I won’t relate the horrors of Guadalajara traffic and why it took me ten and a half hours to get there, do my business, and get home again yesterday. That isn’t the reason I slept in until what I thought was ten thirty today. But, as I look at my alarm clock, I see it is still ten thirty even hours after I woke up and realize the battery must have gone dead, so perhaps I didn’t get as much sleep as I thought, since my computer says 10:34 and I’ve already located two more emergency presents and creative last-minute wrapping materials, posted a blog and chatted several times with Yolanda, so I have no idea how long I slept last night. I do know that I wrapped gifts for Yolanda and Pasiano’s families until 4:49 a.m. I also put together two framed photo collages for two of their gifts and although I bought Xmas wrap, discovered I had no ribbon, so I engineered ribbons by cutting up old cloth belts and used egg carton flowers for bows. I used photos for tags so non-readers could find their own gifts. Where there is a will, there’s a way. Some of my late-night inventions: (If you are viewing from Facebook, click on the URL or you won’t see all the photos. Then click on first photo to enlarge all photos and view as slide show.)
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
These are wonderful ideas! You’re so much more creative than I!
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Thanks, Simret. Bet you are a better cook.
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I think that’s probably a draw these days! I seldom do any worthwhile cooking any more!
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Well done, that is a big accomplishment!
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Wow! Judy you are amazing. Those egg-carton flowers are gorgeous. Well done for someone who wasn’t going to do much at Christmas this year.
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Ha. I found them in a bag. I had them around my Virgin of Guadalupe statue but evidently my house sitter or Yolanda decided enough was enough and put them away. Some are also off a tree I decorated three years ago. Next time you come down I’ll show you how. So fun.
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And, I didn’t decorate. These were gifts to send on their way. Kittens still rule the roost here.
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