Thursday, May 17, 2012
Home from Tejas
Just came home from a week long trip to Fort Worth, my dd graduated with her Masters in Public Administration from the UT, Arlington.
Can i just say, I LOVE Tejas! esp Q U E S O !!! We had tex-mex for 3 meals. 1st night -Posados, (my fave queso), 2nd day lunch - Yucatan Taco Stand (the tequila chicken nachos were AMAZING) and after graduation dinner - Papacitos.
This will be my last trip to Ft Worth, as dd and dsil are moving here for 3 to 4 years. So, dd drove back to CA with me, she starts her new job in HR on Friday. Sooo....we got to drive 3 days with ...their 2 dogs and 2 cats. oh! what an adventure!
At night in the hotel room, it was Bailey (the doxie mix)...she would bark and woof at the different sounds. So, we did not get much sleep. Have a funny story about dd sleeping with pillows piled on her head, startling when Bailey began woofing, knocking over the Mt Dew on the nightstand...yeah, f u n. We did leave the maid a small tip with a note that it was Mt. Dew on the towels. teehee
The days, in the car, it was Colby the cat...he yowels for a good 3 or 4 hours, even WITH drugs.(we did not use the drugs on the last day, and it was a li'l better, he seemed less frantic)
But by the afternoon he would tire out, then nap, then wake up an yowel a little, then go back to sleep. aye yi yi.
Glad to be home, and get everyone settled. So the pet count is now, 2 inside dogs, 3 outside dogs, 4 inside cats. Include 1 horse and 6 cows...and you have the MJM abode.
Friday, April 27, 2012
Adventurous Week, well, kinda
On Sunday we had a b-day party for my li'l boo. She is now 3 years old. siiiigh, where does the time go. She has decided that gma can no longer call her all my li'l nicknames, she is constantly reminding me to call her "Adriana". Guess I'll have to make a scrapbook page about all the nicknames, g'ma used to have for her.
She's in another fun stage, the 'look at this' followed by making a face. yeah, that one.
ANd in the imitate everyone stage...gotta watch what we do and say!
I've been spending my spare time in the back guest suite, prepping it for dd and dsil's arrival. Oh My! I had a LOT of stuff back there!
priority one was rehoming my scrapbook stuff that made its way back there. I have 15 18gallon storage bins filled with books, as the bookshelves have now become scrapshelves! ha!
I am now in the process of going thru the stuff my mom left in her closet. Oh MY!!! This is what the room looked like this morn, think ya'll can understand why sometimes I walk in there only to walk out, feeling so overwhelmed.
and
I did replace it(see prev entry)...haven't had time to really play with it, just test it, but I LOVE it!!
ay
On Monday I got a tooth extracted. It cracked last week...been an interesting week as far as the odd pains, numbness, and inability to really taste and eat! But I think I lost a li'l weight. Told dh that next time I start to regain, I'm gonna have a tooth pulled. Don't think I'm gonna get any implants or anything, think I'll just enjoy my 'hillbilly smile'.
Oh, next entry, I'll talk about dh's first days as a rancher. All I'm gonna say is we still don't have one of the cows on our property yet...she is over the fence with the neighbor's herd. teehee
Monday, April 16, 2012
my 'slice' died
This weekend, it's official, it just makes an odd long whirrr noise and does absolutely nothing else. I tried to 'hone' it, but get an error message. Its an older machine, so out of warranty. Plus reading the Scrapbook.com slice lovers machine, sound like customer service is not much help for the machines over a year old.
So, what to do, I've invested so much in cards and accessories. A part of me is kinda disappointed with the whole thing. Did I get $100's use out of it all told? Would it be better to sell what I have left? decisions, decisions.
I love the images and fonts. Even though most of the images I have are pretty one dimensional.
Now, it was the original machine and a 'calibration' card was sent...it helped with the original issues. I liked it, but never found it 'portable' as advertised. It really needed to be plugged in, just to give it the power to make a good cut.
So, what would you do, sell what's left or try again with the Elite?
3 more weekends till dd and dsil come out here. Soooooo looking forward to having them here/near. I sooooooo missed her. I know, I know, she's a married woman now...so it isn't about having my 'baby' back.
Got to spend a lot of the weekend with Adriana, I just LOVE any time I get with that li'l girl. My li'l boo. I think I'm taking her to dance class tonight, maybe we'll stop and get a li'l spaghetti afterwards.
Been working on more ATC cards. The April set for an exchange at Scrapbook.com.
