Pokey Peas Challenge for February 2023

I tried to make a correction on the long post I just wrote and it all disappeared. So, in a nutshell...Linda , your Gnome Board is so cute! You are a fun mother and wife. Your family is lucky to have you.

grammadee , the Valentine party went well. The children know us by now and are friendly and respectful. One funny thing happened. I wear a cheap analog watch and one of the girls grabbed my arm and said,"That watch is so cool!" Others heard and gathered around. They oohed and aahed over it. One asked if I could tell time on it! LOL. Alex can tell time on any clock but apparently many students his age can't, or at least don't. Funny. DH asked if I told them I ordered it special from the antique store!

I am sorry to say that after hours of phone calls to Apple and a trip to their authorized dealer, my ipad is old enough that they won't trade it out and can't guarantee they can get the parts and can't tell me the cost. I have been without if for a week and haven't missed it much. I'm about to decide I can live without it. It has made me use my phone more and I'm learning how to use features I didn't know I had.

I have 3 pages finished and need to scan and post. I have an idea for Linda 's Sweet Layout, or kitbop 's Shapes layout. I have to decide which one I will use it for and get going on it.

Have a great week, Pokeys!

ETA: grammadee, you have love in the gallery. Your pages of the boys are so cute.

I didn't know that.  That would be nice. Thanks, kitbop.

scrappyrabbit, I am so sorry about your heater. I hope that it can be repaired or replaced. It's too cold to go without. I hope you have a great time at the baptism and with houseguests. Check in when things settle down in your life. Have a great couple of weeks!

grammadee, you need to keep warm too. I hope you have a nice time with your family and that the hockey game goes well. Drive carefully!

The older I get the less I like winter. As long as I am tucked in my house I'm ok, but going out into the cold makes me ache all over. I put a tulip bouquet in the center of my living room. I am channeling Spring! DH is getting antsy too. He wants to be outside. It's 12 degrees this morning!

Hello, Pokeys!

joyfulnana , I love your new avatar photo. I'm glad we get to see Abby too. Congrats to Rudy on his green belt. I love to see children advance and achieve their goals. Let him know your friends are proud of him too. I am so happy about your DS' healing. You are both in my prayers for a good outcome on Thursday. He has worked hard and I hope the judge can see that. Hugs.

Linda , you and your DD are very busy with Scouts. My DD was telling me about a big project she is doing with the GS in her council in CA. As I look back on it, I have never regretted the busyness and work when working with my kids and their friends in Cubs and 4-H. I can see the results of the values taught in their lives today. Bless you for being involved with her. I hope today I can get into the Sharing thread and enjoy your layouts.

grammadee , your getaway sounds very busy but nice to be with family. I'm glad you are home safe and sound. You asked about DH's surgery. It is in-office with a MOHS surgeon who takes all the cancer she can see and then it goes to pathology to check the margins. If it isn't clear she takes more and it goes to pathology. When they did this on DS, they took 6 specimens and the surgery lasted 6 hours. They will patch him up and let him go to the waiting room between procedures. When she finishes we take him to the surgical center where our (very trusted) surgeon will do reconstruction and close the wounds. He will be put out for that procedure and we don't know how long that might take. They will have to do some skin grafts. There are 2 cancers they are working on.

scrappyrabbit , I'm so glad you could replace the heater. You need to stay nice and warm the rest of the winter.

Sunday afternoon I went to use my computer and it wouldn't turn on. With it down and my ipad dead, I felt like I lost my lifeline. Luckily Doug was available. Em said, "Don't worry, he will get it going. Computers are scared of him!" DH and I tried everything we could think of but nothing helped. Doug came in, unplugged the same things we had, pushed the button and it turned right on! I believe Em. Computers are afraid of Doug! Em said she one time really needed something from her laptop and it was acting crazy. She called Doug at work and he said, "Let me talk to it." He had her go into the deep settings, had her touch several things and then said, "You start working right. Em needs you today." It cleared right up. Everyone with devices needs a "Doug" in their life.

kellyr21 , is it getting warm in your area? We are expecting a huge snowstorm overnight. I long for the color of growing flowers. I have put a bouquet of tulips (fake) in my living room to channel Spring! Hope you are doing some sketching and other fun arts.

Have a great week and weekend. I'll check in again after the surgery.

kellyr21 , I forgot to comment on your seeing one of my layouts on Scrapbook .com. I haven't been over there for ages. I seem to be kept busy enough here. I am almost out of room in the Flickr gallery though so I may need to post elsewhere. Thank you for the heads up. I will check out all your links this afternoon or evening. Thanks for finding fun things for us to enjoy. I understand you are getting torrents of rain in So. CA. We got another big storm yesterday. It's a good thing I didn't need to get out of my drive way. Today it looks like some kind neighbor has plowed it. I don't know who did it, but I greatly appreciate it. I do need to get to the store today.

Linda , I am so glad you are enjoying the cartridges. My grandchildren used to go through them and tell me what they wanted me to cut. I went into my scraproom one day and Sam (7 or 8 at the time) was just getting ready to push the button to cut. She had watched me enough that she felt confident. I made sure everything was ready and told her to go ahead. The cartridges might as well be used and not taking room in the basement.

grammadee , DH is now able to wear one hearing aid and if he tips his glasses down on his nose he can wear them. He's happier when he can hear and see a bit.

DH is doing very well, perhaps too well! He's antsy to do things. He's supposed to be on "light duty" for 2 weeks, but I'll be lucky if I can keep him caged for the weekend. He doesn't have pain anymore so he thinks he's healed. LOL

I am plugging away at the challenges a bit each day. I am only 4 behind.