Rod Stewart

Hah! Just got home from the Rod Stewart concert, didn't even know I was going, until I got an email at work inviting me-Wanda had a free ticket! Holy cow, he's hot for an old guy. and cheeky! The place was just rockin, there was even a "love train" snaking it's way through the crowd. do ya think I'm sexy?
sure do, Rod!

TGIF. Worked the night shift last night, I am way too old for this! Good thing I did tho, as one of the men came back drunk and we had to have him arrested. If I hadn't been there, our student would have been alone-not good. It's Vancouver weather again today, if you stand still in one place too long, you'll rust.

Off for a massage and then one more night shift. I can do this. I can do this...

Mojo Challenge #36

Last night I saw a shooting star. How cool is that? I work the afternoon shift today and so could sleep in, can't complain about that! Unfortunately, I stayed up until 2AM working on pages. will I never learn? Oh well, nobody died.

I am tired though........

What a sunrise!

Simply want to say that this morning's sunrise was spectacular! After photographing and chasing sunrises and sunsets throughout our roadtrip, here, out my studio window is the prettiest picture of reds and pinks and purples-nice way to start the day.

Finally Back Home!

Well, after 8 states and 7300 km, we're back safe and sound. Actually, I'm back to the real world, work and all, and the girl has flown off to the east. I guess she's her mother's daughter, after all, home four days and gone again.

There is always so much catch up at work when one leaves, especially with my boss sick for the past week and a half. Oh well, I feel so rested, I almost don't even care. Almost.

counting down

Well, 4 more sleeps are we're off to the Grand Canyon. And a whole bunch of other places and I am getting SO EXCITED! I think sometimes the best part of the trip (almost) is the anticipation.
I feel happier, knowing I'm looking forward to a break from work, I'm always excited to see new things, new places. Could like really be any better than to be able to do what we do?
giggle.

Mojo Challenge 35

It's Sunday. A week from now, I should be camping in Bar Nunne, Idaho. Who names a place Bar Nunne? Is it better than everywhere else, bar none? Or worse? I guess I'll find out.

I finished my Bliss album today, after spending 6 hours straight on it yesterday. I'm really happy with it. Judy called me yesterday and raved about my retro album that's at Bliss for this month. When I turned it in, Rose did the same. I think it's a winner. Holy cow, what a lot of work it was, though! Makes this one look like a walk in the park. Who ever started that saying, walk in the park? Was it someone walking in the park? Was the walk easy? Was the day easy? Money doesn't grow on trees, that's another one I've always wondered about. Is there a secret money tree somewhere that the person whose yard it is in doesn't want the rest of us to know about, so they made up the saying? It all makes my head hurt.

The page is about my girl, who is in Tofino now. I guess she caught a 35 pound fish the other day. Cool, I haven't taken her fishing since she was 4. I miss her, maybe that's why I did a LO about her. I just booked our rooms at the TI in Vegas, she's going to love it. I hear the beds are to die for. Mmmmmmmmmmmm...

Pluggin' Along

Oh man, what a long time it's been since I've been here. Busy getting ready for our trip, busy wrapping up the Cuba albums, busy with work, busy with whatever. I'm spending so much time getting inspired by other's work on line, that I haven't done so much of my own. Well, that's not actually true, I have done my wall gallery in my bedroom, it's looking pretty fine.

And I ripped up the carpet in my studio, laid tiles (the baseboards aren't on yet) and re-organized the entire room. Now I have so much natural light, I LOVE IT! So I have accomplished some things.

And what I HAVE done, I've taken great care with an great time. I may be less productive, but there's a better quality of work that I'm bringing to the table. I feel good about that.

Now that I've said how regretful I am that I haven't been here more, I shall sign off so I can go to bed. What can I say? I do the best I can with what I have. There simply are not enough hours in the day for the things I WANT to do.

Me and the boys

Good day today, went to Bowden and met with two high-risk guys. I also met the head of security and an IPO who suggested we come and do a presentation to the PO's. We'll do that, it's a great idea.

I had an epiphany for my Bliss album. I'll do it without photos, instead, it will be memories from my childhood that I don't have photos support for. I've put the album together, and will scan some photos of me as a child to put throughout. I'll use a number of techniques I've gotten from the book I'm reading on Art Journals. After wondering in the back on my mind what I shall do about this month's challenge, NOW, I'm excited.

