Showing posts with label my life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label my life. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

I'm Back!

Yes, I'm going to resurrect my blog once again!  Writing this blog keeps me motivated to create art and do all the crafts that I love so I'm going to start blogging again.  For now, I'm committing to blogging once a week, on Wednesday...that's my day off.

Your saying, "I didn't know Christine worked!"  Well, I don't but I feel like I do.  I do cardiac rehab 3 times a week at 2:00 and, since I'm such a night owl, that's been taking up my day.  I'm going to try to use my evenings a little more constructively so I can do the things I love.  Translated:  less time on the computer playing stupid games.  I've cut back a lot on Facebook, but I still spend a lot of time playing games.  In the past, cardmaking and blogging kept me from playing games so I'm giving it a try again.

In my evenings, I have been getting some things done in my garden.  I get out their for about an hour and water things, plant things and just tend to things,  I'll give you a tour of my garden at a later time and I'll catch you up with all that's been going on since we last talked

For today, I don't have anything to show you, just wanted to let you know I'm back and ready to start it all again!!!  Have a great day everyone!

Blessings to all,

Friday, December 28, 2012

Courage

Courage: mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty (source)


My one little word always comes to me out of the blue at the end of the year or early in the new year.  You all know that I love Brave Girls Club.  Their homebase is in Idaho so I was lucky enough to go to a party that they had early in December.  While looking at some of Melody Ross' beautiful art work, my word for 2013 came to me.  Courage.


Do you choose a "One Little Word?"  I've been doing it for, I think, four years now.  I haven't ever formally taken the class.  I just choose a word and try to live my life that year according to that word.  Have you taken the class"  I'm thinking I might this year.  I'd love to hear your opinion.


The reason that Courage is such a good word for me is because of a long time goal that I haven't had the courage to start.  I'm not ready to tell the world about it yet but it is going to take an INSANE amount of courage to even start it.  I don't know how long it will take me to complete it.  Maybe even more than the year but I'm going to get a good start on it this year.  I'll tell you about it when I'm ready but just not yet.


After I had chosen my word, I found out that I have another challenge in front of me.  During my heart transplant surgery, I had a small stroke which left me with some cognitive and memory issues.  I have been having these problems for the last five years.  I have recently seen a doctor who referred me to a speech therapist that is going to teach me how to reroute my brain so that I can remember the things that I need to.  I start it right after the first of the year.



I'm very hopeful about this but the doctor has warned me that it is going to be hard and that it's going to take a lot of homework.  It's going to take "courage" to keep going when I don't want to or when it becomes difficult. I think a lot of journalling is going to help me along this journey.


I really think courage is a great word for me.  There are so many days when I wake up in pain from the meds I'm on or from a migraine.  I'm going to work to gain the courage to get off my recliner and get things done.  And if the pain is really too bad, there are things I can do while I'm resting.  I love embroidery and crochet and I would love to learn to knit.  I have so much yarn and so many embroidery projects I could be busy for years just doing these!



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So, you are probably thinking that I don't usually get this personal on my blog, well, and that I haven't really kept up with my blog lately.  This blog is going to take a new direction to reflect the different direction that my life has.


I don't do as much papercrafting as I used to do.  Actually, I haven't done hardly any for some time.  I want to get down to making more papercraft items, especially cards.  I want to start sending out those cards!!!  I hardly ever give out any of my cards.  Can you believe it!  That's one of my goals for this year.  Everyone knows that I make cards but no one ever gets a card from me.  They get my cards from my mom, but not from me!!!  That's going to change!


I went to my uncle's 80th birthday party this summer and my mom gave him a card that I had made.  When his  wife saw the card, she asked if I had made it and said how pretty it is.  Then and there I told myself I need to start giving out more of my cards.  I even went over to their home to deliver a Christmas card this year.  They recently moved from the country (a couple hours drive away) to my neighborhood!!!  I'm really enjoying having them closer.


I have been doing a lot of mixed media art.  I'm in the middle of one right now to reflect the way I feel about my "One Little Word."  I haven't shared hardly any of my artistic pursuits and that's going to change.  I'll share some of the older things and I'll be sharing some new things as well.  I've also done a few sketches but  I'm still learning those.  I've done a couple of faces that are ok but other objects just really don't work.  That just means more practice and more classes!!!


