Vintage Elegance

Main stores: Where you can find this lovely kit by Lins_Creations called Vintage Elegance.
 https://www.mymemories.com/store/display_product_page?id=LINS-EP-1509-93062&R=Lins_Creations

http://berryapplicious.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=6&zenid=84c0957ba9c4a57a27b1e496e193fb2d


 Hi everyone,

 Well you have seen this page here first. I will upload it after a while in the forums and on facebook. I did this page several days ago but have wanted to make sure that I had the store information right before I posted it. I sure hope that the link turns out alright because I am trying to help her win a contest and she has to use the top link so they can track her traffic if that makes sense.

 Nathan got a new job and it is 12 hour shifts and this one is with a permanent company so it s not with one of the temp agency's... YES! We can celebrate that! He will be working from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm and so he will be having to get up like at 5 in the morning.
 Since I am such a night owl we talked last night about how I was going to have to figure something out with the computer and being up so late, so I rearranged my bedroom. I moved my big desk down and in front of the window, and out 2 smaller tables where the desk was. Brought in a chair, plugged in a lamp and my computer and guess what? Here I am sitting here looking out my bedroom window while the birds play! Wish I had done this months ago. I just didnt think that I had the room but now I know that this will work out well.

 There really isn't much news today. I had a bad headache yesterday and was so tired from the increase of my medication. I laid down for an hour yesterday afternoon and I guess that little hour revved me up because it was almost 4 this morning before I could relax enough to go to sleep.

So Jonathan did some research on my favorite yogurt and said that he did not want me to buy it anymore. He said that it is GMO. Genitically Modified Organism. Now I am not savvy about this kind of thing so I am going to google it and find out the ins and outs.... but basically my kids asked me not to buy it anymore... hmmm

 I hate to run but I just found out that a friend is willing to take me to wal-mart to get a prescription straighted out that they are having problems with so I will blog more when I can. Have a great day everyone BB

Changes In Life

Hi Everyone,

 I hope that this finds everyone doing well. I have some news to share. The first day of Autumn did not go as planned. I was not feeling well when I went to bed and feeling worse when I woke up the next morning. I called my doctor and got right in. Well he sent me to the hospital to be seen and they ended up admitting me.
 Mostly to do with my heart racing and pulse extremely high and in the end I had very low potassium in my body so hopefully I am back to normal. I have a doctors appointment today so I will have to get this posted and get on with doing a few things before I have to get ready to leave.

 Here are some before pictures to share with you. This is the empty field that I walk with Cisco. It used to be an apartment building but it burned down a couple of years ago. There was talk of re-building, and then that was scuttled in favor of a walking trail and dog park. So here are the before pictures and I will post the after pictures when it gets done. They have been working really hard clearing the debris and lots of people are out here at different times of the day doing work so they are getting it done it seems.

So it is kind of bland right now. It was really pretty at the beginning of spring when the wildflowers and bluebonnets were blooming. From what I hear it is going to be rock and arid dry and drought resistant plants that require little water. I guess that we will see. I am not so sure what it will look like when it is done but the front office has a big artist sketch of it and it looks really pretty. I guess that we will see soon enough.

 I am not sure what was wrong with Foxy this weekend. She was a terror. She would attack Cisco for no reason at all. I am so glad that Cisco started defending himself against her. She has turned really aggressive to him. Karyn said her whole personality towards Cisco changed when she had her spayed. I gave them both a treat yesterday and she didn't want hers but went after Cisco because she didn't want him to have his. So she watched while Cisco got both treats. Not sure what is up with her. We did time outs and scolded her it really didn't seem to help matters at all. We would never spank her but if there was ever a doggie that needed a spanking she needed one yesterday.

Guess I had better get off of here. I have so much to do before I leave and run out of energy.... Have a blessed day to everyone... Oh... how did you all like the blood moon? It was awesome here. We had hazy cloud cover so it wasn't really vivid but we could see enough of it here to make it worth while... Take care everyone BB.

