not a really clear photo- since I took it myself

but here is my spot where the pantone books crushed down on me.

keeping up the good work

from Lifehacker web site - interesting stratagies.

Author Gretchen Rubin has some interesting strategies for keeping up your exercise routine. A couple of my favorites:

• Always exercise on Monday. This sets the psychological pattern for the week.
• Never skip exercising for two days in a row. You can skip a day, but the next day, you must exercise no matter how inconvenient.

• Give yourself credit for the smallest effort. My father always said that all he had to do was put on his running shoes and close the door behind him.

from my log at kp-10ksteps

To date you have taken 215,490 steps. This is about equal to: 107.7 miles (173.4 km)

1st Day steps tracked: 3/20/2006

yeah!! For me and H - we are constantly looking for walking stratagies

I need some sympathy tonight

these two books, are packaged together in a plastic box with extra sharp corners. - They fell off a shelf above my head at work today, and hit me in the forhead with the corner of the plastic box, gouged me and made me bleeed.

two boxes slid out of the shelf when I tilted the box to get the guides for a customer! I stood there and cursed out loud. , I am not sure I won't get a huge bruise too, if I do I will try to get a photo of my head tomorrow.

for tonight it is advil and off to rest in bed for a while.

other old art work

I have more canvas paintings as well. nothing displayed like these two large pieces. the candles on the bottom of this photo are not a part of the picture LOL but it is wierd enough as it is.  

for Swamp Angel-

My art work, I don't have many photos of it. I have another piece that is this big and same size but different subject matter. will post that one next. This is an acrylic on canvas 3 x 3 feet  

Happy Birthday Girlfriend

We Need to take more photo sessions like this one, it was a blast! I wish I could be there for the big blow out BBQ today!! I hope this is the best year ever- you are at the best time in your life. LOVE YA AND MISS YA K8- YOUR GAL PAL QT

 

ideal? pet? really ?? !!

Your Ideal Pet is a Cat

You're both aloof, introverted, and moody. And your friends secretly wish that you were declawed!

What's Your Ideal Pet?

HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA

for today

Give away your Life; you'll find life given back, but not merely given back----given back with bonus and blessing.
Giving, not getting, is the way.
Generosity begets generosity.

Luke 6:38 msg

Mary mary quite contray, how does your garden grow?

with cockel shells and pretty maids all in a row. This was my major Mother's day gift and purchase. It is our traditional thing to do, plant and buy flowers for my garden on mother's day


these iris are from a years now but loved the sunny fence as a back drop



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Well we got them all in the ground and now here are some photos i took of them this morning.

this yellow Grebera daisy is a siameese twin flower and stalks are fused together very odd for sure- so I wanted to document this oddity.




this is one of two wiskey barrels I have near my front door.



they make me happy ! this is my only battle scar- a blister on (each hand actually) my palm....

Hh field day ribbons

it was a record high today we went to foeld day and look at that smile and those ribbons. you go girl  

cool enough -

the office is cool enough we have the swamp cooler going since this morning. We can do this because our humidity here is so small and the air so dry that it actaully helps to run it.

Mine at home needs adjustment - the boys have to get back up on the roof and adjust the water float- so it doesn't overflow. ( kind of like the toilet float LOL )
here is the link to this copied information

Advantages of an Evaporative Cooler

	An evaporative cooler use as much as 75 percent less electricity as air conditioning does.
	An evaporative cooler costs about half as much as an air conditioner that will cool the same sized area.
	An evaporative cooler operate on 120-volt electricity, which means they don't need special high-amperage circuits like many air conditioners do.
	The moist pads from an evaporative/swamp cooler are fairly efficient air filters, trapping some dust and pollen.
	A small evaporative cooler can be often placed in windows, much like a window air conditioner. Evaporative cooling requires simple installation from a reputable heating and cooling company.
	An evaporative cooler can cool outside air and blow it into your residential or commercial business re-circulating stale inside air.
	The evaporative cooler pads can be made of wood shavings - aspen trees is a popular choice.

as promised yesterday!

Blogger is tough on these layouts this is the right side of a two page spread

















this is the left side of the above two page spread




scrapbook layouts from the book of Hh














the crazy hair layout has a pop dot under the letter h tag- hard to tell but it is dementional




























the last one just love those polka dots on that paper

this one the journaling is about her getting that second earing done and the little flower earings are so cute that I made a rinestone one put you can hardly see the details.

Happy Mother's day

scrapped last night will come back and edit this post later with pictures. Will probably get flowers and plants for the garden today ( tradition)

scooter skirt goes to the zoo

here is one of two skirts that are so cute! one blue and one pink, and one of two tanks one salmon/peach and one white. Hh ready for a day at the zoo- fun -sun-hats and sunscreen. 

self portrait second try

me in my mirror- art work behind my head is mine too, acrylics on canvas. I like this mirror a bunch.  

JELLY BELLY , HHHHOTTTT

You Are a Cinnamon Jelly Bean

Sassy and bold, your behavior is often shocking - even to those who know you well. And while you're too hot to handle, people still are addicted to you.

What Flavor Jelly Bean Are You?

Human hearts

The human heart, at whatever age, opens to the heart that opens in return.

Maria Edgeworth

self portrait

took this late in the day today - but I love the ornate mirror and it makes a great frame. BUMMER - I must have fallen asleep and messed this up last night will post it later ! QT

a healthy mix

Your Brain is 60% Female, 40% Male

Your brain is a healthy mix of male and female You are both sensitive and savvy Rational and reasonable, you tend to keep level headed But you also tend to wear your heart on your sleeve

What Gender Is Your Brain?

