Pokey Peas Challenge for November 2019

Thank you nylene - I suspect the Aricept will only help if she actually takes it and whether she will remains to be seen. I am hopeful though.

Packing today (only taking carryon so that's a bit of a challenge esp. going from warm to cold),leaving the house clean for DH, putting away Halloween decor and hopefully putting out the Thanksgiving decor. Plus groceries tonight. I really needed to get to DMV as my state id is expired but I don't think that's happening - fortunately I have a passport I can use instead.

Oh @elyanef that's terrible! I hope they figure out what's going on, I'm sorry you aren't feeling well. That seems to be going around lately. Various illnesses. Your DD is so talented! That's an awesome box of photos! So cool!

nylene thank you for the new thread I hope you had fun at Home Depot lol. You should get an equal amount of time in an LSS. Do you still have any in your area? Congrats to you and linda for completing Cardtober! That's a feat!

linda I will keep you and your mum in my thoughts this week. Big hugs to you. I don't recall where she lives, but you mentioned cold, so that's going to be a change. I hope she will cooperate with the Drs and take the meds she needs. I can't imagine how hard this is for you.

kellyr21! Your drawing is amazing!! I'm just wow! So good to hear you are walking like your old self!

grammadee ouch! DGS shoulder "popping out" sounds painful! I wonder if you have a budding NHL star in your family I would probably take up watching hockey if that were case. I know exactly nothing about that game lol. Sounds like you are busy traveling again. I'm in awe of your energy and ability to scrap on the road.

I'm not exactly sure what my weekend plans are yet. We watched Toy Story 4 last night, such a good movie! That one is my favorite of the series right after the first one. I honestly wasn't expecting it to be that good. If Rudy is feeling up to it I want to take him shopping for some toys that stay here with me since I let him take all the toys out when they moved lol. And when he stayed a couple weeks ago he brought a heavy backpack of random things that didn't make much sense when it was time to play lol. I'm not sure if he will sleep over tonight, but they are coming for dinner tomorrow for sure.

Once again I have high hopes for scrapping this month (and knitting) but I'm still trying to shake off this cold. I want some mojo

Hi to everyone! I hope it's an excellent weekend!

Your finished art is beautiful, kellyr21. I love that you showed us the steps to get to that result. And glad you are feeling the urge to get out of the house and shop for crafty supplies. I hope to spend some or all of my LSS coupons today in Edmonton on my way home. (These are the $75 worth of “bucks” I found in my scraproom when cleaning last month. They are worth “up to 50% of my purchase”). Hoping the store has some more of the gorgeous Kaisercraft teal Christmas line. I have the sticker book and a kit with the darker line, so thinking I could use ideas from the kit to create a batch of cards from the other line. I also will look to see what they have for albums. Thinking I might want to get a chipboard one and then decoupage the covers. I am always full of ideas when I am unable to DO anything about them 😂

Toy shopping with Rudy sounds fun, joyfulnana. My dgs’s have been window shopping on my phone &/or tablet all weekend. Another stop I hope to make today is at Toys r Us to see what LEGO sets they have. Seems to come up often in their searches. Not sure what other stores I will get to, but my dgd’s who is 9 and my grand niece who is 15 really love to bake. Is there a place I could pick up baking kits for them?

How is your dd doing LisaDV? I will post a pic of my injured dgs and some other hockey pics in the photo thread. My dgs claims he will be skating with the team by Tuesday and travelling with them this next weekend. Not sure what the team doc says. Muscle injuries are hard to assess. A bone break you can see on an X-ray and then see how well it healed.

Sending (((((HUGS))))) to you Linda, while you spend time with your mum. Maybe she will take your advice over your sister’s about her medications, care and driving. Sometimes a new voice helps.

Okay, must get moving. Everyone here is off to school or work. I am just waiting for the sanding trucks to get out onto the highways. We had about 1/2 inch of snow last night. On top of rain from yesterday. Not snowing now. Temps hovering around freezing. Roads will be good once the highway crews have done their magic.

