Thursday, November 27, 2008

Aren't They Cute?

Baxter & Cabo in their normal positions...wrapped around each other - either playing or sleeping.



Credits: Kit - Quick page by Rebecca Labbe from the Divine Digital Charity Kit for the ASPCA - "Pawsitively". Font is Linda-Print made by me at www.yourfonts.com

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Sorry Santa

I've been talking about getting a smaller laptop for travel and meetings. I love my 17" HP, but it's not the most convenient for travel. So yesterday afternoon I ordered a 12" Dell that weighs under 3 lbs. Apparently that was going to be my Xmas present (or something similar). Lark got kinda upset. Not because I spent the money, but because I blew HIS surprise. It's the thought that counts.

Finally went to the doctor. It's what I thought...a mild case of bronchitis. Got a Rx for an antibiotic and an inhaler, and sent home. No work. Damn, I'm disappointed about that one. So our 4 day weekend has turned into 6 1/2 for me - coughing, hacking, feeling miserable.

Thanksgiving tomorrow. Kathy's buying most of the fixings and I'm cooking. Luckily everything is simple. I was reading a book that mentioned "Coke Ham" so I looked it up. There are tons of recipes for this - I've never heard of it, but it's my kind of recipe. Put the ham on a shallow baking sheet, pour a can of Coke over it, cover and bake. Baste every 15 minutes. It's supposed to be very sweet and tender.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL!!!!!!!!!!

Saturday, November 22, 2008

Merriment Add On



I was playing around with shapes in PSE and made 3 add-on papers to my Merriment kit (scroll down for 4Shared link) and a QP. Enjoy. Let me know what you think. Here's the link for the add-on. I still don't know how to make the link clickable.

http://www.4shared.com/file/72727818/2f6129ef/ld_Merriment_addon_papers.html

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

You can't please everyone...

so you've got to please yourself.

Thank you Rick Nelson (from Garden Party). I've adopted this as my new mantra. Just heard the cats wailing...it's feeding frenzy time, which reminded me that I have'nt posted in a few of days.

Let's see, what's happened.

*I had a colonoscopy. I woke up part way through and remember cramping and hollering, then the nurse saying take a deep breath, and then nothing...as it should be. Found nothing, just the "diverticulitis pockets" (doctor's quote) that we knew about.

*I finally did a budget spreadsheet that wasn't picked to bits and got thru a meeting without wanting to bash a toilet (see post below).

*The 49ers won a game. Finally! Unfortunately, the Sac Kings haven't been as lucky. Hubby is currently glued to the set and I'm hiding in the back room trying not to listen to the moans.

*I finished reading Janet Evanovich's Fearless Fourteen (Stephanie Plum). I can't remember the last time I laughed so much through a book. This is one of her best in this series. There's a part with a monkey and a 61-year old lady in stiletto heels that nearly made me pee my pants.

*I have become addicted to Grey's Anatomy (thank you Pat). This from someone who had sworn off primetime TV. I've found myself watching the reruns of the previous seasons (that I didn't see) on USA. I also like the Mentalist. Not necessarily because it's a great show, but because Simon Baker is so darn nice to look at. My friend Kathy is trying to get me to watch NCIS, but I haven't gotten there yet. I tried Lipstick Jungle...I can see why it was cancelled.

*My taste in TV shows apparently isn't the norm. I loved Caterbury's Law. I don't think it lasted the original 7 episodes. I tend to like characters with an edge and Liz Canterbury was definitely edgy.

*I'm fighting a cold. Have heard the wonders of Zicam, so I'm trying. Hint - if you get the spray...DON'T SNIFF! I burns like the devil. Now I no why the q-tip gel thing is so popular.

*Kathy will be joining us for Thanksgiving. We've decided on ham. Baked potato for Lark and green bean casserole for us. We were also thinking stuffing, even though we are having ham. Who says we have to be traditional?

I think that's about it for now. Will post more later.

