Pokey Peas Challenge for February 2020

Happy February! I hope you all are well today. I am still nurse Kelly. I encouraged him to stay home and do nothing this weekend. He is an obedient patient so far. LOL! It's warm here so he was able to get a little sunshine and so did I. I feel like I am on the border of relapsing so I am keeping my distance from him. I don't want him to get my germs and I don't want his. All week we had to keep our distance and that's hard when you have a husband as cute as mine. LOL! This flu/cold bug SUCKS!

Oh, did I tell you we were the last Christmas wreath to come down! LOL! I looked yesterday and everyone's was down. So, then I took ours down. I told my dh and he said he wished I kept it up until the weekend. LOL! Does he love Christmas décor or what!

nylene - Thanks for our new thread! I told Ron you all have sent well wishes and he says, "Thanks!"

LisaDV - Hope your dh is resting this weekend, too. Oh, the gift wrapped frames are a fun idea. I will have to remember that for this year.

joyfulnana - GO Chiefs!!! I hope it is a good game. Are you all having a special party or going anywhere to watch? Enjoy whatever you do.

Waving happy weekend to you all!

Happy February, Pokeys!

Glad your dh was feeling well enough for a quiet couple weekend, Linda. How is his ear infection? And I am sending healing vibes to LisaDV's household and kellyr21's dh.

I have had a busy week. Came home from dd's Monday in time to go out for supper for dh's bd. Spent Tuesday and Wednesday starting to get my office/scraproom organized b/c I got the call Tuesday that the computer dh was buying me for my birthday and that I had ordered on line had arrived at the Best Buy. Thursday I dropped my old computer off at Best Buy to have its memory transferred, then dropped my vehicle off at the carwash to be detailed. Spent the day at the LSS scrapping with their January kit until justjac picked me up for supper, bd gift exchange, and a sleepover. (Can't wait to try the Foil Quill freestyle pens I had picked up with Christmas gift gc's, now that she gave me a charging station for them.)

In the afternoon I got a call from the car dealership that the vehicle I had ordered in October was on their lot. So much of Friday was spent down there, doing paper work and finalizing the sale. They dropped me off at the car wash where I picked up my "old" vehicle, then grabbed the old and new computer and headed home. Dd is going to be taking both the "old" vehicle and the "old" computer home with her next weekend. She and I will pick up the new vehicle on Thursday.

Today I spent most of my time getting my office set up again with the new computer, and trying to get it working the way I need it to. Still need to figure out email. Think I will need to phone the GeekSquad tomorrow to have them walk me through the process b/c I have tried everything I know and have not figured it out.

Meanwhile, I am coming down with a cold. Nothing serious: just runny nose, sneezing, sore throat, etc, but a nuisance. Thought at first it was b/c of all the dust I was dealing with under my computer desk while I was crawling around under there figuring out what wires went with what and getting rid of all the stuff I didn't need under there. Told dh today that it is a good thing I didn't need to fly anywhere this weekend b/c with all the screening for Coronovirus, I didn't think they would let me on a plane.

Have a great weekend, Pokeys! Enjoy the Superbowl, joyfulnana. I am hoping to join msliz in the Hangout she is planing to set up Sunday at noon EST. I need to make a birthday card for next week, and I really want to take on today's 29-4-29 sketch with some pic's that go with today's LOAD prompt over at Scrap Happy. I don't plan on doing all 29 LOAD challenges like justjac does--at least not one every day to be handed in by midnight--but I like to fit them in when I can. And this one is perfect for me!

Patin, we are so glad to see you back from Italy. I know you are having fun with your great pics. Sometimes I think I enjoy scrapping a trip almost as much as the real thing. Do you plan to make more than one scrapbook with your 1100 pics?

kellyr21 I saw my card on your cute display board. So glad you were able to celebrate your anniversary even with the sick dh.

Nylene, I loved hearing about the tapes from your mom. That is a great find. I found letters that my mom wrote to me back in the day when we did that and enjoyed reading them and scrapping them. She also saved all my letters which had a lot of stories about my children that I hope they will enjoy reading some day.


grammadee you had a very busy day with new car, new computer. Best wishes for figuring all the new stuff out! I love the idea of you all to do the online crop together. I wish I could figure out the apps you are using. But, honestly, I can't even answer my phone most of the time, much less operate apps.

