Rischa's Rants, Raves, and Ramblings

Same stuff...different day. :-P

I'm winding down another day by burning some DVD's, watching a movie, and waiting on my Tylenol PM to kick in.

I received several tags today. Two of them I asked for...lol...they were just so cute, so I had to beg them for myself. :-P Not really begged...the two ladies that made them for me are always very generous and willing to share. Here they are....

LOL....I have to laugh when I read the caption. :-P Rubie Jo made this one for me. She had one that she used in a group that I'm in and I just had to ask for one for myself. After I asked, several others did, too. She was happy to make them for us. *giggles*

And....

LMBO...isn't that the cutest little thing!! I love it! It's actually animated. Click on the little piggy and you'll see the animation in a new window. I have LuAnn to thank for this purdy piggy! She couldn't have made this one any better if she tried.....it's so funny. It makes me laugh every time I see her nose wiggle. :-P

And as if the cute little piggy wasn't enough, LuAnn made this one, as well...

She's very good at tag making, isn't she. This one is very pretty. I will have to learn how to make those little stars like she did. I think I've seen a tutorial for that somewhere on the web.

And last, but certainly not least, ...

Sharon made this beautiful tag with the little girls on it. I love this one so much. It's very sweet looking and it has a butterfly...which is always nice! She made one of these for everyone in the group. I don't know how they do that. lol One of these days I'll have to learn this "script" they're using for making so many tags at once like they do. I would love to be able to make everyone tags...but I think it would take me all day long. :-P I'm not quite as talented as they are. lol

As for my creating today...I made several tags for others. I made two for Ellie, one for Martina, a few blinkies for Candice and myself, and....I think that's about it? Hmm...can't remember. I think maybe there was something else that I'm not remembering. Here's one of the tags I made for Ellie...

And here's a blinkie that I made to link to this blog...

That's just one of the many blinkies that I made for my blog. Click on it to see the animation. I really like pink and black together. I think they compliment each other very well. I made one that could work for anyone, too. If you'd like to snag this one, please be my guest. It would be nice if you'd leave me a comment if you snag. I'd love to know that someone likes it enough to snag. :-) Here it is...

Just click on it to open the animation and then right click to save it. I used papers and ribbons by Gina Miller. I bought them from SBB. They had a Birthday sale and I took advantage. lol The flower was a group share.

I did get to go somewhere today. Nothing exciting, though. Just to Walgreens to pick up my RA meds. They cost $80 almost. Sheesh...I don't know what happened! I thought my co-pay was supposed to be $15 for non-generic and $5 for generic?! Oh well....it's better than the alternative. Just one of those meds cost close to $500 for a month, so I shouldn't complain. :-) After Walgreens I went to pick up dinner and came home. I then got all of my glider babies out for play time. Then, of course, I had some emails to catch up on and some PSP to play with. lol And now I'm tired and ready to quit blogging, so....

I hope you all had a great Monday and your Tuesday will be even better! Niters!

Gators, shopping, & play time

I'm sitting here watching another Roseanne marathon on N@N trying to remember what all I did today, so I can make my blog as interesting as possible. Hmm....well, I'll start with.....

We went out today. Yep...ventured out of the house again. We went to our favorite restaurant. It's called Gators Dockside. It's so yummy. I had buffalo shrimp with blue cheese as an appetizer and for my entree I enjoyed MORE fried shrimp with cole slaw and french fries. TOTALLY blew the diet out of the water! I sat there thinking about how awful I was being the whole time instead of enjoying myself. I did enjoy the company and the ambiance of the place, though. lol So laid back and friendly. The waitresses are always very friendly and on the ball there. I haven't been disappointed yet. I wish Kolby had been there to enjoy it with us. I always think of Elizabeth and Charles when we go there because we went there for the first time with them and that was their first date. We actually got seated in the same booth as that night, too. I think we've sat at that booth 4 out of the 5 times we've been there. lol It's actually a huge place, too, so it's really odd. It's one of the nicer spots in the place, because it's a huge restaurant with mostly sports on in all of the rooms and the large room is noisy. I like where they usually seat us. We always ask for a booth.

