MY FRIEND SHARLI IS ENGAGED!!

Congratulations my friend. Sharli is a fellow Close To My Heart consultant and she is now engaged and planning a December wedding. I hope she doesn't mind me borrowing the pictures she posted. I am just so excited about this. She is the sweetest person and you can tell just by reading her blog, but she is now so happy it just oozes from her words.

I am excited as we watch this unfold and see more and more of Steve as they get nearer to the wedding date. Be happy my friend and the best to you as always. Namaste! (Sharli is the one on the left in red...Lady In Red)





Isn't her ring and those nicely manicured nails just perfect together. HUGS SHARLI!!!

Mojo Monday 183

The Mojo Monday Sketch 183 just screamed baby card to me. Of course, I am thinking baby card because my daughter is expecting a little girl in August and it is our first granddaughter.

This card is made with that in mind. I used the special paper packet from Close To My Heart that was a one time purchase called "Tickled Pink". I thought the two items went together really well, as all I have left of it are scraps and what better way to use them than a card.

I used Creme Brulee and Tulip Ink Pads, Bubblegum Watercolor Pencil, Moonstruck Marker, Creme Brulee Butterfly from Just Blooms Spring Blossom packet. Used stash white very narrow ribbon, I believe I purchased it from Michael's...not sure at all. Been a long time since I used it.

Enjoy the card please, as much as I enjoyed making it today. Have a blessed day and will see you all tomorrow for the next card challenge.

My Play List Gone

I recently read on a bulletin board that quite a few people don't like music playing on blogs when they are trying to read. They prefer their own music and can't turn off the music if they don't want to hear it. It also bogs down their internet and makes it hard to load so they can read.

With this in mind, I have deleted my playlist of Glee songs that I enjoy so much so that other people don't have to listed to them. I guess if I want to listen to them will have to create my own little blog for music only LOL...just kidding. I was trying to make it a pleasant place to visit and provide music too.

Anyway, sorry if I ticked anyone off because of my music choices and choosing to put them on my blog. Thank you for my followers and hanging in there with me and my experimenting with things for my blog content.

Talk to you later on today and will be catching up real soon on my 365 project. I do have pictures but haven't posted them in a while. We moved and am still unpacking so will be up and running again very soon.

Hugs and have a blessed Sunday. Hugs!!

Ultrasound of New Granddaughter!!

We know what the middle name is going to be, but they don't have a first name yet. She is using my mother's middle name as the baby's middle name...Adell. I just wonder if my mother would remember this if I told her what Melinda will be doing.

My mother has alzheimers and in a facility dealing with alzheimers. I will call them tomorrow or the next day and ask them then maybe make the display album um to send to her and they can look over them with her or my brother can. Not sure how to approach this but will be putting labels on each picture so she will at least know who it is when she looks at the picture.

We hope to be going to California for the birth :D She is due August 4th, but she said today that she is 19 weeks. My husband says it will probably be July when she is born. We will see LOL.

Thanks all for indulging this proud grandma. Hugs all until later.

I Have Great News This Time!!!

We have finally gotten moved and are VERY happy with the new place. We moved into a 2 Bedroom 2 Bath house and it is like a log cabin interior as you can see from the picture. Still unpacking and getting things put away, but all in all we are happy.

Also, our daughter called us tonight and informed us that we are going to be Grandparents again in August...this time a GRANDDAUGHTER!!

We are so happy about that and we are at this time planning to be there for the birth. Big brother Tyler will be 10 in October, Kolby will be 6 in April. They are very happy to have a sister and God help the guys that want to date her LOL.

I haven't posted in a while so have to get caught up very soon as I am still unpacking my card/scrapbooking items. My friend is going to have me do some tri-fold brochures for her beauty salon and I will be getting my hair done for free...she is like that and will be doing about 3 of them.

One of them will be a handout for the schools on what needs to be done should your child get lice at school and you know that someone will some time during the year and it doesn't have to be expensive to clear up either. The tri-fold will help explain what has to be done with the least amount of cost. Helpful in this economy.

