Weekend is finally here!!!

Whew!!! I thought it would never come. It has been a long week!!! I got a new assistant a few weeks ago. She has been okay. Anyways Tuesday, she called in sick and then has not shown up the rest of the week!! So, after 3 days of not showing up, she has been terminated. So, I am back to being by myself. Most days this week I have had 5 kids...my limit. For those who don't know, I work at a daycare with kids ages 14 months-22 months. I have 1 that bites, pinches, wrestles, and pushes the other kids. So when I have to change diapers, I have to put that child either sitting near me or in a high chair to protect all the others. I have 7 on roll but can have 5 by myself. Maybe soon they will hire someone that will actually stay and work!

Tomorrow morning, I am going to run errands....Pick up food at Angel Foods, Books-a-million. Then in the afternoon, I am going to work on organizing the craft closet. I need it organized so I can make Christmas cards and Christmas presents. Because, you know, it is 6 months until Christmas!!! LOL. Also, in September, my stamp club is coming to the house and I would like to have the stuff organized.

I also want to put clean clothes away off the dresser. And then I can put our decorative stuff on there. But at least the room is neat so I can actually leave the door open when people are there and not be embarassed.

Saturday night or Sunday, I will update what I did get done. Have a great weekend.

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Some backgrounds I created

These are some backgrounds I made to use in future cards and stuff. For all of them I used a pearl white and a pearl dark blue color. As you can see, I used the same paints for all but got a very different look in all of them. I used watercolor paper and glossy white for them. The ones with alot of swirly white reminds me of an ocean with a wave. And some remind me of clouds. I am looking forward to creating something with them.

Update, update

Today was my monthly stamp club. There were 3 of us there(we are a small group anyways). Each meeting, we work on a different technique. This one was watercoloring techniques using watercolor pencils, water and adding chalks for definition. My artwork is the one in the middle....the little boy in the sand. I really liked the look of this. I have never tried it before so it was fun to do. We met at my friend M's house. She made us a wonderful oriental lunch. It was soooo yummy and I over-ate. We also used chopsticks and that was fun. I really enjoy this monthly group of ladies.

I was off work Thursday and Friday and it was a nice little break. Thursday, the family went to Columbus. We had an appointment but also ran some errands. We went to A.C. Moore because they ae going out of business and so everything was 40% off. I bought some different stuff. I was thinking of going back around July 4th and see if things were marked down more and see what is left. They are officially closing July 6. I did not buy any stamps because my mom went to her A.C. Moore and a lot of stamps were $2 each and she bought a bunch for me. Thank you very much, Mom.

Friday, I went to the Orthopedic doctor. I have been having alot of knee pain. I was hoping it was not arthritis. Well, it is arthritis but also found out my knee cap is grinding on the bone. The only recourse is inflammatory medicines and/or cortisone shots. When those no longer work, and the pain is unbearable, then it will be time for knee replacement surgery. I did not want to hear that. I am going to hold off the surgery as long as I can....maybe 5 or more years, I hope.

I worked a little in the craft closet yesterday. I got the 2 shelves in place. Now I just have to get the stamp boxes re-organized and labeled so I know what is in which one. I have a few more boxes to get out of there then we will put the Christmas stuff in there. And then unpack other rubberstamping boxes and get everything organized. Then work in the craft/office so I can have my table to work at and we can actually sit on the couch in there and watch TV if we want.

I will be off Friday July 4th because the daycare will be closed. There will not be enough children there to stay open. Yeah!!! Then I am also off Friday July 11. I may be going to a scrapbook expo either the 11th or the 12th.

Well that is it for now. Have a great day!

An update

First, here is my Father's Day card. The inside text reads "Dad: the man, the myth, the legend." I liked how it came out.

This week, there has not been much going on. Just work and then a few classes. I had a computer class on Tuesday. On Thursday, I had a stamping class. This week, I am off on Thursday and Friday. What will I do? Friday, I have doctor appt. I need to get my knee looked at. I am not sure what I will do on Thursday. Maybe go to Callaway Gardens depending if James has to work or feels like going. Otherwise I may go to Columbus on one of the days. I also would like to go to the movies to see Prince Caspian. Maybe I will even do some stamping. This week I will take pictures of the stuff I made in stamp class to post here.

Today, the retired list for Stampin' Up stamps came out. This year, there were only 3 on my wishlist that I really wanted. So, not too bad. Now I will decide which set I really want. I don't know if I will get all 3....do I really need all 3!!?? LOL.....probably....LOL. But, I have 2 stamp clubs before I can't order them anymore.

