Sweet Little Girl

Isn't she sweet? Have you noticed that I have a "thing" for little girl images? Magnolia's and now this little My Favorite Things child. She was the other stamp I got on Monday with the end of my GC. Boy I love those things. So if anyone asks you, I'd love to have another one! It's so much fun shopping without spending any money for yourself! I used lots of new Basic Grey for the papers for this card. Can you believe no one has bought her yet? What's wrong with people? Oh well, I like her anyway!

Today we started our day late. We didn't even hear the alarm go off! We woke up 45 minutes late, but manged to finally get Barry out the door for school. He's been staying all day studying for his test. I'm so happy the end is now nearer then the beginning! I can smell that good job coming down the road! Believe me, I say a prayer for it every day!

So what are you up to today? I need to go to Sam's and get a box of mailing envelopes. I have 5 or so orders to get out and have NO mailing envelopes. I wish I knew a better, cheaper way to ship, but I don't want to harm the cards and padded envelopes seems to way to go. Any suggestions?

I guess it's time to start thinking about Thanksgiving soon. What are you making? The boys weren't happy about Turkey, but since everyone is watching what they spend, Turkey it is! I am so thankful for CCA and the pantry. We're going to get something I never thought we'd need, a Thanksgiving Basket of food. Barry being in the Lion's Club, we've always been the one's to do the giving, but this year, it's the getting. Isn't it funny how just getting food in your home it the greatest thing! Not having to worry that you have nothing to eat such a big thing? I hope it gives us all a reason to be grateful for what we have and always remember that there is someone worse off then we are, no matter how bad we think we have it, someone is on the street, with no hope, and no love. I am truly blessed to have a family who loves me, a roof (for the time being) over our heads, and food on the table.

Hugs to all!

P

Tilda Needs A New Home!

I'm so lucky to have good friends that share their things with me. Tilda and the window image came from a friend some time ago. I tried to get someone else to share a few of the Tilda images but it seems like no one had her that I asked over at SCS, so I did the next best thing. I made copies on my computer! I scanned her in and printed her out on card stock! A funny thing happened to the images. They got a tiny bit smaller when I printed them off! That was OK by me because sometimes the Magnolia images are a little "too" big. I like a nice large image to color, but sometimes they were a bit "too" big! I saw this lay out on a blog yesterday. Please don't ask where because it was one that I leaped from blog to blog and ran across. If the lay out is yours, I'm sorry I don't know your name, but thank you for such a great idea! I used some of my new Basic Grey papers and bit of green gingham that I've had in my stash for years! I wish I could get a really good picture of all the glittery goodness of this card, but you'll have to just take my word!
I think today is shower day. I've been so lazy for the last few days that I haven't even gotten dressed that today I have to make it a real part of my plan! I need to go to the store. I'm out of coffee and more importantly, I'm out of mailing envelopes to send out the few cards that I have sold in my ebay store! I keep trying to figure out what's wrong with my work. I really am at a loss as to why they aren't flying off the shelves. I've lowered the price of the cards and I'm having to make more and more just to make a small amount. I have dozens of cards listed in my store. Two weeks until Thanksgiving and not alot of money coming in. I hope this isn't a sign of the whole season. I know we're not going to be spending anything this year on gifts for the holidays, but I was hoping to be able to buy food at least! Are you worrying about how to pay for the holiday's this year? Have you planned on cutting back?
On a much brighter note, I spoke with Madelyn last night. She is so cute at 6. What a blessing Grandchildren are! She called to speak with Grandpa, but he was out at a meeting, so she was left with me. They are celebrating Veteran's Day at school today and she needed to know when Barry was in the Army and what branch. She sounded so sad when I told her he wasn't home, but I could help her instead. She really wanted to talk to Barry, but I had to do!
Well, I'm off to the shower and then so coffee somewhere. Have a fun day and Hurry back!
Hugs,
P

I Can't Believe It's Monday Already

I'm not sure if this card has been on my blog or not before, but she's so pretty, you can look again! I do have new pictures of cards I made over the weekend, but it seems like my computer is acting up this morning and doesn't want to show them! Shame on the computer!
So what did you do this weekend? Saturday I didn't even get out of my PJ's. It was just a restful day. I made some cards, watched some TV and cooked dinner. Yesterday was another day of doing "not much"! I did make a really large pot of chicken soup and Evan came over for dinner. I told him to bring his own container's for leftovers! I noticed when I was filling them, that one was mine! Oh well. I guess that's what Mom's do! Now I don't have to cook for a few days with all the leftovers.
Today I'm trying to make some more cards to sell. I'm just getting so worried that nothing is really flying out the door. It's only 6 weeks until Christmas and I have lots of cards still on the shelf. I've priced them to sell. I figured a little money made, is better then none. And still they sit! I've been making some sets of cards packaged in clear boxes left over from last year. They'll make nice gifts to have on hand.
Well, gotta run and get something done today.
Have a wonderful time and hurry back!
Hugs!

