I've been promising a freebie for days and I have finally gotten it all pulled together. I apologize for the delay. Anyway, it is a fall mini. It coordinates with my fall kit, We Give Thanks, if you want more in this color scheme.
My original thought was just to give you the papers, but I hate chintzy freebies, so I made some elements to go with it. It coordinates with my Thanksgiving kit, as I mentioned, but I think you could scrap some very pretty fall pages with this....... You can find it here. It's been a while since we've had a blog freebie, so it was time. :) If you're interested in the full kit that matches this, you'll find it in the HotFlashDesigns store at A Cherry on Top.
I am LATE, LATE, LATE today. I woke up late and then I did the CT post. Also enlisted a new CT member. I'm not quite sure what happened to the next hour and a half. I know I got dressed somewhere in there and caught up on Facebook and e-mails. Oh, I did cruise through the gallery at A Cherry on Top and leave some praise on a few layouts as well.
Lately, I have been waking up before it gets light outside. Since I don't have to leave the house to go to a job job, I have this whole rebellious thing going on toward getting up to start my day when it's still night outside. So, I tend to lie back down and the next thing I know it's hours later. This is not necessarily a good thing!
We have clouds in the forecast for today and the next 4 days. I hope some of those clouds contain some rain that will be dumped on us! Funny thing: We are supposed to be aiming for a high of 68 degrees, but the current temperature is 69. Somehow I find that a little bit confusing, LOL.
Last spring, I had a client show up at my door with a sack from Walmart. She had bought me 4 winter tops on clearance. It was too warm too fast for me to do more than wear one of them once. However, I have been wearing them some the last few weeks, and I really like them. They are really soft, chenille, maybe, and big and baggy and comfortable like I like them. They have a knitted-in vertical pattern to them. And such pretty jewel tones. I'm really enjoying them.
So, I am doing my "crooked woman" thing again. It's pretty obvious when you're wearing a top with knitted-in vertical stripes. I have been praying over the symptoms and I know this mess is healed. I WILL NOT accept it. I have heard at least 5 "thunks" in my lower back, indicating that something has gone back into place, but the pain persists. It is not horrible pain, but it's there and it's definitely bothersome, as satan intended, I'm sure. Anyway, if you are a pray-er, please pray.
In years past, there were a lot of days when, just to sit in this chair, I had to wear a back brace. Otherwise, it hurt too much to bear. Those days are gone. I attribute that to the "God that heals me" and to the fact that I am getting stronger every day. So, we're definitely on the upswing here!
So, yesterday, I worked on the snow kit and grabbed a color scheme for a more sophisticated snow kit to do shortly. I have a bunch of glittered snowflakes for the kit and some flowers, but I still have a ways to go.......
I managed to leave the kitchen in reasonably decent shape last night so, that was a pleasant sight when I walked in there this morning. I also managed to get through all but three book cases with the dusting last night. I can finish those up in a jiffy and then I need to move on to the living room. I got all the paperwork filled out to renew my notary bond and also paid for the new stamp. I still need to get some info filled out on the Secretary of State's website for that. I'm on short time here so I think I should have that ready for when I receive the bond info back.
Today, around here, there's the dusting--the three book cases out here, in the living room, and in the dining room. I'm still working on paying bills and making small improvements to the surface of the desk. And, I'm supposed to be deleting e-mail, unzipping files, and advertising. Advertising takes first place today since I managed to get that freebie up, finally.
Next up is to find something to eat. Then the advertising. I need to toddle off because it's late. YOU be BLESSED today!
Great strides? No. Progress? Yes. I just finished loading and starting the dishwasher and shining the sink. I have a load of laundry in process. I have deleted e-mail and I'm working on unzipping files. I SO look forward to the time when these things are not mandatory in my daily routine because I've done all I need to do. There are so many other projects I want to tackle............ E-mail inbox is in the LOW 1300's. Files still to deal with in the high 500's. A lot of those I'm just not sure what to do with. Some will just be deleted, I'm sure, once they're unzipped. I tend to be a sucker for freebies, but I have learned to rid myself of them pretty quickly as I really haven't been scrapping in a long time. And, I have managed to find clothing and get it on my body, real clothes, not a nightgown, not a robe. And, of course, my lace up shoes!
