Just checking in and a little bit about what I have planned

'What i have planned" hmmm, that's always tricky with me because usually what I have planned isn't what happens lol.  I will try to stick to it though - we'll see what happens.

OK so I have been working on a special report of sorts.  (Sorry ADHD and my meds haven't fully kicked in yet lol)  I wanted to get some attention sent over to the smaller businesses (and one or two larger businesses) which do so much for the community.  I have already started taking photos and getting some info together.  The economy has been so lousy the last few years and yet these people are still out there trudging away trying to make a difference and help others.  Should be fun and maybe some of you will even visit a few of these places in your own neighborhood - I hope ;)

DIY Crafts & projects - I have been doing a bunch of things, trying to keep my hands moving.  Even though I design digitally I still have the urge to get in there and get my hands dirty.  Love the feel of the wood, glue and a can of spray paint ;)  I am currently working on a project for the holidays which is easy enough for you to let your kids do it and pretty fun.  When my boys saw what I was doing they just shook their heads and grinned like they were already picking out a nice straightjacket and home to put me in LOL

There's more but this week is a hectic one for me and I need to finish up a few of my kits and get them in the boutiques so I need to run.  Thanks for the comments people have left me on my other blog - try and leave some here ok?  I would love to see your comments here and maybe even a few links showing me what you have done ;)

Have a great day!

Just a quickie for now...

as I am busy busy busy - but what else is new?   I have rejoined 'Deviant Art', it's a place I couldn't get to for awhile because when we had no internet, the library was our source of surfing pleasure.  They blocked DA and so for months, I was unable to get on to the site.  Anyway, I was going through the site seeing what was new etc and I came across a few users who just blew me away.  One of them is simfonic and you can find her here:


http://simfonic.deviantart.com/


On her profile is where I found my new background for this blog.  It's a little hard to see it as I still have to tweak it a bit to get it to lay just right but I wanted to post the image so you could see it.

Is it not just absolutely beautiful?  I am so envious of this shot.  If you get a chance, check out her profile you will be amazed ;)

Gotta run for now have a great day!

OMG Do you remember these?

Just in time for the spooky season. We restarted going through our over 400 movies to see if we could find some movies that we hadn't watched in awhile. That led to looking movies up online that we couldn't remember the names of - thank GOD for IMDB and You Tube lol. Here's a couple I was almost embarrassed to admit I know well ;)

THE BOOGENS

EVILSPEAK

DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK

WOLFEN

CHUD

     

  

Those all have You Tube links so you can just click on the name and go check out a few of the snippets ;)  These however do not so you will have to look them up yourself if you want to see them ;)

Creature
The Monster of Bikini Beach
Q
Ginger Snaps
Horror Express
The Thing with Two Heads
I spit on your grave
Dead Heat
The Willies
Don't Look in the Basement
The people under the stairs

So I leave you with George Clooney as I go to try and finish up my new kit ;)  I will be back with some of my favorite horror movies tomorrow I hope ;)

And the Hummingbirds aren't the only ones looking to get into the act

**This post has been moved from it's original location on my Scrap Blog - The Espresso Scrap Shoppe. It was posted on September 28th so if you read it there then yes this one is redundant lol


Apparently we must have the Dr Dolittle house. Every critter imaginable seems to find their way onto our property and gets a lot closer than one would expect. This big guy actually let me lie down not two feet from him to take this photo:

This one wanted to be a part of everything so bad that he actually flew into our house and sat at our window:

I still think he was happy when Alex opened the window for him though ;)

Now I can't tell whether this little beauty thinks he is a Hummingbird or if he wants us to believe he is one, but he ain't foolin' me - I KNOW that he is a butterfly ;)

Now onto some of the real gems I found while out and about at the local Goodwill and Hope Centers. Take a look at some of the diamonds in the rough and just plain cheap cuties I found:


This little cutie cost me only 25 cents and I think he's adorable:

This one cost me $1 and anyone who collects these knows I got an awesome deal on him:

This used bench cost me $25, it's faded, banged up etc but I have been wanting one forever so into the back of the van it went ;)

When I was done - about 3 hours later - it looked like this:

This bookcase was nice and big and made of real wood. I had been looking for one like this for a long time and for $20 it was mine:

Do you recognize it? It's the same one my cuties are sitting on in the photo above ;)

All of the binders aren't supposed to be there, but for now as I re-organize, that is where they will stay.

I have a bunch more to show you and still have a few projects in progress but it's after midnight already here and 6am comes around fast.Have a great night!

Welcome! Let the games begin

Welcome to my more personal blog.  If you're here from 'The Espresso Scrap Shoppe" then you are used to me doing things a certain way.  Those rules don't apply here LOL  By coming here you risk being offended and shocked.  I will be offering up projects I have done/am doing/will be doing and they won't always be completed when they are posted.  I will post up cool things I found and most likely bought at yard sales, The Hope Center and Goodwill. I will show you how I think outside the box and how that can get messy most of the time. I also plan to review new movies, maybe some games and give my opinion on any news that happens to unfortunately come to my attention.  Alex thinks I border (if not seriously stretch over the line) on being a conspiracy theory driven nutjob.  Maybe he's right, but that doesn't mean I am wrong.


As I need to make this short I will leave you with one of my neverending pet peeves.  OK maybe two quickies LOL


#1  Have you ever seen those sales advertisements that say 50% off!  Come and spend $100 and get 25% off your purchase PLUS if you buy 'Product X' we'll give you another 25% off.  Here's a heads up This is one of those times that 25 and 25 DO NOT EQUAL 50.  Follow me people - 25% off of $100 Leaves $75 Then 25% off off $75 leaves $56.25.  Hello?  That's NOT 50%  If you don't believe me, go ahead, get your own calculator and punch those numbers ;)


#2  What is with the toilet paper companies?  DOUBLE ROLL MY EYE  Again bring the calculator.  Add up the number of feet in a 24 pack of single rolls and a 12 pack of double rolls.  Don't forget to check if they are single ply or double.  Don't want to bring a calculator?  Fine pick up one pack of each and stroll on over to the department that has the scales and plop each of them down and check the weight.  Don't tell me 12 less little thin cardboard tubes makes up that much of a difference.  And just in closing here, check out the drastic difference in prices.  We were at Wal-Mart the other day and it was $5.99 for 12 'double rolls" and $11.97 for the 24 single roll pack.  Ummmmmm the little bit of outer packaging they are saving - and again those 12 little cardboard rolls aren't creating a 50% price difference (ok 49% LOL)


OK I have a lot of work to do and it's almost midnight which means I will probably be up all night and Alex will be home from work soon ;)  


Leave me a comment I'd love to hear your opinion and if you have found anything similar, let me know!