Painful Musings

 

Hello and welcome.  This post will be short.  I had a bad fall one week ago trying to kill a mosquito.  I remember reaching up over my head to smash it between my hands, then the next thing I knew I was in free fall until the back of my head connected with the floor.  I apparently fell head first into the fireplace hearth where the front of my head connected with the fireplace, then backwards until I landed on the floor.  My husband says he thinks I also hit the TV table with the back of my head before landing on the floor where my hip connected with the bottom corner of the hearth.  Let's just say....I hurt...STILL!  I'm still really bruised/sore on the front of my head and my right hip.  The rest of the update is below:

 

I will be hit and miss with posting, as well as creating cards/projects until the exacerbated migraine, and concussion issues, get better.

Musings

 Hello and welcome.  I'm dealing with a nasty migraine so I've not been creating or doing anything online right now until I can get it under control or gone.  Right now not much is helping either.  I do appreciate your patience.  Thank you.

Happy Christmas Mate & Some Musings

Hello and welcome.  Well California is finally getting some rain and snow in the mountains.  How long this lasts only God knows. Don't get me wrong.  I LOVE rain especially since we need it so badly.  With that in mind, things have been a bit "rough" here the last few days for me physically and mentally.  Had to get an appointment with my primary to follow-up on the back and start to deal with mental issues.  Lately I've been feeling like I'm going to jump out of my skin and I just can't control feeling like that.  So, long story short, we're trying a few things to see if they help.  Please keep your fingers crossed the new meds work.  I'm digressing though and you're here to see the card I made for a lovely young lady in Australia whom I had sent a birthday card a couple of months back as part of a RAK request.  Once I had sent her birthday card, I thought Elysha would like one at Christmas too so I borrowed the retired Happy Christmas Mate set from Stampin Up a friend of mine had.

I started out by stamping the Santa image in Memento tuxedo black ink onto scrap white card stock then colored it using both prismacolor and copic markers.  Once the coloring was finished, I layered it and added some faux brads before setting aside.  I then took a scrap panel of card stock, dry embossed it using a Cuttlebug swirls embossing folder and my big shot, before stippling Tim Holtz broken china distress ink over the embossed images before adding that to a blue card base.  I then added my layered image panel using glue dots.  As an afterthought, I highlighted the surfing Santa using Castle Arts glitter gel pens and added a few sequins from my stash.  To the inside of the card, I added a few more stamped/colored images from the same Happy Christmas Mate set along with sayings from my dusty Sunny Seasons Greetings set (retired).

Inside of card

Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #44 - November Use Your NBUS (images/sayings) 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2022 - Use Your Unloved Stash (Sunny Seasons Greetings set) 

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #127 - Anything Goes Christmas 

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge #550 - Shades of Blue 

Through The Craft Room Door Nov 8th - Anything Goes 

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge #619 - Anything Goes Christmas 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

Stamps: Stampin Up

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Broken China, Tumbled Glass

Card Stock: Hammermill White; Stampin Up; Scraps

Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, PFS Blending Brushes, PFS Sequins, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Gel Pens, Small Hole Punch, Bearly Arts Glue, Sanding Block

 

Thank You For Everything

 A little late posting.  My husband and I stayed up through the night to watch the funeral for her majesty Queen Elizabeth II from our side of the pond.  She was the only queen I've ever known.  She was a national, and world, treasure for sure and King Charles III is going to have some big shoes to fill.  To the Royal Family, the people of the UK and the Commonwealth, my heartfelt and deepest sympathies to you.  God save the King!!

Happy Birthday Mom!

Second post from me today.  If you're looking for my Pumpkin Time post, please scroll down one.

Ok.  A slightly different post from me.  29 years ago on May 19th, 1991, at age 45, my mother lost her battle with breast cancer.  Today she would have been 74yrs old.  She was my best friend, confidant, and crafting teacher.  I have felt every one of those missed years with her.  I was blessed to have her at my wedding but so many other milestones have been missed: anniversaries, birth of my two kids, 2 miscarriages, and my own health issues, death of my dad & step-dad, kids graduations, my sons marriage and others.  Mom also taught me to care for others; two and four-legged.  I wrote a dedication post to her and her Jesus bear here and here that explain further about her.  So, once again I say, Happy Birthday in Heaven.  I love you and miss you so much.  After all of these years, it still seems like yesterday you crossed over.  I'm sure you're having one awesome party up there.  I'll see you again someday.