Cuba is done!!!

After months of working avery week on my photos from our trip to Cuba back in February. the scrapbook pages are finally all done. I never though that would happen. What a great feeling!

It seems I post at the end of the day as an afterthought. It's not that I don't want to post, it's just that there are so many other things I want to do as well. I got some scrapping done tonight, trying to get some work ready to take to Scrapyard on Thursday-I can do some work of my own before my class. I fall asleep almost on the way home and then have a ten minute power-nap when I get home. If I begin to work in my studio, I don't cook eat, or do much else, so the past couple of days I haven't allowed myself to start anything until I've cooked and eaten. I made some amazing Greek soup tonight, I really can cook when I do it. It's all about discipline or my lack of it. It is nice to have such a full life though, that I hardly want to take time to eat or sleep. Maybe that's dysfunctional.............

I'm reading a book about creating an art journal. In it are some "vision cards". I closed my eyes and picked one, it says

"embroider".

That means I shall embroider something this week. Something. Or may I embroider the truth?

I was also prompted to pick out 4 amazing things from my stash and use them. Ask myself why I'm not using them? The answer is, because they are hidden away, in my file cabinet. I can't see anything that's in there. That in itself is another good (very good) reason to NOT buy any more. Maybe the best yet.

I laid awake for awhile last night and browsed through the travel books on Utah, Arizona and New Mexico. I looked at Phoenix, nothing there interests me. then Albequerque, not too much there either. But SALT LAKE CITY. Well, that's another story. Lots of interesting stuff there. We shall have to spend an overnight there. Getting excited already.................

So I wonder where this ton of Ansel is? It sounds interesting. It's been a productive weekend, I have a rearranged studio and my work table is not right in the window where I can work in natural light until the sun goes down. I'm pretty sure I did a crummy job on the floor, but it looks good. (for now)

I was incapacitated for last evening and had some trouble getting down the stairs this morning. The ol' bod' is NOT used to working on my hands and knees/bent over, ripping carpet, pulling staples, laying tiles, moving furniture. Not even one bit. I'm still pretty sore and have had to lay on the couch/bed doing nothing for most of the day. Made a wonderful meal though, rock cornish game hens, dilled potatoes, bbq-ed asparagus. Man, it was good! We ate outside and there was one little cloud over top of our yard that rained on us while we ate. Not before, Not after, just while. You gotta love Mother nature.

Going through all my stuff and organizing it has been a labour of love and shows me all the goodies I have to play with. Now I just want to play.

The furniture is out of my studio and some of the baseboards are off. We are about to disconnect the computer and I'll be off-line for a few days while we do our thing. It's all looking good, we're going to set things up differently, in a way that brightens the entire room and gets rid of some of the clutter. And THAT hopefully, will allow me to create even more easily with less distraction. This is an evolution for me, but a good one, I think.

Another good day. that is, until I rear-ended someone with my truck. Now I know what kind of damage my bush bars can do. I wanted to cry, but what's the point?

Got a call after that that one of my employees is in hospital, had a seizure. Her mother, who called, just had surgery for breast cancer and a week ago, they learned that they did not get it all, there is much more. And her dad just lost his job.

I'm going to complain about a little car accident? Nope. I'm blessed.

This LO is of my Uncle who is now in his 80's. I haven't done the title yet, it was in 1941, I had to email my aunt to learn the year. He looks so young and so fresh, with his whole life ahead of him. and he is off to war, a horrific war at that. My gosh, we have no idea what it was like then.

I'm happy they caught one of the gang members who did the triple murder on New Year's Day. The turd was let out on $2000.00 bail a couple of days before, after facing over 30 weapons charges. My god, I know sure who is more screwed up, our justice system or the thugs. I suspect it's the former. We should rise up in the streets. But I can't. Not with the work I do. It's just SO wrong though.

