It's that time again! I had so much fun with my Fall Y'all Giveaway that I've decided to do it again! Leave a comment on this post and you'll be in the drawing to win 8 Handmade Greeting Cards. The contest will end on February 2nd. I'll pick a winner on February 3rd. Everyone is eligible to win, no location restrictions. However, you must either leave an email address in your comment or have a way that I can contact you to let you know if you're the winner. If I can't contact you, I can't get your address, and you won't be able to win. Good luck and happy blogging! ~Kim
P.S. For more giveaways, visit Rocks In My Dryer!
Monday, January 28, 2008
Friday, January 25, 2008
What a DOGGIE Experience we just had!!!
We just experienced the weirdest thing ever with the dog. I've never really said much about our dog on here. She's a cute little beagle. Well, sometimes she's cute. Other times she just grates our nerves. She's been a little sick the past couple of weeks. Two weeks ago last Thursday, I came home and she was laying on the floor. That is odd for her, as she's usually on the couch or loveseat, or on her pillow or in her crate. She was laying in the middle of the floor with her head stretched out on top of her front legs. I said hi to her as I was walking in the door. She didn't move. In fact, she was laying there shaking and whining, but wouldn't get up. So, I start freaking out. I immediately think she's had a stroke or something and is now paralyzed. (Yeah, I know, I'm a little dramatic at times!) I try calling my husband at work and then on his cell phone. No answer. Then I call the vet. As I'm talking to the receptionist I tell her how Lucy is acting. She tells me to see if she'll eat and/or drink. While I'm talking to the vet's office, Lucy decides to get up and start walking around. I get off the phone with her and Lucy is laying on her pillow, still shaking and whining a little bit. She seemed scared. So, I bring her food to her, and put it under her nose. Nothing. In the meantime, husband calls back and asks what's wrong. I tell him and he says, "Yeah, this morning I had to stand her up to get her to go out. She also ate one of my shoestrings up to the eyelet on my boot." Huh?? That might have been good to know to tell the vets office. So I tell him to hurry home. I call the vets office. They say to bring her to the office and drop her off. The vet on call is in surgery and will look at her once he gets out. I then tell her about the shoestring. Evidently, this is the only words they heard. This is not the first time she's eaten his shoestrings. When we lived in Cincinnati, she completely de-laced two boots and ate both shoestrings WHOLE! (And they came out whole too, so my husband says!) So, I get a call a little after 7:00 that night, and the doctor says they've taken X-rays, and the shoestring isn't causing a problem. He was giving her an anti-inflammatory and watching her overnight. Told us to call around noon to see how she was doing. Jason called and they said she was doing better and wanted to keep her until he got of work. She was put on restricted activity. No jumping, no long walks, no walks without a leash (not that we do that anyway...she is a beagle...her nose rules where she goes!) So he goes to pick her up and they've given her a prescription for steroids. So, we give them to her and she is starting to feel better. (At this point, we're starting to question the $200 we spent on her overnight stay at the vet's office.)
So a few days later, actually like a week and a couple of days later, she finally throws up and there is the shoe lace. It doesn't digest or pass. Too weird. Once the steroids were gone, she started feeling a little mopey. So I called the vet and he put her on three more days of steroids. She seemed to feel better instantly.
Well, the last few nights, she's been acting really, REALLY needy. I mean up in everyone's face at every possible moment. She also acts like she's never been fed. So, today I come in and feed her just like normal. Jason comes home and then takes her for a walk. He comes in and plays with her a bit, cause it's been a while, and she finally lays down on her pillow and decides playtime is over. So we decide we're going out to eat dinner.
