Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Ridin' the Storm Out

Considering we were without power for 97 hours maybe my title should be "In the Dark", I think ridin' the Storm Out sounds a bit more positive.

I have not posted or scrapped or even made a card since last week.  On Friday July 1, a large severe thunderstorm rolled through much of Minnesota leaving quite a mess behind.  Our family is quite lucky as most of our damage was minor.  We lost about 25% of the shingle on our house, we have roughly 12 holes in our siding from hail, my Mountaineer has a broken window, mirror and a few dents, and we had many MANY limbs and trees down.  And as I said before No Power.  We live on a farm and as some may know no power = no running water.  Which is actually worse than no power.  Please pray for those in the area who lost buildings, roofs, and homes.  In those prayers, also thank the Lord that no one was seriously injured.

Although I don't have a card to share I would like to let you know there is a Blog Hop going on.  The authors and contributing artists of Copic Coloring Guide have put together a Blog Hop...with prizes.  If you are addicted to Copics, if you are curious about Copics, if you are looking for inspiration...this is THE Book for you!!  I had the pleasure of taking a class with two of the contributing artists Lori Craig and Debbie Olson at Scrapbooks Too.  I learned so much in a short time and I had a BLAST!!  So head on over to Jennie Black's Blog and check out this Blog Hop.  There's Prizes!!!