Happy Mother's Day Mom!

Love spending time with you. Thank you for loving me and teaching me all these years. You are amazing and I couldn't love you more. Love you to the moon & back. XOXO

Bootie socks

Hey Friends...
These are the best bootie socks for your boots or other shoes. They actually stay on and don't roll off your heels. I got them at Target. Made by A New Day. Lots of styles and colors. $5 for a pack of 2. There are fantastic! Love them.

Happy 93rd Birthday Dad!
Miss you and love you so much!

COMING SOON

Ok...to all my blogger friends...believe it or not....it's been 1 year and 9 mos. since I last blogged.
Part of my excuse is that our internet is through Verizon DSL. We are suppose to have "fast" download speed but WE DON'T!!!! We are in the process of getting cable so we can actually download and post things. Yay!

As soon as things are up and running, I will be back.

Thanks for all your kind words and encouragement.

Is anyone watching BLACKLIST?  Wow! It's something else. Hope I don't have nightmares.
But...the BEST show on TV EVER is "Breaking Bad". I will hate for it to end next Sunday.
If you never saw it, you can get it on Netflix. WARNING!!!! You will be addicted and up all night watching.

Back soon,
H

Long Time No Blog

Hi Friends,
Wow, can't believe it but it has been MONTHS since I have looked at or thought about my blog.
Been side tracked with other more important family and friend things.
My husband had knee replacement surgery and life has been challenging without him working.
He's much better now, back to work and things are looking up.

Spent the weekend cleaning our garage. Found this really cool frame that I got at a yard sale in Nevada when I was visiting my sister. Always planned to make "something" with it. Thanks to Pinterest, I got the idea of putting chicken wire across the back and using it to hang jewelry, notes and/or photos. Found the chicken wire in our garage so finally finished it.

What do you think?

Made 2 trips to Goodwill and donated a bunch of stuff. It's a good feeling to get so much done but it isn't so fun working all weekend when you work all week! Blah!

Hope to be a bit more active on this blog. Certainly better than I have been.

My daughter recently hosted a bachelorette party for one of her best friends. She saw some things on Pinterest and emailed me the link. We made them with my Cricut. A banner with "Love is all you need" and then a string of hearts. It was so easy and came out so cute! I will try to get a picture and post it later.

Happy New Year friends!

Happy Birthday Dad!

My Dad turned 91 today.
Happy Birthday Dad!
Love you so much!

Happy Birthday Summer

                   Happy 29th Birthday to my beautiful daughter.

                         Love you so much.

Steve Jobs 1955-2011

When I went to my MAC lesson this morning, I was touched by all the flowers, messages and comments left on and near the windows of the Rancho Apple Store.

Such a loss.

So sad.

Thank you for all your wonderful Apple products.

You have changed the way people live.

Halloween Treat Bags

Gosh...I really blew it with this video.  I had the camera zoomed in too much. Hopefully, you can still get the idea of how these are put together. If not, please leave me a comment.

My Friend Jan

Look what my friend, Jan made for me. She knows I adore cherry motif things and sent me a surprise.
Thanks so much Jan! Love them!

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend as much as I am. It's just nice NOT to have to be anywhere!
It's a bit warm. Might see a movie later. Other than that...no plans. Lovin' it.

Happy Birthday dianne!

Today is my good friend, dianne's birthday.
She has been struggling with some health issues and I just want to wish her the best.
Thinking of you today, d.

Hugs and good wishes!

Mammo Day

Today I had my yearly mammogram. Just a reminder for anyone in my age group (over 50). You should have one yearly. My yearly checkup and my mammo were both FREE through Kaiser. I guess they consider it "preventive maintenance". Woo Hoo! Besides, who wants to PAY to go through all that?

If you need info on Mammograms, go here.

Recent Favorite Pics of My Daughter

Summer & friend

Exhausted after a daily shoot. Putting stuff in storage.

Summer's self portrait

Happy Anniversary

Today is 40 years for my hubby and I.

Happy Anniversary, Dear!

I love you with all my heart.

Here's to 40 more!

More Pics-Vegas skyline

 I can't take credit for all of these pictures. 

Photo credit is also due to my sister, Jan, Bonnie & Barbs.

Taken from Barbs front yard. We saw some beautiful sunsets!

Does anybody else see a horse in the clouds?

Home From Vegas

Wow! Crazy, fun weekend in Vegas and tons of things waiting for me when I returned to work.
We had a great time. The highlight of my trip was when my sister and I had our picture taken with a Lion cub "Buddy" at the MGM Hotel. We were only allowed to pet his hind quarters even though I begged and begged to pick him up. (They wouldn't let me) He weighed 60 lbs. In between pictures being taken, he is given a bottle of liquid meat. (Gross) but I must say...he LOVED it. Sorry the picture isn't better...

I have a few pictures to share from the trip. If you have NEVER driven the road to Vegas, this is pretty much what it looks like. (A lot of nothing!)

Relaxing....ahhhhh.

Don't be too impressed with my winnings.

This is a game on my laptop that I am obsessed with.

Dophin Dice Slot (from the App Store)

I took this picture with my phone in the Bellagio Gardens

and then applied a filter (Used Magic Hour)

This is my son & daughter-in-law's new

rescue. His name is Guinness.

Sorry...couldn't figure out how to flip this photo.

Got this at Sam's Club. $29

Great for keeping the laptop cool.

Has USB to plug in power to fan.

LOVE IT!

More photos later...the morning is getting away from me.

Vegas Baby

All packed and ready to go.

Off to Henderson for Scrapfest with the girls.

Can't wait.

Summer Online Card Camp Week 4

Ok...here is my final card for the Online Card Camp

I really enjoyed all the informative videos and the student gallery. For this card I used Papertrey Ink stamps except for the Love stamp along the bottom that is by Rubber Soul. I used Copics to color in and some chalk on the white card base. I used Distress stickles (Rock Candy) on the clouds that are a Papertrey die. I hand cut the blue trim along the top of the card. The sign says "From My Studio".  I was thinking of my sweet friend, dianne, when I made this. She is going through some tough medical times right now. I sure hope they find some relief for her soon.

This upcoming weekend is Scrapfest in Henderson, NV. for our little group. There are 5 of us that meet about 3 times a year and sometimes we add a few other great friends. This time we are going to enjoy the company of Jan who is flying in from the east coast. We don't get much sleep but we sure have a lot of fun. You will be seeing more in the days to come of our ventures.

Thanks for visiting my blog.

Summer Online Card Camp Week 3

I must say that I am not thrilled with this card. I stamped the first flower in the middle and then masked it so I could stamp the others moving the mask as I stamp to the outside of the center. I found that I am more of a bright color person than these warm colors. I sure am enjoying the technique videos and all the cards in the gallery.

Best Oatmeal

I was blog hopping and found the BEST oatmeal recipe and it is SO EASY! I made it the night I read about it and each morning before work, I scoop some up put it in a ziploc container...add a wee bit of milk and a few blueberries or nuts or any fruit. I just need to heat it up for a few seconds once I am ready to eat it. So yummy. You can find the recipe here.