I AM BACK

Hi everybody,
Have you missed me? I was on vacation. My 3 kids and myself went to Mexico to visit our family for a week. We left on Sat. the 22nd and flew back into Seattle yesterday. We arrived at aprox. 10:30 pm, so we stayed there for night. And we came back home this afternoon.
I am quickly writing this on my dh's computer as I am never sure if I will be able to sign in. As was the case when I was going to let you know that I was going to be MIA.
I must say I am a bit overwhelmed at the moment. It was a quick trip back home, which is really such a different culture... And now I have to get back to reality. Our boiler is not working, so that is one thing that has to be fixed ASAP.
Okay, I have to get my kids to bed and get organized.
I'll be back soon.
Have a great week.

3 DAYS IN A ROW! WOW!!!

Can you believe that I am actually posting again? I hardly can.
I made another journal. I am having so much fun with them. Trying out different ways of making them pretty. Trying not to do exactly the same way. I have a way of getting into a rut.

For this journal I used:
Cardstock: Certainly Celery and Basic Gray Lilikate
From those papers I took as ink: Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, and Brocade Blue.
I added the Certainly Celery Ribbon.
For accents I used the stamping set: Office Accoutrements. I clearembossed the flowers on Pretty in Pink and Brocade Blue, and added a green brad.
I think it is pretty selfexplanitory.

Thanks for coming back!

THANK YOU IT WAS SO DELICIOUS!

A friend of ours sent home a pot of soup with my dh the other day. It was so delicious! It is a vegetable/beef soup for which I had never gotten the recipe (I now have it). Mind you, I think like most men, my dh is not really a soup lover, but this is one soup he really likes. So I made her this card.

Details:
Colors: Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, Red Rose
Stamps: Big Blooms, Small Script, Warmest Regards
Technique: Clear embossed the Big Blossom

WHILE I WAS SLEEPING

I have something to post! YIPPEE! And I could sign into Blogger!
I just finished this card. The other day I was trying to take a nap. You say, she takes naps? Well, I have cronic fatigue syndrome and there are days when I just have to lie down for a little while. But, having my dear Matthew around is not very helpful. So that is why I am saying that I was trying to take a nap because Matthew was making some incredible noise. I think I had just dosed off when there was another noise, but in that same instance I had this vision of this layout. I have noticed it before, that my creative juices start flowing when I am horizontal. Today I finally played with this layout and this is what I came up with.


The card details are:
Cardstock: Close to cocoa for cardbase, Bravo Burgandy and Marigold Morning
Stamps: Give thanks, Crosshatch
Accesories: Hodgepodge, brads, ribbon
I used my inkpads and blenderpen to color the image.

I CANNOT UPLOAD MY PHOTO!!!!! I WILL LEAVE THIS POST SO THAT I NEED ONLY ADD THE PHOTO WHEN IT IS POSSIBLE. I WILL BE TRYING! I NEED A NEW COMPUTER!!!!!!!

EDIT TO ADD: I was able to upload this card. Thanks for looking!!!

WHAT CAN I SAY?

Hello,
What can I say? I have not blogged very well lately. Not a post in over a week. Not good! I did actually make some cards and altered some letters, but I have not been able to post. Why? For some strange reason I have trouble signing into Blogger most of the time (that's why I am posting something since I was able to sign in today). And also my internet services was not working well during last week. I was getting a bit frusterated with them. First I have to wait about 1 hour on hold till I get to talk to somebody, then they have no idea how to fix this. First of all they told me that there was something wrong with my computer, which I was willing to believe, because this computer is old. So I thought I'd ask my dh to bring his laptop home from work, and I found out that I could not connect with that one either. So, now I know that it is not my computer. And I call them again, and now my 'old' computer freezes while we are trying to fix this, which means we could not fix this. So I let it go for a couple of days. I have been waiting for my highspead ADSL modem, so I figured it should be here any day now and then I would fix the problem. But, it had not arrived here yet and my dh needed for me to do something for him online (I'm kinda his secretary). There I go again and wait for about an hour to talk to someone. Fortunately this guy knew what to do right away and it did not take long at all.
Here's my excuse and I stick with it.
I have to get my scanner connected and then I will post a card I made.
Thank you for letting me vent.

I'M HAVING LEFT-OVERS

Hi there,
I did something!!! I made this journal for my SIL. To make it I used the following:
for the cover I used the retired SU spring flowers. I added some leftover stickers from the SellABration kit, which I don't remember what it was called. I think it was something Delightful. I stamped "DAILY NOTES" from OFFICE ACOUTREMENTS. The inside cover also uses this set for MEMO where I will print her name, and DATE so that she can have a reference to when she started this journal.
It is the first Altered Journal I have done, but it will not be the last. This was fun!

LIFE DOES NOT WANT ME TO POST!!!!!!

Hi guys,
I'm writting this on my dh's computer at night. I have not been able to sign in to blogger on my old computer. It is so frusterating!!!! Can you hear me scream?!!!
I have something to post!!! But life is just not wanting me to post anything. You say, post on this computer as you are working on it already. Well, to start off with. My camera bateries are dead. Have to be charged. Then go charge them. Well, my dh took the charger with him to work a couple of weeks ago and now claims that it does not work anymore. So, I don't have new batteries at home and I cannot take a picture of what I have made. So let me tell what I have done. I cut out the letters for JOY and PEACE with the scrollsaw. Modgepodged them with last years SU Christmas DP, antiqued it a bit, added some chipboard and ribbon. I would LOVE to show this to you. So, I will keep on working and as soon as I can post something you will have something.

My dh's company situation is still not resolved. It does seem as if they will have to close, and this is quite hard for my dh, as this is what he has been working for, for many years already. So it is quite hard for him to let it go.
Thank you for your thoughts.

Good night and God bless you!