Another of my staff called me a couple of days ago, her daughter was assaulted pretty badly by her BF, for want of another word. Mom said they had no food and I was trying to to think how I could help her, so I went through my freezer and cupboards and took some food into work. I asked our cook if she could put together something as well, I suggested some cooked leftovers that they could just heat up. There is only her and the two babies, the guy is in jail (if he still is). Well, she put together boxes and boxes, meat and cereal and rice, pasta, fresh and frozen veggies potatoes and frozen french fires, this list went on and on. It was wonderful. I took the stuff over to her mom and she was so grateful and so touched. Later my boss said I could take credit, but I can't. It's the conversations I started having with Creator again asking to be shown way to be of service to him. It's his credit. not mine.

Good night.

Great day today, amazing what a difference it makes, starting the day with a smudge. I need to get back in that habit. Have spent the last five hours taking apart my studio is preparation for pulling up the carpet and tiling on the weekend. Yikes, what a lot of work. Yikes, what a lot a stuff I have. It's shameful. I am tired, been a lot of work this evening and a really busy day at work.

The LO is of Mom who died 3 years ago this week, 5 days after her 90th birthday. That was a tough year. It's nice to be able to reflect on her life without the pain and anger. Goodnight.

It's past bedtime, just wanting to say I've been working all day on a canvas for my bedroom wall. I'm liking how it's looking. Maybe I CAN do art. For the second part of the day, I scrapboked and did a lot of that yesterday. I've done some really cool LO's, feeling pretty fine about them. It IS bedtime however. My work is done here. :-)

Oh man, I should never start doing LO's when I need to be somewhere. The committee in my head says, "You don't need to go out, just stay in and keep making beautiful stuff! Arrggghh!
Shut up!
I'm outta here.

Simple. Made it through the week, almost, it's Friday again. Had a good day, went to sleep last night planning art. work up doing the same. Hmmmmmmmm, what's my heart telling me, I wonder?

Trying to get back on track with posting, seems like I've been gone far too long. I've slowed down a fair bit, my word for the year is "calm" and I'm trying to apply it to my life. I've been going to bed earlier for awhile now and working at a much slower pace. I like it. I like it a lot.Haven't been working out for awhile now, but there are good reasons for that. I plan to get back at it next week, at least I haven't gained weight.I sure do like food. Always have, always will. So be it.

It's June, whistle, clap, cheer! It seems like I've been sick forever, but no matter, summer is here. Yeeks, I have to get going, get the truck into the shop. Only have time for an affirmation-I will have a good day today, in spite of being sick. The sun is out, I accomplished some good artwork last night and all's right with the world. TTFN

What a day.

My word for 2009 is CALM. It did NOT work today. I went to the truck to go meet a friend for supper and the truck would not start. This is not an old truck. I did not have the friend's cell number and so had to call a cab. The cab cost #25.00. Supper was good. The friend drove me home. After she left, I realized I had left my house key and truck key in the cab. Thank goodness I had a second key stashed, got in the house at least. Called the cab folks, cabbie had gone off shift. I only have one truck key that will disarm the alarm. Never mind I went to two, count em, two places yesterday to get a second remote, with no success.
The cabbie called and agreed to put the keys in his mailbox. I call K and ask her to come and take me to the cabbies' at the other end of the city. She is not happy. We go to the cabbies'. ONE of my key sets is in the mailbox, the other (my truck key) is still in the back of the cab. He is not home. K drives me home. I call the cab company. They tell me I have to wait until he comes back on shift. And when will that be, I ask? They don't know, they say.
I have no key to get into the truck, so that I can call AMA so that I can get a boost, so that I can get to work. I am NOT Calm. I am going to bed. I hate my life.

My girl made it home OK, I had a wonderful weekend while she was gone. W&I barbequed steaks and had assorted cheese and crackers, antipasto, sauteed mushrooms, blue cheese and blackberry salad in a rasperry vinaigrette dressing, rotini salad with asiago cheese, and then, as if it could get any better, turtle cookies and french pastries. OMG it was sooooooo good. Nice to catch up with W too.

Joni Gray posted one of my LO's on her blog, that's a real thrill for me. And I won the Our corner Airdre contest! What a nice surprise that was! I love it when people like my LO's.

Got a fair bit done this weekend, almost done Cuba. I spent a long time fiddling around with a page for the Dreamgirls challenge and got it just that way I wanted to be. THEN, I realized I missed the deadline. (Kick self in head) Duh. It's great page though.

