Rainy days and Thursdays....

No thunderstorms yet, but rain.  

That works for me.  April showers

bring May flowers and all that baloney.

Another three part card.  I'm making some

more cards for Robin to give to her pastor.

Last I knew she had two left, so I'd

better get busy!!  I'm going to make a couple

for his little granddaughter as well.

I love this one.  I'm getting more into

blending the inks and I think it looks great

as a background.

Soooo excited!  Saturday I am going

to see my favourite band--the Newsboys!

I can't wait!  I've seen them twice before 

and gotten their autographs on my cd.  Duncan,

the drummer, takes my hand and in his

beautiful Aussie accent says, "And what

is your name, Love?"  I melted in a puddle

and couldn't remember, lol!  Alas, he is

married with a couple kids.  Oh, well.  He's

missing out on me, ROFL!!!

Singing in the rain?

We might get rain today!  Better

yet, we might get a storm!  Oh, 

well.  I can hope anyway, right?

I haven't played with my edge dies

lately so I thought I'd pull them

out.  I like the double edge and

surprisingly I got it exactly straight.

That is a rare event for me!

 

The celebrate card is for a friend

I met on facebook who just retired.

Her husband has been battling

cancer off and on so now she doesn't

have to worry about taking time off

to take him to treatments or care

for him, so I'm really happy that

she was finally able to retire.

 

I'm off to the doctor today to

see about this cholesterol business.

Unless it's really high I don't plan

to do anything about it.  I've heard

too many horror stories about

statin drugs.  I guess I'll just have

to get myself back on the treadmill.  

I'm very bad about disciplining

myself in that regard.  As far as

the eating goes, I've never been

a good eater.  Take away my pizza

or diet coke and I become very 

cranky....So I'll just see what he has

to say.  Thankfully he is more of a

"country doctor" in that he actually

listens to his patients and isn't a

pill pusher.  I think that we can

get this under control (assuming that

it's seriously out of control which I

doubt) without resorting to drugs.

I take enough of those as it is!

Spring is finally here!

This is how I know:

Last year we had so much rain

that the cherries rotted right on

the branches.  I hope that doesn't

happen this year.  But isn't it

pretty?!

I am sad to see that Doris Roberts

died.  I never watched "Raymond"

but I loved her in "Mrs. Miracle".

Cody asked me to make him a

wedding card for some friends and

I was happy to do it.  I just love

how this turned out!  It was a little 

tricky getting the greeting to the

side in just the right place, but

I got it the first time, so no frustration

there thankfully.

I am still waiting for the orientation

for hospice to take place.  Last I

knew, the director was waiting for

someone to be available to teach

one of the sections, so she must

not have been able to get her yet.

I am anxious to get started.

Today I am going to look for lawnmowers

as the one I have, I have concluded, is

a POS.  And if you don't know what

that means, I will message you privately....

Anyway, I am hoping that I can

find a self propelled that I will be able

to pull start without too much difficulty.

That should be easy to do.  Not.  But 

you know what they say...."suck

it up, buttercup."   Who is this 

"they" anyway?  "They" say

a lot of thing.

Hummingbirds!

Nope, haven't seen them yet, but

I had you going, didn't I?!

My friend, LuAnn, loves hummingbirds

So I thought I'd surprise her with

a card featuring her favourite birds.

This is such a neat fold I found on
pinterest.  The hummingbird part is a
card which opens and then the whole
thing opens like an ordinary card
would.  I need to make more of them.
I love how it turned out.

Not crazy about how this came out

but I wanted to try out the new

flourish stamp I got.  The sentiment

stamp is new, too.

Last Friday I was invited to a school 

play at the local high school.  Janet,

her daughter Jennifer, and I went

to see "Annie".  I loved the movie

and seeing it on stage was such a treat.

The kids did such an amazing and

professional job!  I can't tell you how

much I enjoyed the evening.  I'm

hoping to get to know Janet better.

I like her very much.

