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.

Taking a Break...for a few more days at least.

Well don't have much spice in my life and I'm running low on thyme but I've been busy trying to get this house in order to sell. Spent this morning with a realtor and she seems to think my home is a gem and should sell to the right buyer very easily. She's a sweetie but let's face it, the "right buyer" is of course to me anyone who is willing to pay a good price. The market is down but that's the breaks and I'm at a point in my life where I need to sow some wild oats and I don't mean eating All Bran either. Sooo... I am going to go for it and see what develops. She's bringing in more of her cohorts on Monday and then come up with a price I should ask.
Wish me Good Luck bloggers and know that I'm just too busy to get inky at this time but will stop by to say hello soon. Happy weekend to one and all and if you're out drinking, well have a dirty Martini for me.

Timeless Tuesday...Wednesday

Well Timeless Tuesday is hosted by the sweetest lady Miss Dee Jackson who has made the challenge to use black/white and ONE other color. I chose the cherries from one fruity set that Flourishes put out and it works well with this challenge. I know you have seen red cherries but I pushed the envelope and made the leaves and stems also red...a little Picaso coming out in me or is it just a bit of crazy? I'll leave that answer up for grabs. Just color pencil it, add a few mats and a bit of bling and you're done.
I know all of you are so interested in the wonderful Boob/flab bra that I'm thinking of becoming an independent dealer...like Avon and Mary Kay. Cool huh? So I'll keep you posted if I can get a franchaise going and then you can order from me. Happy week fellow stampers.

Good News Fellow Bloggers...It's Here !

Well good news to share they ( the undie people) finally made something worth while for us oldie but goodies. This is a combo bra/wings holder. I'm so physched as since working out at the gym I can get into a AAA or maybe even a training bra on this one. Isn't that the greatest thing you ever saw? Now I can't promise that all stores will be carrying it but you can try at your local department store and see if they have them in yet. Maybe Amazon.com could help too. Name is Boob and Arm Flab Bra but I plan to protest and have a more sexy name attached to it cause after all if Victoria can have Secrets well us old folks should be honored with a better name for it. Happy rest of the weekend fellow bloggers.

Timeless Thursday...yep it's Thursday

Well talk about dedication! I've got it and so does Flourishes design team and I don't want to name names but ( Barb Anders ) came up with a way to dedicate big time by challenging us to make a one layer card. She also took her dedication to it's peak by frustrating me big time with doing a ONE layer card??? Yikes that is a toughie.When is the last time I did a one layer card you ask? Well probably when I was taking rubber stamping lessons at my LSS. Yes I know some of you out there find this no problem but us oldies find it very difficult. Thank goodness for Flourishes beautiful sweetpea set as doing a stamp and color makes it somewhat easier. Stamp, color, add a lopsided bow , and a little phrase and you have it done.I'm not one to complain or at least not much, or perhaps a little ...OK so I'm a real ornery old cuss,but I always try and get in on the fun.
Late in saying it..but happy week fellow stampers. I'm still cleaning and tossing out. No sounds from critter pal so guess he's gone for good. Thank goodness as I want to collect all the nuts I trailed outside the house to draw him out...looks kind of nutty if you know what I mean.

Blog Candy Winner...# 4

Well the random.org picked # 4 and that is Ashley Nguyen Newell. Hey congratulations Ashley and to claim your prize you need to e-mail me and let me know your address for the prize to be sent. Also you have a choice of a set of stamps from Flourishes and I will pick up the charge for the set and shipping it to you. Contact me by an e-mail to mrsmiley6@aol.com Thanks to all of you who entered and sorry there could only be one winner.

SIGN UP FOR SOME CANDY!

I hit 60,000 and want to share a bit of candy with my blogging friends! Just leave a comment here to be in the running. If you want to check out the goodies, the picture is on my sidebar. So sign in and put your name on the list and see if you can be the lucky duck winner!I'll draw a winner Wednesday June 2nd!!

Timeless Tuesday...make your own

Well Timeless Tuesday's challenge over at Flourishes is to make your own flowers. But since I didn't have time to grab the snot rag...oops I mean tissue and produce a flower, I grabbed a punch and started beating the living daylights out of it to "make" my own flowers. Love the Cuttlebug folder on this card, it truly is one of my favorites ( a gift from DD, wouldn't you know!). So the card is done by such a simple plan, use punch watch flowers bloom right in front of your eyes, add some centers made up of bling, add a phrase from Around the Arbor and viola you are fini. Feel like being French today. Happy day fellow stampers and remember to come back before the day is out for a picture of my blog candy. Moving slow today but will get back with the goodies.

Friday challenge...askew

Well Ok then I have to askew ( that's blog talk for ask you) is my image askew??? I think that's not all that's askew this week. First the critter is in and then out and then my deck sealer is crap for the birds so my whole week is askew. Hopefully things will be better over the weekend. My card is for the Friday challenge at notimetostamp which was to make your image be askew or off center I guess. It's hard for me because being off center and askew is the norm for my life lately. Dang it's tough getting old and I'm not dealing too well. Soooo....here's my card with my image off to the left. I used the lillies from Flourishes calendar set and little phrase from their tag along set. Easy peasy card with minor coloring on the flowers some nifty BG ( DD gave me for my birthday) put out by Glitz. Added some lace to the side bar and fini.
Well here it is the weekend again and I regret to inform you I missed Timeless Tuesday this week as I was busy as a bee...buzzing along with my prep to get things in order so I can sell this huge house and quit working so hard. I have a party to attend tomorrow evening for my great nephew who turns 30 ( can't remember back to those days) and so his Mom who's my oldest niece is throwing a party. Hope your weekend is full of fun and hey guess what??? I need to offer up some blog candy for hitting over 60,000 hits. Can't believe it, I think I'll have to shed a few tears on that one. I feel the love with all those visits. So next week I'll post some goodies and you can enter to win. Come back around Weds. and I'll have it up and ready for grabs.

Gimme a Break...literally

Well here's the deal, I've been really busy trying to get rid of my junk to get a real estate agent in to put my house on the market. Also as you know, I have had other things going on like the critter who Ofcr. Dave assures me is out of my life. Well I haven't heard any noise in several days now and my law enforcement buddy is keeping a close tab on things. The critter apparently found a way in and found a way out...which doesn't make me happy because my home looks pretty well sealed up to me but anyway the whatever ( Dave...we're on a first name bases now think's it was a squirrel and he feels he is gone)is not my issue anymore. Took me a day to clean out my dining room and move things back to the basement where my craftroom is. So Timeless Tuesday may be Timeless this week and happen on Thursday or Friday. Who knows??? I'm so tired I want to take some of that NiQuil stuff that makes's the stuffy & sneezy makes you so damn dizzy, you just give in and sleep medication. So I'll be back in a few days.I'm using my own telephone technique...not caller ID but ignore it ID. Happy week fellow stampers.