Sniffles and my week wasn’t all bad

Hi my sweet friends. Thanks again for all your prayers for my co-worker. She will be back in town on Saturday. Her grandmother’s respirator was turned off Monday evening and she passed soon after. The family is as well as can be expected.

I still have the sniffles. I bought an all in one cold syrup and after one dose I am feeling like I may make it through. I have tried to spend some time visiting but have not gotten around a much as I would like! I miss you guys. But when I’m home it is so much better to just lay in my comfy bed.

I have some projects I am working on and hope to feel like getting them done this weekend! I’m off work!!! And I promise next week I will have happy posts.

Things here are not all bad. One of my favorite college basketball teams, NCSU, beat the best team in our conference, Duke! I live in the very middle of the ACC. NC has 4 of the 10 teams in the conference. So basketball is big here and even if you didn’t attend one of the 4 you still pick a favorite. So last night was exciting basketball.

American Idol was pretty interesting last night too. Then I watched Ghost Hunters International. I cannot breath too very good so vegging in front of the tv  is fun for me! hehehe

I’ve also done some AWESOME sale and coupon shopping!! I got a box of M&M ice cream pops for $0.06!! How great is that! Yeah I need dairy with this head cold but they are mostly chocolate. And Chocolate makes everything better.  I scored really great crafting supplies too!!

Just so you know I am still ok and all is not bad. In fact after not breathing well for a few days lots of things seem really funny! hehehe

Hugs, Lisa

Just so you know

Thanks for your prayers!

Thank you for all the sweet wishes. My co-workers Grandmother was not expected to make it through Monday night. As I was off today I did not hear any news. The Living Will was too hard to interpret  so they are still waiting to be able to take her off machines. Then she will be back to Ohio. Her grandfather is at a rehab facility and will be there for sometime.

The woman who hit them is 72 and was blinded by glare from the snow. Her family has called them everyday to check in. The poor woman is on suicide watch. So please send prayers out for her to be able to get through this also.

Thank you also for your ideas on a button. I need to get my picture ready and then I will go out and see how to finish it!

Hugs, Lisa

Opinions please and some help!

I want to make a button for my blog. I have an idea for my picture and need help making it with a code so I can let others take it if they want. If you know how or can point me to someone who does I'd be so greatful! You guys have such fun buttons and love the way they make my blog look!!

Next I changed the font colors on my blog. I like the look but if it is too hard to read PLEASE let me know. I really don't like having to try to read something that is too dark or too light or clashes with the background color. I went light but can pick darker. I am using a white background now so I have a lot of choice.

Thanks for being such great blog friends!

I don't like to make excuses for not visiting. I have been very busy at work and it is for a sad reason. My co-workers Grandparents were struck by a car in the cross walk on the way to church last week. Her grandfather is doing ok, but was not in good shape to begin with. Her Grandmother, his caregiver, however is not. She is in a level 1 trauma unit and the doctors have told the family they need to make decisions. As this is going on the grandmothers brother, not involved in the accident, has died.  My co-worker has been out for a week and her husband has been layed off since last summer. As you can see she and her family need all the prayers they can get.

Thank you!

Hugs, Lisa

“Green” Pink Saturday

This week I want to share my favorite new magazine!!!

Mary Jane’s Farm!!

The new Feb/Mar 2010 issue is Valentine of course, but it has really great vintage pinks I want to share!

The graphics in this magazine are amazing. It is printed on recycled paper and has really great ideas for going green! Even for city girls!

Vintage Valentine images!!

New images!

Look at these vintage pinks!!

This pin keep is amazing! I so want one of these cottage cheese containers.

Pink trunk!!

These pin keeps in the Jell-O molds are just the best!

Cupcakes!

This magazine has so much fun and exciting ideas it takes me hours to go through it all. I am seriously thinking of making it my guide for my new year and new life I am starting in 2010. I want to do more for me and for others and the environment!

Off to read more and to visit you sweeties!!

Happy Pink Saturday!

Please visit http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/my_weblog/ for all the other great ladies this week!

Big Pink Hugs, Lisa

Hi!! I have so many wonderful comments thanks!! I have a subscription but Barnes and Nobles carries this magazine and Borders Books also. It shouldn't be a regional thing but if it wasn't selling they may not still carry it. It is about gardening and farming and cooking, etc. so you may need to look in a store that sells a wide range and in the gardening section! Good Luck! The link above will take you to the site. I found one and saw the Christmas one on a friends blog and had to just go ahead and get a subscription. It is worth the money even if you cut out the pictures and use them on projects. The paper is recycled so it is not thin and shiny it is great!!

Hugs!!!

Christmas Wrap up

Just a quick post of my Christmas goodies and a big thank you to the ladies who had great giveaways that I won!

First here are my Trader Joes’ Flowers

They were little buds and opened up every day. This is only about half way open and I still have them after 3 weeks and they were all of $3.99!!

This is my teddy bear brush and comb set. Santa brought these to me from Suzanna’s Antiques!

This pink pearl set is from my mom! She said it was the year of Pink!

She also gave me these great repro beads!

I was lucky enough to get the exact calendar I wanted. I usually wait for them to go on sale and then I have to pick from what is left I lucked out this year!

