Eggs, eggs, eggs!

Luci was acting kinda strange this morning -- walking around looking up at the patio chairs, making this little clucking sound and walking around looking up at everything. She jumped up on a little table that is next to a patio chair that I happened to be sitting in. I reached over to pet her and asked her if she was alright...because at that moment I only suspected what she was up to. She came over next to me and started picking at the chair cushion and trying to climb in behind me...then I knew my suspicions were correct. She was definitely looking for a nesting spot. So I got up and let her climb over to the seat of the chair. I got her to climb up on my hand and I held her close and walked her over to the chickencoop. She didn't seem to be pleased with that...so I just opened up the side door. The side door basically opens the whole side for easy access to clean out the coop. I went back over and sat down and in a minute she went back inside the coop on her own. I had seen her climbing the ladder earlier like she was going to go in but then she would  go back down and wonder around a bit and then do it again. Anyway, she settled into one of the nestboxes and I went to grab my cell phone to get a pic because I knew my hubby would want to see. :b

I then closed the door to give her privacy and went about my business. An hour and 15 minutes later, she emerged from the coop and when I checked, there was her egg. =) I'm so happy! Three of our chickens are now laying. YAY!!

It's been a few days...

I didn't realize how long it's been since I posted (AGAIN), I guess I should do that! LOL Well, Gertie has been laying eggs regularly everyday since I last posted and now we have another hen that is also laying but every other day. We don't know who the mystery egg-layer is, either! =) I imagine they will all be laying here in a minute.

I got some new things in my shop listed. I listed one of the pumpkin cards and the bunny card I made:

I also listed a couple stamp sets and a couple packages of Spectrum Noir markers that I already had before I bought the lot of 72. That reminds me, I went ahead and got the four 24 packs that they sell to go with those markers and the storage rack so now I have all 168 markers and I just LOVE them! I have been playing around with them and sorting out my favorite color combos. If you are just starting out with alcohol markers and want to try a nice set without spending a lot of money, I highly recommend the Spectrum Noir line. Here is a link to the first 72 to get you started:

Spectrum Noir 72 Pen Set

and the 4 additional 24 packs here:

Spectrum Noir 96 Pens

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I had also listed a Martha Stewart Circle cutter in my shop but it sold yesterday and I already have it dropped off at the post office. If you are interested, you can find one here. I just didn't care for this particular cutter and bought a set of circle dies instead. I don't remember who made the dies, I just picked them up at Michael's and used a %40 off coupon...so I got a pretty good deal. =)
That is all I can think of for now. Hubby was home sick from work yesterday, so we just had a pretty relaxed day. If I think of anything else I forgot, I'll come back and post it. Thanks for stopping by! =)

Hello!

It's been a few days since my last post. I'm kinda behind I guess. :b Yesterday, hubby and I celebrated our 5 year wedding anniversary. We went out to dinner and had a nice evening together. Nothing fancy. I'd definitely marry him all over again. =)

In other news, our little red hen (Gertie) has laid 2 eggs in the last 3 days! She seems to think that one of the padded patio chairs is her nest, though. LOL Anyway, we opened up the nestboxes in the coop and got them ready and available for the girls, but no eggs in there yet!! LOL

I don't have pictures of the pumpkin cards yet (well I do, but they aren't ready to post). I will get them up soon and I also have a cute little birthday bunny card to share as well. I decided the other day that I wanted to rearrange some stuff in my craft room as one of my work tables was not really getting any use except to be the crafty 'catch all' from yard sales, craft store sales, etc. So I had to change that! LOL Last weekend I picked up a vintage 18"x18" Premiere guillotine paper cutter for $10. It was an awesome deal!! The guillotine paper cutter I have now, someone messed with the ruler that lines the top and it cuts about an 1/8 inch off at the other end of the paper, I had a hard time with a couple projects before I realized that. >.< The new paper trimmers just don't hold up like the vintage ones. I have already replaced the cutting blade on my Recollections trimmer a couple three times and I only bought it a few months back...maybe 6 months? Junk. I wish I could find replacement blades for my X-Acto 12 inch rotary trimmer...I LOVE THAT THING!! But it's a discontinued product and you can't buy anything for it anymore...however, it does give me a nice distressed edge cut! LOL

Will pop in soon to get those pics posted. Have a wonderful evening! =)

Issues with Ebay!

Ah, I was so panicked when I tried to check on the status of a recent order. Ebay would not let me sign in and when I tried to have Ebay resend my password, their system told me that my email did not exist! I was freaking out! So I called my bestie Rene to see if she could sign in and she couldn't either. That made me feel better...but well, it kinda didn't. I won't feel better until I can actually sign in myself and see that all is fine. I did find this website and discovered that MANY people were having the same issue. I still want to sign in to my own account, though!! LOL!!

The last couple days have been busy. You were probably thinking I fell off the face of the earth since receiving my new Spectrum Noir markers!! LOL They are AWESOME, too! I love them! They color so smooth...huge difference compared to Sharpies and Bic Mark-its! I really love this pansy stamp and it's the first thing I colored! =)

I made 4 autumn theme pumpkin cards yesterday. Will have to get pics of them so I can show you before I post them in my shop. I really need to get started on my Christmas cards. They aren't going to be able to be thrown together in just a couple days. Really makes you wonder what I'm doing, huh? hehe I'm not telling. :b

That's all for now. Gonna go see if I can login to Ebay yet. *crosses fingers* >.<