HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

It's my favorite holiday!
Ok, now that the kids are grown, and we're on the farm....NOT.SO.MUCH.
We will only get from 0-5 little Halloweeners, but in town we got scads!
I didn't even decorate this year.
V will think I'm sick or dying because of that!
I DID dig out my 2 foot pumpkin from Michaels, that I got real cheap, cause it was a display, and they'd lost the box, and the clips that hold it together!
It's plugged in and alll sparkly  in front of the garden doors.

I was reminiscing.
I went to find a pic of the kids to post, cause they've been princesses, knights, witches, a geisha, bat, hockey player, cat, bunny, etc. Usually the costumes were homemade, and we always had thee biggest pumpkin!

The kids must have taken their albums.
I found this picture.

This is our first born, Jason.
He was probably about 4 here.
He died September 19, 1995.
He would have been 34 last May.
V, if you're reading this don't you dare cry!
This actually made me smile!
'You know you live in Alberta if your Halloween costume has to fit over your winter coat!'
And I see he's wearing his little rubber boots!
We probably stuck mitts and a toque on him when we went out!
I dug out his pictures from all the albums, and will scrapbook them proper.
I Think I Can!

Some past Halloween highlights.

The year it was really cold,  I'd drop V & K off, at one end of the block, and wait for them at the other end.
I'm waiting for them to get to the car, and I hear kids screaming.
I'm thinking to myself, "Why are those kids screaming!? OMG, that's MY kids screaming!"
I got out of the car and met them in a driveway.....the people who live there had done their yard up like a cemetary, and dracula or someone kept popping out of a coffin!

V was always really tiny! I don't think she was 5' tall until she turned 20!
When she was 18, her and a friend got into the costumes, and borrowed my car to go Trick or Treating!

Fun times!
When the kids were old enough to go out by themselves, I'd dress up to give the treats out, and scare the crap out of the little Halloweeners!
We also used to have these HUGE scaly warty claw type hands that I would wedge behind the front step so it looked like something was trying to crawl out.....the trick or treaters were scared to get too close to the front door.
We had those Godawful hands until the kids stuck them hanging out of a dresser drawer in the basement once, and I almost died of fright!

I couldn't find yesteryear pics of the kids.
I did swipe some off of Facebook.

Here's K dressed as a soldier, posing with Canada's top soldier!

Sorry it's blurry! Must be cause I stole it online!?

The O/S sent me an e-mail today.

Having the time of his life in Germany!

And here's V dressed as herself with her boyfriend.
She's got the Twilight thing going on with her eyes! hahahaha

Good kids, wouldn't trade them!

Better go, believe it or not I've had one Trick or Treater! Dressed as Luigi!

Ta ta for now!

Happy Weekend All!

Last night was Happy Hour at the OFH!

I had put that on my Facebook status Thursday, cause sometimes my friends come to help!
One friend B., said, "Gail, Please bring your peeps to the Nightmare Before Christmas."
Me: "It'll be a nightmare at happy hour!"
It was a promotion for late night shopping, shop local, yadda yadda!
Know what!
I used to go myself.
BUT, it would be very cold (-30), and there was never a place to park!
I don't mind walking, but it would be freezing cold, and where the heck am I parking the Handi Van!?
You know I don't let those people walk across the street.

Yesterday my status on Facebook read, 'I work with idiots, but it's happy hour at the OFH so it's all good.'
It's saying that I work with idiots at least once a month anymore!
Gawd, you'd think they'd catch on!
The 10-6 girl's pissed at me.
Oh well, get over it! You'd think they'd  learn that when I get mad, and it takes a lot, I'll cuss you out, and I'm over it.
You wanna pout forever, that's up to you, I'm not losing any sleep!
And I've probably already forgot what we were fighting about!?

Then I slept until 9 a m! OMG!
Guess I needed it!

I'm having a make work day!

My washing machine was filling painfully slow!
Oh the joys of farm living!
I'd already pulled out the little filters where the hoses hook up to the water in the wall.
I pulled it out and got Ray to undo the hoses to the machine......and there were more little filters!?
He took them out!
I then scrubbed around and under the washer, and pushed it back. The machine fills up now faster than you can say 'gotta get the laundry done'!
I then pulled the dryer out, thought it might be fluffy under there. It was, and when I pulled it out, I unhooked the silver vent hose from the vent thing on the dryer!
Had to move my pantry cupboard that sits between the washer & dryer to get it hooked up again!
Oh well, it needed defluffing anyhow!

I then took the dishwasher apart to clean that filter.
I hate that dishwasher.
About a year after I bought it (of course, when the warranty's off), I had to call the Maytag man cause it wasn't washing the dishes.
K was home at the time, and said the repairman was here for about 3 hours.
Had a hard time finding the filter.
Me, "I didn't know it had a filter?"
K; "Neither did he!"
I bought the darn thing because it didn't have a filter, and had a garbarator, something I figured would be good for our water.
So today, because the damn thing won't work without the filter, I used my handy dandy little scrapbooking wire cutter, and cut the center out of the filter, then put it back in.
My plumber told me it had some sort of sensor for the filter.
My reasoning is that if it 'thinks' the filter's in, it'll work......stay tuned!

