Life is too short to spend even one day in misery. ~Ravi Melwani

Not sure if you will be able to read this.....where did the buttons for the font and size go? 

Nevermind, I was on a crazy view!

This will be picture heavy.

Christmas cards are still being made! Just until my desk is organized, then I'm dun!

Moms card:

 It's a double Z fold, and I'd give someone credit; I found it on Pinterest.

Brysons card:

It's a shaker card. I used double sided tape from the $$ store.

Do. Not. Do. That!

I then had to use my glue like silicone, as it was leaking out all over!

It should be good; I'm sure I'll hear about it if it's still leaking when it gets to him!

Vanessa & Harleys card:

Kalens card:

I then had a card making marathon.

I let Kalen pick cards to send.

A friend had seen them & wanted to buy some, I needed to have a selection! I also got advice from a friend that sells her cards.

The following were added to the stash for Kalens friend to pick from.

Inside gold joy card

Outside & in of Happy Holidays.

Had to step up the insides!

This one is real sparkly!

 

 There you have it. 

That's probably not all, but that's all you're getting right now! 

I have also made treats for my co workers.

Of course there's no picture.

The kids gave me my Christmas present early.

It's a thin desk with 16 cubes on top. Each cube can hold 10 lbs.

Kalen is trying to help out in the crafting department.

I am a visual person, and unfortunately need to SEE all my stuff. Which means most of it is on display somewhere in the room, which means it looks like a disaster, and unorganized, but I know where everything is! The cubes cleaned a large portion of my desk off! I think I'll like them.

I sent Vanessa this picture when she asked if my tree was up.

I finally found some house numbers. I looked all spring and summer.

You know-Covid.

I had them in my cart several times from different hardware stores; however, as soon as I hit the 'ship to me' button, they'd be out of stock.

I needed adhesive, put in a Michaels order. 

6inch numbers. $4.99 a piece.

Cheapest ever!

 

Painted them black, and hung them up. The yellow gobs at the bottom are Kalens foam attempt to keep mice out of the garage. It needs trimmed off. Haha

I just filled the mouse bait station, and we're good!

Here's my favorite little person. 

He asked his mom if the sky was on fire.

I miss Alberta sunsets!

I miss him too. I'll just be grateful for the time we spent together in August! His dad's done school, so we don't facetime every night!

I better go, I am making a few more Christmas cards for the stash, just to clean my desk off, then it will be on to something else!

I am devastated.

My mom just called & told me Charley Pride died from Covid.

I had seen him twice in concert. He was my dads favorite singer.

We have become mask wearing, hand washing fools!

Stay safe everyone!

Wash your hands!

Talk to ya later!
 

And all at once, summer collapsed into fall. Oscar Wilde

 Happy Halloween!

There is no end to the 'stuff' that needs done.

I'll show you the cards I've made, and you can get on with your day!

This is Kalen's card!

This is Vanessa & Harley's!

 

Mom must have got one out of the drawer!

This next card was sent to me by a dear friend! She didn't even write in it, so I could use it if I wanted. I'm keeping it, I know the work that went into it!

Bryson's birthday card, and Halloween card are in previous posts!

Here's his cake!

He's 4 already!

Vanessa's friend Sarah had a baby. She's the one I drank with on Wine Wednesday before I moved!

Baby Card

Brother & Sister cards

 

Picture heavy coming up!

The petunia tree got hauled to the compost.

 

Not sure if we're putting lights on the frame to make it a Christmas tree!

Shelves got built in the garden/horse shed.

We don't have horses, so it's a garden shed!

The pots off the petunia tree are on the shelves. It doesn't get really cold here, but I wanted them out of the way so they wouldn't get kicked or bumped & break! 

I dried my own tomato seeds, as my favorite tomatoes are not always available. 

I'll let you know if it worked!

 

Moms sidewalks got painted. 

Not all of them, but the front and side where her woodshed is.

This is right after I painted the 'caution strips' for the little steps that are there! She kept trying to send me home, "I know the steps are there!'

It has a bit of grit in it. 

Will probably still be slippery if they ice up; however, maybe it will help!

My front entry got a facelift!

It was an unheated dingy space.

This is with a coat of primer.

Primrose Path, is the paint color. 

I just couldn't do BIG BUS YELLOW!

 The floors, and door will get a makeover in the spring. I have the flooring and trim, but it's too cold.

I need it to be warm for a few more days so I can get plastic up on the windows to get rid of the condensation! The windows in there are original from the house, circa 1940.

