Pokey Peas Challenge for March 2023

wonderful news grammadee - I'm so happy for you.

Happy Friday! It has been raining all day here but at least it has been light. My art class last night was good and dod three of the sketches. Also, I did get two floral practice paintings done this week. I will share more pics.

I almost missed the live Scrapbook dot com classes today. LOL! I thought it was going all day and when I logged on at 11am ish that was the last class. So tomorrow, I was start out earlier. grammadee, I will go back and watch Dyan Reavely. SO cool you and justjac got to take one of her in-person classes. I would love that.

Also, grammadee happy to see your little cat made it back home safely. So amazing how our pets know how to get back home. That happened twice to my childhood dog. So smart!

Waving hi to you gals and have a nice Saturday!

Wow! She DOES have a growing family, nylene! And exciting times ahead! There is love in the Gallery for your fun card and wonderful family page.

Charlie seems to have weathered her adventure quite well. She is still a little jumpy, but most of the time quite content. Our old cat was quite happy to see her: he resented her at first when she was moved to the garage, but when she was gone he missed her! Dh and I were talking and while we were thinking she was missing ten days, it was actually 17 days! And temps that first week were -30's. Wonder how many of her nine lives she used up?

Hi Pokey Friends! I thought I'd stop by to catch up a bit with you lovelies. Life here is plugging along. We are busy planning my daughter's (Mallory) wedding. She is getting married in October. She has been a little slow in getting things planned, so I'm having to give her a little guidance in getting it done. My son, Griffin, is home for spring break from college this week, so it will be nice to have him around more. He has really done such a good job this year. He has autism and I was super worried about him living on campus, but so far it has gone okay. We are going to work on getting him a learner's permit to learn to drive this week...so we will see how that goes. He has always been pretty afraid to drive, but it's hard to navigate Indy without a car, our public transit is non-existent...so hopefully he can do it.

I did the Scrapfest stuff yesterday. I really liked Dyan's class, I thought it was the best one. She is SO good at mixed media. I wasn't a super big fan of most of the rest of them, they were pretty basic. I am doing something fun next March though, I signed up to go on a scrapbooking cruise with some friends. Vicki Boutin is teaching on it. I've never been on a cruise before, but it should fun.

grammadee It's awesome that your kitty came back after that long. So glad she is okay!

knutschen It sounds like this divorce has been coming for a while. It's good that you know what you want and aren't giving in. Divorce is hard, but an unhappy marriage is harder. Most people who know me don't know that I had a brief first marriage. We were good friends who got married and it was not a good situation. We divorced after a year and a half and I felt so relieved when it was over. People tried to give me all kinds of advice when I went through my divorce, but I think you have to figure it out yourself. My dh and I have now been very happily married for 30 years, sometimes you just have to end the one that doesn't work to figure out what's right for you.

nylene Love the family photo! Congrats on the upcoming wedding too.

I think I'm going to try to finish the layout that's been on my desk all week, it's been giving me fits. Have a happy day all!

Sounds like busy times, shinyhappytina! And exciting times ahead with a wedding in your dd's future.

I am being a truly Pokey Pea this month. I lost the LO momentum after finishing 28-4-28. Have been doing more organizing and playing around with techniques and products. I have all the stuff from Crop & Create, but can't seem to focus on the prep work. Have stamped and coloured the images for just one of those classes. Watched SBCfest classes and finished a couple of cards using some of their ideas.

Dh is leaving in a bit to help his nephew with the cows, so maybe I should pull out another C&C class packet and play with that? Thinking I might pull out some Vicki Boutin foundations cs, so if I decide to play with inks or mixed media I may be able to build what Dyan Reavely calls "an accidental background" or something I could cut up later for accent pieces...

