POKEY PEAS REFUGEES CHALLENGE for February 2015

Kelly, congrats on your anniversary. It sounds like you had a great time together. BTW, what scrumptious dessert did you order at your favorite place? Sorry your team didn't win, but it sounds like you made the most of it anyway. We want to see layouts.

Kelly, congrats to Ron on the new job. I hope this one is the one that will be perfect for him and will continue on. As far as scrapping, I'd suggest you use your art as background behind your photos. I love the backgrounds you do behind your faces with all the designs, dots, etc. Maybe that will get your mojo going.

Cindy, any word from the cardiologist? Are you snowed in by now? I can't believe all the snow the northeast is getting. We are very dry here.

Cindy, I can't believe you haven't heard ANYTHING! Sometimes I wonder about the medical community and I used to be a part of it. I hope you are still able to maneuver in all the cold and snow. Are you getting any scrappy time? Take care of yourself!

Kelly, thanks for the warm weather sent this way. It was 65 degrees today. It's feeling like Spring. I have a couple of tulips poking up. Now you know we will get a few more big snowstorms before real winter is over. Glad you are painting. Can't wait to see it.

Better run. I had teacher conferences tonight and last night and only had one parent show up. No wonder the kids are struggling in reading!
See you all later. Have a great day tomorrow.

I have been having trouble with my Photobucket account and being unable to post from it. This is a test to see if I got it fixed.


I think I got it fixed.  These are my latest pages.  I haven't posted them in the gallery, but just in my photobucket.

Thanks, Cindy, for the Valentine's wishes. I'm sending happy vibes for Valentine's Day to everyone too.

It's Em's b-day today so we took her family to lunch. We knew we'd never get in somewhere tonight! It was a fun getaway with their family.

I think we are ready for the Blue and Gold. I'll have food to make, but my boys finished the invitations and we delivered them yesterday.

Kelly, I'm really excited to see your layout with a painted background and to see your canvas art. I'm glad you are still loving it. And by the way, just leave that tree up. I'm missing mine already. My living room looks empty. I think it's the greenery I enjoy too, and the twinkling lights.

Well, I'm making a major dent in my messy scraproom today. I need to get back to it while I'm still in the mood. Have a great day.

Hi guys! Sorry to be so absent. This has been a crazy week. Our Blue and Gold banquet went very well. I had 2 boys (and family) not come, but otherwise it was well attended and the boys all seemed to have a great time. I was on my feet from 4 pm until it was over and cleaned up at 8:30 and I really paid for it that night with leg and foot cramps! Glad it's over. I have also been doing some vinyl cutting and other Cricut cutting for a friend's wedding reception last night. They gave me iron-on glitter vinyl for a canvas and for a beautiful ornate mirror. The canvas went well and I really thought I could iron it on the mirror too. Well, word to the wise, don't try to iron on to a mirror. The vinyl went on beautifully, but so did the adhesive surrounding the letters. I almost cried! I used some solvent and CAREFULLY went around each word and in the centers of the letters. It still looked like it had a bit of a white halo right at the edge of each letter, but I did my best. They seemed very happy with it, so maybe I was being too picky. I also did a quote that filled an entire door mirror, but that wasn't the glitter vinyl, just plain vinyl and it went well and looked nice. It took more time than I thought it would, but they are great friends and I was very happy to help. Their reception was beautiful.

I have done some scrapping too. When I'd get uptight working on the other tasks that needed to be done this week, I'd just hide in my scraproom and scrap for an hour or so. I can't believe what a stress-buster it is for me.

Kelly, I hope you have a better week next week. I'm sorry this one was not great for you. Are you still working on pages and backgrounds? Your warm weather sounds wonderful.

Cindy, my dear, are you totally snowed and frozen into your house. I'd curl up and never leave my electric blanket!! I can't believe this strange winter. It has been in the 60's here all week until today. The crocuses, irises, daffodils and tulips are up and thinking it's spring. But it isn't and we are going to get a cold snap. We really need some of your snow so we will have enough water this summer. Utah is the 2nd driest state in the US. We need all that snow we usually get.

Well, sorry this has become so long. That's what happens when I don't check in often enough. LOL!

I'm wishing all the Pokeys a great weekend and next week. I should be near my computer a little more often next week. Have a great one.

Cindy, I'd be a Popsicle if I lived at your house. We had a cold snap and the wind was wild for a couple of days. That was miserable enough for me. I'm looking for Spring even though we haven't had much winter. I hope you get some time to scrap. I'm sorry about the video game. I agree that you really have to watch what the kids are playing. Right now my grands all like Minecraft. It's a real time sucker. My DD calls it Crack because it's so addicting.

How are you doing, Kelly?

Hope all the rest of our Pokeys are not freezing in this weird winter. Have a nice day, everyone.

Off to get ready for Cubs.