Saturday Shopping

 Once again I could not go to sleep last night.  Finally got up around 0030 because I was hungry and had a couple crackers.  Not good because I had to test my glucose this morning...

I was up at 0715, felt rested so I guess all is good.  I had Kite Hill Greek yogurt with blueberries for breakfast, coffee and some soy milk.  When Jim got up around 1030 he had instant oatmeal.

I finished up some Pooh cards that I started yesterday.  The kit is from Echo Park

Yesterday Sonsearae sent a text asking if I'd like to go to an estate sale after she gets off work on Saturday...Sure!  It can be fun looking through other folks belongings. And spending time with this young lady is always fun.

On Saturday she works until noon and another text this morning had me scurrying to get ready.  I was folding clothes but left that for later.  Jim and I hopped (? we didn't really hop!) in her car and we headed to Canopy Roads for some lunch/breakfast.  Once our meal was over we drove a short distance to check out this sale.  The home belongs to an elderly couple who have moved into a retirement home.  This was the second weekend of the sale but there was a lot to look at with reduced prices.  I bought a can of bug spray, actually Sonsearae paid for it.  But it was only $2.  She was able to pick up a lot of new gift bags for birthdays and Christmas.  I'm not sure what all she got but it was two tubs and a Halloween sign for a friend.  Jim didn't find anything he needed.

We dropped Jim at home and continued on,  going to Aldi then Publix for some groceries.  A fun four hours shopping with our beautiful daughter.  Jim was snacking on trail mix and watching YouTube when we returned.

Once I put everything away it was time for coffee.  I caught up on my games and read for awhile.  Oh I also finished folding the clothes and put them away.

I was a bit surprised when the AC came on around 1730!  I think that's the earliest this summer.  Our days are warming up but it usually stays cool inside with the ceiling fan.  Of course we run it at night setting the thermostat at 75.

                                     All is right in our world

 

Life Update

 Not sure how this will go.  Many of my friends and family know I try to eat WFPB, SOS...What that means is Whole Food Plant Based no salt, oil or sugar.  I'm struggling and working on this daily.

I weigh 101.5 and I'm not sure how I got to this weight but I like it!  I wasn't trying to lose weight it just happened. I find myself checking the scales often.

I take medicine for diabetes and I believe it can be controlled with this way of eating.  I just can't stick to it.  My doctor wants me on meds for hypertension and cholesterol but I refuse.  Again I believe if I can stick to a WFPB way of eating my numbers should come down.  All of my research suggests it will help but only if I stick to the plan.

Do you struggle with health issues?  What do you do to be healthier? Trust the meds your doctor prescribes?

Some of my recent cards:

Card Fronts from Not2Shabby

Call me Crafty Al puts out a sheet load every month.  Echo Park papers, some stickers

Brandi's Cards made 10 in 20 minutes.  I chose this fern from a retired SU set

Not2Shabby February paper pad kit and ephemera

I'd love to hear your thoughts on your health or mine..perhaps we can help each other

I love grocery shopping!

I love reading labels and discovering new items to eat.  I especially like when my favorites are on sale.  Today was fun shopping at Whole Foods with Sonsearae.  She gets it....look for sale items, see if there's something new etc.  Trying to find compliant foods for the various diets we all consume.  I try to find food items that are healthier for Jim and I.  He pretty much doesn't care what he eats but I prefer he eats whole foods and I try to entice him.  I'm not saying I eat as healthy as I should but I'm always striving to do better

The weather today was perfect!  This time of years has us with warm days and cool nights.  I understand another front is going to bring us colder weather, according to Jim.  The older he gets the less tolerant he is of the cold

These cards are made with Echo Parks, House of Pooh

Are you a lucky person?  Do you enter giveaways?  I do and lately I've been wining!  Like the Package of House of Pooh I made the cards with.  Yesterday I got a huge box of Goodies from another giveaway. And an envelope of ephemera from just joining a stash busting group.   

All is right in our world

 

Cards! Are you Ready for Christmas?

 It's almost Christmas!  What are your plans?  We'll be dining with Sonsearae and Chris tomorrow.  Turducken is on the menu along with mashed potatoes, gravy, Brussels Sprouts and cranberry sauces (one of the canned variety for he who shall not be named), herbed biscuits...perhaps dessert as I know Sonsearae made a few ton of cookies.

Jim was on the roof today...not his favorite place.  He was sealing up cracks and crevices.  As our rig ages it develops leaks.  

