Be curious, not judgmental. -Walt Whitman

Hallloooooo!
I've been a bad blogger this week!
OY!
Second post of the day people!
And I had to start laundry!

Saturday the girls were here, and we made cupcakes; some for Bryan & Laceys package, which no one took a picture of!?
I'm not clear on the popularity of Red Velvet anything!?
If it weren't for the cream cheese frosting, these would've got a solid...meh!
The Peanut Butter Overdose Stuffcakes were amazing, and got rave reviews!
And of course, the Mini Chocolate cheesecakes were drooled over!
Everyone got a care package, and I had no shortage of bowl lickers, frosters & dishwashers!

Monday we had a Friends of the Library meeting, and I used up a lot of my niceness! (Inside joke between the guys at work!)
Our leader just doesn't 'GET' volunteering!?
She thinks you NEED to be there, and that's that!
So after extolling the virtues of volunteers, and how you wanna treat them good so they'll be willing to help again.....and going on about how volunteers need to feel appreciated.......you really don't wanna P%$$ your volunteers off before they get to the event (which is what happened!)........guess who's making Thank You cards?!
That's ok!
I'm a volunteer, I wouldn't do it if I didn't like to, or want to support the cause; it still makes me smile & feel special, and not taken for granted when I get a Thank You card in the mail!

Tuesday night I put together my new piece of furniture for the crap craft room!
It needs to be modified, I'll do that this summer on the deck!
I WILL take a picture!

Wednesday was dinner out with the gf's.
One gf is in Mexico, so her daughter filled in!
It was nice to see her!
She needed to take some time off before the end of March, so was staying at her moms while she was in Mexico!

Thursday night we had stamp club!
If I can find the pictures I'll upload them........I spent 1/2 an hour looking for my HM image in the previous post.......my pictures used to upload onto the computer, in a folder, by date....don't have a clue what happened!?

Here we go!
This first one is missing a sentiment cause........wait for it........I screwed up!
I.KNOW......RIGHT?!

Then we got the giggles, cause we had an "I've never done that before...........", at stamp club!
OMG, it was hilarious! And just kept getting better........one of the girls needed a glue dot, I said "here, I've got one stuck on my thumb!".......which led to...."I've NEVER done that before!"
The new girls were almost rolling on the floor, they couldn't believe some of the "I've never done that befores!"

This next one uses the Doily stamp that's on my have to have list!

This next one uses a fun stamp set, that I ordered.....I KNOW!

It was free with your purchase of so much merchandise.....no worries, I consistantly spend the amount needed!

Good thing stamp club is only once a month, 6-7 times a year!

The next one I thought might make a good graduation card for a guy!?

I can always change up the sentiment.

See the doily die cut?

YUP, I ordered it!

Just so ya know.....the die cut was on the list BEFORE we used it!

Last night I worked on, and finished my HM card!

Next we have my nek-kid iPad!

I've taken it to work, Wi-fi people!

Downloaded some magazines, and games.

Can't download anything at home unless I take the sim card out of my internet stick!?

My phone doesn't have a sim card.........something to do with it being an android!? FYI!

Anyhoo, I digress................I bought it a jacket this week, and the picture doesn't do it justice.........It really is a BRIGHT ORANGE!

Which I will spruce up when I have a minute!

It IS a bright color, cause they're so slim that if you set a piece of paper on it it's lost!

I'm a little miffed at the FREE games the ap store lets you download............they're only teasers!

And OMG, have you ever played Angry Birds!? It's adicting!

Alrighty.....I think that's it!
Ray will be going to work soon, I'll be doing laundry, cleaning house, feeding the birds (real ones; before they get angry!), and making Thank You cards!

Oh Yeah......My friend Carol over at CraftinGranny's Card Shack has some blogaversary candy!
She's pretty talented too!
There's a button on the top right of the blog.........thought I'd advertise for her!
Go check her out!

And my friend Curt is hurtin...........could ya go and send him some well wishes!?
You can tell him I sent you!

Ok, Really, that's it!

Talk to ya later!

Ta ta for now!

