Friday, August 31, 2007

New Kit , other stuff & a freebie!

Wednesday I bought a Buddy bag and had a kit made by the next day! BOY was it WORTH IT!!!! You can find it through either here or here and THANK YOU KIM & BUNNY FOR SHARING YOUR TALENTS!! YOU ROCK! :D
Here's my kit previews:
The papers
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The elements
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Oh there is SO MUCH in the bag that I am not done playing and creating, either! lol
What fun!
Yesterday a bunch of quail stopped by to feed. They are such a comedy to watch with that bobble thing on their heads. Pix to come soon. I didn't get any pix of the babies this year, they are WAY FAST! lol But it is soooo funny to see them dart across the desert. Tiny little darting dots LOL Before we moved here, we lived at a place where we saw the babies soo up close and clear, I will have to look for pix from there! lol They are just so darn cute!
Well, it hasn't been discussed yet but I don't think we have the money left to go back east to get our stuff from storage. I almost wish it was stuff we could just up and leave there but it's all our photos, some of DH's sculptures, a TON of craft stuff, not to mention all the furniture and appliances... all that, when we get out here, can be sold off to recoup some of the money! It's just getting it out here! SIGH!! one day :D
Oh and I have an absolutely GORGEOUS garden for you to check out! Please check it out
here Scroll down a bit and if you visit, please leave Sharon a nice comment for sharing her hard work! I think it looks totally FANTASTIC and would LOVE to sip on my morning beverage, sitting there or looking out the window at such a peaceful & beautiful scene! GREAT job, Sharon!!
ok, onto the cool link I found hehe
Would you like your face hole punched? LOL Don't think so? Well check out this page, here and see what you think! If you scroll to the comments, the guy, himself, leaves his email address. I haven't written him, but really just cannot imagine how he does it or how much it would cost! lol
Want a free jigsaw maker? Try here hehe
If you stuck with me through all that chatter, then you DESERVE a freebie LOL
I wasn't going to share the preview, cause even I like surprises now & then lol but decided to show it because I also thought about those of you concerned with your HD space. So here's a preview for your consideration but if you download, please comment :D
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FREEBIE
Have fun and thanks soo much for visiting! And as always, Have a BEAUTIFUL day! :D

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Finally pictures! lol

Sheesh! I really have to learn how to upload pictures but wanted to wait til we got a computer that we would use more so I would not have to relearn on yet another computer but waiting for DH to upload is awful lol By the time he gets home and we have dinner, it seems the whole night is shot!
Anyways, we have freshly groomed Cinnamon pix! yayyy!!! lol
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And for those of you who wondered, as I did, they attach the little bows with the tiniest little rubber bands, that I have ever seen! lol NOT real easy removing but sure was CUTE! lol
I LOVE this picture below too, Big Bro!
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Well, those are just some of my babies, as most of you know :D
The weather here has been back up into the 100's, it was so hot yesterday, I felt like I could barely move! Couldn't even get my little butt out to the pool!LOL Now you KNOW that's HOT! LOL Today it just 'looks' rainy, but probably won't!
If life allows, I will be back later to add some cool links I came across.
Have a WONDERFUL day and thank you soo very much for visiting!

Monday, August 27, 2007

We got a wishing well...

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$15.00 from the swapmeet! MAN I LOVE that place LOL I have wanted one of these for what seems like forever! And what a deal of a price!! And we got that on Sunday which is normally pretty slim picking since most vendors show up Saturdays.
Otherwise, this weekend went by fast with not too much getting done. It was just hot and muggy and we ALMOST had rain this weekend lol Gotta love a place that doesn't get any weather... just sun and wind! lol
Cinnamon had her first real grooming appointment and came back with a pink bow lol looked sooo cute. Yea, it's off already, started fraying with all the rough housing that her and Coco do. So I took it off to save in a little book LOL :D Pictures to come when DH uploads them :)
How was your weekend? :D

Friday, August 24, 2007

New layout!

