Chit Chat for October 2023

[silk]

Thank you Grassy, I am feeling much better. I need some energy though. What about you?

[Grassy]

I am doing much better. Doing wash and thinking about Christmas tree decorations.

[Grassy]

Do I save the ornaments in .mng format? After all the years of doing this, somehow this year I have forgotten. Isn't that weird?

[Huronna]

you can attach pspimage or mng in your post. I can't use an image if it is already a gif, because I'll be adding lots to the tree and gifs have solid backgound or yucky edges
Time for me to get off the computer, been on it al most all day.
Tomorrow the shower door will be installed and all done. It is lovely

[Smilyn]

Hello all ```waving``` It's Thanksgiving weekend in Canada and while I'll gladly extend good wishes there, I'm glad it's not yet Halloween here. The year is going too fast - and so am I. These are some of the things I do every day/week posted as maybe an apology for not being here much anymore. I just have too many interests and duties still. Lately I am making messes as I try to get rid of things that were mom's. I have not been well enough to work on them till now, and I still tire easily. So her 100lbs of jewelry is a mess at one end of my (fairly recently) tidied jewelry studio (with works of mine in progress at the other end that I really long to get to,) while I match her earrings and put her sets back together and sort it all in various ways for future marketing (I will be adding my own collection of vintage rhinestones etc when I figure out where/how to sell.) Downstairs there are boxes of collector plates in front of my living room windows again as I steel myself to donate them, and boxes of family photos on the TV wall that wait my attention finishing the culling and discarding or donating, and boxes of files in the ofiice. I am trying to empty the 350.00 monthly storage unit, but lord it is hard to find the time and the strength. I am on the road every day (often several times a day) with 8 to 10 appts (Hip PT, Acupuncture, Chiropractic, 2 kinds of therapy, deep massage,) plus half a dozen meetings a week. I'm keeping up on my online Spanish lessons and my Noom app (diet info) every day, back to doing some Tarot practice and some astrology work, fitting in time on my Wii and in the pool (still losing, Yay!) Sorting clothes for size and season, transcribing and correcting a very long document (that's a yikes task,) and normal stuff like groceries and laundry etc. I haven't even thought of house decorations for either upcoming holiday this year - though I do have decorations out to be donated for both. I need to get the various donation boxes moved out to make way for more! Oh! We also need to dig a ditch pretty soon... don't ask. Anyway: I have to admit I have not used my PSP since the last auction. I'll try to do the things on the new list... I really will. I'll be the one doing the things that are old school, lol. I still have my 1st animations from 2004; so simple, but so hard. It's amazing how it's all evolving. Nice to see new faces joining in.

Huronna, glad the shower is nearly done, we love ours (installed last summer,) and will pay off that loan in a couple of weeks. I hope all comes together with the auction and tree so you can have a grand trip. Flagryl; you never fail to inspire with all you get done; I have been keeping you in mind. Silk; sending you a little extra energy - I found some in the pocket of a pair of jeans I was boxing to donate. Don't waste it! Grassy; sternly talking to your phone about speaking up and ringing you with that good job. Margie; HBD to your son and congratulations on your anniversary! I know I am missing many, but I have run way over on my time to do this and simply hadve to wish everyone well and leave lots of hugs and dash...

[Huronna]

So glad to see you and I sure understand what you are going through. My brother was a collector, coins, stamps, CD's, crystal, books and heaven only knows what else, oh yes fur coats. I was lucky that he had each are listed in his will and who he want things to do to. I was able to take care of thing easily thanks to his organization, but that was nothing in comparison with what you have to do,

I loved this"Silk; sending you a little extra energy - I found some in the pocket of a pair of jeans I was boxing to donate." that is way to cute and imaginative.
Glad you are holding to the diet and that that 460 pounds was a type HA HA, we just could not imagine.

I will definitely miss your entries for the auction as will others. BUt you take care of yourself, don't over do as you have the tendency to do that.
Sliding doors are being put in today. Angi is a perfectionist and her work is top notch.

[Grassy]

I got an email saying "Thanks for your interest, but we chose another candidate, blah blah . . . " Since it came over the weekend, I know it was just a batch-generated email. Back to square one.

Not much else is happening here - just watching football. Happy to see the Lions. The Vikings play the late afternoon game.

[Mary]

Sorry Grassy! The right job is just waiting for you!!

[panthera66]

HI all,

So we got back from our week long holiday on Friday, i spent the day doing 4 loads of washing, hung 2 loads out to dry, and 2 loads i kept indoors in the heater. I stayed in my bedroom on saturday and today catching up on my tv programs, amidst cooking our evening meals, nice to relax as the holiday was very busy.

Have a great week everyone

[Huronna]

Sorry Grassy, one day the "yes" will come, in the meantime, enjoy Dave and Sid and get to work on some auction entries. (is that a big hint or what?)
Glad you had a nice time Tilly, the worse part about coming home is doing the wash. ugh!

[Huronna]

Finale of the shower stall, this was before the doors were put on




and now the sliding door is on and the valance that matched the valance over the window
the window is just a reflection , it's not in the shower

[Grassy]

Nice!

Thanks for the job support. It's getting harder to find a job.

[deezaster]

That shower is lovely, the seat has my name on it, which means I probably need one.

[silk]

Very swish Huronna . Now Joe will be safe.
My son Julien saw his oncologist today and the report was good. Now he has to take care of his body.
Milyn, your life is exhausting. So much to do, and so little energy. Take care of you. Thank you for the energy find.
Grassy, I'm sure you'll find something to suit you soon...they don't know what they're missing.
Best wishes to everyone.