After we left Gator's we went to Target. I bought some night gowns that are soooo soft and comfortable. Joel actually picked them out, though, so you KNOW they're on the sexy side. lol I like sleeping in long, silk, gowns, though because I don't get all wrapped up in my cloths when I wear silk to bed. One is blue and the other is white with black roses. They both have spaghetti straps that criss cross in the back and the front sort of dips down with extra fabric so it drapes a little in front. I also bought a darker pink/maroon colored shirt that bunches around the waste. I hope it fits. They were closing, so I had to forgo the fitting room. I know the gowns fit, though. I'm wearing the blue one now. :-) I also bought my Mam-maw a birthday card. Her birthday is the 6th of February. Joel got this thing to go with his Sirius radio so he'll be able to listen inside the house instead of just in his van. Oh....and I bought shoes, too. They're brown, leather, sandal-type, heals. They'll go nicely with blue jeans and a dressy shirt. Now to get this knee to heal so I can wear them.

After that we came home, I fed the gliders, Joel played with his Sirius toy, and we laid down and talked for a bit while we watched the gliders play. They're always entertaining. I still think one of the girls must be in need of a fella. lol Joel went to sleep and I got the gliders out. I played with Oscar for a long time. He's alone in his cage, so he gets the most play time. He spent most of his time cuddling while I pet his forehead. He loves for me to massage his back and pet his forehead. He'll occasionally close his eyes for a bit if he's really relaxed. What a sweetheart that little suggie is! All of my gliders are sweeties!

After that I sat down at the computer hoping to get some time to talk to Candice, but by that time she was offline. I decided to go ahead and make a tag. I made one for someone else, too. Here's mine...

I really like the way it turned out. I like fairies and love this artist's work. I'm a big fan of butterflies and dragonflies, too. :-)

Hmm...what else to blog about...

I've had a lot on my mind recently regarding my weight. I know I'm not that big, but I don't like being heavier than I used to be. It's really not good for my joints and soooo bad for my self esteem. I have always had an internal struggle with my weight, really. Ever since I was a child. My best friend was always so tiny as a child and I had an older brother that liked to pick. I know he didn't really mean to make me feel bad...it's just his way of teasing for fun. Also, I don't blame my friend for being tiny, either. Just had to say that. It just wasn't nice to hear grown ups saying how tiny she was when we were both there, ya know? Those types of comments happened a lot. I guess having a child at a young age and watching myself balloon up didn't help things, either. Anyway, my point is, I've been feeling really low about the way I look. Everyone tells me that I'm not fat, but I am gaining and I just can't seem to stay on a diet. I used to be able to exercise when I started feeling like this and the pounds would come off, but I have been told not to do anything in lei of exercise. I can't even go for walks until my knee is healed and my RA is under control again. When I'd exercise, that would be more motivation to eat right, too. I just have no motivation any more. My jeans won't fit me if I keep this up. I'm not really sure what to do at this point. I would REALLY like to start walking again. I enjoy it, it's the perfect time of year for it, and I have a new neighbor that's about my age that has shown interest in walking with me. You can't do any walking around here when it heats up. The mosquitos would carry you away in the mornings and evenings and the heat would kill me during the days. I would just like to feel comfortable in my own skin again. I don't enjoy going out in public unless I feel I look nice. Oh well....I will just continue to try.

I have a few things I need to get done before I retire for the night. The house doesn't clean itself. Although, don'tcha think it's about time someone invented such a house? lol Would be nice! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and will have a great week, now! Night all!

Missing Kolby and sleeping too much...

Kolby made it safely to GA and I don't think his Bibbi and Papa could be any happier right now if they tried. lol I received a photo of Kolby from Mom and he looks very happy, as well. Here it is...

Doesn't he look happy! :-) Joy, the puppy, looks happy to meet him, too. He didn't know about her. That's the little pup that you may see Mom referring to in her comments to my posts. lol She sure is cute. This is the first pic of her that I've seen. What a doll!

