A Little behind in posting.

Yes I'm a little behind in posting but I've been really busy. Or maybe a little lazy.

Today, Jackie and I went to the Barrack Obama rally here in Sarasota. Wow, there were over 15,000 people there and the crowd was so energetic. The sun was out and it was 71 degrees, the perfect Florida day. Obama is do dynamic and he really had the crowd on its feet.

My favorite quote for the day was. "We need to rise to the moment when the moment is hard." Doesn't this say it all. He asked the crowd how many had already voted and I was so surprised when 75% of the people raised their hand. I had no idea that many people were taking advantage of early voting. I may just go vote today or wait until election day when the crowds are over.

It has been really cold over the past few days. 42 was our record low and for us in Florida this is really cold. I even wore my sweats.

Have a happy and safe Halloween.

Not Much Happening

Not much is happening on the job front. I have received several rejections but I still have high hopes on one job. The hiring manager told me she sent my application over to HR for processing. Keep your fingers crossed.

Played bingo on Tuesday and yelled bingo once. Today I filled in at Hands and Foot and won the pot of a whole $3.75 all in quarters.

Thanks mom for making dinner tonight. It was great as usual. These are two Digi layouts I have been working on. Have a great weekend.

Musings

Last Friday I was in the pool doing my water aerobics and one lady looked up and a bald eagle was soaring above us. We all looked up and there he was flying with some other black birds. How amazing it was to see him glide above us in all of his splendor. We have several her in our community. Remember a couple of weeks ago I told you that mom saw him in her back yard. He also perches on a house across from the club house. It is very rare to have or to see a bald eagle and how wonderful that he has chosen our community to live in. It was such a joy to have him watch us swim.

Yesterday I went to Tampa and on the way back I stopped for gas. $2.84! You read that right, cheap gas. I don't know what is going on but I love this downward spiral. Maybe the oil companies finally get it. You raise the price and we just stop driving. We can not afford $4 gas.

Right now I have the ball game on and it is the top of the 8th with no outs and 2 on base. Will the Rays pull this out or are we going home. Those of us in the Tampa Bay area had to choose tonight on what we were going to watch. The Bucs or the Rays? Many of us are going back and forth or using the PIP feature of our TV's. I had to read the book again.

Yesterday I went to a charity crop in Tampa. It benefited Tampa Bay Kids Charities. What a wonderful event this was. I had signed up about 5 months ago and really looked forward to the crop. The event was sponsored by Home Shopping Network and all of our money went directly to the charity. You have to love that. This group really pampered us. We were give one half of a ten foot table. This is unheard of because you usually are crammed in and barely get three feet. They gave us a huge goody bag full of scrapbook supplies, a free haircut coupon. A massage coupon and many others. Plus we were each given a chair massage at the event.

There were volunteers at the door to carry in all of our supplies. We did not have to lift one item and they took it directly to our preassigned table. That was just the beginning. HSN sent over volunteers and they were there for anything we might need. HSN had given us a insulated cup and these volunteers may sure they were always filled. They ran and got your drinks for you. Lunch was donated by Carrabas Restaurant and was chicken Alfredo and salad. An hour later they served hot chocolate chip cookies right to the table. Later chocolates were delivered. Dinner was Olive Garden's bake ziti, salad and bread sticks. Panera bread came in with cookies and chocolate cake. They were over the top on food.

They had six make and takes and there was no waiting because they called you up by tables and there was plenty of time to make them. There were tons of door prizes and raffles but I did not win any of them. One lady got to go home to her husband and tell him she had a great time cropping and she won 2 Buccaneer game tickets. I bet her husband lets her go to a crop again. I can't wait for next year. They have already given us the date for next year.

One more inning. Rays are up and we are starting the 8th inning. Cross your fingers.

I'll share my layouts from this weekend during the week.

Had a Interview

Yesterday I actually had a job interview. It's not a great job but it does have full benefits and right now that is extremely important to me. The interview went well and they are setting up an appointment with the District Manager. Wish me luck.

Days are becoming typical. Send out resumes in the morning, water aerobics and house maintenance. Misty and I are walking and playing. Thank you Jackie for making dinner last night. It was great as usual. Here is a layout from yesterday's Scrap and Dash. Kim does a great job.

The other first two layouts are made from scraps from the last couple of weeks.

Digital Layouts from Scrap Pink

Scrap Pink was a lot of fun and this morning I just felt like doing a couple of digital layouts. Thought the photos from scrap pink were a perfect subject to commemorate the weekend. It was fun ladies.

TGIF

What a busy week it has been. Job search was number one and about 25 resumes went flying out. There is and was the health care situation. Happily this is getting resolved and I will actually save money. I will finalize this on Tuesday. Then there are the headaches involved with resolving my car accident from August. This was the rear end hit and this is almost resolved. The only problem from this week and the past several months is the bleeding from my IRA. Will the market ever bottom out and start to go up. I am just like everyone else. Just holding my breath that the market won't go down much more.

