If you can't return a favor, pass it on. --Louise Brown

Good morning everyone!
It's really foggy here this morning, as it tried desperately to rain last night! (1 mm)
I'm sure as soon as the sun burns it off, it'll be hot, and I need to get the yard work done!
Surgery is scheduled for Wednesday, (with pre op Tuesday), pretty sure I'll still be able to mow the grass (riding lawn mower), but the whipper snipping might be out!
I made a dessert last night, as we're going to an 85th birthday pot luck supper later today!
Hope I have a card in the stash for her! (DH's aunt)
I'm making dessert & a salad for tomorrow nights supper too; my husband has relatives here from Germany, and we're getting together at my SIL's cabin a few miles from here!


I received 'Happy Mail' yesterday!
I won a jar of Strawberry/Ameretto Jam from my friend Barbaras blog!
Can't wait to try it!
Thanks Barbara!

Vanessa also suprised me last weekend with a photo album she scrapbooked all by herself!

Said it took her 2-3 months!

It's wonderful, and I'm so proud of her!

And here's my mom's birthday card! FINALLY!

It's already in the mail!

Remember I got this off Sonias blog!?

Turned out pretty wonderful if I do say so myself!

I've got 2 more cards on the go; want to have them ready to mail Monday!

Have to see if I get a minute!

Have a great weekend!

Talk to ya later!

Ta ta for now!

Master the moment. --Bishop Norman L Wagner

Thought I'd better check in!
The closest fire to us is OUT!
They had 2 inches of rain on Sunday! Yayyyy!
Not that we had much...I think 1/4 inch!

I just came in from watering the gardens.
You're gonna get an overload of pictures.....just bear with me.....then you'll know what I've been up to!

Vanessa was home on the weekend!
We candled her ears!
She wouldn't let me go hang the clothes out while she was laying there!!!Hahahaha!

The girl I made the Queen card for in the previous post, was the Rodeo Princess 2012.

Everybody likes to be a Princess!

I practised my Annie Oakley skills on this coyote that was watching the cats & Shadow!

Unfortunately it was more than 90 feet, but it was a .22 rifle, cause that's all I'm allowed to use!

And I don't have an awesome scope like the one in the link!

Scared the little sucker off though, haven't seen him back!

Sunday the guys showed up with the water digging equipment, the water is now under my house!

Guess it'll be a month or so before it's hooked up.

This is my yard when they were done yesterday!

I'll get over it!

The whole yard looked like that when we moved out here!

My Saskatoon trees have been producing.....these will go in the freezer for muffins!

Ray went down the street yesterday and picked enough for 2 pies.

They're cleaned & in the freezer!

The 3 cherry trees I have are loaded!

They're not really sweet; I've already found a recipe for Cherry Brandy!

The tomatoes are going crazy!

They're outgrowing their little garden!

We could probably eat the potatoes!

I'll dig some this weekend!

This wishing well is in the forest by the cat house & fruit trees.

It's full of begonias and impatiens.

This is Annabelle! She's the 'other woman'!

Ray brought her home, and she seems to like it here!

Not sure if she'll survive the winter.

This is one of Jerrys' kittens!

She had 3, and I looked all over tonight for the 2 that are left, and found this one when I went to water the flowers on the little deck!

Jerry will NOT be getting any MOTY (Mother of the Year) award!

She's older than Shadow, and the only one of the original outside cats that's still here!

Guess she's smart, but I think she hates children (babies) anymore!

This baby still has blue eyes, so it's not very old!

Not sure where she hauls them off to!

This past week I've been to the Doctor, Dentist, and will see a specialist tomorrow in GP.

It's 300 kms away!

The doctor was for a perscription refill, the dentist for my 2 crowns I spend my allowance on each year...my benefits don't cover them, and the specialist tomorrow is for my knees & foot.

Nothing serious....don't get old folks, you start falling apart piece by piece!

I have been working on mom's BD card!