LisaDV Im glad your dh is better...I was very worried when I read about him coughing up blood. Hope kids are better soon.

Glad your dh is feeling better after following doctor's orders, LisaDV, and that the meds help your ds kick that nasty sore throat.

Ha ha! Yeah, a 50F day here would feel pretty good right now--but I don't like warm streaks quite that warm this time of year. Our trees and other perennials are conditioned to stay dormant until the weather gets warm, and then they start to come back to life again. A warm streak and then a cold snap can cause alot of them to winter kill.

Congrats on getting so much scanning done, Linda. That is a task I really don't enjoy.

Good to hear you are scrapping, @elaynef. Thanks for sharing the pic's. Bet that old tree embelly feels happy in its new home. And that is a wonderful restoration on that photo! Would love to see you on one of our Pea Hangouts. If you have an ipad, jumping on to a Hangout call is not hard: you just have to download the free app, then set up the tablet where you want it to view from and click on the link when the call starts. I could help you with that, even do a trial chat just to work out the kinks. I am sure other people would be happy to walk you through the process on any other device.

Just got off msliz's chat a bit ago. Dh did not want me to be "in a conference call" all day. But now he has headed out to help his nephew with the cows... Think I will lie down for a bit. The cold & sinus pill I took this morning is starting to wear off.

knutschen - hope you feel better. Glad that you were able to watch football in style!

kellyr21 - I forgot it was Super Bowl Sunday until I was fighting the crowds at the grocery store. Hope you and your DH continue to get better

patin - 71? wow and then a blizzard?

grammadee - I figured no one else would consider 50 damp and dreary but it's partly what you're used to, I think. Although I've noticed that humidity really makes a difference - it felt so much warmer in RI at 30 than it does here in FL - but RI isn't nearly as humid.

I feel so late jumping in this month. I guess maybe that's the pokey point?
Just keeping my head above water...
and look what happened with my 29-4-29 challenge! It was the one layout I've done in a while, had it done early...and then forgot to post it!

It's just such a dreary time of year, we all get run down. I'm so sorry you haven't recovered yet nylene! There really is no way to force yourself through it, only time will help.

DH got sick on his trip to see his Dad. I immediately suggested (from his symptoms) that he might have an ulcer and told him he needed to get pantoloc. The symptoms were coming and going, and he couldn't eat what, or how much, he wanted without feeling sick. Yesterday morning he was vomiting. So today he saw our doctor and guess what? She thinks he has an ulcer Put him on pantoloc He's been way less chipper, and way less help, than normal around the house...I'll be really glad when he's feeling better!

LisaDV, hope your DD and DS are both feeling better. Strep - hit by a cement truck more like!

@elaynef - the St. Mary's pic is glorious! I had to LOL at your "horrible valentines" comment
grammadee, your pages always inspire me. The christmas layout with the torn edge on one side, and stitching on the other - love it!

I was scrapping tonight and did finish the day 2 challenge, but I felt little "joy" simply because the house feels gloomy tonight with DH being sick and DD being exhausted from a 10 hour dance day (there is a teacher's strike today, so she was off school, so they were told to come into the studio for extra rehearsal/class...)

I think my next page will be a GRATEFUL page. I need to shake myself out of this February negtivity. My "problems" are first world problems! I am THANKFUL that my DH can just pop into a good doctor and get good drugs. I am THANKFUL that I have to work 7 days in a row because I have a good job. I am THANKFUL that DD gets to do 10 hours of dance, she has access to a quality studio, and the talent to be in it! And maybe put in some pictures of the good things that happened today too: happy mail, making sushi, a sweet kitten, TV, scrapbooking!

From me too!

Happy Birthday grammadee! Here is one of my favourite pictures of you. I hope you enjoyed your Dairy Queen.

Hi everyone...enjoying reading threads and catching up! I so miss my healthy and pain free body & hating the neck brace that will be with me until April (yuck) but trying to honor my limitations so I heal correctly and never have to do this again! I am still shocked at how hard this recovery has been. Heard all the talk about how MS impacts surgery healing but I clearly either didn't believe or was't listening, perhaps a bit of both! Yikes!! Don't think I can keep up with a team but starting tomorrow will post a layout!! Hugs to all, I really hope that all is better for those going thru stuff and that everyone else stays happy and healthy!

