Archive 1 - For all the Grandmas! (longest thread in the history of mankind) '06-'08

Jae Dee, I think those are all wonderful ideas and it sounds like a lot of fun! If you want to consider having a 2nd place winner for the layouts, I'd also be glad to kick in the cost of a kit....or whatever! I like that you want to name the challenge after Kay....cool idea!:clap:

Yhalos, so glad your daughter is going to be ok and that you got your internet connection going again. What a nice surprise it must have been to get the new desk.

Vallie, the Wabash is a big, old river that runs at least through Indiana and Illinois....should know my US geography better! There's an old song about the Wabash carrying things to different places...can't remember the words.....it's an older song than my time - making it pretty old! Your son must be celebrating since his fav won! Makes it even more exciting!

Well I got 5 layouts finished for the 10 in 2 challenge and I'm definitely not happy with them, but if I piddle around anymore, I will never meet the deadline. That's why I don't do many of the challenges.....the stress me out and cause me to say and do not so nice things.

I just took my Daisy girl on about a three mile jaunt and my ears were burning from the cold.....but I've taken a break and now it's time to get some things cleaned up around here before taking my son back to school.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend ladies!

Oh and Vallie....there's always room for you at our office! For that matter, any of the lovely, lovely ladies here....you are the best and it would be an honor!

[Carma]

Inkey and Dags, I need to have you tell me how to set up my hard drive, I probably have a mess too. Dags, got any suggestions as to how to do it that I can use? You can email me or PM me if you don't want to put it into this thread. Oh I wish I had someone close to show me what I should be doing.
Vallie I think it was you that said when your ink is low that you print of greeting cards...that is a good idea, I know we throw away a lot of good ink.
Jae Dee your suggestions for the birthday week sound great... just tell us what to do and I will do it.
Things have been hectic the past couple of days. I thought it would be nice to invite 4 friends over for St. Patricks day dinner and fixed it, cleaned the house and the dinner turned out so nice, company got here on time. my hubby got showered and dressed and sat in the recliner visiting with the company. Then we sat down to have dinner, all seemed to go well. Then hubby excused himself and got into the recliner chair and fall asleep. He has been sleeping most of the time since my daughter and her husband were here. I thought he needed someone to talk to etc.. to keep him interested. His recliner is just about 15 steps from the dining room table and he commented a couple of times from the chair before falling asleep. I woke him up when the company decieded it was time to leave, he appologized for not being better company. As it turned out I guess I was the one that needed the company and not him. It was too much for him. He went to bed a bout two hours later and is asleep now. I am ready to go in and do the blood suger and the puffers and pills, now. I have checked on him several times and he seems to be doing fine. My company said he looked awful tired. When My daughter was here last week end she said he looks like he is 150 years old. I was shocked. I guess when you see them every day you don't realize how they are going down hill. I have seen a change in him since she was here.
Karen I agree on when you feel the urge to make a call you should do it those prompting should never go unheeded. So glad that you made that phone call to your grand daughter.
Nice poem Gabby, thanks for sharing.
Kasha what is your business? I love the picture of you and your associates. Sorry that the one passed on due to a car accident. That would for sure put the party on a different light. Hope all of you are doing ok.
I need to go and change the clothes on my flattie if I am going traveling again. Also for the Birthday celebrations of the Grannie chat.
Jae Dee be sure to post the decisions of the week so we can get things done for it.
At this point in time I just need to have some one tell me what to do, my brain is so full of stuff right now it is hard to think of things.
I have appointments almost everyday this week between Dick and myslef.
Also need to go and get ink. Does anyone used the refilled inks from the shops that have cropped up at the malls etc? It is cheaper but is it as good? Is it the correct colors?
Thanks all you have all been so busy on Sat. I could not believe how much of the thread I had to go back and read.

[Carma]

Yahlos, glad your daughter is doing ok...what a bummer. you two get better quick.

[JustScraps]

I like the contest idea,
yes I can do a posting bonus, any suggestions?
I love the blinkie idea also! mmm I dont have any ideas but I like PINK! lol

For those of you who couldnt get the kits to download, ahemm ,,, yousendit said I was sucking up too much line so I will email the kit in zip files or in peices for the dial up uses if you will just send me your email addys I can get right on that since there are several so far.. I will try to wait until tomorrow to send so everyone gets a chance to send their email..

I am sooooo happy that those of you who had "issues" this week are not having any major traumas at this point and that the sick computers are all healed!YEEHAW!

