Kristine's Place

Mornin’ folks!!!

Going to be a quickie post today. Have a ton of errands to do today to get Steve and Julie ready for their week alone. Julie has a birthday party to go to tonight at a spa in Hagersville. Manis, pedis and mud masks….lil bugger has been to a spa more than me! LOL!!  Tomorrow we have a surprise 80th birthday party for our neighbor Charlie to go to; then first thing Sunday I am outta here!! Yesterday I went looking to get all the driving tunes ready and we are missing a huge cardboard box of CDs. It’s in the basement somewhere but if you saw the basement you would understand why the box is missing. Steve says he will clean the basement when I’m gone…..R….I…G….H…..T….

My favorite hag Kim has an overlay grab bag in her store!!

Chock full of GORGEOUS overlays and I mean GORGEOUS!!! You can get the overlay grab bag at DSO and DSV for a limited time!!

While I’m on vacation I put my stuff on SALE!!!!

Sale ends on my return date of March 20th so grab some goodies (CU included) before the sale ends and before some are retired permanently!!

Bean has some killer new styles in her store!!

and if you signed up for the newsletter you are getting an exclusive Bean gift created with this product!!

OK folks I still have to give you my freebie right? Cleaning out folders on my computer….Available until March 21st!!

• Download 1
• Download 2
• Download 3
• Download 4

On that note I say see ya soon! Be good. And if you can’t be good, DON’T GET CAUGHT!!!!! See ya in a few weeks!!!

Here I come Connie…ready or not! Call the cops and warn them in advance would ya?! Have you seen any ducks lately?! Bwahahahahaa:P

Tweet This Post

Are you countin’ Connie? Are ya? Huh? LOL! Five more big sleeps until I barge into your house demanding my tea , shoving people aside to get to the bathroom and the cackling can commence. ROFL! I am currently doing laundry and will hopefully have my bag packed tonight so I can grab it and go Sunday morning. If need be I will live in my jammies until then..LOL!! I am hoping for nice weather (means no snow) and very little traffic so I can be there in 5 1/2 hours. Why do I want to pack so early? Because 9 times out of ten I forget to pack something. Like socks. Like my pants. Like underwear. Socks and underwear are the first things on my list so there should be no brain farts….who am I fooling?! ROFL!! My tunes are all ready. I can listen to my local radio station up to Trenton which is almost 2 1/2 hours away so that is good but I need some rockin’ tunes to get me through the hills and dead zones where there isn’t even cell service. Music makes the trip fly faster….

Here’s one all loaded up for the drive….

Got through some of the tax crap. Steve’s are done so that is one mess out of the way. Today I’ll be doing mine and then hopefully the desk can stay clean for a week or so? Is that asking too much?! LOL! I have everything organized so it’s just a matter of sitting down in peace and quiet and plowing through it….

Don’t forget there is an exclusive Bean gift in Friday’s newsletter! If you haven’t signed up yet for the newsletter, click here. Be the first to know about new products, exclusive freebies and sales!!

The FedEx guy was here yesterday. Young, good looking guy shows up at the door. Cheddar comes running when he hears the doorbell with the tail/ass end wagging like crazy. Hottie opens the door and backs into the corner with his leg protecting himself  TERRIFIED of “my beast” as he called him…..I started to LMFAO because of this tough guy afraid of this….

The worst Cheddar will do is lick you to death or hump your leg if he really takes a shine to ya….

Whiskers (our obese cat) however isn’t impressed with Cheddar. Whickers gets bounced and body slammed and chased at least 5 times a day.

The cat HATES excercise and now he’s getting tons of it. He’s not happy with the new diet plan. ROFL!!! Cheddar chases the other cat, Snickers but he doesn’t body slam her or bite her tail. She is more friendly with the dog than Whiskers who hates everyone and everything. ROFL!!

Looky what I got?

Thanks so much Benita for showing me this!!!! Gorgeous!!! Benita used the last newsletter freebie for this beautiful LO!!

I went to the doctor’s on Monday and got my results. (first they had to FIND them because they lost them. That took 45 minutes…). The problem with my hands is mild rheumatoid arthrits, hyper-sensitivity to cold (should clear up when it warms up in late spring) and the tingling is because I have pernicious anemia. (just a fancy medical term for being B 12 deficient.) I take a B 12 vitamin everyday and the tingling goes away. The shoulder pain is tendonitis in the rotator cuff and bicep. I am now on the waiting list for physio but that is still 8 weeks away. I have stretches to do to try and get some mobility back. My goal is to be able to do up my own bra. Right now I can’t put my hand on my waist so I have a long way to go yet. Heat, ice and lots of ibuprofen for pain; but basically I am looking at another 3-6 months after physio before it’s healed and I have full motion back.