Next matter of importance: food. I need to find something to eat that will fuel me for the next few hours. I'm running out of oomph.
all things through Christ who strengthens me. Phil 4:13. THAT is my motto for today. About 10:30 or so last night I became aware of a mini spasm in my lower back. It's still there. It's painful but not over the top. As I was sitting in the room-with-good-acoustics-for-vertical-communication, I felt I was being told it was a test. I have had a lot of out-of-commission days in the past month. Out-of-commission because of the infection in my arm and accompanying fever. Out-of-commission because of an emotional upset. Now this. I am pretty sure that what I heard went something like this: "If you truly believe you are healed, then you can't just sit down or lie down. You have to keep going. You have to keep going if you have to pray about every step, about every task. If you allow yourself to be drawn off task (yet again), satan wins."
Well, I know that the Bible calls me to be "more than a conqueror", not a loser, through Christ. So, I am not supposed to be letting satan win. I also became aware that "this is a test". Hmmmm. So, today, hurting or not, I am going to take on Thursday with a vengeance. Vengeance for the past days I've given up without much of a fight. If there is any way I can possibly do what I need to do, it will be done. I am not going to "be careful" because I might make it worse. I'm not saying I'm going to do something wild and crazy and extraneous, but if it needs done and I see that it needs done, I'm going for it, as an act of faith. SO THERE!I am sure this is a spiritual battle, not a physical battle.
I spent a lot of time yesterday dealing with food. Food is off my list for today except for cutting up that Pumpkin Spice cake and getting it into ziploc bags and into the freezer. Sadly, I can't use a suck-em-up bag for this because I would end up with Pumpkin Spice pancakes...... After all, cooks work hard to beat air into a cake so it will rise. Imagine what would happen if all the air were sucked out. Not so good, right?
I need to get going on the snow kit. I did all the glitters yesterday, and saved a bunch of stuff in between other tasks, but that's as far as I got. That certainly is NOT good enough! So, I'm going to start the day making snowflakes....... Lots of glittered snow flakes.....
Around here, I didn't do too bad yesterday. I did all the shopper-gatherer thing and got all the food put away. I still need to bring the laundry detergent I bought yesterday in from the car as well as another bucket of dog food. I got about half of this room dusted. It was only with the feather duster, but that beats nothing, right? And I worked more on this desk, paid a few bills, and almost filled the trash can again. By now, I'll bet you think I'm really one "trashy" lady, right? It's just paper and more paper. Now everyone and his brother is doing the direct mail thing........ so it's even worse than usual.
I discovered another $100 (roughly) that I have to spend. My notary expires December 16. It will cost $50 for a notary bond and $28 for the new stamp (have to get a new one every time I renew so it will show the new, correct expiration date). Then there is a renewal fee of $35 to the Secretary of State. Anyway, I'm afraid I let this go too long. I filled out the paperwork for the bond and the stamp last night. Today it goes out...... I'm going to fax it out, but they will snail mail the bond back to me and I can't be resworn until I receive and sign the bond. We better pray for the USPS!
So what am I aiming for around here today?
1) Finish the dusting in this room.
2) Keep after this desk. I know there are more bills to pay......
3) Get trash to the curb for tomorrow's pick up.
4) 30 minutes deleting e-mail. Hoping to see 12XX there today.
5) 30 minutes unzipping and organizing files. I should be able to easily get the remining files to under 600 today.
6) Advertising and related tasks.
7) Get my freebie up here on the blog.
8) 5 minutes on the patio.
9) I think it's time to clean out the fridge again. Going for one shelf today.
10) I still need to get that box of car stuff moved to the garage...... I had a plan for getting that done yesterday and then totally forgot about it. Ugh!