Mom sent our Birthday and Christmas gifts with Daddy today. She went all out for us as she always does. I don't think I've ever seen a more thorough Christmas shopper than my mom. I love the gifts she gave us. Now that I'm thinking about it I should have taken a photo for my blog to show off my new goodies. I'm anxious to try out one of the gifts she got us to see how it works. It's called a Magic Bullet. I think it'll be great for smoothies! I don't drink, but if I did I would think it'd be perfect for Margaritas, too. That was Joel's first thoughts on the matter. lol I haven't drank in forever. I don't like to do that very often because of all of my RA meds. Probably wouldn't be smart. She also gave me some beautiful jewelry. It's a necklace with a pendant and matching earrings. All silver. Very nice! I only wear silver, with the exception of my wedding and engagement rings and a few other rings that I wear sometimes. She gave me a very sweet card, too, for my birthday that had some very NICE greenery inside. lol She knows just what I like!!! :-)) Yep...I do love the color green. lol And Joel does, too. He had some nice greenery in his birthday card, as well. LOL You should have seen the look on his face. We've spent a lot on his books recently, so I think that's what he has in mind for his greens.

I went to sleep earlier in the night. 10:30 to be exact. I think that's about right. I fed the gliders and laid down thinking I was going to get back up and play with them some more. Next thing you know it's 3:30 and I'm just waking up. lol I almost missed writing in my blog. I don't know why I was so tired. I slept most of the day away. I slept through several phone calls and 2 text messages. When I woke up I had all sorts of messages. I missed Elizabeth's housewarming party, too, today. I hate that I missed it, but my knee was swollen and I think the best thing for that is rest, so I just laid around. I hope she'll understand. I would like to hang out with her. I haven't seen her since she bought her new house and we have tons to talk about.

I received so many cool new tags today! As always, I gotta show em off!

Tracie made this first one. Isn't it cool looking! I love it! I like black and white stuff like this and the red just sets it off I think. If you click on it you'll see the animation. It's really cool looking!

And as if the first tag wasn't enough, Tracie made this other pretty tag. I think it's really pretty and feminine looking. Perfect for Valentine's Day! I love both of my new Tracie tags!

Sheila was also a very busy lady yesterday. I didn't see these tags until after my last blog entry, but she made everyone in a group that I'm in these two really cute tags. I think the mouse one is so sweet. I collect tea cups like that, so of course this is my favorite of the two. I love the flower one, as well, though. She makes great tags. I'm in some groups with some very talented ladies. 

This adorable turtle tag is by Brenda. Aren't they sweet! I told her it reminded me of Kolby's turtle, Runner. They look much sweeter than Runner, though. lol That little thing will take your finger off if you get it too close.

And last, but never least, Vicki made this adorable tag for me. This one is so fun looking. It reminds me of when Kristy and I used to stand on our heads and see who could stay there longer when we were kids. :-P I joined Vicki's always list today. So from now on I'll be getting every tag she makes for the group. :-) I told her I feel like such an oinker just sitting back receiving tags without doing anything in return. lol I'm sure enjoying it, though.

I made a few things today for someone's birthday. I made a stationary that anyone can use and made a tag for the birthday girl. Here they both are...

They're both using tubes by artist Mary Engelbreit. I love her art. And I can always tell her art from others.

Ok...enough of my rambling for tonight. I'm off to beddy bye again. Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

A quick entry...

I'm going to TRY to make it quick tonight. We'll see how that goes. lol I do tend to get long winded when I'm making entries in my blog.

Kolby didn't go to GA this morning. My Mom was supposed to meet Joel with Kolby and she started getting sick in the middle of the night. She was feeling dizzy, so there was no way she could drive. Kolby understood, but I know Bibbi and Papa were disappointed not to get to see him. Joel went ahead and went in to work since he wasn't taking Kolby halfway. He's going to meet Papa in Tifton tomorrow...well, in just a few hours, with Kolby. He should be back around lunch time if they do end up leaving on time. Maybe I can sleep during their drive so I don't worry the whole time. I HATE that they have to be on the road so long.

