Q-3 Team challenge CHAT!

Hallelujah, it is finally the weekend! The new girl that I have been training is soooo good, she has caught on really quickly. I'm thinking that I might get her to come into the office on Monday and Tuesday, then work from home for the rest of the week. I do NOT want to have to travel into town every day next week. How did I used to do it pre-COVID?!

Mind you, Monday is going to be so busy trying to catch up after the Microsoft global outage yesterday. I got the dreaded blue screen of death at about 3:30pm, just as I had started working on six important tasks. Then one by one, most of my colleagues were struck down as well.  

Anyway, now I can go through and read this thread properly, and answer some of grammadee's QOTDs. 


QOTD: If you had an unexpected half a day just to play, how would you spend it?
I would be excited to do lots of scrapping, but no doubt I would spend way too much time Peaing instead! 


QOTD: What is your best time to craft: weekends or week days? Why?
I love the weekends when I have no morning plans, and I can sit on the couch or outside (in warmer weather) and spend a few hours Peaing and scrapping. I do a lot of scrapping at night, pretty much every night, while I'm sitting on the couch watching TV. 


QOTD: What are the ideal conditions for you to be creative? And what are your usual conditions?
Hmmm, I guess the ideal conditions are when there is no housework or chores to be done, and I can sit and scrap without guilt. Mind you, I prioritise scrapping over housework most of the time anyway! 


QOTD: What is your favourite type of papercrafting challenge or prompt? What makes it your fav?
Definitely scraplift challenges, followed by sketches and (digital) template challenges. I also like photo prompts. The Lilypad has heaps of great challenges every month, including photography challenges. These ones are easier for digital scrappers, because we can take the photos and scrap them right away, and not have to wait to get photos printed. 

Linda DH (later me)lived near them for 25 years. They moved to DH's area and had a house built there before we were married. We did all of the medical and hospital visits, care for their home, etc. the last few years. When we prepared to move we asked ILs if they would move 3xs and got "no we are not moving" answers. Told SIL we had really tried to get them to understand. SIL barged in and said you are moving close to me and found them an apartment in a 55+ community. Honestly if it had been me, it would have been a community that had step up care as they continued to age. She really didn't realize where they were at mentally, physically, or even emotionally. The move was pushed up as SIL changed her employment, and MIL did garage sales every weekend. It was really hard on FIL. They drove from OR to MN by themselves. As they knew it would be their last cross country drive. They actually did fine. But the last year has been a downhill for them both of them, more so for FIL. SIL wanted them near her, so she is responsible for many things. But less than we were when we lived 1/4 mile away. FIL dementia is more than MIL's; they cannot make to drive on their own from the cities. MIL does short trips around their apartment. ILs work full time, and usually only see them on an occasional Sunday. BIL has not been to their apartment since they moved in. SIL does go over, but I don't know how frequently. MIL does their packing, and often over packs. She likes coming here because she doesn't have to cook or shop. DH has only helped with the additional shopping load etc once in the 3 times they've been here this summer. Last summer/fall they spent more than 21 days in our home, the first stint of 10 days just 8 days after our move in in June.

MIL has announced that when SIL/BIL move to Florida they are moving closer to us. Which is fine. That was actually DH's original plan  . . . .  I will visit them regularly, help as needed.

Yes, I watched my mother (and helped) as my father aged and passed away at 95 after 7 years of Alzheimers in Jan '22. I know a long explanation.

QOTD. I like sketches but think having a list of stash items to use are my favorites maybe have a technique included as well.

I just want to second everything Linda just said, angel97701.

Absolutely wonderful summer day at the lake today! I went out to paddle in the nice smooth water this morning, DH finally got his parents to at least come down to the dock. He tried to swim, but just hanging in the water was soothing. MIL/FIL didn't last long on the dock.  FIL never wanted to go fishing. After a few cards games I announced we were going for a boat ride. We putted around the lake and enjoyed some fresh air and time on the water. Hanging in there.

DH's back is still not cooperating, he needs help his shoes and socks. At about 10%, but at least he can walk

I'm sorry to hear that your DH is still struggling. I remember when I hurt my back one time when we were away at the beach for a week. The only thing that gave me any relief was floating in the ocean. I'm glad that your DH was able to soothe his pain the same way. 

My intermediate school uniform was brown, camel, and golden yellow, and the boys wore a weird shade of khaki, like a grey taupe, and I feel your pain. I look awful in those colors and I dislike using them immensely. And then I went to a high school with bottle green and red uniforms... sigh. Good for Christmas, and at least I don't look sick in those colors, but why couldn't I go to the school with navy blue and white uniforms, just once? 

My MIL has brick orange shag carpet and a big blue sofa, which makes Christmas photos really ugly IMO. My house has a lot of honey woodwork and beige carpets, so even photos at home are not really the colors I enjoy.

I don't do much with color in my photo book albums. I mostly just place big photos on black and white pages, so the colors in the photos are the photos of the pages. I guess that's easier than trying to mix green and red supplies with blue and orange photos, but I do envy people with bright homes and maybe a single surface that's not piled with colorful clutter... 

oh...that's a tough one. I'll have to think on that a bit

QOTD. Colors. I rarely use pastels. I can’t rethink if other combos but some of the ones mentioned were pretty bad and glad I didn’t have to deal with those combos of uniforms or furniture. Love blue with yellow or orange.

No ideas on timed challenges other than the type of ones we have. I join some that are a weekend long And there will be a color, shape, technique and a couple of things from your stash like embelishments that are specified by type like metals or ribbons or washi.

QoYesterD: I don't scrap much, mostly a card maker. I think I don't like working with super-bright colors. This is why I tend to struggle with Cards for Cubs -- I feel like BRIGHT! screams YOUNG! but somehow I don't choose really bright colors, even in birthday patterned papers. I've been trying to choose some things lately that go against type for that specific purpose, so we'll see how it goes as we approach March.

angel97701 IMPRESSIVE ideas for a competition.


QOTD: In the imaginary reality TV competition, 2-PEAS BOOK-IT, what would our timed obstacle course look like?

Here are my ideas:

Teams of two where one person has a completed project and has to describe it to the other person so they can duplicate it without seeing the original.

A relay where each person does a different part in succession with no idea what the the previous person intended.

so many fun game ideas!

I haven't managed to come up with any ideas of my own.

Managed to work my way through a Shimelle mini-class today - Colours & Quadrants - her classes always push me and challenge me