Collection Connection: Sangria

Elderly Pugs & Late Night Card Making

Pugs can be the funniest of dogs.  

They can be the most loyal of dogs. 

 Radar has been all of these and more.

From the very first moment that I started scrapbooking he parked his butt in my room to be my companion during the wee hours of the night for the last 12 years.  He is 15 this year and that is very old for a pug.  

I need to remind myself ... what a good (great) dog he has been so that I do not get upset with him during these later years.  Yesterday he started going potty in the house.  I have spent the last couple of days chasing him with the spot bot and steam cleaner trying to clean up the mess before it has a chance to make my house smell well like a toilet.  He will "go" outside and then come in and "go" again.  I think it is just am age thing  I do not think he realizes that he is going at the time.  

He is a very happy dog otherwise and shows no sign of failing except for the potty problem - oh and the blindness and he is hard of hearing but other than that he is a happy little dog.  He does not act like he is ready to throw in the towel just yet so until then I will just have to run around the house all day looking for potty spots.  

So why am I awake and scrapbooking / cardmaking at 0300 when I have been doing really well sleeping lately?

Because I steam cleaned the downstairs carpets today - then took a two hour nap - so that means I am awake again on the wrong side of the clock.

I am listening to: 

While getting a jump on my Christmas cards.  I have so many from years past that I have made that I am getting organized early this year and getting them ready to mail.   They are all designs that have been sitting in the card racks ready to sell for the last couple of years - and they have not sold so I am going to use them myself.   Why not get going on the holiday "small stuff" early so that I can enjoy the "big stuff" stress free.

If I could I would be wrapping the gifts right now, but I am not finished shopping for them.   I like to be done with the shopping no later than Thanksgiving so I can give myself two weeks to get them wrapped. That means that the two weeks leading up to Christmas is just for cooking fabulous food and baking yummy cookies! 

Watch ... this year because I am being Uber organized I will forget to even mail out the cards!

So I guess the moral of the story tonight is?

If it seems like the blog is not getting much use, please bear with me while I become one with the steam cleaner.   I am not sure how much time Radar has left with the family and if that means I have to clean my carpet everyday just to make him more comfortable then that is what I will do.

Thank you for your understanding.

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State Stamps

State Stamps

Who Knew? 

You know those cute little State Stamps that are on page 103?

 with more states online......

Want to know a cute use for them? Well besides cards?

Stamp the back or the front corner of snail mail that you are sending for a little hometown love.  When I given this tip I about flipped my lid - Happy girl over here!!!

Not only did I stamp the envelopes that I use to send letters to Kaela but I am also going to stamp the back of all of my Christmas cards.  

These little stamps are only $2.95 each so it is affordable to buy every stamp in the nation or just the states that you have lived in.

BUT

What ever you do ... do not do what I did!!!

I accidentally grabbed my Archival Black Stamp pad and now my stamp is forever stained black. 

 It will not hurt the stamp, in fact now if I drop it on the carpet I will be able to find it again - but it will never again be clear.  

I think I will keep this little stamp in my letter writing box.

This box has my address book, envelopes, my return address stamp, some washi tape, pens, and notebook paper, and stickers.  I type out and print Kaela's letters 90% of the time but if we go camping I can just grab this box and take it with us.  That way I can mail letters from the road.  I have mini version of this box in my travel bag that goes with me when I fly. 

Speaking of letter to Kaela, I guess I should go and get one put in the mail.

Happy Scrapping! 

OMG - My photo is online!!!!!

I am jumping up and down with excitement... 

MY photo is on the front page of the convention website on the CTMH consultant website!!!!! 

 I am internet famous!!!!

I put the little green circle around me so you can find me in the crowd!  

Ok all joking aside I am kinda excited that I saw this photo and realized that I was sitting in the back of the room trying to work on layouts.  The last night of the convention was a dance party / crop so there were ladies having a crazy time on and off the dance floor.

Those off the dance floor were having a bit of a time because the DJ kept having the lights turned out - until he was told that we were back there working. 

What was I working on - in the semi dark?

(Urban)

(Georgie)

The word was trying to work but I kept getting distracted watching all of the ladies dance.  I can not dance, not even a little but I love to watch others.  I had a great time and the dance crop but decided that I needed to finish the layouts at home.

Convention was in July and I just finished them during crop last night.

Now I just have to find the perfect photos to go on these pages. 

Just because I am retired from the hospital does not mean that I am caught up on my scrapping - and that is OK.

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend.

Be safe this week.