"DANGER DANGER!!!"

What a week! The tale of the beginning of the week.......
Wow! What a whirlwind day! I kept Grayson all day because Ashley (DIL) was having surgery. (It went well-she is home recovering/thank goodness) I went and picked up Ashlyn to go shopping (Grayson needed a few new toys for our house since he has outgrown the others). Any hooo... we ended up having to rush to Stanley Hospital because her fiance shot himself in the shoulder with a roofing nailer. 2 1/2 inch staple embedded into his right shoulder (straight into the bone-ouch!). Into surgery he goes. Anyway, he is home now - recovering. Dufuss! This is the second time he has done this. A year and a half ago, he shot his foot. Dufuss! Yes! I called him a dufuss! DUFUSS!!!!!
After all was said and done...... Grayson got to go to Walmart and he picked out a CAT front loader with all the bells and whistles! He's happy and so is Nena!

On with the week...Planned on going to the LSS for a little fun, too much on my plate for the day. Needless to say, nothing really got accomplished! Another day gone.
Imagine this... 4:30 am... you're sleeping and in the middle of a dream... next thing you know, you're lying on the floor. Hmmm.... note to self... "Get side rails for the bed". Yes, I rolled out of bed, hit the floor and took all the covers with me. Hurt like hell and all I wanted to do was laugh! I don't even remember what I was dreaming about! Was it good or bad??? Who know??? Scared the hell out of John! Poor guy!
Today I managed to clean off one side of my desk and put some stuff away. I stayed off ladders, kept sharp objects out of reach and didn't go near the stove! Didn't want to take any chances! Tomorrow will be a day of rest and hopefully, next week will be less dangerous!
Here are a few of the cards I promised you from my last posting. Enjoy!

DIGGING OUT

I know... it's been a while... a long while. Sometimes I just get too many irons in the fire and it all comes crashing down on me. After that, it just takes me a while to dig myself out. That is what I am doing. Digging myself out. I actually had a week with absolutely nothing scheduled. My calender was blank! So, I spent three, yes three days at the LSS, just playing!!! I made a few cards for OWH, helped stamp and adhere base cards to a new shipment of cards to get them ready to ship overseas. It was a good week. Tomorrow, I will try to post a few new pics of the latest, but for now..... goodnight!

Think Happy Thoughts,
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"COOL DUDE"

"Dude... Waz up?"

"NEW"

We've had a great week here. I saw the movie "Grown ups" with Ashlyn and I laughed my hiney off! My second movie, this time with Dear Husband, was "Twightlight". (I think I "need" to see it again!) Grayson spent a day with us and we took him to Lazy 5 Ranch. I'm not sure who likes it better... him or me! On the 4th, we went to a cookout with Ashlyn's future in laws and the family. Good times! Yesterday was BAD.... I ate donuts for breakfast, then a nap, then to Ashlyn's so Daddy could fix the computer. We ended the day with yummy Mexican food. Only the donuts were bad, but I have done so good this last week. Very little sweets or soda! I'm trying hard, I really am. (Is that convincing enough?)


My "NEW" friends! (I took this picture as I was standing on the front seat of the truck with my head out the sunroof.)

Our "NEW" driver. Too bad he can't reach the gas pedal or see over the dashboard yet!


Two "NEW" families of chicks! There were 14 in the second brood. Oh My!

A brand "NEW" calf. This little guy was only a few days old.

My weekend project. The canvas bag I bought at Harbor Freight a couple weeks ago, but have not had the inspiration do anything with it. That is... UNTIL... I saw this awsome vintage flower trim during one of my crusades on the internet! Oh, I MUST have that! I want more now...NOW! In all the colors. I first applied gesso to the whole bag to seal it. Then I painted it with Claudine Hellmuth's Studio paint in Landscape Green, Painterly Pink and Sable Brown mixing in a little Studio multi medium for gloss and thinned with water. ( I think next time I'll skip the gesso if I use Multi-medium) The flowers were stamped with a thicker mixture of the paints and multi-medium using my Hero Arts "Hydrangea" stamp. I let it dry for several hours and then sprayed Tattered Angels over the whole bag in English Ivy, Coffee Shop and Vintage Pink to give it a distressed "Vintage" appearance. I then sewed ivory, crocheted lace and torn, frayed fabric together and glued it to the upper pockets of the bag. I topped that by gluing the vintage flower trim to the top over the seam. I am so in love with this trim! In fact, there are many more items from this particular company I think I "Need". Ha-ha!!!!! Any hoo.... now you have it! My "NEW" embellishment bag......

(Sorry, the quality of this picture is poor)

Today, I am going to visit an antique shop or two. Maybe... I'll find some goodies! If I do, I'll share. (pictures of course, not the goodies)

Think happy thoughts!
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CRAYONS

Today was an awesome day. I had an early lunch with the hubby, then it was off to the LSS to crop! Actually, it was OWH day and there was a full house. It was great! I strayed off to finish a project for my Mom and Dad. My original plan was to give it to them in May, when they were here for my son's wedding, but somehow it all got put on the back burner. I'm almost finished, just have to add a few final touches. Check back for pictures of the final........ OK, I'll give you a hint.... it's a ???
Ha-ha.... You'll just have to wait. (smile)
Tonight, we had supper with Matthew, Ashley and Grayson. I haven't seen the little guy in two weeks, since I was sick. It was killing me!!! I just can't get enough of him. I'm hoping for another little person to be added to this ever-growing family, soon! We ate pizza and pineapple and crayons and bread. OH! Did I say "crayons"? Yes, green ones and then we tryed a blue one. Or, at least Grayson did. He tryed to feed Papa a bite..... well.... let's say Papa declined. It would get stuck in his teeth. Hmmmm.... green teeth. Not attractive.

Think happy thoughts.
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