We're gone, maybe an hour, hour and a half. We come home. Jason opens the door while I check the mail. All I hear is J yelling, "BAD DOG!" I come in and Lucy has drug his 30# plus tackle bag 20 feet across the room, tore into a couple of the pouches and ate like 5 packs of artificial bait!!! I couldn't believe she ate so much. So, Jason decides we needed to call the vets office. Of course, it's after hours. We hope it doesn't cost us an arm and a leg. After spending $200 at the last visit, I couldn't imagine how much it would be. When the doctor finally got to the phone, he said that we needed to give her 5cc of hydrogen peroxide every 2-3 minutes until we induced vomiting. After about three or four times of that, she finally upchucked. It was gross, but yet very fascinating. Don't know why, I'm just really weird that way. I took photos, cause I scrapbook everything. I was gonna post pictures of her, and the stuff she threw up, but decided against it. I have some family that look at my blog, and I don't want them thinking I'm even weirder than they already thought! So no pictures. Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend. ~Kim
P.S. While I was looking online to see if bait was poisonous to dogs, I found this online forum that had some funny stories. I googled Dog Ate Bait and came up with it. After we got Lucy to vomit and cleaned up, we sat down and had a good laugh. Here's the site.
So a few days later, actually like a week and a couple of days later, she finally throws up and there is the shoe lace. It doesn't digest or pass. Too weird. Once the steroids were gone, she started feeling a little mopey. So I called the vet and he put her on three more days of steroids. She seemed to feel better instantly.
Well, the last few nights, she's been acting really, REALLY needy. I mean up in everyone's face at every possible moment. She also acts like she's never been fed. So, today I come in and feed her just like normal. Jason comes home and then takes her for a walk. He comes in and plays with her a bit, cause it's been a while, and she finally lays down on her pillow and decides playtime is over. So we decide we're going out to eat dinner.
We're gone, maybe an hour, hour and a half. We come home. Jason opens the door while I check the mail. All I hear is J yelling, "BAD DOG!" I come in and Lucy has drug his 30# plus tackle bag 20 feet across the room, tore into a couple of the pouches and ate like 5 packs of artificial bait!!! I couldn't believe she ate so much. So, Jason decides we needed to call the vets office. Of course, it's after hours. We hope it doesn't cost us an arm and a leg. After spending $200 at the last visit, I couldn't imagine how much it would be. When the doctor finally got to the phone, he said that we needed to give her 5cc of hydrogen peroxide every 2-3 minutes until we induced vomiting. After about three or four times of that, she finally upchucked. It was gross, but yet very fascinating. Don't know why, I'm just really weird that way. I took photos, cause I scrapbook everything. I was gonna post pictures of her, and the stuff she threw up, but decided against it. I have some family that look at my blog, and I don't want them thinking I'm even weirder than they already thought! So no pictures. Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend. ~Kim
P.S. While I was looking online to see if bait was poisonous to dogs, I found this online forum that had some funny stories. I googled Dog Ate Bait and came up with it. After we got Lucy to vomit and cleaned up, we sat down and had a good laugh. Here's the site.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Baby Shower
A few friends and I threw a baby shower for a couple of friends of ours. I made some really cute invitations and actually designed it myself!!! Surprise surprise! That rarely ever happens! I took ideas that I've seen on other people's blogs and came up with it all on my own! Here it is:
The Football baby stamp is from The Angel Company. The "It's a boy!" stamp is from Stampin' Up. The baby pin is also from Stampin' Up.
Then, for the shower, I made some nugget boxes! They were too cute! I even had someone ask where they could get the instructions to make it. I told them to go to www.splitcoaststampers.com and look under "Anything but a Card" and look for nugget boxes. She said she wasn't sure if she'd remember that. She was wanting to do something for her daughter's wedding. I told her that if she wanted something like that to let me know and I'd work up a price for doing them for her. She liked that idea!! That's too cool! I would love to make stuff to sell. I've purchased a web domain, but haven't done anything with it. Maybe this will give me the motivation! OK, anyway, here is a photo of the boxes:
Here's how I displayed them:
I also put them on the tables that everyone sat at to eat cake. Speaking of cakes, my friend Jenni made some wonderful cakes. Here they are:
The cakes were yummy! The football was chocolate (I didn't try it). The pennant was orange and the onesie was french vanilla and they were super good! I had to restrain myself!!
