Getting things done

         We have been enjoying the beautiful weather we often get this time of year.  Jim has spent time outside getting the rig washed, pulling up the mat and getting it packed up, washing the truck.  Other odd jobs that need to be done before we can travel.   I've been stashing my crafting supplies but it doesn't look like it!  More needs to be done

The past couple of days we've taken care of medical visits.  Jim had  labs and a cat scan of his lungs.  Next week his last visit with the pulmonologist.  I had labs and an MRI of my pancreas in connection with my gall bladder.  They wanted to check it every 6 months.  It's been six months.

I still have my gallbladder.  For the most part I do ok.  I've lost some weight again after maintaining 107 pounds for awhile.  Cut your fat intake if you want to lose weight!  I get tired of eating small meals but it helps keep the nausea down.  When I eat to much of the wrong foods my body reacts.  I'm pretty sure I've passed a few smaller stones as I've had some painful episodes.  

We still don't have a firm date for the trip.  The company that is driving our rig to Florida hasn't let us know when.  We did request the last week in October.

               My goal again this year is to make 500 cards.

                           10 October 2020...275cards

   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 

You can see here how I made the card from a tag by backing it with some pretty paper

Technically not cards, but tags from an SU kit, Tags and More 

This magnolia I cut out a long time ago and just put it on a card front along with the butterfly and a strip of paper

This paper!  From Poland via a US company I give you Mintay!  I cannot describe how beautiful this paper is and I've got more of this Home for Christmas paper so I'll be making more.  The package came with a 12 x 12 sheet of ephemera to cut out and I've used some on each card.  But that's it.  I did scrape the bottom card to rough up the edges and added some blue ink

All is right in our world, though it is hot today!

Have You Heard?

 Some of you already know because I've told some folks when I've sent  them a card.  But, we're going to Florida the end of October.  It's a done deal.

Over the Labor Day Holiday Sonsearae and Chris drove over to visit and help make plans.  They want us in Tallahassee as does Christy, Jim's daughter.  Pretty sure Rik wants us there too!  He's Christy's husband.  Sure hope so as we're going to be their neighbors.  Our plans were to drive over in October or November taking our time because...well, we're old!  Neither one of us wanted to actually do the drive and all the work that is necessary to pull our home on wheels.  Physical work of packing up and breaking down for each stop just not appeal to me anymore and I guess Jim agrees.  

So we've hired a company to drive our rig over.  This will be stressful because it's our home!  But they do this a lot so we'll just have to trust our rig can handle a new driver.  We will follow and stay at motels.  Not sure how long the trip will take but I'm sure we'll get sick of sleeping in a different bed and eating fast food.  With Boo along it should be a long trip emotionally.  We'll take a cooler with stuff.  

So we're working on eating everything from the fridge and freezer as it will be unplugged the trip over.  Sonsearae has keys and will take delivery so I hope between her, Christy and Rik they get it plugged in so it will be cold when we arrive.  If not we'll deal with it when we get there.  The exact date of departure hasn't been determined, but the last week of October is when all of this will take place.

Yesterday we had a fun outing.  Jim took me to World Market which is on the other side of town, so to speak.  It's over by the La Cantera Mall.  The Mall is an outdoor one so we hadn't been in awhile, to hot during the summer and then there was the covid thing...

Didn't buy anything but it was fun walking through the store and seeing all the kitchen ware and exotic items for sale.  Afterwards we had lunch at Whiskey Cake.  Had never eaten there and they have a pretty neat menu.  Of course we each had a draft beer.

               My goal again this year is to make 500 cards.  

  26 September 2020...264 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

This time of year is for Autumn cards.  

All is right in our world

did I tell you we're going to Florida?

Yay