Oh, and thanks for making me feel so.. um I dont know a good word, but good about my creative abilities. :clap:

[Mars]

Thanks for the kits Justscraps. Hope everyone is well, I'll never catch up. I've been busy trying to get all my challenges finished before all my company comes tomorrow. The grandkids will all be here for the day and assorted daughters, then my oldest daughter and her two children will be staying of for a few weeks so I won't have as much time for scrapping. I love the challenge idea and will definitely try to participate at least late at night when eveyone has gone to bed. BTW where are the flatties now? I seem to have lost track of them.

[Freda]

Mars, you are still riding your scooter around San Diego! Pretty soon I will have to send you on to someone else, we are running out of sights to see!

[dagwood]

Thanks JustScraps for the link to your wonderful Kits, I have downloaded them and how I am off to have play with them, you must be one very clever dude to be able to make wonderful kits like these, the colours are great and so many bits and pieces in them. Thanks again, I love something for free…… I’m thinking good Karma thoughts for you.

I notice that your LO photos and flatties of you in your signature line are direct links back to your gallery as when I place my curser over them it turns into a hand…I have tried to do this and cannot …….can you help me out with this??? I am sure it is something very simple but my old brain cannot figure it out.

[dagwood]

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Yhalos, fell out of bed, stitches??? Does your daughter sleep in a tree house, hope all is well and not to serious. I have a new desk on my wish list, enjoy yours now that you have your connections up and running.

Kasha, sorry to hear about the loss of one of your locals and the dampener that this would have put on your celebrations. Your work photo was great, very professional, you could be my boss any day. I would be honoured to be sent to Iraq, if you send me in my French maid outfit the boys may be so interested in the body that they will not notice the wrinkles and sages….


Karen, I am so sorry about your granddaughter. My heart bleeds for you, to lose a loved one so young. Now that time has passed I am pleased that you can find some comfort in knowing that you have told her how much she meant to you.

JaeDee, love all your suggestions, and I could make that chat time…. Party clothes for our birthday, great idea we can also have cake, balloons and chocolate.

Freda, I am really enjoying being show around San Diego and you have taken us to some of the best places, most of which I have never even heard about. Where are you going to send us to now?

Ineke, I have worked out your main problem with your hard drive…..every time I go around your place it is sparkling clean …now as every good scrapper knows that is just not on ….you have to neglect housework in favour of your hard drive…it will not matter if there is dog slobber on the windows, unmade beds and no clean clothes…you only have males in your house and they really don’t notice these things….cooking!!!! no… just send out for pizzas…...

I have now saved you hours of work which can be spent on sorting out you hard drive instead….

[lizzanne]

hello all
-can i just copy and paste daggy's last post? after reading it i'm thinking i've just been updated on the past going ons. i really just can't keep up with you all.
-hugs to yh's daughter....stitches? good heavens..i hope all is well.
-lost loved ones......what a heartache.
-being shipped over seas?...let me change clothes....are we adding a little note to those we are being shipped to?
-dick not looking so good? carma i'm sure your the best thing thats happened to him.
-download freebie? where do i go? although not doing much in the scrapping lately.
-who's going where? love san diego.....out of energy...park me by the pool..lol.
hugs to all that need them.
liz

[lizzanne]

wait...chat time? when ......where .....who?
once again this site is so slow....it's taken forever to get this far.

[Ineke]

Not only is my house not clean it is a downright mess and so is my hard drive but I think I have got to a stage in my life where I just dont care anymore, I live with slobs so if you cant beat them you might as well join them.
I was updating my signature this morning so I could include my seductive can can self and I ended up wiping out my snapdragon blinkie

[GrandmaCrys]

Originally Posted by Ineke52

Not only is my house not clean it is a downright mess and so is my hard drive but I think I have got to a stage in my life where I just dont care anymore, I live with slobs so if you cant beat them you might as well join them.

Inky, didn't realize you were staying in one of our spare bedrooms! Hope you're not minding the dirty linens.

One of us (certainly NOT me) who is very good (Vallie?) at linking in their signature, needs to give lessons! Come on, come on, give us dunderheads some help and suggestions! Cathie, your Meez dances all over the place; mine apparently had a broken spine and couldn't move.

LauraLou, I took your suggestions on my Adorable Alyssa layout and I think the improvements helped! Check out Adorable Alyssa V2 and see if you agree!

I've also managed to do another layout today, which makes 5 of my 10 in 2. Lagging behind, as usual and this week's gonna be so busy, don't know if I'll make it or not! Oh well... If you have the time, please look at Too Many Shoes

Later, ladies...

[Lynnie]

Kasha - count me in to be sent to Iraq - anything we can do to bring a smile to a soldier I'm up for.

[GrandmaCrys]

Me, too, Kasha. I said that at the very first mention, but just making sure, in case you missed it. Thanks.