Well, that's it. Whatever time is left over needs to go on design.........
Found out my DD was out of town yesterday. She went to "heaven". Well, not really. She went to IKEA in Costa Mesa, CA. I don't know what she was doing there, but I wish I could have gone along. It's better that I didn't. I've had my eye on something from there for a long time, but it's not time yet. Here's what I'm waiting for:
That set can be purchased with DOORS! Doors that keep dust off of the stuff on the shelves. Oh, my, is that ever a dream of mine. See:
Someday........... I'd have to buy the parts in boxes, drag them home from CA, and assemble them here, but I'm an old hand at that sort of thing.
Well, let's do eye candy. That way I can move on with my spiritual battle for today.....
Nancy did this fun page. She describes how, every year, she dreams of baking lots and lots and lots of different cookies for Christmas. But as a busy mom of 6 (4 still at home), and a nurse, she just hasn't been able to mobilize to get it all done. I think she needs to mobilize that army she gave birth to! I had this dream for years, but I've about abandoned it now. Nancy has included lots of photos on her page and has given you an excellent look at papers and elements from the kit. I don't always comment, but I am ALWAYS impressed with her title work! Doesn't her title look great!
Alrighty. That's a wrap for me for now. YOU be BLESSED today.
Everything that I bought has made it into the house except the laundry detergent and the dogfood. Of course, I did bring in one bucket of dogfood, which excited 3 family members immensely. Most of it has been put away except the stuff that needs to go into the freezer in the garage. Yay, me!
I just finished making 9 shades of glitter to match the snow kit. Yummy glitter shades! Can't wait to play with them. I know I'm going to do some glitter snowflakes, but I'm not sure what else. Flyin' by the seat of my pants here....
Well, I'm off to the kitchen to put the last of that stuff away. And make a pitcher of iced tea. I am one who likes flavored iced teas. Do you? I like to mix a little fruit juice or maybe some Crystal Light into my tea. This week, I'm adding something I think is a bit unusual: cranberry juice. It is actually pretty darn good. You should try it! I happened on it by chance as I have a large jug of cranberry juice taking up space on that coveted top shelf of the fridge. Of course, I didn't want to throw it away because it was still good. I experimented with putting it in my tea and liked it. So, I guess I'm getting an extra vitamin or two with m tea. That's worth celebrating, LOL.
Oh, and here's me in the morning. Does me absolutely no good to look like this though, because if there's gonna be coffee it will only happen if I make it.........
Well, I have dog food now, I hope, for somewhere around 3 weeks. This is good! I ended up buying 80 pounds. I managed to get the first bag into the cart myself. When it came time to lift the second bag, I was struggling with it when a male shopper came over and offered to help. I did NOT giggle out loud when he needed help to get it into the cart, LOL. But, I was pretty proud of myself, that I was able to do what he could not. Of course, I grabbed the bottom of the bag and helped him get it into the cart and thanked him profusely. Even though he needed my help to do the deed, it made it much easier on me.
I did pretty well at keeping to my list. Just absolute necessities and bargains. And even on the bargains I was conservative. For example, they had 10 bags of frozen veggies for $10. That would have been a savings of about $2.80. I only got 4 bags, some corn, some peas, some okra, some spinach. If you bought 2 cans of Spam, you got a free dozen eggs. A dozen eggs cost $1.80. I got the two cans of Spam for $5.00. I tried it out a few weeks ago, and I actually kind of like Spam if it's fried...... And I got at least 4 meals out of one can of Spam. You can't beat that, can you? That imitation crab meat (you know, "fish protein") was on sale. It's usually 2.5 pounds for $5. I got 5 pounds for $7.00. It's vacuum packed so it keeps really well. After I open it, I reseal it, bag and all in a suck-em-up bag and it still keeps forever. I try to think about eating a little of this when I want a snack.....
