CRAFTY YUMMO GOODNESS BLOG CANDY!!!

Head on over to HERE to Injoy Stampin' with Robyn, and check out her yummy crafty goodness she is giving away!!!! Below is just one of the photos of the goodies. She also has a video to give a better view..oh the happiness of looking at crafty yummies!!!!! While you are watching her video, be sure and do it at You Tube, so you can subscribe to her channel. She has awesome tutorials on how to do bindings of mini books, and other very helpful hints. One of my fave channels :) Have fun!!!!!!




On a personal note, pretty quiet weekend, Murray has a nasty cold, and is slowly getting better, feel sorry for the gal. This is her birthday week, yep my baby is turning 18 March 31st. *sniff* but not for long as my son Ian is arriving on the 1st for 15 days of leave from Warren AFB. I can't wait to see him!!!!! Best birthday present Murray could ask for! (well besides a car..yeah right..LOL) Please keep us in your prayers as we are going to be going through some big changes here soon unless we get a miracle. I'm still hoping!!! I'm trying to remain positive, but the stress is beginning to wear on Dale & I a bit. I am scheduled for a procedure on the 19th of April which is a epidural shot, (I thought I had this previously, but I guess it was a nerve root block instead). I'm hoping it will work so that I can begin some sort of physical therapy (of course on my own). Guess we will have to see..but I oh so hate (yes I said hate) having needles in my back!!!

For those that read this..thanks, and I appreciate your time!

GOD BLESS,

Lisa :)

THANKS COUTURE CARDSTOCK ALYSSA & HEIDI!!!! & some other stuff!

They responded to my post on how to add blinkies to my blog!! I tell you all this stuff confuses the crapola out of me!!! But I am determined to carry on!!! Now if I can get some more followers, or someone to read my blog other than my oldest son who complained about me calling him a Larp guy...hmmmm LOL.

Sunday night, was feeling cruddy, been out grocery shopping, didn't take enough meds, than wasn't hungry so skipped lunch, ate dinner..bad all around...my face is now a deep red due to little broken blood vessels all around my eyes, forehead. Ahhhh I forgot how much fun projectile vomiting can be. Hasn't really happened like that since I was preggo with my daughter (no not a possibility). Could be going around, or just too much this past weekend, as Saturday we drove 45 minutes for the Cinderella project in Aiken. They are a wonderful group of ladies from a Law firm that furnish free prom dresses & accessories to local teen girls. Murray found the perfect dress for her Senior dinner dance that night! We felt so blessed!!!! I can't say enough for how sweet and supportive these lovely ladies were. Times have been tough as I have mentioned before, but this outing was very special, and not once did we feel like "oh you poor things" type.

Here is a pic of Murray in her dress, although I have others, I will need permission to post their photos as well, the later photos, Murray's friends got a hold of her hair and makeup, although she looked very pretty when she left as well! :)

DISCLAIMER!!!!!!

I was informed by my oldest son this am, that I mistakenly described him as a "role playing/larp" kind of guy...He said role playing is fine, but definitely not LARP!!!! So, I am posting this disclaimer for Matthew, and I hope you enjoy your ummmm "hanging out, "no labels" dinner and a movie with your "hanging out, no labels," beautiful lady, this weekend, 2 nights in a row, but no labels here. :) Besides the Mom teasing, I wish you a wonderful weekend with your kind new friend.

Love you Matthew, with all my heart!!!!!!!!

Obsessed with Scrapbooking?? Another give away!!!!!!

Wow, Joy is truly full of crafty goodness, and is always willing to share!!!!! I think this is a different give away, I may be wrong, but regardless, check her post HERE, and don't forget to check out "Everyday Cricut," formally "Holidays with the Cricut." Melanie & Joy (and Tammy before additional commitments wasn't able to allow her to continue with the blog, but I hope to see her back soon!!!). These Women got me through a rough Christmas season, with all their inspiration!!!!! So good luck!!!

hugs!!!!!


Lisa :)

Obsessed with Scrapbooking awesome card and giveaway!!!!!!!!

HERE, check it out!!!! These new SEI papers are gorgeous, so check out her blog for a chance to win, and of course her usual crafty goodness!!!!!!

Vintage crafts

I have been watching vids on You Tube this am, and found this neat video from this gal HERE, she was making some awesome flowers using a loom. I have her blog listed but the above is her website, and she does many other vintage crafts. If you are interested in watching this video, the link is HERE. Not the best quality as it was done at some sort of craft show..but you will get the idea..can you tell I have become obsessed with flowers...LOL!!!!

Also check out My Pink Stamper for some new vids, the one that she attempts to layer the SYI card is good. I know it involves trial and error, wish Cricut would get that little aspect under control, but I imagine with the Gypsy or DS you could do it by layering the layer part over the card piece for the correct cutting size? Anyone else have any ideas on this? I know this feature isn't corrected as I had the same difficulty using the card function with the squirrel, than attempting to layer the squirrel. I ended up letting it be. LOL He still turned out pretty cute.


Happy Crafting to all!

Lisa

PS: still in pain, but that's the way the ball bounces, right? Hoping for some type of resolution soon...didn't help that Spanky, my "other" kid awoke me at 3am to feed him. He does this in such a special way by cleaning my hair, and digging for gosh knows what!!!! Thrilling :}

Another whine, which I should probably have cheese to go with it....

So lots of pain this week, 50mcg of fentanyl duragesic patch + lortabs, and valium, really don't seem to help much, except make me sleepy, but if I sleep too long in one position...God help me. I looked up the type of pain caused by annular tears, and I wonder what MD's think...do they think it's a tickle, as a wise person said to me once. I guess so. I also did a test which I then enlisted my Hubby to answer the questions as well by what he observes, it's called the "Oswestry Disability Index," to what extent to it's reliability I am not sure, as it is mainly subjective. But with both of us answering the questions separately, it showed that I was 66% disabled. Nice huh? I really think I'm done playing with this, and am going to push for a diskectomy w/fusion, something that physical therapy may help? It's difficult to distinguish, is the injury causing all the depression or is the depression causing more pain. Quite the quandary, if you know what I mean. I try slow stretches, relaxation techniques, but of course with the money issues and impending doom looming over our heads, what to think. I spend time trying to be honest to say, "Ok, am I incurring more pain due to all the depression, but then when I wake up out of a sleep in extreme pain..I'm not so sure.

OK, cheese & wine is over, now for the entree'. My beautiful Daughter saw that I was in pain this am (making her lunch & oatmeal had me a bit teary), so she said "Do you need a hug??" I replied "yes" and she came over and gave a huge hug, not one of those "I'm too cool and old to hug my Mom type of hug." Then asked me if I wanted to see her Senior page. It was so special, and my Hubby (her Step-dad) wrote this incredible tribute to our Daughter. The photos we used had pics of her best friends, cousin, and brothers. (I wished we had a photo of her & her sister to include, but unfortunately did not, I'm hoping she will be here for graduation, then there will be pictures galore :) )

As for blog reading, check out Enfys blog. She has such a lovely card for Easter, and a funny story of how she attempted to feed a parking meter with muggle money and no success until a parking warden with no sense of humor came and fed it right in (I suspect wizardry going on here, sorry, rereading all the Harry Potter books!)

http://hallmarkladybugs.blogspot.com/ has a fantastic guest designer in Monique Griffith, love her work, as well as Melanie, Tammy & Joy who show up as well quite often as guest designers..check out her LO's they are so intricate and gorgeous!!!!!

So trying to be positive, and I hope your day is well, and filled with happiness, and I will do my best to stay happy. In fact time for a Lortab. Happy Happy Joy Joy :{