Just Brady

Wow, I can't believe how time slipped by me last week - long time no blogging!!   Certainly, I know I spent most of Thursday pouting because I didn't like what the orthopedist told me  - three more weeks of the knee brace........arrghh......... its cumbersome, awkward and ugly, and, as much as I've tried - and its been four weeks at least -  I just can't get used to it.   And it clicks when I walk, so I sound like a matchbox car when I move around.   He did want to give me three cortisone injections to at least  help with the pain, but, I passed on that........I'd rather walk barefoot and naked over hot coals than have a needle in the same room with me, let alone three in my knee.  So,  I'll continue to deal with the brace and take my super-strength ibuprofen four times a day.  And I'm not pouting anymore.....it could be worse, right? 

Anyway, it was a quiet weekend, and we didn't do much but go to a birthday party yesterday - I'm still laughing as I think of it.

This is Brady, and yesterday was his birthday.  The big guy and I were asked to join the party, and I'm so glad we did!! 

Can't STAND how funny this was.............

there were balloons...

and cake.....

and presents that he opened himself.

Note:  the horse balloon didn't last long!  That would be it on the floor.................with the presents.

Too, too  funny!  So Happy Birthday Brady! 

In scrappy stuff, I wasn't able to get too much creative time in last week, but I do have some peeks from the little bit of time I grabbed.  First, one more from my RAH March design team projects using Pink Paislee's Cupid.  Watch for full reveal of these on the RAH blog around Thursday or so.

And here's another.......a cool new something your sure to love starting up on the RAH blog REALLY soon.   Here's mine. 

And thanks for all of your fun comments and well wishes on the knee..........love that!!!

Thats it for now!  I'm going to "click, click, click" my way back  into my scraproom, prop my knee up on a chair, and get to some Monday creating!!!!

Just Tuesday

Its Tuesday, and its cold, raw and dreary.  There's one of those "wintery mixes" falling from the sky,  and I've been in my jammies all day. 

Its Tuesday, American Idol day.  Its my first season watching the show - I know - what rock have I been under- but I'm looking forward to "girls night".

Its Tuesday, and I have those two peeks I mentioned yesterday.

Its Tuesday, which means tomorrow is Wednesday, the day I visit the orthopedist, who will hopefully, tell me I can take this contraption off my leg and start up some physical therapy.

Its Tuesday, the day between Monday and Wednesday.

And its Tuesday, and its been terrific so far.

Just Buttons and Cupid

So, I've been trying to reorganize my scraproom.lately and usually, shortly after I start, I get so overwhelmed with the masses of stuff that I give up and figure, "I'll do it tomorrow".  Well yesterday, the big guy was deep into taxes and  I knew I'd have a few hours to myself , so I finally took a baby step......... it took a while, but I'm thinking that going forward, it will be a time saver.....

For sure, it shoud be better than my previous system, which really wasn't a system, but just tons of buttons, some in zip lock bags by color, some on cards, and some in their orginal plastic pouches, all in one big box. 

I'm  not sure what I'll attack next, or when, but, the ribbons, chipboard and tools need attention too -  I'd love  to hear any organizing ideas you may want to share.

And, speaking of buttons, here's a peek at one of the RAH design team layouts  I created over the weekend using Pink Paislee's Cupid collection.  Two more of these to share tomorrow! Fun stuff!

Have a great Monday!!

Just Friday Favorites

Now that I'm blogging again, I thought it would be fun to do the Five  Fave Friday thing again.  So, here we go, my five Friday faves for this week,  in no particular order, of course!

First up, the fire grilled pizza crust by Top This. With the arrival of lent, I'm off of meat on Wednesdays and Fridays until Easter.  These are fire grilled, wheat crusts with no preservatives that you simply top and throw in the oven  for ten minutes.  I use a mix of harvarti and parmasean cheeses with a pizza sause by Casa Visco, olive oil and a quick sprinkle of oregano.  Yum.YUM.YUM.

Next on to scrappy things, and, altough its still a work in progress, this is already my favorite mini book ever.   I'm using a Maya Road base and lots of goodies from this month's Studio Calico Baker's Dozen kit as well as goodies from my stash.  How cute is that yellow buckle?  Sigh........how I miss all of the old KI trinkents............

This, by Patterson

And I love, love, love my new little ten inch toy..............the Acer Netbook.  Its blue.......and replaced my  HP laptop which I accidentally broke by knocking off the bed with my leg, which is so fat and heavy with my knee brace on. 

And last, but not least, this show........only two episodes left until the end.    I'm certain to have separation anxiety when this stops airing..........

Just Sidetracked

Happy Thursday all, hope the sun is shining where you are, as it is here in the Ocean State.  Its still pretty cold outside, but at least it isn't snowing!!  I thihk we're free of the white stuff for a few days now.  Well, until next Tuesday or so, they say.

Anyway, moving on to the scrappy stuff, I was in the mood for a mini book yesterday - can't remember the last time I made one - and started out with all types of creative energy, but then I got sidetracked by those darn Olympics.  And book club at RAH -  I'm thrilled to have this little beauty in my hands.

And then there was American Idol.  And Nip/Tuck.  So yeah..........sidetracked.  Never got back to my scrap room.  So here's what I'll start out with today, if I don't get sidetracked yet again.........today is an Auntie Day.

Gotta love the white crackle on chipboard...............

Until the next time!

Donna

Just a snow day

Snow was falling heavily when I woke up this morning and the forecast called for it to keep up for most of the day.  That, of course, immediately translated into a great scrap day  and, once I sat down to create, I thought, "ahh..... great day to start with one of those create a page with whats on your desk pages" and my desk, and scraproom for that matter, were a mess. So, there went all those little pieces of stuff, the punched circles, little strips of paper, clips, rub on pieces, etc.  Ended up with this,

Quick and easy and done!  I love that there is always a piece of transparency on my desk!!