The past couple of days have been beautiful.  Daytime temperatures in the 70's and at night upper 30's.  We will not have a white Christmas...😇

May your Christmas be all that you hope for

 Handmade cards because:

                          No one displays an email on the mantle
                             or shows off a tweet on the fridge

                      or saves a Facebook post in a box of treasure

                                          Total for 2023

                                                   620

Stampin' Up! really comes up with beautiful designs to tempt me.  Hello Irresistible is soft and ethereal.  I paired it with Soft Seafoam card stock and Lost Lagoon  for the matting. Circle Sayings stamps on Vanilla cardstock using the Deckled circle dies

All About Autumn

Echo Park just using up my stash 

Winter Meadow DSP and Magical Meadow stamps.  Used some Wink of Stella on some of the berries for sparkle and shine

All About Autumn

Oh Holy Night Suite of products.  Night of Navy on Basic White.  Card challenge using two circles

Another challenge card using red and green

All is right in our world

I am an Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. 

Showing how to make quick and easy cards. 

To order a catalog

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Not sure what's Worse

   

Friday...For the past few days we've enjoyed abundant sunshine.  A few clouds here and there and no rain.  But our daily highs of mid to upper 90's with a heat index up to 109 keeps me indoors.  Jim has been keeping up with his walking but as he said his speed is way down.  

Had lunch with Sonsearae last Wednesday.  She and Jim shared a pizza while I had a Caesar salad.  A week ago we had the truck AC repaired and while driving on Wednesday it was flaking out again.  We made a run yesterday and it worked ok.

The rains returned Sunday morning and it rained off and on all day.  I'm sure at one point overnight I heard it raining and it is awful wet this morning.  Sun hasn't come out yet.

Spent some time with Chris and Sonsearae yesterday.  Mexican inspired meal with brisket tacos, Spanish rice, homemade salsa (thanks Robyn!), Pico de Gallo and some yummy pinto beans.  Chris celebrated a birthday on Saturday and we continued yesterday.  Cupcakes!  home made cupcakes

                                                Handmade cards Because

No one displays an email on the mantel

or

Shows off a tweet on the refrigerator

or

Saves a Facebook Post in a box of treasures

Total for 2023

                                                      320

Christmas cards made from Echo Park Cozy Christmas, two more for my stash!

Another project finished with retired Butterfly Bijou DSP from Stampin' Up!  The Sentiment is from Circles Sayings

Welcome Inn Paper Pumpkin Kit

Using up my stash to make simple cards

All is not right in our world!  A family member has been burgled and damage was done

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A Day Like Any Other?

                No!  Today was special as we got to spend time with Sonsearae.  Unfortunately Chris was in Indianapolis getting a Colson Fellows certificate.  He worked several months to earn this and we are all proud of him.

Family dinners are fun!  Most every Sunday we spend with them and Sonsearae fixes us excellent meals to eat.  Today on the menu was a huge pastas salad that I'm sure she will enjoy during the week and she sent some home with us.  She also fixed a low country boil that takes very little time to cook in an instant pot.  Potatoes, corn on the cob and andouille sausage. Of course there was French bread with butter. For dessert she made a blueberry cobbler.  On Saturday her neighbors Jose and Marge picked the blueberries.                                  

                                Handmade cards Because

No one displays an email on the mantel

or

Shows off a tweet on the refrigerator

or

Saves a Facebook Post in a box of treasures

Total for 2023

                                                      223

Using Countryside Inn DSP and dies this card comes together quite quickly!  Stampin' Up! 

Quick and easy cards from Echo Park June 2022 card kit

On the 25th of the month I make Christmas Cards.  Cozy Christmas from Echo Park.  The template is from Jess Crafts #14.  The cardstock is Stampin' Up! Christmas to Remember Sentiment from SU also

This set of cards was made with retired DSP Dainty Flowers and Starry Sky cardstock.  I used the Countryside Inn die.  I used some scraps paper to make these so they all look different!

The cards are made from a 6x6 sheet of paper.  Don't you just love the bright colors?  Circle Saying Bundle for the sentiment

These are Mystery Cards.  I whole thing involves a sheet of 12x12 paper.  You turn it over and just cut into card fronts.  In this case 4x5 1/4.  There is a small bit leftover that can be used on the inside of the card.  I use die cuts from Forever Fern and Quiet Meadow

This is what I started with

Had a few showers today and apparently the power was off for a bit.  Our Crepe Myrtle is beginning to bloom

All is right in our world

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Time to

                 Let ya'll know were still here.  The past few days have been busy for me.  We went on a Disney Cruise with Sonsearae and all I've done is sleep and do laundry since we returned last Saturday.  We had a grand time!