I bought instant coffee and NesQuik. I don't need that immediately, but since I don't plan to go back to any store selling food for weeks, it seemed like a good idea. I bought some brand of laundry detergent that was on special. I've never heard of it (it's called Sun), but how far wrong can you go when it promises 120 loads and you get it for under $5? I bought Sweet n Low. If I go to Costco, I buy the box with 1500 packs. Instead I ended up with two boxes for $3.76. I spotted one box with a $.40 coupon on the box and dug til I found another....... They had pasta on sale. I grabbed some. I still have some angel hair pasta, but I have to tell you, I don't like it. I do like that it cooks quickly as opposed to some of the fatter/heavier pastas, but this particular brand/batch seems to have a taste to it that I don't like. But, they had Barilla on sale for $.78 for a 12 oz box so I bought 5 of them. I KNOW I like Barilla.
Years ago, there was a scare that Mother's Cookies was going out of business. It's a relatively small Utah firm. I think they were purchased out of bankruptcy or out of liquidation. In any case, despite threats to the contrary, you can still get Mother's Cookies. The ones I really like are the "circus animals". Yeah, I know, I'm just an overgrown kid sometimes. Anyway they were on sale 2 bags for $4. I was happy!
Oh, I did buy one thing I DID NOT plan to buy. I always check the day old bakery goods rack. This time I found a Pumpkin Spice Pudding Cake for half price. I'm going to slice that up and save the pieces individually. I wasn't concerned about buying it day-old because that "pudding cake" part made me think it would still be moist. I hope I was right. If not, I only spent $2.50 on it.
Anyway, I'd better get back to lugging it all in. I will not be lugging 80 pounds of dogfood in, but I do have to bring in at least a bucket full for the hounds........ And, here is a favorite from Facebook:
I love dogs, I just wish they ate less or there were someone else to carry the dogfood around and help me deal with the dog hair, LOL. This is from: http://www.lifeanddog.com/Issue-13-2012/Around-The-Web/
I married Joe Evans. Happy Anniversary, Joe. 692 days ago, he went to heaven. RIP, Joe. And THAT is all I'm going to say about that. I must think on other things. I do not need to do a downer thinking about loneliness.
I have concluded I MUST go to El Cheapo. I think Costco is eliminated for the next couple of months, or at least as long as I can get dog food at El Cheapo for the same price per pound as at Costco. Dogfood is the impetus for this trip. Do you remember that I bought a 40 pound bag of dogfood just days before Thanksgiving? Yeah, well it's all gone, all but the scrapings in the bottom of the barrel. I think these dogs are trying to eat extra so they can put on weight to help them weather the terrific arctic temperatures of winter here in Vegas (sarcasm intended). Anyway, they're eating up a storm. So, El Cheapo here I come. Please God, I need to find 40 lb bags for the price of 30 lb bags again........
I wanted to tell you about a convenience I have discovered that I really enjoy. There aren't many conveniences associated with shopping at El Cheapo, let me tell you! It is truly a bare bones store. However, I get their weekly "specials" mailer via e-mail. I can open that baby, go through it online, click on the specials I want to acquire, and print out a list! That's a good deal.
Last time I went to El Cheapo, I was bemoaning the fact that the price of milk was up $.40 over the usual. I KNOW this store rotates prices. They lower the prices on the "specials" and raise the prices on everything else...... I think all stores do this but maybe it's more obvious to me since I don't buy a wide variety of stuff when I go there. Anyway, I was hoping the price would drop back to the original level (which already includes one price increase over the last 12 months). I am thinking that is not going to happen as they are advertising it "on sale" at $.10 more than the usual. I'm thinking maybe that does not bode well for a decrease in price........
I am thinking I will corner the market, so to speak on dogfood. Specials are great and I love to take advantage of them when I can. However, I need to live out of the pantry and the fridge and the freezer to the extent possible for the next couple of months.......... So, if I don't need dogfood, maybe I can stay out of the store.........
I'm off. I want to go now so I'm back while it's still warm outside and while there's still plenty of daylight.
