Hopefully I'm Back

Life has been busy for this old girl. Summer school is over for this year. Was a great experience. Hoping the fall session is as interesting. I'll miss the kids that came to the program this summer. They were a kick. Our last day together was a blast. We went to the Waterslides, this was a first for many. They had a great time.

Now it's back to life as we know it. Tonight is our yearly BBQ for friends. Have a salad to make and straighten the house and I'm ready, hoping the weather cooperates. Has started to cool down. Was 100 on Wed. and 80 yesterday.

I have had some time to make some cards for one of the Swaps I'm in. It's kind of a cool swap. We make 6 cards, each one different. One needs buttons, one eyelets or brads, one ribbon, one rub-ons, vellum and flowers. The one I'm sharing today is for the eyelets. The stamp set is from CTMH called Little Boys. I colored the train with markers on the stamp so I could have two different colors. Mostly this is showing the ways to use these different items. I'll share another one tomorrow.

CTMH will be dicontinuing all the stamps sets in Feb. and come out with all new papers and stamps. These will be good for the next year. The catalogs will be coming out twice a year instead of 3 times. The fall and winter catalog goes live to customers on Sept. 1. They have a lot of new stamps and papers.

Until tomorrow, have a great day.

Hugs,

Bobbi

I'm Back

Hi All, I'm back, sorry I've been totally busy. Summer school started 2 weeks ago and I'm having a hard time keeping up. I'll share my experiences as we go. I did finally find time the other day to finish a swap from the first of July. I'll not be joining any in Aug. because my time is limited.

Summer school started on July 19. As you know I was Site Manager for the 3rd, 4th and 5th grades. I had 27 students registered of which only 23 showed up on the first day. I also had 3 teachers. One teaching Science, one for Readers Theater and one for Drama/Music. The classes were divided into 9 students each. The first day I had more parents call in and want their children to join, which was fine by me, we had a limit of 40 students. Things really started to pop then. Some of the students registered didn't show up and alot did. I finally got it figured out and got the classes set up. Two of the classes did what I was told they were going to do, the other didn't. It was at this point I knew I was in trouble. I can shoot from the hip so here I went, Oh! My God! It was a total disaster. The teacher didn't have a clue. I may have screwed up, but I let her do her thing. The kids weren't happy and I can't say I was. I finally called the head boss and she said to hire a helper. I was very lucky and found someone that had music in their background. She started today. She and I had a very good visit. I think maybe this class maybe saved, for that I'm very thankful. We have our first field trip on Friday which is for Science. We will have Watermelon at the end to see whom can spit the seeds the farthest. Great game if your a kid. Our next project is a Open House with music as the core. The kids will sing, "Under the Sea", and do a couple of rap songs by the new person. Then for the very end we will go to the water slides for all those attending 18 days. I really look forward to this as some of these children have never been this far from home or to anything like this. I maybe selfish about this but I love to catch the expression of these children that have never been to anything like this. These make the greatest memories for these children.

My share today, after a long absence is a card for a yellow swap. The daisies are cut out and put on. They also have liquid glass over the coloring. The stamp is a retired one from CTMH.

Hope I didn't ramble to much, come back again.
Hugs,
Bobbi

Still on Vacation

This has been a busy vacation. All fun and not much work for us. Chuck mowed Kim's yard so we could make a baby blanket for one of her friends. We actually got 2 backs done but only one totally finished. Went to friends one night for dinner and games. It was a lot of good food and a more laughs.

We took off to Fallon the next day. Stopped and had lunch in Lovelock and a great Bar-b-q place, at least it used to be great. They didn't have a cook, we had cabbage salad and Tri-tip sandwiches, they were ok. Back on the road again, we went about 5 miles and Kim & I had a blow out on our tailer. Of course we had no spare. Chuck & I set on the side of the rode while Carl & Kim found a tire. Cost double cause the tire shops are closed here on Sat. Carl's car is Charger, he runs in the super pro class. This class is for cars that do about 180 mph in 1/8 of a mile. He did about 144 mph on his runs. He started to fast and went out in the first round. This is his first year driving this car, so they are still getting used to each other. He's raced the Duster before.

Talk about hot, it's been in the 90's and 100's. It cools down at night. Kim's car is a 1970 Duster, she runs in the Pro class. The picture is of her do a burnout before her run. She went out in the 2nd round. We enjoyed watching everyone race. We all camped at the track for the night. One of the gals, made soft shell tacos for everyone. We took chips and dips. Rose took birthday cake for those having Birthdays in July. The racers are a fun bunch of people and support each other in everything. We made alot of new friends and renewed some friendships with others. It's been a great 2 weeks. Just so everyone know, Nevada isn't only about gambling it's about fun people and trying new things. We've done some gambling but have spent alot of time just doing fun stuff. It's back home on Wednesday for rest and work and saving up to do this again. If your on my facebook check out more of my pictures. Thanks for stopping back, I'll be back to cardmaking and scrapping next week. Have a lot of pictures to do up. Come back again.