The cute little pacifiers on the cake boards were made by Kara with Lifesavers and Jellybeans! Too cute. She also made several table arrangements and a couple of great flower arrangements. Here's a photo of one:
The punch was made by Colleen (with the help of her hubby) in a cute little bathtub. Here's a photo of that:
I also made a name plate for the baby. His name will be Peyton. His dad is a hardcore University of Tennessee fan. I had a really hard time finding TN stuff, but finally found some stuff to work with. Here is the finished product:
I don't know if they liked it, but they said they did. They were having a hard time finding TN bedding, so they weren't sure if they were gonna decorate the nursery in orange. Time will tell. Maybe they will still be able to use the name frame and the TN poster I had framed for them. Here's a picture of the poster:
Toodles! ~Kim
The Football baby stamp is from The Angel Company. The "It's a boy!" stamp is from Stampin' Up. The baby pin is also from Stampin' Up.
Then, for the shower, I made some nugget boxes! They were too cute! I even had someone ask where they could get the instructions to make it. I told them to go to www.splitcoaststampers.com and look under "Anything but a Card" and look for nugget boxes. She said she wasn't sure if she'd remember that. She was wanting to do something for her daughter's wedding. I told her that if she wanted something like that to let me know and I'd work up a price for doing them for her. She liked that idea!! That's too cool! I would love to make stuff to sell. I've purchased a web domain, but haven't done anything with it. Maybe this will give me the motivation! OK, anyway, here is a photo of the boxes:
Here's how I displayed them:
I also put them on the tables that everyone sat at to eat cake. Speaking of cakes, my friend Jenni made some wonderful cakes. Here they are:
The cakes were yummy! The football was chocolate (I didn't try it). The pennant was orange and the onesie was french vanilla and they were super good! I had to restrain myself!!The cute little pacifiers on the cake boards were made by Kara with Lifesavers and Jellybeans! Too cute. She also made several table arrangements and a couple of great flower arrangements. Here's a photo of one:
The punch was made by Colleen (with the help of her hubby) in a cute little bathtub. Here's a photo of that:
I also made a name plate for the baby. His name will be Peyton. His dad is a hardcore University of Tennessee fan. I had a really hard time finding TN stuff, but finally found some stuff to work with. Here is the finished product:
I don't know if they liked it, but they said they did. They were having a hard time finding TN bedding, so they weren't sure if they were gonna decorate the nursery in orange. Time will tell. Maybe they will still be able to use the name frame and the TN poster I had framed for them. Here's a picture of the poster:
Toodles! ~Kim
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Thank You Cards
Here are some cards that I've made this month. I got a Cricut machine from my mom and dad, and started playing with it after I got over my Christmas Cold! I decided to make Thank You Cards for all of my family for the Christmas gifts I received. I loved it and had fun making them!
Hopefully I'm starting a good trend of posting frequently! Toodles! ~Kim
Hopefully I'm starting a good trend of posting frequently! Toodles! ~Kim
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Name plates
Here are some other gifts I made for the children in my family. I found the idea on www.splitcoaststampers.com and went with it. Cheap to make and neat to have. I made two others, but forgot to take pictures of them before I gave them away! Here are the ones that I did take pictures of:
I had a hard time with finding frames that I liked that were inexpensive. These were purchased at the Dollar Tree for $1 each. I really wanted something larger and nicer, but I couldn't find anything larger, period. I didn't do any researching online, but locally, nada. If anyone has any advice, let me know! Toodles! ~Kim
I had a hard time with finding frames that I liked that were inexpensive. These were purchased at the Dollar Tree for $1 each. I really wanted something larger and nicer, but I couldn't find anything larger, period. I didn't do any researching online, but locally, nada. If anyone has any advice, let me know! Toodles! ~Kim
Saturday, January 19, 2008
My laptop is fixed and I'm back in action!!
I am one happy camper today. I've been without my laptop since Christmas night and I've been jonesin' for it! I bought a new power plug on ebay hoping that would solve the problem. After waiting two weeks for it to arrive from China, I plug it up and it doesn't do one bit of good. So, it sat in my living room for a week before I finally found someone to take a look at it. 24 hours and $100 later and it's back in my arms again. Yep, I have a problem!
Here are photos of the cards that I made for Christmas gifts this year. I worked up till the last minute and the pressure was on! I made a resolution to get all of my gifts done before December 1st this year. Usually, my number one resolution every year is to lose weight. Well, not this year! So, since I have an empty spot, my Christmas gift resolution will be number one!
