NEW LAYOUTS AND CARDS for July/Aug

Happy Fourth of July!

We drove home in rain from Doug and Charity's. We got home about 2;30 i think, don't hold me to that.
We had stopped at a Woodman's grocery store in Wis. on the way home. It is so much bigger than ours. I had nothing here for dinner. We decided to buy a pizza crust, and make our own pizza. We had to get all the toppings. When we came out it was pouring. I knew it would be as the black clouds were rolling in.

We had such fun at Doug and Charity's. It was like a mini vacation. We saw a small fireworks display at Doug's. it was enough to satisfy me.
We had storms this afternoon. The alert on my phone woke me up from my nap. It really didn't storm, only heard a little thunder. I think up North it was going to be worse. I feel so bad for all the campers at Devil's Lake and the other camp grounds up there in WI. and for all the people with outdoor plans.

Cheryl- nice cards! I need to make cards, but I want to make some LOs. My pictures came today of our family reunion when the Oregon group was here.

Terry- I saw corn in someone's grocery cart, but it is really too early.

Anna- how nice your parents were asked to be in the parade. Hope it went well.

Hi to all. back to normal tomorrow.

Good afternoon! I went for a run this morning. I have been cleaning, watched a movie (part of it as I fell asleep) and now going to scrap this afternoon. I am NOT getting out in this hot weather. We are under a heat advisory. The heat index all week is 106-110. Zoey and Zeke are with their dad's family. Priscilla and Izzy are at her best friend's house with her family. My son and his kids celebrate with his dad. There are some neighbors a few blocks away that set off really nice fireworks. If I walk to the end of my street (literally 2 houses down), I can see them well. I will probably do that depending on how hot it still is outside. Neighbors set off fireworks for an hour last night and drove my cat crazy. The dog did not seem to care.

Morning!!! The neighbors surrounding our property were setting off fireworks until after 11PM. Did not bother the dogs, even the little girls, which is good. I, of course, have my noise cancelling ear buds (for Steve's snoring) so I wasn't bothered either. Decided tonight we will grill hamburgers plus deviled eggs & french fries for sides Wish the corn was in!

Happy 4th everyone, may it be a wonderful day for you!!

Hello gang. We are at Doug and Charity's lake house. So nice being with family.

Good afternoon, Saturday, sun goes in, comes out, goes in, it will reach at least 90 with little chance of rain

Here's that LO---Danny's 2nd birthday. Took me forever to try to clean up those photos in PS. They came out of an old adhesive stick style photo album and they weren't kind to my photos! TFL

Morning! Steve isn't training today but we are finishing the grocery chore at the local Krogers (Fred Meyers) store. Should be quick. He brought home the John Deere tractor and for a couple hours worth of work the bill was $500. Parts were only $150. I'm really tired of doling out money....I need some to come in.

July 1st 79° in sunny San Diego at 10:45 a.m.

Good morning, ladies. I didn't realize I'd been missing. I'm not doing anything worth writing about. I'm still sleeping some during the day, but not as much as I was. On Wednesday I even did a little bit of x-stitching on the quilt. I'm thinking the quilt will be a Christmas present. It's not like quilts and such are really needed much here until then and I know they have an abundance of them already! This one is just more for sentimentality. You know...one more thing that eventually the girls won't know what to do with but won't want to throw out.

Have I been in here since Monday when I went to the oncologist? Anyway, transportation worked out exactly as it is supposed to! My youngest, Tammy, met me there and took notes for me. The doctor was very nice and explained things thoroughly, going over options two or three times. He thoroughly answered questions and was just a great patient-pleaser. I have hormone-positive receptors, which is good, because it can be treated easier with pills. For some reason another receptor still shows pending, so he was going to light a fire to get that result. For now, I'm waiting for a call from a surgeon to schedule an appointment to cover those options again, then I have another appt. with the oncologist on July 22. I'm supposed to see the surgeon before then. Right now I don't know what I want to do. With my COPD and CHF, surgery might be out of the question anyway...and age. Age would be fine, if not for the other things. But with transportation difficulties, I don't want to have to go in for scheduled radiation, knowing I might not have a ride one or more of the times. I'm Stage 2. Since they did so many scans at the hospital, the doctor is pretty sure the cancer has only spread to the lymph node(s), so I might just let it run its course and what happens, happens. Something is going to get me....

