Up and At 'Em!!

OK. New day! Not a very pretty one here, though. Dreary!! But that is OK. A dreary day now and then won't hurt us Floridians. We just can't have many in a row before we start growling at each other!!

One guy is off today so it looks like it will be a pretty slow day for me. He is the one that gives me the barrel load of work each day. Not much else happening here besides that. Slow week in general.

The neighbors around us in the strip mall here are slow, too. They have already been here to swipe a cup of coffee and chat. Humm....wonder what I can do to keep busy today???

Well, I don't know but I could guess! I just finished the LO I was working on yesterday. Still playing around with styles although I do feel I am finding the style I feel best with. But until I have played around, I don't want to settle on a style. I guess you don't even have to have your own style!

So I will post my LO and then I am going to check around here and make sure everything is caught up.

This is Joe's best friend Eddie's wife on her first Mother's Day.

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Guess I will go and harass someone now. Either that or fall asleep!! More fun to harass!

Later

Ouch!

I am so sore. This wooden chair has got to go. Want to get off of it so much but wanted to say hey before I stop for the day.

I have a LO almost done but to be honest, I can't sit in this chair any longer; and I feel there is just something missing yet, so I am going to put it to rest tonight and finish it in the morning.

Eddie, Joe's friend, sent me some more pics of his new daughter. He is coming in Friday so I thought I probably should get a couple done for them. They don't have Internet in Alabama where they live. They said they live in the country. It takes an hour and a half to get to work. They both have to drive separate cars so three hours a day times two...the gas is killing them. They are moving back here. Unfortunately she will have to take the Florida bars and she just passed the Alabama bars. Her parents just moved here full time and with the cost of travel...they are coming here for good.

I don't have any Rocky Road ice cream but I do have some rainbow sherbet. I also have a coupon for Starbucks ice cream, but we never have more than one kind at a time. AND Jim of course won't eat the Starbucks. Can't stand any kind of cold coffee taste. Guess I will have to eat it all. Just what I need of course.

I think that is about all I am going to say for now. Other parts of me are starting to shut down, too.

Wake with a smile.

Later taters.

It's Late and I'm Tired!!

But I did want to get this post out before tomorrow. I am trying to blog more and if I skip it is a good way for me to let it go longer!!!

I certainly am not ready to go back to work tomorrow after a four day break. I need to retire but let's not even go there!!! But if I look on the bright side, only three days till the weekend. So I guess I can struggle through it!!!

I have had a marathon of scrapping which has made me happy and my tush very unhappy. I am going to have to get a regular desk chair for this desk. I am getting a new chair at work, I guess I will bring the old one here. It has a worn out arm on the right side where I kept hitting my desk but I can live with that, too, if it eases my "understanding"!!!

So I am going to post my LO and toddle off to bed. Hope you like it. I had some good laughs doing this one!!

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Alrightie then. That is it for me today. Hope to blog again tomorrow. Talk then.

I just realized this is very small on here. These are all pictures of restrooms!! If you want to see a bigger one, click on the credits.

This Has Been Good!!!

These two days off have been so good. We really have done nothing. Well, special. No schedule. Just those things like 'hey let's go such and such'. Umm. It has been sooo nice. I think we both needed plain old down time.

It is 3:02 in the afternoon and I just finished drying my hair from my shower. We said we are both getting hungry so I guess some food is next on the agenda. Don't know what or where...but food.

The shuttle is down. Glad to hear that. They had to land in California due to weather on the Florida coast...so that will cost us about 2 million. Can you believe it costs that much to get the shuttle back here? Incredible.

More rain due for us. 50% today and tomorrow and 40% all next week. I said to Jim it is time for us to stop praying for rain. I think God got our message!!

I have to get dressed yet so I am going to go. First, my Florida picture. Let me go find one. OK. Got one. This is on the Pier 60 looking away of course from the "O"sh. We were about one third of the way up the pier. They fish at the very end. You can go clear out where they fish but it costs woo wee $.50 I think. Don't go there much because you can get hooked by a fish hook!! I think you can still feed fish to the pelicans, too. That is not wise, though. They are aggressive and if you are not careful...they hook the front tooth on you. Something the tourists don't think about!!! Still a fun place. They have what they call Sunsets at Pier 60 where vendors...craft type...and musicians and so on line up on the pier and it is really pretty. I will try to get some pics of that. Hum. As I think about it...sounds like a good thing to do this weekend.

An of course I finished a LO. Terry, please don't have apoplexy. I know I am breaking a record here!!!

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Hungry. I'm out of here for now!! Have a great afternoon and evening.

