Yesterday I finished up my Christmas cards. I decided this year I'm only sending out 20 cards. Now that they are finished, I just need to get them addressed and mailed but it's still a little early to send them, of course. :b
I got up this morning and decided to go over to Staples to see about getting one of my new adult coloring books spiral bound. Well, they don't do that anymore...unless you cut the binding off yourself first. The woman at the counter told me that the cutting part was ruining their machine. I think they need to get a new machine. LOL I was reading online that you can heat the binding with a hairdryer and pull the pages off yourself but I'm just wondering if that is a risk I want to take. It would sure be nice to lay my book flat when I'm coloring!! =) I may give it a try, I may not. Why in the world do these books not already come spiral bound??? EVERYONE will want them to lay flat for coloring...duh.
I think today is just a coloring kind of day. Not feeling all that great. The other day I picked up some Staedler colored pencils at Michael's to try them out...ew, I don't like them at all (and will return them)! I don't like that they are triangle shaped and they sharpen funny. I think I will just stick with my 50ct. Crayolas. LOL They aren't fancy but the colors are bright and blend well. My coloring books are just for me anyway, right? hehe
Monday, November 23, 2015
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
eBay Junk!
Just a little rant. Why do eBay sellers insist on adding my email address to their mailing list (aka SPAM) without my permission? If I want to be on their mailing list I have the option to subscribe. eBay already has a system set up for this. It just irks me that I have to go through the trouble to unsubscribe because I was not asked if I would like to subscribe or not. I know it's a minor thing, but 100 pennies makes a dollar. I don't know how many lists I have had to unsubscribe myself from and my time is precious. I have better things to do with it. Bleh! Okay, I'm done. LOL
So today I go to check a tracking number for a set of stamps I purchased the other day from eBay. The tracking information says the package was delivered yesterday. Really? So I head out to the mailbox to check again because my husband had already checked the mail yesterday evening and he said there was no mail. I know my husband isn't blind...so when I get to the mailbox and see what I already knew I went over and knocked on my neighbor's door to see if maybe the package was accidently put in her mailbox. She says no but she also informs me that she saw our postal carrier take a small package to my door yesterday after he visited our mailboxes. So I go check around my front porch thinking maybe the wind blew it off the porch and into or behind my lavender bush. I look everywhere (even under the doormat)...no package. So I call the post office. The woman I spoke to said to call in the morning so I could speak to my carrier and find out if he remembers the delivery. So I plan on doing that. I also left the seller positive feedback because of course this is not her fault and the tracking says it was delivered...but this is not the end of my story. LOL
So, these photopolymer stamps I ordered are actually a replacement of the same stamps I bought the previous week from another eBay seller. The problem with the first order was that when I recieved the stamps they were gummy and one broke off when I went to peel it off the acetate. The seller was awesome and refunded me with no problems. Now I'm just wondering do I find another set to buy or am I not meant to own them??? LOL This has never happened to me and it's so weird that I should have problems with both purchases. I will update tomorrow after I speak with my carrier. =)
Bring on more rain!! My grass is just starting to turn green again!
UPDATE: My carrier told me that he left the package on my front porch. So, someone walked off with it. I hope they are enjoying my faerie stamps!! =/
So today I go to check a tracking number for a set of stamps I purchased the other day from eBay. The tracking information says the package was delivered yesterday. Really? So I head out to the mailbox to check again because my husband had already checked the mail yesterday evening and he said there was no mail. I know my husband isn't blind...so when I get to the mailbox and see what I already knew I went over and knocked on my neighbor's door to see if maybe the package was accidently put in her mailbox. She says no but she also informs me that she saw our postal carrier take a small package to my door yesterday after he visited our mailboxes. So I go check around my front porch thinking maybe the wind blew it off the porch and into or behind my lavender bush. I look everywhere (even under the doormat)...no package. So I call the post office. The woman I spoke to said to call in the morning so I could speak to my carrier and find out if he remembers the delivery. So I plan on doing that. I also left the seller positive feedback because of course this is not her fault and the tracking says it was delivered...but this is not the end of my story. LOL
So, these photopolymer stamps I ordered are actually a replacement of the same stamps I bought the previous week from another eBay seller. The problem with the first order was that when I recieved the stamps they were gummy and one broke off when I went to peel it off the acetate. The seller was awesome and refunded me with no problems. Now I'm just wondering do I find another set to buy or am I not meant to own them??? LOL This has never happened to me and it's so weird that I should have problems with both purchases. I will update tomorrow after I speak with my carrier. =)
Bring on more rain!! My grass is just starting to turn green again!
UPDATE: My carrier told me that he left the package on my front porch. So, someone walked off with it. I hope they are enjoying my faerie stamps!! =/
Monday, November 2, 2015
It's Finally Raining!!