Yeah, most of us know what that's about. In my case, you have to change that house thing to house/design. The dogs leave me no choice. So, I'm left with picking one of the other two and moving on from there.
My dogs have suddenly discovered an affinity for coffee, or at least for coffee cups. They've tried to keep it a secret from me that they dig in the trash and check my desk for food. They wait til I go to bed and then they play. It hasn't worked. The papers strewn around on the floor when I get up tell on them with regard to the trash. The mud crumblets on the desk surface tell me they've been looking for goodies on the desk. I went to bed last night with a partial cup of coffee on the desk. Don't misunderstand, I am darn near religious about bussing dirty dishes, food wrappers, and such to the kitchen. However, the pups have never displayed an interest in coffee before........
So, when I came back out here this morning, my coffee cup was tilted at about a 60 degree angle. There was spilled coffee on my mouse, on my mousepad, and on my desk. I've wiped the mouse and the desk down with water 3 times no and it's practically back to normal. I still have to give the mousepad a bath. And, of course, I ran out of sweet n low several days ago, so they even had real sugar to help them create a sticky icky mess. That mess made a tiny ding in my sanity quotient for the moment. Fortunately, I was sleepy and not as aware as I might have been if I'd REALLY been awake.
By the way, if you like the scent of coffee, how about this for a good idea:
I think that's a great idea, from The Hip Hostess blog. Imagine the smell of fresh coffee permeating your house with nothing more required than a tea light candle and some coffee beans. (Remember to use the candles that come in their own little tin cups or use a votive holder or something--the scent of BURNT coffee is nothing to rave about......)
Here's a small anomaly for you: I keep fireplace matches, those long ones used to light a fire, on my desk. I don't own a fireplace. But I do like to burn jarred candles. It gets to the point, once the candles burn for a while, that it's a bit risky to try to light them. I actually burned a bit of a fingernail the other day, LOL. Fireplace matches will light the candle to the bottom of the jar without making burned fingernails. I use a lighter and re-light the match over and over. I then use the re-lit match to light my candles. It works and I get to have white fingernails instead of brown ones.
Well, as usual, December and January look like tight months, financially. I brought in some extra money in October and thought I'd be just fine, but I'm going to require help from the good Lord. I was looking at what I will need to pay out in the next two months. It's a formidable amount. I just got the renewal slip for my car registration. The actual registration is $231 and I have to spend $20 on a smog check before I can renew. I have to pay for my tax software which will run $500 plus tax and shipping. I have to do two licensing things with the IRS which will cost another $65. What fun.
Beyond the big amounts above, there are all the little things I need/want that I just have to shine on or pray for and wait for God, in His timing, to supply. For example, I need a refill for my Sonicare toothbrush. BUT, the toothbrush is so old, I can't really find refills anymore. And the refills are $34..... If I have to buy a new toothbrush, the best price I've seen on those is $100. My keyboad is a mess. It's actually cracked, but I have it taped together with packing tape. There are about 8-10 keys that don't have labels on them anymore. Fortunately, I am a touch typist. I found a replacement keyboard but it was $26 so, no, not yet. And so it goes...... I'd hate to think what the total cost might be of just the "little things" I've put off buying for years......
So, today, I will be working on getting a freebie uploaded here. It's a pretty decent freebie, if I do say so myself--NOT just 3 pieces of paper and a frame like some folks do........
Then I need to get on elements for the snow kit I'm working on. I have a few created, but it's not a drop in the bucket yet.
Around here, I really ripped into the desk last night. Filled the trash can again, LOL. And there's still much more to do. But I keep stripping away layers and someday it will be the desk I want.
Well, I just checked. My Survivor's benefit was actually deposited, as it should be, into my bank account. I usually try to pay a little extra on one credit card and on the mortgage, but nobody is getting extra this month. However, I can now start paying the minimums. I've got a stack on my desk.....
Eye candy? I think it's time. I'm only doing one today.....