The beer fridge in the entry is defrosting.
Can you believe there's still a fridge left in Canada that needs defrosting!?
It's over 30 years old, and I really should replace it!

Since it was tropical out today, I sorted bottles.
Here's the mess I start with!

Here, I've turned it into 50-60 bucks!

Don't forget I'm going to GP, and will have to go to Michaels!

Here's Shadow!

The buffalo might be gone, but she seems to have an unending supply of horn caps!

I tried to find out what the attraction for a dog is, but came up with nothing.

Someone once told me that they're like fingernails or something!?

And here's a card I made a few nights ago.

I made 2 of them actually!

The color's a little off.

The ribbon matches the embossed reindeer....really!

Thursday morning when I was leaving home.....in. the. dark. a vehicle was stopped at the end of our driveway.
The passenger gets out, and walks over.
Him; "Good morning, how are you today?"
Me; "I'm good, it's still early, depends what you want?"
Him; "We're just driving around, just saw 3 big elk jump the fence over there, they were BIG ones.....you see any?
Me; "I only see elk in the spring when they're in our pasture."
Him; "Well, we just saw 3, we're talking to land owners to see where we can hunt. We're from Wetaskiwin."
Me; "Don't you need a guide if you're not from the neighborhood? You can't hunt here."
Him; "How far is it your land?"
Me; "From this fence on your right, all the way to the end of the yellow fenceposts, and then about another 20 feet."

We used to let people hunt here.....before we had animals......before we moved out here.......before someone shot an elk in the middle of our field, and left it there.

I've made my pastry for Sour Cream Apple Pies tomorrow.
Have a meeting Monday and I'm dessert.

Ray went to PR.
I had too much to do.
I just realized it was 6:32 pm, and already getting dark and the ashes need to be cleaned out of the furnace.
There's about 3 BIG pieces of wood in there, so I'm leaving it til tomorrow!

Now I'm going to finish the beer fridge, and go play in my craft room.

Ta ta for now!

Never tell your problems to anyone...20% don't care and the other 80% are glad you have them. - Lou Holtz

Hahahaha!
You guys must be the 20%!
Maybe you're in the 80%!?
Doesn't matter, you're here!

Had our Oktoberfest today with non alcoholic beer. WTH!
All the lodges were there.
This is the 3 of us that dressed up.
Me, Danae, & Teri!

Here's a pic of the 5 of us. P had got a spare driver, something came up, and I knew it had to have, because P had a serving wench costume.

Danae is wearing her husbands costume, because she said hers was 'too slutty'!

She was going to the fabric store after work today, and sewing about a 1 foot ruffle all the way around the bottom!

They go to a Halloween party, and she wasn't going to be afraid to bend over all night!

The other wench on the left is just a party pooper.

Wait until we have to dress up for something at her lodge!

I have a hard time with her......she never gets excited about anything,

and sometimes brings out the worst in me!

I don't talk to her a lot.

You Know.......'If you can't say nothin nice, don't say nothin at all.'

She told me that P said she didn't have to dress up.

The other girls and I discussed about how she's brought it up twice in the last month, once at our Rec. Ass. meeting, and again at our craft day.......and none of us heard P say anything to that effect.

Oh well....I'm not losing any sleep over it!

Made this card last night, while watching GLEE (awesome by the way! ), and an episode of Criminal Minds I hadn't seen.

It's a different fold, not sure what it is!?

Got it out of the Cardmaking magazine.

I'm going through my card books, and magazines and have to make at least 1 (one) card out of each.
Whether it be the recipe, the fold, the sketch, you get the drift!
Think this is my 6th magazine or book, and I have a LOT!

I joined a card SWAP!
Sounds like fun, and I can do the deadline!
Going to GP again next month, so will find a violin stamp, or some other musical intrument, and I HAVE musical brads already! Thought I did, just had to find them!
Not getting my heart set on a violin though, might get it broke......I'll see what I can find!
I'm goin to see Tracy Lawrence!
Havent' told Ray yet, might just tell him I'm going Christmas shopping or something!
Trouble is, don't have a clue what anyone's getting!
Nope, we're not one of those families that pay for Christmas the whole year after!
The kids will get money, if I don't find anything!

Better go!

Ta ta for now!

35 Years

Nope, that's not how old I am! I wish!
That's how long I've been married!
I KNOW!
Craziness!
I was a child bride....REALLY!

Forgot all about it too, I'm a bad wife!
At my meeting tonight, which I forgot about until sometime this afternoon, B wished me Happy Anniversary.
Me: "Is that today?"
B: "I read it on the birthday calendar. How may years?"
Me: "Usually I ask a kid, 34 I think."
So everyone made a comment, knock it off, most were good.

Then, I'm leaving the meeting, and turning my phone back to ring from vibrate, and it said I had an incoming call.
Ray: "Are you still at work?"
Me; "No, I'm just leaving a meeting I forgot about."
Ray; "You wanna go out for supper?"
Me; "I'm still in town, where do you want to go?"
So I drove around the block, and met him at the Chinese restaurant.
Ray informed me it was our 35th  anniversary while we waited for supper.

When I got home, yea, most of the time we're in seperate vehicles, there was a really nice card on the island!