Where is Everyone?

Where have all my customers gone? Believe me, I have asked myself that question all week long! I must have 30 cards on ebay listed to sell, and they just sit there! And to top that off, my brain is on leave! I want to run away! Somewhere warm, sunny, and has a nice beach! OK, it doesn't have to even have a beach. A pool will do! I get this way in the winter months. I need the warm weather of summer, just not the heat! I need to have water around me! A girl has to have "needs"!
Have a great day and come back soon!
Hugs,
P

BE AFARID, THE BOGEY MAN IS COMING!

This is what the Republicans in the House are trying to say! The big bad government, that wasn't too big for them in the Bush years, is out to get you, your job and your Granny! Barry and I have been listening to this on TV this morning. Every, and I mean every, speaker on the Republican side of the isle is trying to scare the piss out of everyone! What is so wrong with health care for everyone? I see this as a moral issue.
Do you want to hear a joke? Good, because I'm going to tell you one anyway. You know I live in the state of Texas. We are a deeply Blue state, no matter how many times I vote each election, not much changes. We rank LAST in the number of people that have health care and yesterday our Governor said that we should be held up as the way "health care should be working"! As if it's a good thing that we are last in the United States! I told you it was joke, but a very sad one at that!
So, if we all survive this stuff flowing down river, maybe we will all be treated as equals under the law of the land. No one will have to worry about eating or buying their medicine, or worry if they get sick that they will have to stay sick because they don't have money to go to the doctor. We should all be very afraid of it doesn't pass!

Sorry, the picture's not so hot, but my camera had a mind of it's own this morning. Isn't she darling? Tilda is a new image I got in the mail from my friend Shelly. She's busy baking up some fine holiday treats! The little verse and cupcakes are from one of those $ sets I couldn't resist from M's sometime in the Spring. The paper is from one of the new Basic Grey pads I got with my birthday money! I really love how this card turned out!
Well it's finally Friday. No I guess it's really no different from any other day for me, except Barry should be at school all day. That is a treat. This week he's come home early twice and took one day off to go to VA. He needs to be in school and out of my hair all week! I'm working on some more cards for my store at eBay. http://stores.ebay.com/Love-Blooms-In-Me
We have no plans for the weekend. I would love to take a drive and see the fall leaves, but that would require using more gas then I want to, so maybe we'll take a short drive instead. Barry has some fall things to do at the house. He's changed the batteries in the smoke alarms, but still has to change the filter in the attic. That's the chore!
Have a great weekend and I'll see you back soon!
Hugs!
P

The Case For Good HealthCare

I have to tell you what I think about a government run health care program. You may or may not know that we haven't been able to afford the Cobra insurance that was offered last year. It was WAY out of our price. It was almost as much as my Mortgage, so we've been trying to get along. We couldn't get "along" any longer and Barry signed up for VA. That has got to be the best run health care program I've ever seen. Yesterday we went down to see the DR to take care of his follow up for the Cancer he had. WOW is all I can say about all the care he's received. If this is "government run" health care, we should all call, write or shout it out---DO IT! You also may know I'm a flaming LIBERAL, but I'd be shouting a big YES for this even if I wasn't! To all those people out there in nutland, walk in my shoes for a day, and you'd see how the real world is and know that health care isn't something just for a few, it's a right for all of us!
On a really bright note, yesterday's mail was super (forget the bills). I got the new BG 6x6 pads I ordered on ebay with my birthday money and I got a package in the mail from a friend named Shelly with some many new stamped images! Magnolia's and snowman! What a treat! So because of this I'm sharing a card made using a shared image from Pat of Edwin. The paper is from Hobby Lobby. Kinda fun. He's on sale at my ebay store. http://stores.ebay.com/Love-Blooms-In-Me.
Have a fun day!
P