POKEY PEAS CHALLENGE FOR September 2018

nylene, I think you got me confused with justlisa7. It was her MIL that died, but I would gladly take another GS. Lunch in Salt lake sounds fun! I'm sorry to hear that about your DH. I didn't know he had recently been declared legally blind.

@elaynef, I agree pocket scrapping IS hard! I just can't get mine to look the way I have it envisioned in my mind. I usually use at least a couple of cards or three. I like having the balance and I like the cards too lol.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Baby is doing awesome, and they came home last night and staying here at least through Friday. This weekend I hope to post some pics for you all to see. He’s adorable!! Can’t wait to scrapbook him!!

joyfulnana, I would gladly ship you loads of snow if I could each winter. Last winter was really mild, but usually once the snow starts sticking you don't see ground again until the spring thaw. Once in the last few years it was at least 3' deep off the plowed path. Happy belated birthday to your dgs!

justjac, how's your hip?

grammadee, I'm so sorry about your dog! Hugs! Yes, my MIL lives close to the area we're moving. She is a person that you have to keep an arms length of boundary on at all times. She is undiagnosed ?bi-polar from her behavior. We will also be an hour and half outside of Chicago which is where the rest of dh's family lives. Good luck on your new old dog search.

justlisa7, Hugs! I'm so sorry about your MIL! How awful! And then to come home and have your new grandson. How exciting! You will be on an emotional roller coaster! So glad baby is doing well and is home.

patin, amazing photos. Your dgd is beautiful.

nylene, I'm glad Steve is taking the blindness well. I'm sure have a wonderful, supporting wife helps a lot in that. I'm sorry that you had to give up your reading tutoring position. I know how much that meant to you. But as you say, there is a time for every season. I'm happy that your card club decided to meet on another night so you could take part.

@elaynef, hugs to you as you deal with construction nightmares. I feel for you. I really, really do. Also, I have a much, much harder time on pocket pages than on a traditional page. I think the ratio depends upon the photos and how busy they are. I range from 0-5 pocket cards, with 2-3 being normal. It always takes me so long to finish a packet page where a normal layout I can be finished within 2 hours easily, usually 1.

msliz, I hope you got a day to scrap and that those weeds got pulled.

woodysbetty, sending you big bear hugs! I hope you are letting yourself grieve.


We have an 18 yo cat that has been struggling the last couple of months and the conversation is started about putting her down, but it's so hard. Now, DH doesn't want DS to associate the move with her death. I have to feed her meat baby food. She can't control herself anymore. I keep plastic on all of her sleeping surfaces. She will pee and lay in it. She loves being in the shower, so at least that helps. When we came home Friday evening, I went to change the pads that we keep out for her and she came and peed on my shoe. Gross, yes, but worse, my foot was still in it!! Yeah, go ahead and laugh, because everyone else in my family did after an 'eeww!'.

I found my almost dream house! Absolutely felt like home every time I walked in the door. Upon our 2nd viewing, dd was almost in tears at the idea of me getting it. She said it's not a house where you can cut loose. No fart jokes at the table. (Yeah, that might be a good thing in my mind!) So, of course, I could not get the house. I have cried way more than I should over a silly house. There are issues like only 1 full bath. 3 half bath, but only 1 full. The heat is a boiler, which makes me uncomfortable. There is asbestos in the house. It's well maintained and not disturbed, but if we ever want to have it removed.... If you go 2 blocks one way, it's not a great neighborhood. But the house itself...

I just sent the realtor my spreadsheet. I told him the neon greens were must sees, and the dark greens were if we're going by the area. He even through in a lot of our yellows which were no's for us. Unfortunately, we'd already wasted much time on them before I realized and took them out of the rest of the search. However, it did give us a good flair for the area and now we need to decide where we want to live and what we want. There's a subdivision with lots of kids: Great for now, but DS graduates in 3 years, and DD in 5. Then what? Do I want to live in a subdivision for the next 15 years when my kids will be gone in 5? There is the Riverfront townhouse community. Great summer activity, especially when dh can get a boat down the road. I could see being there after the kids move out. No, yard upkeep. We have the farm for that anyway. Then there is the downtown houses: they are smaller and not as nice (well at least what we can afford), but we could walk to Lake Michigan and to the downtown shop area. I could see living there after the kids move out too. DH is spazzing out and can't even discuss it. So...??

Although we got home Friday evening, I could not get motivated to participate in the Sketches or challenges over the weekend. Now it's the school week, so... I guess, so.... is my mantra this week.

