had an adventure yesterday...

Went to the eye doctor. Got a full battery of tests. including them dilating my eyes...oh, that was interesting. could not focus and lights were very bright...it was my first dilation. he said my eyes, at age 48, are in good shape. just the expected occular degeneration. sooooo, there wasn't enough significant change to my prescription, so I kept my current sunglasses and glasses, just added a pair of reading glasses to my repetoire. Current glasses are tri-focals, just could not get the up close part to work for me.

I've been thinking for the reading glasses, I want something fun. Not everyday normal, but fun...retro horned rim glasses...or a fun color...etched...you know...

I got a pair of Guess glasses...kinda pink/purple in color, with the G bling on the sides. I'm stylin'!!! I'll pick them up in about 12 working days.

I had lunch at El Rosal, very good, but Las Gaviotas in my town is better.

Then I went to Michaels, 'just to get an album with my 40%off coupon'..uh huh.
I have started to get the Recollections albums. Yesterday, it was a pale blue one.
and paper was 30% off. so picked up BG Ambrosia (never had an interest in it before, the orangy-gray combo did not appeal...but...its pretty cool in person.) and My Mind's Eye 29th Street Market..think the blues, browns, grays will work for some pics of a snowmobile trip dh took many years ago. I wanted to find something with wintery colors but not a themed wintery/Christmassy line...does that make sense? The papers were 30% off, but at reg price .99 ea., did not feel like it was a super great bargain.

did I mention I'm on a budget. Actually supposed to not buy. uh huh.

I also picked up a slice cartridge 'chillin' on Ebay. for 29.99 with shipping insurance. so, about $32.

I also picked out my ugly paper to send for the ugly paper challenge on scrapbook.com..teehee. oh, these are ugly. When I first started scrappin' I bought mega packs from Ebay. This is before I learned about lines like BG, MME, Making Memories, DCWV... so, I've got a collection of these to send to my poor potential victim. Can you see the detail in the purple...hey! its kinda like my vision yesterday while my eyes were dilated!!

organize your stuff...Alphas

I like the way my Alphas are stored...I have chipboard, misc alphas in these mixing bowls and brandy glass(well, plastic from W's)..



I have my KI soup on a shelf in my cabinet...



my thickers in a basket on my counter...







and stickers in a bag in a drawer...


as I've been thinking about it, I probably want them closer together. They are kinda spread out in the room. though, I'll probably leave it as is. it works.


kitten news:

oh my, on Sunday, li'l girl was allowed to sleep outside the bathroom, we feel confident that she has been using the litter box...she spent that night on the couch. She was pooped out with all the attention she got from our visitors.

but on Monday...she figured it out...if she follows papa into the purple room and climbs the big thing in the middle...she can sleep between papa and mama.
Does dh kick her off like he did Percy when he was a kitten? Noooooo, papa laid a t-shirt in the middle of the bed for her. (he does not like cat hair on the sheets and pillows). She did sleep on the t-shirt, when she slept. I got up twice during the night with her. does she attack papa's pajama hem and bat at his face...nooooo..she does it to me. Needless to say, I did not get much sleep...and Weds I was a yawning mess at work.

Weds night, same thing, except worse...during her 3:30 am romp..it was like she was on Red Bull!! holy moly, she even woke papa up...we were late to work. My body did not even think of waking up till 7am...dh claims he tried to wake me...but I was sooooooo out. (we usually leave at 7:15)

I don't know how this is going to work out...good thing she is sooooo cute!

work is boring!

pppbbbbbllllt!

well, one more week till the end of the month. AND I have both Thurs and Friday off. Thurs for an optomotrist appt...time to get reading glasses...I'll really look like a grandma, with my reading glasses around my neck with a chain!! and Friday back at the church to write checks...payroll and quarterly taxes. fun, fun.

Charlette is li'l miss entertainment...she is at the 'dink dink' stage. You know, where she is constantly hopping and getting into anything she can? We had friends over on Sunday, and she was a 'hit'.







AND we loved watching Design Star...hot pink geese...who'd have thought that was a good idea? I didn't. but I loved the rest of the room. My bedroom is the same purple color and loved that birch tree artwork...

and don't go to Joanne's.com...DCWV stacks half off...also the bead holders...yeah, I could get in trouble.

making progress...

in the kitty world...the big cats no longer growl and hiss at the little one...the still won't play with her. but, hey, its still progress right?