A Beautiful Start To The Day

 Good Morning,

 It is still morning here but not for much longer. It is almost 11:00 am. I slept in late this morning. My alarm went off at 7:00 am but for some reason I was still very sleepy so I just turned it off and rolled back over. 

 I had very vivid dreams. I was in my car and I left my sisters house to go for a drive and ended up stopping at this really nice looking bed and breakfast. Inside I realized that the woman that owned the B&B was a friend of mine that I had lost touch with years and years ago. We talked for hours and the Sheriff came by to tell her that someone that she knew had died and had left her a few things. The man was a very simple man. He left her a paper weight of a frog, a book with some dried flowers, a key chain and a silver chain with a gold ring that held several stones that appeared to be diamonds. No one thought much of the ring as he was a very poor man but the ring ended up being very valuable and she could have sold it and paid her way out of financial hardship but of course she didn't do that. She put the necklace on and wore it all thru the dream. When it was time for me to leave I asked her....  "What town am I in?" and she said... "Honey your in Gladmore Kentucky", What a weird dream.

 The next one was rather errie as well. I was taking care of these 2 little boys and it was cold out and I was trying to get them to put on their socks and shoes and a jacket and they told me that they had left them at their house so as cold as it was we walked to their house and I knew that something was wrong because the house was run down, windows broken out, the place hadn't been lived in for years but the boys were so happy to be home that we went inside. The boys were little ghost boys. I woke up right after that and here I am writing about these crazy dreams in my blog. 

 And Yawning as well. I really hope that my coffee kicks in soon lol.

 On Friday the maintenance man  showed up to have a look at our water pressure and finally found the problem with my dishwasher so he ordered me a new one. He said if it didn't come in Monday it would probably be here on Tuesday so that is today... However I am not going to get too excited as of yet because I just saw him working and he has no help. Poor guy. So I guess that I will get my dishwasher when I get it. But if I don't hear anything by today I will call tomorrow to make sure that I am still on the work order.

 So for our Mabon Celebration on Sunday we had for dinner, beef pot roast, roasted carrots and onions, sweet potatoes, squash casserole, mashed potatoes, gravy and yeast rolls. My rolls did not rise the second time so they were a little heavy but good anyway. Karyn baked a chocolate cake with sea salt caramel icing. Oh I forgot that we also had pinto beans and roasted zucchini squash. We had a lot of squash because she had brought some over that needed to be cooked and I had some that needed to be cooked so we roasted some and then we made a casserole out of the rest. Everyone was so full that we could barely move. We have not had a meal like that since around Easter I think. We have had family meals but not that huge. At any rate it was a great day all in all. 

 Even tho I had my alter set up I couldn't get the right kind of light for any pictures and my kids were like... No ... don't take any of me... and one ran to the bathroom, the other to the kitchen, one out side so I was like ok... 

 But tomorrow I am setting up my alter again, this time using my dining room table because I have plenty of light. Here are the gifts that Joe brought me. 

This is my new Challis.  It is very heavy and very pretty. I really like it. I was wanting another one. The one that I have is a small champagne glass. This will do nicely for my large altar and I can keep the one in my bedroom for my smaller altar. 

A nice and simple wooden bowl. I did not have one of these and I am very pleased with this one. I am going to cure it with some linseed oil. 

 

 This is my altar cloth that Joe and Karyn gave to me. It is not totally open but I will take pictures tomorrow and hopefully you can see more of it. 

 I had a text message this morning from Courtney that said, turn on your data and I did and I have new pictures of my granddaughter Celeste. Such a cutie pie. She is wearing a headband with a bow. She was giving her mama a hard time about getting dressed this morning so we have glamour shots of Celeste in a diaper and bow.... lol... she is such a happy baby.

 I wish that Matthew and she could work out some sort of agreement. She needs both parents in her life.

 Oh did I mention that I have gotten my lab results back and that my medication is working? My cholesterol and my triglycerides are both way down... YES and even my sugar is coming down. I am so thankful for that. 

