Time Marched On!!

Sorry I haven't been on my blog for a bit. I have been crafting and waiting! Waiting for what, you might ask?

I was waiting for Doctor appointments!! For those of you who may check my blog and don't know, I have to have the cataracts removed from both my eyes before I am allowed to drive the car again. Not driving has made me crazy...not that I go many places and Lewis can drive me wherever I need to go...but it is the perceived loss of independence that makes me nuts!!

So the good news is that I have an appt. with the eye specialist this Tuesday, Mar. 1st, and will hopefully get my surgery schedule at that appt. This is such a common procedure, I have discovered, but for those of you who don't know, like me, they only do one eye at a time. After the first one is done, I will hopefully have the other eye done in about 2 weeks. As cataracts only affect distance vision I have still been able to craft...Thank God!! If I couldn't craft I would be even more cranky than I already am (just ask Lewis!!)

I also have sleep apnea (diagnosed about 12 years ago) and I need a CPAP (new machine). I have been trying to get an appt with the sleep specialist for a new prescription for a new machine. This has been going on since the 2nd week of January, and I just found out Wednesday that I mave an appt for May 12th. In the meantime I have been renting a machine. Our health care system is so wasteful...I should have been able to replace my existing machine with one that worked properly and met the ON government standards right in January. But no. I had to get my family doc to refer me to the specialist and wait 5 months. However, there was no problem in me renting a newer machine. Wasteful bureaucracy!!

So now that I have these things on the schedule, I can work towards having everything all looked after before summer, if all goes well! That is freeing!! At least until the next issue comes up, and it will!!!

The other thing I have been doing that is bringing me a lot of JOY is researching my family tree. Ancestry.ca has amazing resources (just wish there was more recent census than 1911) and I have traced some of my ancesters back to Germany in the 1800's. I still have more searching to do to complete some of the newer records, like my grandparents, so I will let you know when I have everything all done. Researching family history is not only fun, it is very addictive! (The TV show "Who do you think you are?" on Friday evenings has really inspired me to find out where I came from.) ( I don't have to do Lewis' as his Dad traced back many generations (as many as 8) when he was alive so we have all that info!)

I have a pretty card to show you that I made for my daughter-in-law's birthday on Feb 13th. Brenda loves orange so I used Poppy Parade for the flower with a vintage brad in the center. The leaves were done with Old Olive. My card is almost a duplicate of the card Mary Fish (my design hero) made!
Hope you like it!

I will be back soon with more creations,
So long for now,
Chrissie

Valentine Project

Okay, so I hope this works because this was a fun project.

Thanks for stopping by,
Chrissie

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

I hope you are having a fun Valentine's Day. I am just relaxing and crafting a wreath for my front door. It is so much fun being in the apartment because our front door is inside the building. I can use paper and ribbons to craft with and it won't get destroyed by the elements!

This is a picture of my front door with my Valentine craft. I used a 10" piece of 1/4" dowel to hang everything from. I wrapped the dowel with Real Red 5/8" satin ribbon and made bows with that and Pretty in Pink satin ribbon. The satin ribbons are my favourite and I love to use them on projects. I used all different red and pink cardstock and Designer Series Papers for the hearts and decorated the hearts with buttons, brads, pearls, etc. I think it looks really cute!

(Sorry I can't get the photo to upload...I will try a separate post!!)

So long for now,
Chrissie

Happy February!!!

I love February because it always seems to go so quickly for me! With Valentines Day, Family Day, my daughter-in-law, Brenda's birthday (on the 13th ), and only 28 days, it just buzzes along. March on the other hand, always seems to drag for me. I guess I start to get anxious for some spring-like weather, especially this year!

So is everybody got what they need to get through the big snowstorm coming tonight? Lewis went out yesterday and got groceries so we are all set...actually we are set for a week!!

So I decided to wait until Feb. 1st to show you more Valentines. Again I did the colour changes but used the same stamps, etc. The backgrounds are Night of Navy and Elegant Eggplant. I used those inks along with Melon Mambo (have to have pink flamingos!!) and various punches to add to this card. I used the stamp set "Valentine Defined" in the current Occasions Mini (clear 123057 for $22.95). I think this stamp set is so cute and has lots of versatility! Enjoy!!

Thanks for stopping by! I will be back soon with some new creations.

So long for now,
Chrissie