Technology. Big deal.

You would think that with all the technology

available in this day and age that

a coffee maker would be sophisticated

enough to compensate when you put

the cup under it upside down...

but no.  It goes all over everywhere.

Note to self:  make sure the coffee

cup is right side up.

This card is really cool.  You can't tell

easily, but it has a window sheet

where the wheat is.  I wasn't super thrilled 

with the size of the dragonfly, but

I don't have a smaller die and I didn't

want to cut one by hand.  This one 

was already cut anyway.  I really

should have taken time to make a

smaller one.  I still might.  It's just

glue dotted on, so easily removed

and replaced.  I saw another

one on pinterest yesterday, actually

two, that I can't wait to try!  They

are unusual folds and I love trying

different things.  The same fold 

gets boring after a while.  The problem

is that a lot of the unusual card

folds are pretty complicated with

lots of measuring and I'm not

good with numbers.  I didn't find out

until college that I was number

dyslexic.  I never knew there

was such a thing!  It explains 

a lot over the years....

It is supposed to rain today and

maybe even storm!  Of course, I

don't believe it.  The weather men/

women lie.  I could be a weather 

person.  Might snow, might be icy, 

might be sunny.  Your guess is

as good as mine...Especially in

this part of the country where the

weather can change on a dime.

Have a happy Saturday!

New dog!

Not me, two is more than I

can handle!  But Robin got a 

playmate for her dog, Belle.

His name is Noah.

Isn't he cute?!  And he and Belle get

along famously.  Apparently he's making himself

right at home, too.

The question is, will she share her toys?!

And to celebrate the occasion....

This is for a dear friend who has moved

a little bit out of Ft. Wayne.  Her husband

is a doctor and they started the church

here in Fremont.  They came over

quite often to visit John and tell him

about God and I think they are one

of the reasons he was saved.  They'll be back

to the church as often as possible, she

said.  I just want to let her know I'm

thinking of her.  She's really a wonderful

woman and although I don't see her often,

if I need to talk or have a prayer request

she is ALWAYS available!

Oh, and I did manage to get the lawn mowed
yesterday as evidenced by 2/3 of it in
my house, tracked in by the dogs.  Today
after lunch with Dianne, I'm going to
weed whip and pull weeds.  I need to
get some mulch and start making the house
looking a little better on the outside.  Some
new railroad ties would help, too, but
I'm not sure what I would do with
the old ones.

Where is the sun??

This card came out just like

I imagined it would.  I'm really happy

with it!  I might make another

one in different colours.  I 

actually hate the colour orange, but

what I grabbed out of my scrap

box for the embossed part went 

well with orange.  Of course, now that

I think of it, it probably would have

gone just as well with kraft paper

but I don't think I have any card

blanks cut in that paper and am

too lazy to cut any more blanks 

when I have a bunch cut!

I'm wondering if I'm going to get

the lawn cut today either.  It's

pretty soggy out.  It must have

rained again last night.  It was

supposed to get warm and sunny

today, I thought.  Maybe later.  I

don't have any gas anyway, but

I need some for the car so

I'll do it all together.

I went to the food pantry yesterday

and brought them some rubber

band bracelets.  I love making

them and watching tv.  It's soothing

and mindless.  The lady I give

them to says the kids just love

them.  They use them for

incentives to learn Bible verses,

etc.  They also sent some to

Mexico for kids there.  I'm

not sure if they are being 

sponsored  by the church or what. 

It makes me feel like I'm doing

something that matters...This blog

is so boring.  :-/

new fold for card

I thought this was so cool

I had to try it right away.  I'm

not sure I like the shaker part,

but all in all I think it turned

out pretty well.

The inside of the card opens backwards

from the usual way.  Isn't that clever?

I may have to make more of those!

I love finding unusual folds.  Some

of them are way too complicated 

for me, but when an easy one like

this comes along I'm pretty happy!