So... I hope everyone is having a great week and I hope that I will get some mojo going for later this week.

grammadee I think that's awesome that you and justjac get to hang out and crop together. I wish I had some scrappy people close by.

msliz I hope your "aches" worked and you got to spend the day doing nothing but scrapping!

justlisa7 can't wait to see your pages of the new little one! DGS is pretty much all I've scrapped lately, but he's 4 now. Holy cow, he's 4 already and I haven't scrapped him enough! lol

kellyr21 I would love to see the wreath. I bet it IS cute! I never think to see what classes they are offering. Too busy shopping for paper instead lol.

LisaDV I'm so sorry you are having a hard time finding a house you all love. It sucks to find the one YOU want, but not have everyone else love it too. I hope you find one that everyone can agree on that you love just as much as this one.

nylene I hope you are having a good week!

@elaynef how long before your house it back to normal? It's hard living with things so torn up. Even if the end result is going to be great.

I have completely made a mess of my kitchen with dinner, and once that's done I will post my projects for the month and my final sketch for sketchtember and then if I'm not completely brain dead try to stay up too late starting another layout. I swear, joining in the team challenges has me wanting to do nothing but scrap again. Like it was when I first started years ago! Have a good evening!

Hello, everyone. Hope all is well.

Glad to see so many of you are signing up for an October Team. Love seeing everyone's work. If you are thinking of making cards this next month, there will be a card challenge every day, with points to be earned if you are on a team. Of course, anyone can play along with any of the challenges, whether you are on a team or not.

Thinking of you, justlisa7. Hope you are taking some time to look after yourself as well as looking after everyone else.

Would love to see your wreath, kellyr21. I made one with a BoBunny kit and a coat hanger a few years ago, but have not pulled it out of the tub this fall.

I understand the aches and pains, msliz. We dug our potatoes out of the garden yesterday, and I am feeling a bit achy myself today. And I stayed in the house and played with paper, rather than volunteer to do anything else out there today.

Too bad you didn't immediately find the home of your dreams, LisaDV. I think that you could have overcome your dd's worries about that home being too formal, but the structural issues were a completely different story. I hate moving, and haven't moved for 30 years, but I am really glad that when we planned this house we did it for our lives at the time, so that our kids could have the best home possible while they were growing up. Who knows, in five years, there may be a different job offer. Or you may have made friends on that kid friendly street, and find you like spending time with them even after the kids are gone. Hopefully the next trip will be more successful. Too bad your dh didn't get a job in this neck of the woods: justjac's dh has a lovely home for sale. We could get together and play with paper!

Hard to believe that September is almost over. Our garden is almost cleared off. Tomatoes are ripening in the basement. I need to pick up lasagne making supplies when I am in town tomorrow. Seeing the doctor with the hope he can give my knee another shot of cortisone. It is not so bad I can't walk, yet, but it is not behaving itself.

Oh nylene, I hope Steve doesn't catch that bug too. Please stay hydrated and feel better soon!

LisaDV, I'm so sorry to hear about your cat and your house hunting struggles. Hang in there! I have no doubt you'll make good decisions regarding both.

grammadee, I'll be making a lasagna too, for tomorrow night's dinner. It's finally cool enough outside to make me want to turn on the oven. I hope the doctor agrees to give you your shot. If you show him your to-do list with the rest of your gardening chores, you should have no trouble convincing him to give it to you!

joyfulnana, I've really been enjoying your layouts of your grandson, especially the "werking" page. Too cute!

We'd all love to see photos of your wreath kellyr21, and of the new baby justlisa7, when you each get the chance! I think we could all use a few happy distractions 

I can't believe this month is almost over. There's too much to do and no time to do it all!

dSunflowerFields by Lisa Davolt, on Flickr
Sketch 7


dWatercolor Washes by Lisa Davolt, on Flickr
Sketch 8


dButter by Lisa Davolt, on Flickr
Sketch 11


dPouty-Puppy by Lisa Davolt, on Flickr
Sketch 12

Ok, this should be it...


dQuarryHillNatureCenter by Lisa Davolt, on Flickr
Sketch 21


dSmoothieBowlMorning by Lisa Davolt, on Flickr
Sketch 22


dColoringEggsD by Lisa Davolt, on Flickr
Sketch 23


dNoteToSelfWinterShopping by Lisa Davolt, on Flickr
Sketch 28

I have 14 sketches left to do including tomorrows. I have to take ds out to a pond for an ecology study for biology today, so not sure they will get complete before tomorrow evening. Although Don leaves for the new job tomorrow evening. I know we have the first week of October to work on them, but I'll be in purging/cleaning/school mode. 

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I haven’t been able to get to my computer, but added a few on flickr. Just can’t post photos from Flickr to here with my phone for some reason. I will tomorrow - as everyone leaves in the morning. And catch up here too!