Just thought I would update everyone. The baby album for our friends has been completed and now just needs to be sent to them very soon.

Thank you all for your prayers and support for their loss. Hugs everyone and I will be posting more very soon...off to do more unpacking!!

Sad News

Our friends that live in Maryland and expecting a little girl in April, just lost the baby. The umbilical cord got twisted and hardened and the baby died in the womb.

Baby Shelby Aramina we will miss you. They have a picture of her after they did the C-Section on the mother. She was such a beautiful little girl.

I ask for your prayers for the family and for the other children as they deal with their little girls and little sisters death. They are going to cremate the baby.

We love you guys and want you to take all the time you need to heal and be with your family right now. Hugs from us here in Washington. Our prayers and love are with you and your family.

GO STEELERS GO STEELERS GO STEELERS!!

My husband and I are Steelers fans...can you tell? He used to live in that area and has been a fan for years through thick and thin. Has one of the original TERRIBLE TOWELS.

Have a wonderful day and dond't get too stuff on gameday food. We are fixing beef stew from scratch, vegetable tray, a meat and cheese plate that we are doing ourselves and some Diet Pepsi, Milk, and a bottle of the local Wesport Winery Little Blackberry wine hehe...can't get too haavy today.

Have fun today and have a blessed day and I will be back later with some more posts...must catch up with the 365 project AND my scrapbook layouts.

Day 33--365 Project

This is my friend PJ's salon and she is giving a lady a pedicure. I was waiting for my manicure and we just wait till everyone else is done and we enjoy ourselves hehe. I need to get in there for a pedicure soon.

This lady reminds me so much of Flo in the Progressive commercials. Some of the things she says and how she says it just fits perfectly. She is my best friend and soon we will live upstairs in an apartment that her landlord has and will be able to hang out with her more.

I hear a movie night maybe Friday or Saturday coming up :D

Have a wonderful rest of the day. We are enjoying sunshine for the first time in a while. Great and beautiful day. God bless all!!

Day 32--365 Project

This is my husband and I waiting for our Coffee Saturday morning. Most places have Starbuck's but Westport has Cap'n Jacks. They have a coffee named after the owner. I don't know what is in it exactly, but I order the largest they have double shot Dirty Debbie. It is yummy.

My husband is diabetic so he gets an Americano with cream. Great cups of coffee and they don't cost an arm and a leg. We both get 2 large coffee's for $5.00 and maybe some change. Ok Washington likes their coffee. hehe

Have a blessed day and a wonderful rest of the week.

Day 31--365 Project

Here is the pull tab house that he built from the $2.50 pull tabs we got...the $0.50 was the roof LOL. Just thought that the food was taking too long if this is what happens when it does hehe.

Just have a fun good look and enjoy the rest of your day...have a blessed afternoon.

Day 30--365 Project

This picture is funny. We took the computer tech that my husband works with to lunch and my husband asked for 4 quarters. He came back with pull tabs. Of course, we didn't win and with waiting time for the lunch, he became bored so he went to get some pull tabs.

He didn't win either sod so piled the losing pull tabs on the table. We had fun just messing around and eating lunch and just good company.

Have a great day and enjoy the sunshine while it lasts hehe. Well the sun is shining here for a change. I LOVE IT!! Have a blessed day.

Day 29--365 Project

As you can tell from the picture, there is a boat unloading its catch. I think a call goes out to all the nearby seagulls to COME AND GET IT! LOL but I wanted a picture of all the birds flying around because there were A LOT of birds. The car comes home looking like it has been in a garbage fight after a day like this hehe.

The skies are gray and my husband says it it like that a lot around here that is why it is called Grays Harbor County LOL. He may be right to a degree, but I don't think that is it although I have never researched it. Seems good in theory anyway.

Have a great day and enjoy yourself...hugs!!

Day 28--365 Project

This is a going away luncheon for this lady that worked with my husband. When we all get together for lunch, it is at the Mexican Restaurant in town. Pretty good food now that it is under new management.