Well that’s the scoop around here (I think that’s all the scoop…) I have a ton of stuff to do today so I’ll sign off for now. Have a great day!!!

Tweet This Post

I have been awake since 4:30 and now I am ready to go back to bed. I was watching the morning news and discovered I missed the Oscars last night. Grrrr. Instead I watched Bad Boys II with Will Smith. Two hours of my life wasted when I could have wasted at least 4 on the Oscars. ROFL!!

I had a really nice, mostly quiet weekend for a change. It was filled with sunshine and warmer temps so you didn’t mind being outside. Your snot wasn’t freezing instantly. LOL Julie and I spent Saturday going to the library, dance class & then into the city to go to Indigo’s and Walmart. We finally got home at 4 in time to take her to a friends for a few hours. I got 2 books at the library. One I LOVED and finished already called Thirsty by Tracey Bateman (love me some vampires) and the other is taking me a bit to get into. It’s called Last Night In Twisted River by John Irving. I’ll give it another 25 pages. If I’m not into by then I’ll cut my losses and get another book. At Indigos, Julie got another copy of Diary of a Wimpy Kid (she loves them) and a Selena Gomez CD. She was thrilled. I also treated her to the last book she had been hunting for called Death by Bikini. She also got a few books at the library too. She’s good for another week. Sunday was lazy. I made a nice dinner, baked some oatmeal/raisin/dried cranberry cookies and then I was done. Sat that just those two chores knocked me flat on my rear. Oh well. I do what I can and then rest. This week I have to get laundry done and pack because I am going out of town on Sunday. Julez is staying here with her Dad while I go to Connie’s for a few days of de-stressing….

I’ve got a new kit in the store called Cheerful.

All the muted winter colors were really sucking my mojo dry so I figured it was time to bring some brighter colors into my life. I’ve even been scrapping with it!

This is Mike. He’s my friend Tracy’s boyfriend. I went to high school with them both and am hoping to get to see them while I’m in my hometown. Haven’t seen them in 25 years…

This is my hubby’s tattoo of Julie…

These are the PB& J M and M’s that Cate has me addicted to….

Cheerful is on sale for a limited time so swing by and grab a goody or two!!

Also there is an exclusive newsletter freebie courtesy of Jodiann coming up on Friday, so if you haven’t signed up yet, click here to be in the know!!

OK folks I am signing off. I am seriously behind here. My desk is piled up (I can’t even find my notes) and I am going to try and plow through this paper work. Income tax time blows…..

Tweet This Post

Morning folks!

Actually it’s Thursday morning when I’m typing this up. Going to visit a friend and see her new house on Friday morning and then finishing off my day by taking Julez into the city to grab a few things at Walmart and then take her to spend her gift certificate at Indigos ( book store ). She is so excited! LOL

Bean? You demanded  a Cheddar picture and ye shall receive. This one cracks me up.

I went for my ultrasound on my shoulder Tuesday and they ordered X-Rays too (finally). My shoulder still really hurts from the ultrasound. They have you move it all around, over-extending it, to see your range of motion and then run the scan on the soft tissue when it’s extended.I will give credit though. The ultrasound tech was really good and when I yelped in pain, she asked where it hurt and to show me, asked how it felt and then concentrated her scan on where it felt like the shoulder was popping out of the socket. First time someone has really listened. I’m really babying it this week though. I have been told that the dr. should have the results by Friday at the latest so I will be calling Friday afternoon to see if I can get the results. Ugh. Here we go again….

Anyway, are you ready for the freebie? Well DUH….. I used the swatch from Kim’s color challenge this month.

• Download here (only available until the end of March)

OK folks, I’m out of here. Have a great weekend!!

Tweet This Post

Morning folks!

Robin, I don’t know how I am B 12 deficient. Getting answers from my family doc is like pulling hen’s teeth. I have to Google everything. My diet is good so I don’t know WTF is going on. For all I know he just pulled that out of his butt…I’ll keep you posted.