Weekend Start!!!

Ah! Saturday! How nice!!! Went out to get our breakfast. Nice breakfast bar; cheaper then getting just eggs. We dig out these cheapo ma pa places. Don't offer beautiful surroundings but I can get that at home!!!!!!

Back home and itching to scrap of course. Still wanting to go into a blue funk but holding on!!! The hormones still like to carouse in my system every now and then. They long ago took leave but they loved me so much they come to knock on the door saying remember me?? I feel like the girl that the mop keeps coming back to haunt when she has changed to Swifter!!! Ugh!

So thought I would stop in and say hi to everyone before I start scrapping...and I think organizing. I am beginning to think I won't get all that done before June 7th. But it is still my goal.

Raining here AGAIN!!! It is hard to even take the dog out. Where does one take a dog to go potty when she can't smell anything that says this is your favorite place because the smell has all been "rained" away! Jim just tells her..."time to GO!!!" LOL

We have absolutely NO plans for this weekend. Our time is free and so wonderful. I suspect we will both spend it at our computers which is always fun for us.

Posting a couple more pics of the beach. Took so many...yet as I look though them they really aren't that pretty. I was just snapping as we walked and it was getting very cloudy...but I still love the beach. Hope you can get a little of the feel of how pretty it is here. Wish I could send the smells and sounds. The sea gulls are so pretty.

Have a good Saturday. Make it special in some way.

This is along the street just before a large play area before the pier. The "O"sh as we call it...short for ocean which it isn't...(aren't we about the weirdest people???) is off to the right.

This is just a closer view. They have spent a lot of money redoing all this area but while it is beautiful...just not the same. (You know the older one gets the more we hate change!!) You can't just park and go off into the sand...you have to park a distance away and walk...and walk...and walk. Not bad except when you are lugging a ton of stuff to spend the day...hot, heavy and burdensome. But as I say...that is just how it is!!! It is how it is...but I still claim right to complain about how they changed MY beach!

Write more later.

Friday Eve!

Yea!! Friday tomorrow!!! And then I get a FOUR day weekend! I always try to take a day of my vacation on the three day holidays so that I get a mini vacation! Good thinking...right?

It has been a good week. Not much to do at work so it has passed rather quickly.

I am tired. Finished this LO and then watched the 2 hour finale of 24 that we had recorded from Monday. Supposed to be on chat but need to get this done first. Only 2 people on chat out of 25 so I need to see what is going on there, too!!

It is still raining here. We had not seen rain in months and now it won't shut off!! It is really getting soggy. Rain supposed to continue through the weekend! We need it though. Just need some sunshine!

Going to run for tonight. Will write more tomorrow.

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Well, I am editing this. Went to the chat and they were talking about people's bad health and I am not into that tonight. I am getting too emotional right now. It was very sad so I came back to post the pic I forgot.

Wanted to add another beach picture. I love the beach and love to share it. So here is my pic for tonight. I love these birds. Not bad with my point and shot!!! (personal opinion, of course!! LOL)

What A Wonderful Thing!

I have been meaning to blog since Sunday but here it it Tuesday already. Been busy!

Went to the beach Sunday. The first we have been there in a very long time. It was beautiful. Made us really tired, though...watching the wave and being in the sun and having a peaceful time together. What a blessing it was.

This is a little dark but oh well, it looked OK before I uploaded. It is still pretty. I love the turtles on the tops of the spray stations!!!

Oh, here is a LO I did. I hate it but it was an experiment. Won't be doing another one like it but it was fun. It gave me a chance to play around and have some fun!!

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I have to tell you what happened Saturday. It was so wonderful.

We stopped to get a lottery auto lotto at the convenient store. We had to park a ways down from the place so I couldn't see the door.

When Jim came out...he said there had been a lady in front of him that bought some lottery tickets and a foot long sub and a coke. After she bought her stuff she turned to Jim and said, "Would you give this to that man out there for me?" There was what most would call a "bum" outside the door, however he was very not one that looked like a druggie or anything. Jim told her of course.

The clerk said, "That is a very nice thing you did. The answer the lady gave the clerk was..."We are all down on out luck once in a while."

Jim took the sandwich and coke out to the man. The man said, "Oh my! How nice!! Which lady was it?" Jim pointed to the lady pulling out into the street. He said, "Thank you."

As we were pulling out...the man was sitting in the shade next to the dumpster...eating his sandwich and drinking his coke. He looked peaceful.

I wonder what he was thinking? I wonder what the kind lady was thinking.

What she did touched a lot of people. A simple act of kindness yet an impact of which we will never know.

