Scrap worthy?

Bob goes in for surgery on Friday. After a run to the ER last weekend and numerous visits to the doctor's and with x-rays and scans out with wazoo, it was determined that the gallbladder must come out. So what's the point of having one to begin with? Now I feel sorry for him, of course and I'll be there to nurse him back to health... but when the surgery was first scheduled for next week, I went ahead and sent a check in for a crop for Saturday.. one I'd been looking forward to going to... and now I'll be spending the day running up and down the stairs...waiting on him hand and foot. Hopefully he'll be so drugged, he won't need me that much and he'll sleep all day. Actually I asked the surgeon yesterday if I could get some pain meds too knowing what a bad patient Bob really is.

I might just pack up some stuff and take it to the hospital with me.... I've got scissors and a hemostat and fibers... I could do a little scrapbook operation while there.

Counter Attack

I have waited long enough for new granite kitchen counters in this house and last week Friday was the day. It's a granite composite.. looks and feels and walks and talks just like slab granite, only costs less and they don't have to rip out the existing counters, this just gets laid over it. Should be an easy breezy install....

They were here to cut the template last month, so all the pieces for the counter, back splash, cook top, and edge were done and ready to install. So in preparation, we had both plumber and electrician out the day before to disconnect the sink, cook top, under counter lights, etc etc... We were ready to go!

The guy came out and went right to work.... the first piece went in... ooohhh LOVE it... can't wait to see the rest. Now since half my kitchen including the sink is in the dining room and the other half is in the office and laundry room... I went to scrapbook and stay out of the way... (did I mention the glue???? talk about getting a "high"). So I periodically go and check the progress and find that right down the middle of the most visible part of the counter, where two pieces will be seamed together, the granite doesn't match.... the color is off... one side lighter than the other. Now I wouldn't have minded if the back splash were a little off, or the cook top from the counter, not a big difference.... but right smack dab in the middle. "This is not acceptable", I say, "You better call your people about this". Well apparently the granite was cut from two separate pieces and the cutters didn't look closely enough to see the difference... but being an artist, I noticed that immediately.

So it is being replaced.... but in the meantime... no sink, no disposal, no cooktop, no dishwasher..... and my house is in chaos! I just need to be patient until Monday when the new piece comes.... and you bet I'll have my magnifying glass in hand.

In the Spirit....... Christmas has come and gone and it was my little family that brought the spirit back. Decorations are still up and shining and will be for days to come. Always late in putting them up, keeping up through the whole Christmas season, not just the retail season.

I've been recently chosen to become a part of Moments to Remember Design Team, a scrapping website with a local store. I will be their in-store Designer, also contributing to on-line contests, challenges, and other fun stuff on a regular basis. I look forward to taking this new opportunity to a new level. Here;s their website.. go check it out.... www.moments2remember.com

Here we are into December and I should be feeling the season, but I'm not. Even though I'm done making all my Christmas cards and they are sitting waiting to be addressed, I'm still not in the mood. Maybe taking our vacation to the balmy shores of Florida the last couple of weeks changed my outlook, or maybe having my family spread from coast to coast is the reason.

The houses in my neighborhood are all sparkling with lights and certainly helping out the local power company with their monthly output and I haven't thought of decorating and or bringing down the countless boxes of tinsel and trim. I keep putting it off hoping that some elf springs from underneath the holly bushes in the backyard and overnight puts up the garland and tree. Wishful thinking here. In any case, all my shopping is done thanks to the internet. When it snowed all day Thursday, my fingers did the walking on my keyboard and found gifts for everyone and I never had to clean off snow from the car.

So as we move forward into the season and I actually start playing Christmas music....( ordered Blackmore's Night new Christmas Carol CD) I may just "Deck the Halls", and actually enjoy the "Winter Wonderland" out the window. I'll let you know.

ROAR!!!!

Go Tigers! They made the World Series and tonight was their second game against the Cardinals from St. Louis. They go to SL Tuesday with a split win 1-1. I've been a Tigers fan ever since I was a little kid. Growing up in Detroit, just miles from Tiger Stadium, that's the only sport we watched. Dad was a super fan and we often went to the ballpark, always sitting between home plate and first base. When I got older and went with friends, it was bleacher seats only. I remember the '68 Series against the Cardinals..... mom was picking us up from school and when Northrup hit that grand slam..... she almost lost control of the car as we swerved down the road..... yeah, she was a huge fan too. Those kings of baseball.... Denny McLain, Al Kaline, Jim Northrup, Gates Brown, Norm Cash, Mickey Lolich, Wille Horton and my fav Catcher Bill Freehan... bring back such sweet memories.

I got my new camera .. it's the newly released Olympus Stylus 750 digital camera.. it's amazing with all the tricks it does. It has a huge LCD screen and a menu that I can read without having to put on my glasses. Small enough to fit in a pocket or purse whereby my other digital, still a great camera, is too big to carry around comfortably. I'll still hold on to the Canon model... just add to the collection of cameras.
We have officially moved to the new scrapbooking clubhouse that we lovingly call the "Gluestick" because our group are the "Girls with Glue". Cute, huh? of course we have a frig to hold our adult beverages... don't you know, because all work and no play makes for boring scrapbook pages.
Got tickets to see Bob Seger... twice actually... my girlfriend and I will go to the first show on Wed., Nov.8 and then we're taking our husbands to the Sunday show. Overkill? Maybe... but it's Bob Seger and he hasn't gone out on tour in a decade.