Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries. --James A. Michener

Good morning, and it is morning!

I'm not sure WHY I was up insanely early, I could have been at work by 5:30 am.
It scares them when I do that! hahaha

The temperature has warmed up about 15 degrees, and I don't see a wind......YET!

OMG, to do my 'chores' the last 4-5 days, I dress in layers, and nothing shows but eyes!
It's been -30, with an extreme windchill of -40 something!
By the time I get back in the house everything is running, nose, eyes, I look like a raccoon on work days..................and my butt is cold! hahaha
There's a little FYI for ya!
Sure I have ski pants; I need to be able to move when I get out there!!!

Anyhoo, had dinner with the gf's last night, they told me I was cranky! WTH!

Had my last meeting with FCSS on Monday, it's not as big of relief as I thought it would be; we met once a month Sept-June. Oh well...........

I've been making cards, nothing outstanding, but I'll share.
I need to make Kalen a birthday card, so tried this fold ......
I should have taken a pic of it open...it's kinda cool......
I couldn't find it on her site, and the link on this page didn't take me there........
I AM trying to give credit! OI!

 

This next one, I wanted to try this technique.

 

 

Then I fooled around cause I found 1 (ONE) sheet of the funky heart paper!

Oh, and I had an embossing folder that wasn't open! WTH!

 

 

I wanted to try a 'twisted card' for a gf that has a birthday coming up, and is getting lottery tickets!

These are all over blogland!

 

 

Here's a deer I see on my way to town from work daily!

There's a small herd of them that lay along this bush line at a guys place on the highway;

pretty sure they're trying to stay out of the wind;

that honestly,

is coming right from the North Pole!

 

 

Welcome to Cindy, Susan, Grandma Jean (I don't want to scare anyone!), Vicky  and Rosalee.

They're part of the Fiskateer family, and Jean started this for support.

 

Hope this finds you well!

Better go toss my stuff in my lunch bag!!

Talk to ya later!

Ta ta for now!

 

 

Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done. --Harriet Beecher Stowe

Hello all!
Hope this finds you well!

Things I've learned this week....hell, I learned it Tuesday already, and the week had just started!
Do NOT fill the outdoor wood furnace on a work day without wearing your stylish toque.....
2 words..............
HAIR SPRAY.
Go ahead & laugh, you've all seen the movie Backdraft ........nough said!

Anyhoo, I did get a picture of the back of some deer trying to escape down the cutline on the main road across from the driveway.

I also laughed when I saw this,
but was pretty happy that some of Vanessa's 20something friends weren't playing on it at the time!

 

Guess the tire swing needs a new rope in the Spring!

 

I did make some cards for Valentines.

 

This is for Vanessa, pretty sure she's forgotten how to lurk!

 

 

 

I got the inspiration here!

 

Here's Kalens.

I told him that I hoped it made up for the slippers/ his word,

that was his Christmas card this year!

 

 

I got the inspiration over here;

she does waaaaay better stuff than me,

but she's ok about sharing ideas;

 and I DID listen to her, and got a watermark for my pictures...

SEEEEE!!!!!!

Now I just have to have a minute to make it cool!

I STILL have to download my pictures through Picassa...WTH!?

 

In other news,

I was supposed to have my second turn driving the Handivan for the community run this morning;

but called there, cause I'd heard the lodge was quarantined.

It was;

I didn't have to go,

and one of the volunteers in town was going to check the seniors apts. to see if anyone from there wanted to go to town.

I figure the manager at the lodge should be calling us in a case like that!?

 

Also, I'm so busy at work, I'm not sure if I'm coming or going!

We had 68 employees last year.

When I told one of my bosses that;

He said: "68 stellar employees."

I said: "Not even half....hell not even a dozen!"

And we laughed.........

I know I'd go bonkers if I had to deal with some of them every day!

 

I figure by Monday I'll be caught up enough to work on some more T 4's.

Good thing they don't have to go out until the end of February!

 

I'm working on some note cards.

I'm getting pretty stingy with my Christmas card sending!

I received a few after Christmas, so will send a card!

 

I also got a lovely letter from a dear friend's daughter. 

My friend's in a facility way down south, and I try to stop now & then.

I don't think the daughter knows that!

She thanked me for keeping her mom in my thoughts at Christmas time!

So I've printed out the picture that was taken of us last time I was there,

and I'm going to send it to her.

I know her mom doesn't remember that I've been there!

 

Hope everyone's well, and staying out of trouble!

Talk to ya later!

Ta ta for now!

Live Like There's No Midnight - Cinderella

Seriously!
Where does the time go!?
I've got picture overload for you here tonight!

Last Friday was the Open House/Silent Auction at the library.
I took these cupcakes; which were a big hit with the kids!