I miss not enjoying the 4th with my family. One of our seaside cities had a fireworks display planned, but at the last minute, the company backed out. Not wanting to disappoint their residents, they contacted a drone company who makes sky show displays. So there will be Drones Over Imperial Beach this year. They showed some on the news last night and they are amazing and beautiful. Made me wonder if this will soon be the new "fireworks" displays. Perfect solution it would seem...not noisy like fireworks and no sparks to start fires. Sea World had to pull way back on what they used to do for fireworks during the summer season because of complaints. If I had money, I would invest it in a drone-display company. Right now the displays are very expensive, but sure to come down in price as more places use them. I just looked and saw they will also be used on the north shore of Lake Tahoe, so my son and family will most likely watch them from their boat. It used to be that one of those who took part in the Bernie Madoff scam had a North Shore house after getting out of prison, or maybe it was Bernie, himself. Anyway, they used to have a huge fireworks show on the 4th, which also happened to be his birthday, so it was called Whoever's Birthday Fireworks, but everyone celebrated the 4th. Then he moved to Reno. D-i-L Liz was sad because she was the school librarian. One of the get-out-of-jail conditions was contributing thousands of dollars to the local school libraries annually. There aren't that many schools in their small town, so lots of money for the school library. Now the other city's schools gets those funds.

Cathe, I envy you going to Doug's lake house. Photos you've shown look like such a fun, relaxing place.

Terry, hope the DNA kit gives good test results and it doesn't show the dog is 60% dachshund/40% St. Berhard! lol My gd did a kit and it didn't seem very accurate. There are so many kits, but it was recommended by her vet. But then I've seen surprising results from human test kits also. The good human ones keep updating, getting more and more accurate. Do the doggie kits do that also?

Danielle, any plans for work on your she-shed this weekend? Has your husband begun working on the cabinet for it, or will he wait until the shed is completed?

Hi to everyone and have a great almost-weekend!~Judy

Good afternoon, Friday July 1st

Morning! Its a crisp 55 deg outside but the house (with no air circ whatever) is 72. Time for another call!

hello and good morning

Thanks Cathe---Added you already.

Another busy day for me. I need to go out and water so this will be short.

Jane- Thank you for hosting May and June.
Terry - Thanks for taking care of July and Aug.
I can do Nov and Dec.

I made a blueberry coffee cake and choc. chip oatmeal cookies to take to Doug and Charity's Lake Home.
I am riding up with Rose tomorrow. They have WiFi so I hope to check in. Plan is to come home on the 4th.

I also have a layout for Oakley's birthday almost completed. It has been weeks and weeks since I've done a layout.

I think we are getting Culver's for dinner. Too hot to cook.

I will try and check in later as other's might post. I might place my order.

Thank you Terry for the new thread for July and August.

Thank you Jane for hosting May/June!!!

Thank you Jane for hosting May/June!!! We need someone to host the Nov/Dec edition---any volunteers?

Welcome to the New Layouts and Cards for the months of July and August. We would also love to see any other project, photo or imported images you'd like to share with the group.

The rules for this thread are simple: Post a newly uploaded layout, card or project, get comments and give comments on everyone's pages. No "drop and runs" please. If you get love be kind enough to give love back. Since there are several people here try not to flood the post with too many LOs or cards. Maybe 5-7 in any post and no daily limit. Follow SB.com instructions for downloading and linking your projects.

Come by and join the fun! This thread has gained a fairly regular following. We enjoy seeing new people come by to share their work and join in the fun! You can join in at any time. Just remember that it is more fun if you give love and get love too!

While this is a laid-back community of artists and crafts people sharing their work and support, it's not a place to just drop off work and not visit the galleries of others in the thread. We encourage you to enjoy all the marvelous talent and leave comments! Should you encounter a problem with another poster in this thread, please PM them directly to ask your question or resolve your issue. The hostesses are not referees and can't step in the middle for you.

This is a collaborative effort. We are rotating the job of hosting the thread. Included in the opening post is the schedule of hostesses over the next couple months. Please volunteer as it is the easiest job you will ever have

2022 Hostesses:

Sept/Oct Anna

Nov/Dec Cathe

Let's celebrate everyone's special day. If you need added to this list, contact the current hostess and she can add you.

Cheryl - Jan 13

Danielle - Feb 11

Denise - Feb 13

Cathe - Mar 18

Judy - Apr 25

Jane - June 14

Tonya - June 23

Terry - August 5

Anna - Dec 24