Happy Sunday, Pokeys!

kellyr21 - sounds like your art is going well - I always enjoy what you share.

nylene - otterly amazing card! and a beautiful family portrait!

grammadee - I'm glad that Charlkie is home and doing well. Hopefully no more adventures for her.

kitbop - yes you should scrapbook that!

shinyhappytina - welcome back! Best wishes to Mallory! Good luck with Griffin - my middle is likely on the spectrum and is very anxiety-ridden - I think at this point, getting a license is on the back burner perhaps forever having had a learners for nearly 8 years now.

grammadee - hopefully playing with your stuff will get the mojo up and running

nylene - it wasn't as complicated as it sounds - more timeconsuming - but it's definitely been worth it for me.

Lazy day here - DD went horseback riding this morning and then with DH to pick up a piece of furniture from my SIL. Then we all took the recycling for dropoff and out to lunch. The place she picked used to be really good but the owner retired and sold it and it's not nearly as good now. I ordered chicken strips and I thought the sauce would be on the side for dipping (as it had been in the past) but instead they drowned my chicken strips in honey mustard sauce...which was disappointing.

Happy Monday! Waving hi to you all. We had a very good day yesterday. We went to Joann and I got some VB and PE pp and embellishments. It was fun walking around and seeing everything. Plus my buys were all on sale. Then we went to Johnny Carino's Italian restaurant. We've seen it for years and final gave them a try. OMG,it was so good especially the warm bread. Ron and I were so full we could of been rolled to the car. Lol!

I did enjoy the Scrapfest. I got to see a lot of Paige's class and all of Frank Garcia class. I did get some fun ideas I want to try. Also, I signed up for Paige's live layout class next week and I am excited.

Here is a lo I did last night. I scrap lifted from a design I saw at Scrapbook dot com. So fun to make. I have two more projects on my table this week. Not sure if my mojo is fully back but I am enjoying the ride.
ZSmile by Kelly Roberts, on Flickr

nylene- So sweet of you to be thinking of me last Friday. I did enjoy the Scrapfest. I almost missed because I thought it was going to be all day. I got on at 11am is and it was over at 12pm! Thank goodness for replay.

knutschen- My prayers are with you. Yes, I did see the Urban Sketchers website and there is a LA chapter. Gotta see about this. Sounds fun!

grammadee- How's your cat doing since the big adventure?

kitbop- Waving hi and hope you has fun scrapping last weekend.

linda- That restaurant really messed up putting sauce on tenders. So weird! Glad your dd gets to ride horses. What a fun and relaxing activity.

joyfulnana- Waving hi to you and Abby!

kellyr21 - beautiful layout - I love the oranges!

grammadee - poor Kandi (and poor you and dh to have to pull them all out)

the time change is tough this year - I've not been sleeping well and then losing an hour. Glad tomorrow is the last day of school for DD until the 27th...I can sleep in. Well, not on Thursday as we have to drop her off about an hour away for 7am to meet up with her troop for a backpacking trip in Georgia. She'll be back late Saturday and then next week is spring break.

Hey there! I feel like it's been a year since I popped onto the boards. I got a wild idea to switch up my rooms and put crafting and work in the same room again, but in the larger master, and moving my bedroom to the smaller room. That has been an adventure, that I'm still recovering from lol. So I haven't scrapped at all.

In the midst of that upheaval, DS2 relapsed last week, and I so wish that addiction only affected the addict. He is already working his recovery again which I'm thankful for. I'm sad and disappointed for him, but I can't say I'm shocked. It's been a busy week or so for sure.


I'm sorry for the ups and downs everyone is having. nylene your cards are so cool and amazing! kellyr21 there's love in the gallery. I hope everyone has a good end of the week!

Will see you at the crop, Linda . I don't know how much "progress" I will make, (seems like I have been doing alot of moving in circles, lately) but I will be playing with papers and ink.

Sorry to hear about your ds, joyfulnana . But kudo's to him for getting himself right back on track. Hopefully he can stay there. Your room move sounds like alot of work, but if the master br is bigger, it should give you more space for your crafting to spread out.

i need to get to the Gallery later to leave love for your beautiful page, kellyr21 and your fun card, nylene .

