Check out my new house....

And here's my builder and I, enjoying a beer on my new "front porch"...

Wahoo...they actually started the dig yesterday and for fun we all went down to the site to see the hole. Julie brought her camera and took some pictures for posterity ( better known as a scrapbook). I'm standing with a beer in my hand and I don't even drink but we are celebrating the big event so I just held it for the picture. You can't tell but I am standing on what will be my front porch which will run the front of the house so if I have tons of old men coming to call I will have room for their rocking chairs ....and mine too. I looked at this picture and decided I need a smaller size jeans as these do look kind of big for me. Isn't the builder a cutie?? He's a really nice "young" man and is a delight to be around as is his brother and sister who are the company all rolled into one. I'll keep posting the good news of the progress as the dirt pile grows larger and larger. Gosh just think of all the fun I can have with the g-kids with our pails and shovels. See you soon.

Timeless Tuesday & then some...

Well this is a three for oner ( I made up that word..don't you love it?). Well in case you don't get it I'll do an explanation. Flourishes, Bring Back the Beautiful say's be rustic ( I chose to use rusty colors cause I'm a rebel), Timeless Tuesday said to use a ticket approach, and finally since Flourishes is celebrating it's 3rd. birthday we need to wish them a Happy Birthday which BTW you need to put on your glasses to look for the phrase as it's stamped in too light a brown to see really well but it's the thought that counts...isn't it? So look down at your fingers and do a little counting and you will end up with a three for oner just like I told you. I used the sillouette stamp set and you can see the kiddos doing cart wheels cause they are giving tickets to see Nanny McPhee but since I took my g-kids to see it I have to tell you to save the money and see something else. Sometimes I think when they make a good movie they need to leave it alone and not sequel it but that of course is just my opinion. Cute but not great. Stamped in a brown tone and used the good old die cuts from Spellbinders # blank blank ...I think you're smart enough to know if you have them or not. Add a brad or 2 , and a cute Bow Easy bow and guess what??? You're done baby!


On a lighter note...they have not started the dig yet and needless to say, I guess when they are ready they will get down and dirty and I'll see the hole from where my new home will emerge. It is what it is. See you soon.

Another Stampin Up one

Well I used my Just Believe set on this card and made it soft as possible with a sweet color called Seashell Pink. Very simple ( just like me) just stamp, add some bling and you are fini. I'm trying to adjust to being in cowboy land and can you believe I already have my eyes on a real cutie at the local paint store. Step # 1 find out if he's married...no ring but let's face it, some of those guys out there are sneeky pete's and don't wear a ring. DD said working in the paint store he probably wouldn't wear one because he wouldn't want to tangle with those paint stirring machines. Guess that would be a good reason and I don't think I'd be as interested if he was fingerless. Oh, well ...on to Step # 2 which is to ask my builder (who knows this cutie) if he is married and if not then I guess I'll be spending some time looking at paint chips. I'll keep you posted. Hope your week is going well...mine is. Talk soon.

Monday Monday...so good to me

Happy new week everyone in blog land. Last week me and DD went to a Stampin Up meet and this was one of the cards we did. Don't ask me the colors as I'm not all that familiar with their special names. Maybe Bimini Blue or Bayou Blue, Baha Blue or something like that blue. In other words...we used shades of blue. I think this set is really nice and since I bought it I can tell you the name of it, it's Just Believe and my friend well actually it's DD's friend Sheila and another SU rep. named Sandy put on the class/meet and it was a good selection of cards. This one had some dotted swiss going on and a bit of score paling and add a fancy bit of ribbon and a neat brad and you are good to go & if you're not good to go then you're good to stay. Do as you please and you're sure to feel good. I'm off to get a haircut today and naturally trying a new hair stylist. Wish me luck as it's always quite frightening to go to a perfect stranger for a hair cut....OMGoodness let's hope it's not a shaving but rather a good hair cut. See you soon.

Montana Cowboys...

Well for all of you out there that have never traveled West I thought I would treat you to some cowboys. Yep, we went to breakfast this morning at a little western diner called the Muzzle Loader and low and behold, there they were all cozied up to the counter in their hats and boots and ready for some grits. I suppose I looked out of place as I left my cowboy hat at home. I actually did buy a cowboy hat on the way back from Seattle, and if you are very very good I will treat you to a picture of me in it. I need to get myself some new duds that will go with the great hat and of course I will need a piece of straw to hang out of my mouth too. Now won't that be extra special...maybe yes, maybe no, I'll let you be the judge of that. So until next time...see ya later cowboy and cow girls.

Timeless Tuesday ...lace

Well I'm back from Seattle and ready for the Tuesday challenge at Flourishes.Maki is asking us to be lacey...hey I know about racey and I am a little bit spacey but lacey is really not my forte. Not wanting to be ornery, I will go along and use some lace. I don't have my own supplies as they are locked in the storage unit so guess who I had to turn to for some help???