There is a weird pattern over the photos. It's from the sun shining through the screen in the window! Who know that would show up?? I really wanted to make 12 cards for each pack, but I made these for eight different people, and I had a bunch more stuff to make, so 8 it was! Everyone seemed to like them. DH's employees said that I should sell cards. I told him to tell them next time they needed a card for someone, give me a week's notice, and I'll make it for them and they can give their money to me instead of Wal-Mart! I really enjoy making cards. It keeps me busy! Hope everyone likes them! ~Kim
Here are photos of the cards that I made for Christmas gifts this year. I worked up till the last minute and the pressure was on! I made a resolution to get all of my gifts done before December 1st this year. Usually, my number one resolution every year is to lose weight. Well, not this year! So, since I have an empty spot, my Christmas gift resolution will be number one!
There is a weird pattern over the photos. It's from the sun shining through the screen in the window! Who know that would show up?? I really wanted to make 12 cards for each pack, but I made these for eight different people, and I had a bunch more stuff to make, so 8 it was! Everyone seemed to like them. DH's employees said that I should sell cards. I told him to tell them next time they needed a card for someone, give me a week's notice, and I'll make it for them and they can give their money to me instead of Wal-Mart! I really enjoy making cards. It keeps me busy! Hope everyone likes them! ~Kim
Thursday, January 10, 2008
I really am still alive!
Wow, it's been a month since I've made a new post! My laptop is completely out of commission right now, and I can't stand to sit at my desk for very long. Plus, all of my photos are on my laptop, so I couldn't show anyone a project if I wanted to.
I had a wonderful Christmas! I got to see all of my loved ones that I had not seen in a very long time. I got some cool gifts from family members. My parents gave me a Cricut, which I am too excited about. I have gone home every night this week and made a card. I'm making that a challenge for me this year. Make something every day. I probably won't post every day, but I'm gonna make something every day, whether it be a card or some other kind of crafty thing. I really need to start scrapbooking again, but I just haven't wanted to lately. I haven't felt up to it. If I could scrapbook from my recliner with my cornbag on my back, I'd be in luck (especially since I'm not wasting all of my time on the computer!) Man, I really miss my laptop! I bought a new cord for it because I thought that was what was wrong with it, but it still won't hold a charge or start up. So, I think my next step is to buy a new battery. And if that doesn't work, then I'm going to have to try to find someone around here who works on macs. Grrr...I don't wanna have to do that, but whaddya gonna do?
I got sidetracked while talking about my Cricut. My inlaws gave me this cool digital frame. If I ever get my laptop up and running, I'll be able to put some photos on my small memory card and bring it to work so I'll have it on my desk. But until then, it sits at home. I also got some cash from my inlaws and from my Nanny, which was awesome. They will fund my addiction, um I mean hobby of crafting! (Or either pay to get my computer fixed...grrr...can you tell I miss my computer?)
Well, I need to get back to work. Thanks for reading! ~Kim
I had a wonderful Christmas! I got to see all of my loved ones that I had not seen in a very long time. I got some cool gifts from family members. My parents gave me a Cricut, which I am too excited about. I have gone home every night this week and made a card. I'm making that a challenge for me this year. Make something every day. I probably won't post every day, but I'm gonna make something every day, whether it be a card or some other kind of crafty thing. I really need to start scrapbooking again, but I just haven't wanted to lately. I haven't felt up to it. If I could scrapbook from my recliner with my cornbag on my back, I'd be in luck (especially since I'm not wasting all of my time on the computer!) Man, I really miss my laptop! I bought a new cord for it because I thought that was what was wrong with it, but it still won't hold a charge or start up. So, I think my next step is to buy a new battery. And if that doesn't work, then I'm going to have to try to find someone around here who works on macs. Grrr...I don't wanna have to do that, but whaddya gonna do?
I got sidetracked while talking about my Cricut. My inlaws gave me this cool digital frame. If I ever get my laptop up and running, I'll be able to put some photos on my small memory card and bring it to work so I'll have it on my desk. But until then, it sits at home. I also got some cash from my inlaws and from my Nanny, which was awesome. They will fund my addiction, um I mean hobby of crafting! (Or either pay to get my computer fixed...grrr...can you tell I miss my computer?)
Well, I need to get back to work. Thanks for reading! ~Kim
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