You are going to have such a great time in Orlando, kitbop . Do you have Disney Magic Bands? Our family of 21 didn't plan ANYTHING before we arrived, and it still worked out to be a totally fun experience. Our time share has park pass package deals, and the first day, while the kids played in the pool, each family chose and purchased the packages they wanted, then loaded them onto each person's band. At that time you could book two fast passes per day at a time, and then add another when that ride/experience was completed. I think the dads booked 2 per day for everyone, and then kept reloading: they were doing that from their cell phones. They also booked ME into things, and I would get an alert on my phone about what was coming up next.  And we kept track of everyone through group text, so we could set up meets on the go if someone found a food venue or attraction they thought others would like.  Everyone shared pic's on a shared Icloud photo album, and I paid for one Disney Photo Pass, so every time a WD photographer took a pic of anyone, they swiped their Magic Band and the photo arrived in my folder.

Kandi is back to herself this morning. I did NOT take photos. And I have no faith that this will not happen again. We had the sweetest dog 20 years ago: the only thing she attacked was porcupines, and she did it often. Then she would come meekly to have them pulled, quivering and whimpering during the procedure, but she seemed to think the attack was totally worth the pain. The only hope I have for Kandi is that Porky will move on away from this annoying neighbourhood.

gorgeous card grammadee Happy St Patrick's Day!

We won't have our corned beef until Monday. Our bishop didn't give a dispensation so today is still a no-meat Friday here. DD16 was happy with that though because she'll be home for it - one of her favourites. We got pictures yesterday as they got on the ferry to head to Cumberland Island and as they got off. They won't have service again until they take the ferry back at the end of their trip.

Hello Pokey Friends! I had a busy week at work, so am just checking back in. Our legislative session is in, so I've been at the Statehouse this week, trying to encourage our lawmakers to keep our children in the child welfare system and survivors of violent crimes in mind as they make policy. I've always met with lawmakers, but never had a lobbyist to help with getting the appointments until this year, it's been super helpful to have someone to set it all up. It looks like a couple of the pieces of legislation I'm helping with are probably going to pass, which is good news. I've definitely learned a ton about how it all happens.

nylene - Mallory and Colin will definitely be living within an hour of us, which is nice. Mallory is waiting to hear which program she got into for grad school, she wants to be an Anesthesiologist's Assistant, so I'm hoping she gets into that one, but she applied for a couple of others just in case. She works at the Children's Hospital here in Indy and she wants to stay there, so she will stay within driving distance. Colin is a country boy, so I'm sure they will end up in one of the smaller towns outside of Indy, but not too far away.

BTW - I love the interactive card you made...it is pretty amazing!

kitbop - I've had the same thoughts about the video games requiring that he be looking ahead and make fast decisions. I'm hoping that skill translates into decent driving. He definitely has to know how to drive to get around town. He is saying that he would prefer to live at home instead of on campus next year, but for that to happen, he has to be able to drive, there's no way we could get him there every day. He knows that he needs a master's degree to be a librarian, so he wants to conserve his college money by living with us (I also think he is just lonely there sometimes). BTW, have fun at Disney! 

joyfulnana - I'm really sorry that your DS is struggling. I hope he is able to learn something from his slip and can move forward with his recovery. It would be SO much easier if recovery were a straight path, but most of the time it's a windy, messy route. Hugs to you.

kellyr21 - your layouts are beautiful! It looks to me like your mojo is right there with you.

grammadee - I hope Kandi stays away from the porcupines! One of my dogs got quilled once and that way terrible. We had never even seen a porcupine in our neighborhood before that and our dog came back with a ton of quills in him...that was not fun! Also - I love your card! I have a thing for clouds, so it speaks my language.

I'm hoping to get a little caught up in my journal today. I've been doing more LO's lately, so I've fallen a bit behind in my Stop the Blur journal. I'm also hosting Mallory's bridesmaids for brunch today. They are coming over to collectively shop online for their dresses for the wedding. I'm old school, so I'm like can't we just go to a store...but evidently not...lol.

Have a happy day all!