[Huronna]

Couldn't sleep last night, got up at 5 and it sure was cold in the house. It was 62 outside, that's just too cool for these Florida bones

[Grassy]

It's 45 degrees here now.
Sid has taken Dove Cat to the vet for her annual wellness checkup. I did not go because if there are any veterinary shenanigans, I will not be blamed. Hee Hee. Sid is Dove's person, so she will never be mad at him.

[Flagryl]

I have a lot to catch up on. Glad the shower worked out, looks great. Grassy, you will land on your feet. No is just an opportunity to find yes. Silk, I am so glad Julian is doing well. It's been such a hard thing to go through, surgery of that magnitude is hard. Glad you are feeling a little better. Dee, thanks for all your help and info!! Milyn, you are the one doing a myrid of things and it seems all at the same time. Queen of multitasking. Tilly, glad you are relaxing now that you are home. Have you finished your advent gift shopping?

We flew home last Fri, exhausting trip. I left John's new dr lic in the scanner . He's the one w/short-term memory issues and I LEFT IT! Good thing we flew out of our small airport, he had a Sam's Club card w/photo and other id so with extra thorough check they let us board. I was beside myself. Had the car through Budget Fast Break, all went well until on the interstate we realized the air conditioning DID NOT WORK. It was 95 degrees! Drove straight to Eau Claire sm airport and all they had was a Mazda SUV and pick up trucks. Got the Mazda. Needless to say, we finally got to our motel at 6 pm in time to meet other family members for dinner. The memorial service was beyond lovely and we had a private burial of her ashes in the church Memorial Gardens. He son had made a pottery vase, potter on the side, for her ashes. Unglazed so it will disintegrate. I was surprised by the large number of people attending, but she was a long-term community leader and church member.

We didn't go to my daughter's in Rochester after the service since she had covid [second time] along w/others who attended an earlier work retreat. But, it turned out well. John visited his high school and got to ssee his old band room [played trombone] and even talked w/band director. We drove to the old family lake cabin and the now owner was there, nice to see him. Lunch in Chippewa Falls. We also drove downtown and went into the newly remodeled space that had once been his father's company and now a book store. The old wall safe was still there. Trip home was uneventful. We got to the airport very early since we knew John would have to go through the extensive TSA check. No big deal, just time consuming.

The skylights were installed while we were away. They need to do some touch up painting, later this week.

My step-daughter is not doing well, she suffers from chronic depression. How she maintains her job is beyond me. She did a horse trek in France last summer and didn't even enjoy it. We are hoping to see her in early Nov, either drive or fly. We'll see.

I have book club Wed, read the assigned book for the first time this year!!! Shhhhh, don't tell. We read Wide Sargasso Sea. If you're not a Jane Eyre aficionado you might not get it. A fast read, slam-dunked it on the airplane.

[deezaster]

I was just curious if images like this or similar are useful for your creations here?

[arbee]

yep they could be.

[Huronna]

Also the lights on the tree could be made to flicker.
I often will use full images in my animations.
I think we all have our different tastes, even in shades of colors.
Some people do psychedelic backgrounds (need sunglasses for them)
I know a couple of people have perused your site (it takes a while so much there)
Or we could do a challenge with them

[Huronna]

knock on my door if you need me, I'm in tuberville all rest of the day

[Huronna]

Checked posts and e-mails, then was tubing yet again.
Have a dentist appt and then grocery shopping, I have a tut I want to work on to take a break from you know what LOL
See you later

[deezaster]

As Gary would say, off to Publix where shopping no longer is a pleasure!

I am going through all my Christmas Card Stuff, Card Stock, Ribbons, Washi, Borders, Ephemera, Sequins, Glitter, etc, getting The production Line Ready, typically I craft in my craftroom , but for Christmas stuff, the living room floor gets converted into the craftroom production line mess for about 2 months lol…
Everything gets done in here then put into boxes in my dining room ready to bag up, or mail when the time comes.
I return to bowling next week after 4 weeks away due to that horrible virus I endured, so I’m excited about finally thinking I will be well enough to start back on Monday.
Making birthday dinner plans with Gary and some friends for Sunday night, which always requires me to pick where to go, no one else liking that idea and we end up at longhorn, even though it’s not where I want to go…. Jodi and Brad, those guys kill me every year lol so doing the back and forth right now, and I swear eating dinner gets earlier in the day every year.

And creating more as soon as I’m done with carrying the last few items into the living room… yay.. fun time begins.
Good luck at the Dentist and Grocery, you probably need more luck at the grocery these days though.
Safe travels

[Huronna]

Let me know what time your league plays, and maybe I'll drop in unexpectedly.
You are not kidding about Publix, every time the bill seems to be higher and higher. And I even had to bag my own groceries today, but at least that were done right HA HA.
And I always try to get at least one animation done daily ,so just put that up and now I'll see where to start on todays images. Picked them up this morning, lots of Christmas one from both of you, So you know where to find me

[deezaster]

Thought I would show you just how bad my living room looked last year lol….
Who shares their messes - >> This Gal…

And The Dining Area that becomes The Mailing Packaging Room lol


This year will be less Dramatic, I’m not making as many albums etc… lol
Well that’s the plan! Ha!! I promise we are normally very organized  tidy clean people lol,