Hugs,

Bobbi

Vacation fun

We're still on vacation. Had a really nice trip down. The weather was warm but tolerable, going home might be a different story. Spent the end of the week just messing around. Went to a bar-b-q on Sat. night. Was nice to see some old friends and make some new ones. Sunday we went to Reno. Got our motel room and went down to the street fair. It was a chicken wings cook off. They had a lot of boothes and some pretty good wings. Anywhere from not so spicy to very. Rose bought me a new hat for the ballgame as she didn't like the one I had. I'll share a picture when I get to the ballgame. We went to the parking garage for the fireworks. They shot them off over the ball park. Some very pretty ones. Was just like when we were younger sitting on the tailgate drinking beer (except I don't like beer). Then we did some gambling and headed to bed. Monday we ate and headed to the ballpark. Walked about 2 blocks, got there at 11:00 and stood in line until 12:05, each of us got a bar-b-q set that said Acers. Their the AAA team for the Arizona Diamonds. It was a real good game. We almost got hit by a foul ball, the game a row up and behind us caught it. Here's out ballpark picture. The only bad part about my hat is it didn't cover my nose, so it got redder. Our arms burnt, but are turning brown now. We spent Monday shopping, that was fun. Our next adventure will be the car races this weekend. Then we'll be heading for home. Today, we're making aprons and baby blankets. I'll share when we get one made.

Thanks for coming by. Stop by again and see what silliness I'm up to.

Hugs,

Bobbi

Reunion was alot of work & Fun

The reunion is over and all have gone home. All that is left are the fun memories. We're still resting up. Trying to get our watering all done so we can take off on a small vacation. The reunion was alot of fun. Had all but a sister & brother here. Their children came, so all 9 siblings were represented. In total there were about 73, ranging in age from 1 to 70. They started coming in on Thurs. and everyone was gone by 4 on Sunday afternoon. We had 6 meals together and no one went away hungry. The kids played all kinds of games. Did a relay race with water and just had a ton of fun. Most didn't know each other, but by the end of the weekend became best friends. The first night they all had their own tents. Then they set up 2 tents, one for the boys and one for the girls, the girls were a little out numbered. The photo is of some the kids lined up for the games. As you can tell we had porta pottys for the overload. They worked wonderfully. The kids didn't run in and out all the time. We did have alot of sun burns. The weather was beautiful the whole weekend. Had just enough breeze that you didn't melt.

I'll get back to card making soon. Maybe my sister -in-law and I will do some while I'm there. I try and check in every once in a while. Thanks for stopping.
Hugs,
Bobbi

Just Rambling

Company started coming in yesterday morning for the reunion. 7 trailers and 3 tents. Not sure how many more. Everybody has to have electricity so up goes the light bill. The kids had a great time last night playing. One of the uncles brought a battery operated bug zapper, course the boys thought that was great. The girls played ball, not great volleyball players but they had fun. Not sure what's happening today. Cody and I have some errands to run, so they'll be on their own. The youngest sister is the organizer so I guess she'll get them organized. We just furnished the place to have it. I'm getting a little more relaxed about the whole thing. Need to get a cake baked and something else fixed for Sat. night. Tonight is Italian, I have the salad and some dressing.

More tomorrow, maybe even some pictures. The one today is of the kids playing cards. 2 of the girls are missing, not really you justcan't see them. Until later on in the weekend. Have a great day.

Hugs,

Bobbi

We have Sunshine

You may think my title is a little silly for this time of year. This year we have had more rain than sunshine. Your grass barely gets dry for mowing before it rains again. The poor farmers are having a heck of a time with their hay. Most have cut and it's down getting moldy. It's been alot cooler for June also. Mostly high 60's, low 70's just right for me.

My share today is a card for a color swap I'm in. The colors to use were White, Black, Gray and Pink. I just got an email about this technique called Plastic wrap (Saran) scrunch. The first time I saw it was in a Technique Junkies magazine. Here's what you do: Take a couple squirts of White acrylic paint and add your reinker color to it. I used 2 different colors, Bubble Gum and Black (as I didn't have gray). Then using a small foam paint brush drop it on your paper, (I used watercolor paper, next time I'll use cardstock). Scrunch your saran wrap up then open it up keeping wrinkles in it. Put it down on you paper, kind of move your paint around on your paper if the colors touch or mix that's ok. Leave the wrap on until almost dry (I left mine over night) then pull it off. (Don't use a heat gun with the wrap on or it will melt.) Then stamp your image on it or on another piece of paper. If you stamp on your paint push hard on your stamp as your paper has the bumps from the paint. I used Close to My Heart reinkers and Treasures Stamp set. The stem on the flowers says "The winds of change bring treasures unknown......embrace change..." The saying at the top says " Trust your heart. This was a fun technique, real different. As you can see some of the black didn't stir up real good but that made it look pretty cool.

Hope you enjoyed todays share. I'll try a couple more techniques and share during the week before everyone starts coming in for the reunion. One sister is here already for South Dakota. Look for them to start showing up about Wed. with trailers. Still have some of the yard to mow, now that the sun is out. I need to get all the beds made up and the fridges cleaned out for more food. Need to start the one in the trailer. Got the water pump for it yesterday. Need to get it put in and fill the tank. Enough for now. Have a wonderful weekend.

Hugs,

Bobbi