Am I blue?

I should be.  After 60's and

rain yesterday, it's supposed to

snow today.  I see no evidence

of that yet, but it is colder

than yesterday.

 

I got a new die the other day.  It's not

exactly what I thought it would be,

but it's OK.  I should have put 

centers in the other flowers, but I

thought it looked better this way-until

I see it now on the computer screen.  

Isn't that always the way?

 

I ordered two more dies yesterday

from the Walmart site.   They have

so much great stuff that you will never

see in the store.  I use the  savings

catcher, so I actually paid nothing

for the dies.  Good deal, eh?  Since

Walmart is my unofficial bank, it's only

right that they give me some perks.

One will ship right to the store and

I will probably get it today.  The other

ships from the manufacturer, so I'll

get that in the mail, most likely by

the end of the month.  That's the

one I want the most!  I can't

wait to get it!

 

Happy hump day!

Tiny flowers

I found some itty bitty flowers at

hobby lobby yesterday-hey, I

had time to kill while B'Elanna was

being groomed!  Anyway....they were 

half off so I decided to get some.  These

flowers came with bead centers and

the more I looked at them the more

I thought I could just take the center

off and put something else there.  Sure

enough, that worked.  I may go back

and get some more colours tomorrow.

You can't beat a half off sale!  For now,

these little brown ones worked perfectly

for what I had in mind.

It's not the same flowers I usually use,

but I think they are just as cute.  They

just don't lay as flat.    I'm pretty

pleased with the card.

 

It's pouring rain!  The weatherman has

promised me thunderstorms today, but

I don't know if I believe him or not. 

He lies a lot.  :)  If it does happen, it will

happen around noon when Cody and I

are planning on having lunch together.

Naturally.

 

 Tomorrow it is supposed to be back

in the 30's!  No wonder the robins

are back.  They are totally confused. 

 

Happy Tuesday!

 

Pointsettias??

I think these are pointsettias!

 They were pretty so I got

the pattern.

It's not quite as pretty as in the

picture, They usually aren't.

But it's Okay.

 

The songs went well yesterday.  I

was disappointed that Pam was

late so she missed the first one,

but oh, well.  I think I'm going to

sit out this week as I don't know the

songs and two of them I don't even

have glosses for.    One song I kind

of know, but not that well.  

 

I'm still waiting for the warm weather

they have promised.  I think it got

up to 36 degrees yesterday.  Tomorrow

it's supposed to be in the 50's and

thunderstorms!  Dare I  hope?!  That 

would be so awesome!   Cody and I

are going to get together and  have

lunch.  That doesn't happen too

often as he is pretty busy, but

I enjoy the times we can spend together.

Nathan and Andy are so far away

I don't get to see them very often.

Nobody lives close anymore.

 

I signed up for two classes from our

church (besides sign class) , both

are for email learning scripture.  

Then last night I decided to join

the new members class.  I've been

going to the church for nearly a

year, so I am going to attend and

possibly join.  Unless I hear something

outrageous, and I don't expect to,

they believe the same as I do. 

 

I have to take B'Elanna to the

groomers (beauty parlour to her!)

soon  so I will say:

 

Happy Monday!

 

silky cross

I chalked around this cross

stitching and I don't like it a

bit.  Maybe I will make another

one without the chalk.  Anyway,

I used a silky embroidery thread

which is hard to work with but

really makes a nice stitching.

I guess I'm just not that good

at chalking.  

 

I've been working on "Only God

forever"  You really do have to 

separate your brain to sing one

thing and sign another and I

hope I don't mess up!  I do love

signing the songs but it can get

a little difficult sometimes.  Not

only in the signing itself, but the

keeping up.  This one is a little fast,

but not ridiculously so.

 

Nothing going on today.  I plan to

have a quiet day.  But I always

make the disclaimer to God that

these are MY plans, open to

change if He so desires...

 

Happy Sunday!

 

Lattice window

I saw a lattice window card on

pinterest except I don't think they

made the window all the way

through, just on the front of

the card.  I thought it would

look good all the way through.

I think it turned out well but

I didn't pay attention to how

I oriented the lattice so it's a

little crooked!  Probably no one

would have noticed if I hadn't

mentioned it!  I need some different

colour tiny paper flowers but I can't

remember where I got them.  They 

work perfectly for this flourish

and all I have is yellow and green

and only a couple of them.  Any of

my craft friends know where I can

get some?

It's still cold out, but not windy.

I hear it's supposed to get

warm this weekend.  Dare I

believe it?  I found a cute picture

on facebook of a wolf sitting in

the snow.  The caption read:

The groundhog said 6 more weeks

of winter.   So I ate him.  He had

had his "Phil".  What a riot.  I 

wish the wolf really had eaten

that rodent.   He gets on my

last nerve.

I've been practicing like crazy.

The band practice is tonight

so we will see how much that

practice has paid off.  I hope I

can do well tomorrow.

Happy Saturday!

Belated birthday

My son, Andy's birthday was

19th January.  Never fear, the

card got there in time, I just

haven't posted it here yet.  He

likes to fish, so I thought a fish

card would be in order.

It didn't come out like I hoped, but

I still like it.  I did partial embossing

on the top and bottom, then scored

above and below the embossing.

That way there would be a nice

smooth surface to stamp the 

"happy birthday"  and also

have no embossing over it.  That

looks weird, in my  opinion.

 

Here is a stitched card for an

early Valentine which I never send

anyway, so it doesn't matter.  I just 

wanted to make the pattern!

 

Dinner was fun yesterday. Tacos were

the special and since I haven't had

tacos in forever I had to try them.

They came with refried beans which

were pretty soupy, but otherwise 

everything was good.  We went over

all the songs for Sunday.  I think

I will be OK, but I can't do it alone,

I will have to have God standing

next to me.  Or better yet, just

taking my  hands and doing it for

me, LOL.  You know, kind of like

"Jesus, take the wheel".  Which I have

said on occasion when the roads were

pretty slippery....  I do this for His

glory and if I mess up, I mess up, but

I KNOW He will be right there beside 

me and we can do it together! 

 

Happy Friday!

 

 

Happy Birthday!

My granddaughter, Bri, will be 17

years old in a few days.  It's so

hard to believe how fast these

kids are growing.  This is not,

however, the card she will get,

just a random one using my new

corner punch.

I'm happy with how it turned out.

I need to use the punch a little

more.  I used to have several

corner punches but they got so

worn out that even punching on

tin foil to sharpen them stopped

working.  All good things must

come to an end, I suppose.  

It's not too cold out today even though

they said it would be.  But the wind bites

right through you.  Poor B'Elanna.  She 

wants to explore the yard and I keep

telling her to hurry up, mommy is

freezing!  It doesn't seem to bother her.

I'm going out to dinner tonight with

Coleen to go over the song and hopefully

I will sign two this Sunday.  I'm not

really all that good yet, but I love to

sign.  I will have been studying

two years in April.  Lest you think

I should know it by now, consider

this:  We had to study our own

language for 12 years.  And most

people still can't speak/spell it!

Just sayin'!

Happy Thursday!