Cindy did this layout for me. Her mom has not been in good health the last little while and Cindy and her husband made it their business to show up at her place with a tree and trimmings. I love that she documented it with this layout. I like her vertical title and the use of the "cookies" from this kit to embellish the photo with the trimmed tree. Nice work, Cindy.
Alrighty, time for me to move on. I have all the usual stuff to do today....... ugh.
a headache for several hours. Not high enough to take a blood pressure pill, but still inhibiting doing anything that requires movement.
I had a wonderful lunch--pumpkin pie. I have just one piece left. I don't think I told you that I found the "cure" for the excessive cloves--whipped cream. It seems to gentle down the cloves. I'll be sorry to see the last of the pie.....
I've been working on pulling together a freebie. I had done the papers already, but I wanted to add some elements. I didn't want folks to have to go digging through their stash just to do a layout. Not a lot of elements, but maybe enough....... Looks good. I'll have it up by tonight.
Well, I'm going to give in and take that blood pressure pill. I need to be able to accomplish something today! Besides, I need some prayer time and that usually happens when I lie down.
It's an atypical Nevada day. We actually have some clouds in the sky. I hate to waste a good cloud--wish it would rain! We desert rats are always wishin' for rain.........
Coffee.......... It is coffee that runs second only to God when it comes to making all things possible. I messed with the old family recipe for my morning frappucino and I'm not sure I'm happy about that. It seemed to me there wasn't a whole lot of coffee flavor. That was disappointing. But I didn't want to add more coffee which tweaks blood pressure. So, I started adding just a little bit of hot water to the mix.
If you remember, I start with NesQuik and instant coffee. Well, I thought the little bit of hot water would help the coffee dissolve better and give me a little more coffee flavor without actually having to add more instant coffee. And, I think it does. BUT, it brings with it another problem which kinda makes the whole thing an exercise in futility. Even when I add about 18-20 ounces of cold milk, the hot water still makes things hot enough to melt my ice rather quickly. And, there goes my coffee flavor. Particularly since I've resorted to adding more ice to thicken the thing up. So, I'm thinking we're headed back to the original recipe. Why go to the trouble of nuking water to help you elicit more coffee flavor when you have to just dilute it down again? Makes no sense to me.......
I've been up for a couple of hours so there is coffee in my blood stream. Hopefully that bodes well for this blog post.
Standing........ In Ephesians 6, we are given the equipment for spiritual warfare--the helmet of salvation, the breastplate of righteousness, the shoes of peace, and so on. And we are told to don them all and, "having done all to stand, stand".
More than two years ago, it became clear to me that I was going to have to find some kind of full time job. Joe didn't want me to work, but he just wasn't making enough money to pay the bills. I knew it wouldn't be easy unless the Lord was in it. The economy was in the toilet. And, there were certain things I wanted from a full time job. My job, at that time, was only part-time, as likely to result in rubber paychecks as real ones, and was my own personal mini version of hell. I wrote out a list of what I wanted and presented it to the Lord in prayer. One of the biggies was that I wanted to be sure I found the job HE wanted me to have. So, I did not intend to go looking. Rather, I wanted Him to bring the job to my door. Sure enough, not much later, a client of mine called and said her son wanted to meet with me. I met with him and was offered the job of a lifetime.
I had occasion to speak to my client last night. The job is still there....... Praise God! It involves a company with a fantastic medical product. A product that is already on the market, having passed all legal requirements, in Europe, in Australia, and in Canada. It involves a product which, if used according to directions, has no known side effects and is marketable to about 60% of women over 40. For more than two years it has been held up in the FDA. They are supposed to have only 180 days from start to finish for approval, but here we sit more than 2 years later........ This, I understand from some pretty authoritative sources, is the way of things in the Obama Administration.
It is sad that women in the US do not have access to this product when it has been used successfully in other countries for years. But here we are, just waiting, and waiting, and waiting, and we can't get the product on the market though we've successfully jumped through every hoop put in front of us. No wonder business people came out so heavily against Mr. Obama in the election..... In any case, the job is still mine, as soon as approval is obtained. There's a fantastic business plan, a fantastic marketing plan, and so on. And an excellent salary for me plus benefits plus stock options and so on.