TTYL

kellyr21 !! That painting is awesome! I love it that the "personality" of each word is seen in their faces. You are recovering well if you are ready to shop! I hope you get lots of goodies

nylene , I'm sorry your DH is having so many health scares lately, but good it's nothing "too" serious, although I'm sure it feels that way to both of you. I'm glad to have you on my team again this month too! That's awesome that your DGD wants you to write with her! I really want to do some story based pages that I may not have photos for.

I'm with nylene , grammadee , I could never get so much scrapping done away from home. It's awesome that you make it work for you! I hope DGS heals quickly and is able to skate Tuesday. I don't know about baking kits, my first thought was those easy bake ovens. I loved that thing lol. And oh I know that feeling of a million ideas when there is no time to do them. The story of my life lol. Have fun using those coupons!!

LisaDV how is DD doing? And how are you holding up? Is your houseguest there now? You have so much going on, make sure you are taking care of yourself in the midst of it.

Big hugs to you linda , I'm thinking of you and praying things go well with your mum.

Toy shopping was interesting. Rudy is a very careful shopper lol. We have to circle the toy department at least 3 or 4 times so he can change his mind and make sure he's getting the toy he really wants lol. Of course the toys went home with him lol. That's ok, one of them completed a set of the PJ Masks figures with their cars, so it make sense to let him take it with him. He was feeling better Saturday, then the the fever came back with a vengeance, along with some ear pain. Double ear infection He's only had one other ear infection and it was double as well back when he was less than 2. He has been taking it all in stride and not been grumpy at all. Which is better than I handled it when I was sick a couple weeks ago

I'm looking forward to a more productive month and I will definitely be using be using the new points system. I think I will earn more points that way. I hope all the pokey's will drop in and say hi! 

Well, it turns out MIL's surgery was quite extensive. We weren't sure what was going on or being done. She had a herniated disc removed, a spacer put in, and screws to keep the distance apart correct. Plus the doctor said he removed the whole lower back section of arthritis (I'm assuming gout since I thought other forms of arthritis are degenerative but haven't had the opportunity to ask and didn't think about it after the surgery). The surgery took 5 hours not including prep, clean up, and recovery time. I ended up leaving before they moved her to her room. I arrived home about 11pm on Wednesday night. I spent most of yesterday there as well. I will go back tomorrow. She's most likely going to a rehab facility until she can get up and down on her own. Once up, she's already walking better than she did before the surgery. It's an 1.5 drive, one way so I'm wiped today. I had SO much other stuff to get completed before Tuesday, but it's not going to happen. One Day at A Time.

Oh, and DD has been moving her arm in her sleep which causes her pain during the day. I called the dr. today. She's to wear the sling at night now. She's not a happy camper. I told her "if you weren't so wild when you sleep"..and she finished my statement with "I wouldn't have broken my collarbone to begin with." lol. touche little one.

I am loving all your memory book pages, nylene . So fun to read about the experiences of your childhood, and you include so many different senses that you make the reader feel like they were right there with you!

Hope your MIL is doing better, LisaDV and that you can get some rest before your brother arrives and your trip to the farm. I have enjoyed viewing your LO's in the Gallery: so many beautiful pages! So far, I have created just two pages and one card this month. Want to finish off my fall and Halloween pages so I can put those bins away and make room for my Christmas and Winter stuff, but prob won't get to anything crafty until Tuesday.

Love your story about toy shopping with Rudy, joyfulnana . Last weekend my ddil and I hit a few of craft markets, and their almost six year old came to a couple. What a careful shopper HE is! Has to look at everything carefully, and puts off making a choice until the very last moment.

Thinking of you, Linda , and your time with your mum. Hoping to hear from @elayef and woodysbetty to hear how they are doing, too.

Received a Halloween card from maribeth this past week:  another Pokey I miss...

