A Beautiful Day.

It's Monday again. We had a nice weekend. My sister, her grandson and his Mom came for a long visit. We went shopping and ate and visited...so much fun.
I did work on my Crow family pages...I will try to post today, my scanner is finally working.
I have seen a lot of talk of Labyrinths, so I did a little research and am thinking of making one out of Polymer clay and attaching it to the top of a round box. Then on the inside can go paper for thoughts or anything the Labyrinth brings up. Yep, I think that's my plan.
Today is a beautiful day...perfect for getting out in the yard.
It'll be a busy day in the office. People start wanting to pay their bills at this point and that's a good thing!
Well, enjoy the day!

It's raining...

Once again we have rain here in the Great Northwest. Lots and lots of wet stuff. When I was growing up in Central California many years ago, if we saw a drop of rain and had to go out in it, we grabbed umbrella's. That is of course if you owned one. It rained so little back in those days, that not everyone had an umbrella. I remember it raining when I was very small and taking out an old paper umbrella. I don't remember ever seeing that thing again. Probably ruined it.
I think I might do some "rain" ATC's. that might be fun.
Stay dry...

Thursday

Survivor night! Woo hoo... I love to watch Survivor, it's something my Mom and I both enjoy.
Today and tomorrow are my Moms birthdays. So I just called Mom and wished her a Happy Birthday. Tomorrow I'll visit for another birthday wish. Mom was born in 1929 and the doctor rode out to her house in Oklahoma on his horse, drunker than a skunk, delivered her and went back wrote up that she was born on April 27, yet my Grandmother insisted till the day she died at age 82 (thirty years ago), that mom was born on the 26th. The doctor also wrote that Mom was a boy...allowing for my Mom to be drafted years later...tee hee. Grandma had 11 kids and she was pretty reliable.
My Grandma was born under a covered wagon in 1894 on the way to Oklahoma from Kansas. She was quite a lady...she taught me to play poker when I was four years old. She was the best.
We lived on a farm with her and Grampa's house in between our house and my Aunt Rose's house. Grampa was a farmer of cattle, chickens, corn, hay, worms for the fisherman, parakeets too. Those were fun days. I actually plucked chickens when I was small.
Anyway, this post has gone all over the place. Maybe I'll write a bit more tomorrow about my family.
Must feed the family...

stamps

last night I went to a Stampin' Up party. It was fun, we made two cards and bought stuff. I bought stamps to use with ...well all that I want to create. Sitting in the group felt like being in a class where everyone was afraid to do something different than the dealers example. She saw me trying different ways of placing things and then the lady next to me changed it up. One of the ladies said, "no that's not right", but I thought she did great, so did the dealer. I like the idea that she wasn't afraid to do something different.
I've been working on pages for a crow book my sister and I are working on. I gave my brother long black ribbon wings. Today I will finish my sisters page. She'll be pleased. I'll post them when I finish. I still need to buy Gesso and twinkling h2o's so my things can have that sparkle they need, but I'm cheap...that stuff's 'spensive! I'll do it though...I will.
Enjoy the day.

monday

Today...a good day. We have had a couple of geese living on our island and recently we have only seen one. My son paddled out and found one on a nest. He phoned to say she had died. My husband and I were devastated. We started planning a small funeral for it and were sad for the one we see. Well, he returned and let us know that he was wrong...she was alive, just holding very still on top of her nest. AARGHH! I wish he had phoned back to let us know so we wouldn't have mourned the goose for so long. I was surprised how much it hurt to lose one of them. Now this morning I wonder if it's Momma or Poppa goose I'm looking at. Whichever, I'm pleased to see him or her!
My kids go to the dentist today... My daughter wants braces...easy? No...the orthodontist says her jaw is disintegrating and she needs surgery. Now we will see what the dentist says and then the doc later this week.
I've had a terrible cold all week. I feel a bit better today, though my ears are ringing and the right one has gone a bit deaf.
I made a number of ATC's for a swap group I found here in my town that meets once a month and I missed it because of fever! I was so bummed out. I will make it there next month...right?
I was doing a search on Myspace for fun and I found my big brother and his band on there. Some day I'll travel into Canada and catch one of his shows. It's a blues band...they're darn good too.
Anyway, lots to do today...
Toodles

Pretty pages

I visit many blogs everyday and so many are bright and cheery. I am determined to find out how to sparkle up my page. background of flowers...something to cheer it up! I change my myspace page all the time...
Also when I visit many sites, there are poetic posts, beautifully written posts and visual posts... So far mine are basic...I'll work on that.
Oh man, I'm sitting here eating a snack and I just ate the last wasabi pea...what to do?
I found a group in my town that meets once a month to trade ATC's. I have yet to trade, so I think I will go this time. I wonder however if mine will be good enough, but then I think anything someone else does is beautiful and fascinating...so I'll stop that.
Now I'll make some cards...

Monday the 16th

My heart goes out to all of the families who have lost a loved one in the Virginia Tech shootings today. Send them your thoughts and prayers please.

Good day

Saturday...a bit overcast, yet a bit of blue showing through...looks good. Gonna pull some weeds. I think I'll visit the visitors center and get a few brochures with pictures of my town to use in a craft project about my town.
Yesterday I visited my mom and took her some groceries. She had such a bad cold that I took her to the emergency room at our hospital and they gave her meds saying she was on the verge of pneumonia. She's already feeling better this morning. She doesn't always tell me when she's feeling sick...she doesn't like to worry me. I want her to worry me! It would be better than pneumonia! Oy...
Well, time to get a move on the day. Enjoy it...I will!

Getting out

I don't get out much anymore unless I really have to, which lately hasn't been too often. Yesterday I did go out to Joannes and buy paper and bits for making some cards or ATC's or something and last week I went to the thrift store and picked up a few little books to alter. I've yet to alter a book, so it's a little intimidating to me, but I'll get there.
I think I would do more and make more if my hands worked properly. I've had two operations on my right hand and one on my left. Now my left is doing what my right hand did before it's second operation. I can live with trigger finger for a long time, I've done it before, but when I use my left hand for awhile, I get a horrible pain at the base of my thumb...bursitis maybe? I guess I should visit the doc. (my dad had arthritis)
Now I must get cleaned up, drive a half an hour down the interstate and drive my Mommy to the store. She's in her late seventies and doesn't feel well these days. I guess if I were having my liver fail I wouldn't feel well either. She has a hereditary condition that causes cirrhosis of the liver without ever drinking. She's in the final stage...no cure, just living and waiting. Am I in for that? It's possible. I don't drink either and thats a HUGE reason why. Oy...
Gotta go for now, Mom's getting antsy.

old friends

Yesterday I had lunch with a friend I hadn't seen in a long time. I really enjoyed it. We had a lot to catch up on about each other. You see, I find it easier to not have many friends these days. I don't have the energy for it. Some people just want you to talk and they ask a lot of questions and the questions are usually about other people. I don't want to gossip about others.
My friend is part of a scrap booking group. It sounds like fun. I wanna go...