It's ludicrous that this thing has been held up so long. It was tested extensively in another country years ago. It is an "appliance" as opposed to a drug and the "appliance" is manufactured of a material long ago approved for medical use. There is NO logical reason for the hold up. Additionally, substantial testing has been done, at the FDA's request, by our little company, at great expense. It's time to shake this thing loose! My client began as a wealthy woman, set for life. She has backed this venture of her son's and is now barely making it from month to month.
WOULD YOU PLEASE HELP ME PRAY THIS THING OUT OF LIMBO? With this job, I can pay off all the debts, probably in the space of a year. Give me another year and I can fix this place up. Give me stock options and I will be set for life. And, then there's health care (not mandatory, just because the owner wants to do it), a doctor on staff, profit sharing, the works. The owner, without bilking the public by selling the product at an exorbitant price, stands to become VERY wealthy and just wants to share the wealth. This thing will change the course of the rest of my life. And, it's mine as soon as a bureaucrat puts his/her stamp of approval on it.
There's a saying that I really like, though it's really hard to live by. Here it is: "If you're standing in faith for something and you don't see it come to pass, don't give up. You just haven't stood long enough." Well, I'm still standing and I'm not giving up. You know, Daniel was a great man of God, but even he had to wait 3 weeks to receive his answer to prayer. The angel departed the throne room immediately when Daniel prayed, but he had to fight his way through the satanic opposition......... This thing will bless so many lives in so many ways. No wonder old Slewfoot is working so hard to oppose it.
Anyway, I've been shouting "Hallelujah" for a while now as my faith got a boost last night. I have my dream job, by faith. Thank you, Lord. I am so ready for this thing to materialize!
I am working on the snow kit. It has 13 papers at this point, though I think some of them are iffy. They just might be a bit too bold (bet you never thought you'd hear ME say that!) for the rest of the color palette. I'll have to play with them a bit.....or maybe replace them. Anyway, I'm moving right along with the kit......... I'm working on getting a freebie up right now so that should be fun too.
I didn't do too bad around here yesterday, but I didn't accomplish what I would have liked. I did finally get that box of canned goods relocated. And I did get the kitchen looking pristine. And I did get the trash out. I also waded through e-mails, deleting, deleting, deleting. I unzipped a multitude of files. And I did my time on the patio. That actually meant I redid about half of what I'd already done, but it just gets better each time I do it so I'll not complain about that. It wasn't an over-the-top wonderful day but at least I didn't go backward! I am still working on the "progress is good" idea.
How about a to do list for today?
1) I need to dust. I dusted a small part of this room one evening
last week but it was such a small part I don't think it counted.
3) Most of the kitchen is in good shape, but I need to go stare at
each counter top in turn and decide what is sitting out that should be
somewhere else--in the trash, in a cupboard, in another room, etc.
4) I need to delete e-mail for 1/2 hour.
5) I need to unzip files for 1/2 hour.
6) I need to do Bible Study/school.
7) I need to do the daily minimum on the desk top.
8) I will try for 5 minutes on the patio.
9) Advertising and related tasks for 1 hour today......
10) Long ago I talked about moving a box of "car stuff" out of my living room. It is still there and now it is officially on the to do list! One at a time, I WILL knock this stuff off the list. I really will.......
Eye candy, anyone?
Karla has two of the cutest little helpers! Here are some delightful photos of the boys "helping" Mom make cookies. This is such a cute layout. Of course, the photos capture my attention first, as it should be, but I really like the little clusters Karla has put together and placed just perfectly.
Laurie did this cute page. She's certainly given you a good look at the frames in the kit. I like that little cluster of baking elements down there in the right corner. The highlight of the page is that recipe box in the bottom of the layout. It was a treasured gift from a grandma to her granddaughter.
Well, that's it for now. Time for me to move on. YOU be BLESSED today.