Just finished a LO a minute ago and want to post it before I go to bed. It was fun, used a lot of elements fron different sources. I'm so glad to have found all the wonderful free resources on the Net. I try to be mindful of copyrights, hope I've succeeded.

It's been a lovely day. Summer is here, until the snow comes again next week. I found an awesome urban thrift store, K will love it as much as I do. got shoes shoes and more shoes. It must be a genetic things, this fascination we women have for shoes. Nothing spectacular in my case, just found some funky ones with a not-to-high heel. Need to snap those up when I see them!

Starting a new day and feeling pretty good about it. I keep thinking about the long weekend coming up and all the work I'll get done. Didn't work out yesterday, just couldn't convince myself to go to the gym, instead I came home, laid down and went to sleep instantly. Maybe I'll go tonight, then again, maybe not. Maybe I'll die chubby. Naah, I'll get it together. Eventually. :-)

some thoughts on workin...

A quick post tonight. Have found a wonderful new blog Scrapperlicious, and have lost a whole bunch of time wandering around on it admiring her work. What a lovely way to "waste" my time. Tomorrow is Mother's Day and the girl is taking me out for brekkie. She asked me where I want to go and I said Denny's. I just love Denny's don't you? Maybe it's not the most elegant place, but I like the down home waitstaff and the good food. Am looking forward to it.

May, the month before June

So here I am on a Monday morning. Weekend was good, if tiring. We checked out the landscape for K's foray into the world of university. It's a big deal. A REALLY big deal. I'll miss her.

I was ready to go out the door this morning at 7:30 when I realized I don't need to be at work until 11ish. Geesh. so I've been trying some digital things with little success and much frustration. Oh well, tomorrow's another day. I'n outta here.

We're off to Lethbridge tomorrow morning to go to K's University. I'm looking forward to it, she'll meet her profs and everything, that's a good start. I want to take lots of pics.

I listen to the news about H1N1 flu aka swine flu. Part of me gets a little bit scared and another part of me thinks this is much ado about nothing. You get both views if you listen to the news long enough. K is scared, I can tell, she listens to the news now, normally doesn't that much. I hope it's nothing. This world can be scary sometimes, these days. Obama held a news conference telling people to wash their hands. Well duh. Hopefully, we all know that already.

May begins tomorrow. that means June is closer. It snowed for a bit while I was at the college this evening. That's just plain stupid. Enough already. I'm trying to cheer myself up by planning a trip to the Grand Canyon this summer. and Vegas. It'll be our last hurrah before K leaves home.

Mojo challenge 33

What do I love from Peter Pan? Well, Peter asks us "Do you know why swallows nest in the eaves of houses? To hear the stories." That's what I love, the stories. IMO, the library has the keys to the kingdom. When my girl was less than a year old, she would sit in her stroller and look at picture books. Once, in her toddlerdom, I found she had stacked all her books in a pile in her room; the pile was a high as her. Not the best use for books, but you get the picture. I love books and I love stories-the Internet will never change that.

OK, I have to admit it to myself. I blog at the end of the weekend and the beginning of the weekend. As much as I have good intentions, I'm not getting it done any more than that. It'll have to be good enough. Tomorrow our kazoo band is performing in the Red Hat Parade. Gadzooks, I never thought I'd hear myself say that! I'm sitting here, wearing my red cowboy hat, and my kazoo is polished and ready. Apparently the girls are planning to add a shot of liquor to their coffees tomorrow morning before we go do it, I'd better keep an eye on my cup. Heaven forbid they put some in my coffee, I'd be playing my kazoo in Texas. Or maybe jail.

Not much to say tonight. I had a great weekend, got lots done. Today was OK, but I had a migraine and so didn't work out. Not sure if it's the weather or what. Went for dim sum yesterday with the Red Hatters and had a really good time, the ladies are all really friendly. That makes it easier for someone like me to get to know them.

That's it for tonight. time for bed.

Things I love

I've been thinking about my favorite things. What are they and what do they say about me? My top 5 are massages, the library, construction sites, my bed and eating out. Well, let's see, I like to relax and sleep, read and go out to dinner. But construction sites? Not only construction sites, but any big plants like cement factories, automobile manufacturing plants, even the rebar mill not far from here. I love them all. I wonder if there is a travelling group which visits great big places which do great big things on their summer vacation? Maybe not.
But if there is, I should join. Absolutely, I should join.