I really must get it done and in the mail!

It's a cascading card which is on the right of Sonias blog!

There's probably a ton of them on Splitcoaststampers, but I haven't looked.

I'll leave you with a teaser, so you can see that REALLY, when I get a darn minute, I'll get right on it!

I also need a graduation card for the end of August!

I made a tiny little Dr. Suess books of encouraging quotes (stickers) I found, 

and that's as far as that got!OI!

Here ya go!

If I had an hour it'd be done!

Better go, gotta water some more stuff!

Talk to ya later!

Ta ta for now!

Be like a postage stamp. Stick to it until you get there. --Harvey Mackay

Good morning!
I haven't been sleeping.....not sure if it's the heat or what!

We had a slight reprieve on Sunday for a minute when it rained 8 mm!
Yup, that's it. And they didn't get any rain where the fire is!

I found this so you can read up!
The kms is wrong, we have crews working up there, and they say it's closer!
 http://www.industrymailout.com/Industry/View.aspx?id=379728&q=484634120&qz=e7ac76

Here are a few pictures of how smokey it was on Sunday.
This is the back yard.

This is looking north west/ where the fire is.

This is west down the driveway.

Yesterday we had NO smoke, cause the wind had shifted.

We had blue sky & clouds, and heat!

I made my mom a mini album from the Family Reunion that was held near her place 8 years ago.

It's there again this year.

Her birthday's around the same time, I'm sure she'll love it!

I'm also working on her birthday card, which, if I get more than a minute, will be done this week!

Vanessa & Shawn are coming home for the weekend!

It's the annual rodeo!

Our student at work is running for rodeo queen, so I made her a card.

I'll give it to her this morning!

Better go!

Talk to ya later!

Ta ta for now!

Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. --William Jennings Bryan

Good evening people, or morning, where ever you are in the world!
The few of you who read this will be happy to know that I am grateful for little things, as soooo many have waaaay more problems than me.....makes me feel petty stressing about stupid stuff!

Here is whatès going on in my corner of the world
And Ièm pretty sure these pictures are gonna be huge, cause I stole them off the internet!

This fireès burning about 75 kms north west of here!

Theyère bringin in the BIG guns!

Itès been HOT!

You guys are used to seeing a minus in front of my temperature!

We had this problem last year, when the fire was further away and to the south east of us!
This was coming home yesterday afternoon!
Those guys by the pile of dirt are putting in the water lines....yup....weère gonna have town water!!!!Yayyyy!

This was this afternoon!

I thought it was blurry, I took several; thereès just that much smoke!

Ray was working up where the fire is, and staying in a camp, but they kicked everyone out to make room for the fire fighters!

Heès still been going to work, just staying here.

Alrighty, now that youère depressed Ièll tell you about the fun part of the week! hahaha

I went to an invitation only Stampin Up garage sale!

It started promptly at 7:00 pm!

If we were there early we could have cocktails!

I went early!

I got 8 stamp sets, some ink, embellishments, paper;

she even had a free basket, and I had to restrain myself! hahahaha

All for $60.00!

If you know ANYTHING about Stampin Up youèll know I got a lot of stuff for a steal!

It was fun, I donèt think we made a dent in her stuff though!

Got home late (on a work night); then ran around watering stuff like a mad woman!

I also made a card earlier this week!

Friends of the Library helped out with the Canada Day BBQ!

The 3 of us that were there had an impromptu meeting, as I volunteered to make a thank you card for the store manager.

Hereès the inside!

I had these metal letters that look like old typewriter keys!

Him & his family have been transfered, so by the time our next meeting rolls around in September, theyèd be gone!

I also think Bloggerès still toying with me, as every time I use an apostrophe,

I get some French thingy!

Please bear that in mind...I DID NOT put an extra E in all those words!

Or maybe itès just screwing with me as I type this! I.DONèT. KNOW!

Talk to ya later!

Ta ta for now!

Oh Blogger You're Stressing Me Out!