 It is a lot of medication that I take daily but it seems to be what was needed all along to help me with these problems.

 I guess that I will close for now. You all have a great day.... Until tomorrow... BB

A Nice Weekend

 Hi Everyone,

 I really must do a few pages to share here on my blog that I have not shared on FB so that those of you that are my facebook friends will also have a different page from me. I haven't done much of anything over the weekend in the scrapping world.

 Yesterday the kids and I celebrated Mabon and sadly I did not take pictures. We decided that since it was not actually the first day of fall that I would set up my alter again on the 23rd. My mind must really be going because I always thought that it was the 21st. Not this year, The 23rd is the first day of Autumn. So I will finish up my ritual then.
 Personally I think that the kids just didnt want me taking pictures of them... lol.... They seen me with the camera and they scampered everywhere but where I needed them. Also where I set up my alter, the light was really bad and I couldn't get any good pics so Joe and I decided that on Wednesday we will set up the dining table and take pictures. That will be better as he has given me some really nice gifts that I want to use.

 I took pictures but so far they have not arrived at my email account. I have sent them twice but so far they have not shown up. How odd that is.
 Well Joe brought me a very nice Alter Cloth that he has had for several years and has passed down to me.
 A very pretty cut glass Chalis and last but not least a wooden bowl that had belonged to his grandmother at one point that he passed on to me. We are going to buy some linseed oil and season it. Also the items need to be cleaned before I use them so this gives me a few more days.

 Yesterday I was going thru some mail to throw away or to file and received a really nice paper cut. Boy is it sore. It is on my right index finger and makes typing a little difficult. How can something so tiny hurt so much? It caught me right under my finger nail and across the tip of my finger. I told Karyn that I have had big cuts that haven't been as sore as this little tiny one.

 I just re-sent my pictures to my account and they still have not come so I am going to just have to post them later I suppose. I am not sure what is going on. I hope that there is nothing wrong with my phone.  But for now I have to get my butt in the kitchen and clean it up in case the man shows up with my new dishwasher. I have a feeling that it will be tomorrow before it gets here, but one never knows. I will probably be back to post a little later. I do have a few more things to discuss... Until then BB

Mabon Celebration A Day Early

 Hi Everyone,

 This page is done with Miss Edna's Quick Page. I think that it turned out really pretty and I hope that you enjoy it as well. I really need to do up a few more pages so that I have them ready for days that I don't work on scrap pages.

 I was a little busy today doing my laundry and getting a few things ready for tomorrow. It is amazing how busy I was and really didn't accomplish much of anything. But I have my bedding washed and cleaned and my laundry all done and so that is a plus in the right direction.

 Karyn is coming over tomorrow and we are making a beef pot roast with veggies. I think that I am going to go for Mashed potatoes since I am going to have to cut them out of my diet for the most part, I think that I want to have one last mashed potato feast lol. Normally we just place them with the carrots and onions but I am thinking that mashed sounds yummy and I am making yeast rolls and last but not least a cake. Chocolate fudge with sea salt caramel... sounds good to me.

 I will take pictures and share. It should be a fun time or at least I am hoping so. I have to run the dishwasher tonight before bed. I didn't do it earlier. My back and side has been hurting so movement has been slow for me today.

 Nathan is ready to go to bed so I am going to say goodnight. It is hard to type in the dark for me.... So have a great day... BB

CT Pages and Other News

Vintage Baby kit by Lins_Creations. I love this kit and so many ideas that can be used on your pages. This is my first page. You can find this beautiful kit here at"
https://www.mymemories.com/store/designers/Lins_Creations

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http://berryapplicious.com/store/index.php…

Hello and Good Afternoon,

 I almost said good morning! I slept in late this morning. I have had several big things that I had to do this week. I went to the doctor, I went grocery shopping which completely zonked me out. I came home and went straight to my room and stayed there for the most part. I was just so tired because as always I get so wound up and my anxiety kicks in when I have to see my doctor. Not about what he will say, I usually already know for the most part, but I am always afraid that I will over sleep and so the opposite happens. I don't sleep at all.