Yesterday a local restaurant, Mission BBQ was celebrating US Navy Veterans by offering a free BBQ sandwich so we met Sonsearae there and caught up.  We always like spending time with her and Chris.  He couldn't come but she took a sandwich home for him.  It was the first time we left the house so on the way home we stopped and picked up some groceries.

Today Jim had a dermatology appointment.  They had to see how his cancer removal was doing and lo and behold they had to remove built up skin that was tangled in a dissolvable stitch...it's healing ok but it will be awhile before it's completely healed.  I get to be his nurse for awhile longer.  After that we were hungry and headed to a new to us restaurant.  Unfortunately it was lunch time and this particular strip mall has way to many restaurants and we could not find a place to park our black beastie.  So onto plan two.

We had lunch at Food Glorious Food, each of us grabbing a sandwich.  Then it was off to CVS to pick up some ointment the dermatologist said was an over the counter medicine...not so!  We drove home and Jim informed the doctor so I'm guessing tomorrow or the next day we'll have to go pick it up.

We both ended up napping today!

Our weather pattern has been foggy upon arising, sometimes the sun comes out to heat us up.  Then we have rain, sometimes the sun comes out again.  Everything is very green and lush

                             

                                              Handmade cards Because

No one displays an email on the mantel

or

Shows off a tweet on the refrigerator

or

Saves a Facebook Post in a box of treasures

Total for 2023

                                                      178

                      The following cards were made in April.  

these three cards show off both side of the DSP in what is called a fun fold

More cards for the Disney Cruise.  On the cruise you can sign up for Fish Extenders gifts.  Six to a group and you exchange fun items with your fellow passengers.  We included the cards in the bags of gifts and also used them for the tips at the end of the cruise

One sheet wonder from Jessica Taylor using up retired DSP from Stampin' Up!  Bottom right is a pocket card

                               A couple of Echo Park cards

                             Club Scrap Gossamer card kit.  

                                  All is right in our world

I am an Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. Showing how to make quick and easy cards. Follow me here or on Facebook:  Card making with Linda for more detailed instruction. To place an order, head over to my website to view the digital catalogs

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Some Cards I've been Working On

      You may not hear from me daily, but that's because we're an old married couple and our lives are not all that interesting.

Jim's incision is healing well.  Closing up slowly from each end. 

We spent some time with Sonsearae and Chris on Sunday.  They looked tired!  They spent part of last week with Robin and Randy and Bobby and Kristin (I hope that's right) at Disney World.  Robin and Bobby are Chris' children.  From the pictures I saw, they all had fun and probably ate to much!

                                 Handmade cards Because

No one displays an email on the mantel

or

Shows off a tweet on the refrigerator

or

Saves a Facebook Post in a box of treasures

Total for 2023

                                                      157

This is Surf Shop from Club Scrap.  I love the vibrant colors

More Disney Cruise cards from Echo Park

Looking forward to this cruise.  I've never been on one.  Jim of course has been to sea aboard Navy ships but this will be his first pleasure cruise.

A challenge card, we had to use retiring Stampin' Up! products and sadly Soft Succulent is retiring, so are the Forever Ferns stamps and dies...I shall miss them

Club Scrap Roost kit

All is right in our world

I am an Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. Showing how to make quick and easy cards. Follow me here or on Facebook:  Card making with Linda for more detailed instruction. To place an order, head over to my website to view the digital catalogs

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Springtime Weather

                     Saturday started off foggy and chilly.  Low 50's around 0800.  Jim decided to sleep in.  But I was up at 0400!  Quiet time is good, I can work on my cards.  It can be messy once I start getting the supplies out.  Since I use the kitchen counter (not very big) it quickly looks cluttered.

The sun did come out for a couple of hours, then clouds moved in and by evening we had rain.  The system wasn't all that bad but it did cause Netflix to stop and some of our apps didn't work on our tablets. It was still raining when we went to bed but didn't keep us from sleeping. Gone by morning

Sunday... let's see, we had some overcast skies, some sunshine and more overcast skies with a threat of rain.  Sounds like Spring!