Unfortunately, not much else to say. I did see something in our work's newsletter that we get every 2 weeks that I am going to post in this blog. It is about how to get more out of your day. I thought it was good to remember. Sorry I don't have more to say.

A note

In order to hear the song in my post right below this, go to my playlist at the the bottom of the page and hit the stop button(II) so you can hear the song in the post. Make sense???

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End of Day 1 and.....

what did I do today?

1. All the laundry
2. Emptied the dishwasher
3. Cleaned up the kitchen
4. Re-loaded the dishwasher and ran it
5. Updated our calendars
6. Took a nap
7. Emptied the garbage
8. Straightened up our room
9. Worked on cards a little
10. Relaxed
11. Looked at my new stamp magazine
12. PRAYED

What will I do tomorrow for sure:
1. Get my Father's Day gift ready to be mailed
2. Avon returns
3. Other mail
4. Work on a card or two
5. Post some cards
6. Look for poem for Father's Day cards for the kids

Stay tuned for more tomorrow.

What am I doing this weekend?

I know you are asking this question....lol. Well, here is the list of what I would like to accomplish this weekend:
1. Laundry
2. empty dishwasher
3. watch DVR recorded episodes of Scrapbook Memories
4. set up craft closet so I can begin to unpack craft boxes
5. put clothes away on dresser
6. set moose collection on dresser
7. get several things ready to mail
8. clean out refrigerator
9. finish up some cards
10. post some cards
11. clean bathroom

Well, I think that covers it for this weekend. How much will I get done? As much as I can or feel like doing. Will I stress if I don't get everything done? I hope not.

I went to stamp club tonite and had a fun time. I enjoyed all the projects especially the make and take. I ordered some cool stamps.

We then went to Fuddruckers. I really like Fuddruckers normally but not tonite. I got a small order of chili fries and they tasted like the chili was burnt. I ate about 4 bites. James took it to the manager and he gave us our money back. But my milkshake was good.

At work: My assistant started on Tuesday and then she was off the rest of the week. She had a graduation to go to out of town. She is suppose to be back on Monday. YEAH!!!

Got some wonderful news: my car is totally paid off. YEAH!!! James's truck is very close to being paid off....probably about 2 or 3 more payments. Woo-Hoo. We have no credit card debt so we are just about debt free now. What a relief!

That's it for tonight. Heading to bed now.

What a surprise!!!!

While I was at work, James said he was doing something to surprise me. I came home only to find a BIG surprise. Let me first explain that one room in our apt. that was still unpacked was our room. There were bag of clothes, furniture wherever....you get the picture. I came home to find the room picked up and all the furniture set up. What a stress lifted off my shoulders. It is so wonderful!

Other things I have made

Left to right:
Picture 1: 2 ATC cards
Picture 2: 2 cards with "delight in life"
Picture 3: Stamp Up Club card I made
Picture 4: Made this card so long ago that I don't remember what stamp I used
Picture 5: Christmas card made at Techno group

Not busy but very productive today

I have been very productive today. Let's see, I:

1. did the laundry

2. made 3 cards....Father's Day card for my dad, a birthday card and a challenge card for stamp group

3. swept the kitchen and entry way

4. made chicken and dumplings in the crockpot

5. gave Thomas a bath

6. went to Wal-mart EARLY this morning. Purchased a few groceries and Father's Day gifts

7. cleaned up the dishes

8. took pictures of cards

9. downloaded pictures onto computer from camera

I cannot show you the Father's Day card until after that day so I will do that then but I can show the other ones I made today.

The bear one is for a birthday card. The other one is a challenge for my Techno stamp group. Last meeting, we made "faux tiles" using shrink plastic(remember shrinky dinks?). So the challenge was to make a card using some of the tiles.

An interesting thing about all 3 cards I did....no stamping was used. All I used was paper, stickers and rub-ons.

The chicken and dumplings were scrumptious. It was a good recipe and one I will make again. And the recipe is so easy....only 5 items and a crockpot. It takes a total of 6 hours to cook but it was well worth the wait. It even smelled so good. I was a little worried before adding the biscuits that the gravy part would be soupy but after adding the biscuits and letting it cook for another hour, the gravy was just right. The only bad comment was it tasted a little salty to me but that could also be because I don't really use salt anyways. I may try low sodium soups next time and see what happens.

While getting the stuff together to work on my cards, I found several ATC's(Artist Trading Cards) and other cards I made in the past. So, I took pics of them and am going to post them too.

Have a good evening.