Yes I know . . . more Deco Dandies freebie

It's Tuesday already and the week is flying by. Yesterday was rainy but I had errands to run. By the time I got back home, caught up on news with husband, it was time for me to cook dinner and then clean up. Spent some time with hubby then worked on Deco Dandies when I discovered I didn't, as I'd thought, have anything ready to post. Once I finished up yesterday's zip it was after midnight so I decided I'd just wait and post today. I'd gotten a little disturbed throughout the day because I had to relate the story of my brother's parting shots to another family member and it stirred up all those bad feelings again. I know I have to let it go. I know it is always better to choose love than hate. But I also realize that in trying to be kind and fair I was a fool. They say you can't be taken advantage of unless you let it happen, right? And yes, I resent Thom's treatment of me. I don't hate him, I'm just disapppointed and hurt that someone I thought cared about me certainly doesn't. I wish it was all over and I could just pretend he doesn't exist and move on. But I know I'll hear from him at least once since he will be eagerly awaiting his share of tax refund and will be calling to check on it. Fun, fun, fun.

But more than enough about that! Here is zip you should have gotten yesterday:

Aviation was a hot topic in the 30's and men, loving all forms of transportation, couldn't get enough of all things related to flight. (Why do I feel like I've said this before? Oh, maybe because of the airplane lamp?) Anyway, today you get an aviator figure, a globe, and some assorted elements, plus one paper.
Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/rsvfr7mbv44evcv/ws_DecoDandies_10.zip?dl=0

By now, you know how I am - I get started on something and can't decide where to stop. Today's zip has elements for another masculine favorite in 1930s form - football! Couldn't reist including a couple of vintage photos of football players too.

One more paper and lots of football memorabilia.
Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/tf98a2eqin5pos8/ws_DecoDandies_11.zip?dl=0

*** I'm getting ready to go out of town to see my son and may not be back to posting until 5/18 or later. It will be a new topic, just not sure what yet. Hope you all have a wonderful Mother's Day!

Another mistake corrected & Wacky Wednesday

Obviously, I am not, (quoting Dr. McCoy of Star Trek) "operating on all thrusters"! Missed putting in yesterday's link. Will correct as soon as I finish this post, so check back to yesterday's post for added link, please.
Took husband to doc today. Learned that the CT done at hospital really didn't show anything, so based on symptoms, he was treated for infective colitis. Our doctor is following up by scheduling an ultrasound and a colonoscopy to gain more information. He did tell hubby he can have coffee again, just no cream or milk except for skim milk (why bother with that). So tired of doctor appointments!

Today is zip 22 of Deco Dazzle:

Link:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/57614067/2016%20freebies/DecoDazzle/ws_DecoDazzle_22.zip

And it is Wacky Wednesday when you get an additional freebie that could be anything. Today it is a pack of 5 papers:

Link: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/57614067/2016%20freebies/Wacky%20Wednesday/posted/ws_featheredhues_papers.zip

Ready for something new? Chat and freebie

I meant to give advance notice but didn't manage. From now on, I plan no posts for Sunday. Of course, I might surprise you once in awhile. Where have I been? Once we got the ceiling repaired and re-plastered, we did a little replacing of some objects but didn't get very far. Cox Communications in our area finally started going digital. A month or more ago, we received the digital boxes for our 2 TVs. but when they connected it all, we couldn't get channel 3 (CBS/local WTKR). Most of my favorite shows are on CBS so my husband called and spent hours (really!) on the phone with Cox technicians trying to sort it all out. They had him doing this and that, over and over again. When he said they needed to send someone out, he was told we would be charged. Now we've been customers for over 20 years, so he was angry that Cox was going to charge us for this change they were making. I made another call and got the same run around. We disconnected the digital box and proceeded as before until the change over really started happening and notices would appear on channels as they "disappeared." Tried box installation again and had same results. Hubby was threatening to go to dish when someone checked far enough to learn that a number of people in my neighborhood couldn't get CBS (my father is 20 minutes away and he could). A compromise was agreed on: a technician would be sent out. If the trouble was their fault, no fee; if our fault, $60. Turns out it is their fault; they need to add a signal booster for this area. We will get a $20 credit and the tech is due out again tomorrow. Meanwhile we can't put all the stuff back in the entertainment center because we had to pull it away from the wall and leave it that way until Cox fixes the problem and re-connects the box.