I finally had the blood test done

that the doctor wanted me to get

in December.  Hey, if they'd taken

the  cholesterol off the table I'd

have done it a long time ago.  I'm not

fond of fasting.  The food part is

OK, but take away my diet coke

and I get extremely cranky.  So don't

tell them, but I had a sip this morning.

Since my dog got me up at 530 again (I'm

pretty sure he has an alarm in his head)

I was grateful they opened at 630.  Note

to self: no waiting at 630 am.  She

told me last time to TRY to have it done 

before I came back in May.  I took 

that as a challenge.  She's lucky I got

in the mood to try.  LOL!

 I just saw they had an earthquake
in Ecuador.  My cousin, Rita,
was there for many many years as
a nurse/missionary.  Kind of scary
all the natural disasters that are going
on in the world today.

Rolodex cards

My daughter in law, Heather,

has asked for my address twice

in the last couple of months.

I love her dearly but she's a little

unorganized.  (Sorry, Heather, but

you know it's true!)  I hope she's 

not reading this because I haven't sent

her birthday gift out yet.  In an

attempt to keep her a little more

organized, I made her a rolodex.  

Naturally it's more than just an

ordinary rolodex.  I used to trade

them on a site I belong to, but I 

haven't traded anything in a couple

of years so I decided I would

repurpose it.  And, yes,  I

already put my address in it!

The cards are decorated on the

front and a small area on the back

and there is plenty of room to add

any information, address, phone,

birthday, etc.

Looking at it now, I think I should

have added something to the puzzle

pieces, but it's in the box now.  I didn't

have a pattern for the bottom of the cards

but it's in the rolo box so who cares, right?!

 I was pleased with how most of them 

came out.

I have to mow today.  Last year

I was having so much problem with

the mower and I finally (I think) figured

out what the problem was and got a

part for it, but I don't know if it

solved it because my neighbors 

started mowing my lawn for me!  So I'm 

about to find out.  I charged it all

night so it should be ready to go.

Naturally my arm has started hurting again.

The cortisone shot hasn't lasted as

long this time, and I can't get another until 

after May 10.  But I'll take a little

pain if the mower works.....

Whaaaatttt?????

It snowed off and on all day 

yesterday and I get up today to

close to an inch of snow on the

ground!  (on top of ice, I'm sure).

I guess Mother Nature didn't look

at the calendar.  It's APRIL, Mother

Nature!!!

I decided to try my hand at making

some faerie furniture.  This is just

a first attempt.  I'm sure (I hope) I

will get better.  I think I made it too

tiny and that's harder to work with.  I

will probably try a bed next as it gives

you a little more to work with.  But

I don't think it's bad for a first try.

Finally, my kids shot a selfie of themselves

yesterday so I thought I would share.

Cody and Pam at their finest?!  Lol

I wish he'd cut that hair.  He's been growing

it out and it's OK if he has it in a

pony tail, but I don't like long hair on

guys as a general rule and unfortunately

he inherited my curly hair so it 

doesn't look good on him in my

opinion, but I didn't get a vote!  His wife

didn't either, but she's being tolerant

as a good wife does.  Pick your battles,

I always say!  I love her like

my own, which is a good thing

since I never got any girls!!

Losses and life

This card is for a friend

I haven't seen in a while now.

Our friendship, if I can call

it that, didn't last long and while

I miss her, I know that sometimes

things like that aren't meant to be.

I'll never give it to her, of course.

It's kind of like writing a letter

to a deceased loved one to

get things out of your heart

that you can't tell them.

So, while I can't tell her how I 

feel, I can put it into a card

in memory of a friendship that

barely got started before she

moved on. 

I have plans for lunch today and then

I have to take the birds to the

vet.  I hate doing that.  Three

carriers and no  one to help me, so

it's difficult.  Not to mention they 

aren't too happy to go into their 

carriers for an hour drive to

Ft. Wayne (or anywhere else, for

that matter!)  But she's the only

avian vet around besides Indy.  

Toledo might have one, but that's

as far, and possibly farther, and I've

been going to this vet for about 14 years.

So, fun, fun.