Open Mouth, Insert Foot!

December 24, 2008

Well, today I finally did it! Opened mouth and put in foot! I went to the nail salon, but could not park in the handcap spot because there was already a pickup truck parked there - and it had no handicap tags. I parked in another spot, and went inside.

A policeman was inside, talking to rather handsome young man. I waited politely until they finished talking, and then told the policeman about the truck that was parked in the handicap spot. The tall young man said "Oh dear, that's my truck. I didn't realize I was parked in the wrong place." I said "Shame on you, but you're forgiven this time, it's Christmas. Just don't do it again young man." He said he wouldn't. All this time, the pretty little blonde having her nails done was laughing up a storm.

As the policeman was leaving, I laughed and said to him "If you see him parked there again, give him a ticket." He replied, "Oh don't worry ma'am, I'll keep after him all day."

I chatted with this nice young man, while his wife (the pretty young blonde) was having her nails done. When it was my turn to be waited, the manicurist said to me "Did you know that he is a policeman too?" (meaning the handsome young man that I had scolded) This is where I felt the foot being inserted into my mouth.

To make matters worse, I noticed after a while, that he wasn't even in the handicap spot. There was no handicap spot. The city plows had dumped all the snow from that part of the parking lot on top of the only handicap spot. By this time, that foot that I stuck in my mouth was all the way down to my belly. I turned all shades of red, and apologized profusely to this handsome young policeman.

I'm back home now, and hopefully cannot get into any more trouble today. I have to wrap the gifts for all the little dwarfs, then I'll be done. Wrapping should be fun, they're all getting comforters this year. You all be good now, Santa's coming tonight.

Hugs, Edna B.

Merry Christmas Everybody.

Last Minute Things

December 23, 2008

Gosh, only two more days till Christmas. I still have a bunch of wrapping to do. Today, Tootsie went to the beauty salon to get all spiffed up for Santa, and I went over to the Christmas Tree Shop to diddle away time while I waited for her. Big mistake!! I know better than to go in that store! It's difficult to get out of there without spending at least $100.

But, I did find the last two little things that I needed to pick up. And then a few more! Oh well, I'll be glad for that when I snuggle up in my new fuzzy fleecy bathrobe tonight. I even got fuzzy new slippers to keep my toes warm.

Tonight I'm busy trying to get a bit ahead with my January challenges for Magickal Scraps. I host the Recipe Challenge and the Inspiration Challenge. Drop by and check them out. Plus Snow Raven has a brand new Kitchen Challenge that is great if you want to learn how to design.

Plus we have a new Heritage Challenge. Drop by and have some fun with us.

Tonight I'll share a layout that I made for the Heritage Challenge. I used Snow Raven's kit "Christmas Glory." Enjoy, and have a great night.

Hugs, Edna B.

Oops! A Boo Boo.

December 22, 2008

Oh my, when I make a boo boo, it's usually a good one. I have just been told that I put up a wrong link for the elements to "Chanukka 2008." I gave you the elements preview, and the link for the QP. At least I can fix this easily. Today, I will post the elements link, plus a preview of the QP. I really am sorry for the mix up.

This is the QP that matches the "Chanukka 2008" kit.

And here is your link for the ELEMENTS. ELEMENTS ELEMENTS

http://www.4shared.com/file/76742660/28b43b91/EB_-_Chanukka_2008_Elements.html

The snow finally changed to some rain and turn a lot of the snow on the ground to slush, which of course would be chunks of ice in no time. Goodie goodie. Moo and a couple of the guys did a fantastic job of cleaning up our yard. I hope the roads are decent because I have to make a quick run to Walmart to pick up one last little thing and then I am all done with the holiday stuff.

While I am there, I need to pick up some more of my favorite sausage patties. They have the best tasting sausage patties I've found anywhere. They also have cranberry english muffins. M-m-m-m. These are seasonal items, and boy are they good.

