We Made It!

We are in Trinidad at the nicest Best Western. I had made reservations on line and when I checked I asked the gal at the desk if she had any suites. She replied that she had given us a suite at a very discounted rate because we were going to be here 5 nights and had a military discount. This suite is more like an apartment. We have a living room, kitchen, bedroom and bath. TV in the living room and bedroom. I might not want to go home again. LOL

Until last night we had an uneventful journey. When we pulled into the motel we heard a noise but we both decided it was the semi's going by. However in the morning when got ready to leave we heard the same noise and it was coming from our car. Fortunately there was a Chevy dealer 1/2 mile down the road. Our air conditioning compressor had gone out. A new one cost $900 and they didn't have any instock. Our car has 190,000 miles on it so we really didn't want to spend any more money than necessary on it. They were going to try and put in a new bearing and then the service guy remembered that they had taken one off a car because it was leaking freon but it turned. They would put that one on for us but couldn't gaurantee how long the freon would last. That was only $140. When we get back home we are going car shopping.

This photo was actually taken in Texas a couple of years ago but looks like some of the country we went through today.

WOW!

My friend, Lonnie, made this card from the same napkin that I made my card from.  Her card is 6 x 6.  I asked her permission to photograph the card and put it on my blog.  The stamp set is from CTMH (I'm too pooped to go down in the basement and look it up).  I'll tell you another time.  She added some brown to her plaid and green also. 

Weather wise today was nice until about 4 then it cooled down and rained.  I have given Sam instructions on watering my 4 hanging plants, house is clean, and I think that I have everything in the suitcase that we are going to need.  Sunday evening we are having dinner with some folks we have seen in about 35-40 years.  And I stressed more over what I was going to wear to meet them than anything else.   Went to a card class this afternoon with Lonnie and her granddaughter.  It was a lot of fun and I learned a new trick.  Some of my acrylic stamps have lost their stickiness.  Linda, our instructor, said that Hero Arts Acrylic stamp cleaner works for that.  We each bought a bottle and it does work.  I'm gonna go put my feet up and relax.

From a Napkin

The other day when we had our card club, our hostess had napkins with three daisies.  Two yellow and one orangeish.  The napkins had yellow and green plaid where I have the circles (I didn't have any plaid).  The stamp is an altered Penny Black.  I used just one daisy and stamped three times.  Colors are Autumn TerraCotta and Sunflower.  Sunflower centers are Outdoor Denim. Stems are Clover Meadow.  Circle paper is Lime Rickey from Basic Grey.  Cardstock is white and Outdoor Denim. 

I am basically packed.  Just have a few last minute things to do like balance checkbook, look up some addresses, vacuum, wash the kitchen floor, etc.  Speaking of addresses one of the things we want to do is go to Oshkosh Wisconsin and look up the place my Mother lived when she was a baby.  We have the address but when I put it in Microsoft Streets it came up east and west.  I have a picture of the house across the road from where she lived but since that was in 1915 I'm sure the house has changed.  My Mother's older brother froze to death on Lake Winnebago January 23, 1915 when he was 12 years old.  I have a picture of him, my Mother, and another brother and sister.  My Grandmother told me the story but I never could find a birth or death record of him.  He was on the 1910 census but I wanted more.  Then one day I found the newspaper article about the tragedy quite accidentally.  He was indexed under his grandfather's name.  And it was front page headlines.   Even though it was tragic the article was very informative and fascinating.  There was a picture of him and it was the same boy in the picture that I have.  Didn't mean to get so long but I think that genealogy is so intriguing. 

Since we are leaving for the wedding on Sunday I won't be posting any cards for awhile but maybe I might post about our travels.  Later

A Tea Party

Jim got this tea set when he was stationed in Okinawa in 1960.  When our granddaughter would spend the night Grandpa and she would have waffles for breakfast and tea in this set.  The other day when I was talking to her she asked me if we still had the dragon tea set.  I replied "yes".  Then she wanted to know if she could have it  when we were no longer on this earth.  She said that she and Grandpa had lots of good times over that tea set. When I told Jim he said she can have it now.  So we are taking it with us to Colorado and it will be one of her wedding gifts.   

Penny Black Sticker Card

Saturday a friend and I took a Penny Black Sticker card class.  This is not one of the cards we made.  This is my own creation using a different set of PB Stickers.  This sticker set is called Garden Poems.  There are 5 different flower stickers and 5 rectangle stickers that can be used for ribbons or other accents.  One of the neat things we learned is to back your sticker with scrap cardstock so you can see where you want to put it before adhering it to the card.  And if I remember right you could also use talcum powder.  The sticker is mounted on CTMH Tulip, then Olive and that is put on Colonial White.  It is finished off with a gold spiral and three dew drops.

This has been a November like day.  Rainy and cold (50). On the local news tonight the strawberry farmers are saying that their crops are at least 10 days behind.  They should be picking right now and there aren't even any strawberries on the plants-just flowers.  I have to go cut up some papers and run some thru the Cuttlebug for card club tomorrow.  

Penny Black and White

 

Just couldn't resist the play on words.  This card is pretty straight forward.  The stamp is Penny Black's A Touch.  Brads are from Hobby Lobby. 

Today was a great day.  It was summer weather.  I weeded in one of my flower beds, Jim and I took a walk.  Chatted with my daughter in law.  Next Tuesday is our monthly card club and this is the card I am taking.  We each bring a card and enough stuff so the other gals can make the card.  We all go  home with several very nice cards.  

Fit For A Wedding

Our granddaughter is getting married June 21.  Her colors are cream and red.   The colors on the card are Colonial White and Cranberry.   Stamp colors are cranberry and olive.  The writing on the stamp is so small that I cannot make out who made it.  The red flower is from Prima's Christmas collection, with a clear dew drop in the center.  And I used  the Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dots folder.

 This is the inside of the card.  I used the new Wild Card Cricut Cartridge.  I don't have any words yet because I just found a site with lots of good wedding sayings.  WWW.imag-e-nation.com

I had a very fun afternoon.  I took my new Cricut cartridge over to a friend's house and we played all afternoon making different things.  It has six different functions.  And there is no end of things to make.  I bought it because it makes round cards.  It makes envelopes too, but only for cards up to 4" square.  Tomorrow I am going shopping for something to wear to the wedding.