My dr appointment went well, exept that a 15 minute consultation meant 1 1/2 hour drive each way and over two hours in the medical building, most of it on a chair in the waiting room. I need to go back in December for a colonoscopy, but he seemed to think it would just be a formality.

Must go now. Dd and family are here for the long weekend. Kandi was really happy for all the extra attention!

Thanks everyone for asking about my health. After 2 weeks, I got a call today from pulmonologist office to set up appointment today.
I told them I was better and didn't need to come. I started feeling better about a week ago.
I think I had some kind of autoimmune reaction to the virus I had in September. There may have been a stress component to it too.
Yall remember my best friend died this year and I really miss her. And I guess the little things all add up.
I am back to doing all the things I normally do, maybe with more frequent rest times.
I'm working on cards and grands books and using our sketches challenges.

We are looking forward to 2 little trips to visit grands and take them on some adventures if the weather cooperates. We should get some fun pics then. The little ones we will take some where close to home to give their mom a break for her birthday.
Our oldest grandson just got engaged and we're going to see him and hopefully take him hiking at Palo dura canyon. He's never been there and he is big on hiking and parks like us. He's going to be in Lubbock for school for a week. We haven't met his fiance yet.He proposed at Crater Lake National Park!

Good to hear from you @elaynef. Glad you are feeling better. Sounds like you have a couple of fun adventures to look forward to! Congrats to your dgs!

(((((Hugs))))), Linda. It must have been difficult to see how much your mum has regressed. But I'll bet she--and your sister--were happy to have you there on your visit. I hope that a solution can be found that she can accept. That transition is a hard one, because she knows that once she moves there is no going back. Glad you had an opportunity to go through the photos and get them scanned. Did you talk about them with your mum? Sometimes old memories come to mind really easily when someone cannot remember things from the recent past. And reconnecting with your half sister is exciting.

LisaDV, I am glad you took some time to just veg out with the family. You have been a whirling dervish, and there comes a time that you need to wind down.

Glad you got to do some scrapping, joyfulnana, and that you were able to play along with the on line crop. Sounds like your Mojo has made its way back. Your Rudy pages in the Gallery are a hoot. You have such a sweet relationship with that boy! I am sure your sketch sample page will be lovely. I, like nylene, sometimes just need to set a troublesome page aside for awhile, and when I come back to it, I seem to know exactly what I want/need to do to fix it.

You've had a busy weekend with family, nylene. I am enjoying the memory pages you are sharing and I am sure they will all love them too. So sweet that it is a shared experience with your dgd. Is that the one who just had a birthday?

Friday, our grand niece came over to bake with me. She is a delight, and we made butter tarts, gingerbread people and a gluten free shaped cookie with a chocolatey centre. Dd and her little family were here this weekend. The little guy was a little out of sorts, but it was [mostly] an enjoyable weekend. We had dh's nephew and his wife over for supper yesterday for our annual lasagne dinner. Dd can't have onions or gluten, and dgs can't have tomatoes, so I made a separate chicken/cheese sauce lasagne with gluten free noodles, and they both really liked it. I froze the leftovers, and sent them home with them to save her some time on busy work/school days.

Hoping to get some crafting done tomorrow. Dh has plans to help a neighbour most of the day so I will have the house to myself. Not sure what I will do. I want to finish off some fall pages so I can store away the fall and Halloween supplies. But I am getting the Christmas bug. Over the last couple of days, I managed to put together ten cards from a CTMH kit, and I am excited to try a card kit I picked up from the LSS last month. There is a lot of extra stuff in the kit, and I love the collection, so had also picked up some extra pages and a sticker book, so once I get started on that kit I may be lost for awhile in Christmas card making... AND, baking the other day has me itching to get started at that again. One way or another I will create SOMETHING tomorrow!

TTYL, Pokeys!