We travel in seperate vehicles, cause I'm sure Ray will be late to his own funeral!

Anyhoo....what I've learned after 35 years.

1. Pick your battles.
2. It's ok to have different interests.
3. Men are NOT mind readers, it doesn't do any good to pout and carry on, cause he won't know why!
4. The kids remember the damndest things! So does the husband!
5. It's ok to have seperate vacations, but find something you both like to do. (It's camping & fishing for us)
6. He CAN cook. Might not be what you want, but refer to # 1!
7. He CAN do the dishes, and I know about # 1, but you can't JUST wash the pan you used! Do all the dishes in the sink, cause someone has to!
8. Don't fight over money.
9. Don't fight over friends, his or yours, it's gonna take all kinds.
10. Say I'm sorry, or Thank You, don't ever forget your manners.

There's tons of other stuff too, you'll figure it out.

Enough about the mush for one night!

I'm missing the O/S something terrible.
He gets my sarcasm, jokes, the rolling of the eyes, etc.
He should be in Germany now.
They docked on Saturday, and he had a flight to Frankfurt today!

I made him a card, gonna get it in the mail so it's waiting for him when he gets back!
Sure glad we get to see him at Christmas!
It will almost be a year since we took him to the plane in Edmonton!

It says, "Go confidently in the Direction of your Dreams."

It was called a 'Joy Fold' card.

The heart charm with the anchor is a story!

I was at V's and she was doing laundry. I heard something rattling around in the dryer, so when she opened it, and took her clothes out, I spotted this charm.
Me; "I need that! Do you know how hard it is to find Navy stuff for your brother!?"
V; "MOM, That's off my underwear!"
Me; "Who'll know!?"
Now you all do, and can have a laugh, but he might never know, if his sister doesn't see the card!

Better go, got another busy week coming up!

Ta ta for now!

There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate’s loot on Treasure Island.

I'm doing it again!
We're backing up to Friday!
At exercises with my peeps Friday, somehow the talk got around to pirates......and grog, rum, yo ho ho, and all that!
They wanted to know the name of that pirate with the rag on his head, eye patch, parrot.....I said Johnny Depp!
Ha, not the answer they were looking for!

We made 9 pies Friday afternoon!
They wouldn't make them for the other cook, cause last week we had pies on Thursday, so they didn't get any on Pie Day Sunday.
So, I told this cook, 'don't screw this up! Make them pie on Sunday too!"

I was going to my other job Friday, cause I was done early, and this is the text I got.
D: "Your computer is broke. I'll let you know when it's fixed."
Me: "Crap, I was done early, coming to do the GST."
D: "Sorry...not today."
So I came home and did up some of the apples I had sitting here!

Yesterday, I did the laundry, burnt the garbage, the rest of the apples, sewed a button on my winter coat, put up my curtain rod, and hung the sheers & drapes, and vacumed & washed floors.

The drapes are chocolate, so kinda blend right in!

Then I showered and took my peeps out for supper in PR, then to the Harvest of Music!

Turned my phone on, and had this text,

D: "Your computer's fixed."

Me: "See you Monday."

I got home at midnight, just like last year!?

Weather was horendous for about 20 miles, then we were good.

It's days like today that I hate this effin skylight!
I've been up there twice, after having to wrestle the damn ladder up!
It's not freezing! And now it's raining!
That's the problem, gotta keep the water out of the gutters under the skylight!
Gotta keep it from icing up, so it doesn't back up and leak in here!

I've filled the stove, 2 loads of laundry, got Baked Pasta in the oven, put my canner away, cause I'm tired of looking at it.........I'm done!
I'm gonna read a few blogs and go play in the craft room FOR.THE.REST.OF.THE.DAY!

Oh just had to throw this in before I leave you.
Remember in an earlier post I told you about Mr. Gunfighter liking GLEE?
Better check out this post!

Have a great rest of the Sunday!

Ta ta for now!

Only Prettier!

That's the song playing this snowy morning as I sit here to write this!
It's by Miranda Lambert.

It was trying to snow last night, and this morning.................

Alrighty.....so it's not even light out yet!

Hopefully it's done trying to snow for a minute.

My peeps & I are going to PR.

We're going out for dinner, then to the Harvest of Music.

It's a fund raiser for their soup kitchen down there. We went last year and it was really good!

I have a bus full.

Don't worry, I'm not getting excited, someone will be sick, not feel good, some excuse will pop up!

Thank goodness I also have the movie girl going, one of my coworkers, and an awesome volunteer!

Here's one of the cards I made the other night.

The Santa suit is a 'tag'!

Pretty tiny hey!?

So I turned 2 of them into these cards!

I have more, and different ones, and they're all small!

Ray left real early this morning for Edmonton.

I was suprised I was able to get back to sleep.

Cause when he gets up, everyone is up! He's so darn noisy!

I had a headache, so got up, popped a few pills, then went back to bed.

I've also been reading Breaking Dawn.

It's still kinda predictable, but I'm on the fourth book, and I think I get it!

I think I get the attraction to Edward, etc, etc!

It's a love story.

It appeals, because it's a LOVE STORY!

Everyone dreams of that kind of love.