Did you figure it out? Well of course it's the DD who has a nifty craft room just waiting to be messed with. I used her Flourishes Sunflower set and did a little bit of Copic magic. I'm not certified ( at least not in the Copic world ) so let's face it, I just did the best I could and I know you are saying...where the heck did she find a hot pink type sunflower. Well have you ever been sun burnt? That's what happened to Miss Sunflower Sue. I think with my fancy shmancy paper which is kind of hot pink or fuschia it all goes pretty well. I got a bit crazy and used two pieces of lace. What's an old broad to do when she gets told to use lace, well she uses lace. Hope you all have a happy week going on. See you soon.

Hi Ho Silver Away!!!

Well I'm off ...Yep I know I have been for quite awhile now but this time I'm going on a little family vaction. We are heading out to Seattle Washington and that is going to be the farthest west I have ever been. We planned a great itinerary and will hope for the best. Found some fun things in the tour book annd one of them is taking a crazy car/boat ride. You start in a car like bus that holds 35 people and the tour is of the city on the streets of Seattle, then the crazy machine turns into a boat and we enter the water for the rest of the tour. Looks like lots of fun and I'm sure the G-Kids and the Nana will have a blast. I've put the cowboy search on hold as I think this will be much more fun for now. So....be back first part of next week and as Arnold would say....I'll be back. Take care dear friends and see you soon.

Timeless Tuesday on Friday...Whoa..that's really late !

Well talk about being tired..I am beyond and so I am really late in joining the fun of Timeless Tuesday this week. But I have to tell you, I am typing on my new sizzling hot SSSS ( that is the sizzle, in case you didn't get it ) "Hot Cherry Red" lap top. It is a joy to see, so I treated myself royally by purchasing it. Getting a bit nutsy in my old age but I said to myself...hey old lady you can't take it with you so enjoy while you're still around to enjoy. Anyway this card uses Flourishes humming bird set that I happen to really love.Sorry I couldn't link you to Flourishes but the linky is not co-operating with my new red hot lap top...so go to it by going flourishes.org...there you are now you're linked. I forgot now what I was telling you but I guess it's just that I just used the faithful water colored pencils and a blender. Not my supplies but DD's . Hey can you believe it ...all my stuff is out there in limbo. The moving company is not going to deliver it to my storage unit until after the contract date which means they have to pay me $150 a day for each day they are late. Glad I didn't have an empty house waiting or that would have been crap for the birds. Well fellow bloggers I hope you have a happy weekend. We are going to the pig races if it doesn't rain. Ever been to pig races? How fun to watch these little fat pinkies running a race. Maybe they're running so they are not made into someone's pulled pork sandwhich...guess I'd run too.

It's the Wild West...where's the cowboys????

Well howdy friends, just wanted you all to know I have arrived in my new home area of Billings Montana and I'm on the look out for that cute old cowboy. Hi Ho Silver away as the cowboys say. Let me tell you the ride out west was not fun at all. I think truck drivers can be very very mean. This one guy in a huge rig tried to run me and DD off the road and scared the heebee jeebees out of us. What the dang was he trying to do to us innocent lovely ladies??? Well he went from the extreme right lane and over to the extreme left lane and gave us that certain middle finger wave and I don't think it meant...hope you're happy dear ladies. Well DD had to pass him after a bit and she gave him the sweetest of smiles and the greatest Queen Elizabethian wave, you know the one that you keep that hand going back & forth. She in escense let him know she was a bigger, better person then he was. If his truck would have had a telephone number to let his company know how he was doing I would have called on the spot and gave him a pretty nasty report but alas no number..lucky for him. Any who I'm here and very tired but will report in soon again with a little of the crafty side of me but in the mean time hope you are all well and staying happy. Talk soon. Hope I can get this bow legged cow boot walk down soon as I feel like I have a wad up the end and it doesn't feel right some how. Happy weekend everyone and see you next week.

Hey you....Hi out there!

Well I decided to grace you with my presense or is it presents or well anyway hello to you all from me. I have been packing up my over 30years of stuff and am getting near the end of my ropes with no patience left. DD is at CHA which I think is Crap Happens Always or something like that. I say it's crap happens always because I wish I was there too. She is having dinner with the big wig bloggers and has promised to give them my best wishes for a happy time. She is coming my way on this Thursday and we will have some quality time together before I close on the sale of my home. The close date is Tuesday August 3rd. and DD and I will then just leave for our trip to my new home town of Billings, Montana. Can't believe it but it will be true. Once I am situated I can start up my blog again and start visiting all of you more faithfully. I know you miss me ...you can admit it, I know you do so just let it all out and let those tears flow. Now doesn't that feel better??? There's no sin in feeling bad so I just won't. I will return with a happy smile for each and every one of you soon. Take care and know you are loved.