couple more posts

and than I can call it a habit, right? LOL

It's a quicky, for a couple of reasons....

1) I don't have a whole lot to report

2) I'm actually watching the Iowa game online!   GO HAWKS!!!!!

The kit I was telling you about, that Boo has coming out?

It's out!  It's called Memory Maker and I think a lot of it, is going to find its way into my lifebook pages.

Here's the page I have all the way done.It's the "add" for the Point in Time heritage challenge over at the studio. I can't believe I actually have this done, before even the challenge threat is up! ROFL.

The others are waiting on me to find the right picture.......

Have a great weekend, and don't forget to hug that loved one!?

Hugs,

Pauli

Twice in one week.....

Could I possibly be back on some kind of schedule? LOL
We'll see in a week or 2 if I'm still sorted.

Ann has her new kit released. Remember, the one I was all excited about?
It's called  DOGTALES.  Since we don't have a dog, and I never got 'round to taking pictures of Whisper......... I used the next best thing. No, not Perky. That would just be odd ROFL!
I used my teddybear collection :-)
I didn't realize Perky was part of the scene when I took the picture. It was kind of a hard time for me, (they couldn't come to Holland with us, and we gave them to the Childrens' Hospital) and I was mostly concerned with getting all of them in frame, which didn't quite work, so I'm missing a couple of the fuzzies..... It was a good cause, and they were very happy to get such a stash, but it took me 20 years, and a lot of trips and special occasions to  get them all together........

I DO love the kit though!

so here is an overview of what I couldn't fit on the page....

working on a page for Boo, that is sooooo right up  my alley ;-)

I think it is due to come out tomorrow, so I'll be back with it, as soon as it hits the stores.

I promised Mike I would have the house picked up a bit. I'm going thru boxes, so I can thin out things a little, before we move again. No plans yet, but I  KNOW it's coming, so I might as well get ahead of the game, right? The upside is that I combined 3 boxes and 2 bags into a little over 2 boxes. The downside is....... I need to do something with the box, and the left overs before I forget what is what, and combine them again........ (Wouldn't be the first time, so why take the chance)

He's having a short day today, and will be home at 4...... They're almost done redoing the store, and than, hopefully we'll have a little better handle on his hours and days work/off. Until than, he tells me at night how early/late he has to work :-)

 It's time to take the cat for a walk and finish up when I get back.

Don't forget to hug a loved one!

Hugs,

Pauli

Still here....

Just really quiet.....
I know, that's is SO not like me!
Did get some scrapping and sorting in general done, so I'm not too bummed out about my absence.

Our Ka is no more. We got the paperwork saying it has been picked up by the salvager. It was kind of funny. It's the same garage that sold my sister her first car! I checked their website and I have to think that they are fixing it up for resale. There are no purple Ka parts for sale in their salvage section, there is no purple Ka for sale as a complete salvage vehicle, but there's no purple Ka for sale second hand yet either, so who knows. I hope that the next owner has as much fun with it, as I did, and it keeps them as safe as it did me, and gets treated right. The little rucksack deserves it.

On the scrapping front........
I finally figured out how to make a signature for postings..... about time, after almost 4 years, don't you think?

Anne from Star Song Studio has a couple of new kits out, since we last talked.

Remember this day

Sea Passage

She had a freebie Facebook Fan kit, that I played with.....

It is called

  Bright Blooms

I also just realized that all pages are almost identical. Funny, because they were not made at the same time. Must have had some cobweb stuck in my brain somewhere. LOL

She has an awesome kit coming out, that I can't tell you about yet, but it is N I C E !!! Can't wait to show it to you.

Boo is back from vacation, and thank god for small favors. Her vacation gave me time to catch up with the kits I agreed to work with. However............ I found a brand new kit in the bin this morning, so... no rest for the wicked. Mike is off tomorrow and Monday, so I won't be on the computer much. This will have either of 2 reasons.... He'll be playing The SIMS, or we'll be gone LOL. Either way, it will be Wednesday at the earliest before I can get to it...... But I can't show it to you anyway yet, so this whole conversation is a mute point.

The kits I caught up with:

AUGUST Mega over at the Studio is called Driftwood Beach and I got to play with Boo's kit....

Serendipity

Escape

We were going to go away for a couple of days, the week after I had the accident, but we had to call it off. I was SOOOO bummed! I was going to show Mike my favorite area of Holland, we were going to stay in an old Sheepfarm, watch the blooming heather, visit our oldest monolith burial site, and spend some time in a replica of a East India Company's 3 master........ None of that happened, but we did go out to the zoo one day, and Brussels on another.  The zoo is near wear my sister lived when the kids were really little (read less than a year, and 3) and it was worth the trip. The zoo, like most, is divided by continent, but the approach is totally unique. Instead of just the name of the animal, with not a whole lot of information, they have "did you know" signs surrounding the area's. The asia part has a schoolhouse, rice patches, streets and buildings through out the whole area, ant they're working on similar things for the others. It is really a cool place. If you ever are in the neighborhood, I suggest a visit. 