Bean….I do believe Cheddar is finally starting to get this potty thing down (for me anyway). He comes to me with this look on his face which means he wants to go outside please. He does his thing and he’s good. You miss that look on his face and your cleaning up a present. (rather STEVE is cleaning up lots of presents. Bwahahaha) I’ve learned his schedule. Every time he wakes up from a nap, after a wrestling match, less than 30 seconds after he finishes a meal…get him outside. Steve hasn’t got his schedule QUITE down yet…but he’s learning fast. Bwahahahaha. I actually got 5 hours of sleep last night before Cheddar let me know he had to go out so I feel pretty perky today for a change. No more Zombie ‘Stine for me. *Hoots*!! I’ll keep you posted about my shoulder too babe. Perhaps my doc needs a Texan attitude adjustment?! LOL

I actually got a wee bit of scrapping done the last week or so and more is in the works. No computer time over the last 10 days has made me a little bit crazed. ROFL

I used Kim’s part of March Pick UR Bits at DSO.

I absolutely love the colors swatch and the choices to choose from are to die for!!! This is what I did with it…

ROFL!! I warned Cate in advance that posting this picture was just ASKING for someone(me) to scrap it. I just couldn’t leave it alone….. ROFL!!! …and I wonder why my CT sasses off…Bwahahahaha

I also got RAK’d with this gorgeous kit called My Big Adventure by Chaos Lounge.

There was sooooo much stuff crammed into this gorgeous kit I had a bugger of a time choosing….in the end, this is what I did with it…

I laugh when I look at this layout because Cheddar has changed so much in one week. He doesn’t even look like this anymore….sadly I still do..ROFL!!! Thanks so much Jenni for the wonderful surprise!!! Mwah!!!

Kim and Bunny have a new CU bag available for one week only.

Contains:
Bloomers 6
Itty bitty bloomers
Doodled craft flowers
Itty bitty Ferns
Bright Buds
Playful petals 3
Flowers and Leaves
and a Spring bonus pack.
7 full sized products in PNG + Bonus pack.

49 PNG @ 300ppi

Here are some close-ups for ya…

Available  at DSV and  at DSO

Okee doke folks, I have Photoshop open and I am scrapping the most beautiful child…have a great day!!! Mwah!!

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!

Tweet This Post

My hat is off to sleep deprived mothers everywhere. I don’t know how anyone can function with a  broken sleep because LORD knows I sure as hell can’t. LOL! All I need are 5 hours. But they have to be uninterrupted hours or my body starts to revolt on itself. I cannot carry a conversation, my sleep patterns are all wonky and my pain levels are through the roof. I slipped on the snowy deck yesterday taking dum-dum out for a piddle and almost ripped my already bad shoulder out of it’s socket. I was out there for a good 15 minutes yelling and cussing and generally freaking out. Cheddar was looking at me like “Man….what’s YOUR problem..” ROFL!! Oh I was in sooooo much pain.  Tuesday I go for an ultrasound on that shoulder so I’m really hoping we get some concrete answers because so far I am not amused with my drs office. I am B12 deficeint (which is why my fingers are tingling) but I also haven’t been able to get my test results to see if in fact I have rheumatoid arthritis as the dr. thinks.. The drs asst. called and said “I made a note for him to call you about those results when you come back for more bloodwork in 3 months” and then hung up on me. Excuse me? I think it’s time for some ball busting. I only have two more pills left of my anti-inflammatories so I’m going to pop in after my ultrasound and see if I can get another prescription (maybe my test results?). I am so fed up it isn’t even funny. He’s great with Steve and Julie but a real PITA with me. Rude , ignorant and treats you like you a waste of his time. I may be wasting your time bud, but I only go to the dr when I can no longer handle the hurt and am looking for help. Help me FFS.

Enough ranting/whining. Where was I now?

Hubs is now on holidays for three weeks. What does that mean? HE gets to do potty training. After all the bitching & accusations he did at me, I will enjoy the tables being turned. He discovered today that you cannot turn your back on Cheddar for one second because he will take a shine to a spot and just pee there. You clean up the mess and when you come back into the living room he has peed somewhere else. Sigh. I was listening to him rant and roar from the sanity of a hot bath….what did you say honey? Potty training was difficult? No shit Sherlock. sucks to be you……BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA (OK my evil side is coming out from having no sleep last night. Pup had me up at 1:30, 3:30, 5:30 and 6:30….I’m a tiny bit punch drunk. )

Crashing into my bed in 3….2…..1…..

Nite folks.

Tweet This Post

Just a quickie post today. I have a busy day with errands and other nonsense plus we are supposedly getting some snow. Cheddar is doing really well with his potty training although today he has the runs so there are tons of accidents. He went to the vet for his checkup and it was very informative. More on that next week. He’s healthy…don’t worry.

Here’s a freebie!!

• No longer available

Sorry to post and run. Have a good weekend!!!

Tweet This Post