Did the other usual things today. Water aerobics in the morning and tonight I went to the club house for game night. This is new for around here. You just go to the club house and bring a game and just hang out. What fun and it doesn't cost anything. We did this all summer on Monday nights at the pool. We brought a bag dinner and ate on the veranda and then played games or cards. Someone must think it's fall and we need to move inside.

It was a beautiful night and Misty and I went out for her run and she loved it. The cooler weather agrees with her and me.

Have a great weekend. This is just a fun digital layout I did this week.

Scrap and Dash Tonight

Here are several Scrap and Dash layouts. The first two are from several weeks ago that I forgot to post and the second two are from tonight. Had fun with Jenni and Chelsea tonight. They are both fun to hang out with. Naomi I was sorry you were coming as we were going. Would have loved to chat.

Not much happened today. Misty went to the groomers and she looks adorable. Photos tomorrow. Water aerobics as usual and then a search for health insurance. I think I have that nailed down and will make my decision over the next couple of days. There aren't many options but there is one that may work for me.

Off to bed and a good book. Night all.

Go Rays

Tonight we were all rooting for the Tampa Bay Rays. They were victorious over the Chicago White Sox's. I feel a little sad for my Chicago friends but down here in Florida we are doing the happy dance. Larry you can now wear your Rays hat.

Tried out a new recipe on my sister and Mom tonight. Yes I know I don't cook but decided it was time to try. I made grilled chicken with a mango salsa. It was great. This was one of the recipes from the Biggest Loser last week. They inspired me to cook.

Misty and the Duck

We have a number of ducks at the pond where I live. It totally amazes me that the white ducks don't even care about Misty and she doesn't care about them. She just totally ignores them. Tonight we sat for a few minutes on the bench while Misty sniffed every single grass blade. The ducks are in the background.

Today was filled with sweeping and washing floors and laundry. Last load is in the dryer and I'm ready to relax for the evening.

Thanks Mom for dinner tonight. It was great.

Had a Play Day Today

Just had a good ole fashion play day today. Mom and I went to St. Petersburg to the Whim So Doodle Fall Festival. It was such a gorgeous day and the festival was outside so we enjoyed walking around tried a few projects and enjoyed the day.

As we left we commented that we were going right past Tropicana Field. Yesterday there was total chaos there but today is was quiet and deserted. With any luck next week the real chaos will start with the Rays in the World Series. We won't be going near St. Petersburg.

On the way back we stopped at the Crap Trap in Ellington and had a great lunch. I had a lobster salad sandwich and absolutely loved it. Mom had Scallops. Next we were off to the Quilt store and Mom picked up some Loralee fabric. The new designs were all out.

Got back home and took a short nap and then we were off to the movies. We saw Nights in R something with Richard Gere. He's still got it. It has a sad ending which kinda of irritated me. I need happy.

Have a good weekend everyone and go Rays. Finish it off in Chicago tomorrow.

A Day To Remember

This was one of the ways I remembered Jim today. I was looking at photos of our wedding and remembering how happy we were. We stood in that gazebo and promised each other so much. I just didn't know that death do us part would come so soon.

Jim sang the Abba song, "I've Been Waiting For You," to me at our reception and I will never forget that moment.

I celebrate you today my love.

10 Years Ago Today

Ten years ago today Jim and I were married. I miss him so much.

More Pages From Last Weekend

This past weekend was great to get caught up on some of the photos that I had not scrapped. I take so many photos that I probably have enough right now that if I didn't take anymore photos until the end of the year I would not run out of new photos to scrap. The grandpa layout I have scrapped those photos but from a completely different perspective. This layout remembers the heartwarming side of Jack's and Jim's relationship. Just had to capture that moment again.




Just finished watching the vice presidential debate. I enjoyed the encounter but I am tired of the TV ads. I would much rather listen to the debate format. I think you get a better sense of the person and their positions. Enough politics. Good Night.

Layouts from Scrap Pink

Last weekend I spent the weekend cropping at Scrap Pink. I got a lot accomplished and here are a few of the layouts. There will be more to come.

Tonight was Scrap and Dash and finished that layout and it is to come also.

Just wanted to say a huge thank you to my sister. Friday is Jim and my 10th anniversary. Sadly we will not be able to celebrate but he is in my heart. Jim always gave me a box of Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory truffles. My absolute favorite. My sister brought me a box tonight knowing that I am very down this week. You can't buy them in Sarasota but she picked them up on her way back from Georgia. Thank you Jackie. You are the best.

Donald begins what my be his Senior year in college this week. What an exciting time for him. Thought I'd celebrate him tonight. Go Donald. We are so proud of you.

Digital Class #5

Here is a very cool layout from my journaling class that I am taking. The exercise was to write ourselves a letter but it was to be when we were very young. I found these cute photos from 1951 and used them. Then we had to create the layout using our journaling and then we created letter stickers for the layout. Plus we put the date in by using circle month stickers and grunge letters. It was a fun layout.