POKEY PEAS REFUGEES CHALLENGE forFebruary 2017

Good Friday evening, Ladies. Wondering what you will be doing for the long weekend if you are having one this weekend. In Alberta, we have Family Day on Monday. No one is coming "home" for that this year. Being retired, long weekends don't change my daily routine much, except that dh doesn't go into town for coffee on weekends and holidays.

By Monday, I hope to have my scraproom tidied up. Got my Christmas scrappy supplies stowed away into their corner today, and put a couple of iris containers up on the shelf where they belong. Now I need to sort and put away my other themed supplies, as well as put away a bunch of income tax documents and other papers that have been piling up on the corner of my counter.

I hope to get into scrapping at least a bit next week, although we have at least 3 days filled with other activities. Not sure where I will start, but I still have a stack of fun photos to work with, and lots of stash to build pages to put them on. And another list of titles, so it shouldn't be too hard to get back into it. I really like your resolve, LisaDV, to do something creative every day. I guess a clean studio is a good thing, but I really should have a Tshirt that says "I'd rather be scrapbooking!"

Tomorrow we have a funeral for a neighbour who passed away suddenly last weekend. Today we visited with his kids (aged 19 to 24 years old), sisters, and parents. Everyone is still in shock.

Baking muffins sounds like a wonderful way to spend a rainy weekend, kellyr21. I would really like to see some of your dressed up boxes, nylene. I know I wouldn't have the patience to make a whole batch like you are doing now, but I could see doing a small gift box for a birthday or special occasion. I hope you get your silhouette working the way you want it to, scrapincin. My Cricut is not connected to my computer, so I work only from cartridges. Sometimes I miss the welding and shaping capability of my old Wishblade...

Anyway, hope you all have a wonderful weekend, no matter how long it is!

LisaDV, I laughed out loud when I read about the dog named Wife! I told my dh about that, and then told him I need a dog named Husband, because maybe then my husband would listen to me.

My scraproom is as organized as it is going to get, so I am planning to get back into scrapping tomorrow (Sunday). Some peas are setting up an on line crop for the day, so if any of you have time to join in, that would be awesome!

Hope you are safe and warm, kellyr21. And that you got the cloud to work for you, scrapincin.

I got up at 4:30 this morning-why I have no idea! So about 5:30 I started downloading the software took all the way to 3 minutes! Then when I finished the first computer I installed on the new laptop. The next time my internet goes out I will try it out to see if it works without the internet. Well I am going to get off of here and see if it works!

grammadee, I love your cartwheel layout. Those photos are fantastic. It's 11pm here and this is my first chance at 2PsRefugees, so I'm sure I've missed the crop. That's so nice that everyone came together for a crop though. Love the sense of community here. and Yes, we had a good laugh at my dd's dog named Wife comment as well. Although I have to tell you I believe that if you named a dog Husband, it would be destined not to listen. Well, maybe if it was a girl dog, but a boy....forget it. lol

scrapincin, Sorry you had trouble downloading the icloud library. Quite frankly I don't even know how I did it. I was just updating my software and the next thing you know I have this icloud thing showing up. I hope it's all working fine now.

I woke up and finished my traditional layout this morning. Then did dishes, because no one did them last night. Then I stripped ds bed and sorted the bedding that needed to be done. I had to go to the laundry mat to do it. My king comforter doesn't fit in my washer by any means. However, my washer has been acting up. It washes smaller loads fine, but give it anything bulky and it goes berserk, so all of the bedding had to go. I think it just never got leveled after the last fix. Don has it on his to do list. SO, I won't hold my breath, because he still has clean laundry so it's not going to make it to the top of his list until I really complain. Then I had to wait for dd to get up. She's been hurting more than usual at night lately and not sleeping well, so I tend to let her sleep. (luckily she's been doing good through the day though.) Since I had to wait, it was a good time to start another digital double page layout. When she did get up I went to town. Then finished my errands that I didn't do yesterday. When I got home it was straight to starting dinner, then cleaning up, then making beds. Finally I had a chance to finish my pages from this morning. Fairly productive day. Oh and it was 50 and sunny. I had no jacket on, Don aired out the house while I was gone. And when I kissed my kids when I came home they had that fresh air smell to their skin. I know they were still outside when I kissed them, but I could seriously smell it on them. Best smell ever.

Yeah, so that was my day. Quite the run down, sorry. My excuse is it's late.

I can't believe tomorrow is Monday. I'm not ready. I haven't prepped our school week yet. Plus, I still have lots of papers to grade, but I think it'll have to wait until tomorrow.

Hope everyone had a good weekend and unlike me is ready for the week ahead.

I have Silhouette software and the cloud on both computers! It says I am synced to the cloud. The second computer gave me no problems at all. I think the first one gave me problems because of the internet going out part way thru. Now we shall see if I like it this way. All thee newer software will be attached to the cloud but you can keep 3.6 whatever for the time being-you do not have to go on the new software if you don't want to.

I would like t ask you for your prayers for my niece's newborn twin girl Addison. She has RSV and was hospitalized last week with it. Then she was released and they felt she was well enough for mother to take care of her. Last night tlife flighted her to a hospital in Nashville as she had bilateral infections and dehydrated and her O2 levels were low. Not only that but her mom has RSV now andan ear infection, Her older sister-2 yrs old also has RSV abd dad has a strep throat.

maribeth sure hope you are feeling better. There are so many people sick right now. Here in Ohio we have had 4 children have passed away from the flu.

nylene- we are missing you. I figured you might have time to get on today. Hope to see you later.

