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WOYWW

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It's the global blog hop of crafters'  searching for a better way! Julia over at Stamping Ground  http://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/  hosts this world wide peak at every one's favorite spot, their craft desk!   Thanks for stopping by and enjoy! On my desk today is a scrapbook of cards people are sending me, I decided I needed to have something nice to put these lovely cards in so I worked up a bound book.  Not a fancy scrapbook, just a nice functional one I could whip up in an hour. The Cover is actually Navy Blue and  I used one of my peacock cards to adorn it.  The inside pages are also a Navy Blue, linen finish 80# I'm also trying to improve my photography, one small step at a time! Have a great day and thanks for stopping by! ~ Ginny

Keeping the cogs turning

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After I posted about 'Staying calm and carrying on ' on Friday, how little I realized I would be saying that to myself for hours and hours. Steve went into the OR at 7:30 and was supposed to be out at 12:30.  by 3:30 I was ready to pull the door off the hinges and find my sweetheart. At 4:50pm  , I was the last person in the waiting room, (I was also the first person in the waiting room at 5:30 am)  an exhausted looking surgeon came to talk to me, the 4 hour procedure took almost 9, there was just so much more cancer than expected. There were no complications, no problems, just more than the test results showed, it became much more complicated.  Steve is home now and on the mend, we still have a great prognosis. But this has changed our lives, for the next couple of weeks for sure, but this may be the threshold of the life we had been planning for. This may be the door opened for us that we were reluctant to grasp and go through.  It does happen, major changes, derailments, the

the day after THAT day

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I'm on the road today, Things didn't go as planned yesterday. Instead of 4 hours in the OR, Steve Was there 9.  All will be well , but right now it is a little hectic.  I colored these flowers yesterday while I waited.  I was blessed in that my 3 friends, Jane, Lori and Betty stayed with me that long, long day.

It is THAT day

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It is THAT day and I can't sleep. That is okay, plenty of time to sleep later on.   I love this slogan, not just because it is a fad right now, but because of what it meant to about 47 million people in 1945 UK.  The bombs were dropping nightly, nobody knew what they would wake up to in the morning, if they would wake up. Did you ever go out to your car in the morning and it wouldn't start, or had a flat tire, do you remember the panic of 'what do I do now, I'm gonna be late, I'll get fired, I'll miss the important meeting, the bagels will be gone'.  I've had those days, but it was just a day, and hour, 15 minutes.  I never had to wake up and wonder if the house, the block, the city or the Island I lived on would be there.   For 47 million people, that was the order of the day.  And not just for them, in almost every country of the world, at that time, life was trying to carry on.  For most people, in times like those and times like these, it isn't p

Just a note Day

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Today is going to be a 'Just a Note' kind of day.  Steve an I have been so busy for the last week and a half, getting everything taken care of for tomorrow and just our normal daily life of work and teaching and family. Late nights early mornings.  Funny how when my kids were little I used to look forward to life slowing down when I hit the middle years.  I'm here in those middle years and I am still pushing it every day!  I guess I wouldn't have it any other way, Life is such an adventure, I'd hate to miss anything!   Today we are just going to relax. I made a few cards last night for ORCAS, a CAS happy birthday. A "note to self" on this ; remember to use a non water soluble ink when using distress stickles! Why do I forget that all the time?  Maybe because I just love all the great colors of the Stampin' up dye inks, with the new style pad the stamped images come out beautifully the first time! The pad is a firm foam kind of pad, not like the pigment

WOYWW #164

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Today is The world wide peek of the crafters' desk tops, hosted by Julia at http://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/  !  This is  a giant blog hop that travels around the world!  Normally I need the entire week to stop in every where, it is a lot of fun! I especially love to here from other            members that stop in at my blog!  What is on my work desk today , Well I have multiple work desks, the fun one first - my stamp room! Today I am working on a 'Tananbata Swap' hosted by Oriental Stamp Arts Group.  This one is a 4 for 4, so I am making four of these cards and will receive 4 in return!  I always love to see what my fellow crafters' are using for material and layout. Especially in locations other than the US.  Materials and availability change from country to country so it can be very interesting! On the desk my Lovely Asian Lady, I am stamping and heat embossing her 8 times on Wausau Birch paper 90#.  One for each card face and another to put in the card as a fun

I am just consistent! Adhesives! ORCAS!

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"I'm not OCD, I'm just Consistent!!" That is what a friend of mine said a couple of weeks ago.  He was referring to his very orderly life, and the need to use a certain color towel for the gym, one for home,  and that everything be in the same place that it has been for 16 years in his house. Remarking how well his wife handled these "needs".  He was Speaking publicly and when I heard that it made my little newly labeled "consistent"  heart so happy!  Now I know I'm not OCD!  I just like Constancy!!!!  And Order!!  My crafting room makes me get on my own nerves at times, I just can't work when thing feel off kilter.  Today is one of those days, I am sitting here typing away when I want to stamp and make cards, but I don't want to do that until I make more space, I'm feeling cluttered! I want to start having "days" like Mojo Monday, Tuna Tuesday, Weightlifting Weds, Throw down Thursday and Fry pan Friday!  It sounds so wond

Monday, Monday!

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I started this post at 4:30 am, no actually I started this post last night at 9pm so that I could post it early today. Now it is almost 10am and I and I should have been in the Studio sewing for the last two hours!  Ahh Mondays, I'm not going to even mention the mess my stamp room is!  But the Good this is I have a dozen cards made today!  We really had a great weekend!  No big projects, Steve put in a lot of study time and I made cards and read cookbooks in between the laundry  and cooking!  A few cook books I was able to spend some time in! Right now I have so much mojo happening, I don't want to leave my room, but I must, fuel pod covers are waiting for me !!  Here is my card set for today.  I won't add commentary I don't think you will need one.   The stamp is an old milltown stamp from 2000, the card base of Neenah #130 solar white card stock. I did make a mask : These cards are all A6 size  aprox 6x4.75     Thanks for stopping by!  When you read this, I'll be

Trust

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This week of vacation has been such a great relaxing time, I really enjoyed our three day getaway and I enjoyed the time at home.  Steve normally works so hard both at work and home and church it was especially nice to see him relax.  We got the big projects for the summer done a few weeks ago, we were able to enjoy the newly restored deck. The car repairs were done, no Dr's appts or tests, (Steve is feeling very good).  It has been so hot, our lawn it a beautiful toasty brown - so that was beyond work.  My big contract sewing job is down to the last 9 units and I felt like I could turn the machine off for a week. The kids were all okay and busy with their lives and  My mother won't be having her bi- pass until 8/6.  It was a week we could relax and for me a week to be thankful.  All of our lives seem to have a common thread, it's called Chaos, or the threat of it. All it takes is one event and it can derail us.  I think as women we build our lives serving others and keepin