That made my day. What a wonderful thing. I still see that man eating that sandwich. God bless that lady!!!

Well I Don't Think I'm Frugal!!

Golly. We just can't seem to agree on this one!! Jim and I usually always see things the same but not this one. Well, I shouldn't say don't see it the same but we don't handle it the same.

It has to do with tipping. First you need to understand that women and men see tipping from two perspectives. Women will dig in their purses to get the exact change for a 15% tip. (My son used to manage a restaurant and said women are notoriously bad tippers!!) Men round it off not to the next coin like a dime or quarter...but TO THE NEXT DOLLAR!!! Forget that! Ain't gonna happen from this person.

Anyway...my point. A tip is to be figured off the cost of the meal. It is NOT figured off the cost of the meal after the tax has been put on. If you do that...they are really getting a 22% tip because the meal has already been taxed 7%!!!!!! Get my point???

While he understands that...he can't be bothered with it. Humpf!!! I really know that it is just a case that he can see the final total without his glasses on because it is in bold print!!! LOL

He says I am frugal and bite the bullet to keep the last penny!! He on the other hand tries to help the poor waitresses and waiters. Yeh, right. I realize they are low paid but they took the job. And it also bothers me that the tip rate keeps going up. The meal prices keep going up so their raise is already in the higher meal price...so why do they still raise the tip amount??? Some things are just not for me to understand I guess.

But does anyone at least get my point??? Ugh!

I just finished a LO. It is different for me. I am usually a bold color person. Hope you enjoy.

Man What a Day!!

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It has been one of those days! It started off on the run with problems even before we were open and it kept right on all day long. Some were my own doing, others weren't but that doesn't matter, they were still problems that had to be solved; they were. Exhale.

I did manage to get the LO done. This is the baby of a friend of a guy I work with. Isn't it about one of the cutest photos?? I love it! The dog is very old. They said he loves the new baby. Looks that way, too!

So I don't have much time but wanted to post since it has been a couple, actually, several days since I have been around.

Little Braisen hurt his knee and had to go the the ER today. Praise the Lord he is fine! Kids. Wish I bounced back as fast and well.

This is not Starbucks night but I don't know...I sure could use one today. Wonder if I could write it off on taxes as medical??? LOL I sure need it that is for sure. I need to unwind.

Well, it is off to finish up odds and ends.

Till later....

Just Finished

After doing some shopping and running around, I did get time to finish my LO. I am tired and it is going to be a short post but I did want to get it up tonight. Well, it really isn't tonight. It is morning, but who is really keeping time??

Did talk to Terry and she arrive back home safe and sound and renewed from her retreat. That is good news.

Nancy got her new desk and got everything up and running plus a lot of other work done. That is good news.

So it was a good and prosperous weekend...and that is always good news!!!

OK. Going to post...the off to bed. I am so tired!

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Like it? I do. I am satisfied. Time to do another!

Night!!

Moving Along

I had a hard time finding paper for this LO. I finally found something this morning that I like.

Have not been home. Had to run and look for sandals for Jim and I. Looked all day yesterday and could not find any we liked. Wouldn't have paid what they wanted for them even if we had found some we liked. (I hate to give up my giraffe flops but they are even making me sick; they look so bad.)

Did find flops for both of us. And they were on sale which made them more likable yet! Cheap is the operative word!

Here is the LO at this point. Lots to do yet. But the point was to see it in stages. Going to post it then off to work on it some more.

Have a good evening and enjoy!

Step One!

OK. I have started on the LO. I got the pics ready to use. I might want to edit them a bit, not sure; need to look at them when I am not so tired. But I learned a new thing today. That is what I need to do...learn the techniques! I learned how to blur out the background in a photo so it is not distracting from what you want seen as the focal point. So that is what I did. Since I am doing something about the faces of Braisen, I wanted that to be the focal point.

Here is what I ended up with. One I think could be better, but I am satisfied for just learning!

So That is where I am now. Probably won't do any more tonight. I am dog tired. Still not over that old cold yet and I get tired fast.

Can't wait to get going on this. I love doing this!

Back tomorrow!

Good Morning!!

Well, here it is, Thursday already! Yesterday was a fantastic day. It was Jim's birthday. We "celebrated" by getting our "hairs" cut as he says! We needed it so badly but waited till then because Jim got a free cut for his birthday. I think we both feel about 10 pound slighter!!But lucky him. When his hair gets long it goes into big waves and curls. Mine just hangs. Go figure!!!

