POKEY PEAS Challenge for September 2019

I cried when I saw that happy little jumping turtle was gone. It always reminded me of Cindy and made me smile.

I have been able to add images to my signature before from my computer, but not sure if they add to the sttachment load on this site. Would be willing to give it a try after I get home next week, unless someone else can figure it out in the meantime. LisaDV?  justjac?

Happy Tuesday! Hope you all are doing well today. My dh and I were on vacation the since Friday. We had two day trips to the beach and chilled at home the other days. The beach was marvelous and we both enjoyed it especially yesterday. I took lots of pictures and a few videos.

Then, yesterday I started coming down with a cold. So today I am nursing this cold. It is a bummer but hopefully this scratchy throat phase will pass soon! I hate this part.

nylene- My crocheting is coming along slowly. Since the group isn't meeting yet, I am not as motivated but I am still working on it. My art is coming along,too. I hope to get back to it this week. It will be another picture with lovely, encouraging faces.

justjac- Your new avatar is so pretty. Love that blue you are wearing.

nylene- So sweet you were able to hear from Cindy's dd. I miss her so much too. I hope the family is hanging in there.

grammadee- Hope your travels are going well. I know you must really enjoy quality time with your dgks. So sweet!

joyfulnana- LOL! My blinds would be closed too. Today is cooler so I am grateful.

Hope you don’t get sick, kellyr21! My sinuses feel a bit better today. Night before last I had a HUGE nosebleed that seemed to be coming from my sinuses, so maybe that released whatever was blocking them.

I am now in BC. Got the girls after this evening til Monday evening. Three of those days, the girls are in school. My plan is to scrapbook those 3 days. Brought some tools and supplies. Have my Calgary pic’s printed. I am hitting Michaels today to pick up some unicorn stuff to finish dgd’s 9th bd gift and will print a few more photos I want to play with.

justjac, love your avatar. It’s probably not even new, but I don’t remember it. Your weekend sounded fabulous! I’m so glad you had such a great weekend after the busy and exhausting back to school week.

joyfulnana, that picnic would be so fun! Rudy is at such a fabulous age. I was speaking with BFF this week and said if I were a teacher, I’d be pre-K or K since that’s such a fun age. I would have no patience for the older kids. Sorry about I-70. It’s said that we have 2 seasons in the Midwest – winter and construction, so I can commiserate. I did lose my pea badge from the old board too which does make me very sad.

Linda, ugh. I’m so sorry about your stickers. That would be so frustrating. I hope you have had the opportunity for rest now.

nylene, yay for getting organized on your computer! Cindy would be proud of you. I almost cried as well when I saw the pictures missing. I too think of Cindy with a smile when I see those turtles.

nylene and Linda, my dad served in the south Pacific during WWII. He talked some about it. Usually funny stories or he spun them to be more lighthearted than they were. He had 3 girls and only 1 boy. I think my brother got more of the war stories.

grammadee, You are the most organized traveler. I hope you are having fun with the girls.

kellyr21, I’m so sorry that you are fighting a cold. They are miserable. Wising you a quick recovery. I am happy that you at least had a fun and relaxing vacation before getting hit with it.

For me, we had a meeting about DS going to Japan on Monday. Did I tell you about that possibility? I was really freaking out about it but wanted to be supportive of him going. It was a mission trip with his online school. They mentioned that he’d need his immunization records. Well, we misplaced the kids immunization records when we moved in 2012. The current GP has tried 2x to get them, even calling the old doctor, and I had tried 1x to get the immunization records at her request. Since I was already going halfway there to pick up my friend last Monday, I just told her I’d pick her up at her travel buddy’s destination. I figured I could stop by the doctor’s office and say to get the box out of archive (which is what they told our GP) and I’d be back Thursday to collect the record. I went in and said what I wanted. They printed out record in less than 5 minutes. I was almost shaking with anger when I left. Our Dr. has been trying to get these since 2015. As to the trip, it has been postponed until next year, which gives this momma a bit more time to come to terms with the whole concept.

The weekend before, DH who was suppose to be working on getting a pay out for moving instead of having a moving company since we wanted to finish a room and then take what we needed for that room, told me that it was a no-go. He’s on his 3rd boss since starting almost a year ago and the previous 2 would have had no problem but this one is almost as new as him to the organization and is brand new to her role. So even though this creates lots of extra stress for us, which the moving company is supposed to alleviate, we must have movers come. DH says move everything that we just want to sort through. We’ll do it at the new place instead of the farm. So now I leave tomorrow for the farm as originally planned. We still have our appointments next week, but I'll stay on the following week, and the movers will be there to pack and move everything we want. The good news is that I’ll be able to close the house down for winter instead of heating the place. The bad news is I’ll have all the crap at the new house which I didn’t want and causes me lots of stress.

