Hello?

I don't even feel I can call myself a blogger any more.

I am not looking for people to feel sorry for me just not trying to pretend I do this regularly anymore. 

I moved in October and I am settled.

This is a pic from Christmas.

I have loved decorating for all the Holidays.

Started with Halloween and have gone straight through!

I went with a Red and White theme

Thanksgiving here. But you get the theme idea.

Not as easy to see, but I have a USA/UK theme.

Stars and Stripes and Union Jack

Oliver is the bear here, he is originally from the UK. He is a sweet boy. 

This is the start of my kitchen. It is red and white all over.

As I unpacked it got more full. Loads of red in my kitchen stuff.

The bedroom got a work over too.

The Hoosier.

So glad it is back. My Jadite needs a home.

I decided I needed to be able to easily get to all my goodies.

My dishes are mostly in my pie safe and the bottom of the Hoosier.

This looks much better now. I was still sorting at this point.

 Finished Kitchen corner. I LOVE having a window.

 It looks out at a stairway, but I get light and it is the FIRST kitchen window I've ever had!

Good to check in. I hope some of you are still out there!

Hugs, Lisa

How do you edit?

This little cutie I made today on befunky!

I never used picnik but there is a sadness in blogland and beyond that it will be gone as of April.

I have used photoscape for years. A blog friend recommended it to me a few years ago and I really like it. I actually don't use half of what it does and was excited this week to lighten up a dark picture and it was just great. 

I am not a techie, but I do learn with easy instructions and things I feel are pretty logical. I like photoscape and will still use it. 

I do like befunky it was fun to use all the effects and there is an app for my iPhone so posting on blogger there will be better. 

These are two FREE photo editing that are easy. Above is my first attempt with befunky and it was less than 5 minutes. And I tried lots of effects I didn't like. I found croping easier on the phone app than the computer one but it was fine.

Photoscape is the one I use to add words to a photo. Good fonts and easy to do. Look for photoscape on cnet.com. This a a great tech site. I go there for reviews of any electronic and for free software downloads. The downloads are virus and ad free. Very safe. They are a great resource!

So goodbye picnik and I hope you all find something that works for you!

Hugs, Lisa

Time

How do you keep up with time?

A wall calendar?

 

I like my Lang wall holder, I have gotten the coffee one the past two years. I really like them and they were different! Nice to have to jot down birthdays and count how long until…

This cutie was in the latest Mollie Makes. I know the picture is light but honestly it is that way hanging too. I hope the other months are darker ;)

Than I have these

I have one for my work, birthdays, any fun I may have ;)

and one for logging books!

It started last year because I found one on sale and, well it was ON SALE, so I started keeping up with what I was reading and bought and it has been helpful to keep track of which month of a magazine I have already. I just bought a Romantic Homes last week and went yesterday and got another, I knew they weren’t the same but worried I had repeated the one from last week. Thankfully not BUT it has happened ;)

This year I would not have bought two but I went to get the owl one and there weren’t any :(

I picked the flower one and a few weeks later a HUGE stack of the owls appeared, I am weak people, weak!

So again I will have two!!

I am ready to plan my year, be on time and my only resolution is to NOT forget a birthday! I think I can do it.

Really wish everyone was on Facebook, sooooo easy to remember there! lol

Hugs, Lisa

2011

I got on my laptop today to post my News Years wishes. I started on blogger and visited my friends who have posted over the last 2 days I have been away.

All the posts are lovely and reminiscent of the past year.

Some somber, as last year was of changes that were good but brought on by  sad events, some just a look at what the year held.

Visiting your blogs can make me think of so many things all at one time.

I laugh, I tear up, I smile, I am moved, I am excited, I learn

I watched a how today, Netflix is my new best friend no commercials!, and they debated the “real” friend and the virtual friend.

I have “real” friends in blogging. And believe me if I had unlimited funds I would have more than once jumped on a plane and been there to cook, clean or just listen.

