PeacefulkT’s Pursuits

I’m so thankful for cool weather again….days in the 70s, nights in the 40s.  Fall is coming, the trees are just starting in, and life feels pretty good!

I’m also thankful that I have Amanda helping us here, even though it might have appeared otherwise in previous posts.

And I’m thankful that I got a par on the sixth hole today.  WooHoo!

Finally, I’m thankful to be reading a book called ‘Autobiography of a Yogi’ by Paramahansa Yogananda.  Not only because it’s just plain fun to try to say his name, but also it’s one of these books that makes you believe in magic and miracles.  And I’m only up to the fourth chapter.  Can’t wait to see what’s coming! (By the way Terry, I did finish Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire….and you’re so right…totally unexpected!  I definitely did not see the last chapter coming AT ALL!  No amount of foreshadowing by the author got my brain ready for that.  Good book.)

Oh, and I’m really thankful to all the talented gals over on SCS for some great comments and inspiration this week.  I had a fun week.  Here’s another fall card I made recently:

Cheers everyone!

I just told Amanda my plan.  Her response: “You have so many stamps I think if you put them end to end they’d stretch across the whole world!”

NO THEY WOULDN’T!  YOU’RE FIRED!!!  I come up with the best responses don’t I?

In actuality I think they’d only stretch across Steelville.  Which is a very small town by the way.  Actually, I’m not even sure all my stamps would go around the winery once.

Next time Amanda wants wine, I’m not giving her the employee discount.  TAKE THAT!

In the eighties that meant I removed any and all sewn-in shoulder pads from my shirts.  Otherwise I looked like a linebacker.  These fashionable days it means I cannot wear puffy sleeves.  Sleeves like the ones on this shirt:

So instead of wearing the shirt, I simply remade it into a card.  Here you go, my celebration of World Card Making Day:

Puff sleeves are so girly anyways, and that just ain’t me.  Who needs to be jealous of Anne of Green Gables and her ginormous puffed sleeves when you can make a card like this?!  Not me I tell you!  Excuse me while I keep telling myself this…..

O.k., I’m back now.  And loving my shoulders too….after all, without them how could I lift 35lb boxes of wine into cars and Fedex trucks?

O.k., quick thought after Amanda’s comment yesterday.  I DO own a lot of stamps.  And many that I haven’t used yet.  So since it’s just after the Jewish New Year AND world card making day, how about a new resolution?  Before I buy anymore stamp sets, I will use each and every stamp I own at least once. (And yes, I realize I’m not Jewish, but like my high-school physics teacher, I see no problem adopting other religious holidays if it means bettering my situation.)

I doubt this will stem Amanda’s sarcasm, but I might free myself of guilt and discover some new favorites.

Cheers everyone!

I thought I was winning a catalog from last week’s honorable mention, but lo and behold yesterday’s mail arrived with a brand spankin’ new hero arts stamp set.  I showed it to Amanda, who said ‘oh yea, like that’s what you need - more stamps!’.  I immediately fired her.

No I didn’t.  But I thought about it for a half second.  INSTEAD I secretly cursed her with one day developing an obsessive hobby.  Then she’ll realize there really is no such thing as too many stamps and stop her sarcasm.

So here’s the Hero Arts set that I won:

And I got right to work making a card with it in the wee hours of the morning….bright and early at 8am!

Oooooo aaaaaaaah.  This was also made following today’s scs challenge to make a card using absolutely no embellishments.  No ribbon, brads, gems, glitter etc.  Not having to figure out where to place all that stuff sure made the card go quick.  O.k. so, Merry Christmas early to whoever will recieve this card.  Although you’re going to have to wait until December to recieve it.  I don’t approve of sending Christmas cards before Halloween.  I don’t have many principles, but that’s one of ‘em!

Tomorrow is ‘World Cardmaking Day’  I don’t know who came up with this holiday, but I’m pretty sure it wasn’t Hallmark.  I will be working the salesroom for the day, but I’ll get up early and make a card, and share it here.  That will probably be the extent of my celebrations for the holiday.  But, if anyone out there needs an excuse to party like it’s 1999, then why not celebrate world cardmaking day?!

Cheers!

Wow, I had a busy week last week.  I also spent the weekend in St. Louis at the St. Louis Wine Festival.  Very, very thankful for that experience, and as usual, I’m indebted to Bob and Terry (and Molly) for helping me survive the onslaught with dignity, poise, and pours. I also now ‘own’ a room in their house.  If you wish to visit Bob & Terry, you may use it if you wish……as long as I’m not there. 

Well, my ego has been fulfilled this week with the honorable mention from Hero Arts.  So thanks for that!

But mostly last week I was thankful for my step daughter Julie & her journeys.  Journeys which seem to be enlightening, fun, and bringing her closer to her dad even as she travels far far away.  I’m so glad she is opening up honestly to herself, and also that she is enjoying who she’s discovering.  And am utterly grateful that she can share the gift of herself with us.  That takes courage & integrity.

I’m also hoping she’ll take a gander at her vehicle maintenance log & see if she needs an oil change on her vehicle anytime soon.  Hey, just keeping it honest here too.  Step-mom worries.

And, by the way, thanks for keeping Julz safe.

Cheers!