The mechanical wonder....your laugh for the day

This is to show you what a mechanical wonder I am....I bought a bike to use on the trail near me...could not get it in my hatchback...this wonderful college student helped me....in the process..he pulled the lever for the front tire and it came HALF off(screws going everywhere...lol)....thereby the problem.....I got it into my house (15 miles away) and the bike had been upside down for about a month and a half.  The tire was half on and half off..even went back to Walmart to find out how to fix it...no help.....finally, my wonderful plumber, Daniel came over to replace a faucet.....and knowing he had children...I asked him if he could fix it....2 seconds later...done..this stuff stresses me more than anything ...can never figure it out....lol.....
I scheduled a bike ride and my strap to my helmet was not long enough   Off to the internet to find strap extensions...none.  I had gone to every store within an hour from me and was unable to find another helmet....big head...what can I say..lol     Today I found one in Ga....finally,will try to ride ...the  weather is suppose to be nice and cool....it has been hot since Feb...

While I was getting ready for my next class, I tried to kill this wasp...with a fly swatter....not the smartest thing to do.....I finally got it to land on a light fixture on the bathroom ceiling.....missed it and smashed the fixture off the ceiling and into millions of glass slivers....a mess doesn't describe it...so now I go back to my house and get the wasp spray....sprayed the wasp and the wall...got it...the wall got the worst of it ....go back to the house to get rubber gloves and a rag to clean the wall...but the time I got back to the Craft House......the wasp spray had eaten into the paint , so I have to repaint that section.   Sometimes, it is good to be alone with your dysfunction (mechanically)....lol

The roofers are here...what a mess this is....can't wait until I get the drywall fixed...lol...but I know it will look great.....can't wait for that  part!!

Fun fold card....will use it at preconventon shoebox swap

This is a card I got in a swap at Leadership...changed it a little but loved the design...there was not a name on the swap otherwise I would share who did the design.  I have seen this card design before.....I took it apart to see how it was made.  I altered it a little...I will use it for Sherrill's preconvention shoebox swap.   There are so many great ideas that anyone can use during the year...the preconvention activities are so worth the money to attend.  I have been instructing for the last two year's....so many creative people and events.....as I stated...so worth the money and time!!  Sherrill Graff's link is http://latenightstamper.stampinup.net/  Visit and look at the photos of past years.....Have a great day...hugs...

Another fun fold.....Cascading Card

I watched so many videos when I first saw this card on the internet and they were sssssoooooo confusing!!   Thanks to Frenchie's video I was able to make a template.  Her video was sssssoo easy to follow compared to others I watched.  I didn't want to give up on the card...but was tempted.  I just followed Frenchie's instructions and created the card and then made the template and the rest was easy.  I was no super satisfied with the end result....don't like the front..but love the rest of the card...I probably would have gone with different colors for the front..I stamped after cutting and putting the card together.  If I did it again, I would stamp first....but you would have to preplan how you were going to do it.   Have a great day...hugs....

Parts of the shed....April 27th tornado

This is sections of the former shed...and its demolition.....it is in the process of being taken apart.   I didn't take pictures of the roof etc but you can see the huge holes made from flying  debris  A lot of the sections had already been hauled away.  Storms scare the beegeebees out of me...always have.  Now when a tornado warning comes...I am in the bathtub with a pillow and lantern and a good book...lol.  Need to give some serious thought about building a storm cellar...if I ever move, my next house will have a basement .

April 27th tornado damage to be fixed

I am sssssoooo happy....the roofers are coming to replace both the craft house and residence roofs.  I am praying that they will be here when they said.   Everyone is on their own time frame here....lol...much slower life style than in Ohio...lol.   There was so much wind damage to both of the roofs that both need to be replaced....I am so fortunate/blessed.   SO many folks lost homes and received much more damage than I encountered.  I had a huge shed in the backyard and a huge railroad tie came from the heavens and landed next to the shed and numerous items and things shredded that roof.  Josie, the grandson of my friend JoLane.....tore the rest of the shed down....I will show you the great result of his work...unfortunately , I did not get a picture of the mess before the tear down...lol...I had tried since after the storm to try to get someone to come look at the roofs so finally had to contact my insurer, Nationwide....they had to send someone to me from GA (I am 15 mins from the border AL/GA)...he told me that the man that put my insulation in the craft house did it wrong, so have to have that done up the road....bummer!!   HATE mechanical things.  Below are some pictures.....including some in the house...water damage...etc.....will deal with that after the roofs!!
Josie even raked the whole area after he and his friend tore the rest of the building down.  You can't really see a lot of the damage from the distance but in the back a good section of the pecan tree was on the porch roof ( I was hiding in a friend's basement 15 miles away on my way back from a card ministry)  I had NEVER experienced this in my life .....semis folded in half on a telephone line..could not believe the devastation!!  The plaster is part of the inside damage.....they put the drywall tape up and then sprayed the popcorn ceiling in the one part of the house....minimal damage in other rooms.

My friend told me that I would never be finished with this house...I told her I was on the 20 yr plan here...lol....a room at a time.....just finished the master bedroom...not the window replacement but the painting/wallpaper removal/spackling and got a new bedroom set with my IRS refund...Nita, a friend, was making fun of me getting so excited about my new bedroom set....told her I hadn't had one in four years....but I really think it is seeing something done ...at least a portion of the house...lol....before and after is below.....need to replace both of the bedroom doors , but the curtains may not go up before I replace the windows....undecided about the walls...have to give it some thought.
Have a wonderful day...hugs...