We all enjoyed ourselves and she is loving her new job. That is my husband sitting next to her that day. We had fun just talking about stuff and then I went back home.

Have a great day and a blessed one...hugs!!

Day 28--365 Project

Today is my mother's birthday, and I wanted to post a picture. The picture does not look like my mother. I cried when I got it from my borhter because of so many memories she has lost because of Alzheirmers.

I will just blog today but will post a picture later for today, but this is the blog post fot today truly. I love my mother so much and feel guilty that I am not there to help out and go see her when no one else would. My dad is 88 years old and my mom is 85 and on February 3 they celebrate 66 years of wedded bliss.

It is going to be so hard on my Dad. He misses my mom so much but so much more on their anniversary and her not being there to sleep with him. He cries and it is at that point that it is so hard for me to talk to him on the phone because I just want to hop in the car and go over there. Kind of hard though since they are in Arkansas and we are in Washington. I just feel bad knowing they are there and I am here.

I will be calling my dad on the 3rd and wishing him a happy anniversary. I am not sure if I can talk to my mother or not, but I will also try that.

Have a blessed day and be sure you tell your family you love them. Hugs!!

Day 27--365 Project

This is a picture of our favorite band Ockham's Razor and another band playing at Galway Bay Irish Pub in Ocean Shores, WA. We try to make the 1 hour trip once a month, but of late haven't gone much because of funds and helping out with family. We really like the area and would like to live there. More going on there on a regular basis.

They said that they are an Irish Rock Band, but know that they are a fun band to listen to for sure.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day. God bless!!

Day 26--365 Project

I thought with St Patrick's Day not too far off I would show you a few pictures from Galway Bay on our last vicit there. We will probably have to make reservations for March 17 before long if we are going. Since we will be moving March 1, might be kind of tired, but who knows.

I love taking pictures, can you tell? I would love to be a photographer I think, but not sure how to go about selling my pictures. It would be so much fun. I have to look into submitting some photos into the Photographers show in Ocean Shores, WA that they have annually. I have some beautiful shots taken on the beach there and it is all about nature if I remember right. It is definitely Ocean Shores pictures that they want I know. I shall have to look into it as they have to be pretty big to be on display there and see how much it would cost. Wouldn't that be a hoot to do.

Ok everyone, I will do more posting later today. Time for this chickie to be in bed. Hugs all and have a blessed day.

Day 25--365 Project

This is a picture of my friend's shop after all the customers had gone home. Pet friendly and this was such a friendly pooch hehe. Just wanted to play and give your hand doggy kisses. I told him my cat wouldn't understand LOL.

Anyway, I thought this little guy was just too cute not to take a picture. Enjoy your day and may it be blessed.

Dat 24 -- 365 Project

This is a band playing at Galway Bay Irish Pub in Ocean Shores, WA. They have live Irish music every Friday and Saturday nights. We follow a few of them, but our favorite is going to be there on St. Patrick's day.

We have fun when we go there because the owner knows us now, and the bands that we follow know us too. It makes for a fun evening and a great date night event. We are getting ready to move right now, so we are not going too many places. I and my husband also have dentist appointments, so not doing too much traveling at this point.

Have a great day and if you see someone not smiling, give them one of yours!! God Bless You!!

Day 23 -- 365 Project

This is our son James and his girlfriend/fiance Valerie. They are so cute together and I love to take their picture. We miss them when they go home and try to get to California but right now it's not happening because of various things going on.

This was their trip to Washington and we had lots of fun while they were here and she made a couple of recipes that I want and will have to get them one day. Yummy lumpia and oh so good.

We love them and they call us from time to time and us them, but with her hours it is hard to figure out at times. She is a nurse and he is looking for a job I think, but he may have one by now...just can't get hold of them lately hehe. Busy beavers :D

Anyway, again have a wonderful day and Via Con Dios...go with God. Hugs!!