I also want to share a little more of my life.  I know some people don't like that so if you don't like it, you just don't have to read it, k?  You can enjoy my art and my craft and skip my life part.  I've always meant my blog to be about "my life, my art, my craft" as it says on the header.  Well, now it's going to be.  Maybe I'll put a recipe, or a picture of my garden or of my doggy.  Whatever is happening at the time.


I just want to share.  I want this blog to be a picture of my life!!!  I hope that you want to share it with me.  


Also, I LOVE comments so please leave me a comment.  If you do, I'll return the favor!


Blessings to all,

Christine

Friday, August 5, 2011

Guess What I Did Tonight?

Something I never even thought about doing in my entire life! 

first pitchI just found out this afternoon that I would be throwing out the first pitch for the Boise Hawks baseball game.

I was there to share information about Organ Donation.  We stood at the front entrance, and passed out brochures, pens, awareness bracelets and pins.  This afternoon I got an email asking me to throw out the first pitch!  I was scared but I did it because organ donor awareness is VERY important to me!

I even got to keep the ball!  What a night!!!

Blessings,

Christine

Saturday, June 11, 2011

My Summer of Color

At the first of the year I posted my plan for the beginning of the year.  (Here’s a link if you'd like to see it.

Art Journal.  I haven’t accomplished everything on that list yet, specifically the art journaling part.  I have done work in my art journal and I did start out either writing or making art in my journal.  I plan to continue with the art journal but I’m not going to commit to doing it everyday.

 

Soul Restoration II.  I mostly completed Soul Restoration.  I have a few things to finish up.  I also started Soul Restoration II.  This is going to be a VERY powerful class.  It has already made a difference in my life.

After watching the first set of videos, even before I completed the lesson, I had already set the goal and completed something that I have been wanting to do for a long time and was just afraid to make the commitment.

I have volunteered for the Idaho organ donation agency—Yes Idaho.  We’ve exchanged a few emails. I will be calling next week and I will have the first meeting later this month.  I’m very excited to start this journey in my life.  Thanks Melody for helping me take that leap!!!

 

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Your Vintage Glue Book.  This was also on my list to accomplish this year.  They were having a sale a couple of weeks ago so I registered for it but haven’t started yet.  One of the best things about this class is all the wonderful downloads she is giving us.

The other classes and projects that were on my list at the first of the year still are.  As I complete some of these classes, I will register for others.

 

Composition for Collage by Claudine HelmuthThis informative class is from Big Picture Classes.  We’re only on our first lesson and I’ve already learned a lot.  I haven’t actually made the project for the first class.  I’m hoping to share it with you tomorrow.

 

The Summer of ColorThe Summer of Color.  There is one event that I am really looking forward too this summer.  Kristin of Twinkle, Twinkle is hosting this.  She will give us a color challenge each week and we are to make a project of any kind using that color. 

I will probably be making something new and different each week.  Maybe a card one week, a mixed media peace another week, you get the idea!  You should think about coming to join us while playing with color.  You can make anything you want as long is it sticks to the color for the week.  This will be a lot of fun!!!

Plus, I do intend to do some camping this year!!!  After Claudine’s collage composition class and Soul Restoration II are over, I’m heading up into the mountains for a week or two!!!  It’s been several years since I went camping and it’s one of my favorite things to do.

So that’s my summer plans, what are yours?

Blessings,

Christine

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Reflecting on 2010

Warning—this is a long post regarding the personal aspects of my life.  I really wrote it here for me and for posterity so please don’t feel that you HAVE to read this.  Also, as promised I will be having a giveaway for my blogoversary but just haven’t had time to get things together.  I placed an order yesterday and plan to post a picture and start the giveaway as soon as I receive that order in the mail!

I have had this post saved for the last few hours wondering if I really wanted to share it but I’m going to.  I started this blog to talk about my life and through this blog, I found my love of sharing my creative pursuits.  I don’t share personal stuff very often and, as I said above, if you don’t want to read it, you don’t have to!!! *giggle*

I don’t usually reflect back on or even forward at the New Year but I think 2010 has been an exceptional year for me as far as learning more about me, Christine, and the person I want to become.