 

I ran out of icing sugar, so took a tier off my cupcake holder thingy!

The bats & pumpkins were edible, can you say SUGAR; the eyes & eyebrows were not,

but I thought they looked cool!

I also took the famous Pepper Jelly Tarts, and if I had a minute I'd find you that recipe,

cause I know it's on the blog already!

 

I know where the saying "Deer in the headlights look" came from!

This little feller was on the road one morning.

We were both stopped for a while, cause the snow's deep,

and he didn't know what he wanted to do!

 

This was the moon coming up one night, maybe the night I went to 'Card Camp'.

Of course these pictures won't be in cronological order....HA!

 

This is how cold it was Halloween morning going to work!

Of course the vehicle thermometer hit -31 in my travels!

Crazy hey!?

It was OCTOBER!!!!

 

One of our guys wives sent this to the office on Halloween!

She must have been up all night!

 

These are the trees to the west of the office!

They look like they all have skirts on!

 

Today I got Happy Mail!!!

I won this on Americas blog last month!

Check her out....she does awesome stuff!

 

I can't wait to play!

These next pictures are from Card Camp earlier this week!

I'm such a good friend, I told her I'd be the sixth person if she needed me!

Need I say more..........

I didn't take pictures of all of them either!

 

We made 6 simple cards.........

Those are tags, we just stamped a greeting, used some DP & ribbon......

easy peasy!

 

I think we made 6 of these; we used stickers, and DP.

 

 

And we made 8 tags, well, I'm using them for tags!

They're little 3 X 3's!

 

Also in the mail today I got the project I'm making for my bosses baby they had in August!

I know, bad Gail, but hey......I knew what I wanted!

It has to be done by December 1st, so I'd better get busy......

Yes, I'll take pictures when I'm done!

 

Better go!

Hopefully I'll talk to you again before I go visit Kalen next week!

I leave Thursday!

 

Hope you're all well!

Talk to ya later!

Ta ta for now!

It's nice to be important, but it's important to be nice.

I'll get right to the card I made Vanessa.

 

I found those ominous clouds HERE!

She has waaaaay more, and better, but I was happy with the result!

 

It was a lovely Thanksgiving weekend!

This was the sunset on Saturday night!

 

 

Looks like the sky's on fire!

We sat outside by the firepit Friday AND Sturday!

Good thing too, cause here's what it's doing today!

 

I was stopped!
YUP that's the S word!
A tad early for my liking, and it's been below 0;  half my potatoes are still in the garden, we'll see about them this weekend, cause it's supposed to warm up again!
Ray's out working again, so I put heat tapes on the water lines!
Shadow was under the house with me, and by the time I kicked her out, she was cobwebs from head to toe!
The electrician will be here tomorrow morning, and will do the lines properly, and put some more plug ins in, and fix the outdoor furnace!
And I fired up the outdoor furnace on Tuesday night!

These little critters wanted to play on the road when I was coming home from work!

 

I seen them, I was stopped!

This next one was taken in my rear view mirror!

 

 

One of the fawns!

There's a mom has twins every year that we've been here!

I'm gonna say it's the same one...like I know!

 

My SU lady's having a Christmas card camp at the end of the month!

I'll probably go!

 

Gotta sell bottles this weekend!

I go work in the casino Monday & Tuesday,

and I'm pretty sure I'll need some going to Michaels money!

 

Stopping at the dealers on my way through!

My command start doesn't work!

There was a few frosty days this week, and it would've been nice!

Oh well, didn't hurt me one bit to walk out there and start it!

 

I got my item into the library for the Silent Auction/Open House on October 26.

I learned how to download books on to my IPAD, hahahaha, I can't resist:

There's an ap for that! hahahaha

 

I've been outside and burnt the garbage, filled the stove, and cleaned off the roof & skylight!

I did tell Ray last winter that "This is the last winter I'm climbing up here to clean this off"!

HA, famous last words!

 

I've got a few things on the go, had dinner last night with the gf's, hopefully I can just come home & craft tomorrow!

 

Well I'll talk to ya later!

Hope you're all well!

Ta ta for now!

 

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!

Laughter is inner jogging.- Norman Cousins

Good morning!
Hope you've all had a wonderful week!?

Thought I'd get to take it easy this week, NOT!
What was I thinking!?

I DID get the fire pit cleaned out last night.
In spite of the showers steady rain we had most of the day!

I took Shadow to the vet for her check up last Saturday!
She has a sty in her eye, that I'm treating with a tea bag!? Go figure.
One of my friends said that when they were little, their mom used to steep a tea bag, and rub the warm bag in their eye, and the sty went away....guess what!? It's working!
The vet took a picture of it, and said if it was still there in a couple weeks I needed to take her back!
It's almost gone!
I'll also have you know that Shadow, the cats I could catch (and I) have all had our worm treatment for the next 6 months! OI!