I just finished a tutorial called Flowers For Inga and I like how it turned out. I didn't use flowers. I used a butterfly woman type of tube. lol I thought she was pretty and I like how it turned out I think. I'm going to make a stat out of it. Here are the results...

That's the tag. I made another without the border for making the stat. The stat will have a background that blends into the color of the background you see there.

In other Rischa news....lol....I started a diet today sort of. I bought Slim Fast yesterday and lots of low fat meals and Slim Fast bars. Wish me luck there. I hear that Mam-maw has made me two pecan pies for Dad to bring with him tomorrow and give to Joel to bring me. Oh goodness...NO WAY can I say no to one of Mam-maw's pecan pies!!! Those are the best things ever made!!! It's one of my favorite deserts, if it isn't THE favorite! LOL...so much for sticking to my diet, I'm sure. I have to make an exception for those. :-P

Alright....that's it for now. I could keep going, but it's time to go to bed. Have a great weekend everyone! I hope you're feeling better by now, Mom! Night!!

Just read the blog...lol :-P

ROFL....I didn't feel like thinking up a title for this one, so deal with it. :-P

Where to start today....Oh...I know....I actually ventured off my behind and into the world today for the first time in FOREVER it seems like. Wanna know where I went? Good old Walmart, of course. lol Aren't I the adventurer today. Pfftt...not! We spent WAYYY to much there, as always and then went to Taco Bell and overpaid for their knock off Mexican food. Ok, I'm being too hard on Taco Bell I suppose. I do like their food, but they sure do charge a lot for it for what you get. I got some new thing that's folded weird. I forgot the name of it, but it's on the commercial where they say it's easy to hold while you're doing something else....ohhhh...what's the thing called?! Oh well....enough time wasted trying to think of the name. On to the next topic...

I made some new tags today for me and some friends. Here's mine...

LOL...actually, I made one that I forgot to send out and didn't think of it until now when I inserted the image of mine. It's for my mom. It says Mama and is just like mine. LOL....I'll send yours later if you're reading this, Mom! (which I know she will ;-))

Several people made me some really cool tags today that I LOVE!! Thank you Julz, Brenda, Tracie, and Vicki!!! I love my new tags!!! Here they are... 

The first one is by Vicki...isn't it cute! I told her it looks like me when I'm ticked. :-P

The second one is by Brenda. I think this one's really pretty. The background looks like those really pretty colored windows in churches to me.

This third one is by Julz. Sexy, isn't it? I sent Joel an email today and used this one for him. He told me he really liked it when he got home today. ROFLMBO....I knew he would. :-P

And this fourth one is by Tracie. I love it! It reminds me of when me, Kolby, & Joel went to Mardi Gras in Mobile. It was so much fun. I love all of these tags made for me today and they are in no particular order. Just the way I found them while I was browsing for the images. :-) Just had to get that out there so no one would think I ordered them to my liking. lol I know...I'm silly sometimes.

It seems like forever since I've had a chance to sit down and do a scrapbook LO!!! I have been wanting to complete one sooo bad. Especially with the birthday festivities going on over at SBB! I was really hoping to catch one of their chats and get in on some of the freebies. Maybe they'll still have more going on tomorrow. I haven't even opened my laptop today. That's where I do my dig-scrapping. I like to use the laptop so I can get comfortable and enjoy myself while I scrap. It's one of my favorite things to do, so I make it as fun as possible when I finally get the chance to do it. Which is hardly ever any more. Ok....got my griping out of the way about that. lol

I hear my gliders barking. They must be ready for either more play time or more worms. lol Probably both. They bark a lot when I don't get to spend a lot of time with them. I didn't tonight because we didn't get home from shopping until around 11 PM. I always feel so guilty when I don't get them out. I'll have to spoil them with extra meal worms tonight.

