Chatty Scrappers

Our original thread is still posted if you click on "other" in the Topic section. 

Yes, I sent you a text, and Linda and don a message, but they never responded.  I have not check today if anybody has checked in.

Hey girls ....  I see you all.  Well, Bianca and Theresa.  Not too thrilled with the new format, but it's probably just that "change" thing I'm not fond of.

Toni, he's doing much better.  Still needs oxygen if he does anything exerting but able to be off the rest of the time.  That photo on facebook was of us at Julianne's first grandparent's lunch.  She started kindergarten this year.  Didn't think Randy or I looked too bad considering we had to get up at 4 a.m. to get to Lexington by her lunch period!

BTW, not happy with the change either. But I uploaded  a card yesterday and found that the old way doesn't work.  This is actually much easier.  I opened the card in another window, copied the URL at the top of the page and then just clicked on the third little box at the top of the box you  add your note and pasted it in.  SO, that part is much easier!

 

Have I found you?  I am very confused with the new chat/forum/conversations.  I may never be able to find this thread again. I realize I am extremely computer challenged, but I'm afraid we will lose touch.

Theresa, so glad Randy is doing better!

Nylene, go next time you check in, go back to your first post on the new format and click the heart.  That will save it to your favorites and you can find us easy.

Blanca, great tip about the heart.  I admit, haven't read the new instructions all the way so I'm glad you did!  

Nylene, I uploaded my card without any trouble from my phone the same way I did before.  Didn't see any changes there.  Problem I had was figuring out how to upload it here.  But, as I posted earlier, it's a lot easier!

I just finished typing a message and poof it was gone, WTI, I am so glad I found this once again to be with my friends as I thought I lost all of you.

I agree Nylene, I am not fond of this new change but I guess the younger people who were brought up with computers know how to navigate new programs easily. I am totally "old" school as at my age, 68, I was self taught and I think I have been doing a fair job.

Glad Randy you are getting along day by day. Healing after what you went thru will be an up and down road but I am sure. When it gets difficult just talk to God and peace will come. God helped me so much I have a bag of IOU's, which means I pay it forward to another person, jmo.

Take care and hope to see a few more on. I didn't look for an email I have been laid up with my knee, Rene had me stand on a wobbly bucket and I fell off and blew out something in my knee. TTUL

Oh Linda, I hate to hear you hurt your knee!   Put ice off and on it repeatedly to help with pain and swelling.  If  you don't have an ice bag, you can use a bag of frozen peas.  Or you can make your own reuseable ice bag with two ziplock bags (one inside the other) filled with 1/2 rubbing alcohol and 1/2 water.   It won't freeze solid and will mold to your skin.  Be sure and use a pillowcase or something against your skin when you put ice on it, could cause skin damage if you put ice directly on the skin.  Don't leave it on more than 20 minutes.

Theresa, Thanks for the advice to Linda!   Art has been icing his foot.  We think he broke his small toe.  He hit it on a chair leg and hi ps foot has been swollen.

Hello, I hope I have found my way back to our friends. Theresa, Yes I did hurt my knee badly. I couldn't get an appointment until this coming Monday, and yes the frozen veggies work well. Monday I see Rick and he hopefully will help. Rene's first eye surgery went very well, the next one is in Oct.

I hope everybody is doing well tonight and hopefully I will return a little sooner next time.

Linda, glad Rene's surgery went well.  Hope your knee isn't damaged too badly.  

Blanca, hate that Art hurt his foot.  May need to tape the little toe to the toe next to it to keep it straight. 

Blanca, thank you for the tip about the heart taking me to my post.  I am still having a hard time navigating. I have turned on my notifications but I am still not getting all the notices of projects people have posted. I try to just look for your projects, but I'm not having much luck.  I hope Art's foot is ok.

Randy continues to improve Nylene, thanks for asking.  He is really fighting hard to get off the oxygen.  I've had to  make him put it on several times because he was struggling so much.  He is doing better with the CPAP too.  Still having some anxiety but has developed a routine that seems to be working.  A lot of it is because he doesn't like change.  Think he's got just enough obsessive compulsive disorder in him to cause him problems.  He does tend to be really structured on some things and can not bend.  Others, well that's a different story. 

Hi all,

Thank you all for the care of Rene's eye surgery. The right one is next month. Fall is truly upon us as the nights are cool and the days are fairly warm. The trees are starting to get their color.

Nice to see everybody is fine navigating this new program. It will be just fine after we all learn to navigate it. there that feels better. I send my concerns to Randy and hopefully will improve slowly. This afternoon my Dr. Rick Lorenz is going to check the left knee I stupidly hurt falling off a stool. Live and Learn---oh yeah, I don't learn so well. Well it is time for my nap . Talk to you all later.

Sounds like Linda and Don are both seeing Dr Rick today so I hope you both get good results!

Randy put his own sock on today, he was so proud!  LOL.  I'm going on a weekend retreat this weekend and he has been struggling wondering how he was going to get dressed for church.  Didn't tell me that of course.  When he did today I swear I just looked at him and said, you know you don't have to wear socks, you could just slip on your sneakers.  He said he didn't think of that, LOL.    He has met every goal they've set for his new knee.  They started working on his old knee replacement today too.  He can only bend it to 75 degrees.  He gets 124 on his new one.  The therapist said he may have to have it surgically manipulated.  Until we get him off oxygen and the clots gone, we're not letting him be put to sleep.

