Be yourself and you will feel at home anywhere. --Jim Kwik

Alrighty, this should shake you up!
Scheduled posts, hahahahaha!
I should be enjoying time with my children in beautful Victoria, B.C.!

I needed a card for one of the gf's I have dinner with every Wednesday.............
I was going to make it monochromatic, but all that coral just got lost, so added the grey.

 

She's also getting a vase of gadiolus, cause the wind is playing havok with them!

 

This little feller was resting on the potato garden one day.

He was there for quite a while.

I think he might be a baby hawk,, cause his mama's sure been screaming a lot!

There's a spot of red on the back of his neck.

 

 In Grande Prairie working the casino;

our hotel rooms looked out on to a farmers field forever!

This is the site of the new hospital!

All I can say is LORDY I hope this one has parking!

 

 

This cement 3 sided square silo thingy is also in the new hospital grounds,

quite aways from the actual building that's going on.

Just one of those things that make you go hmmmmmm!

 

 

Well, I will be home on Sept. 1st.

Of course you'll get the obligatory pictures,

and Kalen & I will be making a trip to Michaels for a shadowbox.

We're gonna have a craft day!

I'll let you know how that goes!!!

 

Hope you're well!

Talk to ya later!

Ta ta for now!

“Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven’t planted”-David Bly

Where to start!
Oh bother!
Sunday I had my day planned. hahahaha I should know better!
I threw some hamburger soup in the slow cooker; I really gotta order some new bread pans for the bread machine; I'm missin the fresh bread every weekend!
Ray's done driving truck & is farming for the neighbors.
I tied Shadow up, and took the power saw down the driveway to do my Paula Bunyan impression on 2 dead trees.
They were pretty close to the road, and sometimes Shadow has A.D.D.!
I'm just helping the trees along, so Mother Nature doesn't blow them over on the driveway in the winter!
I cut my wedge like I do, and nothing!
There was a knot in the wedge! The tree leaned, and the saw was stuck!
OIY!
I quad back to the house and get a maul, a hand saw, some wedgy type things and back down the drive way I go.
I hammer at the knot, pound wedges into the tree; the whole time the tree is cracking....and nothing!


Here's the leaner!

And here's the saw stuck in it!

See the orange thing!?

Husqvarna Chain Saw I got for Mother's Day one year cause I wanted a girl saw!

The Jonsered is pretty heavy!

2 hours later I had worked up a sweat, cussed the tree out, left the saw in it, and came home!
No wonder I have high blood pressure!
I then went to plan B!
Made cinnamon buns; little secret...Frozen Bread Dough people!

I had a meeting last night; Friends of the Library, so couldn't do anything about the leaner!
I wasn't losing any sleep over it, just didn't want Ray to see the saw stuck in the tree, I'd never hear the end of it!
Had a frost warning so covered the tomatoes & peppers, I'll deal with them on the weekend!

Today I came home, and saw this.....

So I was on a mission!

But first, I unlock the door, and see the rug in the entry all scrunched up,

the garbage is tipped over.... I say "hello?"

On top of the fridge in the entry I hear "meow"!

OMG! One of the kittens must have snuck in when Ray was on his way out,

and it was in the whole day!

OMG! I keep looking for cat pee!

Tossed the cat out, changed clothes, got the quad, axe,

and Shadow on a leash, and headed down the driveway.

Shadow sat in the grass in the ditch pouting cause she was tied up.

I only took her cause I saw the bear at the end of the driveway as I left for work this morning!

Like she's gonna do anything tied up! hahahaha

I worked up another sweat hacking away at that evil knot in the tree; the tree kept cracking, and just like on TV, only better, I grabbed the saw so it wouldn't hit the ground, and down went the tree!

Gail 1...Tree ZIP!

We've got some to come down in the yard, and Ray will turn them into a big production that will take days (I should talk); but I'm just going to drop them!

It's friend behind it is coming down too; just not today!

Cleaned up the driveway, came in to talk to you; read the mail,

gonna go feed the cats, then I'll be playing!

I'm going to GP this weekend.

Got errands to run for work!

I. KNOW!

Also Julian Austin is playing at the casino!

Might be another Rock City slash Tracy Lawrence thingy, and we all know I'm too old for that!

We'll see!

Made some cards.

Need one more Thanksgiving card...shoulda made 3!

I'm kinda on a roll with the Halloween cards!

I'm loving the paper....you know it's so last year, or retired....oh spare me!

Better go, hope you guys are all having a great week!

Ta ta for now!

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!