Since my birthday on 3/10 was spent removing things from the living room, we decided to go up to Dover Downs and spend a night up there. Had a road trip sing-a-long, tried a new restaurant, and played penny slots. No, didn't really come away winners, but because of the way I play, we didn't come home broke either. Rested up after all the driving, did some chores, took care of some family business, and a couple doctor appointments. Now I'm back. I was debating whether or not I wanted to do another Easter kit and did some surfing hoping for inspiration. Came across this photo in an ad:

And thought these would make great Easter colors. Tonight the first papers in Easter Chic:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/57614067/2016%20freebies/Easter%20Chic/ws_EasterChic_1.zip
I know 2 papers isn't much but I'm just getting started. Tomorrow I have to go for a CT to try to figure out where these bouts of severe upper right abdominal quadrant are coming from. Not the gallbladder; that was removed a couple years ago. Doc says it might have something to do with the mild gastro paresis. We will see.

Last of the free Celtic Charm papers

This zip for Celtic Charm contains the last 2 papers. Yes, that will make it a Baker's dozen. Now you have elements and papers to record St. Patrick's Day happenings. We will be in the middle of having a new ceiling put up in the living room and hallway but I hope to put together some borders or clusters to add to this kit. Be sure you wear something green tomorrow! Hugs.

Link: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/57614067/2016%20freebies/Celtic%20Charm/WS_CelticCharm_papers_3.zip

Celtic Charm - free papers

More of Celtic Charm. Another zip of papers, this one contains 5 full size papers.

Link: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/57614067/2016%20freebies/Celtic%20Charm/WS_CelticCharm_papers_2.zip

Just adding some notes to this scheduled post. A few things have happened since I last actually wrote. At the end of February local Red Hatters gathered for Go Red For Women - a luncheon dedicated to women's heart health. We heard from members who have heart disease and learned about how women's heart attacks are often different from men's. (Most women think they have a bad case of indigestion!) We had lunch, door prizes, shopped for "bling," participated in raffles, and did some line dancing to burn off those luncheon calories. I got a great surprise; I won the circle of roses hat in the raffles. Here are a couple of scrap book pages I put together.

The photos only show 3 of us from our Red Lilies group. I'm hoping to pick up on photos of the other 3 who were in attendance.

Since the funeral I've been crocheting whenever I watch TV. My step-daughter, Lisa, and her little girl, Larkin, had admired my fingerless gloves when we'd taken them out to lunch. Lisa's favorite color is purple so I made her a set of the gloves and a scarf for her birthday. My husband made her favorite dinner - his beef stew. Before we had cake, Lisa opened her gift bag and Larkin was surprised to find she had a gift bag too. I had made her a scarf of fluffy yarn in a mix of baby blue, white, and beige and a set of gloves in baby blue trimmed with white fluffy yarn. Larkin put her gloves on immediately and didn't take them off until she went to bed!


We've been busy this past week with family stuff and doctor appointments. Sunday my son and his fiancee were here and took me to a movie then the four of us went to dinner at Outback. On my birthday (3/10) we were busy cleaning out the entertainment center which holds my Precious Moments collection as well as all the audio/video equipment, CDs, and movies. We also had to remove as much of the stuff sitting around on tables and things on the wall because work was scheduled for Friday. We had some professional plasterers come in to repair living room ceiling and re-do the living room and hallway ceilings. They moved the furniture around as needed and did a nice half scallop pattern. But we still have lots of work to replace everything we moved. Between watching college basketball tournaments, I wiped down the entertainment center and started putting movies back in alphabetically. Almost done with that but still have CDs and figurines to do.

We are hoping to take a day or two this week and go on a road trip to celebrate my birthday. Maybe do some visiting of family and stop in a casino to play slots for a couple hours. Friday my Red Lilies are going to celebrate 3 March birthdays by going to tea at The English Rose Tea Room in Virginia Beach. Looking forward to that.

My thanks to all for the lovely comments you have left me. Sorry I have been away so much.