I hear she's working on something new, have you heard anything?

I've been staying up (too) late working on my art journal and the metal box to keep it in this week. I love it. Stippled various paint and glitter to cover, made a dancer-paper doll, did some mosaic work on one side and shredded some strips of a patterned paper and laid them on top. Added one of the polymer clay flowers I made to finish and a lovely shabby flower from SugarJen's tutorial on A Year of Color.

Then of course that process led to another altered art page on which I wove the remaining strips of paper onto a page which I embellished with glimmer mist and a tulle flower. Am I ever going to get back to working on Cuba? Likely the Americans will be there before I do.

Hey, does anyone know what's up with Google? why don't I get my history when I type in the first few letters of where I want to go? Instead, I get all this useless crap that is someone else's idea of what I MIGHT be interested in. I thought maybe I had accidentally installed the Google toolbar, but nope, it's not there. Is this more Big Brother?

This LO, by the way is done from a newspaper article I cut out, let's see, over 20 years ago. I scanned it and did a digital piece. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out and it does represent the BEST memories. We had so much fun, if you look real close you can see me down there in the crowd, under the fireworks, partying hearty. Look REAL close now. :-)

Had a good long weekend, K & I scrubbed the house from top to bottom. It feels so much better in here... now I can concentrate on my art. It's almost bedtime, but I think I shall stamp and emboss something on a piece of lime-green foil I have. Come to think of it, I have some lime-green embossing powder. Oh! Cool! gotta go!

My Imaginary Friend

The current Mojo challenge is to do a LO on my imaginary friend. My gosh, I have so many, it was hard to choose. (That says something disturbing about me, I think). At any rate, this little buddy, Christian name: Harold, spends the day connected telepathically to me and catches all of the thoughts I have that you wouldn't want me to say out loud. THEN, when I get home at night, Harold makes bail and we spend the evening muttering together about:

a. urfy-durfs I have met that day b. what I would like to do to those urfy-durfs c. how superior both Harold and I are to the urfy-durfs. (Reality programs provide the same sort of support for me).

At the end of each day, Harold returns to his little room to sleep and prepare for the next day's activities.

I love Harold.

Had a wonderful day today, it's like summer outside! K & I went to Kublai for supper and I tried to talk her into walking around downtown with me to take pictures, but she wasn't interested. Actually, she was hungry. I did convince her to walk to one construction site with me so I could check out the big hole in the ground, but couldn't see it as well as I would have liked. We heard on the news that 3 railcars had derailed in the city yards and were going to be righted by a crane, but we couldn't get close enough. I would have LOVED to have see that and taken pics! We saw the cranes, but K wasn't willing to drive the truck into the yards. She was probably right, railway police can be pretty nasty.

How Much is Too Much?

Challenge 102-the question is "How Much is Too Much? I'd say, Nothing is too much.

But then, we all know that I like lots of activity on my LO's. This one was way fun, I just kept going and going-the site and their challenges are the perfect vehicle for me. They inspire me and, as the site says, I get to use up my all-too-plentiful stash of supplies. My name is Patti and I'm a scrapbook-supply-aholic. Maybe I'll go to a meeting and recover. or maybe I won't.

It's a fine spring day and I have a massage booked this afternoon-I'm outta here!

Dare 47

Hah! I'm on the first of 4 days off in a row! I'm making the first day last as long as I can, it's now almost 3 AM. of course, I'll regret it tomorrow, but right now it's pretty OK. I got lots of art done today and loved every moment of doing it. Here's my take on the Dare 47: Life.

Life is good, Life is art. Life is the ultimate in creativity.

"Curiosita, Leonardo Da Vince called it.

Started feeling sick at work this afternoon, when I left, I began to feel even worse. So came home and went to bed. I missed kazoo practice and feel pretty badly about that, but sick happens. Back to bed now.

It's late, I just have had a guilt attack for not blogging for so long.

I need to be up in 5 1/2 hours. Having said that, Good night.