And at a crop last week, on a Tues, spring break for the other gals in the group, but I got the day off...worked on my European Cruise...ALMOST done with the day in Turkey.
for books like this, I tend to do 2 page layouts...I like to use kits like the ones I get from Scrapbook Circle and Scrapbook Nook...but there is usually only one page of a certain pp...so, I need to 'spread it' to 2 pages...can get a li'l challenging. At crops I tend to get the pics down...then embellish later. So, I have a whole stack awaiting embellishment and book placement.
At this pace, I may be finished with the cruise this year. I'll be able to start last October's Hawaii album next year...ha!!!!
So, what to do, I've invested so much in cards and accessories. A part of me is kinda disappointed with the whole thing. Did I get $100's use out of it all told? Would it be better to sell what I have left? decisions, decisions.
I love the images and fonts. Even though most of the images I have are pretty one dimensional.
Now, it was the original machine and a 'calibration' card was sent...it helped with the original issues. I liked it, but never found it 'portable' as advertised. It really needed to be plugged in, just to give it the power to make a good cut.
So, what would you do, sell what's left or try again with the Elite?
3 more weekends till dd and dsil come out here. Soooooo looking forward to having them here/near. I sooooooo missed her. I know, I know, she's a married woman now...so it isn't about having my 'baby' back.
Got to spend a lot of the weekend with Adriana, I just LOVE any time I get with that li'l girl. My li'l boo. I think I'm taking her to dance class tonight, maybe we'll stop and get a li'l spaghetti afterwards.
Been working on more ATC cards. The April set for an exchange at Scrapbook.com.
And at a crop last week, on a Tues, spring break for the other gals in the group, but I got the day off...worked on my European Cruise...ALMOST done with the day in Turkey.
for books like this, I tend to do 2 page layouts...I like to use kits like the ones I get from Scrapbook Circle and Scrapbook Nook...but there is usually only one page of a certain pp...so, I need to 'spread it' to 2 pages...can get a li'l challenging. At crops I tend to get the pics down...then embellish later. So, I have a whole stack awaiting embellishment and book placement.
At this pace, I may be finished with the cruise this year. I'll be able to start last October's Hawaii album next year...ha!!!!
Sunday, April 1, 2012
March was a busy month...
did a couple of swaps...and a huge project for church..also went to the Expo.
Felt like I could not 'catch' my breath this month, and April is not looking any easier. Have a 'close' deadline at work, more training...looks like I'll be working a LOT in April. Then May is when dd and dsil will be moving here. Wow, hopefully things will be back to normal by June. Well, what is normal for me...like a 3 day work week!!
Here are a couple of pics from the church project, did 10 of these signs for the Easter Fair. Good thing I have a cricut, but goodness cutting that may letters was still time consuming and crazy. Used the Don Juan font. Now, for the bigger letters all I had was Hobby Lobby's Paper Studio pack in black...oh my, that stuff is sooooo bad in a cricut, its fibrous and falls apart on the matt and does not come off very clean. Luckily, I made a trip to Michaels for their Recollection pack for the smaller letters.
My granddaughter did the backgrounds for the 'Pin it' and "Registration" signs...all I can say is 'she's a natural artist'. Really, I was working on other signs, and she was left pretty much to herself with the paint and brushes. The hand print was my idea...so funny, after we did hers...she told me, "now I get to paint your hands"
This project took quite a few days, getting the critters and letters cut, the sign blanks wrapped in kraft then the painting. A couple other kids helped. They each did a sign for me.
Earlier in the month, I did this Season's swap with a group at Splitcoast Stampers
I loved the butterflies so much I used them on an ATC swap at Scrapbook.com
then there was a page candy swap also at Scrapbook.com
That turned out to be a li'l harder than I thought, keeping to the theme, but keeping generic enough that hopefully it would be usable for other scrappers. phew!!
this month, with the upcoming work schedule, I only signed up for the ATC swap.
AND hopefully this month I can squeeze in some time to scrap some pages. Well, maybe not, still clearing out the back suite for the kids. We'll see how it all works out!!
Felt like I could not 'catch' my breath this month, and April is not looking any easier. Have a 'close' deadline at work, more training...looks like I'll be working a LOT in April. Then May is when dd and dsil will be moving here. Wow, hopefully things will be back to normal by June. Well, what is normal for me...like a 3 day work week!!
Here are a couple of pics from the church project, did 10 of these signs for the Easter Fair. Good thing I have a cricut, but goodness cutting that may letters was still time consuming and crazy. Used the Don Juan font. Now, for the bigger letters all I had was Hobby Lobby's Paper Studio pack in black...oh my, that stuff is sooooo bad in a cricut, its fibrous and falls apart on the matt and does not come off very clean. Luckily, I made a trip to Michaels for their Recollection pack for the smaller letters.