It's supposed to be nice tomorrow

and I have GOT to get out and mow

the lawn, aka the field.  It's been

raining so much.  Yesterday was

nice but I knew Cody, Pam and

I were going out to dinner and

I didn't feel like mowing and then

having to shower all over again.

My hair is such a pain in the neck

to get straightened.  Why God

blessed me (and my poor kids)

with this horrendous curly hair

is beyond me.  I've been

trying to straighten it since I

was a kid.  The nice thing then

was that it was thicker so it

pulled out some of the curl and was

more wavy than anything.  Now

that I'm older it's much thinner than

it used to be and when it is wet I

look like Shirley Temple.  It's very

aggravating.  Everyone says,

"You don't know how lucky you

are to have curly hair."  I

hate it. But it's just one of

my crosses to bear.  There

are so many.....

Happy Birthday, Cody!

Cody is trying to teach me to take

a selfie in this picture.  I still

haven't mastered it. I can't believe

my "baby" is 29 today!  That's

the age I was when he was born.

Where do the years go?

He's turned out to be a wonderful

man, one that I am very proud of!

Another criss cross card.  They are so

easy and fun to make and I like

that they are different than a 

traditional card.  It actually came out

exactly how I envisioned it which

is usually NOT the case.

Listen for the whisper

No doubt in my mind that I was

where I was supposed to be

yesterday morning.  A young

man from Haiti gave his 

testimony yesterday in church.

What he said was a word 

from God directed to me.  It

was so surprising that it brought

tears to my eyes.  Something I

have been struggling with for

months suddenly came into

focus as God said to me:

"let it go and move on".

I do not want to move on.

I do not want to let it go.

But I also want to trust that

God has my best interests

in mind and that I need to trust

Him.  So I told him I would try.

That's all I can do.   I still wish

things could have been different,

but apparently that's not what God

wants.  He put me where I needed to

be a year ago and now it's time 

to move on.  It's sometimes

so hard to do what God wants

us to do.

This is a criss-cross card.

It will fit in a standard envelope,

but doesn't open like an ordinary

card.  Instead, the insert comes out

as shown in the lower picture.

I have so much of this barnwood

paper that I thought was so cool

when I bought it and now I'm really

bored with it.   I thought I'd better try

to use some of it.  The packs I buy

have LOTS of paper.  I'm

constantly buying more because

I either get bored with it or don't have

what I want.  You would think

that wouldn't be a problem since

I pretty much own a craft store, but

believe it or not, two thirds of the

time when I want to make a card

I don't have the right color! 

It's another rainy day and that

 means still no lawnmowing!

Of course, the problem is that

when it finally dries out it's

going to be a hay field.

At least I'll be able to see 

where I'm mowing.  Most of the

yard is lush, but in the front you

have to look for the tire tracks

to see where you've been.  I've tried

putting down new seed but I

pretty much kill anything that

is green.....

 

Soggy Sunday

I want to state clearly that I 

am not complaining.  Two things

are good about a soggy day:

it's not snowing and I don't

have to mow the lawn!  I don't

mind mowing, but I'm not

going to cry about not being

able to do it either!

This card was made with some

feathers that a friend sent me.  The green

is home made glimmer mist which

actually came out well.  You can't

really see the glimmer on the picture,

but in "real life" it shimmers in the

light.  I used perfect pearls to make

it.  I was skeptical at first, and it seemed

like a pain in the neck, but I was

surprised at how well it turned out!

 

I'm going to church in Waterloo again

today.  It's about half an hour away,

but I enjoy watching my teacher sign

the service.  There aren't any Deaf

people at the moment, but since it

is advertised in the paper as

being interpreted, you never know

when a Deaf person might be sitting

in the back.  I mean, it's not

like they wear a sign saying,

"I'm Deaf".  So it's interesting

and I learn quite a bit because I'm

still not very good at "receptive"

which just means I don't understand

a lot of what is signed to me.  But

being able to hear and see at the

same time is helpful.