POKEY PEAS REFUGEES CHALLENGE for June 2016

LisaDV, I'll bet your kids are so excited about having new furniture in their new rooms. Your home renovation is coming right along. We need photos once you get them all moved into their rooms.

kellyr21, did you eat enough during your birthday week that you have to do some jogging now? LOL! I'm glad you had a wonderful week. I like the idea of stretching out your birthday for a week. Mother's Day and my b-day pretty much get celebrated together each year.

I began cleaning up my scraproom today and came across some cute photos of Alex that I had set aside....you can guess the rest. I sat and scrapped them all instead of cleaning. So now I need to clean up the scrap mess and then do that deep cleaning I had planned to do in here! I can tell my self-restraint is diminishing in my old age!

maribeth, we are missing you. I hope everything is well with you. When is your next weekend away?

Sweet Cindy, scrapincin, how are you doing? Are the shingles gone and have you adjusted to the new glasses? Do you have plans of how to keep the grands busy this summer?

I talked to Angie today. They didn't get the home they put the offer on. But they are still looking. They are still planning to come at the end of next week.
I had planned on Cousin Camp that week with 7 of the kids, but Tori's girls will be at Girls' Camp with her. So it looks like Cousin Camp will just be with 5.
Sammie always makes up an agenda for each of us. Like her mom was, she is a "list maker".

grammadee, we usually just do a day and a night and a day. We have some traditions like a Tea Party and everyone has to dress up with a hat. So they dig thru the dress-ups and come up with some doosies. Even the 15 year old said we can't eliminate that, it's tradition! We always have HOBO dinners (tinfoil) and they all love that and never want to change to something else. We play games, and I have adult coloring books for this year. The younger ones love playing Library and Restaurant while the older ones take a few minutes on their phones/ipods/or whatever screens they bring. We have "no screen" time most of the time, but when Grandma is worn out, it's "screen time". LOL. Sometimes one of the older girls will want to do some sewing. We don't have time to finish anything, but we get started and finish later. At night they all spread out on floors and couches and watch a movie to go to sleep. We do water balloon tosses if it's warm enough and DH built a water feature like a car wash that they can run through. Our activities change a bit from time to time, but we do have a few traditions we do every time.
We try to do one Camp over the Christmas holidays and a couple during the summer, one while the Calif. kids are here. Hope that explains it a little better.

Well, I'd better quit this novel! I'll scan my pages and post them later this week.
Have a great week everyone.

Cindy, I'm so glad your shingles are completely gone. Now if that old floater would just float out of your line of vision! DH has dry eyes too, and he gave up on medicated drops. He does use a distilled water drop suggested by his Dr. and it helps some. Most days he feels like he has sand in his eyes. I hope you can find a cure for yours. I'm sorry to hear about J's job loss. That's always a scary time. I'm praying for him to find a new one that will be best for his family.
I am going to go check out Jennifer M.'s new video. I am getting better at stamping. Practice helps! LOL!

Kelly, that card is so "you"! I love the colors and the femininity of it. Simply gorgeous and elegant. You are a card master! Thanks for the Birthday wishes. When you get to this age, you'd prefer not to have birthdays!

grammadee, I don't know how you and LisaDV get so much done in one day. It makes me tired to think of it! I wish I had a farm for the grandchildren to visit. That's every child's dream to spend summers "with grandma at the farm". I'm sure you will love having the Abbotsford girls visiting this summer. A farm would be more fun than Cousin Camp because there is so much to do and learn.

My DD called to see if I could cut her 600 2" flowers for a Girls Camp project. So that's what I did after my Dentist appt today. Because I had to keep switching out cutting mats for the Cricut, I spent the whole time cleaning my scraproom and doing some much needed organizing. Now if I can just keep it clean...but I know I'll get the bug to scrap and it will be messed up again. LOL!

Have a great weekend, everyone. I may not get back here for a few days. Lots going on this weekend.

Hi, my Pokey friends. I have been working on this dirty house all day and I NEED A BREAK! So I am resting in my scraproom in front of the computer. Decided to chat for a minute.

Cindy, DH is loving his Wood Shop. I can't believe all that he has accomplished. He has built a big table on wheels as a work area and as an extension of his table saw for big boards. He has boards up with his hand tools hanging above his work bench and is working on a big shelf organizer. He comes home from work, eats lunch and rests for about an hour and then stays in the Shop until dinner is ready. After dinner he rests a little while and goes back out until about 8. LOL! I know he won't spend that much time out there once he gets things set up the way he wants. I am so happy that he loves it. How is Bob's Poison Ivy? I'm glad it hasn't affected his eye. I hope the swelling has gone down and that he isn't itchy.

Lisa, we have had hot weather all this week. I have had to turn the air on for DH. I'm always cold, so I don't care about it, but he works all morning outside in the hot sun and needs to cool off when he gets home. My DD keeps her home much cooler than I so to be without AC all day would have been hard. But mainly they needed something to keep Alex busy! I'm sorry it is still cold at your home. I'm glad your children are enjoying their rooms. How is the shoulder today? You are in my prayers. Take it easy so it can heal. I can understand your DS having problems with the Pythagorean Theorem....my brain is so old that those things have slipped right out! Sounds like your homeschooling is very effective.

grammadee, I'm glad you had a good time with your DGS. It's always soooo quiet when they leave, right? Hope you are getting some scrappy time along with gardening.

Kelly, I'm glad you had a good time at Michaels. They will know you by name if you keep taking classes. I think that's great. I agree that Hobby Lobby is just wonderful. It's too big when I just need to dash in and get something. But when I have time, I love just wandering around. I bought a lot of Cub Scout supplies there and always had to check out the Scrapping aisles too. I just watch for the sales on things I need. Everything seems to rotate being on sale.

Has anyone heard from Maribeth? I am getting worried about her. I sent her a message, but haven't heard back. I hope nothing is wrong and that she is just scrafting and RVing.

Well, I've rested, so it's back to cleaning. I have a bathroom to clean tonight and I'll do all my floors tomorrow and then I think I am through and the house will be presentable. Angie and family will arrive late tomorrow night. I am so anxious to see them.