Here is a photo of the Shaw's parking lot, where I stopped on my way home from work Sunday morning. If I enlarged the picture, you would see all the snow flakes still falling.

...Later in the day.....

The snow finally stopped, but I did not go out to do any errands. Instead, I did some laundry, and Moo did the food shopping for Christmas dinner. I will be working that day so we will have dinner when I get home. It will be a nice little group, Me and Moo, and a few of the dwarfs. It's a good thing none of them has internet and can read this, I don't think they would take too kindly to being called dwarfs. I say, "Too bad, Harry!" (just an old saying)

Moo made us steak tips for supper, and just now brought out slices of the tomato soup cake that he made this afternoon. Oh yum!

Well, it's time for me to get back to my pc work. Have a great night.

Hugs, Edna B.

Want Some Chocolate Pie With Cool Whip?

December 21, 2008

Happy Chanukka everybody, especially Rhoda & Marshall and Edie & family.

Boy, oh boy, oh boy! And the snow keeps falling. Can you believe this? It started around noon on Friday, and it is now 4 pm on Sunday, and the *#@* stuff is still falling. Not just skimpy stuff either! Long range visibility stinks (at least it did this morning).

Poor Moo is exhausted from all the shoveling and cleaning off the cars, over and over again. As soon as he gets in the house and changes his clothes, there's already another inch or two covering everything back up.

I should tell you about the fabulous chocolate pie I made for him on Friday. I was thinking that it would make him feel better after all the shoveling. I made a double batch of the pudding so that I could fill some little pudding dishes too, and was planning on serving it with Cool Whip. Oh my, I could just taste that pie!! I finished it all up and put everything in the fridge to cool and set. A few hours later I took it out to give it to Moo, and OMG!!! It was soupy as can be! Do you believe this? What went wrong?

I finally had to show it to Moo, and of course, he laughed. He said what did you use in this? Milk? Or water? That did it!! I dug the boxes out of the trash, and yup! I thought it said water. But it did not - it said milk. My beautiful graham cracker pie shell was a soggy ruined mess. So much for my good deed that day. I will ty again another day.

Today, as promised, I am going to post my new kit "Chanukka 2008." If you have any suggestions for things to include in next years kit, please let me know. I'm hoping you like this one. So now I'm off to check on what's happening outside here. Have a great night.

Hugs, Edna B.

And here's your link for the papers to "Chanukka 2008"

http://www.4shared.com/file/76744052/cc712a10/EB_-_Chanukka_2008_Papers.html

http://www.4shared.com/file/76743397/8f3f1773/EB_-_Chanukka_2008_Papers_-_02.html

And here is your link for the elements to "Chanukka 2008"

http://www.4shared.com/file/76742124/4efa2c09/EB_-_Chanukka_2008_QP.html

Snow, Snow, And More Snow!!

December 20, 2008

When I got up this morning, I looked out the window to see how much snow we got overnight. faint! faint! We were not only buried under tons of snow, but during the night the town plows kept piling all the crap from the street right in front of our driveway. This morning it had turn to a frozen pile. Needless to say, no one was getting out of my yard until a plow came along to open up my driveway.

Want to know when the snow plow called yesterday to come and plow us out? He called at midnight. Can you believe it? I told him there was no way I was going to drag all the little dwarfs out of their beds and send them out to move their cars. So he said he's be by in the morning. At 10 am, I called him to get an idea of when he might be coming, and he said most likely late in the day. Again, I had to tell him this was not cool. I needed the yard plowed earlier in the day, because we had to get out and I had to be able to leave for work on time. He came around 1:30 pm.

Of course, through all of this, it is still snowing, and it looks like we might only get one day without snow before Christmas. That will be the day that Tootsie has her beauty salon appointment. she has to get spiffed up so that she looks really nice in her new Christmas dress. She has a pretty red velvet holiday dress this year.