But, we then went to Carrabbas for a great evening dinner to really celebrate. We had their great chicken Marsala. Umm. So good! Jim had garlic mashed and minestrone soup, I had spicy sausage and lentil soup and tagliarini piccipachiu which is an awesome linguine, garlic and basil pasta. Then what he really goes for is the dessert called Dessert Rosa. It is an extremely moist white cake with pineapple, strawberries and bananas in between the layers and frosted in really great frosting; it may be whipped cream! Oh how he loves it. I don't. Don't like bananas, and always too full to eat dessert anyway! But it was fun. We had a great time!

I started this this morning but it is now 3 in the afternoon and I am just getting time to finish it. Terrible when you have to work.

Anyway, here is what I am going to do. I am going to be posting my LO as I work on it. It takes me a long time, but I don't let it bother me anymore. I have so much fun doing them I don't care if it takes one day or a week, as long as I am having a great time!

So for now, this is all I have:





All I have is the blank 12" x 12" page and these pics.

I may find one or two more to add. I have some idea what I am
going to do but I am open to whatever.

I love how Braisen talks with his face so I think I am leaning in that direction. Why waste words when you can talk with just a look?

This is going to be a fun page. I can't wait to get started.

First I am off to correct the photos just a bit. They are a little dark. Let's see what happens. You
know as much as me at this point.

Will post in a while!

Finally!!!

I worked for this one.

I have had some pictures of a restaurant that we go to that I wanted to save for memories. I have worked and worked trying to get this into a LO I felt I liked even a little bit. I finally finished and and am glad to be able to put this one in the can!! I like it, but not a favorite. Love the colors but not the LO. In reality, I think it is the pics, but they are the only ones I had and tried today for better ones but because it is so small you really can't get any really good ones. Oh well. It is done and I am ready to take some pics and move on.

I have been on the computer all day, working on the LO and chatting on Designer Digitals chat. It is their quarterly sale weekend and they have an all day chat with freebies every hour. Being the tight wad I am I was not about to see those freebies go by!! I think I got all but the 8:00 a.m. one and will get the 11:00 p.m.in a few minutes!! But I can say I am tired and my legs feel swollen. Too much sitting today for sure.

Had a scare today when Nancy had to take Braisen to the ER. He hurt his shoulder playing last night and she thought maybe he had broken it. Thank you Lord it was just what they call I think she said nursemaid shoulder...or something like that. The tendon gets hooked on the bone. One good movement by the doctor and he was better! Kids.

Today has been busy but really didn't do much. I think the same is on for tomorrow. I really don't feel like doing anything yet...still battling this darn cold. Much better, in fact I would say about over it except for the cough. But still so weak. But...a few days should take care of that!

Well, I am about ready to sign off and hit a nice soft chair. This wooden chair certainly has gotten harder through the day!!!

Oh, BTW. A sad day today. One of the best actresses passed away. Bea Arthur. I thought she was such a good actress. I will miss her. I still watch the Golden Girls everyday!!! Wish I could find reruns of her show Maude. I liked it, too. Did you know she also was on All in the Family? I believe she was Archie's sister...some relation like that.

OK. Before I go I will load my LO. Then I am off. Will talk to you all tomorrow.

Much Much Better!

Oh yes indeedy! I feel much better today. Now I have the kind of cold that is just irritating! I am the kind that won't be totally happy till I am totally well. At least I know myself!!

Got all my work caught up after being off work Monday and Tuesday. It wasn't too bad except for today. I finally found ways to get all the guys out of here so I could have some time to myself and get some work done. For some reason today they thought my desk was the proverbial water fountain. They all gathered round to talk about everything. I guess they missed me. Hate to be an awakening to them...I didn't miss them. What a shame, but I have to tell the truth!!! LOL Well, maybe I missed them a teeny bit!

Jim had a bigger route to run today and they ran him all around so I have time to do a little posting. Glad for the bigger route...while the past few weeks were pretty lean we still thank God we both had work.

I have a LO started at home and hope to finish it tonight. I have so much to do in scrapping. I need to organize...if for no other reason than Terry said I will never be organized. Slave driver! I want to do tutorials to learn some things so I don't keep looking like my LO's are from an ad for "Beginners Digi Scrapping" magazine! And I want to scrap scrap. I want to make my AKA card for Designers Digitals but need to wait for my haircut so I look like me. So I guess what I need to do is get busy.

Oh. An AKA stands for Also Known As, and is a like a little LO that lets people know your real name. That way they can put a face and real name with an online name. They are really nice.

I just talked to Jim and he said the thermometers were all pushing 100 today. He loves it. I hate it. Can't say I hate it...I just don't want to work in it!