Brave Girl Camp was a big part of that, but even before that, with events at the beginning of the year, I started looking more about who I want to be in my life.  However, I’m going to leave the events at the beginning of the year unsaid here in this post.  Those of you who have been reading my blog for awhile will know and if you would like, you can look at some of my posts starting at the end of January.

Of course, one of the highlights of my year was Brave Girl Camp.  It quite simply, changed my life.  Plus I was so blessed to go with my sister, Rose.  We each needed it in so many different ways.  I have tried so hard to keep the things that I learned at BGC in my life—continuing to learn from the things shared their and with making my Brave Girl Art.

I will continue to grow more in the Brave Girl aspect of my life with the coming year.  One of the ways that I will be accomplishing this is to take the Brave Girl Soul Restoration course starting 1-11-11.  I received my packet in the mail yesterday and can’t wait for the class to start.  As the year progresses, I will be taking (and finishing) other courses to grow my soul and my artistic pursuits.

A few months ago, one of my Brave Girl sisters posted on Facebook that she was going to “live with peace in her heart.”  I have used this as a kind of life motto since and it really does make a difference in how I live each day.  It was difficult some days like when the property managers drove a backhoe through my very rain and snow soaked lawn including over top of my sprinkler heads (we’ll see how that works out in the spring).  I kind of forgot to repeat my motto until the next day and when I put it into prospective, at least I wasn’t the one with a big hole in my yard!!!  (It’s still there so I think they have a lot bigger complaint than I.)

Anyway, my motto of “living with peace in my heart” has been the biggest change I have made in my life since BGC.  If I’m stuck in traffic and getting frustrated, I say to myself “I choose to live with peace in my heart,” and I feel so much better.  If my neighbor starts his very loud, low rumbling classic muscle car and allows it to run for several minutes just a few feet and a wall from my ears, “peace in my heart.”  When I’m trying to untangle a pile of wire hangers (one of the single most frustrating things on earth), “peace in my heart.”  You get the idea.  It works for almost any situation. 

If you live with peace in your heart, there just isn’t any room for the bad things.  Thanks so much Jeri Lynn for suggesting this.

On the health-front, it’s been a great year for my heart and transplant news.  I continue to pass all my medical test and doctor visits with flying colors!!!  Yay!

The last few months I have been suffering from a past illness that has reared it’s ugly head again.  It’s more annoying than anything but at times, I’m just plain sick and treat myself accordingly.  I haven’t really done much for this yet.  I went to the doc but everything they suggested is just icky and I didn’t want to do it so I was trying to control it with diet.  That just hasn’t been helping much so I started on the medication (has a lot of bad side affects) on Sunday and will take the other med and run the test that the doc wants.  Hopefully, I will start feeling better soon but if not, I’m sure the doc has some other things up his sleeve.

I have had a lot of issues with pain this year.  Sometimes the migraine headaches would last for days at a time.  I’m not complaining here, just reflecting.  The doctor tried a couple of new things on me this year, one being a procedure that didn’t work and the other, a new med that did work.  To make a long story short, my Medicare prescription insurance has run out for the year so I won’t be able to get the VERY expensive prescription filled until January 1.  That’s pretty soon now!

The last several weeks, the body aches have been almost constant.  I will be calling the doctor to see if I can get some relief without taking the narcotics.  However, starting yesterday, I have been just pushing through that pain and doing the things that need to be done.  If I don’t have to leave the house, I take the drugs but really hate relying on those.  Hopefully the doctor will have some alternatives for me.

The neuropathy continues but that will remain constant because of the immunosuppressant medications that I must take.  However, the only real issue I have with that is itching in my legs.  It gets much worse when I go to bed.  When it get’s unbearable, I have a way of treating it with very hot water which I had to do last night but now they feel fine.

I’m also feeling some weakness in my legs when I’ve been working around the house for awhile.  I’m hoping that is because I don’t perform that type of activity much and plan to restart my daily walks—hopefully the weather will cooperate.  The next few days are going to be rainy/snowy and then cold so I won’t be starting that up until I can get outside more.  Hopefully, January 1.