One Page Wonder mix: 

Red, White and Blue

Solace

In the country

Essence of Me

Springs Awakenings (one page wonder)

The KIT

Mornings

Carefree

I messed up on the journaling... We were his 4th home before his 3rd birthday!

My Old Jalopy

One Page wonder:

Spring Breeze

One Page Wonder #73

Now, I didn't do all these pages since I last visited. Some were done a while back,and I hadn't posted them yet, but they are not new releases. Either way, they are new to my blog. LOL

This kit was offered to Boo's Blossems for a new designer over at The Digital Scrapbooking Studio.
Jilberts Bits of Bytes. It is called Flower Power, and I absolutely adore it!

Just realized that it's past midnight here. Mike and the fuzzy roommate have retired a long time ago, so I best check the box for litter critters, and hit the rack as well.

Don't forget to hug a loved one!

Pauli

It took a little longer than planned....

but I'm back :-)

Household chores is still a "no go", but with the heat we've been having, neither one of us really minds. It's been a hundred, and close to it for 3 weeks now, and between you and me............ it's getting soooooo old!
I don't do the heat well since Chemo, and not feeling right, does NOT improve that experience any. Plus it's slowly sinking in that I'm housebound again when Mike is at work. I was thinking the other day..... once I feel better, and it cools down, I can go to Margraten, and walk the cemetery, only to come to the realization that the 25 minute car ride got replaced by a 3 hours combined bus and train trek. If I leave at 9 (the earliest my train pass will let me travel) I'm there at about 12, and they close at 4.30, getting me home around 8..... NOT an option! I could probably ride a bike faster.Oh well.

The wing is feeling a little better.... I can hunt and peck for the keys on the keyboard, since not all my fingers are useable yet. They're getting there, they're just taking the slow road. LOL

We canceled vacation, much to my sjagrin, but it might have been a good decision..... It's kind of sloppy to fall asleep while you're in a museum because of the painkillers. :-) We didn't reschedule yet, but we may take a day here and there and "go do something" We were only going to be gone for 4 days, 3 nights hotel, even with the best deals, is pretty much our limit, and not knowing what was going to happen with the car, our part, if it would get fixed etc.... it was the right decision to make, but it was made under protest! LOL. Mike didn't mind too much... he got to catch up on his SIMS game, me, I slept a lot. I'm on the fence whether it was a waste of vacation time, but Mike seemed ok with it, and I can't shove him out the door and tell him to go work just because we're not going away:-)                                                                             

As promised, here are the pictures of the Ka. Poor thing. It really deserved a better life.

High centered, but it looks ok. I figured at that point that the radiator busted, maybe the oil pan sprung a leak,  but all would be well once it hit the garage....

Everything still looked ok.....

Once we looked at it in the tow yard

The damage is a little bit more glaring

REALLY!?
You had to add the sign?

The thing that ticks me off

Damage done by the straps. The garage thought somebody tried to get in with a crowbar....
'nuf said?

If they EVER tell you there will be no damage....
DO NOT BELIEVE THEM!!

Also got a call from the insurance adjuster...... The little aubergine is toast. Even though the day value last year, was 1400Euro, they're only giving us 500 for it now. (They say it's the whole "year older, more miles" thing, but I think it's an "the less we have to pay, the better we like it" thing) That is including the 800 it cost us to redo the brakes and the 4 new tires in June to make sure it would make APK, the new exhaust, the front struts and all the other things we have done to it since we bought it. Although, I think I may have ruined the wheel alignment ever so slightly....  After we had the brakes done, we figured, well, we pretty much have a new car....... Nah! Should have known better! LOL. 

The airfilter and sparkplugs, as well as the fluids we bought the weekend before the accident to do an oilchange/tune-up will be donated to the neighbor. She has the same color/year KA. She would have took the KA to swap some of her not-so-good parts for ours, but her ex was having a hissyfit, so she backed out. It would have been nice to help her out, we just can't afford to keep it. As long as it is in our name, it has to be insured, road tax paid etc, plus we would have to pay for it to be taken to the dismantlers when she was done with it........ and with the 500 we get for it...... we'd have to add money to the deal. Mike said if we would have a garage, or somewhere where we could part it out, and sell the parts she doesn't need, he would, but right now it's a hassle we don't need, so as soon as all the paperwork is where it needs to go, I'll have to say goodbye to my little rucksack.

It's kind of weird though, because from what I understand, it is not going to a scrapyard, but a garage and they're only paying 180Euro's as "rest value" according to the insurance. So it could very well be that I see it drive once again..... Happy thoughts, keeping happy thoughts :-)  I'll run it thru the RDW (Dutch equivalent of the DMV) in a couple of months, and see what pops up ....

Well, I have 2 hours to get dinner on the table..... and it's going to take me that long, so I'm saying "good night" for now. 

Don't forget to hug a loved one!