Well I hope your morning was better than mine lol I wasted over 2 hours trying to upload a psd layout so I can open it on the other computer (sigh) and work on it there and wound up bringing the elements from that computer over here because the 2 hour upload didnt take, said it was successful but it wasn't. Oh well, I finally got the layout done and thought I would share it here, since I want to start using blogger MORE!! Going to try getting here a bit more than once a week ;) and start giving freebies out more too! WOOHOO! maybe we can even get some traffic generated here lol A girl can dream anyways lol
Here's my layout:
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credits:
leaves - Gina Maria@scrapbookingresourcecenter.com
frayed edge action - Atomic Cupcake
template & kit - me
font -Sybil green, Tunga & on stone, Gigi
Thanks soo much for visiting and Have a WONDERFUL day! :D

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

new header error lol

ok so i tried to make a new header and went the wrong direction lol and instead of making it bigger, i went smaller... and it is going to make me crazy til its fixed LOL was a lot of work tho cause i had to work between two messed up computers lol not an easy task but will be worth it when it's fixed i am sure :D
so please bear with me :D

New layout!

The other day we took Cinnamon in the pool for her first swim! We slowly have introduced her so as to not have it be a shock and she seemed to truly enjoy it!!
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i want to get better pix, these seemed so far away i can hardly see her little face but i thought the layout turned out WONDERFUL!
credits go to:
Pattie Knox-Speed byte freebie template
font-SWRomans
Atomic Cupcake for chipboard action
You ladies ROCK!!! :D
Let me know what you think? and thank you so much for visiting! Have a GREAT day! :D

Monday, August 20, 2007

Another preview or two :D

Let me know what you think! i always love to hear from you! :D
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i particularly like the MOOnopoly gameboard LOL
A SPECIAL THANKS TO
Gail P.
Roberta D'Achille
And Summer Memories below:
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A SPECIAL THANKS to
Atomic Cupcake
Bannerwoman &
~ FafBr ~
Digital Designer
Thanks soo much for visiting and have a WONDERFUL evening :D

New pix!

I am back with new pictures of Cinnamon, i hope you like them, i find her irresistible! lol
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and this last one today, is probably going to wind up being one of my all time favorites!
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We have been keeping busy around the house here, continuing with fencing and such. Always SOMETHING to do, that's for sure! lol
We had Cinnamon to the vet for her second series of puppy shots and she is doing GREAT! All of 2.4 lbs of her! lol
And Coco is healing excellently from his little surgery and things have calmed between the two younger males, thankfully!
well, i am off to start the day but i want to take this time to thank you for visiting my blog and for all your continued support!! i might be back later if i can, to share a preview of Memories of a Childhood ;) Have a WONDERFUL day!
How are things going where you are?

Saturday, August 11, 2007

With all my computer woes....

i finally decided to give up my treasure hunts and color challenge (sigh) not that i wanted to do it but being on the computer is not much fun anymore with all its troubles! When i get my troubles fixed i sure hope to get back my games at least, but who knows, maybe i can moderate another challenge :)
We also have just soo much going on here at home with my pups alone lol (whatever possessed me to get two soo close together??!!? LOL)
Of course there is always the work or renovations going on too but that's mostly DH's field lol oh stuff like fencing or he still has plans for my little kitchen area, still has his cars to work on including the RV... always SOMETHING to do, that's for sure!!
But i dont want to lose touch with my photoshop programs and designing and sharing with you! that's my fun! :D
How is your weekend going? Would love to hear from you and as always, thanks soo much for visiting! Have a GREAT day! :D

Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Some pix of our adventures

Here is Giant Rock:
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There were arguments over how or who split the rock lol

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my sweetie & me :D
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Mane St.in Pioneertown (yes that's how they spell it lol)
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So much has happened!

