Pokey Peas Challenge for February 2021

Sending patience, kitbop. Not that I ever have much, myself. Good luck with the project!

I'm sorry kitbop but that made me lol. It will all be worth it in the end right? I was and am always the chief furniture builder and it's tedious! My biggest fear is there will be missing parts.

Linda it's one thing after another isn't it? At least this has been a slow move and you didn't have to rush in only to find all these later. I hope you can get a new fridge quickly, I guess appliances and home furnishings have been in short supply this past year. Your scraproom is set up and beds are coming, that's progress! I can't wait to see it all once you're in and settled!

Hi Pokeys!
Linda - hoping the plumbers got in and out and left you with some peaceful time today! Sounds like things are moving forward. A new fridge is NOT cheap...sorry that happened to you.

joyfulnana - I seem to remember you won't be joining the crops this weekend because you have Rudy??? If so, have fun! If not...see you this weekend!

nylene - still feeling good dental-wise? Will we see you this weekend?

grammadee - I'm pretty behind on 28-4-28... mainly because of a scraproom reorganization!

My basement is now wall to wall furniture and shelves - with some extra shelves over top of the desks. It's a 4 purpose room: 1. my middle DS's bedroom 2. a rec room/tv room (seldom used) 3. my scrapbook space 4. storage area (we have no garage). It's about 200 sq. feet Thus, when I decide to build furniture there is a LOT of difficult moving/reorganization (and deep cleaning behind the wall to wall shelving) that goes on! We finished the wall shelves at 11:00, only to discover that we'd placed the 3rd vertical support less than 1/4" too close, so the shelves won't fit in. We left it. Today, I will remove that rod and putty the holes and we'll try again Sunday after it dries. Moving dry-wall anchors 1/4" is...ugh. But the first section works great!

We have company coming for the weekend (my BIL, my nephew and niece) which is huge - we haven't seen them since the summer! So I also have lots of clean/store/cook chores on my list. But I definitely plan join the crops this weekend!

hello all.

Plumbers are all done inside - they have to come back to finish up one thing outside - they need an extension ladder for that. After asking if they could start at 7, they texted to say they were having a rough morning and wouldn't be there until 830. Yawn - I got up early for nothing.

Fridge has been ordered - it'll be delivered on Monday. Yeah - not an inexpensive purchase. I'm hoping we're done with expensive repairs etc...we do still need the electricians out again.

I did manage one scrapbook page today and I emptied my mending pile AND finished sewing a pair of sleep shorts. So a productive day after I unloaded the car and unpacked more of the kitchen.

kitbop - what a giant pain and for 1/4" - I'm sorry.

grammadee - Happy Birthday to your DGS - what a fun (cold?) adventure.

kellyr21 - continuing to keep you in my prayers. I hope the card project helps.

Good Morning!

kellyr21 I'm thinking of you

nylene I know how much you miss the grands, and I miss hearing about your escapades with them. And all the Alex-isms lol. Your DD is going to be buuusyyyy! I don't envy her! Times like that I'm glad I'm a boy mom Our snow and ice are pretty well gone now, or the weather pattern that causes them let's say, because the ground is still covered lol So does this mean you and DH are both fully vaccinated? I'm still far down the list, but in the next group they open them up for based on age. My mom got her second shot Friday, and so far no symptoms, only a sore arm.

kitbop 1/4". That sucks! That had to be so frustrating! I hope you enjoyed your visitors!

grammadee your weiner roast sound so awesome!! What a fun time that will be! As far as 28-4-28, I love all the challenges and and am very very behind. I've got one page I've been working on in little spurts since last weekend that will meet two of them. And I have plans laid out for the @kitbops first recipe challenge. I know I'll be adding these to next months challenges because I want to do them all, they are so great!

Linda that's great that you get a new fridge delivered so quickly! Maybe supply chains are finally catching up again. I sure hope so! Although we are soooo far behind on production, further now than we were last summer. The trade show season is late January and February, so we have all of those orders now on top of the backlog from earlier. Wow! I'm just amazed at all you are getting done in the midst of a move. But how great you can bring boxes over and unpack them as you go, rather than having a house full of boxes.

I'm sorry I missed the crop last night. I so enjoy seeing everyone, and the Saturday nights bring different people that I don't get to see too often - looking at you nylene and kellyr21 Which is the beauty of having one each day, I do get to see familiar and new faces. It was my turn to host today, but grammadee has graciously said she will sub for me, since my youngest DS is celebrating his 6 month drug free anniversary. We have been through so much with this kid, and watched him start and stop, but 6 months is the longest he's been clean in years. I'm so proud of him! We are having pizza and cake. Cake! I finally get some cake! lol. Originally he wanted to do it this evening, which was perfect, I could still host today. Then last minute he decided to take some OT at work, so now we will be gathering about 10 AM, which is one hour before the crop.

Rudy's dad set up a play date with their neighbor's granddaughter that turned into 5+ hours of two 6 year olds lol. He sent Rudy over for awhile once that was done. I got to hear about school. - He doesn't like it much. Likes all of his teachers, except his main teacher. I think he'll like school a lot better when he's in person with it. Once he left, I ran out to get the cake and by the time I got home, there was only about an hour left of the crop. And I always debate with myself about joining in then. Which is really ridiculous, because an hour of scrapping is an hour of scrapping!