Day 22 -- 365 Project

I know I haven't posted in a while, but like I said I still have pictures to post. They are varied in their oddities LOL. I love this picture of our cat Sundance. Christmas, I put this red throw over the coffee table. I don't have the heart to take it off now because he loves his naps on it LOL.

The thing is that he runs and jumps on it and creates a little fluffed up area for him to lay on and sleep. He spends several hours there and makes me sleepy just looking at him hehe. Anyway, lots of days to catch up on so will make them short for the time being. Can you tell we love our cat? Have a blessed night and day...hugs.

365 Cards-Day 328

Today's word over at 365 Cards is HAPPY. I struggled over this one for part of the day as there are so many directions this could go. I wanted to do something different yet it looks like I went kind of with a trend. I used stamp set D1423 Happy Forever and Desert Sand, Blush, Sweet Leaf and Colonial White cardstock. I used Chocolate ink pad to stamp aaand waterbrush with. I also used the Blending Pen on the face hands and feet. I used Watercolor Pencils on the butterfly on the Hedgehogs nose and then picked up the same colors in the cardstock I used for the matting.

I really like the way the card turned out. All week long I have tried to keep up with the cards and this completes the week. I stuck with the clean and simple for the cards because I think that is my style. Doing the challenges takes me out of my comfort zone and stretches my creativity. Going to try to do this another week, but this week coming up I have a dentist appt and trying to pack and clean to move....who knows but I will give it the ole college try as they say.

Thanks everyone for a great time this week and I really appreciate your comments. See you later and have a blessed and happy Sunday!!

365 Cards -Day 327

Today the word is LOVE over at 365 Cards. The inspirational words this week have sparked a clean and simple card experience for me. Since I am supposed to be moving at the end of the month...may not happen, but that is another story...I have tried to be simplistic and use up some of the items or use some items I haven't used before and wanted to.

This card is Cranberry and White Daisy. I used Cranberry cardstock, ribbon and ink, White Daisy cardstock dry embossed using a Fiskars Texture Plate-Lace on it. I love how this one turned out. Also, used a white gel pen for the faux stitching around the hearts.

I have enjoyed this week so much and the inspiration that all the people have evoked on their cards. Thanks Pam for a wonderful time in card creation this week.

Have a great weekend and God bless you all.

365 Cards-Day 326

Todays word over at 365 Cards is PEACE. I thought about it for awhile and had a couple of ideas in mind. This cards idea is the fact that when I look at a bird in flight it represents peace. Peaceful travel on calm air and isn't that a meaning of peace...calm.

I used Heavenly Blue and Vineyard Berry on the card. It is simple yet conveys the message for the word of the day. Peace to you and yours and have a great weekend.

Day 21--365 Project

This carved representation of a whale with a sea lion balanced on its nose is sitting outside of a restaurant where we had lunch today in Westport, WA. In the background is the Maritime Museum. Kind of appropriate I should say.

I had been in the restaurant many times and just today noticed what the actual image was. I knew there was something there just hadn't paid any attention. Knowing that I didn't have a good photo for today made me pay attention to it.

I really like it and the more I looked at it the more I liked it LOL. My husband really likes whales and wants to see one jump out of the ater or swim around somewhere around here but as yet hasn't done it. So just look around you no matter what it is and you think you have seen it lots of times. You may; not have really seen it if you know what I mean. Just like me you could be missing out on something wonderful. Enjoy your evening and day tomorrow. Hugs for a great and blessed weekend.

Day 20--365 Project

Well today I show you another of the many resident wildlife in Westport, WA. They are around when there are fish being packed but not always the same time. My husband tells me when the sea lions are in the area and mooching off the boats. Of course, they can't feed them, but you know if something falls from the transfer line or from the boat no one is going to go get it LOL.

This BIG eater is going to get it for sure. I think he/she is the biggest one along the marina I have seen. He doesn't go hungry for sure. Enjoy and I will catch you all tomorrow. Hugs for a great and sunshiny (HOPEFUL) day tomorrow. God bless you all.