Lujack challenge

OK, so I read a newspaper article on Twitter this morning. I am NOT going to take part in that little "time-suck". Why anyone would want to read more of those meaningless snippets of life's minutiae that some folks post every 10 minutes is beyond me. I barely have enough hours in the day to play with my little Facebook pet. :-)

I love the site "Scrapjacked" and have finally taken the plunge with their current challenge on Lu's amazing LO. Here's what I've come up with:

I found this wonderful Challenge site a while ago, haven't been able to get my act together to participate so far. but their Challenge 46 is on the word "White" and I've done a page that replects that. We have snow here, lots and lots and lots of snow, even though it's almost April. I had to go back around the truck when I parked today to make sure my rear wheels won't be frozen in the ice that will be there in the morning, in what used to be a lake. A lake in the parking lot, mind you. Well at least we're not flooding like in North Dakota. I remember sandbagging many years ago when Winnipeg was balling the rising water and it was HARD WORK! I pray it all works out for them and that everyone stays safe.

Had to lay someone off today, that REALLY sucked. I feel angry that it had to happen. Took the Team on a tour of Remand this afternoon. It re-affirms my strong desire to never go to jail. I shall make a point of not doing anything that would get me there.
I was discharged from the Chronic Pain Centre today as well, that's a big success. I'm glad I don't have to go there anymore, it's been a long haul. I had hoped we would be finished today, and probably made things sound better than they really are. But that's OK. I have new skills to deal with the pain and just need to use them. It's a matter of discipline. It's all a matter of discipline, really.

Writing from work, had a challenging drive in today. When sitting in traffic I tried to meditate on Desiderata. You know, "Go placidly amidst the noise and haste and remember what peace there may be in silence." Between deeply spiritual thoughts on that, I screamed obscenities at the drivers who cut me off. Well, that's a bit of an exaggeration, I only screamed at the 11th person and on from there. Why don't people at least wave and thank you for letting them almost take your front end off? I have to admit, I did fantasize at one point just gunning my turbo-charged engine and plowing into the side of the last jerk who made me slam on my brakes. Not exactly going placidly, I guess, am I?

Got up today at 4:30 AM, went to work so that an employee who is leaving early would know that I know he's leaving early. I need to get a real job. My my, left early and got lots of things done, including 65 5x7's. Then I worked out-lost 2.5 pounds this week, I'm sure it's because of the exercise, NOT the popcorn I had for supper one night. And there was Movie Popcorn!!! on the kitchen table when I got home. The popcorn fairy! Yummmmm. Laid down, bad idea, had a heck of a time getting up. But I AM up. For now.

Stayed up late last night playing with my alienskin demo download software. Too much fun.
I really got into it. Not sure I want to pay $200.00 for it though. No, make that, I don't want to pay $200.00 for it. I remember when I paid $200.00 for a car. Granted, that was a while ago, but there are a lot of things I could spend $200.00 on instead of that. Hmmm, if I were a rich girl.......

So on the treadmill yesterday, I told myself I would think about art projects. I didn't think about anything. Interesting how one can spend 30 minutes in mindless nowhereland. I suppose that's a good thing. Shared a meal at work yesterday with someone I like a lot-telling myself I'm too old for this. Maybe, maybe not, I suppose it will unfold in the way it's supposed to unfold.
Went inside Remand yesterday to interview a man, I haven't been in the units there before. it was a bit unnerving, one guy was banging on his cell window. I couldn't help but turn around and look at him, but the fact that the guards were ignoring him tells me he likely needed to be ignored. It was a bit diconcerting. I'm grateful I'm not in jail.

ScrapMojo Challenge 31!!!

Spent the the day at the Okotoks Crop yesterday, it was a lot of fun. Great make and takes, and I loved the Prima class I took. After a big rush to get it done at the last minute, here's my LO for ScrapMojo's challenge 31. If I could rule the world? Trust me, NO ONE would have to pay for ANY scrapping supplies.

Looking forward to FRIDAY! today. It's been a long week. Yesterday we learned we've lost some significant funding and will have to lay people off. God, I don't want to do this. There is so much associated with this news, not just layoffs, although that's bad enough. I need to stop worrying about it. Worry won't change anything. I have a massage today, yippee. Long overdue. And after that (or before that, if I can get out early) I want to check out two art exhibitions. A treat for myself today.
I think I'm ready for the Okotoks crop tomorrow, would like to do some sewing on my pages tonight, that's about it. Then on Sunday, I can do my taxes. Not something I want to do, but a necessary evil. And besides, it only takes less than an hour, so I should just do it. Do it and be done.