I am here and I listen form here.

I have my own issues and drama and I understand having it even if I cannot truly identify with your issue.

BUT

I do care and I do think of you even when I am not online.

I find myself rushing to my phone or laptop because I have one of you on my mind that day. It is comforting to find you there, and there have been times when I just knew you were having a bad day.

So I hope when you see a small ((((HUGS)))) from me you know you are important to me and I do not want to but in but I care.

And I hope in a small way for a small moment you feel you are loved.

Ok this was not what I thought I would write today ;)

I wanted to share this lovely New Years card shared by Dawn

at The Feathered Nest

And wish you all the best 2012 can bring you

And I was noticing a book on a friends book shelf and thought I need that one BUT I am making myself read the one before it first!

Do you do that? Make a silly goal to be able to treat yourself?

Kate Morton is a wonderful writer, her books are in depth and cover many time periods. I love them and get involved but I have a hard time reading right through them. The Forgotten Garden took me months and I read others while I was going along. I am on The House at Riverton and it is as slow going, I am making my self read it so I can get her latest The Distant Hours. I can do it!

Have a super extra new year that I hope brings wonderful new beginnings to all of my lovely friends!

HAPPY NEWW YEAR!

Hugs, Lisa

Oh no not again!!

So all week I have only had internet very seldom and most of the time for  less than 1 min at a time. 

Needless to say I have spent several hours on the phone with AT&T all week. They will be out on Saturday to "look" at it all in person. Keep your fingers crossed!!! I can read your posts but by the time I get your comment typed the connection is gone and throws me out. Sorry, you guys have had great posts this week ♥ So I am stuck ;) reading books . And using Live Writer to do posts I cannot publish :( Hope I can get up my Pink Saturday post and that my internet will be fixed, PERMANENTLY!

Hugs, Lisa

Pink Elephants!!

Happy Pink Saturday!

I hope everyone had a great Holiday weekend last week. I am glad to be back to visit my sweet Pink friends!

Please visit Beverly @ How Sweet the Sound for more pink fun!

I was very lucky this past week to receive a very special gift from a super sweet friend.

Can you stand it!!

Yes that is right I have a French Bear original!!

Thank you my sweet friend Margaret! I could not live without her now ;)

She is just way too lovely!!

Here she is on the “shelf”

Not sure she will stay in this spot but I can see her well there and she is lovely!!

I was also lucky enough to get a prize from my mom !

See the sweet little tea cup and saucer!!

I really am feeling the love!!

Hope you all have had a great couple of weeks and I will be a better blog friend  now that I feel better!

Happy Pink Saturday!

Hugs, Lisa♥

What I’ve been up to

Over the last two weeks I have joined 2 Blog Parties

Went to a birthday party for my granddad

A baby shower for my boss

I made these!

Watched this

 

With the boys, wonderful by the way!

Watched this with my friend from work

Best one yet!

A lot of this

I have been sick so sleeping is all I could do

a little of this

I am hooked!

A small bit of this

Like FB better now!

Not enough of this

I failed at my challenge to read 3 books in 3 weeks, I also gathered 5 more to read ;)

A lot of this

Don’t have a clothes line, wish I did it would make wash more fun.

And basically not much else, oh yea, I worked even on the 4th!

So I hope everyone moved to the last half of 2010 smoothly and I promise I will be a better blog friend/sister in the coming weeks!

Hugs, Lisa

Join the Bloggerettes!

What fun to be in an official group to celebrate the sisterhood of Blogging!

Our lovely Founder Karen has been so kind to get us all together and give us a spot to start! 

Our logo is way cool!

So here is my rush project!

We were challenged to use our logo to make a project!

I was thinking for the last few weeks with no real plan until last night (yes last minute) and thought about decorating a journal.

What a better place to save memories of my friends and the times we share :)

I made it with fun items I was given by blog friends!!

I love the shiny paper I printed it on really helps the Diamonds shine!