Sheesh it has been almost a week since i last blogged again and i apologize but goodness, it has been busy! lol
Thursday as DH and i were in the pool for an after work swim, we notice no less than 6 stray dogs running around our back (way, way back, but still) yard!!! i still haven't called the county on all the neighborhood strays, but i will!! did before when we had one neighbor with 48 kenneled poodles and 8 dogs running free in her fenced area! Glad they moved LOL
Friday Coco, my little sweet one, got neutered! He was gone much of the day, then DH brought him home after work. 'Time for recovery, Cinnamon, Coco cannot play now!'
Saturday we had our usual day, at the swapmeet and trying to accomplish things around here (it just gets TOOOOOO hot!) and DH's son flew in late, we were excited about seeing them the next day!!
Sunday we woke and met Jen & Jason (DH's but OUR son & daughter in law) for breakfast and then took them to see Giant Rock lol and it is GIANT!!! pix will be posted later.
Really didn't do much but shared with them the lay of the land around here! Showing them the Integratron (see earlier posts for Giant rock & Integratron info, way earlier where we introduced our neighborhoods) Gubler's Orchid place, now mind you, it IS Sunday, so MUCH of this was closed LOL but we did look in windows at the orchids!! Showed them our little neighborhood half a house and Jas ALMOST went up & knocked LOL And where they stayed in the motel, in Pioneertown, well, that was cool for them to share with us, since we hadn't been there yet! This place is a set that was built for making movies there and obviously still MAKING movies there! lol i checked THAT out on their site here
:) simply enough! Check out the Filmography on the side, once you enter! Amazing little place for sure! Especially remembering the awful fire (Sawtooth Complex fire) last year that burned a month or so! All the plants that naturally grow, have all been burnt and to see the contrast of the new growth to that and the houses that the firefighters SAVED! Truly AMAZING!!
Went to Joshua Tree National Park, which is ALWAYS beautiful! and a good walk! lol
Then we had 'dinner' at Foster Freeze a few towns away, since Jas grew up in Calif. and missed them! And they haven't changed a bit, still just as good as DH remembers, so that was a treat!!
Then Monday we awoke, took out our dogs and almost got attacked by TWO of the neighbors dogs, even tho we were all in our fenced areas!! i hear this commotion of barking going on and i look over my gate to see two pitbull types come toward running around their corner of their fence and they are running toward my gate!! Now i hadn't said anything up til this point when i yelled 'Go home!' and they didnt stop or hesitate, but kept coming & barking wildly so i grabbed our walking stick (which we now keep by the gate and have to use when walking in unfenced areas cuz of wild animals out there, now neighbor dogs too! sheesh) and raised to point it and repeated GO HOME!!!
they stopped and both DH and I went out there and just walked out there til they backed off... but each time they backed up and stopped, they proceeded to bark which told me that as soon as we turned our backs, they would have attacked, so we kept walking up on them, yelling at them to go home and they finally backed way off and around their corner again! WE still haven't called the county OR talked with the neighbor who we lived next to almost 3 1/2 years now and is TOTALLY unrational! sigh!!The goofball was related to the neighbors with so many dogs, and he KNEW i called the county on that mess! so they move and what does he do?? well, he is not happy with the two bigs dogs he had that constantly came over to see us breaking out of his fenced area, so he goes and gets about FOUR other dogs and i havent seen King or Dude! i think he has them tied up on the other side of his house but i DO see one of the new ones tied up outside on this side of his house and this dog tho it may have a doghouse, is tied out there ALWAYS!! BARKING at any AND everything! sigh! so i feel forced to call the county soon! it is awful!
So ANYWAYSSSSSSSSSSSSSS back on the visit! LOL
Then off to meet up for breakfast and off they went to finish their week long trip out here! i think he went south to Los Angeles to be with his brother for a bit (from his mom's side) and then up to San Fransico, for a winery tour! How cool!!
i felt bad we didnt have much planned to do since we are in an area where 3 hrs (more or less )in just about any directions and we could be at the beach, Big Bear, Vegas, Disneyland, Hollywood or ALOTT of other places i am sure but they understood and truly seemed to enjoy just our time together!! After all, it's probably been 5 years since we all last saw each other!! Hope it's not that long for the next time :)
Tuesday we just back on track of our schedules, still giving Coco recovery time, watching he doesnt jump or romp too much yet!
How is your summer going? Mine is going way too quickly, even as hot as it gets out here! i LOVE the summer way more than i do winters! Especially this year, with the pool i haven't used nearly enough!! lol But next year, my pups won't need my constant supervisions and they might not even know me with as much time as i plan to spend there !!! LOL i do plan on taking the little ones in with us now and then and hope they enjoy it too!
I think i have rambled on enough for now, so i can go eat breakfast and start the day here! :) Thanks so much for visiting and i hope your day is everything you want it to be! :D