I continue to move things around my studio.  I just can’t come up with a system that is working for me but I keep trying.  I’ve got a couple of other ideas in the works and hope to have “a place for everything and everything in it’s place” soon!  Then comes the decorating aspect!!!  Since I spend 90% of my waking hours in here, I can’t wait!

As most of you know, I’m a blog writer for the Charity Wings/Scrapbook Royalty organization.  I have really enjoyed giving back in this manner and plan to find other ways to give of my time in the new year. 

I sent an email off to an organ donor organization in hopes to start something up here in my community but haven’t heard back.  I plan to go further up the organization’s ladder until I can find someone to listen to me to see if I can get that started.  It is a really important cause to me.

So how does that sound for New Year plans?  It’s not resolutions, those just don’t work.  Really, I’m just going to continue trying to live the best life I can each day and then begin each new day with a fresh start.  That’s one of the best things, everyday is a fresh start!

Blessings,

Christine

Friday, October 15, 2010

Quick Update

I felt soooo much better when I woke up this morning--very little pain left.  I had to go pick up some prescriptions this afternoon so we decided to stop by Michael’s while we were out to see if we could find anything else for our pumpkins.  We wandered around the store for an hour and neither of us spent more than $10.

Anyway, while on the way to the pharmacy, my transplant coordinator (Leann) called and said that all my test came out perfect!!! Once again, no rejection and all other tests came out beautifully!!! Leann said that Rose and I should go celebrate. We're going to the museum, dinner and a movie tomorrow with Trisha!  Trisha has to work for a couple of hours early in the morning and then we’ll go have fun! 

I mentioned yesterday that I had to have a couple of things froze of my hand.  While I was on the computer last night, I noticed that one of my blisters looked like Australia so I thought it would be fun to share!  100_8249 Kinda’ gross but kinda’ fun!!!  That blister has expanded to about twice it’s size now but it doesn’t hurt unless I bump it.  I’ll be kinda happy when it bursts and starts to heal.  Ya’ know it’s kind of hard to take a photo of your right hand.  I had to turn the camera sideways to get the right angle.  The bottom one looks kinda’ like a heart!

Have a great Saturday everyone!!!!  I need to have my pumpkin done tomorrow night for a contest so when we get home, that’s what I’ll be doing for the rest of the evening.  I think it’s going to look great!

Blessings,

Christine

It’s All Okay

My tests are all over and everything checked out okay which is very good news!!!  I won’t hear about the biopsy results until later this afternoon but I’m sure they will come out fine.  They always have.

It was kind of a rough two days though.  On the first day, I saw the dermatologist and he froze off two pre-cancers on my hands and then scraped and sent two skin cancers for biopsy—one on my forehead and one on my waist.  He’s pretty sure that they will be the good kind but they need to be biopsied.  That really caused a lot of discomfort on Wednesday night.

On Thursday I had a left and right heart catheter which means that I got stuck in my left groin and in my neck on the right side.  I was in a lot of pain last night but I am feeling so much better today.  Thank goodness.  I usually breeze through heart catheters but it was pretty rough yesterday.  But all is okay today!  Yay!!!

So that’s about it for today.  I just wanted to update you.  I’ll be working on my pink pumpkins today after I go pick up some prescriptions and one more supply that I need.  I can’t wait to finish them and show them off!!!

I hope you have a great weekend!!!

Blessings,

Christine

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Arghhh! Car Problems

100_2659 I love my truck, but if there is one thing I hate is car problems!  I feel so helpless.  When something breaks in my house, I know a  little bit about things and can tell if someone is taking me to the cleaners. 

But with cars, I know NOTHING!!!  I feel vulnerable and helpless.  My truck will not start.  My neighbor thinks it might be the starter.  I’m hoping it’s just the battery.  But I have a secret weapon this time.  Well not secret so much but my neighbor used to work at an auto repair shop.  He gave me their card and hopefully, since I know him, they’ll do a good job at a reasonable price for me.

Once again, arghhh!!!  Thanks for listening; I really needed to vent.

Blessings,

Christine

PS  I won’t be posting much this week.  I’m heading to Utah next week and I need to get some DT work done and schedule posts.  If I get done with my DT projects, there are a couple of things that I really want to make.  I sure hope I have time!!!

