first-graders, 6-year-olds, because the last one, I.E. NUMBER 26, is a classic!

1. Don’t change horses Until they stop running.
2. Strike while the Bug is close.
3. It’s always darkest before Daylight Saving Time.
4. Never underestimate the power of Termites.
5. You can lead a horse to water but How?
6. Don’t bite the hand that Looks dirty.
7. No news is impossible
8. A miss is as good as a Mr.
9. You can’t teach an old dog new Math
10. If you lie down with dogs, you’ll Stink in the morning.
11. Love all, trust Me.
12. The pen is mightier than the Pigs.
13. An idle mind is The best way to relax.
14. Where there’s smoke there’s Pollution.
15. Happy the bride who Gets all the presents.
16. A penny saved is Not much.
17. Two’s company, three’s The Musketeers.
18. Don’t put off till tomorrow what You put on to go to bed.
19. Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and You have to blow your nose.
20. There are none so blind as Stevie Wonder.
21. Children should be seen and not Spanked or grounded.
22. If at first you don’t succeed Get new batteries.
23. You get out of something only what you See in the picture on the box
24. When the blind lead the blind Get out of the way.
25. A bird in the hand Is going to poop on you.

And the WINNER – and last one!

26. Better late than Pregnant

(PHOTO TAKEN BY SUNNY LISTENER SCOTT ON MOTHER’S DAY 2010)

Random Thoughts for the Day:

1. I think part of a best friend’s job should be to immediately
clear your computer history if you die.

2. Nothing is worse than that moment during an argument when you realize you’re wrong.

3. I totally take back all those times I didn’t want to nap when I was younger.

4. There is great need for a sarcasm font.

5. How the heck are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

6. Was learning cursive really necessary?

7. Map Quest really needs to start their directions on #5. I’m
pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.

8. Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.

9. I can’t remember the last time I wasn’t at least kind of tired.

10. Bad decisions make good stories.

11. You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment
at work when you know that you just aren’t going to do anything
productive for the rest of the day.

12. Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after Blue
Ray? I don’t want to have to restart my collection…again.

13. I’m always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it
asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten-page research paper.

14. “Do not machine wash or tumble dry” means I will never wash
this — ever.

15. I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello?), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine
times and goes to voicemail.

16. I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then
not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.

17. I keep some people’s phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.

18. My 4-year old son asked me in the car the other day “Dad what would happen if you ran over a ninja?” How do I respond to that?

19. I think the freezer deserves a light as well.

20. I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday
or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lite than Kay.

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Not trying to be the food grinch right here in the middle of holiday eating, but now is the time to start THINKING of a sensible plan you want to follow for food choices next year. There are many web sites out there comparing the many different “diets.” It helps eliminate the guilt we are all exp…eriencing right now when we are at least THINKING about the change we plan to make. Successful projects demand a plan to follow. Start putting one in order now. Bunny Dimmel