Looking forward to today, finally it's warmed up a bit. Still below zero, but not bone-chilling cold like it's been.
Don't have any huge plans, just get through the workday-I'm making lunch, don't know what I'll make yet. Hopefully something edible. Then OMRB. Maybe we can get some guys into the house. Got my fingers crossed on that count.

I had the day off today, scrapbooked until 1 AM this morning, not so smart, I was tired all day. Spent a few hours at Scrapyard, but then a couple of women came and talked and talked and talked, I swear I've never heard anyone talk so much. They barely even stopped to breathe, they took fast gulps of air and talked right over top of each other! They were making me nuts, I left and went to Arby's to get some peace and quiet. As I was leaving, the owner came up to me and made a face, she felt exactly the way I did. She suggested we stab them in the neck with a paper piercer. I finally just left. No sense in going to jail for them.

I bought myself a purple hat for my "Red Hat" antics. It's quite ladylike, unlike anything I've ever worn before. If I'm embarrassed to be seen, I can pull it down over my eyes and no one will know it's me. The cook called, she's still sick and will be sick tomorrow as well. I'll have a busy day tomorrow, better go to bed. Goodnight.

Geesh!
Last Friday, I slept in and was late for work. (not too late)
Then on Saturday, I worked a casino all day and forgot to post.
Sunday I forgot to post.
This morning I slept in a was late for work. (not too late)
So much for my promise to myself to post each and every day.
It's late tonight, I went to Berkana House and led the meeting, kind of wondered what I was doing there, listening to the two addicts who showed up telling each other how wonderful they both were....not much I could add to that.
OK ladies, may the force be with you.
THEN I realized I forgot to bring home brochures and application forms for our visit to Drumheller tomorrow.
So I had to drive all the way to work.
The cook was sick today. I had to cook. I enjoyed it, but my back seized up about halfway through the day. Mega pain. Still in pain.
When I got home tonight, there was a message from the cook she isn't coming in tomorrow either.
I however, am out of town tomorrow. Made arrangements for someone to come in.
Wednesday is my day off, cus I worked Saturday. Am I going to have to work?
Crap.
I give up.
I'm going to bed.

My gosh, it's storming again. Yesterday it poured rain to the point where one neighbourhood had 7 feet of water in their homes. Not us though. That's a real good thing. I can hear the wind blowing.
I took it easy last night, didn't do much of any importance. Copied the Cuba photos onto a disc for Courtney, watched America's Top Model. That's a hard thing to admit. I watch it because it allows me to feel superior. Not physically, obviously, but mentally. "like" and "OMG" have become the new "you know". I've counted up to 5 "like"s in one statement. You know? Duh.
On that note, I'm off to work. Will make a concerted effort to be articulate today. LOL

Halfway through the workweek today. Well, at the start of halfway through actually. I had a full 8 hours sleep last night, feeling better than yesterday, and better than the day before that. It seems like the day's success is often contingent on whether or not I get enough sleep. But then, it's always been that way. I fell asleep at my desk yesterday, only momentarily, but did that snap of the head you do when you nod off. THAT's why I went to bed early last night.
I'm waiting for my photos to be ready from Future Shop. I didn't get all of Cuba done, but enough that I can put together pages for the Okotoks Crop on the 14th. I could take the Fhantasea album too, maybe I will. I'd like to get that done. It just needs putting together, not a big deal. Or maybe I should do my travel album for Bliss. Lots of options, I guess, there is never a lack of something I want to work on. Too bad I have to go to work every day. Oh well, that's what I'm doing now...

Yikes, it's snowing in great big chunks today! I've never seen it this fluffy! It IS however, mega-slippery, I understand, so need to head out ASAP.
The "little" cold I felt coming on yesterday turned into something nastier than I expected. Sick ALL day yesterday and feel pretty crummy still. Didn't get much sleep last night, but woke up on time, so I can't complain.
I have my waterproof camera in the truck, want to use up the rest of the shots on it before taking it in for developing. Maybe waterproof is the way to go this morning, since it's like a puffy white lake out there. Hopefully, there will be something interesting to shoot while I'm sitting in traffic.
At any rate, must go now.