Sorry for being gone ssssoooo long....Happy Easter!!

 I recently came back from a visit to Knoxville, TN...my sister Joan lives there and is finally moving back to Florida.  She never wanted to leave and now she has bought a house there and trying to sell hers in TN.....if anyone knows anyone in the Knoxville area looking for a house..it is really cute and they put so much money into it.  I hope she sells it soon , so she can get on with the rest of her life.  On the way back from TN there was a high speed chase ....this person whizzed past going at least 80-90 on the beam....they followed him /her from TN into Ga...hope no one was hurt!!!   My sister had picked up a coffee table and two end tables for me...so it was a dual reason for traveling to TN.  My grand nieces are two cuties....a 4 yr old and 4th grader...Pawton and Gaby (she is ssssooo bright!!)  It was a great visit!!
I had planned to post on a regular basis...it had been so long that I forgot my sign in info and had to call my techie fav, Diane Squires (Joyful Stampin) for much needed help.   There are not too many people who will call you on Easter.....thanks DI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Was with her and Monika at Leadership.....I am such a non-techie....hope she won't be sorry that she is rooming with me at Convention in July....I talked her into helping me instruct at preconvention (that is with LNS and Sherrill Graff....loved every minute of it)...I am sure we will have a good time...and just got two new roomies to add to the mix...a good time for all.......

The first thing I wanted to post was my Easter card I did recently at a Fun Fold class....may repeat that one, as everyone was traveling during the time I had it.  Hopefully, you can see this card ..Sorry, I am trying to be a better photographer..lol.....I used certainly celery and wild wasabi, with whisper white cardstock.  I cased the bunny from a card from Leishman Williams, one of Diane's talented downlines.  Use the scalloped template for the clouds with a combination of bashful blue and marina mist  Used the 3 and 3 1/2 in  circle dies, the 2 1/2 circle punch and the large scallop circle....I was so pleased the way that it turned out..  Leishman's card was from a swap at Monika Davis's downline meeting.    She has adopted me...I am ssssooooo fortunate. 
A big congrats to Diane....we both were trying to get MANAGER.....Diane made it!!!!  I am still trying...and will continue to do so.  I will make it but may not be in the time frame that I would like.

 I forgot to finish the first blog....Can you tell this is new to me....sssssoooo sorry....was going to share how wonderful the lunches were at Leadership and closed the post and forgot to post the picture...Here it is:  The presentation was wonderful....Stampin Up does everything to inspire and motivate...the desert was yummy!!

I was so excited to be able to attend my first Leadership Convention with Stampin Up....the fact that I could share it with Diane  Squires from Jasper, Ga and all of our buds(two new ones) was great.  Monika Davis went to her first Manager Reception.....YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   She has adopted me as her downline.  I drive to Ga for her meetings every couple of months.   What a gracious and kind lady!! My roomie was Linda Madison also from Ga.   Will share some of the pics from our stay and some of the roomie gifts .  Stampin Up really motivated me more...my goal is to make Manager by convention!!  I want to attend the Manager Reception with Monika next year!!

Diane has been trying to help me with my blog.  I had an appt as did Diane....Murphy's Law...things never go as  planned.  Left AL at 7:30am and got home at 6pm....just in time for someone to pick up their order:)  We met at McDonald's in Dallas, Ga only to find out that their internet was down.  We then went to Starbucks further down the road. Since Diane has a MAC and I have Windows, problem number one....since Diane is a techie and I am not....problem number two....lol.  Seriously, I did learn some things....so bare with me, as I try to perfect this challenge...I should have brought her a nice gift for trying to teach me techie things....now, onto the roomies

Sharing some of the Leadership  roomie gifts:

 Michele Schmidt (Iowa) gave each of us this necklace...isn't it gorgeous!!!  I am doing a class on this within the next two months,so will share what we did at that time. She used the hostess paper on mine...absolutely love that paper!!

Linda Madison wrapped large candy bars (there WAS a candy bar in there..LOL)       and this receipt holder for tax purposes (This was scary....we had never roomed together and she saw how my convention  receipts were on a paper clip...how did she know that this was needed....great ESP!!)

Monika Davis (GA....my adopted upline...I am so Blessed!!) made us each a desktop calendar. To be truthful, this isn't the calendar...one similar that Monika and Cindy Schuster did in their MDS retreat last Fall.  I gave the one Monika gave me to my downline for her recent promotion to Senior Associate.

 (bag closed)

Becky Lambie (PA....from my previous neck of the woods) made this wonderful jewelry travel holders out of SU fabric
Becky's daughter crimped a candy bar...yep, that is gone too...lol...guess I should have taken my pictures earlier...

Diane Squires (GA) made a cute little bag and filled it with Valentine socks, emery board and some anti-bacterial.

My gift was bag tags using MDS...here is a picture of mine...using Summer Splendor DSP with the luggage tags from Karen Sullivan's bulk buys.
Also a mini chocolate purses...they came out great!!  I will show you that tomorrow...and how  to make it ....Have a wonderful, delightful day!!  Hug the ones you love!!