Well, tomorrow Kolby will be going to his Bibbi and Papa's. I'm going to miss him so much. I know he'll have fun, though. Today when he was supposed to be doing his school work I caught him packing for GA. The little monkey...he just couldn't wait. lol I'm going to be worried until I hear from them tomorrow that Kolby has arrived safely in GA. I hate it when he's on the road!!! I'm a worry wart. Speaking of Kolby school work...I still haven't finished writing down his school work for this week. :-O I better do that before I forget!! I still have cloths to dry, too. Yikes....better get going.

Have a great Friday!

Reruns....in more ways than one.

I'm sitting here watching Nick @ Nite and going through emails. It just dawned on me that I hadn't wrote in my blog yet. Duh....lol. There has been a Roseanne marathon on N@N all week this week. Of course I have to watch....It's my favorite!

So there's the obvious "rerun" that I referred to in my title. The other is this RA flare up. This morning when I woke up, I looked at my knee and it looked great. It felt ok, too. Then around 4 or 5 I started feeling it get very hard to move again and felt tight. I look down at it and it looks just as bad as it ever has and it has gotten worse since. I don't know what's going on with this!! Maybe it's the weather change? It has been so nice here and we've had the A/C on the past week. Now this evening there's a cold front coming in and all of a sudden my knee blows back up? Seems a little too coincidental to me, but maybe it is, in fact, a coincidence. Who knows. *sigh* I would really like this to stop already. It's really hard not to sit around and get depressed when this happens. It's also really hard not to sit around and get fat when you can't do much!!!! >-(

On to a nicer subject...I got that tag that a friend made for me yesterday. 3 people forwarded it to me today after I said it didn't come through for me. Tracie always comes up with the prettiest creations. Here's the tag and she also made extras to match...

It's animated, so if you click on the image the animation will show in a new window. It's really pretty I think.

I told Kolby that he's going to get to go to his Bibbi and Papa's on Friday. Joel is taking the day off work and is going to meet them halfway between here and there. Midway is Tifton, GA. We always meet them at the Cracker Barrel. I won't be going since my knee is swollen. Kolby is looking forward to seeing them and being on the farm again. He's always very sweet when we talk about him going, because he can see that it makes me sad. He says stuff like, "I love you, but I really enjoy being on the farm" and he has the sweetest and most sincere look on his face when he says it. I usually just say "I know, sweety....I'm just going to miss you really bad". And, "I'm happy that you enjoy being there so much". I really hate the thought of him being on the road for such a long time. It takes 7 hours, give or take, to get there from here. I hope he can take naps so it won't be so long for him. At least this time he'll have his PSP so he can watch his movies and play games if he's board.

I guess I should go now. I'm gonna hop into bed and rest this knee so maybe it'll look and feel better tomorrow. I have a lot to do tomorrow to get ready for Kolby to pack up before his trip. Speaking of which....gotta put some cloths in the dryer now.

Have a good one!!

Good morning, afternoon, evening, or night....whichever it is for my readers when they're reading this. :-P

I made some tags and received some tags today. I made myself and some friends a tag like this....

I also made a friend with a birthday today this tag...

And I received some tags today, as well. Here's one from Vicki. She makes GREAT tags! I love this one. It's sooo soft looking and pretty!

Another one that was made for me hasn't come through my mail yet, but she has sent it. It's being held hostage by yahoo at the moment, though. lol Good ole Yahoo! :-P

Kolby is still doing very well in his school work. I'm so proud of him. I'm very lucky in so many ways with Kolby. He is the most well behaved child I know. And I'm not just saying that because he's mine. :-D People tell me that all the time about him. He has a bit of a shyness issue, but it adds to his character I think. I do hope he can get past it a little bit for his own sake, though. He's going to have a hard time meeting people if he doesn't get over it to some degree. He seems happy, which is wonderful. But I think he'd have so much more fun if he were a bit more outgoing. He may be going to his grandparents' house this weekend in GA. I don't want him to go and I'm getting teary eyed right now just thinking about him leaving, because I know it will be more than just a few days. I may still change my mind yet. I know he wants to go, though. He loves it at his grandparents' house. He hasn't seen them since before Christmas, so I know he's really wanting to see them. I am too, actually, but I'm not able to travel yet. I just really don't want him to be so far away from me. *sigh* It's not natural for a mom to have her son so far away that she can't hug him within just a few minutes if she wants. lol :-P No comments from the peanut gallery on this one! ....yeah right. LMBO

I made a stat this morning that I like. I'll put the header up here and I promise...that's the last image I'll show off for tonight.

