POKEY PEAS REFUGEES CHALLENGE for November 2015

Cindy, thank you for the well wishes.  I'm sorry you are still having afib problems.  I hope you do well on the meds. That's not something you want to play around with.  Hearts are pretty important!!  I have tried the exercises that are used for vertigo, but my doctor says until the ears clear up, they won't do much good good.  I do feel better, but I'm still disoriented and extremely tired.

Thank you Cindy and Kelly for holding down the fort!!

This post will be very disjointed, and I apologize.  I have read a little,  written a response, rested a little, read a little, written a response and rested a little.  So the whole thing will be very disjointed, but so is my brain right now.

Welcome maryannscraps!  We are always happy to have new Pokeys join us. I love your comment about the Peas being your water cooler.  What a great way to describe the relationships here!  Your job and engineering background sound so cool.  What a great field.  I wish there had been more encouragement for women to look into these fields when I was growing up.  But I'd still probably have chosen Elem. Ed. since my math skills aren't the best.Please feel free to scrap as much or as little as you have time for.  Just share with us so we can enjoy your art.  Good luck to your DS on choosing a college.  That's a tense time for young people.

And welcome, too, to oaksong!  I love  your layout you posted.  The colors of those papers are so rich and pretty.  I love the embossed paper.  Did it come like that or did you emboss it?  Beautiful scrapbook page.  Beautiful photo.

maribeth, you are definitely still a Pokey Pea.  We claim you even if we haven't seen you for a while.  I loved your Courthouse layouts and left some love in the gallery.

Kelly, Angie did a lot of shopping at Daiso while she lived in Japan.  She took us there to get some fun items when we visited.  I loved that everything was so artistic. The Japanese do that soooo well.

Cindy, I am so jealous of your cleaning out, organizing and beautiful closets.  I need to totally declutter this house. Lying in bed looking at "stuff" for 3 weeks has made me really want to tackle it, but I can't do anything for more than 10 min. and then my head starts to spin.  Your Fall wreath is gorgeous.  Mine didn't turn out that nice.  I need to come take lessons from you and Kelly.

sbartist, Bonnie, so nice to "see" you again.  I left you some love in the gallery.  I love catching some of your artwork on scrapbook.com. Stop by here anytime.  We are happy to have you share your work.

LisaDV, it's so great to see you here on the Pokey thread.  You always have such nice things to say.  Welcome aboard. Tell me about your "calendar swap".  I didn't know they even had that at 2peas.  I didn't know you were in Michigan.  My DSIL is from Saginaw.  He keeps my computer running and I'd be lost without him and my sweet daughter.  They are all in Michigan for Thanksgiving and it seems so weird not to have them dropping in.  We want to see the quilt when you finish it.  I left you some love on your layout.  What a great design.  I'm bookmarking it for using a 6x6 pad to replicate it. 

I hope some of this makes sense.  I will plan to post a new December thread on Monday or Tuesday.  This month ran away from me!

Hi, Pokeys! Cindy, you are right, I'm not doing very well. I saw my doctor today AGAIN and she started me on steroids and will send me to an ENT if not considerably better on Monday. I am so tired of the headache, ear aches and dizziness.

The day before Thanksgiving, our 22 year old grandson had emergency gall bladder surgery and then Thanksgiving night Steve and I spent in the ER as he had kidney stones again. He still hasn't passed them, but he's not TERRIBLY miserable. Heavy-duty ibuprofen is keeping him comfortable and he hasn't had to use any of the narcotics since he left the hospital...but has some if he needs them!

I had about 2 and a half pretty good days that I could do things, read, get on the computer and then the bugs caught up with me again and I was not a bit better.
I'm sorry I've been such a lousy hostess this month!

Cindy, I'm glad your meds are helping. It must be really disconcerting to suddenly have your heart racing and have no way to stop it. Hang in there, sweet lady.
I love your cards. I have wanted to see one made. That die is calling to me.

Jana, I'm so glad to see you. Glad your fiance is here and things are going well. Do your family members like him? I'm sorry you missed your nieces. I remember when my college kids came home, they had so many people to see that many got skipped. I'm sure they didn't mean to make you sad.

I don't feel up to posting the Dec. thread tonight, but will probably do it tomorrow. Steve has his eye surgery tomorrow and then just comes home to sleep, so I should be able to do it then. Emily is home from her Thanksgiving travels and can help transport him.
Thanks for hanging in there with me this month, everyone!