Happy Wednesday! This month is just moving along. I am feeling better physically. nylene was right as she told me about the emotional struggles and I am definitely grieving. So I am in extra self-care mode now. Also, the more I can get out and have fun, the better. I did get out last weekend to some of my favorite places and I hope to do more of that this weekend. Plus, I haven't been able to wash my hair and for us ladies, that is stressful. My hair takes such time and effort and I haven't had the energy for all that. But I gotta figure it out tomorrow. Amazon is delivering my hair care products today. Yeah! I think my dh will be my co-beautician! LOL!

nylene - Please tell Angie I said hello, too. Does she do any papercrafting, still or any other crafts? I hope to start working on some cards this week. I have my AG kit and still need to pull out my other card supplies to see what I need for my Christmas cards.

linda - Sending you a hug! Hang in there!

@elaynef - Oh, I am so happy to hear you are feeling better!!!! Yeah, grief can do a number on our bodies and energy. Praying you continue to improve and enjoy your family. We missed ya!  Also, congrats on your dgs' engagement! How exciting!

LisaDV - Seems like we are all dealing with some sort of stressful events. You have had your share and I pray God will give you a nice break soon. I think we all need a vacation about now. Self care my friend, self care.

grammadee - I hope you are feeling well these days too.

Waving hello to you all!

nylene, your pages are adorable. I love the couple of recent memory pages I have seen. I hope to make it to the gallery to really look over your current pages and cards from October, as they had me swooning. Those kids grow just too fast! Your card is amazing! I’m glad that you are writing, as I am assuming it’s more memories of you growing up. I know I had pestered my Dad to start writing his stories down, but he never did. Yours will be treasured memories now and in the future. Thanks for the layout love, all but 1 of those were created in October. The other was when I finally took a few moments for myself because I was scheduled for the sketchy Saturday host – sometimes, you have to schedule yourself to ensure you create something.

grammadee, the downside of living in the country is those long commutes to anywhere we need to go. It’s nice to be in the “city” now (which is still extremely rural compared to a real metropolitan area), but we miss the farm too. Your chicken cheese lasagna sounds yummy. I am not familiar with the 3 point sling, but I will have to look. The other night I woke up and looked over at her and she had her arm with sling up in the air. Thanks for letting me know about the sling. I hope you are enjoying your day. That many activities out in one day would wipe me out.

joyfulnana, I’m glad you were able to participate a bit in the SG crop. I can’t wait to see the layout.

Linda, I’m so sorry about your mom’s failing memory. My own mother didn’t know me during the last several years of her life. I will pray that there is something they can do for your mom. I’m so glad you were there to be a blessing to your mom and sister. What a treat to get so many photos too! How did DD’s team do at their game?

@elaynef, congratulations on your dgs’s engagement. And YAY! For finally feeling better. I hope you enjoy your trips!!

kellyr21, I’m so glad you are feeling better physically and so sorry that you are grieving emotionally. Take extra care of yourself. I wish I were there to take you out and pamper you. You will have to tell us how skilled Ron is with hair. He’s probably better than me. I often apologize to DD that she didn’t get a Momma that had hair skills. Ponytail – check, brushed straight out – check. Not what little girls dream of.

Thanks everyone for the well wishes.
The boys are at the farm. I shortened DD, my brother’s & my trip there as it was causing DD extra stress and we’d have to take the recliner. I figure for 3 nights she can sleep in her bed (especially if I get that 3point sling grammadee talked about). Plus, I hadn’t had the opportunity to do some much-needed cleaning here. We will go up Sunday and hope to come back Wednesday.

The boys saw no deer today, which is sad, however, they did see a wolf. They thought at first it was a coyote, but it was just way too big for one. It’s the first wolf that’s been spotted on our property there. It’s exciting and scary at the same time.

I picked up my brother on Tuesday during the cold snap and snow. I think he’s already making plans to go south.

Off to do some more cleaning and probably I should consider making dinner as it’s 5pm my time.