I guess I'll blab more tomorrow! I'm hoping to make a few of the chats or crops tomorrow at SBB! It's their 3rd Birthday and they're celebrating with crops, freebies (I think), and all sorts of fun stuff! :-) Have a great day, All!!!

Yawn....is it sleepy time yet?

I've been tired all day, but it's night now and it's about that time....time to snooooooooze! I think I can conjure up some stuff to blab about, though.

I have done lots of creative things today, but not much I can show off here. I made tons of stats! I mostly made background stats....no header, just background and text with my footer at the bottom. Here's one of the headers... I didn't have to do much to it. It was already cute. I added the text you see at the bottom of the image and then my footer at the bottom of the stat. Other than that I picked a few colors for links, text, and signatures and it was done. The stats I made were all quickies, but I like most of the results. I made one that I hate, though. It's animated and it hurts my eyes to use it. lol It may get deleted.

I didn't do very much socializing today. Not a whole lot of chatting on MSN. I did talk to Candice for a little while twice today. I got several text messages, talked to Elizabeth and Mom on the phone, but other than that, I pretty much just kept to myself. Other than emails....can't live without those, ya know! :-P

My knee is still not back to normal. It hasn't hurt as much today, but it's still swollen and hot to the touch. Still don't have my range of motion back, either. Oh well....I'm playing the waiting game.

I don't know if it's just me, or what, but GC seems to be very busy lately. I have checked on Glider Central probably 5-6 times today and every time I do there are so many new posts! I don't know if it just seems that way because there are other things I want to do or if there are actually more posts than usual. Usually when I sit down to the computer to do something I go to GC first....it's my homepage. After I do a quick check I go on about my business if I've already spent a significant amount of time there earlier in the day. I seem to never get to where I'm wanting to go lately because I just read and read and read on GC! lol I love being a mod there, but there are soooo many projects that I've put on hold. I also still have to get caught back up on my housekeeping in Diets there. I was very good about being caught up until I went into the hospital. I have felt behind on EVERYTHING since then. I hate that feeling. Like there is always something hanging over my head that I need to do.

Speaking of which, I just heard the dryer go off. I need to get out there and get those cloths and fold them...and the ones that are still waiting for me on the couch. Sheesh....A woman's work is never done!!! Especially if she has a computer or any other form of a life!! LOL

I think there was something else that I was going to talk about, but it has just slipped right out of my mind. That's where I am, too, most of the time....out of my mind. LMBO

I'm off to get those cloths tackled and then a snack. My tummy's telling me it's been WAYYY too long since I had those leftover egg rolls. :-P

Night all! Sleep tight!

New, new, new!!!

Don't you just hate it when you accidentally kick your mouse and it goes flying off your desk onto the floor? LOL I do and I just did that. :-P I need to get batteries for my cordless, optical mouse.

Anyway, on to my explanation of the "New, new, new!!!" title... To start the day off, Joel went and picked up the new dryer that we picked out online. We found one on HomeDepot.com and they had one left at the store. Yay! It's 7.1 cubic feet on the inside and has a light on the inside. Our other one didn't. It also has a sensor that tells it when the cloths are dry. If they aren't dry it keeps going. If they dry early the heat turns off and the buzzer goes off. It keeps tumbling though if you don't get the cloths out right away to keep the wrinkles away. :-) You can turn that feature off with a switch, though. The buzzer is very loud, too, which is good because we can hear it from the garage. It can be turned off, though, too, if you want it off. It has other features, too, that are neat, but I don't think they're really that interesting unless you're shopping for a dryer, so I'll stop there before I bore you all to tears. lol I didn't go with Joel, unfortunately, because he was already ready to go before I woke up. Oh well....I guess that's what I get for staying up later than he does.