It's been raining here for the last FULL day! My lawn might even turn green in a couple weeks! YAY!!! :b
The last few weeks have been quite busy! I keep meaning to get on here and update but after I get all my tasks finished, I want to get off the computer and get other things done around the house. I'm working on cutting down my emails and stuff. It just takes up too much time of my day! One thing I have been working on too is switching to a new email address and that is always a LOT of work and time involved. I'm sure you have been there a time or two yourself.
So last month (October) we were getting our house ready to put on the market. We are anxious to get moved. It's just time to do it but now that it's fall and Thanksgiving and Christmas are upon us, it's a down time in the housing market and sadly we will have to wait until the spring to get our house listed at the price we need. =(
My best friend Rene came to visit mid-month and we had an absolute blast!! We spent a couple days shopping for papercrafting supplies at a couple 3 or 4 or was it 5 scrapbooking stores!?!?? LOL It was a lot of fun. We had been saving a couple card kits from Simon Says Stamp so we could work on them together and we did! We made a mess in my diningroom! This top picture is AFTER the clean up of a full day working on the SSS October kit. We made 10 cards each...you can sorta see them at the back of the table.
The bottom picture is after day 2 that we papercrafted all day with the SSS August kit. Rene actually took this picture because I forgot to get one before we cleaned up!! LOL She made another 10 cards and I made 11...so in all we made 41 different cards and still have supplies leftover to do quite a few more. Those SSS monthly kits are a lot of fun and the products included are fantastic!! My only complaint is that I wish SSS would include some envelopes!! hehe
We were going to catch a movie at the theatre while she was here but there was NOTHING playing that we wanted to see...so we opted for an Underworld marathon instead because you know how much we love our vampire movies. Team Selene!! :b After 6 days, it was really sad to see her go home. My siamese cat couldn't have been happier to have his house back to normal, though. LOL
So a few days after Rene left, my hubby had to leave for a week to Colorado Springs for some training for his job. I absolutely hated him being gone and it was so nice when he returned home!! =)
Yesterday, I mostly finished my daughter's Christmas cards. I just have a small embellishment to add to them and then get them packaged up and sent to her so she can get them filled out and sent off. After I get that done, I'm going to be working on another (because I already did one at the end of Sept.) small set of Christmas cards to put in my shop AND THEN I'll get my cards done up so I can get them ready to be mailed!!
So that's (most of) my updates for the last month or so -- except I forgot to mention that we will be downsizing our chicken population from 6 to 4. A family we know has agreed to take our two Ameraucanas, Charlotte and LadyHawke. I'm waiting for them to finish molting because change while molting is really hard on them. So that's it! =) Until next time...
The last few weeks have been quite busy! I keep meaning to get on here and update but after I get all my tasks finished, I want to get off the computer and get other things done around the house. I'm working on cutting down my emails and stuff. It just takes up too much time of my day! One thing I have been working on too is switching to a new email address and that is always a LOT of work and time involved. I'm sure you have been there a time or two yourself.
So last month (October) we were getting our house ready to put on the market. We are anxious to get moved. It's just time to do it but now that it's fall and Thanksgiving and Christmas are upon us, it's a down time in the housing market and sadly we will have to wait until the spring to get our house listed at the price we need. =(
My best friend Rene came to visit mid-month and we had an absolute blast!! We spent a couple days shopping for papercrafting supplies at a couple 3 or 4 or was it 5 scrapbooking stores!?!?? LOL It was a lot of fun. We had been saving a couple card kits from Simon Says Stamp so we could work on them together and we did! We made a mess in my diningroom! This top picture is AFTER the clean up of a full day working on the SSS October kit. We made 10 cards each...you can sorta see them at the back of the table.
The bottom picture is after day 2 that we papercrafted all day with the SSS August kit. Rene actually took this picture because I forgot to get one before we cleaned up!! LOL She made another 10 cards and I made 11...so in all we made 41 different cards and still have supplies leftover to do quite a few more. Those SSS monthly kits are a lot of fun and the products included are fantastic!! My only complaint is that I wish SSS would include some envelopes!! hehe
We were going to catch a movie at the theatre while she was here but there was NOTHING playing that we wanted to see...so we opted for an Underworld marathon instead because you know how much we love our vampire movies. Team Selene!! :b After 6 days, it was really sad to see her go home. My siamese cat couldn't have been happier to have his house back to normal, though. LOL
So a few days after Rene left, my hubby had to leave for a week to Colorado Springs for some training for his job. I absolutely hated him being gone and it was so nice when he returned home!! =)
Yesterday, I mostly finished my daughter's Christmas cards. I just have a small embellishment to add to them and then get them packaged up and sent to her so she can get them filled out and sent off. After I get that done, I'm going to be working on another (because I already did one at the end of Sept.) small set of Christmas cards to put in my shop AND THEN I'll get my cards done up so I can get them ready to be mailed!!
So that's (most of) my updates for the last month or so -- except I forgot to mention that we will be downsizing our chicken population from 6 to 4. A family we know has agreed to take our two Ameraucanas, Charlotte and LadyHawke. I'm waiting for them to finish molting because change while molting is really hard on them. So that's it! =) Until next time...
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