House Mouse & Friends/ Challenge #122

**NEW CHALLENGE**

Our super talented and sweet Teamie, Kate Wiles, is the hostess for this challenge and she would like your your HMF designs that feature any House-MOuse & Friends, Gruffies, or, Happy Hoppers images to follow this theme: LIQUID REFRESHMENTS FOR HOT SUMMER DAYS

 

I've been away, so here's mine ( finally)!

 

 

 

Enjoy your week!

Ta ta for now!

 

Christmas Cards All Year 'Round

WARNING: This post may contain Christmas Cards!

 

June Challenge

Another month has come and gone and it's once again time for another challenge.

This month our theme is:

TWINKLE-TWINKLE Christmas Lights

Multi-colored or clear, embossed or bling, strings or singles, vintage or new, bright or dull, broken or whole ...inspriation is limitless! Make it electric and fun.

Alrighty, another challenge done!

Doesn't matter that all I could find was these Christmas light charms!

Seriously!

With all the crap craft stuff I have you think I could do better!

Anyhoo:

Aaannnddd of course the light is sticking straight out!

Let me tell you a little about the word 'JOYFUL"!

I made 6 of these cards;

the "joyful' is a die.......

stay with me here......

Probably the 6th time I blew 'fluff' off of my card before glueing down the letters,

I was anything but JOYFUL!

Ahh well, I only lost one dot over the j and a y!

Talk to ya later!

Ta ta for now!

Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don't quit. --Conrad Hilton

Hello peeps!
I AM still here!

We DID get to Edmonton, for Aunt (Sister) Agnes' 60th Anniversary Jubilee!
That's quite an accomplishment!

I DID get a mini album made for her from her 50th!

I was able to put 10 pictures in!

I've been working on 2 Challenges that are a month long thank goodness, although I'm not sure if I'll make it!!

Coming home last weekend we came across this guy having a bath!

There used to be buffalo in there, but the owner must have had the great buffalo roundup as there haven't been any for a while!

I've got a new back step with real stairs!

It's temporary until I get a deck! Bwahahahahaha!

We had to replace the much smaller step, and these ugly stairs, which have been "temporary" for the last 8 YEARS!

I was NEVER able to run outside in bare feet, and they hurt Shadows feet too!

I'm not SAD to see these go!

My irises in the forest are blooming!

Ray brought home a whole wheelbarrel full one year; I planted what I wanted, and just 'set' the rest between some trees in the forest!

They seem to like it there!

Yesterday it rained, and rained, and rained!

The house is clean again, and I got a big pot of soup made, loaf of bread, a strawberry & rhubarb pie, from my very own rhubarb!

Today I'll make some muffins for my lunch, and a rhubarb crisp, and hopefully paint the new (temporary) step!

The grass/dandelions need mowed again, but it'll have to get awful warm & sunny for that!

This weekend I'm meeting my momma here!

I tried to find the poster!

I'll visit all the friends and relatives while I'm there!

There you have it, another action packed week or 2 in the 'NORMAL' life of Gail!

Have a great week everyone!

I have been popping by to see what you're doing........

Talk to ya later!

Ta ta for now!

*Here Comes the Sun* for Challenge # HMFMC121

Eeeeek!!

 

“Here Comes the Sun” challenge

We love to see your cute HM creations dont forget you can also use

Happy Hoppers & Gruffies images too so lots to choose from for this fun chall.

Any Image that reminds you of having fun in the Sun, would be good here

why not have a look at not only the DT inspiration but also those already entered..you can make ANY creation not just cards for the chall theme.

 

Here is mine...I'm going with the flying kite in the sun kinda thing!

I'm not sure what's going on with the red & purple!

 

 

I really need better lighting!

Enjoy!

Talk to ya later!



Ta ta for now!

The quality of your life is the quality of your relationships.- Anthony Robbins

OMG! Can someone please tell Gail it's OK to relax!??

Things I've learned this week:
Don't do your 10 (?) acres of yard work all in one day!
Last Saturday I was outside by 9:30.
I sprayed weeds around the dugout, whipper snipped, mowed, hauled dirt, went to the Greenhouse in my farm clothes and hat....I thought no one would be there!
Well everyone was, but they were all dressed the same as me!
I had empty pots that needed filled.
I was in my bath by 5:30 pm, had my supper, and was ready for bed by 7:00pm! OY!

I had a meeting this week, went for dinner with the gf's, putzed around the yard, and spent 1 1/2 hours nightly, watering stuff.....I'm waiting for a thunderstorm the weatherman keeps threatening us with!

Yesterday I went to my nephews wedding 3 hours away.
My van had to be at the dealers for work at 10:00am.
Vanessa was my chauffeur & date!
We went to Michaels, Walmart, the candy store down town, the wedding, the dream home (amazing), and a show home down the street from the Dream Home!
Went for the wedding supper, and I was home by 10:30 pm.

Here's a pic of the happy couple!

Today, I'm just tired!
I DID mow & whipper snip over by the fruit trees and cat house!
There's 9 Saskatoon trees, 3 Cherry trees, and 5 Chokecherry bushes in my crooked row!

And the other way!

Darn dandelions just duck!

A lot of trees & shrubs are trying to make a comeback.

Either from Ray over fertilizing, or from winter kill, as is evident (or maybe not), on this cherry tree that only has leaves on the branches half way up!

I've hung 2 loads of laundry out, hoping for rain!

Ray has gone up the street (about 6 miles); one of our neighbors has a small sawmill, and we need a new back step!

I've got steaks marinating for the BBQ!

Pasta salad is made; potatoes & corn on the cob ready for the BBQ!

This week I hope to take it easy! HA!

I'll probably be watering stuff!

Friday, we're going to E-town for a celebration.

Ray's aunt, who is a SISTER has been a nun for 60 years!

60 YEARS people!

That's longer than a lot of people stay married!

I found pictures of her 50th party we went to, so am going to try & get her a mini album made up!

She'll love it!

I did make her a card.

My mom called while I was making it, and she asked what color it was.

I said, "pink".

Mom: "Is she a princess?"

Me: " She is that day!"

I just have Congratulations on the inside!

Hopefully I'll talk to you before another week is up!

There's a challenge or 2 I should play along with!

If I don't talk to you, stay well, and out of trouble!

Talk to ya later!

Ta ta for now!