Monday, July 27, 2009

Michael’s Sale on Cricut Carts

Just wanted to let anyone who doesn’t know that Michael’s has all their Cricut cartridges on sale for $40.00.  Even the new ones that just came out – Lyrical Letters, Life’s a Beach, United We Stand, etc.

Also, about my doctor appointment, he increased my dose of one of my meds and will continue to increase it until I’m taking 12 times more than I take now (if I can tolerate that much).  If that doesn’t work, he’ll try something else.  He said that this is the best bet because anything else would have more side affects or interfere with my other meds.

He also gave me a prescription for pain meds but the transplant team doesn’t want me to take it.  They are going to suggest an alternative.

That’s it for tonight!

Blessings,

Christine

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Sugary Hope

Wow, it’s Thursday and guess what?  You can now order the new digi images from Modern Sugar Boulevard!!!  And that also means I get to show you the cards and project I made with these images. 

If you saw my previous post, you now know that I have a message board that has a calendar on it.  I made the August calendar header for a Chriper project.  I used the new Support Bracelet image from MSB to make the September calendar.

support braclet sept_opt

Now, I know what your thinking.   

1.  What does a support bracelet have to do with September?

2.  What does a green bracelet mean?

3.  What does the red bracelet mean?

Well, I’ll answer them all in this post.

support bracelet calendar_optSeptember is a very special month for me.  Not only is my birthday on the 23rd (see the ice cream cone) but I had my heart transplant two years ago on the 7th, signified by the heart (clever huh?). 

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The red bracelet, of course, signifies heart disease awareness and the green bracelet is for organ donation awareness.  When I received this image, I new exactly how I was going to use it.  I used the Doodler…Show Your Support Image from MSB in combination with the Support Bracelet image.  They are made to go together. 

Normally, Doodler is holding an awareness ribbon that you can color for whatever you would like.  I cut that image away using Photo Shop and instead, attached an Organ Donation Awareness pin in its place.  I think I’ve given these pins to almost everyone I know.  They stopped offering them so now I’m hoarding the stash that I have.

I’ll give you the short version of my transplant story.  I was living in Utah awaiting my transplant when I went shopping at Wal-Mart for a pair of slippers that I could wear at the hospital when my phone rang.  I recognized the phone number as being from the University transplant team.  When she told me to come to the hospital because they had a heart for me, I about fainted right there in Wal-Mart.  Instead, I headed to the door as fast as I could (I wasn’t moving very fast at that point; I was pretty sick.) and headed home to get a ride to the hospital.  Once there, they couldn’t figure out what to do with me but they got it all figured out and after hurrying to wait, I got my new heart!  That was the best day of my life!

If you would like to hear more, go to this post.  That’s the longer version.

I’ll be be back in the morning with my cards.  I know it’s already a.m. but my morning usually starts at about 11:00.  What can I say, I’m a night owl!  I told you on Monday that I had been crafting all weekend to show you some lovelies.  I delivered as promised.  Five projects and I still have two more that I can’t post yet.

Well, for some reason, my TV just turned itself off and I can’t get it back on again.  I hope it didn’t die on me or something.  That would be horrible.  I guess that means I need to shut up!

Blessings,

Christine

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Sugar Hippie Chic

THIS IS MY THIRD POST OF THE DAY. Be sure to scroll down to see my Fluttery By Wednesday card.

I’m having a mini giveaway, check it out here.

This post was edited because I found the link to the box tutorial on the Scor Pal site!

I think this is going to be Modern Sugar Boulevard Day. I just noticed that the MSB blog has posted one of my GDT projects. Now I get to show it off to all of you.

hippi chic_optI have wanted this image since I first saw it on MSB. This girl is definitely my inner hippie. Only a few years ago, I drove a Volkswagen bus with HIPPIVAN on the license plates. I wanted FLWRPR but it was taken. I wish I still had it. It was great for camping. When we were camping, everyone called it “The Condo.” Sooooo much fun!

Everything about this box was fun, fun, fun. Of course, I used Modern Sugar Boulevard’s Precious Hippie Chic and I water colored her in my fav colors. I used to own some jeans like these in the 70s.