 I have been so far behind in my CT pages. I have been trying to catch up. This cute page above was made from a kit called Vintage Baby and it is a very big kit. I really like it because I love the vintage era.

 Can you believe that September is half done practically and October is just around the corner? I will celebrate my 56th birthday. My sister will celebrate her 52nd birthday, my brother will celebrate his 69th birthday and my niece will be 34 on hers and my grand daughter will be 1. So we have a lot of birthdays in October.
 Other happenings is that I will have my surgery  coming up on the 15th. I have my pre-op appointments the day before. I am scheduled for my Mammogram in October and and it seems like that there is something else other than Halloween but I can't think of it right now.

 The other day Patsy called me and said that it was pouring down rain at her house. She lives in San Diego California. They do not get very much rain there but that day she said it was coming down hard and fast and it lasted a good long while too. I told her to send me some rain.... I said... go outside and send it to me. She just laughed at me.
 About 30 minutes later Jonathan and Nathan and I was sitting in the living room and we all three at the same time said... "Is that Rain"?
 Oh yes... it was and it was coming down in sheets. I had to call Patsy and tell her Thank You for sending me the unexpected rain lol....

 The cooler weather has brought back a few of the birds. I saw my blue jay twice now. I haven't seen his mate.The squirrels are gathering and I have seen them a few times and then there are some more really pretty birds coming in. Not sure what they are.
 The man that threatened to call animal control on our racoons must have done so because I have not seen them since. They were not hurting anyone, but some people can be so mean. He had valid arguments but only to a degree. His only valid argument was that they do carry rabies and we have had more than our share of rabies over the past few months but I had never seen them be vicious so I think that he was just being mean.

 Well I guess that I need to get busy and take care of a few things. My friend Edna put up a beautiful QP today so I think that I will go and make a scrap page and then I need to lie down. Been dizzy today. I need to check my sugar as well. Have a great day everyone. BB

For My Little Alex

Hi Everyone,
 I know that it is going to be a sleepless night for me. I have to be up early to go to the doctors tomorrow for my labs and so I know that if I go to bed now I will probably over sleep so I know that I probably will not rest well so I will just blog for a little while and then I will lay down for a bit with my phone and play a game or something. I have my alarm set so I might get a little sleep.

 I scrapped this page of Alex. It is one of my favorite photos with him giving a little smirk and a wink. He is such a sweet imaginative child. He has so many of his daddy's charming ways when he was that age. Anyway I scrapped this page and then I saved it, converted it to picture and then took it back into a program and this is what I ended up with...

Just click on the pages to enlarge. 

So not much is going on here besides hanging out on the computer tonight. I talked for awhile on the phone to a couple of my friends and after that I just worked on this page and after I uploaded it at Facebook I realized that I didn't upload it to the groups but I will go back in and do that as soon as I finish my blog which will be soon. I still want to take my shower and I am reading a book that I want to finish.

 I have a couple more pictures to share.

Mabon is coming up and I have my menu planned and getting everything ready this year for my altar that I will share with my friends and family. Year before last I did a very simple celebration and I also bound my besom. I would like to share these pictures with you. Last year I was not able to do my celebrations as I was recovering from my surgery so I just held a very private ritual. This year I plan to go a step beyond in order to celebrate in a more festive frame of mind.

My menu is simple but hearty.

Alfredo Lasagna, Bread, Roasted Root Vegetables, and salad. Dessert of course will be small cakes and ale and wine. 

 This is two different views. 

 This is me with my broom that I bound and blessed.

I miss celebrating with my friends, but this year I hope to be able to celebrate with my family and always remember to be Thankful for the harvest and for the food that is granted to me and my family, my friends and to all those in need.

 I plan to take pictures so I shall be sharing them with you.... 

 Until next time... BB