LisaDV You probably read about the success if being synced to the cloud. I tried disconnecting from the net but had to reconnect to pull up my library. I think what you have to do is use the top of the chain in the library and use the local user choices. I will be trying it and will let you know how it goes. I just had a migraine and decided I did not want to deal with right then,

kellyr21-How are handling all the storms. I think about you everytime our news comes on. What a mess and feel so bad that so many have died from the storm.

Waving hi to everyone and BBL

Oh Cindy that is terrible.  Yes we have a lot of sick folks here at work as well.  I didn't get any overt symptoms just the inner/middle (whatever it is called) ear infection that made me dizzy (dizzier than I already am)

nylene - I am feeling fine today, thank you.  I will try to take photos of the CalvinBall house mess for you  - LOL 

grammadee and LisaDV - CalvinBall threads have started over at Get It Scrapped.

maribeth, thanks for the information on CB.

Good Monday evening, Pokeys.

Glad you are feeling better, maribeth. And what fun having a Harry Potter marathon! Thanks for the heads up about CalvinBall. I have claimed my spot over there. So glad it will be run through the forum again instead of fb. I may not be using the whole house, but now I have my scraproom organized, I should be able to get a lot done during March. Have you decided when you are going to run a similar event on the Peas board?

I hope your niece and her family come out of this okay, scrapincin. Glad you finally got your Silhouette talking to your computers. I don't have a lot of patience for techy things.

Good to see that you are scrapping again, LisaDV. Have enjoyed seeing your creations in the Gallery. You and justjac will be more than warmed up for CB.

I finished another couple of double pages today, and I have the photos and supplies out for another to do on Wednesday. Tomorrow is dgs's bd and we are spending the day with him. His kids' party won't be until Saturday, but we will see him at school Tuesday morning and then spend the day until we can have supper with him and his mom.

Here are my pages.
sunday ride by Gramma Dee, on Flickrsunday ride 2 by Gramma Dee, on Flickr

For this set, I used the Birthday collection that justjac gave me for my birthday!

celebrate 70 with cake by Gramma Dee, on Flickrcelebrate 70 with cake2 by Gramma Dee, on Flickr

Happy Tuesday! So far the rain hasn't been disruptive for my area. Even last weekend was a dud. They we telling the "worst storm" was hitting and it was a couple of hours of wind and heavy rain and that was it. So we are going fine. No worries!

Oh boy, you all are really scrapping and that is great. I see several of you are doing the Calvinball. I was reading the thread here about it and it sounds like the fun Two Peas crops we used to have. Is it for just a month and do you win prizes with the points you earn?

LisaDV- It is so funny that the blueberry muffin recipe you recommended is the same one I found and wanted to try. great minds think alike! LOL! I will try this one soon. The one I did try turned out like drop biscuits with blueberries in it. Tasted ok but not like muffins. So, I want to try it again. Also, gotta try that cake frosting again. I am in a baking mode still. It is fun teaching myself all this and hope to get better at it.

Have a nice day all!

Stopping by to give you a baby update! Her fever is down, and she is breathing easier. Now she can not keep formula down. But they took her iv out. I hope I got everyone's layouts-I think there are some of Just Jac's I need to catch up with. I need to make a birthday card this evening as tomorrow is Becky's birthday. I will be doing her dinner-chicken pot pie ! Did some shopping today as Maggie's Birthday is in 2 weeks.

justjac sure hope your dad is doing better and can get thru this without surgery. I will include him in my prayers.

grammadee How is your DH doing? Are his med changes helping?

nylene do not worry about missing my post this thread has been really busy -I do think we are going to make 5 pages again this month!

kellyr21 Glad to hear you were not affected much by the storms. I hope you do the Calvinball- look forward to seeing your creations.

My brain is like mush so if I missed a question or whatever I apologize. Be back later!

We are home safely after a busy day. I have tomorrow to rest up and then Thursday I am off to Edmonton for a date with two dgs's while their parents go to the Garth Brooks concert.

Thanks for all the love in the Gallery! I have pics and papers laid out for a couple of pages tomorrow. Good thing I did that last night, because the bd party played me out pretty good, so not thinking clearly this evening.

Lots of interest from here for Calvinball this year! kellyr21, we play for points (which, Calvin and Hobbes style, we assign ourselves), but not for prizes. The more projects you complete, and the more little extras you can add onto each (like say foiling, or using paint, or homemade embellishments) the more extra points you can "earn". And you can create pages or cards or whatever your creative heart desires.

((((HUGS)))) to you and your family, justjac. I hope this is something that can be resolved without surgery. Glad they are able to help with the pain and keep him more or less comfortable for the time being.

Glad your tiny dgn is improving, scrapincin. Have fun at your birthday party!

And now I need to head off to bed.

LisaDV- Oh, I meant to ask, about making your own buttermilk. After you add the lemon juice or vinegar to the milk, how long do you let it sit before adding to the recipe? I never grew up baking very much so this is still sort of new to me. I cook pretty good but have a lot to learn about baking and frosting.