For all the Grandmas out there!!

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Originally Posted by paperlady

Congratulations to all of you. Liam is adorable!

Thanks Joan!

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Originally Posted by GrandmaCrys

So exciting and I'm so darned happy for all of you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Crys. I'm happy for me too!!

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Originally Posted by PQ

I have to tell y'all a quick story............

Mama likes to "suck" people into her hateful ways.........Mama started laughing and looked at Doug and said, "Doug, your wife is an idiot....don't you agree?"


Mama was totally expecting Doug to agree with her, but when she asked her question, Doug said, "No, she is not."


All of Mama's laughter stopped. WAY TO GO DOUG.

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Originally Posted by PQ

If the element enters your layout as a smart object, you can also do this:


right click on the smart object in the layers panel> left click on RASTERSIZE LAYER. Now your element is a dumb bunny (it is no longer a smart object).

You can also open the preferences file - Edit > Preferences > General and uncheck the option to "Place or Drag Raster images as smart objects". This will allow you to drag objects onto your page as rasterized. Instead of the need to "rasterize" the layer before manipulating, you can instead right click on the layer and choose "convert to smart object" if need be.

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Originally Posted by hlmbugle

You can uncheck a box in your PS preferences that says something along the lines of Open in Photoshop as Smart Objects (something like that, look around, you'll find it.)

Duh....I should have read ahead. LOL

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Originally Posted by Mars

Mary is getting engaged... that's why she is bringing him over for the weekend. He is very nice, treats her extremely well and makes her happy so what more could a mother want for her daughter... (plus he is really rich) heh

Sounds perfect!!! Congrats to Mary!!!

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Originally Posted by PQ

(Sung to the tune of Camptown Races)

I don't need a total hip
do dah, do dah
I don't need a total hip
and I am so happy.

Yikes - I didn't know that was a posibility, and I'm so glad you DON'T!!!

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Originally Posted by PQ

I had a roommate that married her husband after knowing him only 4 months. She said that she knew from past experience that if she dated him a long time that she would ditch him.

I thought you were going to say that if she dated him for a long time, he would ditch HER!!!

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Originally Posted by Fulltime RVer

Schneckens are super gooey little caramel rolls. I discovered them in a bakery on the Oregon coast. Schneckens is German for snails.

Sounds like they should be served with garlic butter.

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Originally Posted by Mars

Mary and her fiance.. his name is Art.

What a gorgeous girl Mary is. They make a good looking couple Mars!!!

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Originally Posted by Vallie

Heh!™ Heh!™

This made me laugh Vallie.

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Originally Posted by PQ

Off to the gym, and then I come home and become Gypsy PQ.......I spent a COUPLE OF HOURS studying up on how to read tea leaves yesterday, and DH and I went to two thrift stores to buy my gypsy costume. What a hoot. Think about me a lunch time when I am reading tea leaves for 25 old ladies. LOLOLOLOLOLOL

OMG, how cute!!!!

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Originally Posted by LauraLou

I hope everyone had a great Mother's Day. If you aren't fond of Mother's Day for whatever reason I hope you had a peaceful day.

We finished up everything at the house in FL, and left about 10 AM for OBT's daughter's house. She had gone to a lot of trouble to make the day special for me even though Mother's Day is hard for her. Her own mother has never been part of her life, and she lost one baby and won't have any more. That made all that she did with a lovely lunch and a smashing dinner with gifts, all the more special.

I will be celebrating with my family in Michigan later this week.

My son has the house all shined up and my flower boxes on the porch railing all planted with petunias and marigolds. All of my garden accessories were in place and even the pond and fountain were filled and running.

I think my kids and grands missed me.

What nice treats for you LL!!!

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Originally Posted by GrandmaCrys

Ramp up the prayers for my little sister, please. Her diagnosis is worse than originally anticipated. She will have to take treatments (of some sort), but won't know when/what/where until see sees her oncologist next Thurs. Yes, she was told it takes a week to get the results of a bone marrow biopsy.

She has B cell follicular lymphoma, originally thought to be only on one side of her body, but the scans showed areas on both sides. The good news, there are no nodes affected near any major organ. She's being very philosophical about the whole deal, but worried about her bills.

Oh Crys, I am so sorry to hear the news was not as optomistic as hoped. I am praying there are some good treatments for her. I wonder if a bone marrow transplant is an option. I'll be anxious to hear!!!

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Originally Posted by PQ

Here is why I do not like cats.......well, actually I like cats, it's cat owners that tip me over the edge.

Why is it that some cat owners feel that they do not have to take care of their cats? Our next door neighbor, who I genuinely like, allows her TWENTY POUND CAT to run rampant in the neighborhood. The cat brings fleas into my yard and walks all over my car........AND this fat cat, which I think should be classified as a mountain lion due to her size, just jumped up and crushed one of my precious little chickadees with her powerful jaws. (Now I have to go outside with a ladder and move all 14 of my bird feeders to higher branches).


After Fat Cat grabbed the bird, I bolted outside (I was so afraid that something was going to break or tear - that is the first time that I have moved that fast in years) hoping that maybe the little bird was still alive. I chased the fatso cat over into the next yard - I screamed and clapped my hands and the cat dropped the bird, but it was already dead.


Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.............

I still don't understand why dogs have to be on a leash, or fenced yard in most communities, but cats can roam the neighborhood, do their business in my flower beds and kick mulch all over the sidewalk.