I “have” to get a Lang calendar because I have this frame for them and they are the only ones big enough to fit.

It hangs in my kitchen and they are so inspirational. Mine for last year was the Breast Cancer Awareness one and it featured the 23rd Psalm. Which is my very favorite and I just loved walking by it everyday! This one says “In everything give thanks” I just have to smile!

The Christmas is put away and all of the celebrating is over. And I am ready for 2010!

I am looking forward to spending another great year here with you my friends in blogland!

This sweet pack of goodies is from Jonnie @ Jonnie’s Shabby Cottage Creations and More I won in July. I was the second one picked as the first winner didn’t respond. Then I didn’t answer for about a month. And then she mailed it and after a month I let her know it had not arrived. She tried to find it and was set to make me another one when the first of December it arrives back from the post office! I got it in a few days after the second sending but my goodies are well traveled. What stories they can tell. It is pink and very Valentine so I think it arrived right on time!

Monica @ Happy Nester gave away this great card holder. I was so excited. I almost ran over to Pier One and bought one when I saw her give away, I was so glad I won!!

She added this sweet little book to it. Got to love Gooseberry Patch!

Laurie Star  was sweet enough to offer this great set of goodies at Christmas! I received the package Christmas Eve. You know I didn’t wait a day to open so I had it under the tree too!

I will be crafting up a storm. It is great to have goodies all ready when you go to craft!

Thanks Ladies!! I had the best month in Blogland! And thanks to everyone for sharing your great holiday goodies and traditions. My first Christmas in Blogland was very lovely!

Hugs, Lisa

Hi ladies!! I had a bad mishap with my comment moderation and was trying to reject one and it rejected HALF!!!!  To Laurie, Claudia, Deb, Beansie and more I would NEVER reject your comments on purpose! You may never stop back to this post but if you do PLEASE forgive me! I got a really bad one that had only a few words in English and they were not nice. NO idea who or what it was about!

Hugs, Lisa 

Sci-Fi Sunday

I rented Star Trek and just got to watching it this morning. It was AWESOME. Heard it was too loud at the theater so I’m ok with DVD.  I watched the original Star Trek afternoons in reruns when I was in Middle school. You know the dark ages. I say that one because it was over 20 years ago and two because beta was the only way to watch movies at home and the same time Cable TV was starting.  Star Wars was the most awesome thing you could see in the theaters and  personal computers and cell phones were non existent.

So as I watch these new movies.( GI Joe was amazing too!! They both have a great story as they introduce you to the casts. It will be great if they can continue. ) I have to remember how really great it was to see these first Si-Fi greats. They were so far ahead of how we lived it was Fantasy! And we really loved it. All the computers and communicators were just awesome!

I feel really bad that the kids today don’t have that distance from the movies. I got up from watching Star Trek and picked up my LG Xenon touch screen/qwerty keyboard phone to text message my little sister about Tyler Perry being in Star Trek and think how really weird it is to use this phone that when I was 13 wasn’t even the dream of the Si-Fi writers. And I am typing this on a lap top  that is connected to the world. 

I still really enjoy all these movies. Transformers is my favorite. I think because it is so fantastic we can never have live robots that it is the last true fantasy.

Now you know I am truly a very diverse girl. I think I will spend the rest of the day watching Pride and Prejudice!

Hugs, Lisa

Thoughts for today…

I was trying to rest while watching Julie & Julia when I just HAD to start my first Valentine project. A door hanging. I bought one at Halloween and have been determined to have one from now on. I made this one for Christmas

Since I started my paper crafting craze last year at Valentines Day I have a load of stuff to use already.

These are sets I got at Michaels. I had loved the whole selection and when it was closed out I was lucky enough to get several of the pieces I really liked. All which would make great Valentine projects.

This is what my Molly and her friend Lollipop were doing as I am getting out a selection of items to see about using. They are helpful as you can see.

This set seems to have the best stuff. Not sure I’m going with the French theme but it could work.

But look at the Bingo card and one of the small ovals says J’tame!

This will work!

A second look through the papers and I find that I like these with my new theme.

Not sure exactly what it will all turn into but it is coming along

Back into the boxes goes the first round of eliminations

The stamps and ink will have to stay out awhile longer

I think this will turn out nicely. The hard part is almost over.

Now I have to go back and find my place in the movie and finish watching it and I think I will finish my dinner from last night of Mexican dip! I planned, shopped and cooked a whole dinner. I will admit I have done it before, but not since I started working at the hospital. I don’t really get in and settled until 7pm and I just want quick and easy by then! Thanks to Trader Joes my dinner was a success! Got pretty pink roses CHEEP too! OH forgot the picture!

Also why I don’t have a post about my Christmas presents. I won 3 giveaways that arrived Christmas week and got really great stuff at home too. I’ll get it together!

I am off this weekend. The puppies go home today so I may work on projects as they will not let me sleep! Sunday I WILL sleep!

I also need to start looking for my heart box for my Valentine swap. I cannot get the stuffing until I find out my partners, color choice!

I really need to sit down with a notebook and my plan for the new year. Lots of changes coming and if I write them down they don’t all have to play in my head all the time!!

I named thoughts for today and I hope you enjoy your nap after you read this!

Hugs, Lisa