My granddaughter did the backgrounds for the 'Pin it' and "Registration" signs...all I can say is 'she's a natural artist'. Really, I was working on other signs, and she was left pretty much to herself with the paint and brushes. The hand print was my idea...so funny, after we did hers...she told me, "now I get to paint your hands"
This project took quite a few days, getting the critters and letters cut, the sign blanks wrapped in kraft then the painting. A couple other kids helped. They each did a sign for me.
Earlier in the month, I did this Season's swap with a group at Splitcoast Stampers
I loved the butterflies so much I used them on an ATC swap at Scrapbook.com
then there was a page candy swap also at Scrapbook.com
That turned out to be a li'l harder than I thought, keeping to the theme, but keeping generic enough that hopefully it would be usable for other scrappers. phew!!
this month, with the upcoming work schedule, I only signed up for the ATC swap.
AND hopefully this month I can squeeze in some time to scrap some pages. Well, maybe not, still clearing out the back suite for the kids. We'll see how it all works out!!
Sunday, February 19, 2012
good, good day
did get to play in my scraproom.
finished my ATC's
this month's themes were chocolate, friendship and valentines day.
and I FINALLY pulled out my cinch. I got it at the Expo last August. And even got the papers from a 'grab bag' at another booth. So, I'm filling in the pages as a 'premade' book...our church is doing a young girls 'spa day' and I thought I'd donate it as a door prize. The gal in charge of the 'arts and crafts' part of the spa day is joining our group at next Saturday's crop to get ideas. Won't direct her to a cinch book, but maybe a paperbag album.. Cinch would get too pricey for the amount they need.
it felt good to 'craft'. It truly is therapy.
finished my ATC's
this month's themes were chocolate, friendship and valentines day.
and I FINALLY pulled out my cinch. I got it at the Expo last August. And even got the papers from a 'grab bag' at another booth. So, I'm filling in the pages as a 'premade' book...our church is doing a young girls 'spa day' and I thought I'd donate it as a door prize. The gal in charge of the 'arts and crafts' part of the spa day is joining our group at next Saturday's crop to get ideas. Won't direct her to a cinch book, but maybe a paperbag album.. Cinch would get too pricey for the amount they need.
it felt good to 'craft'. It truly is therapy.
Saturday, February 18, 2012
stress and drama...
Work has been filled with stress and drama. Us 'cubies" are acting like a bunch of 7th grade girls, I would like to say I'm not a part of it...but I am.
It all centers around one gal. She is in her mid 30's and is simply obnoxious. Loud on the phone, uses cuss words to the customers (in a conversational way), lots of personal phone calls, does not accept instruction (if you try to train her, she tells you, "Well, I'm going to your manager")...when she is confronted about some behavior called her own manager a 'liar'. It's been 'building' for a long time and is all coming to a 'head'.
But I have a question, most of us 'cubies' are more 'mature'. We are mostly 40 and above, and just come from a different school of thought about how you work. In our day, there was a professionalism expected of you. Even to having to dress in office attire. remember dress suits/panty hose/ pumps? Though I like the more casual atmosphere in the office, it seems to take away from a degree of professionalism. Is it too much to expect that a customer service rep be able to have a conversation with a customer without the use of the 'sh*t" word? Has that become such a part of everyday language that it really OUR problem that it bothers us? She has been 'talked to' about it, she even has a 'swear jar' in her cube...that simply does not work.
Now we do have a couple of girls in their mid-20's...but they are professional and do not behave like this. Were we just extremely lucky with them?
Should we lower our expectations. It could be different if she was getting the work done...but she isn't. siiiiiiigh
I only work 3 days a week, but those days have become h*ll. What is the solution?
On a lighter note, wasn't this week's episode of Raising Hope great! I had to rewind and watch the last part twice. And I'll admit, I was crying. There are some parts of the show that I 'fast forward' thru on the dvr...but overall I LOVE that show. Garrett Dillahunt (sp) is quite some actor. Went from the menacing terminator on Sara Connor Chronicles to this 'idiot with pecs'. And I remember him on an episode of Criminal Minds when he was the paraplegic using his brother to kill and experiment on people.
Okay, off for some scrap therapy. ATC cards, and its been a looooooong time since I've scrapped for myself. BUT next weekend is a crop...first of the year, can't wait!!!
insert jumping/dancing happy face!
It all centers around one gal. She is in her mid 30's and is simply obnoxious. Loud on the phone, uses cuss words to the customers (in a conversational way), lots of personal phone calls, does not accept instruction (if you try to train her, she tells you, "Well, I'm going to your manager")...when she is confronted about some behavior called her own manager a 'liar'. It's been 'building' for a long time and is all coming to a 'head'.