DD has been doing well with school (I staggered her start dates of each class), but her perfectionist attitude has her flaring up both first thing in the morning and after she finishes each day. Momma is then needed frequently but sometimes not until she wakes me up in the night. I’m exhausted.

Due all of this, plus my house guests and school starting, I have felt really horrible that I haven’t been able to comment or even participate in Sketchtember or even respond to the Team chat. I’m so very thankful for kitbop posting everything on our Thursday sketches though.

I think after this month I’ll be out of the team challenges until next year sometime. I will try to check in on the Pokey’s though. If just to read about your lives and like your posts.

Wishing you all the best for the rest of September!

Good Monday morning, Pokeys! This is my last day in beautiful (usually raining) BC. Of course the sun came out from hiding today now that the girls are back in school. I had planned to scrap a couple more LO’s today, but couldn’t quite find my scrappy mojo.
Tomorrow I fly to Calgary, then drive to dd’s house just north of Edmonton. Will spend the night there to complete my four family whirlwind Gramma Tour!

Have been cleaning house—ds and ddil will be home this evening—and worrying a bit about their ancient dog. His tummy is upset today and he is restless. Refuses food ( not unusual for him to refuse plain dog food) and water ( which IS unusual). I did get him to drink some water from my hand, and now he is sleeping in the sun in his usual place, so hoping he will be okay.

After being after the girls all weekend to do their homework, I need to do mine. Last night I added up my points on the pages I did here, so today I hope to get them all entered. And I really need to stroll through the threads to leave love for all the projects that are not on Flickr. And I will be back later to read your entries in this thread and get caught up on your news.

Happy Tuesday! I hope you all are well today. It is a beautiful, sunny and colder day. It felt great to walk outside finally and not have to rush inside. I am looking forward to my afternoon walks again.

My art is coming along slowly but I am working on it today. Crocheting is coming along too. I need more yarn to continue so I hope to get that soon.

Here is a NEW blog post about the power of arts and crafts I wrote. It was inspired by an article I read online a while ago. I hope you stop by and read it. We are such a stressed out society. So it is good to see we have so many fun options to help us through.

Crafting is Good Medicine

@elaynef- Glad to see ya! I hope your dog sitting goes well. I grew up with pets and I hope we will be able to have a little dog or cat at some point.

nylene- The family reunion auction sounded fun! I knew your cards and your dh's pens would be a hit. Those are keepsake items they would love to have for a while. So glad your dh is coming along and you too. My cold is gone and my dh is ok. He didn't catch the cold last week but yesterday he felt a little sick. With many of his co-workers getting sick, it is always a battle to stay healthy.

joyfulnana- Waving hi to ya. We are in full football mode over her. I should say, my dh is and I am getting used to ALL the games and days. LOL! Video scrapping sounds like a great option especially when it gets too cold or hot to travel. Awesome!

grammadee- Sound like you are having a ball! Great to see you feeling well and enjoying yourself. Safe travels to you.

LisaDV- You have had a busy several weeks. Hang in there and take care of you, too.

another traditional paper page for DD's girl scout album...

Thanks for the compliments on my avatar. I love Snapchat filters. They are very flattering. I made six thank you cards and a birthday card this weekend, but they are for Cardtober, so I can't share them yet.

There are play auditions this week, but I can't be in the play this fall. We have tickets to see the musical Waitress in the city one of the show days. Such a bummer. On a more positive note, DH and I are eating healthier. We're trying to eat out less and cut back on sugar and pop(soda). It turns out prepping and eating meals at home takes some time. I have three days to read my book before book club. This month we're reading The Chilbury Ladies' Choir.

Hope you're having a great Monday.

So excited to finally have something to share with you ladies! My Crafters Companion Large Guillotine came today! WOOT!!!

And he's B-A-C-K!!!  The happy little dancing turtle is back!  Thank you SO much, ABCreations !!!  I will add  a couple of the others, but I was really excited to try this one first.  

This is what I did and it WORKED!!!  

1. highlighted and copied one entire address from ABCreations 's post.  (I did the last one for the happy turtle)
2. clicked Profile and then clicked Edit profile at top right
3. chose Personal
4.  scrolled down to signature, and then to the end of the last image I had there.   (I had already deleted the Tiny Pic's addresses)
5.  typed img inside the square brackets []
6.  immediately (no space) I pasted the address I had copied.
7.  typed [/img]
8.  go down to the bottom of the screen and click on the button at bottom left.  Save changes.

If you want to add more of the images--and I probably will in the next day or so--you can do them all at once.  Just do steps 1 to 4 once, do steps 5 to 7 for EACH of the addresses, then end by doing step 8.

Not sure why the turtle is higher than the other badge I had remaining from before.  Will figure that out later.