Saturday, November 15, 2008

George Brett Moments

Who is George Brett you might ask? He is a Hall of Fame 3rd baseman who played for the Kansas City Royals. One day he took his frustration out on a toilet with a baseball bat. Sadly, I can fully understand that. I've had several of those moments recently. Trying to tear apart a budget and live in the shadow of a former budget manager who was thought to be the only person in the world who can add 2 & 2 is quite frustrating. I know from experience there is that point beyond stress where you just don't give a %*&@. I'm looking forward to that. However, before that, I have to go in to the office tomorrow (Sunday) to make revisions to a presentation for Monday.

Rockstar wannabe hubby got to sit in for a co-worker at a cowboy/biker bar on Thursday. He played 5 songs before Carlos arrived, which is 3 more than he practiced. But he had a good time and had his fan base of Barry and me there to cheer him on. All in all, it was fun.

Congrats to good friend Eric Sladek for being accepted at a Med School in the Caribbean. There are definitely worse places to go to school :-)

here's a layout I did where the challenge was to do a double page spread with overlapping pictures.

Monday, November 10, 2008

Kit #2

I just finished my second kit for the DSO color challenge. It has a Christmas theme. Hope everyone likes it.



You can get it here:www.4shared.com/file/70632521/23354ad5/Merriment.html

ps - if anyone can tell how to link this url to 4shared in blogger, I'd really appreciate it. Linda

Saturday, November 8, 2008

Template Challenge at Snap and Scrap

WHEW>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Wow, what a week. YES WE CAN was the catch phrase for most of it. I can’t tell you how excited I am to be part of history. Yes, Barack Obama is the first African American US President. More than that, he’s instilled a needed sense of optimism, at least among Democrats. I’ve been very impressed with how others throughout the world have followed this election. I’ve cruised several digital scrapping sites and have been amazed at the blog comments from those in Canada, the Philippines, South America & France. One blogger in Germany not only was very familiar with the presidential election, but expressed dismay over the outcome of Prop 8 in California.
Prop 8 invalidated gay marriage in California. I know people have strong feelings both ways about this topic and I can respect that. However, I don’t believe anyone has the right to legislate how someone else lives. I was appalled at the outcome as well. The US took a large step forward for equality and supposedly liberal California took 2 back. However, there have already been 3 major lawsuits filed, so I really expect this to be overturned.

Work sucks. What else is new? It is so disheartening to spend 2 full days totally revamping our bleeping budget only to go into a meeting and have the first words out of someone’s mouth be “this isn’t right”. Thank goodness I’m off until Thursday. However, not all of that will be for fun and profit. I’m scheduled for a colonoscopy on Wednesday morning, so Tuesday afternoon will be miserable. Happy Veteran’s Day.

132 days until we leave for Spain and Portugal. YEAH!!!!!!! In between then and now, Lark & I have a Mexico cruise scheduled (1st week of February). Then he retires on March 29th. I won’t even be here. I’ll think of him from Europe.

Lark found out a few days ago that there’s a group of Spring Creek golfers going to Myrtle Beach in September…at the same time we’ll be there. He’s jazzed that he’ll have buddies to play with part of the time.


Celebrated our 26th anniversary on the 6th. Lark gave me a diamond palm tree necklace that he had seen in a catalog on the way to Kona last year. Talk about planning. It’s beautiful. As usual I didn’t get him anything, so that gives him free passage to buy some golf or guitar related gadget. Speaking of guitars, he’s been asked to fill in on bass for a friend the next couple of Thursday nights at this dive biker bar. Lark’s pretty excited. Guess its Groupie time for me.

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Saturday, November 1, 2008

National Digital Scrapbooking Day

I've spent it either downloading freebies or sleeping. Either of which works for me. Our halloween parade picked up after my last post. We went thru both of Lark's big bags of candy and 2 of my smaller ones. It died off around 8:00.

The cat eyes were a hit with the kids and neighbors. My next door neighbor said he couldn't think of anything more appropriate. My new carvable fake pumpkins didn't last long. I carved one with a cat on a broom that looked a lot like Cabo. He must not have appreciated the likeness as he basically destroyed it (but that's what he does).

Ooooh, Cabana Boy just brought me a Margarita. I think I'll keep him around.

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