I have made body scrub with some of Kalens lavender.

These have been distributed to my friends that offered to be guinea pigs/try it out!

The ugly pinky orange closet in my living room also got a facelift.

I forgot to take an after; it's filled.

It does have a curtain, as it's the seldom used appliance closet, linen closet, snack closet etc!

It's walnut season.

The ground has been raked, and late yesterday afternoon when I got tired of raking, I fired up the tractor, as it still has the mower on, and mulched the rest of the leaves!

There's still lot of walnuts on the trees!

This Pileated Woodpecker spent a long time one day eating bugs out of the stump that's left from when the tree fell down last year.

I was going to throw all the dead chunks he tossed out into the firepit. 

Kalen said, 'where will the bugs live?'

So I tossed them back under the stump!

There you have the condensed version...REALLY!

Going to pick walnuts, I really should go grocery shopping; I hate it anymore.

Laundry, yard work, the usual!

Stay safe my friends!

Wash your hands...talk to ya later!

 

 

 

 

House Mouse!

 It was so much fun making the House Mouse (gruffie) card in the last post.

I made another!

This is being entered in  HMFMC # 326!

It's Anything Goes, with the option of FALL!

I tried to put leaves on it, I had all that grey space(literally)!

But it just didn't work.

Pumpkins ARE fall!

This was the best I could do for a picture!

I got home late, and today it has been cold, raining and even tried to snow for a minute!

Wash your hands & stay safe!

Talk to ya later!

 

Happy Birthday!

I made my grandson a birthday card!

Then just for fun went to check out the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge # 325!

They have an anything goes!

I haven't played in a loong while! 

Go play! You have til Sunday! 

Talk to ya later!

Stay Safe!

My friend Brenda told me about this challenge over here:

https://www.welovechocolatebaroque.uk/2020/10/october-challenge.html 

It's a House Mouse (Gruffies) stamp from Stampendous!

“Be brave to stand for what you believe in even if you stand alone.” —Roy T. Bennett

Hello!

Hope you're all well and staying safe!

I finally got to go see Bryson and his little family up in Northern Alberta!

When I told my boss I was leaving for 2 weeks, his assistant came to my office and said, "He's devastated you're leaving."

I said, "He doesn't even like me!"

I got a bonus, and a raise.

I will show you the cards I made before I went, then you can get on with your day!

I send Bryson thinking of you cards.

I had to make mom a birthday card, as I was away for her birthday this year.

Apparently I can't take a straight picture!

This was a stained glass technique from Jennifer McGuire. 

Bryson had medical appointments in Edmonton, so I took him and his mom. They were going to do his surgery the next day.

As Vanessa was filling out the paperwork, he got bumped!

We went to the zoo!

I know that's not how you wear a mask! Don't judge.

We had to wear one when we went inside any indoor spaces at the zoo.

 

After his second day of appointments, I took Bryson on a surprise adventure.

We went to Jurassic Forest north of the city.

This is Vanessa saying 'who has the biggest smile?'

And...the wooly mamoth!

We were in the middle of the Jurassic Forest when Vanessa got a call from the hospital. They could do the surgery the following Firday.

Which was disappointing, as Vanessa and Bryson were coming home with me for 3 weeks. She had to get someone to pick her up in the city (600kms/400 miles) and take her back the following week. I had to head home.

Hopefully we made some memories.

I bought him some sunglasses he NEEDED.

I had to try them on.

When they got home, Vanessa sent this picture titled 'Farmer Batman'!

He had his surgery.

Did so well, he was released the next day. The stay is usually 3-5 days.

When I went to visit, I had taken some card sets, stamps & ink for him to make cards for his friends & family. We just never had a rainy day to play.

Because he couldn't do little kid stuff, running, jumping, and bending over, Vanessa dug out the card making stuff.

Said he loved it! I said he will be the next Tim Holtz/Seth Apter!

I sent him a Get Well Card

 

There you have it.

There's been yard work, canning, cleaning etc. going on.

I think Kalen is painting mom's sidewalks today. I am making supper. We are very lucky to live in a place where there's a fruit/vegetable market on every corner. We try not to get stuff at the grocery store that we can buy from a local farmer.

Last weekend I replaced the tin foil on my back door with this.

It's a lot classier looking!

I do NOT have a new deck yet, the trees in the front yard are still up, and we're running out of this year!

I will try to come visit, your blogs. I haven't had a minute to do much!

Wash your hands, talk to ya later!