I maybe toatlly missed the mark here, but that's my take on the whole series.

And I'm the worlds worst sarcastic pessimist!

I'm not a negative Nelly!

I'm just a doubter, and hesitant about anything out of the ordinary, until someone proves different.

Hence what I tell my chidren occassionally, "Everythings good in my little world, until one of you screws it up!"

They're older now, and we laugh about it, but once in a while they remember my bout of depression.

Not caused by either child.........we just laughed and made light about it, cause what else can you do!?

But I digress, that's a story for another time!

Read the series....you don't have to be in love with Edward or Bella or any of them!

It's an easy read, and pretty good!

Better go, get all mystuff done so I can go play for the evening!

Ta ta for now!

OMG!

My DD just called and told me she was going to see Tracy Lawrence in GP on November 12th!
I said; "I LOVE Tracy Lawrence!"
DD; "I know you do, why don't I get you a ticket, and you come down after work?"
Me; "What day?"
DD; "November 12th, it's a Friday night."
Me; "I'm not working that day."
DD; "Then come spend the night. S can take you shopping at Michaels the next morning!"
Me; "I'll think about it, and I can take myself shopping at Michaels!....I DO need a violin stamp."
Me: "Why is he performing at a bar?"
DD; "L's coming and she LOVES you, so it'll be fun!"

So she's going away for the weekend and will text me Monday.
I don't have to think too hard about that one!
I'm not having my annual Crystal Party, so can probably go!
It would be FUN!

I didn't do a whole lot today.
Delivered AVON after work. V moved away and I inherited that job.
Checked on the stove when I got home....it was stuffed full of ungirl sized logs.
Made a couple Christmas cards....the count is up to 65.
I'll just keep going.....they'll get used next year.
Have a few Birthday cards to make.

Better go. Gotta get up in the middle of the night to make some of my peeps breakfast!
We have breakfast club in the fall & winter.
That's what I tell them.
Doesn't work in the spring & summer, when it's light so early!
And I only have to be there at 7:00.
Which is a good thing, because then I'll go to my other job, and finish a few things there!

Ta ta for now!

Chillin'

Doing laundry, the AVON is sorted, my knees are sore, stove is filled, sorted through paper in the craft room, already watched Criminal Minds.

GLEE last night was an old one. WTH! I didn't see it before though!

I didn't have to lock all the doors, cause Ray got home just before I went to watch Criminal Minds.
It's my mom that made me paranoid, and it gets dark early!
She was visiting once, and she said; "why don't you lock the door when you're in here alone?"
Me; "Mom, I live in the middle of nowhere!"
Mom; "That's why."
Gawd! I didn't ask her what happens if I'm outside by myself!!!???

Ray got home, and I said, "You don't have to fill the stove, cause I already did. And if you were thinking about crawling under the house to plug stuff in, you don't have to bother cause I already did."
MR. PROCRASTINATOR has been plugging that stuff in for a week!
I put on my hat, wore gloves, crawled 160miles for what seemed like MILES, back & forth, and came out with 2 more extension cords, still got cobwebs all over my face, and wished for those stupid gardening knee pads I always make fun of!
I had to go back under there when I found an extension cord long enough to reach my van, cause I didn't get my own little power pole in my parking vacinity this summer.

Then I went to see if any cats had taken up residence in the toasty warm house I made them.....nothin'!
Maybe it's not cold enough!
While I was over there I pulled the tree top the wind blew down over to the fire pit.
I burnt the garbage, then came in, and put laundry in the washer.

I made this card a while ago, but don't see a pic of it anywhere. It will be in my moms cards for Christmas.

I then spent hours a while cutting out these House Mouses cause I stamped them on white!

I just love their little belly buttons!

Now I'm on here, gonna go turn the heat on in the pump house for the night, then read blogs, see if everyone got their Halloweenie ATC in today (cause it's the due date), then go to bed!

Ta ta for now!

WTH!

Why isn't GLEE on at 6:00 pm, 7:00 pm, 8:00 pm, 9....oh wait it's on at 9:00 pm.
The other shows are on at all of those hours right up until 10:00!
Oh well, Criminal Minds is on at 8:00.

I mailed my Oh, Christmas Tree atc's today.
I joined a Symphony ATC Swap. I think I'm a sucker for punishment!
I've got the musical notes stamp I wanted, now I need a musical intrument stamp..........I thought I wanted a Double Bass or maybe a Violin.
It has to fit on a 2.5 X 3.5 atc. Any ideas?
I also need some small musical notes brads? Should I be shopping online?
I'll check out the Canadian sites!

I came home from work at the OFH, and made the cats a house for the winter.
They have the cat house, but it's not insulated or anything.
I wanted to get them an igloo dog house, but none were small enough.
It's for cats people......they're smaller than most dogs!
I used the dog carrier from the cockapoo we had. It was small.
I duct taped (just call me Mrs. Red Green) insulation around the carrier.
Then I covered the whole thing with a black material.
I don't know how to describe it. It's like landscape fabric, only way thicker. It's to put up on your corrals & stuff so the animals don't see out. HA! Ask me about rounding up buffalo!?
Anyhoo, I tied that on with yellow nylon rope!
It's a work of art! Note to self, do NOT wear your fluffy comfy pants when working with insulation!
I'm itchy and full of cat hair, insulation and Lord knows what else!

