Expecting a Grandbaby

I found this freebie on Digital Freebies. I've bought several baby collections from Scrapgirls.com, but I'm really busy now. ..anxiously awaiting the arrival of our newest grand baby. Hope to be back online soon with his picture on this layout and many more. Until then...

Chipper's Christmas

This should have come before the layout from last night. It shows poor Chipper before she decided to take things into her own hands.

Speaking of taking things into your own hands, we can thank Scott Brown for standing up and dong what needed to be done. God bless him and all those who voted for him. He may play a big part in saving us from government run (in the ground) health care.

24

This is the non-TV watcher reporting in after sitting through three hours of 24.

Yes, American Idol and 24 are back . That means I have to carve out a few hours a week to immerse myself in TVdom. I can't just watch normally like a regular TV viewer, I have to plant my eyes on that screen. I can't miss a note or a word. Don't call me while I'm attending to this business! Of course, since you have no idea when I'll tear myself away from this computer and head to the TV room, perhaps you should never call. Woops. That is not good advice. I do want to hear from you; but don't be surprised if when you call, you catch me at the wrong time and I have trouble coming back to the real world. You know how some people live their lives through their children? Well Ron and I live ours through Jack Bauer. After all, if something happens to Jack, one of us may have to take over and we don't want to come up short. My hubby even looks forward to that day when he can jump in and help.

Since I haven't made a layout today, I've given you one I made in December. Poor Chipper did not get a present on Christmas day. I forgot until the last minute and when I went out on Christmas Eve, I couldn't get through the hordes of men shopping. So I gave up and went home with nothing... not even catnip, to finish Christmas preparations.

I felt sorry for the poor cat for a few minutes when we opened our presents, but she 'licked her wounds' and found a present for herself. The following Sunday night, my friend Kay gave her a fish on the end of a fishing pole. Chipper has insisted I play with her every afternoon since then. Her celebration is lasting longer than all the rest of us. Thank you Kay.


All of you in Massachusetts, get out and vote for Scott Brown early. I don't want to be unnerved all evening waiting for votes to come in for him. Send a message to Washington. We don't want your cruel version of health care.

Thanks to Chelle, who left an opinion here and gave me some constructive criticism. She taught me that unlike what I believed, the picture could be drug by mouse to any spot on the blog entry that I want it. It makes a lot more sense now than it did when she first read it. Thanks again.

Remembering Florida

On some occasions I take a zillion pictures. People are used to seeing me with a camera up to my eye. However, there are days when I don't take even one picture. Really. Today was one of them. At times like this when I want to do a layout and have no recent picture, I dig back through Picasa and pull out something that didn't get done at the time because there were too many and not enough time to scrapbook them all.

This photo was taken in a gazebo at Seaside, Florida in April of last year.

Experiment

Thought I'd see what I could do with just PSE and pictures or scans of objects here at home. the fabrics 'papers' are pictures of chairs and pillows. The rest are obvious. It was fun and made me reach a bit.

Have to keep this old mind active so that it doesn't petrify. Am looking forward to a new grandbaby very soon and don't want to be senile before he is old enough to know me.

Eating Out

It's a little cold to 'eat out' today. But it is warming up. The snow is starting to melt

Sure hope the weather in Massachusetts is conducive to a good conservative turn out at the p0les. Sure would like to see Scott Brown win. We lived in Massachusetts for about 4 years and love the people there. We would like to see them get out from under the stronghold of the Ultra Liberal Democratic party. They deserve better than that.

Birthday Celebration

Yes, we still celebrate birthdays. Age is only a number, they say. I'm not sure who 'they' are, but I like to think 'they' are right on this one. Why worry about a number? You can't ever run out of them. And there is even a chance you'll get a letter from the president if you get to 100 ...and that looks nice in print, doesn't it?

I like to tease Phyllis about being old, although I'm the oldest in our group. She believes that 'old' is 10 years older than you are, no matter what your age. Sounds plausible to me.

If you are still not convinced. If you tremble every time you even think of getting older, remember birthdays are better than the alternative.

Thank you God, for Phyllis and all my friends in ORU and the opportunity to get together and celebrate our years. And I thank God as well for safety as we drove on treacherous snow covered roads to reach O'Charley's.