Friends of the Manning Library had a meeting Tuesday....We have casino money to spend.
I'm afraid we might not be friends during the process!

Went out for dinner with the gf's on Wednesday.

Thursday night I went to a concert!
It was at our local movie theatre!
They need a digital projector, so were doing a fund raiser!
The almost sold out crowd listened to Cassey Walker and Duane Steele!
It was really nice, and there wasn't thousands of screaming people!!!
There were kids though, and after the intermission, when Duane said he wouldn't keep us very long.....
one kid in the front row piped up, "Yeah, we got school tomorrow." LOL!
I think we need to help our little theatre out.
It would be sad if it had to close down!

On the agenda for today is to start Shadow's trim for the summer!
Ask Ray what's going on in the woodshed!?
He's got stacks of wood inside & out!
Put a couple shingles on Shadow's house.
Dump the wagon on the quad; it has the fire pit remains in it!
I have a roast in the slow cooker already!
Got a jump on the laundry by doing a load & hanging it out last night!
And if I get a minute the new challenge is up over at CCAYR!
Also, the house could use a vacum & mop!

It's windier than heck out right now, and the wind is cold!
Supposed to be warm later!

I sent Kalen a cookbook with a bread recipe in it;
I was looking for it when he was here...him and his roommate are bakers it seems!
It was a Charlie Brown cookbook one of the first book orders one of the kids made in school in Grade 1 from Scholastic Books.
The recipe is All Star White Bread!
I can't for the life of me find a link!!!
Of course I made him a card.
Got the inspiration here!

This week on my way to work I saw a herd of elk.

Some deer!

And these next pictures are for my friend Barbara!

I think it's last years calf, and it looks like it has ticks!

That's all I got!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone, and thanks to those of you that keep track of me with e-mails!

It's been really busy at work, but hopefully I've visited most of you!

Ta ta for now!

Avoid the crowd. Do your own thinking independently. Be the chess player, not the chess piece.-Ralph Charell

Hi everyone!
Happy Thanksgiving my American peeps!

You know Saturday I went & helped make Hors d'oeuvres for the Cancer fundraiser.
After 6 dozen deviled eggs, and 200+ Cherry tomatoes, a piece of basil, and a piece of Bocconcini cheese on a fancy stick, drizzled with olive oil & balsamic vinegar........I dunno if I ever want to see another egg! OR cherry tomato!
There were only 4 of us there Saturday morning to help.
These were the centerpieces.

There was also going to be a Silent Auction.

I thought this chair was interesting!

Apparently they raised over $75,000.00!

Sunday I didn't do too much of anything, believe it or not!

Monday night I baked some stuff for Christmas...it's really creeping up fast!

Last night I had a Friends of the Library meeting.

Yea, we're still friends, nobody got mad at anybody!

We'll see how that is by casino time!

Tonight I did dinner with the GF's, it was steak night at the hotel, and got the AVON ordered!

I DID make some cards!

This next one is for Curt!

Well, not for Curt literally, but I hope I did him proud!

(He's the KING of House Mouse!)

It's my mom's Christmas card, she likes mice!

I went over the streamers & bows on the presents with an embossing pen & clear embossed them.

I also stamped it in a brown & clear embossed it, hoping that would keep me between the lines;

so it's quite sparkly!

I also made a mess trying this wax paper embossing technique that I found here!

But I love how it turned out!

These next 2 cards are made with it!

OK, that's not thee only distress ink I used!

 I screwed up the left side of the top card...hence the border! 

Last night when I got home, my cord to plug the van in wasn't working!

When it gets to -40 and more, we need plugged in!

I want to smack those scientists (or whatever) silly that say you don't have to start your vehicle and warm it up!

Ha, they must live in Hawaii!

Anyhoo, since Shadow got her heated dog bed, I had to plug into the pump house, and we didn't have a cord long enough, so snow got in the cords & shorted them out!

We had longer cords, but they were missing an end or 2!

Here's one I put an end on, and another one getting worked on!

I know you're going to ask how I knew which wire to attach where;

just want you to know that I'm a girl; I like stuff organized and co-ordinated!

So I attached the green wire to the green screw, the black to the gold, and the white to the silver!

See the logic there!?

Doesn't matter, they all worked!

This deer wanted to play chicken on the road tonight after work!

He moved first!

I saw this guy on my way back from town this afternoon!

Yup, I'm stopped in the middle of a backroad taking pictures and holding up traffic!

OH well!

Tomorrow night I'm making poppycock and maybe some fudge.

Friday I said I'd help out for Happy Hour at the old folks home.

Saturday I'm taking the handi van & the lodge peeps to the Christmas craft sale!

Better go, have a great rest of the week!

Ta ta for now!