Pokey Peas Challenge for May 2024

Yes and yes! It's not finished...tomorrow I'm going to run some chores with DH, including an ikea stop for a 4x4 kallax cube for me. That will mean I have an entire wall filled with kallax cubes (they will fit side by side perfectly). I love the lighting. I did have to put my desk under the window. I was hoping to put it in the middle of the room facing the door and a TV on the wall, but it's too small a space for that. But I'm loving it otherwise, and bought myself a new ipad stand so I can pea crop easily!!!

We have lost 2 kitties We were keeping them in, but yesterday the back door blew open (getting to know the house iykwim) and 2 got out. The 3rd is far too timid to step outside thank goodness. One who got out is a wild boy who will likely be fine and come home when he's hungry. He is the one who claws thru screens or jumps out of 2nd floor windows to escape the house, so he'll stay away a couple of days just to show us how angry he is. The other is my orange chronically ill cat. We're really worried about him - no sign of him. DD is beside herself. Please say a little prayer for the fur babies for me!

Happy Thursday! Hope you all are doing well today. It has been a wonderful day weather wise. Nice and sunny. Last night we went out to this Mexican restaurant we have been wanting to try for a long time. We had a nice time and the food was good. My leftovers tasted even better today. LOL!

Thanks for all the praise on my last layout. So fun to make.
I made another lo I scraplifted from Scrapbook dot com. I loved Simple Stories "Wildflower" collection used it today to make this layout. Love how it turned out.

Blessed Day Layout by Kelly Roberts, on Flickr

grammadee - I used the flower ephemera from Paige's "Blooming Wild" collection. I had so many leftover from previous projects they came in handy for this layout.

kitbop - Oh no! I hope your cats return home soon. Hang in there! I did leave some praise in the gallery for you, too.

justjac - So about a month more of school. Do you have any Summer vacay plans?

nylene - I am glad you are improving. Hope the PT gets you back to normal soon.

linda - I totally understand flying anxiety. I have that, too. But I hope you still can take your trip.

kellyr21 - another gorgeous layout - I love that pink on you and the papers pick it up perfectly!

kitbop - I hope your kitties have returned - our family is praying

bad thunderstorms here yesterday evening (60mph gusts - glad we took those trees down) and this morning (with power outages and brownouts). DD17 has her US History AP exam this morning so I'm hoping the school has power and testing isn't disrupted.

psst!

Here's the link

It was so good to see you all! Thanks for hanging out  

I'm going to be late - sorry. Dinner is still cooking

grammadee and I have started a google meet if anyone wants to join.


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Happy Mothers' Day to all the Pokey moms. Hope your families are spoiling you. I have heard from a couple of my "kids", a ddil, and a dgd, received a gift of chocolate from my dh. We plan to go for pizza for supper with dd and dgs.

Yesterday was a fun crafty day. So wonderful to have justjac here to play, and to see you, joyfulnana , for a bit on-line. I still have not scrapped that motorbike photo I had justjac print for me. I hear some of you have ideas on how it should be showcased. All advice welcome. The only ideas I have so far is I want to use the hightop sneaker die, and the Jaded Blossom motorbike add ons. Will need to spend some time cutting and assembling before I actually take on the page.

Happy Mothers Day to those celebrating today. (((Hugs))) for those for whom today isn't a celebration.

Sorry I missed the pop-up crop grammadee and justjac - sounds like it was fun.

Thank you joyfulnana - I fussy-cut the trains from another paper in that paper pad.

No plans for today - that's okay, I wasn't expecting any. 2/3 kids have wished me a Happy Mothers Day (the third is in the air - he's been travelling since 1am my time (Saturday afternoon where he caught the flight) and isn't expected home until midnight)

Good Monday morning, Pokeys! Had a quiet Mothers’ Day here. We went out for supper. I received some cards and calls. And THIS:

Delivered to me by my dd from her hubby.  She took this pic to send to him, but I am not sure when I could actually WEAR this shirt.  I think he wants this pic on the May family calendar.  Not gonna happen...

finished up the second layout I was working on with you guys on Friday's crop

He's not at my home - he's at his own but it is nice to have him back in the country albeit briefly

Thank you joyfulnana

Sounds like a lovely day with your kids. CaH isn't for the faint of heart but so much laughter!

I'm not sure if I saw the aurora or not...went out and looked three nights in a row - 2/3 the sky looked a little pinkish (more so on the phone photos) but nothing like the gorgeous photos I've been seeing from elsewhere. We're right on the edge of being able to see it or not so...

Oh and here is my interactive Mother’s Day card.

Our stove died yesterday. In the most dramatic way, ever. I put supper into the oven about 3:30 pm. About 4:30, from my craft room, I heard beeping. I thought it might be the timer, but that does 5 beeps, then a pause, and then 5 more. This just kept beeping. Then I thought it might be a truck out on the road, or on our rented property, but again that would not just be constant. So I went to the front room to check the yard/road and realized the beeping was coming from the kitchen. The stove was valiantly beeping, with F10 displayed, and really hot. Checked the oven where the meat was burning and the rice corningware had exploded its lid b/c of the heat. I guess at some point it started the heating cycle and couldn't shut itself off when the temp was reached. I tried shutting down the oven but the control panel wouldn't work, so I shut off the breaker.

Long story short, the stove is dead. My repair man says he thinks its the computer panel at the back and that this part is no longer available from his regular suppliers. Dh and I talked about purchasing new vs trying to repair this one, and decided to go with the purchase option b/c even if the guy CAN find the part, the cost of his coming out here (a 90 mile trip) plus the cost of the part and time for labour would add up to a good portion of the new appliance, and I don't think I could trust this stove again.

So stove shopping today. Grrr... Adding it into my planned after school adventure. Dgs will come with me to the greenhouse for bedding plants, then on to the Brick to look at stoves, then supper at DQ, and finally his ball game. Not going to purchase anything at the Brick, but they have a model I want to look at. If I like it as much "in person", I will order it through our local hardware store who will deliver and set it up plus remove the old stove (included in the same price as the Brick for allowing me to purchase the stove and figure out how to get it home). It will just be a while before the stove gets here. Good thing the weather is better and I can cook on the deck now...