I wanted to tell you about this! If you haven't heard of Michelle Zindorf you're really missing out!
She has some blog candy going on, and she has THEE greatest brayer tutorials!
Awesome stuff! Check her out!
I get about 1 a week in my e-mail!
Haven't tried any yet, but I sure want to!
I don't have a lot of stamping inks.
I find I get by with the half a dozen or so that I have.
Can't have everything!

I must say I'm working on it though! Getting everything I mean!
I got my first treasures from our first Stamp Club!
Going to play in my craft room.
I feel guilty just watching TV, so I craft! That's constructive right? RIGHT?!

I'm also gonna watch Criminal Minds and GLEE, then I'm going to bed.
I read in bed, and I've got my hands on Breaking Dawn, and have been reading until midnight!?
It's a BIG book!

I ran into my friend little P at the Post Office today, and she wanted to know when we were having the Harry Potter marathon.
She's got all the movies, and wants to watch them!
And call me crazy, but I'm sure I could sit through them again!

Better go!

Ta ta for now!

Autumn is the year’s last and loveliest smile.

It's hurricane force winds again tonight.
Only it's warm!

I'm at my other job this morning, oh heck, ALL day.
Anyhoo, sometime this morning D says: "You give any thought to working here full time?"
Then we both got busy!
Later in the day, I said, "I didn't answer your question before."
D, "And?"
Me; "And, I'm willing to negotiate."
Then we got busy again and that was that.
We'll have to continue the conversation next Monday.
Or maybe he won't be able to stand it, so he'll text me!

I also went & voted for the County seats.
We're in Ward 5. I don't know how they figure out the wards!?
The 'Say No To Nuclear' people had someone running in all the wards.
I guess we'll know tomorrow how it went.

I put this card together tonight.
It's a pretty big stamp!

I'd like some constructive criticism people!
I stamped 'Relaxing is Mice' on the inside.

Don't be too hard on me....it's a first attempt!
I have another one done, have to put it together!
I think it'll make a nice sympathy or Christmas card, but we'll see!

Better go, have to e-mail the O/S yet tonight!

Ta ta for now!

P.S. Had to come back to tell you that my friend Pinky has some awesome blog candy....and she's pretty crafty too!

In the book of life, the answers aren’t in the back.- Charlie Brown

I found a website with quotes and witty sayings!
I'm enjoying them!

The laundry is dun!
Hopefully for another week!
The last batch of salsa has been made!
I've cleaned 1 bathroom, the other one doesn't need it!

This is how we get the wood home.
This little trailer is hooked up to the pick up.

I helped unload wood. Ray figures we have enough.

My snow blower is actually IN the shed this year!

There you have the woodshed and the funace is on the right!

This is how full the woodshed was last year. Go here!

I'm happy now the sawdusty clothes and hoodies etc., can be washed!

And I can wash my wood hauling Crocs!

Not the best, but I only got my running shoes out of the camper today!

Ray said the shed had 9 rows of wood, and we used 6 1/2 rows.

This year we have 7 rows and the riff raff at the front, so he thinks it's enough.

We'll see. I sure won't be hauling wood at -40! I didn't go with him for the load today, so he got a lot of big stuff.

Guess he forgot who fills the stove.

I have to be able to get it in the wheelbarrow, and then into the stove!

I also made a few cards today.

I'm working on images I colored, and scraps.

These will just go in my stash.

I'm practising up for the House Mouse stamps!

Better go, I've already locked the doors, so shoudl be able to find a Criminal Minds episode I haven't seen!

I'm off to my other job tomorrow!

Ta ta for now!

 



The real trouble with reality is that there's no background music............

I coulda used some today!
Background music!
I had the bottles sorted and sold in town before noon!
To the tune of $82.05. Don't ask me where the 5 cents came from!?
I took the quad down the road to where Ray was cutting firewood, loaded up some junk, and came home, threw the junk into the stove,  and emptied the firepit into the back 40!
Ray came home with a load of wood, and I helped unload it.
I did laundry, there's no end....doesn't matter how many people live here!
Cleaned out the dog house, threw her blanket on to the lawn, and filled her house with straw for winter!
Shadow layed on her blanket all day, until I brought it in to wash!
Ray had to run to town for gas for the power saw, so I got dinner ready & in the oven, and baked a fresh apple pie!
He took the tractor over to the woodpile, to pull some logs out, and I went over with the pickup and trailer.
We came home, and Ray says; "You wanna go eat first?"
Me; "Nope, I go in now, I'm eating then soaking in the tub. I won't be coming back out!"
So I've had my soak, it's always heavenly!
Had to get a lighter book to read in there though! Yes kids, I'm on Breaking Dawn, and that's a humungous novel! And it's hard cover to boot! Took the rest of my beer from supper, and locked the door!
Sometimes it's not the same, I wait for a kid to knock and ask, "What are you doing in there?"
So I'm talking to you, I don't feel like going to my craft room.
Guess I'll just play on the intranet, cause if I go to bed now, I'll be up at 4 am!

Ta ta for now!

October Challenge At CCAYR!