 Dedicated to Ruth Marion (Schroeder) Hart  October 24, 1946 - May 19, 1991

Happy Easter To All

Hello.  I just wanted to wish you all a very Happy Easter. Please stay safe out there.  He Is Risen!!!!!

My Grouchy Girl

Hello and welcome.  The last few days have been really hard for me and my family.  Last Thursday the 2nd, we lost one of our 18 year old house panthers, Midnight, to kidney failure.  She was definitely a special kitty.  Besides being a cuddle bug, she always "talked back" to everyone.  She really had "cattitude"; hence the nickname grouchy girl.  The house has been too quiet since Thursday. 

Run free Midnight over the rainbow bridge.  I'll see you again someday.

My Sweet Boy

It's just been almost 5 weeks since we lost our sweet boy Pyro to feline lower urinary tract disease (LUTD).  As his vet said, it's a nasty disease.  It's still hard to talk about him right now.  I miss him so much.  He was my precious lap kitty and my lap feels so empty right now. 

Well then.....

...I know it's been a while since I've posted.  Between health issues, mental health issues, family issues, and having to put one of my fur babies to sleep; the end of 2019 and the beginning of 2020 have really stunk!!  I sure hope the rest of 2020 improves.  I am still hoping to get back to coloring and making some cards again soon.  Unfortunately, there's still a lot of stuff going on and it's not all pretty.

Thanks for reading and have a great week folks.

Taking A Break

Hello everyone and welcome.  Just wanted to let all of you know that I'm going to have to take a blogging, and possibly stamping, break.  Just found out my husband has to have open heart surgery ASAP.  Just with the way my body is reacting from getting the news this last weekend, I'm going to have to put my own health, and that of my husband's, first right now.  I thank you for understanding.

Well Then.....

When it rains, it really pours doesn't it.  *sigh*  A lot has been going on these last few weeks.  You have to live here to believe all of the stuff that's been going on, however,  I live here and am having a hard time believing it.  I've tried to stay positive, and as busy as my health will allow, but two more members of our family are no longer with us.  It's now been a little more than two months since our sweet fur baby, Bella, died in my arms from a massive seizure.  It still hurts so bad.  I'm really missing my cute little girl so much.  On top of that, my step-dad also passed away as well a couple weeks ago so I'm still dealing with that as well.  My precious kitty's have done everything "in their power" to help heal my heart.

My health hasn't been doing well either.  Migraines have been overactive again, and I'm sure it's the stress on top of the weather changes helping cause the flare-up.  California desperately needs the rain and snow, I just hurt so much more when the storms come in and not just from the migraines but the fibromyalgia as well.  Chronic pain really sucks!! I really feel like I'm on the verge of a nervous breakdown again.

Thanks for listening.  Needed to vent a tad.

Oh Baby Girl!!!

Well it's official - 2019 you really suck already!!!!  It's been almost one week since my baby girl died in my arms from a massive seizure New Year's Day.  What a crappy way to start the new year.  I'm sure there are those out there that will, or do say, she's only a dog but she WAS my baby girl.

I really, really do miss her.  :(

The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year

Although my own children are not in school, or college, anymore, I still totally enjoy this old Staples commercial.  You just have to love back to school, right?  ;)

Musings And Such

The last few weeks have been extremely stressful, hectic, and with pain from my migraines and fibromyalgia going off the charts at times.  Most likely from the stress.  I have also been very distracted and unable to concentrate a lot.  Not sure if from the migraine pain or what.  What I do know is I feel like I'm on one of those hamster wheels; trying my best to run and getting nowhere just to have the process start all over again.  These little ones have also helped me keep my sanity, or what's left of it.

Thanks for listening.  Sorry to ramble but I had to tell someone.  :(

Musings And Stuff

Sorry to be so absent lately, I've been having some major issues with my chronic migraines and fibromyalgia.  I'm hoping to get back to stamping and blogging as soon as I can.

In the meantime, my family's hearts and prayers go out to everyone affected by Hurricane Harvey.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.