Curiosity about life in all of its aspects, I think, is still the secret of great creative people.--Leo Burnett

Halloooo!
Got a few things to show you tonight!

Drove the Handi Van this morning for the community run.
Lodge people to the hospital & clinic.
Apartment seniors to the hospital & shopping downtown
A couple from out of town, brought to town to shop.
I'm usually at work by 12 or 12:30.
My turn comes up about once every 2 months or so.

I am also going to Happy Hour at the OFH tomorrow night!
I get to be the barmaid...oh joy!

It's windier than heck outside....AGAIN!
I had to go lay the ladder down before it falls!
(The one that's up for the skylight!)
It fell last week, and broke the roof rake!

I've been a bad treadmill walker this week!
Started out good, Monday/Tuesday....last night out with the GF's, so pass, and today I actually answered the phone after 20 minutes!
What was I thinking!?
Tomorrow's a wash because of Happy Hour!

I've done 2 loads of laundry tonight, filled the outdoor furnace, made my lunch, finished a card, and started another!

Here's the card.

Isn't it cute!

I KNOW it's green and blue, but it seems to work!

It's a BD card for my tea drinking friend for next month!

Thanks Sheree for the flowers!

I also finished the treats for Bryan & Lacey this week!

Sorry the picture's so crappy!

I made different coffee & hot chocolate mixes & some Pineapple/Peach Liqueur! YUMMMM!

They're tucked into a wire basket, I had laying around!

It was supposed to be Peach Liqueur, but I was missing a key ingredient (couldn't find it in town),

so I used Pineapple Juice instead!

I HAD to sample it!

I thought about drinking the rest of the wine to empty the bottle I wanted to use; alas, it was a work night!

Better go.

Need my beauty sleep. HA!

I've been waking up at 5am.

The only good thing about that is the amazing Northern Light display!

Apparently, it's a solar storm, but who cares!

They haven't been different colors, but I'll take what comes!

The O/S gets to come home through the Panama Canal!

I told him to take lots of pictures...how cool is that!

Talk to ya later!

Ta ta for now!

The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat.--Lily Tomlin

I'm home alone!
Ray left for work about 20 minutes ago!
They're behind, so are hauling Saturdays.

It's been a frosty week!

Monday:

Tuesday:

Then it warmed up a tad; but don't forget, it's like minus 40 something because of the darn windchill!

Had to put my coat together, and it weighs 30 lbs.!

It's warmed up this morning, but is snowing!

And that's ok, cause there's no wind!

Had stamp club this week!

We made:

Isn't that pretty!?

And this:

Just so ya know, we're think aheaders; there's a circle with 'girl' stamped on it, under the 'boy' that's held with that little library clip!

Then I had homework, cause this was supposed to be a Thank You card.

And I wanted it for St. Patrick's Day for my mom!

And this:

I made into a Mother's Day card, cause my Valentine cards are done!

Our stamp lady will drop everything to go find you the stamp you need, but I find the class goes quicker & smoother if I decide what I'm doing and bring it home to stamp!

I also made a few cards for the stash for Lynnette for SAS4K's (Canada).

I found these little cuties printed out in my stash:

I was hoping you could see how sparkly they were!

One of my recent purchases from Michaels included a package of multi colored MS glitter flocking; I used it with a glue pen on the hat band & the boa!

I also took my glue pen and put some glitter on the shoe and the heart on her little compact!

The flocking was fun to use, and not nearly as messy as I thought it would be!

I plugged the treadmill in after Christmas.

Ok, I didn't just plug it in, I've been using it, and I actually think I'll get on it when I'm done here!

I've got an audio book I'm listening to, and the chapters are 25-40 minutes, which is perfect!

I was going to fold that sucker up, but last year was the moose preventing me from walking outside; this year it's the ice!

I'm also going to get my package together this weekend for Bryan & Lacey for January!

I'm making mixes for lattes, hot chocolate, etc. and I'm going to make some Peach Liqueur!

I made different liqueurs one summer and V told everyone 'My mom's turning into an alcoholic!'

I told her I was just making it!

YOI!

Have a great weekend everyone & stay warm!

Gotta rescue the laundry!

Talk to ya later!

Ta ta for now!