Heavy Heart

Today we gave our Jack Russell a new home. We loved her very much, but she and our cat Felix just couldn't see eye to eye on who was boss. I've cried for hours, even though I know we did the right thing.

Allie is living with a couple about the same age as I am, and they recently lost there girl JR, Sophie, to illness and her brother Harley was lonesome. I've already received pictures of them playing together and having fun. We stayed an hour before Rose and I said good bye.

I didn't know it would be so hard, I didn't know I would be so SAD. I can't fight the tears and I miss her being here to greet me when I get home. She stood on the back of the couch so she could be in the front window, I miss that.

Tonight will be long without her being curled up under the covers in the bend of my legs. OK, I know she is only a dog, but she had become family to me.

Thanks for sharing my life, my stories, my emotions, all of you are dear to me.

I can't "talk" about it know, so words on "paper" is all I can do.

Love you all !!!

Rachel

Just checking in to say hello!

Hello world!!
Isn't it just beautiful everywhere? Even though my grass is too tall and needs to be mowed, I know the clover is blooming and the bees will be buzzing soon. To most of you that doesn't mean much, to me that means my squash, tomatoes, etc. will be pollinated and hopefully I will have fresh veggies to eat in the summer. So I'm not only saving fuel by not cutting my grass every 7 days, I'm attracting bees to my little patch of growing veggies. Did I mention that everything is attracted to my newly turned garden?
Let me go back to the beginning. The dirt has never been broken where I live in the 19 years I've lived here. Since it's the backside of a mountain; the dirt is not only the hard red clay Alabama is known for, it is also filled with those pesky rocks.

Well the day I began running my Troy-Bilt "HORSE", it really ran me....it was dragging me around the yard for hours and it felt good.

I was breaking ground for my own garden, my own private place to pick my fresh peppers, eggplants,squash, and tomatoes, so being dragged around my yard for hours was a small price to pay.

Well after four hours, and equity sweat I noticed that my dog was enjoying this as much as I was, he had a brand new place to play!

Now our Snappy is 14 years old, but he still loves to lay on his back and play in the dirt, and this dirt was new, this dirt was cool and soft, he was having the time of his life. I couldn't help but laugh out loud.

OK, I've gotten a bit of track, but ADD does that, I'll try to explain the planting process later, Snappy enjoyed that process as well, he's such a good boy.

NEW STUFF

For those of you in Madison/Huntsville.....OUAS has a huge amount of new stuff..........again, I spent waaaaayyyy too much money there.
Go check it out, tell Sunny, Becka, Karen, and Deloris I said hello!!!

Rachel

NO pics today, just saying hello

Just logging in to say hello to everyone. It's been a bit crazy around our house lately and I'm thinking it just my slow down for a bit. I'm getting ready to dig around in the yard. My Parents are bringing me plants today. My Mom has a porch sized green house and has grown seedlings of tomato's, squash and such....I'm so excited.
While I was visiting them last week I went to a WONDERFUL scrapbook store and spent waaay too much money on new and exciting things to work with, a girl can never have too much pretty paper, right?????

I looking for suggestions to work on my Parents 50th Anniversary invitation, party, scrapbook, etc.

Hope everyone has a GREAT day, I'm headed into work. Got to punch that clock again.

I've started selling ARBONNE products, and maybe one day the time clock will go away.....
I'll share more about that later, the clock is ticking away.

Love ya all and see you soon!!!
Rachel

I finished with the altered box

So, today I've been a bit on the UN-organized side.

Rose and I repaired the washer today. The water mixer froze last Saturday night, but due to that nasty ole' bug, I just didn't feel like dealing with it. So I called A-1 about buying the part Friday, $35 plus tax...... THEN I remembered my friend Big John and his wife Susan gave me their old machine for parts. Now "ain't" that cool??? So Rose & I put on our insulated underclothes (the washer is in the garage) and WE fixed that puppy today. I'm washing the 5th load now, we stripped the beds and such. We make a pretty good handy woman team....Mother/Daughter Team for the day award....tee hee hee

NOW for the fun stuff. Michael's had their ROCK STAR paper on sale, and I had been really wanting it for a long time, but just could not pay full price for it.

I took one of those display boxes from Costco and altered it. Now I have the neatest little storage container, right now I have my rubber stamps lined up in it. I plan to do a series of these. I covered it with the matte Mod Podge. ANYWAY, take a look, let me know what you think, it was so much fun.

Another Sunday gone by

Today was a good day, for those of you that know my life, the extra person that had been visiting for the last month is now gone..........YEE HAA!!!
This past week has been stressfull and I've been sick with a yucky stomach bug. I think I'm all better now, and life goes on.
Yesterday I sat at my craft table and organized things that had just found a way to stack up. I'm ready to do some scrap booking, but the pictures I want to use are sitting here on my computer.

I'm planning a scrap booking retreat with friends, and a spring vacation too.
LIFE IS GOOD!!

Got to turn in the Girl Scout cookie order forms tomorrow, and we lost it before we could make our rounds.....so we will do the cash and carry this year. I'll order all the faves, and sell from my trunk.....LOL

SO, what are all of you up to?

Rachel

Lazy Sunday

Just taking it easy today, doing things that just need to be done. I've sorted my chipboard, filed paper, taken out all the recycle things. I've even posted a few things on Freecycle to get out of my way.
I want to make some cards.....got inspired yesterday at a workshop with Beth and Yazmin.
When I got home I spilled my "Mary Poppins" bag and had to re-organize everything, guess that's where that it where it began.

Wish me luck, and great inspiration.

Rachel