Thursday, August 2, 2007

What do ya think?

First i wish to say i pray everyone you know is safe in the Minnesota area!!!
DH's son called last nite with the news since he is from Minnesota... i forgot they moved from Wisconsin (lol) i know i am terrible with MY own oldest son and his moves & travels as well tho! and i DO NOT look forward to all the moves & travelling my younger son has ahead of him LOL well, i look forward FOR him, but NOT for me! i have a hard enough time OBVIOUSLY with OUR other two and where they are presently!! lol
Second day of August already can you believe it? My, my how the time does fly when having fun! hehe
Well, not only have i been raising puppies LOL but i managed to find time to create too! WOOOHOOO! Not completely happy with the results but pleased so i thought i would post a preview to see what you think.
i want to stick with the 'wine & roses' theme only I didnt use roses HAHAHHAHAHAHA so i may be playing with this kit yet but for now this is what i got so far.
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Not getting in much pool time tho and i will probably regret it when winter comes TOO soon LOL Between the computer & dogs, well there isn't much time left hahaha
DH went swimming yesterday after work, but then he gives up the time he walks the dogs (sigh) Managing time!! How do you manage your time? Do you have enough hours in the day? We never seem to LOL But i sure have learned quickly enough (probably a memory of raising my boys) i take advantage of the time that Cinnamon sleeps!!!!! lol
These littler dogs, when puppies, seem to run a WHOLE lot longer before they are so tuckered out and then they plop just about anywhere LOL
i remember when Charly was a pup, he would not last long before wanting to nap but he would nap often during the day... Coco & Cinnamon, on the other hand, just go until they are soooo crazy just zipping along, wanting to run, run, run and then PLOP! LOL
too funny! Even DS said we should get a video of her at this age! Now tho i am sure our digital camera has that feature, well, um, we haven't learned it yet LOL Heck, when we take the pictures, it is at such high quality that when i go to work with one in my Photoshop program, i have to always resize from like a POSTER size cause we havent yet learned how to um, reset our settings i guess lol We are so technology challenged LOL Now DH is EXCELLENT with making things, great with his hands, can build ANYTHING but a spare tire LOL and tho i am GREAt with any craft or wood, we just dont get all this technology! sigh Maybe one day :D
oh well i have gone on WAYYYYYYYYYY too long today lol so i am off to eat something then start the day!! Have a WONDERFUL day and thank you for stopping by!! :D

Wednesday, August 1, 2007

New pix!

Gosh can you beleive its another new month and summer is quickly coming to its end? sheesh, how time does fly when having fun, huh? lol
Well, i sure have been busy with a tiny little furball that weighs about a pound and a half LOL
We have an appointment finally for Coco to get neutered! YAY! oh at times i hardly even know him... and the smell of raging hormornes is just awful!! Then my sweet DH wants to let the boys still play, but when i explained how their hormornes are like hot flashes, no one knows when they will start up, then he seemed to understand a bit better lol i know he still doesnt want his Charly done tho, and that's ok, as long as there is NO fighting!
Anyways, here's some new pictures of the little fluffball lol
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It's been stormy here the past few days and veryy humid, oddly enough! So there will be no swimming again today but this weekend DH's son & daughter-in-law is visiting! Going to be nice seeing them again!
oh well, i guess i am off to see if i can get some scrapping done while she sleeps, ahhhhhhhh!
Have a BEAUTIFUL day and thank you sooo much for visiting! :D