"The October challenge is going to be a card that has stitching (real or faux) and distress the card in some way....anyway you like."

Not a very good picture, but I stitched and distressed!

Crazy Bizzy!

TGIF! REALLY!
It's been an exhausting week!

Got home about 6:00 pm after spending the day crafting in Berwyn.
Then went to PR for groceries, cause I was in the neighborhood.
I should've gone to the Open House at the library, but didn't!

Took my snack there yesterday, took Lana the money she needed for today. She's doing a ribbon swap, and I get 39 yards of the gorgeous stuff! She's my SU lady!

These are the cards we made at the last Stamp Club.

I always make sure to stamp a sentiment on the inside while I'm there, cause she has LOTS!

We also made tags for Christmas!

I figure they're too little for tags, so will be putting them on cards ha!

Here are my finished ATC's.

Here's a close up.

Hope they're not too 'fussy', or too 'plain'!

They needed "at least one embellishment, and fiber/ribbon."

I'm wondering if my heat tool wasn't overworked on these babies!?

The trees are all embossed. Then I cut them out.

The background is the Core-dinations.

I worked up a sweat embossing the old fashioned way, and sanding!

I'm going to get these in the mail next week.

They're due by November 20.

And here's a Halloween card I had started a while ago, and finished up tonight.

I think I'll stamp 'Best Witches' on the inside!

It'll just go in my stash!

Alrighty, that's it for pictures!
I'm having a heck of a time uploading them tonight!

We've been hauling wood all week!
I had to go along a couple times to make sure Ray got girl size pieces!
I loaded up the stove yesterday and got it going!
It's supposed to cool right off this weekend, so it'll probably run until April or May now. shudder

Ray picked up 20lbs. of apples during the week, so will get them into the freezer, and make some apple pie!
My last batch of salsa should be ready to go Sunday, and we'll probably work on getting the woodshed filled!
The kittens are in there, on top of the wood, and one fell down in the wall. I asked Ray if he'd end up outside, and he didn't answer me.....so I hope the little sucker can get out! I'd hate to have to take a wall off the woodshed next year to remove a deceased cat! UGH!

My peeps & I made apple pie at the OFH yesterday.
7 of them!
And as they were cooling the Health Inspector arrived, with a trainee!
I waited until everyone was in the mechanical room, scooped up the pies on a huge cookie sheet and ran them down to the kitchen!
We cook in my craft area; cooking is not supposed to be a scheduled activity.
We are not allowed to do dishes down there.......only one sink.
We do cook, it is a scheduled activity in the winter months, and we do the dishes.
Of course I make the residents that help all wash, and wear rubber gloves, which they bitch about incessantly, and whine cause they washed 'in their room'!
I just tell them, "I didn't see you wash!"
The health inspector thinks the residents cook their own stuff in the craft room! And that's fine.
All the rules and regulations these days, I wonder how any of us lived to be as old as we are!?
Anyhoo, no one was the wiser, and the residents in the dining room when I went tearing through, had a good laugh!
And they enjoyed fresh pie for supper!
I know this cause I was still there after 5:00pm.

We (Chuck & I) are in the process of pricing out a new handi van!
Chuck is a wonderful volunteer, and the chairperson of the van committee.
We have raised over $70,000.00, and our goal for buying is $85,000.00.
Yes kids, a new bus is expensive!
We're very lucky that the Town & County share expenses for the upkeep of the van, the fuel, etc.
It's called Manning & District Handi Van, and it's for seniors in the community, and the disabled.

Better go. Got a little parcel to get ready for the O/S and hope it gets there before he goes to Germany on the 25th!

Ta ta for now!

Happy Days are Here Again!

You got it!
Got my GLEE fix!
Criminal Minds before that!

The potatoes are dug!
All the stabs holes in the potatoes, I'm sure I should never be allowed to dig them up again!
hahahaha....like that'll happen!
I helped unload a wagon full of wood.
They cleaned some brush up along the main road, and told Ray to take what he wanted, cause the first big snow, they're burning them.
We went for a drive last night, and the big pile closest to our house I said, "Looks like a woodshed full to me!"
I think 4 more loads and we should have enough!
Only thing is, they're pretty big blocks he's cutting.
Gotta remember who's filling the stove!?

Here's a teaser for you!

This is the back of my ATC's.

The Oh, Christmas Tree ones.

I finished them tonight while I was watching TV.

Soon as the glue dries, I'll take a pic of the fronts!

These guys were in the staff room today at work.
They're little wheely backpack type things!
An outfit comes around about once a month and drops off books, and goodies for us suckers to buy!
I bought a calendar for a friend last time they were here.
It's a 2011 Life is All About Plan B.
I got it for a friend.
She'll love it!
I especially like June, it says "Never Underestimate the Power of a Hissie Fit!"

The O/S's Facebook status on the weekend said, "Going to the Canucks/Annaheim Game on the 13th with a group of 200 Canadians, If your watching i'll be in the stands with a big ass Canadian flag and a beer."

Gonna see if we get it on TV.
That will be between, trying to whip something up for the Open House at the Library.
I took my Silent Auction item there today.
It's Friday night, but I have a craft thing in Berwyn that day.
I did that tonight too.
I made the pouch thingys that hold a pack of Hot Chocolate, or a Tea Bag, and they can be slipped into a card. Not my best work, but this year I had nothin'!

