Friday Features and DSD Sale!

Tomorrow, November 5, is Digital Scrapbook Day, and to celebrate, I've put my entire store on sale.  For just one day, iDSD, everything will be 40% off!   Happy shopping!

Yesterday was The Male's 60th birthday, and he did something quite radical.  He took the day off from work.  Yep.  No, really; it's true!  This is the man who went to work 4 days after major, life altering, surgery.  He wanted to go for a ride, so we geared up and headed down to Oceanside, to visit the Mission San Luis Rey.  This, too, was radical, as it meant that I'd be riding the freeway for 60+ miles.  Which he hasn't been comfortable with me doing.  But, everything went great; it was a lovely day for a ride, the mission was beautiful, and we made it home safe and sound.  Not too shabby for two old people!

And, now, here are today's Friday Features:
I love the yearly Handmade Holidays month of tutorials over on Sew Mama Sew.
Should I just stop linking here to Femina and just have all of you subscribe???  This is yet another good one... 
I might be making these this Christmas.
And, these.  This is a great use for a paperback book that needs to be removed from polite society!
This article might open a can of worms, but I think it has hit a certain nail right on the head.  Especially with the advent of mommy blogs, women have done themselves a type of disservice.  It used to be that our expectations of being a "proper" wife and mother came from our family, friends, and neighbors.  Now, those expectations, and points of comparison, come from around the world, literally, every day into our RRS feeds, in the multiples, if we let them.  It just might get a little overwhelming and lead to some self-condemnation.

I hope you enjoy the sale tomorrow.
God bless.