Well, time to wrap it up here. He is on his way and I can get out of here. It has not been real fun these three days but glad I was well enough to work. Better than sitting home moaning about how bad you feel to the dog and cat!!

Bye for now.

Cold: Phase II

While I still feel like...what shall I say...I guess in print I should just use bad...I think I have entered into Cold: Phase II

Everyone says, "Oh! You're sounding better!!" Well maybe from where they are at but from inside out...I still sound terrible!! LOL

But I am having times of feeling like I want to live so I guess I am on the mend. Thank you Lord!

Tried to scrap yesterday but ditched it about ten last night when it still wasn't going together. So I think I will do some tutorials and see what I can learn. That always gets me going again!!

I am really tired and about time to take meds so I just wanted to jot a line and say Hey!

Just played catch-up at work today. Still not caught up all the way but they didn't leave me too bad a mess. I guess all the complaining helps. It's the constant relentless pressure that works on them. I never give up. Always telling them they better not leave a mess for me whenever I am not there. It's working!!!!

OK. I do have to run. Pill time. Have a great night.

Ugh! I'm Sick!

I am sick. Have a terrible head and chest cold. Not much I can do but let it run it's course.

I was home from work today, and from how I am feeling now it is where I will be tomorrow, too. I know they hate it at work but I have to take care of myself. Because of my MG things hit me harder and take longer to get over, but that is where it is!!

Did sit and scrap today. Thought it didn't take too much energy to move my mouse. It felt good to scrap. Haven't done any thing for weeks due to no mojo and then daughter Nancy and son-in-law Torrey built me a new computer so we had to reload everything.

They did the lion share setting it up (thank you, thank you!!!) but what I had to do took me a long time because I am inept!!! But alas I got it done and it is really wonderful. Thanks you two!!!

As I had said at my last post, I am going to keep these shorter. And considering that I feel crappy this is a good time to start.

Here is my new LO.

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Tap tap tap...is this thing working????

Whoa! It has been a long time since I have posted. Sorry about that. It just seemed like a burden for a while and if it wasn't fun, I wasn't about to do it!!

So time has passed and here I am! I think the reason the blog bogged me down for a while was that I was making it too long...not to mention finding a thought for the day. So now I decided to be short and sweet and if I have a thought that is special I will pass it on. If not...go find one on the Internet!!!

I am going to start making this my scrapbook LO depository! I have been sending them off to my DD and Terry and that has about been it other than Designer Digitals gallery.

So I need to tell them to check here!!! That way there will a surprise for them once in a while!

And by the way, I don't want to cause any apoplexy or anything but I did THREE LO's this week. Now if you don't know, that is a big record for me! I hope to keep it up.

I am taking a class now which I am so behind in because I am naturally slow and there is so much fun stuff in it to learn and then there is a photo class all ready for me. So I need to get with it.

Well I guess since I promised myself to post more and write less, I am going to close. Before I do, I am uploading the LO I finished last night. I really love the colors on this. I really migrate to intense colors. Love them!

Talk with you later!

Thought for the Day

"Weekends don't count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless."

---Bill Watterson---

It was a nice weekend.

Even though nothing special was on the agenda. I spent all day Saturday on and off the All Day Chat at Designer Digitals. It was their quarterly sale and with the All Day Chat they were giving away freebies all day. I am not one for missing out on free goodies!!!

So we just potted around all day doing whatever struck us...and of course I saved a lot of money on all my free stuff.

Sunday, laundry for Jim and we didn't get out of the house till after noon! Dog did get her Egg McMuffin, though! Then it was hard to find a place to eat. I think we ended up at a Ruby Tuesdays...must have been tremendously wonderful...can't remember where it was!!!

And both Saturday and Sunday I organized, organized organized!!! I am making a slight dent but it sure doesn't look like it. I am definitely going to throw a party when I get all this scrap stuff where it belongs. I am at least keeping up on any new things I buy so I don't get more disorganized!! I guess I should call it un-organized, since it really isn't disorganization...just isn't put where I can easily access it!!

So other than that we had a really laid back weekend which is what weekends are for!! I did finish a LO! Careful now. I know it has been a long time since I posted one. But remember...I am trying to learn new techniques and it takes time to teach old people!!

This one, Terry taught me how to cut an object out of a picture. Now I have to say the process was easy but, being as anal as I am, I did do it several times before I was happy with it.

So now I am off and running. Ready to learn something new...or at least get some of the newly learned things from my class in my head for easy access!!!

That is it in a nutshell for today. Have a great day!

My thoughts for today.

Enjoy.