Hi everyone;
Well our long w/end is coming to an end, it's back to work tomorrow! Surprisingly, it was lovely weather...rain was in the forecast but didn't get a drop, though we really could use some. We've been having to water...not looking forward to the next water bill! Had a lovely b-b-q at dd's yesterday...my belated mother's day dinner. Got lots of yard work done as well as housework.

Joy: Troy did awesome at golfing...once we got him the right size of club he was away. The coach was shopping that afternoon at Canadian Tire and found him some, so now he will have his own. Congrats on the bear, what a find

Nancy: glad the tours went well, sorry about the rain.

Angie: glad you got your trip all booked. Good luck with the baby shower decorations. My great-neice's room is done in the owl theme...I think brown & blue are her colors.

Shelly: I have that cart also, haven't tried it yet though

Take care everyone

Sandra sounds like you enjoyed your long weekend.

Sharon.. you seem to be creating more with this machine then your old machine

Truthfully Cricut is such a big part of my life and I love the machines and the carts and I have way too much invested to just sell cheap and get rid of it all. I think I would be lost without it all.

Still love my Gypsy does act up from time to time just have to keep resetting it. Still haven't tried cutting with CCR..maybe tomorrow.

Bowling ended last week and I signed up for the summer figured the exercise is good.. it is not as competitive as the winter league, so if I want to take a Wed. off I can.


We are looking for a new French Door Stainless Steel Refrigerator our GE side by side is going on 25 yrs. old perfect looking but I know it is going to go by how it just keeps staying on the motor keeps going and going.

Does anyone have one??

Hoping everyone has a good evening/day

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Hi everyone;
Another sunny, windy day here and no rain in sight! School was rather uneventful today...hope it continues that way.

Joy: Troy had a blast with golfing...can't wait to get his new clubs. Good luck with your weight loss program.

Nancy: hope you find the fridge you're after

Sharon: congrats on your tumbler sales. Have fun with your other projects...don't forget to show us.

Bye for now, take care everyone

Joy- That's so awsome you go the bear. You'll have to show us a picture of it. Good luck with the health plan. I keep trying to make some changes, but I do good for about 2 days then it's back to the bad habits. I'm sure you'll have better luck than me.

Nancy hope you find the fridge you want. 25 years is a long time. I wish we could get a new fridge, our is too small but the carpenter built the cabinet around it, so I think we are stuck with it.

Shelly- thank you for the compliments on my projects. I really enjoy what I make.

Sandra- Glad Troy had fun golfing. The only golfing I do is mini golf and I'm not good at all. When does school end?


Not much going on, still working on the baby shower stuff. I want to make this the best party I've ever done. My freind who the shower is for, has diabetes, and she has some health problems that were sped up by the pregnancy. So I want to really out-do myself.

I'm getting very excited about my trip in July. Making my lists and getting things organized. I'm so out of the loop on new and old cartridges. I guess I better do a little research. I think I want to get some cartrides with fonts on them, any suggestions?

Better go to bed. School tomorrow for the kiddos and Jamal comes back from his Bagdad trip.

Oh it was so nice to sleep this morning.. my only day in a long time I was able to relax in bed and not have to get up early..

So we went looking today for French door fridges. I am a shopper I like to shop around for the best deal. I think I learned that from being a Crafter. LOL

We went to Sears, P C Richards and Son I looked on line and we decided to take a ride to a neighboring town that has a Lowes.. never been there before. wow was I impressed beautiful store very knowledgeable employees. So we saw the 4 drawer French Door I couldn't believe how much room there was. The 3rd. draw can be used for anything fruits, veggies meats all separate controls to keep that part cool. All LED Lighting which made it nice a bright. ice Maker wasn't as big and didn't take up the whole side of the door.

That was my biggest concern Samsung the ice maker took most of the side door up so you didn't have much room for anything.

So I am thrilled DH said lets just buy it. So because of Memorial Day weekend we saved then we saved because we took a charge card out and Free delivery and the extended warrenty was reasonable compared to other name brands.

It is the number one name brand for the past 15 yrs. Whirlpool. It will be delivered tomorrow.

then we went to lunch and had a nice seafood early dinner.

My son in law worked on putting the Swing set up for Abigail in the pouring rain all weekend.
He wanted to make sure by today it was ready for her to swing on. I am so glad the sun was out.

Came home emptied the freezer and put everything in the downstairs freezer it is packed. I am afraid to open the door LOL

Joy.. are you telling your daughter about the Bear or is it a surprise? You have so much sewing to do. Good luck on your new life change diet... now to stick to it

Sandra... so glad Troy loves golf and is good nice he has his own golf clubs

Sharon... good job on your sales

Angie... You have to be a pro by now with all your crafting. You do beautiful work.

I am still annoyed at my DD that she didn't want me to make anything for Abigail's party.

She forgets when her GF's were having showers and baby showers how I made all the gift bags, center pieces and decorations for them!!

Have a good day/evening

Hi everyone;
Yet another day of the same wind and warm weather! and no rain. Some is supposed to come in tomorrow evening and last all day Friday. We'll see if that happens. Went to my friend's for coffee after school and found out gas shot up to $128.9/litre! Found a station where the price was still $122.9 so filled up there. DH came home and told me my van goes in to have the bumper repaired on Mon. They will need it until at least Wed., therefore we need to rent a car for a week!

Angie: good luck with your decorations. We go to school right up to the end of June.

Joy: have fun with your new carts...I would like to get The First Few Years for sure, not sure about the other one yet though. By the time they hit our M's I might have made my mind up! I'm going to a crop there on June 1st., a new experience for us.