I also picked up the last Twilight book. I think it's called Breaking Dawn.


Better go, get some sleep, shopping with my peeps starts again tomorrow.
Need to rest up!

Ta ta for now!

I Don't Think We're in Kansas Anymore

Holy Shimoly it's a Blustery Day!!!!

What the heck is going on?

I've already fetched the BBQ cover from the back 40.
My chairs, and they're heavey wooden adirondack ones, have blown over by the fire pit.....more than once! I just quit picking them up!

Salsa got made...one more batch, and then I don't want to see a tomato until next year! JK!
The lawn mower got put in the shed, and the snow blower is out!
V's stuff that was in the shed, in the way, got put into the storage trailor.
Cat's got fed, and I've had my fix of Criminal Minds tonight.
One, I've seen, one not!
And, I've worked on my ATC's.
I'll have you know that the new embossing tool is working fine!
I might take the other one apart. I think it's just in the switch.
I'll see!

My friend Pinky has got some blog candy over on her blog...check it out!
She's one talented lady!

Soooo, I was checking out the cast from the Twilight movies...that's my thing, it's what I do!?
Robert Pattinson (Edward) got points for being in some of the Harry Potter movies.
But...Ladies, did you know he's only 24 in REAL life!?
And Tyler Lautner (Jacob) the werewolf is only 18.
Good Golly Miss Molly!
What are you people lusting after?
Is there no one our own age making movies anymore?
Or should I say, closer to our own age!?
I'm not a regular movie goer, so I don't have a clue!
The kids bring them out on DVD, and I have an armoire full in my craft room that I haven't seen yet!
Yes, I know how old some of them must be!
Some of my VERY favorite movies are: Dirty Dancing, Armageddon, and the Harry Potter movies are right up there.
The kids laugh at me, cause I can watch Armageddon once a week, and cry at the same time every time!
I also like I Am Sam.
And for no brainer, feel good movies, I like movies like Wild Hogs, and The Spy Next Door.

I picked up my curtain rod, and sheers for the living room last Thursday before I left town.
They might get up sometime this week. I'll think about it!

I was working on the November Calendar at the OFH.
The first Sunday is Daylight Saving Time.
What do we gain with that?
Anything? Was it a thing for farmers?
All I know is that for months I go to work in the dark, and come home in the dark.

Better go, need my rest, going to my 'other' job tomorrow.

Ta ta for now!

Hey Hey Hey, It's a Beautiful Day!

Got home around noon from GP!

Unpacked all my goodies!
Except my embossing powders I guess they didn't make the photo!
They were still on my kitchen table!
You can see one of the cards we made at Stamp Club on the upper left there.
I'll take some proper photos and show you later!

I'll back up a little.

Sunrise Thursday morning!
I REALLY am a 'stop & smell the roses' kinda girl!

Thursday when I got to GP, I unpacked my bag at V's, then we went to the little independent scrapbooking store. Just in case she wanted to have Thanksgiving!
I was there at Easter, and she couldn't get anyone to work, so was closed!
Didn't get the Core-dinations paper I wanted, but did get some greens!
She had a lot of the Jillibean Soup Cardstock & paper on sale.
I'm not fussy, I'll use last seasons designs! They were all on sale!
Like I need more cardstock or paper!?


Then we went to Michaels.
I DID get a lamp....not the floor one I wanted, but a desk one. The floor lamps were sold out!
And some other treasures!

We were starving, so went for dinner! V had made a reservation for 5:00 pm, at Ric's Grill.
We showed up at 4:30 and told them we were hungry NOW and it wasn't a problem!

We then went to the Johnny Reid concert!
WOW! That's all I got to say.

The Stellas were the opening act!
I'm hoping when you click the link, you'll be at utube, and can hear them sing Love Hurts, cause they rocked that song!
Johnny Reid is a great entertainer!
He gave that little girl a T-shirt, and she got up on stage to help him with a song!
She had the time of her life, and the rest of the show, she danced in the aisle and copied the backup singers/dancers!

Johnny Reid came out for an encore, then asked us if we'd stay for another song! WOULD WE!!!!
HELL YA!!!!

We got back to V's at 10:30 pm or so, and watched Twilight.
I didn't hate the movie.
But I gotta tell ya, Edward just didn't do it for me!
I think I'm still liking Tall, Dark, And Handsome, and I'm sorry, I got nuthin for the Werewolf either.......he was such a child.

Friday morning we watched New Moon. I gotta tell ya that V's a fan.
I didn't hate that one either. And really, they're quite long movies, but I thought they were fine!
We also found out that Eclipse will be released around Christmas. Mind you, that was at WalMart, and they might have just been placating V!
And OMG, I just read that the movie Breaking Dawn, will be 2 movies, WTH!
That's the book I haven't read yet.

We had just enough time to watch it before our pedicures at T & T Nails with V's friend L!
They're in the mall in GP, and the massage chairs are to die for!

When I go visit V, she has our itinerary planned out for days and nights!
And she knows I don't watch a lot of movies!