But I have a question, most of us 'cubies' are more 'mature'. We are mostly 40 and above, and just come from a different school of thought about how you work. In our day, there was a professionalism expected of you. Even to having to dress in office attire. remember dress suits/panty hose/ pumps? Though I like the more casual atmosphere in the office, it seems to take away from a degree of professionalism. Is it too much to expect that a customer service rep be able to have a conversation with a customer without the use of the 'sh*t" word? Has that become such a part of everyday language that it really OUR problem that it bothers us? She has been 'talked to' about it, she even has a 'swear jar' in her cube...that simply does not work.
Now we do have a couple of girls in their mid-20's...but they are professional and do not behave like this. Were we just extremely lucky with them?
Should we lower our expectations. It could be different if she was getting the work done...but she isn't. siiiiiiigh
I only work 3 days a week, but those days have become h*ll. What is the solution?
On a lighter note, wasn't this week's episode of Raising Hope great! I had to rewind and watch the last part twice. And I'll admit, I was crying. There are some parts of the show that I 'fast forward' thru on the dvr...but overall I LOVE that show. Garrett Dillahunt (sp) is quite some actor. Went from the menacing terminator on Sara Connor Chronicles to this 'idiot with pecs'. And I remember him on an episode of Criminal Minds when he was the paraplegic using his brother to kill and experiment on people.
Okay, off for some scrap therapy. ATC cards, and its been a looooooong time since I've scrapped for myself. BUT next weekend is a crop...first of the year, can't wait!!!
insert jumping/dancing happy face!
Friday, February 10, 2012
blah, that's the word of the day
I've regained a pound, so that is discouraging.
dh watches the news every morning and that is disheartening.
the skies are gray...and its kinda cold. the kind of day where you want to snuggle under your fave blanket and watch dvd's.
one of my favorite coworkers had her last day yesterday. Work has been busy and stressful. We have a 'new' girl who brings just a ton of D R A M A. I've been using my MP3 in my cube, to try to drown her out. to stay in my 'happy place'.
have not been sleeping well. Now, I understand when my older friends talk about how difficult it is to sleep through the night.
I've been having odd physical symptoms and odd adrenaline rushes, could it be the 'm' word? or stress?
so, after my Jenny appt, I can come home and have the day to myself.
some of the things I'd like to do is download more music for my MP3...maybe good 'fighting' music...you know, power songs. Or should I go the soothing route? ha!!
and
go play in my scrapbook room. Got an order from CTMH...and ATC cards to work on.
and
I will spend a couple of hours watching dvd's. OR I have taped episode of Big Bang Theory, guess I could watch those while folding laundry.
today is my 'day off' for exercise but who knows, may sneak in my Pussy Cat Dolls workout dvd...it really makes me laugh. yeah, can you just see me rolling my hips and smacking my backside...yeah...its funny. (got it a couple of weeks ago for $10 at Walmart) Next thing you know, I'll be telling dh I need a 'pole' to exercise..ha!!!! (it all started with Wii Zumba)(such a 'slippery slope')
dh watches the news every morning and that is disheartening.
the skies are gray...and its kinda cold. the kind of day where you want to snuggle under your fave blanket and watch dvd's.
one of my favorite coworkers had her last day yesterday. Work has been busy and stressful. We have a 'new' girl who brings just a ton of D R A M A. I've been using my MP3 in my cube, to try to drown her out. to stay in my 'happy place'.
have not been sleeping well. Now, I understand when my older friends talk about how difficult it is to sleep through the night.
I've been having odd physical symptoms and odd adrenaline rushes, could it be the 'm' word? or stress?
so, after my Jenny appt, I can come home and have the day to myself.
some of the things I'd like to do is download more music for my MP3...maybe good 'fighting' music...you know, power songs. Or should I go the soothing route? ha!!
and
go play in my scrapbook room. Got an order from CTMH...and ATC cards to work on.
and
I will spend a couple of hours watching dvd's. OR I have taped episode of Big Bang Theory, guess I could watch those while folding laundry.
today is my 'day off' for exercise but who knows, may sneak in my Pussy Cat Dolls workout dvd...it really makes me laugh. yeah, can you just see me rolling my hips and smacking my backside...yeah...its funny. (got it a couple of weeks ago for $10 at Walmart) Next thing you know, I'll be telling dh I need a 'pole' to exercise..ha!!!! (it all started with Wii Zumba)(such a 'slippery slope')
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