Apology

sorry i haven't been posting...it hurts to do much more than the daily fundamentals...and it is very hard with 2 active toddlers...the good news is my doctor is referring me to orthopedics...hopefully they can treat this pain effectively and i can get back to my regularly scheduled programing...i so need to spring clean and get the yard and garden ready...please bear with me...i have mojo just not the time or fortitude to do much crafting...i have a couple of swaps i'm slowly working on and i will post

Productive?...Me?...

i haven't posted anything in a few days because my "mojo" kicked in big-time this week...and i'm not looking a gift "mojo" in the mouth...finished a couple of swaps and helped my daughters with some designs for their swap cards...we all collaborate...i tell them they're my "guest designers"...they are both very artistic/creative...like my mother and brother...so i need to take pics and get them uploaded...probably trickle them out in various posts so i can continue to create while it lasts..have to run to HL today though...need some stuff...be safe and be well everyone...

Oops....

i have done a couple of cards for the Hope You Can Cling To Challenges ...but haven't taken pics of the cards to post yet...been busier that the proverbial one armed paper-hanger...and when i went to do a card for one of them i realized...uh oops...out of adhesive...thought i had another refill...there i go thinking again huh?...so off to michael's or hobby lobby today...or maybe robert's...have to check the sales/coupons...

Cherry on Top Award

Wow...Donna...whose awesome blog Donna's Designs i follow...(follow...NOT stalk)...passed this award to me...and i am tickled pink as the month of October about it...Thanks sooo much Donna!

Once you receive this award you do the following:

thank the person who passed it to you

post it on your blog

share 3 things you like about yourself or that you enjoy doing

pass it on to 5 others

the 3 things i enjoy doing...(other than stamping and blogging):

blurfing...you know surfing all the lovely and inspiring blogs out there 

i love looking...even if i don't always comment

reading...everything...especially crime/mystery...paranormal (fiction and "non-fiction")...cookbooks...cartoon books like "the far side" and "calvin and hobbes"

spending time with my family...my husband is my BFF...well one of them anyway...i say one because i'm also very close to both my daughters...and we are friends now that they are both adults and i don't have to be mom so much...

so now to pass this on to:

Patty - LaLatty's Stamp 'N Stuff

Rhonda - rhondastamps

Colleen - Dragonflyink Creations

Ruth - Stamp Off, Eh!

Rebekka - A Diamond in the Rough

difficult to choose just 5...so many blogs i love

keep on inspiring

keep on bloggin'

                                                     

I want to thank the "little people"

ok this is about kids...my nephew and grandson specifically...i provide childcare for my bro and sil...their smart as a whip 2 soon to be 3 y/o...and my 2.5 y/o...not too shabby in the brains dept grandson...cue the tantrums and tears...nice work tho if you can get it...i want to tell you all that they make it hard for me to craft during the day...but they provide entertainment that can't be paid for...all this is a setup to advise that i will probably post funny or embarrassing things they do and say occasionally...

i will also mention my other grandson and my granddaughter...they live with me now...moved my daughter and the kiddos into my home this summer...joy and heartbreak go hand in hand...

Talent

there are sooo many wonderful blogs out there...just looking at the stamping/craft ones will take me forever...and i'll be happy the whole time...i plan to look at my faves frequently...to learn...to hone...and to drool...thanks ppl for sharing!

Work in Progress

so this is just a "baby blog"...still obviously in it's infancy...it WILL get better...I plan to post more pictures and links to blogs much more advanced than mine (and which probably always will be)...but it will grow...