Friday Fill-Ins #133

And...here we go! Looks like I missed a couple of weeks. But, I'm back.....

1. Doritos and a six pack make a quick and easy dinner.

2. Undead and Uneasy is the book I'm reading right now.

3. July brings back memories of tugboats, fireworks and SF bay.

4. That I had a tooth infection was obvious.

5. They say if you tell your dreams you better be prepared for raised eyebrows.

6. Take the time you need to think it over.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to seeing Ryan again, we pick him up after I get off of work, tomorrow my plans include getting the car inspected, maybe a movie and playing with the kids and Sunday, I want to maybe go to the beach!

365 Cards - Days 130 and 138

DAY 130 - That Tickles Me

365 Cards challenged us to make humorous cards.

I made two because I could.

Day 138 - She Said, and I Quote...

Today's challenge is to use a quote. I used this quote.

Don't know to whom the credit goes.

Thanks for looking.

365 Cards - Make up time...

DAY 137 - IN A BIND

I have to admit. I was stumped with this challenge on 365 Cards. I love that they push you to use your imagination. Anyway, back to this challenge. I didn't want to use a brad. Or binder rings. Or ribbon. So I thought, and I thought. And eventually it hit me.

I saw an album on Club Scrap that is bound using wire and beads. So I modified the design a bit and came up with this. I didn't have time to do this yesterday. (You know work, feeding the family, major toothache...) But since I took today off to go to the dentist to see if I need a root canal (wish me luck, or just wish my pain away), I thought I may as well do something FUN.

Thanks for looking. And be on the lookout for more posts today with more cards...

Wii had fun this wiikend.

My nephew, Ryan, is in town. Sort of. He is about an hour away going to his "A" school for the US Coast Guard. He will be there for the next 8-9 weeks. I am thrilled. And so are the girls. We haven't EVER been able to spend so much time with him.

I picked him up Friday evening and brought him to our house. We all had dinner together. I was willing to cook, but Danny insisted on taking us out for a nice Italian meal.

We all pretty much hung out together. Not doing anything really spectacular. Except for being together.

Sunday Melissa (9yrs old)set up the Wii. She loves to box in there. Danny (53yrs old) challenged her to a match. So, she knocked him out. Then Ryan (20yrs old) challenged her and she knocked him out too. Then for some reason Melissa decided to take the Wii fitness test to find out her Wii age. She is 54 according to the Wii. Ryan is the youngest, coming in at 34. Megan is next at 67. Morgan and Danny tied at 68. And I am inching my walker in last place at 75.

The fitness test consisted of bowling, tennis and baseball. I did great with the tennis. Okay with the baseball. I made contact, but no homeruns. But I really suck in the bowling part.

I refuse to let this get to me. But I am going to practice. It cannot remain that I am older than Danny. Not even in a game. I mean, he is older than the dinosaurs...

Gluebooks to Crowabout

I have regressed back to kindergarten. LOL.

I am smitten with gluebooks.

I started one and there is such freedom in just cutting/tearing, arranging and glueing.

This is a page I made the other day

because I found a magazine

that was just begging to be cut into.

And this one I made for CROWABOUT. I stumbled onto this blog, and signed up. There are weekly sheets of images available. You can use all of them, some of them, one of them. Create and post to the members only FLICKR group. I have to tell you, I was intimidated. These people have major talent. But here is my first collage using some of the images.

Images provded are: side borders, bathing beauty, cat with yarnball, man's head in frame, butterfly, nest and eggs. Images found in a magazine: chalkboard background, top and bottom borders, man sitting in chair, quote bubble, white cat standing.


Hope to see your creations soon.

Be Tough

This summer is going by too quickly. My girls have only been out of school for going on 3 weeks, but still, it is flying by.

Update on broken hearted middle school daughter: She is doing well. She is a bit sad occasionally, but for the most part, she is doing well. I knew she would be, but it still sucked.

This is a gluebook page I am still working on. The general theme is shopping with my girls these days. I have to BE TOUGH. It gets rough, but I am TOUGH.

365 Day 127 - Super Sketchy Sunday

365 Cards challenge today is Super Sketchy Sunday.

I just love saying that.

Here's the sketch:

And here's my card.

I am back in the game.

For today anyway.

Hopefully I will get some more done,
but we will see...