Last night we watched Gran Torino. I found it a tad gory (which is a little hypocritical I suppose after the vampire flicks!), but a great story, and I liked it!

I've done some laundry, and blanched some tomoatoes for Salsa......I have enough tomatoes left for 2 more batches......then I'm quitting!

And I'm really feeling like a nap!

So better go! Want to see if this embossing tool works! Remember mine just quit!?

Ta ta for now!

I Wanna Say Hey.........

I've got 2 new followers, which is really exciting, cause I've just had 1 forevah!

I know the problem, I'm not in the public system, and not sure I want to be. I know people will find me.
And I'll say it again, this blog is for me, friends and family. I'm not into giving recipes for cards, cause I pick stuff up as I run across it! I can't be bothered to take notes of what I'm using at the time. There's already a gazillion blogs out there that do! And I'm in awe of how organized they are! I sift through my stuff until I find stuff that I think will work together, and that's that!
And I really have to practice my coloring before I put a HOUSE MOUSE card on here, cause you need to check out Curt's! And I'd be embarassed!
I DO however give credit where it's due, I try to write down the blogs of people that inspire me, or where I found the idea, that sort of thing.

I wanna say Hi and a BIG THANK YOU for the kind comments, and I'm glad I make you laugh!

Welcome Myrna from http://whatwasoldisnewagain.blogspot.com/

And Curt from Curt's World!

You should check them out....they make really awesome cards!
And Curt.......Myrna has a link to you on her blog!

And maybe you  family & friends that haven't signed up to follow, and would much rather call or e-mail -'Cause you didn't know that', could, .......then you'd know stuff! And you'd keep up with the latest crafty thing going on in my craft room........or maybe you're just trying to catch me off guard to see if I've made you anything!?

I'm pretty pumped for this week!

I have a meeting in Berwyn tomorrow at 10:00.
A Rec. Ass. (Recreational Assistants) meeting for all 5 of us, so there goes the day!
BUT, Stamp Club starts tomorrow night! Yippeeee! Oh, not the; I'll be spending ALL my allowance on Stamps part, but I get to hang out with at least 6 other people who share my passion!
That was not a dig at you my uncrafty friends!

Wednesday is the Fairview lodge for the day for our Thanksgiving celebration.

Thursday is, OMG, gotta find a few Thanksgiving decorations and throw them out into the lodge dining room, and leave at noon for GP! Yup, it's Johnny Reid time!

Whooo hooooo! I'll be back Saturday! Don't think I'm going all the way over there and not checking out Michaels, and my little independent Scrapbboking store. I need some more Core'dinations paper. (I will learn how to spell that!) Yes, I said I NEED some more of that paper!
Check it out...........I bought some last time I was there, but only one sheet of several different colors, and now I want to do my Oh Christmas Tree ATC's with one of the greens!

I'm just sittin here smilin' cause I can't wait.

Oh, and V told me the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band were in GP on Friday night.
Told her I wasn't going, and S, her boyfriend doesn't like country music.
So she says, "Your choices are, come to see The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with me, or watch Twilight with my mother."
He picked Twilight, and he doesn't like them vampires either!

I'm on the last book of that series, I don't even know what it's called, but when I went to the library, someone had already checked it out!
I thought I was the only one in the world that hadn't read them yet!?
Maybe someone else told their mother they couldn't watch the movies until they read the books!

So there you have it! You might not hear from me until the weekend unless I get a minute!
Have a great week everyone!

Ta ta for now!

Ahhhh Sunday!

Well I've got a whole crapload of stuff done today!
The trouble with Sunday is, it's back to work tomorow!
I also can't find my Sea Salt & Pepper Chips, so I'm snacking on cantalope!
WTH!
It's the weekend!

The fourth load of laundry's in the dryer, the rest is on the line.
Seriously, what's with the laundry?
There's only 2 of us at home!?

Here's todays salsa!

Alrighty, this is the light fixture I'm replacing!

Horrible, just hate them! Some guy created them and hasn't changed a bulb since!

 

Ok, I dug out my new light!

This is the top of the box.

100 watt bulb.

This is on the front!

60 watt bulb.

Don't worry....I don't mind telling you that because I'm a girl, I read all the instructions!

I also shut off almost every breaker, especially cause there's not one that said outside light!

And it says 60 watts on the fixture...I'm going with that!

And, Wha la! It even works!

 And lookit this! I can stand on the step and put the light bulb in!
I. AM. SO. IN. BUSINESS!
For when the light burns out at minus 40, and dark!

Look at all the dead bugs and stuff I knocked out of the light I took down!

I went to find some more jars in the shed....the one I wanted to finish cleaning today!

Not.Going.To. Happen!

These guys scrambled over the plywood, and into the woodpile when I walked by the woodshed.

There are 3 of them crammed in there!

The little orange guy is the one I brought to the house last weekend to show Ray.

There's a grey one under him, and a black one down there somewhere!

This is Shadow, she wanted her picture taken too!

She was smiling, but I was too slow! Now she just looks smug!

Better go, been up since 5:45 am.

I don't know why!?

But I'm thinking it's nap time, and when I get up (20 minutes is good), supper will be ready in the slow cooker!

One of my favorite appliances!

Ta ta for now!