I got the instructions for the box on the Scor-Pal website. I downloaded the instructions so I can send them to anyone who would like them. I made the bottom part of the box from pink cardstock and the top is made from some tie die looking cardstock from my stash. I think the dp is DCWV but I can’t remember which stack. I cut the flower with the flower2 image from the Cricut Doodlebug cart. I added a Basic Grey button in the middle and finished off with some tiny buttons I got at Wal-Mart.

The little pom-pom fringe is by MulitCraft Imports that I got at Craft Warehouse. I’ve had it for awhile but now that I’ve used it, I NEED more!!! I’ll be headed over there tomorrow to get some more in every color. I hope they haven’t sold out of it yet!!!

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Craft Warehouse is on the other side of town but I don’t mind heading over there because that’s the perfect excuse to go to Iceberg.

iceberg shakes

They have awesome food. I always order a bacon cheeseburger with fries and a raspberry chocolate shake. Mmmmmmm! Are you jealous?

Blessings,

Christine

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

One Word … then Four and a Surprise

Here's what you're supposed to do...
and please don't spoil the fun....
Leave one word answers…
Don’t spoil the fun.
Remember only ONE WORD!!!

1. Where is your cell phone? bookcase

2. Your significant other? None

3. Your hair? blonde

4. Your mother? Patty

5. Your siblings? 5

6. Your favorite thing? chocolate

7. Your dream last night? nothing

8. Your favorite drink? punch

9. Your dream/goal? health

10. The room you're in? craft

11. Your fear? heights

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? here

13. Where were you last night? home

14. What you're not? thin

15. One of your wish list items? Copics

16. Where you grew up? Boise

18. The last thing you did? eat

17. What are you wearing? t-shirt

18. Your TV? big

19. Your pet? Chloe

20. Your computer on? yes

21. Your life? Perfect

22.. Missing someone? Rose

23. Your car? truck

24. Something you're not wearing? shoes

25. Favorite Store? Archivers

26. Your summer? hot

27. Your favorite color? pink

28. When is the last time you laughed? today

29. Last time you cried? yesterday

Now it's 4 answers:

30. FOUR PEOPLE WHO E-MAIL ME? Rose, Gordon, Alice, Marilyn

31. FOUR OF MY FAVORITE FOODS: Cookies, ice cream, chocolate, Mexican

32. FOUR PLACES I WOULD RATHER BE RIGHT NOW: Crouch, Idaho, Salt Lake, Yachats, Oregon, Alaska

33. FOUR PEOPLE I THINK WILL RESPOND: I think Steph will but I’m not sure about anyone else.

Now it’s your turn. Copy these to your blog, delete my answers and add your own.

If you do, please leave me a comment so that I can come by your blog and get to know you a little better. If you do, I will send you the little purse (in the previous post) full of buttons. You have until Saturday, July 25 to enter. Aren’t you glad you read to the end.

Blessings,

Christine

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Rough Day

It’s been kind of a rough day.  I got a lot accomplished today but it wasn’t without cost to the body. 

First of all, I went outside in my bare feet (which I do every morning) to let the dog out.  I was moving the hose around so I could do some watering and stepped on a wasp.  It hurt so bad for about 30 minutes and then it calmed down. 

When my big toe (that’s where I got stung) started feeling a little better, I called my Mother because she was coming over to help out with a few things.  (I know this is backwards; daughters help Mothers but not in my case,  I wish I could.)  She came over and started in the kitchen and I was moving some of the storage things we had moved all around the house when we moved the craft room.  I stubbed my toe.  Now, I have a bit of neuropathy in my feet so stubbing my toe is really, really, really, (did I say really) painful.  The thing that helps is to scream OUCH, OUCH, OUCH, OUCH, OUCH several times at the top of my lungs.  My Mother also has neuropathy so she understood totally when I started screaming.  (She yells ouch, ouch, ouch too.)  After about 10 minutes it settles down quite a bit but still hurts for several days.

So now, both of my big toes hurt like H E double hockey sticks.  (I’m try to keep this rated G.) Mom got the kitchen cleaned, I got the living room cleaned and organized and she vacuumed (vacuuming is really hard for me).  Then we went outside and did some planting and weeding.  Tomorrow I will put the finishing touches on the living room and do a little more in the kitchen, clean the bathroom, spray off the deck and my house will be ready for the bridal shower.  Yay!!!