@elaynef, maybe one of your grands could help you figure out google hangouts so you could join us for one of the crops. I love that old paper pieced tree. And WOW to that photo of the Lake. That type of scene would be one I would want a painting of.

Linda, “about 50 degrees, grey, 77% humidity so damp, and windy - it was fine for being outside but not on the water.” Yeah, that humidity really makes a difference but so does the wind across the water. I get that not being a good water day.

grammadee, If the Japan trips happens it will be next school year, so we’ll have to wait and see on the Coronoavirus. That blue semi-circle really helps that photo on the right side of your page to pop. A great juxtaposition to your page. I’m totally smitten with that home for Christmas page though. Everything about it. Off to fave it in the gallery. If you find a genie lamp could you wish for my home (all pokey’s homes) to be cleaned as well.

patin, how much snow did you end up with? Are you back up temp wise or still brr?

kellyr21, a humidifier mists water (either warm or cool, depending upon your unit) into the air for those dry climates/days. In the winter, we seem to be very dry, especially with the furnace running. I use essential oil diffusers without the EO in the kids rooms, but hadn’t put anything in our room. I’m glad the medicine is working. Keep resting and taking your vitamins. How’s your DH? .

knutschen, I’m sorry to hear you now have the yucks. I hope you will kick it faster than everyone else. How exciting for your new TV. Great day to get it delivered and set up.

joyfulnana, congrats our the Chiefs winning! How many turned out for the parade? Did you brave it? I’m hoping for some craft time this weekend too. If we end up crafting at the same time, maybe we can “hangout”.

nylene, I’m so sorry for your relapse. This stupid sickness seems to do that. I hope you are taking vitamins and resting. Wow to 18” of snow. I’m glad it wasn’t on your little pocket, and you could stay in and warm.

kitbop, sorry about your DH’s ulcer. I hope he’s feeling better and helping more. I think I could use a grateful page too! Did you get a kitten??

sleepingbooty, those really nice warm days are gorgeous reprieves, but they almost make it worse when it goes back to cold, although here this winter hasn’t been bad at all.

Thanks for sharing the beautiful photo of Dee, justjac. How’s the school year going? If I recall, you weren’t doing the community theater this spring due to a conflict with an outing you had planned. I can’t for the life of me remember the outing (a play, symphony?), when will that be?

I know you probably are having a hard time not being able to do your yoga, woodysbetty, but do try to take it slow and steady following the dr. orders. I left love for your pages in the gallery. It’s nice to see you scrapping again.

Will you be scrapbooking this weekend, msliz? How’s your DD doing with her GED preps?

We took DS to the airport on Wednesday. They allowed me to go back to the gate with him and wait. DH ran errands while I was back there. I was okay until the plane was 5 minutes out for landing. I kept it together though. When he was through the door, I may have gotten a bit teary eyed. I’m mainly super excited for this opportunity for adventure and new experiences for him, but even yesterday had a couple of moments of sadness that my baby is not a baby and gone off on his own adventure. Then I started cleaning his room. I decided it was a good thing he wasn’t here, because I’d box his ears if he was. Several different things that he didn’t know where it was or hadn’t seen was found quite easily by just a small look. Ugh. Everything is clean now except I still have to remove and wash his allergy coverings for his bedding.
He’s enjoying beaches and shorts while we are suffering with cold and snow. Perfect for giving him some gloating opportunities upon his return.

DD’s cold symptoms are lessening greatly, so it’s just a matter of time.

I’ll be cleaning again today and will continue over the weekend, although I also hope to get some craft time this weekend. We’ve also been using the time to make foods that DS isn’t that fond of but the rest of us really enjoy. Mainly they’re high vegetable content dishes or have quinoa. Yummy.


I was able to complete 3 paper layouts last month during an online hangout. Here is one of them:
d202001_TotallyLoveYou by Lisa Davolt, on Flickr

Yesterday I created this one. (I love the bottom left photo of Roxy smiling - she loves attention.)
dRoxyLoganBed by Lisa Davolt, on Flickr

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