Mom's day coming up fast

here is a cool techy article for those with mum's that need cool gagets.

I have this little printer sans the little screen, I love it- epson rocks the 4x6 world with its quality! and waterfastness even. This is one suggestion for the shutter bug mom.

so don't forget- my cards are out in the mail today !

more fun with ballons

SSD-with a " beer mug" pretty clever. this is from the same evening as the monkey !  

cards- made some

Made mother's day cards, sent mother-in law- a gift- ready for bed. I am single parenting this week. I need a few more hours in my day.

up to 90 miles on my pedometer yeah to me for sticking to this- and kudos to Hh for sticking it out with me and being a great motivator. - one other thing that motivates us is we walk in the mall near by and we always start and finish with the puppies at the pet store.

Hump day tomorrow - take it easy.

cinco de mayo - mi III

Well we have managed to miss most of the festivities and our hood is pretty quiet tonight. S just went out to get some thigns for his little business trip and then we will go to bed soon.

we went to see Tom Cat in MI:III - yes action - computer, evil villan, good yeah, great no but nice to get out to a theater. Though it was a testosterone loaded night. the guys in back of me farted through the whole movie - I am not talking little ones, but the ripp roaring kind, then next to S. sat a guy that must not have bathed in 2 weeks at least. For the price of a movie these days I wish it were a better all around experience.

we had a good hamburger at red robin and had a good date night.

we watched casanova, last holiday and family stone on video too.. so all in all a good movie weekend.

Loved loved Last holiday, love the Queen- she just gets better...

a little bit of this a little bit of that

mmmmmm White M & M 's
pirate inspired, if you like white chocolate

new Scrapbook Answers mag and disk May 06

cutest cards: Fresh Ink from Hallmark

fun with monkeys

Pretty cute balloon monkey we got at beau Jo's the other night the ballon entertainment was very funny and talented.
 

I gave in

Scott was talking about girls and how they are dressing these days- well here is what I let Hh get on Sunday whit her own money. If you can't read it it says Baby girl across the a** of her ever so wonderful gauchos ( another hot old new trend) - so there you have it Bad Mom!! 

2nd holes

well she really did it! Hh wanted another earing- i thought she wouldn't go through with itbut she did. The girl at Clairs did a good job, and Hh is taking good care of them. it hurt more than the last time, because she didn't remember getting them done at 4 yrs old and they peirced them both at the same time.  

Whatever

Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable if anything excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things. phillipians 4:8 niv

rounding up APRIL

Here's the April roundup:

April events & information:

What books and/or magazines did I read this month?

I read Digital Fortress- by Dan Brown ( wrote the DaVinchi Code) It is intriguing and so interesting premises., I finish my first reading of Moving On By Sarah Ban Breathnack , I want to go back and work on things in this book. I bought a copy of Rachel Ray’s everyday, and Real Simple . I got my creating keepsakes in the mail and my Memory Makers magazine.

What movies and/or tv shows did I watch this month?

We watched lots of movies this month, Narnia, Chicken little, The sisterhood of the traveling pants, matchpoint, memoirs of a geisha, brokeback mountain, heaven sent, best friends, and history of violence.

I was disapointed a bit in the Narnia movie, bummed cause some of the special effects were not as good or more distracting thatn helpful.

What special days did I celebrate and how?

S and I celebrated 7 years together in marriage by playing hooky from work and going up to the gambling town, for fun and lunch. April 17th.

What illnesses or health concerns did I have in April?

I ended up with a bad cold, still haven’t gotten over the cough, and everyone in my house had one too.

What fun things did I do with my friends and/or family?

I went cropping on the the archivers store near me, we went to Central city and gambled. We enjoyed some movie nights together.

What new foods, recipes or restaurants did I try in April?

We tried a new Mexican place down the road from our house , because our favorite one in the neighbor hood changed hands and now is not our favorite anymore. I am a good cook and hate to have to eat leftovers so I am always coming up with new recipes to try. We made salmon on the grill, and that was something new for me.

What special or unusual purchases did I make?

I bought myself a new pair of sneakers and a new pair of sandals, I bought all the kids shoes, we spent lots of money this month and all kinds of things. I made a cute little album for my neighbor.

What were this month’s disappointments?

That I didn’t get as much done as I would have liked and still haven’t sent my journals in to 1000 journal project. I wish all the time for more time to be creative, and better organization of my space, but I haven’t gotten motivated to do a real good job, I would love to have a friend help me to take and clean sweep my scrap area.

What were my accomplishments this month?

That I actually finished and gave away a whole album, photo copied it and made scans of it. That I blogged nearly everyday, that I took some photos Yeah.!! I finished two books.

Any thing else noteworthy to record about April?

I walked a lot!! Nearly 78 miles in the last 7 weeks, this is a wonderful thing, I am trying not to get down on myself more and this is a positive, Hh has faithfully come with me the whole time too- it is a sweet , faithful, and endearing her loving kindness.

visit Katie the scrapbook lady for great monthly memories and this roundup template idea - thanks Katie

i am working and waiting

I am working on my april roundup-

I am waiting at work for the software person to show up so We can get to work on the final instalations of small business finacials. We use Great plains now, but are in a sence taking a downgrade to the SBF - I think it will be everything we need, it seems really user friendly and logical- two good things.

this weekend I took Hh to the mall, she spent her own money and bought some cute jeans and jacket and t-shrits, then I bought her a cute pink scooter skirt at Target..... she's a happy girl. She is at the awakward stage where nothing fits quite right, she is starting to get girlly but not tall enough yet to stretch out the jeans and things.

We went out to eat at a Colorado instatution last night Beau Jo's pizza - world famous mountain pies. yum