More cards

Well another cold front has gone through and today the windows are open and it's spring again.  We did have a couple freezing nights.  First one we let the water drip all night because it was predicted there would be several hours of below 32 degrees.  The second night not so much.  And wind! Yikes that was cold!

Still not going out much.  Mostly for groceries.  We seem to like bread and coffee creamer. And we sure can't do without them.  

Do you have Sirius XM?  I just discovered the Elvis station!  It's been really cool listening to all the old tunes.  Check it out!

We did go to BJ's Brewhouse as they had a special on Thursday for ribs and if you spent $14.95 (the cost of the ribs) you could get a free appetizer which is what we did.  Of course we each had a beer.  Jim's ribs came with two sides and a dessert.  My appetizer was a chicken wrap, which was quite tasty.  But I choped up the lettuce and ate it like a salad.

Yesterday Sara Jane called and said if we weren't busy, would we like to go for a mystery ride?  She and Jerry wanted to take us out for Jim's Birthday.  Our first stop was Dairy Queen.  Jim and I both thought that would be good.  But no, that wasn't what we had.  But we did drive around Blanco waiting for the sun to set.  Just as it was getting dark we pulled into a parking spot, walked around the corner and down half a block to Uptown Blanco Restaurant.  New to us and I'm sure we'll go back because the menu is quite nice. Prices are good too, for lunch or dinner.  They do have breakfast and a Brunch on sunday.  No liqour license but you can bring in wine which Jerry carried in.  Perfect for our dinner.  Good food, good wine and wonderful company.  Thank you Sara Jane and Jerry!

My goal again this year is to make 500 cards.  

29 February 2020...55 cards

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

I found some projects to finish.  I really like the dark blue paper and needed to use it.  It has a shiny finish.  Don't know where I got it.  But it paired nicely with this DSP from Stampin' Up!  One side is the bubbly blue/green and the other side is the green

The left card is not my best work...Hard to see but there is green seaweed with a seahorse.  Looks better in person but still to subtle for me.  Stamps and die cuts are Stampin' Up!

These cards are from a paper pad.  12 x 12 paper, two sheets cut and mixed and matched.  All the cut outs are from the pad too.  When you buy the pads, all the papers match and it makes it easy to put cards together.  I did pull out some stamps and enamel dots to decorate.  I miss the beach.

All is right in our world

Paper Pumpkin Cards

The sun is trying to make an appearance and it's after two in the afternoon.  Rain woke me this morning so I was up at 0530.  Clouds, clouds and more clouds but no more rain.  Of course this means it will start getting cooler.  Low tonight around the mid 40's.  Good for sleeping!

Haven't been anywhere or done anything since my last post.   Conserving our resources is really boring.  But it's necessary until we get our finances on an even keel.  Looks like this month will be good.  With the help of the gift cards we got when we got our new phones we're not spending much out of pocket for groceries or fuel.

Jim has done some chores for me lately.  Dishes here and there and helping with laundry.  He even got out the vacuum and got rid of some dust.  Our meals have been simple.  Mexican rice can make six servings and we've had it twice the last three days.  Made some spaghetti sauce yesterday that Jim didn't care for.  But he still ate the spaghetti!  I wish the weather would cooperate so we could grill out.  Jim won't do it if it's the least bit cold.

We spend most of our time playing games or watching YouTube videos.  The wifi has been a lot better the last couple of weeks

Can I just say I miss Football?

My goal again this year is to make 500 cards.  

24 February 2020...44 cards

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 treasures

These 12 cards are from the 

December 2019 Paper Pumpkin Something for Everything kit.  Had I realized how easy and quick they were to make I'd have done them last December!

I can't say I'm thrilled with the design, but the stamps that were included will come in handy for sentiments.  That's the only stamping on the cards.  The rest was peel and stick!  Oh, they have matching envelopes but for some reason I didn't photograph one.  A few sequins here and there and Bob's your uncle...

The following two sets have foil leaves that made photographing them a lot of fun.  At least the swirl on the top set had more coverage

Which set is your favorite?

All is right in our world