Monday, August 29, 2011

“I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be.” -Douglas Adams

Where to start!?

Friday night I cut a bunch of willows down on the south side of the dugout.
Of course I burnt them...in the fire pit......and drank beer!

Saturday, Ray had to go help our friends.
It was the LAST ROUNDUP!
Grimm was getting rid of all his buffalo!
He helped up a couple years ago......The last post should be here.
I should've went.....I make a good gate girl, or stock trailer door shutter!
He had to be there by 8:00am.
By 8:00, I was hanging out the first load of clothes!
I tell ya I was a make work project!
I took the clothespins out.
Noticed Shadows water dish was full of dead grasshoppers, so cleaned that out & got her fresh water.
Then I noticed the birdbath, was scummy, so scrubbed that out, and refilled it!
I picked the rest of the peas, and pulled out the dying plants!
Also dug a couple non-hills of potatoes for supper!
I did another horse shoe pit!
They take 2 huge wheelbarrel loads of sand!
I trimmed the cottoneasters in front of the little deck, front & back, and gave a couple of the mountain ash a hair cut!
Walked 4 babies back over to the cat house.....they must have spent the night on the deck!
By 3:00pm I. WAS. DUN!
Came in and showered, started supper, then the guy who was gonna pump the sewer out showed up!
That was a learning experience!
Thank God that's done.

Supper was awesome with fresh peas & potatoes, and I made meatballs with gravy!

Kalen's been having trouble with his renters not paying, so I was the CEO (his words) in charge of serving the papers for the Landlord & Tennant somethingsomethingsomething hearing Monday, and giving them an eviction notice. Done and Done!
Unfortunately the tenant didn't take the call, so was ruled against.
AGAIN, unfortunately, who enforces this stuff?
I fired off an e-mail to my friend that works at the RCMP detachment.
He's supposed to go training this Friday for a sail, and thinks he has to refuse, cause this needs to be settled....he's stationed in Victoria.
They're effing with my baby's career, and this MOTHER is getting cranky!

Sunday; I finished the stove door, cleaned it out, gave it a bath, and put my birdhouses I made on a rake & pitchfork!
I'll take pictures when I have them where they're gonna live!

I did finish 2 cards over the weekend!
Got Kalens card made, Vanessa called while I was making it.
V: "What are you doing?"
Me: "I'm in my room making Kalen a card?"
V: "For what? You're making him a card for no reason?!"
Me: "It's a 'thinking of you card', want me to make you cards for no reason?"
V: "No, it's ok."

I made her one too! I think her nose might have been a little out of joint!

Here's hers:


And here's Kalen's.


I did promise him, with a note that the next card wouldn't be blue, have a ship or water on it!
Oh yeah, got the inspiration here!
And I LIED, it's NOT an easel card!

Alrighty, the kid's called me twice already tonight!
He's sooooo stressed!
I told him to have a cup of tea, and a bubble bath.....that would cure him.

Have a few pictures for you.


I have to cross a train tracks, coming & going from work.


It had a lot of cars full of lumber!


No caboose........sorry!

This was last nights sunset.


And this is the shack they put right outside my north window at work!


I climbed in there to have a look before I came home.
It's kinda neat.
There are 2 suites in it, one at each end.
An entry, with a washer & dryer, and the water tank is in the middle.
Guess we got some guys who'll live there in the winter.
D told me I don't look out that window anyway!
hahahaha, he's right, my desk is U shaped and my back is to that window!

Better go....gotta read up on the legal e-mails Kalen sent me......to make sure we're really doing the eviction thing by the book.
With the ruling today, I have to file it at The Court Of Queens Bench, and the nearest one is Peace River.
Guess I'll be spending one morning this week at the Court House!

Hope you're all well!
Ta ta for now!







Wednesday, August 24, 2011

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs --jolted by every pebble in the road.-Henry Ward Beecher

Life is still taking up my time!
Went on the County in Bloom tour on Saturday.
Yup! For just 10 bucks we got to snoop in peoples yards, get ideas, have lunch....I KNOW!
I think there were over 50 of us on the chartered bus, and a few behind in vehicles!
Got some pictures.





This next one is 2 gravel crusher cones!
I'da sure hated to be the one holding the top one while they were welded together!
We have a huge one like the top for a fire pit, and it ain't goin anywhere!