Last night I logged on to see the updates in my 'Blogs I Follow' list, just to find out I couldn't!
My blog had been removed because of questionable activity! REALLY!?
It took me about 1 1/2 hours last night, and 20 minutes today to persuade blogger to let me back in!!!
What the heck happened?
Has anyone else had a problem?
I'm going to do some work now; since that's where I am........

Happy Hump Day people!

Talk to ya later!

Ta ta for now!

PS: Welcome new followers!
Don't know if you'll learn anything here, but you should get a laugh or 2!
(When I'm not stressed out!)

If you want a quality, act as if you already had it. Try the “as if technique”.- William James

Hello peeps!
Been a long time.....oh I've been playing along with some challenges, as you'll know from previous posts!
Life's just been busy, and today I could've melted!

I've been to the Canadian Steel Guitar show!

Here's a picture of my cousin Jeff Bradshaw.

He's a BIG deal in that business!
It was a wonderful evening of entertainment!

I went to my aunts 'everything must go' garage sale!
I got punches, stamps, paper, glitter, embossing powder, embellishments....well 2 boxes of crafty goodness, and the largest Xyron (still in the box with an extra cartridge) for $20!!!!!!!

I've been to dinner with the gf's, and more gf's.
I've been to Mirror Mirror, and Pirates Band of Misfits!

I've had fire pit fires, and gf's and drinks!

I volunteered at a Canada Day BBQ for Friends of the Manning Library.
I have to make a thank you card for the manager for asking us!

I watched the Calgary Stampede parade, cause my baby was in it!
The ship he's usually stationed to is the HMCS Calgary!
And that link will take you nowhere, cause the sites being translated!!!!
He's the one in white...not sure why he's out of line!
hahahahaha, and sorry the pic is so big, but I stole it off the web, so work with me here!
His caption said, "Marching with the troops."



We have no shortage of wildlife happening around here!

This deer is down the driveway one day on my way to work.
He's getting horns!

These cranes were taking a walk in a field down the road.

This lone swan has been in this pond for quite a while now.

We have 'Charlotte' in the woodshed!

And tree hugger kittens....again.

Their mom's disappeared, so yeah, I'm feeding them!

My SU demonstrator is having a stamp garage sale on Wednesday, so I'll be there!
Also a wine & cheese thingy before.... I'll definately be there!

This next picture is taken one night at 10:40 pm.
I couldn't get the date & time to work on my camera, so you'll have to take my word for it!

Hope you're all well!

Talk to ya later!
Ta ta for now!

July Challenge/ CCAYR

WARNING: THIS POST MAY CONTAIN CHRISTMAS CARDS!

July Challenge at Christmas Cards All Year 'Round

The theme this month is nice and easy:

Christmas Flowers/Holly -Include Holly or Poinsettias somewhere on your card. This could be in the image, on the paper or embellishment etc.

 

I had ONE (1) sheet of this paper!?

Who does that!?

 

So I made these!

I had a hard time trying to get the 'NOEL' to show up.

I finally embossed it in white & punched out the ornaments!

I made 4 of these, because that's all of that green cardstock I had!

I also just got those Chocolate Pearls today from my favorite Canadian online store

Scrap 'n Stamp!

That's not all I got, but that's a story for another day!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Talk to ya later!

Ta ta for now!

 

 

 

In The Garden

This month our challenge is to create a scene from "inside the garden".

We are looking for stamped or digi scenes that are finished projects (no ATC's or unmounted work). Cute cards with a few added flowers will not be accepted -we need to see your scenic talents!

I'm playing along with the creative people over at Craft A Scene this month!

Here's my attempt:

I mounted this labor intensive stamped image onto a Modified Tri Shutter card.

Please check the site out!

This lady does amazing stuff!

And she shares!

Have a great 4th of July, my peeps to the south!

Have a great rest of the week everyone else!

Talk to ya later!

Ta ta for now!