I got to spend yesterday afternoon with Adriana. My perfect day! except, guess what, li'l miss has decided she will no longer take a bottle. Not even with breast milk, no formula...uh uh. She won't take it from her daddy, her mommy or her g'ma. Mom is trying diff formulas, nipples...but nope, she does not want it. She can be hungry...but if its the bottle. no way.

hmmmm...wonder where she gets that kind of pickiness and stubbornness...hmmmmmmm

(its her mom) (Nyki is sooooooooo picky about food. for ex: she hates celery, and claims even if I cut another veggie using the same knife I had cut the celery with...she can still taste it.)

but came home and no internet! boohoo

today should be a leisurely day of internet, tv and scrappin'! ha!!

oh and a warning, don't open your email about 2Peas Warehouse sale, very dangerous....before I knew it, I had spent $52.00!!

some pic of my scraproom organization in progress:

this is my work area. got one of those utility shelves from W..turned it upside down and my li'l dollar store baskets fit in the nook. Its the first thing I see when I walk in...and I like it. The mixing bowls are from T's dollar spot and are filled with alphas..plastic, chipboard.




the challenge blog concentrated on Primas, Buttons, Rhinestones, Brads, Misc Stuff.








here is my flower/button storage, as of yesterday. Bought spice racks from W...I am loving this. Now instead of flowers in 3 or 4 different areas of the room. They are all together.



Bling! love this, ddil gave it to me...it was filled with cookies from Costco, the long packaged bling, like Prima swirls and some Doodlebug are in a magazine holder in front.



Brads and metal...in the baskets and art bin. This may be a 'problem' area as I would do better if I could see what I have. I'm finding I don't use these as much as I should. My most used brads/eyelets are in one of the baskets near the work area in 'pill' type containers. you know the ones that screw together to create a stack. I should think about gettin more of these, that I now have my beads in for my brads/eyelets






Misc:

stickles and smooches...an old desk drawer tray...got from my neice, Sara. its on top of a 3 drawer plastic storage unit dd used for jewelry in college. top drawer, small chipboard..2nd drawer dewdrops..3rd drawer...that would be the junk drawer, business cards and stuff.





and this shelf is all things shiny/glittery...glitters, flocking, glimmer mist, foiling, beads.

dh last night...

"having a new kitten is exhausting, its like having a baby in the house"

Yup...she meows a lot..and she is soooo tiny, you gotta watch out...right now she is 'bouncing' around in the office, looking for something to play with. bites on our toes, try to climb our legs. But, she is sooooo cute! She was born in a friend's garage on his property..I doubt there was litter box training by mom. So far, when she is in the room with the box..she does fine. Last night, she started to go in a corner in the office.


Wasn't Hell's Kitchen riveting? But I am so disappointed in the way the former Marine (Joey)and Texan (Van) are behaving...c'mon guys represent us better!..

I think Gordon needs to fire this whole crew and get a new one.

and yay! I got on the treadmill last night while watching it...2 nights in a row!

This is embellishment week at Organize Your Stuff challenge. Oooooooh, my. Where do I start. The challenge concentrates on brads, primas, buttons, rhinestones, misc.

I like to organize by type. That is how I think of them. I like to leave in packaging...cuz I also think by brand plus in the case of Primas and buttons...I like how the shades are color co-ordinated for me.

I also like my re-purposed containers. I think they add to the decor of my room.

But, I do need to be able to see them to use them. so, I do have some 'problem' areas to think out.
well, I post pics after work...gotta go to work...yucko

look what Michael brought home..

In shock, I asked 'you brought me a kitten?" He said, "Nope this one is mine." That she will be an indoor/outdoor cat...horrible idea, the dogs will shred her. That is what they do. He took her outside with him, to show the dogs that this is HIS kitten. and they were curious, but did not hurt her. Well, they would have had to grab her from her hands to do it... I guess that is his plan. I don't think it will work, so I am trying to convince him not to do it. Let her be an inside cat; spoiled and worthless. DD thought of her name, Charlette.

Percy and Cassandra are not happy. But hopefully they will adjust. I am backing off, let Michael bond with her...so he won't send her outside. And so Percy won't feel threatened...but he is in a 'snit'. She has spent the morning next to Michael's feet.

I told Michael to get another of her littermates; that having a companion would help with the transition. He said 'if I do, they will definately be indoor/outdoor cats.' does that mean he is rethinking it for Charlette. Hopefully. So, I told him
'forget it. I want her to be indoor only'

Last night she was in a box next to his side of the bed. She was 'crying' and he put a pair of his used socks in there. So his scent could comfort her. she did get quiet...or maybe she passed out! ha! She is so tiny, right now her 'litter box' is a gladware container!

I did do a li'l scrapping yesterday. Just 2 quick layouts. The big project was the start of my layout idea notebooks. While shopping at Staples, I bought 3 spiral notebooks...one for 1 picture layouts, one for 2 picture and the other for 3 pictures and more. I cut up my old CTMH catalogs for the pictures. I think I need one more for cards. but, I got started.

The organize your stuff challenge this week is embellishments. yikes!