 

Back cover, I liked the different papers but had trouble with my edges, well it is mine ;)

Inside front cover to be filled in, I have learned a lot so it will be more than 10 when I write them down.

I thought this was a great “ending” to my journal!

“Getting to know you

has helped me

discover what is important”

How lucky I am to have such a wonderful growing group of lovely ladies to visit with  everyday.

You are each diamonds to me♥

Happy Rush♥

I am linking to Pink Saturday as I am in a sisterhood there too and my journal is Pink!!

See Beverly for a whole list of Pinkies!

 

Hugs, Lisa
 PS I forgot the thing about me being in the picture!! I will get a post up next week with me! I need to get my sister the photographer to take one ;), Sorry been a long week at work!
♥

Woo-Hoo 300th Post!

I cannot believe I have 300 posts!

I have been slowing down but still got here!

Before I get to my post I would like to once again gush about all you great  ladies that share yourselves with me daily here in blogland.

Over my 300 posts the neighborhood has changed, people in, people out, our lives change, we move, we have new family  members, we have lost family members. It has been happy, exciting, scary and sad at times but we are still here and all getting to be better friends because of these events we all have in our lives.

Thanks guys, this has been my best project I have ever endeavored to do.

Now a real post as I know you hate it when I gush too much;)

I have several projects/challenges for myself lately and one is reading these books

They are really fun. Written like a television episode where you start with the mystery and go on to find the clues with the great leading Character. I can identify with her somewhat and they are set in Scotland♥ so I am really enjoying them. I have to get through them as I want to read them before they are due back to the library!

I hope to have another Woo-Hoo Wednesday post when I get them finished!

Happy Wednesday!

Hugs, Lisa

Oh this will be fun!

You know how I go on and on about all my great blog friends (you!)

Well, here is the best fun yet!

Karen had this great idea and it sounds super fun! I cannot wait to get more blog friends!!

So clic on the pic and check it out!

Hope to see you there!

Hugs, Lisa

Pink Puppy!

This week for Pink Saturday I will share my pink puppy.

Ok so Molly isn’t pink but her special new sweater  Jumper is!

Molly was lucky enough to have a friend Ami in England whose mom made her this custom sweater Jumper!

 

Here is Ami in her sweater Jumper!

Her mom Midge is the master mind behind Soggibottom Bears.

She is a super fun blogger!

Molly’s hair is a bit poofy so she looks squeezed into her Sweater! Ooops their is Spunky’s foot in the corner. Poor boy. No sweater Jumper for him. He won’t wear them☺

Look at the detail in this. It has a turtle neck with white stripes♥

I just love it and even though it is warm here in NC she wore it around all night. Had to show it off. ☺

Please visit Beverly @ How Sweet the Sound for a whole list of Pink goodness!!

Happy Pink Saturday♥

Hugs, Lisa 

ps sorry for the miss type, as this jumper is from England it cannot be called a sweater! ☺

Woo-Hoo Wednesday!

I will start this week with a goodie I left of my thrifty post!

 

Ok not the whole set, but the small fruit bowl in Scarlet, I got 2 of them for $.54!!

Yes that is right 2 $7.50 pieces were on sale for $5.25 each and a $10 coupon!

Woo-Hoo!

I need a 4th color to finish my set and I was so glad when they released a red again!!

Next I am going to dedicate more time to reading. I am joining Un-plug for the summer. No worries, it is only one day of the week. I will use Tuesday my day off and Un-plug!

My reading today has taken me to this

I am HOOKED!!! I am rushing through it like I love to do. A good book that really gets me is my favorite!!

Karen is a lovely person and is working on her 2nd book now! YEAH!! I will be done soon and will want another!

You can go to her blog, The English Writer, for ways to order her book. Only way I found to get it in the US, But it was very reasonable even with shipping from the UK!

It is a little risqué so if you don’t like that please skip, but it is a really great love story!

Have a Happy Wednesday!!

Hugs, Lisa