Tomorrow, I'll be posting the "Chanukka 2008" kit, and tonight I'm going to share my two page layout that I made for my Recipe Challenge at Magickal Scraps. It sound delicious, and only has a few calories. YUM! Hope you like it. I used Snow Raven's brand new kit, "Winter Solstice." This is a great kit, and you can buy it at the shop at Magickal Scraps. http://www.magickalscraps.com/.

I'm off to spend some time with my little girl now. Tootsie's been waiting patiently all day for her playtime with Mommy. She's having a tough time with this "tennis ball withdrawal" thing. I feel so bad for her. We haven't figured out yet how to make the new tennis ball resemble the old tennis ball. We wish you a great night.

Hugs, Edna B.

Holidays And New Kits Coming

December 19, 2008

The snow is falling. Oh joy! Oh joy! It took most of the morning to find me a plow driver to arrange for cleanup. In another couple of hours, it's going to be really nasty out there. It will be scenically beautiful, but at my age, scenic beauty isn't as important as comfort and mobility. If we didn't have to go out at all, I would actually like the snow.

Tomorrow night will be the beginning of Chanukka and Winter Solstice, and Wednesday night is Christmas Eve. I will be posting a Chanukka kit for you this weekend, and a Christmas kit next weekend. Snow Raven will be posting a brand new Winter Solstice kit in the store at Magickal Scraps.

We have new faces and names popping up in the Magickal Scraps forum. Please come visit and meet all the new members and see all the great challenges that are posted every month. Another great feature is the Daily Download. Every day, several pieces are posted and at the end of the month, you will have a beautiful Mega kit. And all for free. If you miss the kit, you can always buy it later in the Magickal Scraps Store.

Poor Moo is outdoors battling the snow. He sweeps and shovels it up, and it just keeps on falling. I think maybe I should go out and offer to help. He will most likely just tell me to go back in the house. I will have to clean off my car too. That will be an ongoing thing until the storm is over.

Today I thought I would give you a sneak peek at the new Chanukka kit that you will be getting over the weekend. Here's hoping you like it. Have a great night.

Hugs, Edna B.

"Chanukka 2008" Papers

"Chanukka 2008" Elements

A Possum And A Blizzard

December 18, 2008

Well we almost got the new roof finished today. The roofing crew ran into just a teeny little snag. It seems a rather large Ms. Possum had made herself a nice comfy home beneath the rafters (or somewhere in there), and was absolutely not coming out for anybody. So there we are. The next best solution was to finish all but her little corner, and come back after the wildlife control people had been over to get her out. So now we are waiting for a call back from the wildlife control.

To make matters just a bit more interesting, the weather man has been telling us to expect up to 12 inches of snow tomorrow between noon and 8 p.m. Now isn't that special! Not only do we have a huge blizzard bearing down on us, but there is more snow forecasted for the next few days. This is one of those times when I certainly hope the weather man is wrong.

The good news is that at least my computer seems to be working okay now. I won't say any more on that subject or it just might come back and bite me. Tootsie is sitting here looking up at me as if to say "Are you ever gonna get off that dumb computer?" Her friend Kaline (Nani's kitty kat) sent her condolences re the dying ball. She's been down that road too, and knows the heartbreak involved. Thank you Kaline.

If any of you knows how to revive a dying, mostly all bald tennis ball that is almost totally split in two, please let us know. We can't tape it because Tootsie might chew the tape off and get sick. Glue is out of the question too. Although Tootsie might feel a bit better after sniffing the glue for a few minutes. Oh my! Did I say that? My bad.

Time for me to leave you for tonight. If I'm not back for a day or two, it just means that I'm plumb wore out fighting all the snow. I have a layout to share with you tonight. I made it for the Click Challenge at Magickal Scraps. This month the challenge was for us to go out and photograph Christmas lights. I didn't have a chance to get out to do this so I used the photos I took last winter. Hope you like it. Have a great night.

Hugs, Edna B.

"Christmas Lights"