Thanks so much for hosting today grammadee! Next weekend I should be in for both! *fingers crossed*

Happy Sunday! Hey everyone, I am hanging in there. Thanks for all the continued prayers and love. Sending you all a hug! I started the sheetload and it was hard trying to understand the measurement but finally I did and now it feels fun. I will share pictures soon. Also, I finished a lo last week I will share, too. Just trying to find my way now on what I can do and want to do. I want to stay connected here cause this is my happy place.

kitbop- Yes, thank you for pointing out my bravery. I sort of missed that in my.

nylene- HUGS!!!

Waving hi to everyone!

Hello all.

Another long day of moving but we're sleeping in the new house tonight with the cats. Tomorrow we're supposed to get the new fridge. I'm beat tonight.

grammadee - sounds like a wonderful outdoor day in the cold.

joyfulnana - glad you had some Rudy time!

((((Hugs))) kellyr21

Thanks for checking in, shinyhappytina. Hope your ds does well on the exams.

So cool that you finally got to sleep in your new home, Linda. I know there are still really busy times ahead, but getting the furniture in place must be a real relief! Fingers crossed that the fridge delivery goes without a hitch and that it works perfectly.

It was good visiting with msliz, kitbop, gramma, and justjac and other Peas on line yesterday. I have two LO's to show for it, and will share when it is light enough to get a decent photo. Not sure when that will be. It is very dull out there this morning. A few flakes of snow in the air. The temps have been falling overnight, so this must be a new "system" on its way in. It's icy out there: hope your drive to work is a safe one, justjac!

Thanks for letting us know how you are, kellyr21. No need to be brave all the time. Give yourself space and time to grieve and remember. If crafting gives you the release you need, by all means craft away. I know your mother will be smiling as she looks down at your pretty work.

Dh has some appointments in town this morning, and I was thinking I would use the time to take on a couple more 28-4-28 challenges, but before I can do one more thing in this room I need to start putting away a bunch of stuff. Meeting the challenges, I have been bouncing around from theme to theme, which means I have pieces scrappy supplies of all seasons and multiple events all over the place: can't even easily access the photos I wanted to scrap next! So cleaning it is...

Happy Tuesday! It is sunny and warm today and I am soaking it all up. Thanks you for your kind words, thoughts and prayers to you all and msliz, shinyhappytina, linda grammadee, knutschen. nylene, I got your beautiful card yesterday and what joy Ron and I felt! It means so much!

Waving hi to you all and hope you are having a good day.

Just taking it slow today and going with the flow. I do hope to work on some cards. I am working on the sheetload and like the way it is coming along.

Here is a lo I did a few weeks ago. I loved the torn edges and the pockets and tags. I had fun making them.


Seal Beach Joy LO by Kelly Roberts, on Flickr

Seal Beach Joy LO by Kelly Roberts, on Flickr

Beautiful page, kellyr21 and cute pocket! Glad you are taking it easy and being good to yourself. I'll bet your cards will be beautiful, like they always are.

Glad you have the fridge in place and it WORKS, Linda. Doors in older houses do not work well with newer appliances, do they. Hope that making a path for the washer/dryer through the garage is not too difficult. I think you should definitely sign up for a team in March. I think your craft room will be calling you. And you can claim points for the hour for sewing your dd's dress.

My scraproom is not clean by any means, but I now have a space to play with paper. I found some things I was looking for, so that was a good thing. Used them right away before they hid themselves again!

Dd called this morning to say her MIL had been found collapsed in her appartment this morning and taken to hospital. She lives in London, Ontario. News has been coming in bits and pieces all day. First that she was in triage and they were doing tests, then that she was "awake" and that she was given a bed in the ED, then that she had to be intubated. Last news was that she had a stroke. Not sure if that happened at the time she collapsed or if it is a result of something that happened today. Two of her sons are stationed overseas, and the third--who is local to her--is not even sure what qustions to ask the nurses.

Dd called me to see if I could be on standby in case she had to go there. Not sure if or when that might happen but I did laundry and got some clothes organized today. And I started putting together a few page kits in case I need to go there, so I will have something to do while dgs is in school.

Tomorrow Alberta is opening up appointments for people over 75 years of age and not in seniors' care homes. So I need to get on the computer early in the morning to register dh. Hoping that when he gets his vaccine, I will be able to get the shot too, but will have to wait and see.

Okay, off to watch the last of the curling game, and then to bed.

Long night. DD’s mil was taken off life support last night. Still waiting to hear what dd needs me to do.

grammadee - I'm so sorry. ((((Hugs))) and prayers

Sending hugs to you and DD and her family grammadee . There's an extra layer of complications to things that are so hard to deal with even under normal circumstances.

Sending hugs to you, too, kellyr21 . Your page is beautiful.

Linda they had to take the door off our fridge last year to get it into place. If they had come in the front door instead I think it would have been fine, but I wasn't there to put in my two cents. 

I'm back teaching my adult students face to face. Sort of. They're trickling in. Some are just handing in assignments and working from home anyway. The kids aren't back in class and that impacts many of my  students. Today I'm on my own, and instead of capitalizing on the free time to catch up on paperwork and course development and Google Classroom, I am on here.

Our province has restrictions in place that won't be reviewed for close to a month that prohibit visiting other households. My MIL and BIL both have birthdays the first week in March and I was really hoping we'd get to have cake together. At least numbers are coming down, so it's working (along with the vaccine although the numbers getting it aren't super high. My mom just turned 75 and hasn't heard anything yet.)

I've been bad at sharing my projects. Here are my last two Layout a Day pages I completed. I'll try to share more of them later.
New Table
Scrappy Friends