I am here friends!!  So sorry it has been a couple of days!  Between work, and some singing, plus working on other projects and some parties I have been a little lame over here.  Also, John has had to use the computer an extra amount recently due to exams and planning the exchange trip this year, so I haven’t been able to be on here as much.  No…I don’t have my own computer.  I think it may get to the point where I need one as sad as that sounds.  So I made a sketch book for miss Emma!  I wanted to do something fun and simple, so I got out some clear acrylic covers and some SU! rub-ons and topped it off with some AC Flair!

That Raspberry Fizz cardstock behind the white is super yummy!  SOOOOO…..Have you been reading all of the hints on Nichole’s Blog about all the big things happening for our Anniversary over at Papertey?  Exciting stuff I tell ya!!!  Do you want to hear a random fact of the day?  My daughter comes home the other day and tells me this, and I had NO idea, so I thought I would share and get hte most from my tax dollars toward public school education!  OK…here it is:

Edwin Booth (John Wilkes Booth’s brother) saved the life of Lincoln’s Son!  I HAD NO IDEA!  This is taken from Wiki:

In an interesting coincidence, Edwin Booth saved Abraham Lincoln’s son,^[4] Robert, from serious injury or even death. The incident occurred on a train platform in Jersey City, New Jersey. The exact date of the incident is uncertain, but it is believed to have taken place in late 1864 or early 1865, shortly before Edwin’s brother, John Wilkes Booth, assassinated President Lincoln.

Robert Lincoln recalled the incident in a 1909 letter to Richard Watson Gilder, editor of The Century Magazine.

“The incident occurred while a group of passengers were late at night purchasing their sleeping car places from the conductor who stood on the station platform at the entrance of the car. The platform was about the height of the car floor, and there was of course a narrow space between the platform and the car body. There was some crowding, and I happened to be pressed by it against the car body while waiting my turn. In this situation the train began to move, and by the motion I was twisted off my feet, and had dropped somewhat, with feet downward, into the open space, and was personally helpless, when my coat collar was vigorously seized and I was quickly pulled up and out to a secure footing on the platform. Upon turning to thank my rescuer I saw it was Edwin Booth, whose face was of course well known to me, and I expressed my gratitude to him, and in doing so, called him by name.”

Booth did not know the identity of the man whose life he had saved until some months later, when he received a letter from a friend, Colonel Adam Badeau, who was an officer on the staff of General Ulysses S. Grant. Badeau had heard the story from Robert Lincoln, who had since joined the Union Army and was also serving on Grant’s staff. In the letter, Badeau gave his compliments to Booth for the heroic deed. The fact that he had saved the life of Abraham Lincoln’s son was said to have been of some comfort to Edwin Booth following his brother’s assassination of the president.

INTERESTING, NO?  I am sorry if I seem so ignorant not to have known that, but I love learning new things, and was so excited when Emma told me this!  So how is the weather where you are?  I am freezing here.  Lots of snow and rain.  There was a delayed opening today for school.  OK…I better get to work!  You should see the state of my house right now! 

Rub-ons: SU!

Paper: Raspberry Fizz (Papertrey Ink), Stampers Select White

Clear Covers: Bind-it-All

American Crafts Flair!

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