Sunday Night Chit-Chat

The above quote is a good one for me. I am always afraid to start new things and really need to want it more than I'm afraid of it. Just jump in with both feet and make things happen!


It's time for the Sunday Night Chit-Chat:) Carla at My 1/2 Dozen Daily starts the Chit-Chat each week and I so enjoy playing along. Check out her answers to the Chit-Chat!


So, let's get started...

• Reading...The Seventh Day Ox by Bradley Booth. A story about a pastor who was sent to Siberia because he wouldn't give up the names of his parishioners to the KGB.
• Watching...The Glades on Netflix.
• Listening to...The wind blowing really hard:(
• Cooking/Baking...Absolutely nothing today. I plan to make bread tomorrow.
• Happy you accomplished this week...Stamping Club (fun projects and the ladies liked them) and the house got cleaned good:)
• Looking forward to this week...organizing, making more cards (never have enough) and doing some sewing.
• Thankful for today...hubby has lots of work right now (works on commission so that's good); yummy food in the garden; phone call from my brother:)
• What is my favorite summer food and/or drink treat...My favorite summer food is pasta salad and cantaloupe (not together) and my favorite summer drink is Raspberry Lemonade mixed with Rooibos iced tea--yumm!!!

Well, that's it for me for this week! How about you?!!! Tomorrow I will have our third stamping club project for you to see. Thanks for visiting!  Kat

Weekly Money Check-up

So far my week is not going as planned but detours can be fun too, right?!!! So far mine haven't been too fun but I'm trying to look at this from a "glass half full" kind of perspective!


I missed the Happy Homemaker Monday:( but will try to catch it next week. I also didn't get any card making done yesterday as hubby and I went to town to purchase fun food for tomorrow--Independence Day!!! So what is fun food you might ask. Well, at our house for July 4, it means everything to make a super, duper Potato Salad, hot dogs with all the trimmings (veggie, of course--our favorite are Loma Linda Big Franks), Kettle Barbecue Potato Chips, and lemons for Fresh Raspberry Lemonade:) 


Well, I am happy to take part in the Weekly Money Check-up started each week by Ginna at My Pretty Pennies. So let's get started!


The most I spent this last week was on...My Stampin' Up! order but I get to console myself that it's business related!


Today I am thankful for...A chance to stay home and get some housework done.


Money can't buy happiness. One free thing I did last week was...visit with my brother on the phone. Also, I love picking raspberries and we have had a lot of raspberries to pick. It's like a treasure hunt for me!


I will consider this week a success if...

• I get my stamping order delivered
• Pull off tomorrow's picnic without forgetting anything major
• Restore this house to a semblance of order
• Have a post ready for next week's Titus 2sday (at the blog Time-Warp Wife)
• Post at least one card to my blog this week
• Finish new Blog Header

This July 4th I am...Delivering most of my stamping order then having a picnic with family and friends, watch the parade, listen to some blue grass music in the park in the teeny tiny town of Ione, OR. 

I hope you will be enjoying your 4th of July with family and friends. Kat

Sunday Night Chit-Chat

It's time for the Sunday Night Chit-Chat started each week by Carla at My Half Dozen Daily. The picture I chose this week is of one of a set of cards I made for my granddaughter to give her teacher on the last day of school. I love, love, love the Betsy's Blossoms stamp set and the Floral District Designer Series Paper both from Stampin' Up! This card came from a tutorial I received from my Stampin' Up! upline Linda Gutierrez. I will post more of the cards in this set tomorrow:)


So now, for the Sunday Night Chit-Chat...
I am...


Reading...Whoo Hoo! I finished A Time to Dance and started A Time to Embrace by Karen Kingsbury:) Hopefully this one won't take me as long to read.


Watching...Nothing! Planning to read tonight too, Carla!


Listening to...The wind! It is really blowing today:( And, as usual our bulldog puppy is snoring right beside me while I blog. He is sooo cute!


Baking/Cooking...I was going to make bread but decided to wait till tomorrow. Today I did pick over a gallon of raspberries and put half of them in the freezer! They are sooo yummy! I think I'll make some Raspberry Lemonade tomorrow:)


Happy you accomplished...I am just happy I made it through the week! We were gone all day Thursday for appointments and a Solar Seminar put on by the company my hubby works for (two hour drive to and from). Then we had a college graduation Friday afternoon (1 1/2 hour drive to and from). Finally my SIL's funeral yesterday (3 hour drive to and from). Whew! Lots of sitting in the car:( 


Looking forward to next week...Visit to my daughter and granddaughter:) Precious granddaughter will be seven years old on Saturday!


Thankful for Today...After the funeral yesterday, I am so thankful for one more day with my husband. My SIL was only 56 years old and my brother will miss her terribly. I want to learn to appreciate the little things more.


If you could have just one item off your "wish list" right now, what would it be? Hands down, for me it would be an iPad! It's not on the priority list right now, but I really, really want one. Someday....


Have a nice evening and be sure to check out the other Sunday Night Chit-Chat's by visiting Carla's blog My 1/2 Dozen Daily. I will be back tomorrow for the Happy Homemaker Monday AND some cards to share.