It's a good morning today, not too cold. Speaking of cold however, I do have another one. Yuk. This is my first attempt to post each day before I go to work. As always, I feel a step behind the times, wondering the point of telling everyone the minutiae of my life, heck, some days I'm not even that interested, can't imagine why anyone else would be. But people Blog now. and so shall I. I see it as a form of journalling.....I got lots done this weekend, finished two albums, planned my Bliss page and album. I ordered a ton of photos from the Cuba trip, will need to pull something together for the Okotoks Crop in two weeks. I also started a canvas-Betty Boop-but the gel medium I bought from Michaels is hard, unusable. I'll have to exchange it. So I couldn't do the transfer as planned. That's the next step for the canvas, it was frustrating to not be able to go ahead with it, when I was geared up for it. I downloaded Alienskins too, three plug-ins that once I learn how to use properly, will be awesome for photo-editing. I stayed up way too late playing with them. Oh well, it's always nice to have something new to learn. OK, it's time, I'm off.

woo hoo! I received an award from my friend Joni Gray (I see her as a mentor really). Please check out her site, she does some very cool digital elements-she's very artistic. Thanks Joni!

My other nominees for the award are, in random order:

Treasured Memories Techneeks

Artsy Mama

Go Make Something

Magic World

WaterLo Project

There is a link to each in my sidebar.

I made it for a calendar.

Yes, I HAVE returned from Cuba and am making amends for not posting for so long.

I actually DO get that a blog is for posting.

It's been a challenging week and work and I'm sick, so not managing well.

I promise to return this weekend after some rest and will get my act together. In the meantime, here's a taste of Cuba (where I wish I still were :-( )

OK, really fast, we're outta here. Cuba, here we come!
WooHoo!!!!

Well, go figure.
In trying to change the background of this blog (after my darling daughter said she didn't like the one I had), I've somehow screwed it all up. Everything's gone wonky.
Oh well, worse things have happened.
When we get back fron Varadero, I'll make it my mission to learn EXACTLY how to do this right.
Until then, what you see is what you get!

Hah! I figured out how to post the slideshow! Yay for me!
3 more sleeps till Cuba now.............

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Oops, forgot to add the photo, here's my LO!

New Challenges

I've been checking out different blogs, looking at the various challenges going on. I like the challenges because they challenge (big surprise) me to do something beyond what I normally would. For this post, I've settled on the How Much Is Too Much Challenge #98 and of course, my all-time fav Got Mojo. Theirs is Challenge #29. Doing one LO for both was an additional challenge and I had soooo much fun with it. I wonder if doing both at once makes this
Challenge 127????? :-)

I've also uploaded a slide show of LO's from our trip to Saskatchewan this past summer to Photobucket, but have yet to find out how to get the slideshow onto my blog. Not only am I challenging myself with LO's, I'm gradually (slowly) learning how to blog!

Here it is...I wouldn't want anyone who thinks of me as a grown-up (like the people I work with) to see this, so let's keep it to ourselves, shall we?

12 more sleeps

It's getting colder again. We've had summer here (really!) for a while now, after our initial deep freeze. I heard it's coming back, winter, that is.

Can you hear it? That's the theme music from JAWS..the heartbeat thump thump...thump,thump...just as the man-eating shark is sneaking up on you. I read another blogger tonight that said she was so cold, it was 29 degrees. Farenheit. Apparently, it's going down to minus 29 degrees Celsius. That's below zero kids! Run for your lives!

We should be in Cuba. Now.

Planning my wardrobe for Cuba

Here I am with my new bikini. Ignore the snow, it's a minor irritation. Looking good, don't you think?

Mojo challenge 28

Well, here it is a new year and it's c-o-l-d. Way too cold. I need to be somewhere else, somewhere sunny.
Every new year this is what I do. I spend hours online planning a trip to a warmer destination.
As a result of those hours online, we leave for Varadero, Cuba in three weeks. I want to take photos in Havana. I want to wiggle my toes in the icing-sugar-like white sand. I want to leave this god-forsaken frozen piece of real estate we call Alberta. And so we shall.