Just so ya know....I have several projects on the go.
A card for Kalen....the blue piece of embossed cardstock in the middle.
Also in that pile is parts for about 7 Christmas cards (horrors)!
Bottom left are some Thank You cards I'm working on!
I'm also reading the latest Scrapbooks etc., and somewhere there is the easel instructions for Kalens card!


I will try to get that cleaned up and into something productive for the next time!
Been doing lots of yardwork!
Ray has a guy coming to pump out the sewer on Saturday!
Not just any guy either!
Him & his wife won 1st prize Saturday for their yard.......I'm worried!
They've always had a nice yard!

Things I've learned this summer.......
Flip flops should not be the shoe of choice when there's a grasshopper infestation.
Did ya know they have yellow guts.................eeeewwwwww!
You can go through 2 cans of bug spray on a really wet/dry/wet year!
3 if you count the powdery smell good stuff that mosquitoes like!
There's no end to yard work!

Still pluggin along.
Some stuff just HAS to get done, cause winter will be here soon enough!

I'm gonna finish at least one of the horseshoe pits this weekend, and finish caulking the outdoor furnace! And cleaning up dead trees, and......................you know how it goes!

Talk to ya later!

Ta ta for now!



Thursday, August 18, 2011

Sometimes too much to drink isn't enough!

Is it Friday yet?OIY!
Life has sure got in the way this week!
This is the first time I've been in the craft room all week, and here I am talking to you!
This is how my week started.
Winter is coming and I. AM. NOT. PLUGGING. THE. SEWER. PUMP. IN. EVERY. SECOND. DAY!
I've done it since January; I AM DONE!


This was Mondays project.
I jerked the old pump out, and the conglomeration of stuff they sold me at Home Hardware for 20+ bucks to install it, all went back Tuesday, and I spent $7.00 at True Value, and got what I needed!
You people that live in towns or cities don't know what you're missing with the water & sewer issues on the farm!
My GF's always say, "Sure don't miss that"; they've all moved to town!
Also Tuesday night, my new washer got delivered.
We then did this backwards!
We installed the new washer, that I couldn't use until the pump was in the sewer tank, and at 11 pm in the dark, we were trying to get the pump down the hole!
With those bad tree hugging fur babies, who now; if they hear you in the yard, come to see what you're doing.
They were NOT wanted in the dark with the sewer open!
I was also out for dinner Tuesday night with about 5 peeps!

Look what I seen yesterday on my way to town to get the mail!



I then went out for dinner last night with 2 peeps!
Finally today, I was home; someone is supposed to come pick up the old washer I said I'd give away on the internet.
I made more porridge for those spoiled babies.

I have about 1 dozen cherries on 3 trees!
Scared to try them, I'm sure they'll be sour!
They just remind me of Erma Bombeck who said, "If life is a bowl of cherries, then what am I doing in the pits."


But don't forget there's always light at the end of the tunnel!
In my case it was a rainbow.
I texted Vanessa & told her that the washer worked wonderfully, and the sewer pumped out all by itself......Life Is Good!


I was also supposed to take my peeps from the Old Folks Home for ice cream tonight, but it rained so I was off the hook!
We'll try it tomorrow!
Hope you're all well!
Talk to you later.

Ta ta for now!

Sunday, August 14, 2011

August Challenge for CCAYR

August Challenge
There is a list below of products that can be used for your cards. You need to use 4 of them on your card - your choice! For example, my card might used a stamped sentiment (Stamping), Striped paper (Stripes), Inking and ribbon. It may also have some glitter and brads and that's fine too! Extras are alright!

If you do more than one card, you can use different products!

Chipboard
Hand stitching
Ribbon
Inking
Stamping
Textured paper (embossed is good!)
Metal embellishments
Alphabet stickers or rub-ons for the sentiment
Stripes





I've used Ribbon, Stamping, Stamping (then embossing...was a do-over!),
Metal Embellishments (X 2), and Stripes!
The snowflakes in the middle are rub-ons.

The do-over was the larger tags!
I had stamped them in white, and when they dried, the lettering was pink!
Not what I wanted!
So I turned the tag over for a re-do!
The pink is noticable on the tiny tag that says 'holidays'!
The tiny metal embellishment says 'believe"!

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

There's A Very Fine Line Between Hobby and Mental Illness.

I might need an intervention!

Spent the weekend in Grande Prairie!
The hilarious thing about Michael's  this time, was Vanessa & I went in and out with the coupons (cause I had a whole whack), different times of the day, and got different cashiers!
So the big items were 40% off!

There was cake to be had!
After we went to dinner at The Keg!


