Yea! It's Finally Friday!

It's been a long week! Madelyn has been at our house most of the week, bright and early! And Grandma is tired! I've been working as well, so Grandpa has had to share in the joy of a 9 year! A friend of her brother is babysitting this afternoon when I go off to work, so that will end my time for this week. She'll be back again on my days off next week!

I heard from my brother this week that he is coming to the wedding. Yesterday it was just him and his two younger sons. Then at 8 this morning he called to let me know that his older son and family will be joining us! They have the sweetest little baby girl and his first grand baby, so I'm thrilled they all will be attending! I don't know how is going to handle knowing some of the people he invited are really coming! I think he was hoping some wouldn't show---silly boy!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs,

P



Just Another Fun DAy!

Good morning Saturday! What a week! I worked all week and then one my day off, yesterday, we spent the whole day at the car dealership! We took our car in this week to have some work done. It was leaking water somewhere, and when they thought they had it fixed, they blew the engine up instead! Now nobody wants to say that it was their fault! It never had a "knocking" problem until they had the car, but we had to decide if we were going to buy a new car or put a new engine in the old one yesterday! The price of a newer used car was just too much to pay! The payments would be greater then I wanted to pay, and for 6 years no less! I could never stop working at that rate! We finally went to dinner at 9 and made the choice to just fix the old car! Yes, we'd still have a car with lots of miles on it, but since Barry baby's the car anyway, it seems to be a better choice for us right now.

So that's how my weekend off started! I'm off until Monday and I plan to do nothing else that makes me feel bad! I want to play in my creation station, swim in the pool and just be lazy!

The car I'm showing today is made using lots of scraps from other cards, but I love how it turned out. It flew out of the store, thanks to my must loyal of friends, who had to add it to her collection! Thank you Pat, as always! I love how customers become friends! It's the best thing going!

On another note, my family is making their plans to come to Texas! They are going to start arriving the Wednesday night before the wedding. My most loved cousin in coming in to spend a whole day with me by herself, then on Thursday night my sister and all her gang are coming in as well! My two best niece's are coming on Friday and my BIL too! It's all starting to come together and I'm over the top with joy about that!

Well, I'm off to drink another cup of coffee and enjoy the day! Thanks for coming around to check on me.

Hugs,
p

Remember Me?

I didn't want anyone to think I was lost forever on the computer, but instead I've just been taking a much needed break from the craft world! When our computer went down and we had to buy a new one, it took it as a sign that I needed a that break too. I've been really slow at creating this summer and I have to admit I really didn't miss it, but now it's going to be time to get back on the horse and do something! As always, it's the something that I wonder about!

Yesterday Tina, Cassie, and I went to Mandy's shower. Cassie is my Grandson Justin's girlfriend. She's a lovely young woman, and I was so glad to finally meet her. Mandy's shower was held at a long time friend of hers. As you can see, we played games! I am not a big game player, or even a small game player, but I was a good sport and went along with it! The girls were having a pool party about the shower and since I had worked all morning, I was so happy that my son Larry and Madelyn came to pick me up! Tina stayed and I think I got the better deal! The kids came to our place and we went swimming for a while and then meet Barry for dinner! What a wonderful ending to the day!

Today I'm going to meet the ladies to look again for a dress for the wedding. Mandy's mom along with a friend of the family, Kaye, that I really like, will be joining us! Lunch is on them too!

Well, I think I really need a shower and another cup of coffee before I start my day. Thank you for coming back another time or two!

Hugs,

P

Happy Sunday to everyone! I'm going to rant a little, so if you'd like to come back another day, feel free to leave right now!

I'm sick and tired of the right wing thinking they can save us and take America back! Back from right? That's what I always ask myself when I hear the stuff! Back to when men and women weren't equal? Back to when workers didn't get paid a minimum wage? We've come a long way baby, as the song goes, and I for one, don't ever intend to stop fighting to go forward!

Stay away from my government programs, like Social Security and Medicare. Stay away from Barry's health care---VA! Go back in your own life machine and leave us to grow!

Everyone should be allowed to live with and marry who they want! It's ok to say who can and can't have guns, but rights---that must be a whole other story!

Please take a minute or two out of your Sunday and think about the future. Do you want your children to grow into a whole that doesn't treat everyone the same?

Hugs,

P

So Cute!

Hello Saturday! It's a hot one in Dallas, and it's going to be a long one at work in the Bloom House! I work at a very nice upscale grocery store called Market Street. It's lovely and today is one of the best of the year. We have Texas Expo this weekend! We have samples, samples, and more samples all over the store! I'm going to be a demo from 10:30 to 5, and that means a lot of standing! If you're in the neighborhood, check us out! Barry is working both his part time jobs today. One from 9-3 and the next from 4-8! The boy is going to sleep well tonight!

You can see I've added some more card sales to my Etsy store. I'm so excited to be almost out of cards to sell. Ok maybe not out, but getting closer! The pink check card with the turtle has been textured. It's hard to see in the picture, but I used my bug to make the backround pop right up IRL! I can't wait to start on Christmas cards in another week or two!

Well I gotta run and get something to eat and another cup of coffee!

Hugs,

P

So Much To Sell!

All my pretties, priced to sell! I really think I need to clean out a bit and save up some money for the wedding. After all, I have big plans for that weekend and they don't come for free! You can't beat the deals I've added to my store, so check them out if you want some almost free cards!

Barry has been working this week and it will nice to have a little extra in the pay since my summer hours have been a bit short. They have so many folks working this summer that we all have had less hours. I'm trying to focus on enjoying the time off rather then the money missed! It's working!

Tomorrow we are both off and plan a nice lazy day of swimming at the pool, and just playing the day away!

Have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

P

Where You Wondering?

I'm hoping people where wondering where I've been the last week or two! We've been unable to get on our computer due to a very nasty bug that took over our computer bit by bit! It took Evan a week to get everything off that wasn't suppose to be there and now we finally have it back! Home Sweet Computer! You would think that during that time I would be been very creative without my FB fixes and pinterest, but no, I was as lazy as ever! I did get two cards make and this sweet cowgirl is one! I bought this stamp set way back in June when we took Madelyn to the scrapbook show and finally got around to inking her. She's very cute and as usual, I can't have too many MFT stamps!

Not too much new at the Bloom Zoo. I'm still looking for a dress for Evan's wedding. Thank goodness I have 4 months to fine one. Every place I go to says to come back at the end of the month. They are just starting to get the Fall dresses in. I need a nice Olive green dress. That's Mandy's colors. Plum and Green.

I'm off to work soon, so I thought I'd just thank you for checking on me once in a while. I love you all.

Have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

P