Okay, on to the second "new" in my title... I joined a cool new group today that some friends from a different group own. It's a tag group. All I have to do is sit back and receive tags!! And I know the tags will be great because I've seen some of the taggers' designs before and love them!!! Here's one of them...

Click on the cherry tag to see the animation. It's really nice looking! I can't wait to see more tags come through that group! I love getting new tags! It's one thing to make your own, but having someone make you one is even better because it's always a surprise as to how it looks! Speaking of which....another group member made us all tags today that I love! She made one for someone and I complimented it. Then next thing ya know she send one in for everyone! Here's mine...

And one other person made tags for everyone, too, that I almost missed out on. Yahoo ate the email that she sent in with all of the tags on them. I only knew that she sent them when I saw thank yous coming through the group for them. I asked if she could please resend and she did. Here's that tag.....which I LOVE, too...

I think all of these tags made for me are so COOL!

Now on to the third "new" in my title... I made myself and several others some new tags, too. Here are a few of the ones I made myself...

Again, click to see the animations on all of these tags.

They're both animated. I made a few more that are a little different, but I think I'll stop now. I'm getting sleepy and I still have to give the kiddos their yogurt. I always give them their yogurt last because they'd skip the rest if I gave it first. :-P

I hope you all had a great weekend! Hugs All!!!

Lazy day and MSN chats....

I'm just laying here on the couch at the moment watching a show called The Girl in the Box on A&E. What a creepy, sickening story. I won't even go into it. Sheesh, there are some sickos in this world.

I didn't do much today. I slept most of the day away and plan to get right back to it very soon. I did get to chat with a few friends today. I chatted with Candice for a long time and then had a mod chat with some of the other GC mods. It's not really about GC, though. I think of them more as friends rather than fellow mods. But we couldn't talk about some of the stuff we talk about unless we were all mods, so, I guess that's why I called it a mod chat. It started out with just Peggy and me and then we invited John and Carrie to join us. It was nice to have all of us talking. I miss our mod chats. They're silly and fun. lol

I finished off the last little bit of my birthday cake today. lol Joel brought me some Turtles, though, so I have some yummy sweets left. I think most people call them Pecan Clusters rather than Turtles. I don't know why he did that to me. :-P He knows I can't exercise with this bum knee, so I'm just going to get fat sitting here eating this yummy stuff. lol I'm really hoping this Prednisone will bring me out of this flare up. My knee doesn't hurt right now, but I've been laying down all day and still I'm laying here on the couch. It's still very swollen and I don't have very much range of motion. Maybe by tomorrow it will be looking and feeling better and I'll know if the med is working.

I didn't make anything in PSP or do any scrapbook LOs. I haven't been going anywhere to take photos, either. What a boring blog entry this will be, huh? lol Let me see....I guess I could post an old LO that I did a month or two ago. I think I'll post the one I did of Mam-maw sitting on her porch. I really like that photo of her and the LO turned out just how I had hoped it would. Simple and focused mainly on the photo... 

Credits are as follows:

Paper used is from Anna Aspnes’ Explore kit.

Quote is changed a little bit, but is from quote garden.com

I guess I'll sign off and go crawl in bed now. I'll hopefully have more interesting things to blog about tomorrow. We'll be going to get a new dryer in the afternoon from Home Depot, so at least I'll be leaving the house for a bit. I haven't been anywhere since I went to the doctor. I also want to get some stuff burned to CD or DVD to clear off my laptop tomorrow and maybe go shopping at www.scrapbook-elements.com since I still have that gift certificate. I was going to spend it yesterday, but I know they add new stuff on Sundays. lol Alright.....good night all! I hope you're having a great weekend!!