Then all I have to do is make chicken salad, dessert (I think I’m going to make a trifle) and a drink.  On Saturday I’ll get the yard ready and do a little decorating and everything will be ready for the shower.  Yay!!!

Once again, if anyone can help me come up with some ideas for bridal shower games, let me know! 

Okay, that’s it for today.  I’ll keep you posted on the shower preps.  I know  you want to know (he-he)!!!  It really think it helps me to talk to all of you about it.  Relieves my stress a little.

Talk to you again tomorrow.  I need to make a retirement card for my Mom to give to someone so hopefully I’ll have a card tomorrow. 

Blessings to every one.  Thanks for letting me ramble.  It really does help!

Christine

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Nothing New

kitty daisy I got one card made today but, of course, I can’t share it yet. 

(Photo courtesy of Cute Overload.)

I had a couple of errands this afternoon (which is my morning) and then did some gardening after I got home.  Then I got my card made and tried to get on the internet to visit blogs and say “HI” to all you lovely ladies and my internet was dead.  After unplugging every cord possible and plugging it back in, it still wasn’t working so I called CableOne.  He said that it was coming in the house but wasn’t getting to the computer.  I’d already figured that out!!!  He had me unplug the cord running from the computer to the modem.  Guess what?  It worked!!!  I’d already done that three or four times wasting about an hour.

The moral of the story: I didn’t get to visit all my lovlies!  Hopefully I’ll be able to drop by tomorrow.  I have a doc appt but then I’ll be home for the rest of the day!  Hopefully, I’ll have time to make a card to share with you.  With my new artsy room, I’ve lost my photo backdrop until I figure something else out, I can only take pics in the daylight.  That kind of messes with my habit of making cards until late and then posting them before I go to bed.  I’ll start taking my pics outside when I get up.  That’ll work for at least a week because the weather prediction is sunny and hot!!!

See you all tomorrow!

Blessings,

Christine

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

My Light is Going Out

I'm in mourning.

My favorite soap opera, Guiding Light, the one I've watched since I can remember, is going off the air on Sept 18th. No more Josh and Reva . . .

. . . no more Coopers . . .

. . . no more Lewis's . . .

and no more Spauldings (that's a good thing). There's always one family that you love to hate.
Only on a soap would people have that look on their faces during a wedding. (hehe) I think this is the instance that Beth's (the bride) x-husband who everyone thought was dead walked in. Well, the guy on the right, Rick (which is also the bride's x-husband), and the guy next to him knew that he was alive. They, however, didn't know he was coming back to Springfield. (So soap opera-ish.)
Guiding Light is the longest running show in broadcast history. GL started on radio in 1937 and continued operating on radio and television for a couple of years so people who didn't own a TV yet could still listen to their soap.


GL was the first soap opera to have African-Americans in leading roles. It raised awareness for several issues, such as discrimination against women (in the 40s), teen alcoholism and drug abuse, uterine cancer, postpartum depression, AIDS, Down syndrome, leukemia and breast cancer. I could name most of the characters that were portrayed in those roles. Well except for in the 40s. (hehe)

GL's Find Your Light campaign served many people. The actors went to New Orleans and other city is need to help rebuild houses. The show also encouraged others to participate in their Find Your Light campaign and highlighted, during commercial breaks, some of the things the viewers had done.


Kevin Bacon , Calista Flockhart , James Earl Jones , Cicely Tyson , and Hayden Panettiere were all on GL before they made it big.

GL was not renewed for 2009/2010 by CBS after 57 years on that network. The production company is trying to find GL a new home. (Did that sound like an obituary? I didn't mean for it to, but it seems fitting.)

I already TiVo my soap each day but only keep one episode. It's not hard to catch up with what you missed on a soap. I think I'm going to start recording all episodes now. They'll probably have some good story lines in the meantime though.

I got some of this information from http://www.myglcommunity.net/. Most of it I already knew but wanted to confirm some things.

I sure hope the find a new home!!!

Blessings,
I just proofread this and I can sure see the tech writer in me coming out when I'm writing about facts. Say what you need to, get to the point and say it quick. (hehe)