Nancy: glad you found your fridge so quickly and easily. We have a Lowe's nearby also, but we've never been to it either.

We are off to the cardiologist with Troy tomorrow. He went today for an echo cardiogram and tomorrow and ecg and then we meet with the Dr. He hasn't seen a cardiologist for a number of years (somehow we got missed in the recalls). Hopefully, all is well.

Take care everyone

No question is silly. You get five blades and they are like at a 60 degree angle instead 45 degrees, or something like that. I have tried sharpening blades by poking poking poking them through tin foil. It helps a little, but not for long. These 60 blades are supposed to cut better than a 45. I think I can tell a tiny bit of differrence. I think it took maybe three weeks to get them, but from China, that is not too bad.

I don't have the When I Was A Kid cart yet, but I will have it someday. And now, all of a sudden, I am liking Pack Your Bags! I will see how much it goes for on ebay.

Almost done with the first dress. After I was done with part of it, I completely gave up following the directions and finished it the way I wanted to. I use lots of short cuts when I sew. I got my theory of sewing from my sister. If it doesn't show, I don't care. My mom is VERY meticulous and inside and out has to be perfect. Not me. If it looks good on the outside, I really don't care what the inside looks like.

Nancy, your new frig sounds great! I saw one advertised this morning that has drawers that you can move around. That would be amazing.

Sandra... I hope all goes well with Troys tests

Hi everyone!

Been busy. Have read the posts most days, but haven't had much time to post. Was my grandson's 2nd birthday. We are going to celebrate on Monday when his dad will have the day off. He works two jobs so is only home in the middle of the night and in the middle of the afternoon. They wanted a swingset for him, but decided they couldn't afford one right now. I felt bad cuz he loves to swing and with the new baby coming it will be hard to go to the park. So I have been looking for a used one that we could get them for his birthday. I kept calling on them, but was always too late. But tonight I finally found a really great one. They said we could have it, but we had to be able to get it tonight. So it was a dash to get a hold of my dad to use his truck and bribe my son to help us take it apart. Anyway it is now sitting in their garage waiting to be put together. My DD called and said Ben doesn't want to go to bed he wants to go outside to swing.

Sandra - So glad Troy's appt. went well. Hope you can get your van fixed faster than they said.

Nancy - I want your new fridge!! Ours is about 16 years old and needs to be replaced. Unfortunately it will be a while. Sounds so nice.

Joy - So glad you found the bear. I'm sure your daughter will LOVE it! Good luck with your next set of bridesmaid dresses. Sounds like you sew like me. My grandmother would turn over in her grave if she saw the way I do some things. I have Pack Your Bags. Its a fun cartridge. Glad you were able to turn your heat on. My husband did something to ours when he turned the a/c on last week, so this week I haven't been able to turn ours on. Hasn't been to bad.

Angie - Good luck with your decorations. I'm sure they will turn out beautifully. I don't use fonts much so I don't know of one to recommend to you.

Heading down south to pick up our RV to bring back for the summer on Saturday. Need to get it inspected and licensed so we can take up the canyons for the summer.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Yes, I have been using my 'other machine' more than my cricut, for sure!

This is a basic tumbler I made. Very basic, but cute!



That is a tumbler that I bought at Dollar Tree. Also just got some tumblers in that I bought online, nice quality ones. Got some vinyl for walls in & some Heat Transfer Vinyl for shirts. So will get to play with those soon hopefully!

One of my girls has a friend sleeping over tonight. Her first friend to sleep over here! So she is really excited. Too cute listening to them giggle together!

Busy weekend with meeting up with friends for lunch tomorrow, heading to Dorney amusement Park on sunday & then doing a BBQ on Monday.

Oh & this is one of the tiny baby bunnies in our garden! Paul just held it for the camera, so don't worry we aren't picking them up all the time. But we do check on them most days & they are growing so well & are so darn cute!

Sandra, can't see the attachment. :(

I still don't know if I will have a job at my current school for next year. She said she may not know until the summer too. But I am on the top of her list to call around for, to let me know. I told her I was interested in staying & had loved working there so far! So fingers crossed.

I am such a klutz, I went & slipped down the last 2 stairs of my house & sprained my ankle I think. It hurts just when it is resting, but when I walk, I have to keep it straight & hobble, no weight on it. So will try to rest it today. But meant to go to Dorney (an amusement park) tomorrow for the day! If I am feeling like this then hubby will be going with the girls alone!

Also leave on my cruise on Friday morning, better be all better by then!

Hi.

Oh Sharon, I am so sorry about your ankle! I hope you heal quickly!!!

Sandra, I can't get the pic open. And I have three more dresses.

I may end up making vests for the men, also.

I am trying to get pics printed to put in the announcements, but can't seem to get much cooperation from the bride unless she thinks about it. We have GOT to get them mailed out.

The only thing that eats veggies in Jill's garden is Jeffie! He loves strawberries. And tomatoes. And corn stalks.

I got my grad cards made this morning. Cute, if I do say so myself. I totally scraplifted the idea. I will try and remember to take a pic before I seal them in the envelopes.

Kate and Jordan made if off the ship and are on a plane headed west. It sounded like they had a good time.

Thank you, I am feeling really sorry for myself right now, my foot/ankle is hurting so much! Don't think I broke anything as it is not swollen, but can just about put weight on it now, so has gotten worse as the day has gone on.

Hubby went & got me an ace bandage & an ankle brace to wear & just took 2 ibuprofen. Hoping that will all help. But do not think I will be going to Dorney amusement park tomorrow. Going to rest & put my foot up instead. I really wanted to go too. :(

Sandra, was just able to open up the photos, great shot!
I have never tried golf, but he looks like a pro!