Spent some time with Sonsearae and Chris.  They're going to Disney World Tuesday so we were cleaning out their fridge!  Brought some food home with us

                                 Handmade cards Because

No one displays an email on the mantel

or

Shows off a tweet on the refrigerator

or

Saves a Facebook Post in a box of treasures

Total for 2023

                                                      127

Country Floral Lane from Stampin' Up! scraps of paper and be used to make cards.  

Club Scrap Fairytale Kit

Did I tell ya'll we're going on  a Disney Cruise?  In May, for a week!  Anyway I've been making cards to hand out and include in the gifts.  These are small, only 3x3 inches, the paper is from Echo Park

Finished the July 2022 Paper Pumpkin

Texture Chic DSP from Stampin' Up! Used up some scraps and die cut the circles 

How do you like these vibrant colors? Club Scrap Paradise card kit from 2019

As you can see, I am working my way through my stash of kits, paper and companies!

All is right in our world

I am an Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. Showing how to make quick and easy cards. Follow me here or on Facebook:  Card making with Linda for more detailed instruction. To place an order, head over to my website to view the digital catalogs

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Fog, Cold Temperatures

 Is it Spring or Winter?  We're not sure!  We put away the down comforter and space heater.  But Winter returned and we had to double down on quilts and bring out the space heater again.  Today started with fog as have the past couple of days.  Currently the sun is out and there's breeze gusting to 15 mph.  The temperature is 78 degrees.  We like...

This is Maui.  Chris and Sonsearae have had this canine for awhile now.  Not sure why I didn't take or post a picture before.  

Other than the fluctuations in temperatures not much is going on around here.  Just our day to day of chores (me), gaming and reading.  Of course I work almost daily on my cards.  Need some?  I've got quite a few.  Seems I make them faster than I mail them!  Jim does go out for a daily walk or two.  I've done a leisurely walk for the past two days and he joins me.

                                  Handmade cards Because

No one displays an email on the mantel

or

Shows off a tweet on the refrigerator

or

Saves a Facebook Post in a box of treasures

Total for 2023

                                                      81

This card was made for a color challenge, all Stampin' Up!  supplies

Pretty Spring cards using Stampin' Up! supplies

Each month I'm trying to make up Christmas cards.  This may be a mix of companies, because I have some old papers. Or it could be just Echo Park

                                  All is right in our world

I am an Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. Showing how to make quick and easy cards. Follow me here or on Facebook:  Card making with Linda for more detailed instruction. To place an order, head over to my website to view the digital catalogs

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Brrrr I did it! Brrrr

It's Christmas Eve day!  Are you ready? I need to wrap a gift and do some baking, oven has biscuits for our breakfast.  And to warm us up...20 (feels like 13) degrees outside which isn't much by northern standards, but it is here.  Tallahassee area doesn't normally get this cold or have below freezing temperature for hours on end.  The sun has just topped the trees and while her heat will help, our forecast high is 36 degrees.

We were told to run the water last night to prevent pipes from freezing.  We did and Jim also put our space heater in the compartment near the main water valves to keep them warm.  No problem with our water overnight!  I would hate to have to deal with frozen/defrosting water lines!  I set the furnace at 55 and it did come on during the night and I'm sure it will run a lot today!

I guess we'll just have to have a cold Christmas!  Sunny clear skies so no snow.

We had to replace one of our main propane tanks.  It was an original so it was past time.  Popped into Ace Hardware and told them what we needed.  So we have a full tank as a spare for our Winter of a few days.  Hopefully we'll get back to normal after this blast of Arctic air. 

                                Handmade cards Because:

No one displays an email on the mantel

or

Shows off a tweet on the refrigerator

or

Saves a Facebook Post in a box of treasures

Total for 2022

                                                     500 +

I used Texture Chic DSP from Stampin' Up! to make these notecards.  

For a challenge we were asked to pick our favorite paper from the current catalogs to make cards.  I chose Abigail Rose!  I embossed the  panels with Timeworn Type, used alcohol markers to color the rose in Fresh Freesia

Pulled out a February 2022 kit from Echo Park to make a couple birthday cards

A challenge over at Club Scrap is responsible for these two wee cards.  I'm almost out of this paper

So there you have it.  At times I wondered if I'd make my goal of 500 cards.  I love playing with ink, stamps and pretty paper!

Merry Christmas!  I hope this holiday is filled with wonder and joy as we celebrate the Birth of Christ

                                  All is right in our world                                                              ...except this freezing weather...

 I am an Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator. Teaching quick and easy card making. Follow me here or on Facebook:  Card making with Linda for more detailed instruction. To place an order, head over to my website to view the digital catalogs

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