I got the rest of the roll of ribbon!
I have a stamp similar to it!

These are the cake makers!


Vanessa & I.


Worked Volunteered at the casino!
Friends of The Library go between Christmas & New Years.
Finished those cards I was working on.



Vanessa's boyfriend Shawn has the BIG 3 OH coming up!
The guitar is a paper clip.
Michael's had different shapes!


Got home late Monday night.
Last night I mowed; couldn't finish cause there wasn't enough gas!
Tonight I whippersnipped where I did mow, and mowed over by the cat house.

Yesterday I had a great day!
I won some stamps over here on Sheree's blog.
And then.....Steve from Chrysler Canada called me!
Actually he called & left a message on Monday, so I called him back.
Chrysler Canada is sending me a cheque for the difference of the rental!
So I e-mailed my friend, who knows people....
This is her reply:
I'm so glad they took action Gail. You were treated poorly and I'm glad they recognized that. Chrysler really does strive to provide superior customer service and in my years of working with them they have been quite good with clients. PR Chrysler was out of line in how they treated you and sometimes those northern dealerships need to be reminded that people up there know people who know people at head office! hehehe! I'm glad you are getting a refund!
And he's following through.
He told me he spoke to the Service Manager, but unfortunately the owner was away until Monday.
He also asked me if there was another dealership I could go to.
On the way to Grande Prairie, I stopped at Fairview for an appointment.
After the whole Service department was rolling on the floor laughing, or trying not to, their Service Manager told me that "sometimes it's not about Chrysler Canada, it's about looking after the customer."

Things are good in my little world!

I'm working on my cards for.......
wait for it..............

Hope everyone's doing great!
Talk to ya later!

Ta ta for now!


Friday, August 5, 2011

Life's most urgent question is: what are you doing for others?-Martin Luther King, Jr.

Hellooooo peeps!
I'm becoming a slackard!
Not really, but you think I'd have more time to talk to ya!
It's August, we're not going to have rainy weather summer for too much longer!

I've been starving the kittens! Not intentionally!
Who knew they ate so much!
Remember I said I thought they were too little to leave their mom!?
Well, I'd been feeding them a little porridge with whipping cream or canned milk on it!
Every time I went over to the cat house garden shed, the dish would be empty, and they'd be crying!
I glanced at the dry cat food, which is what we feed the big cats, and it's just crumbs!
The little dumplings can't chew it up properly!
Now they get a pie plate full of canned cat food, porridge, and canned milk, and we're all happier!
Jeez, the things I do!?



I have tree hugger kittens! hahahaha


Kitty toys....I know there's only 4, they're gonna have to share!



I'm going to Grande Prairie tomorrow!
Gonna limp take the van to Fairview!
Different dealer.
I've got a rock stuck somewhere it shouldn't be, and I have a horrible shimmy on the highway!
I spent 20 minutes Wednesday night at the car wash, but I think the van needs to be lifted up.
Some of that crap dries like cement!

Sunday and Monday I'm working volunteering at the Casino for Minor Hockey!
I.KNOW!
It's the same with every organization.
Everyone wants to do these fundraisers, but no one wants to help!
These are the same MOTHERS that would bitch if their kids registration fee went up!
Fundraisers like this keep the costs down for kids, and pay for a few extras....usually!
I LOVE working the casino!
If I lived in a city I'd so be working there, as a cage supervisor, or count room supervisor!
I guess I'm a people watcher like my dad was!

The outdoor furnace has a new seal!
Hopefully I did it right!


I used 2 thingys of the gasket cement! It said to stick the newspaper in the door before you shut it so it dries.
I'm thinking whatever sticks, burns off!


The lines have been raised in the dugout!


There's Ray studying the situation!


I've been whippersnipping and mowing haying!
Especially by the dugout!
And it's gonna be bad by the camper too!

It was really thundering out a while ago.
I think whatever was going on, missed us!

A few cards.




I got this paper pack, and decided to make them all the same recipe!
I got the idea Here!

There are 5 different colors, with about 6 different patterns, so I have the orange & pink to go.
I'll end up with an assortment (sort of)!
I figure I'll stamp the inside as the occasion arises, cause some could be used for a couple things!
I also found another wedding card I want to try, but I think I'm out of white vellum!OMG!

Got my hair done today....yeah it needed it!
Medical, and drivers license, I'm good for another 2 years I guess!

Gotta go, have a great weekend!
Talk to ya later!

Ta ta for now!