Well Don, I hope you are better than I am doing right now. I need to wait for the x-rays to come in tomorrow, but I have on this brace with steel on the sides. I tried to help Rene in the garage and the bucket I was standing on wobbled and down I  went twisting my left knee. I can take it off a night though. Good luck

Linda, I am so sorry about your fall.  That's my biggest fear these days.  Hang in there and BE CAREFUL.  I hope Rene's other eye does well too.

By the way, where is Henri?

Hello everybody, nice to see you here Nylene and so glad the info on the shoes. Sore feet are so terrible especially when you use them everyday.

Henri just posted she won a contest on the ship for best photo, but I don't know where she is exactly. Wish I could go and travel like she does, but not any more. I guess after 2 0-30 years it is time to stay put. getting to old AND I need to be able to stand on two feet.

I did go to the hospital yesterday for x-ray's on my left knee, the good news is I will be laid up for 6-8 weeks, the good news I get out of a lot of housework Poor Rene. He feels so bad as this was his fault. I told him that is what happens when you hire cheap labor, free, and should have paid me.

Have a great day everybody, is anyone seeing the sun? Please send me some. Time for my

Ok, so I am totally confused. I saw a list from Don, that he was opting out of the chat because he can find us.  I went back to retrace the store so I could email him the instructions and I could not find the list.  Then I found this one.  So where the heck have I been?   Theresa help me!!

Don't worry, I am always confused and it is very easy for me to feel like this. Changes are NOT good for me as I age learning gets more difficult. I suppose once we all figure this out it will be easy.

Life never stops or even slows down. It seems as thou each day it gets shorter than the day before. I shouldn't say this but we have been married 47 years, retired and some days it is completely boring. We did travel much more this summer than ever and was very nice. I was born to travel since I did my first trip in first grade and never stopped.

We went to the Apple orchard and picked some nice fresh apples direct from the tree. They sell cider, honey, maple syrup etc. We also stopped at the farm stand for fresh vegetables. There is nothing better than garden fresh food. I am going to make apple pie and apple crisp. I don't bake much any more. The leaves are getting beautiful.

Since I blew my knee out, the pain is incredible and I have at least six more weeks and hopefully fine. Rene's eye is good and in Oct. he has the right one done, he is amazed how well he sees.

I just clicked the heart on the top right corner to save it but to be honest, not sure what good it does. I just scan the forum board until I see the title.

Went to my Rough River Scrapbook crop for the weekend and had a great time. Ended up getting 25 layouts and 6 cards done along with a lot of fun chatting with friends. Randy survived me being gone but texted a lot. We were going to go see Dowton Abbey Tuesday night (bargain night and I'm cheap) but my niece in law lost her step dad last night to a heart attack and the visitation is going to be Tuesday evening so I'll need to be there to support her (she is the one that just got married in June and has the three kids that I go to their events a lot). Anyway, I came home early from the crop so we could go to the movies tonight instead. It's AWESOME! Not even complaining about paying full price (well did complain about the popcorn/soda that Randy bought). I will so be buying it as soon as it comes out. The Dowager had the whole audience laughing and we all applauded at the end.

Good morning! I was going to go see Downtown Abby with Janet, my neighbor on Wednesday, then got a text lady night that I have company coming. Will have to see when I can go now. I sure hope I can go, I have missed so many movies because my life is so hectic. I have to wait until the cone on pay per view.

Well Blanca is off camping again and it appears I'm all alone here!

I am here! Yes, we got here on Friday, and had a good weekend. Will leave tomorrow. There were three RV's and a lot people, came to visit. We had a lot of laughs and a lot of food.

I am not happy with this new forum or whatever they call it! I have to hunt to find it and sometimes just give up. I miss being able to just click and spend a few moments chatting.

Nylene, hear you about the waiting rooms--not fun. On the other side, we're not the ones getting treated so guess we're still ahead. Randy has had a rough week. He's had to use his oxygen more than he'd like. I really think they aren't doing a good job getting his blood thin enough to break up these clots. He also had the realization last night (duh!!!!) that he didn't do much all week and that probably caused him to slide back down. He is so annoying. Try my best to get him to walk more but he doesn't and then decides "on his own" that he needs to walk more so all the sudden it's a good idea. Geeessshhhh!!!!! As for the way to find the thread, follow the directions in Blanca's note.

Blanca, glad you had fun camping. Saw a hat the other day and thought of you, it said I'm a Glamper! It had a RV and glittered letters. Cute.

Nylene, sorry to hear, your husband is still having cancer being removed. I know how you feel about his eye sight. Hugs!

Ok, Blanca, I think I have figured out how to find this with your instructions. I am sad that the challenges don't show up under Challenges anymore. It's just a crazy, work around way to connect.

Forgot to scold Randy! Tell him he must walk and get those lungs working and his knees working. Maybe he will listen to me. LOL....

Glad the instructions worked. Not sure if there is an easier way, but this works for me.

Hello!! Anyone out there?

Have fun Blanca! I invited us to go up and see ours next weekend and it was approved.

Found a website that does sublimation ink (and other vinyl type) decals and I ordered a bunch. (Craftybucks.com) You have to have a heat press or the Cricut press to use them but the images blend into the fabric. Ordered some for me and for the kids. Needs mostly poly blend material so the T-shirts aren't easy to find around here so we went to Bowling Green yesterday to pick up some at Hobby Lobby. Pressed them last night and they look so good! Michaels had some of their Frozen 12x12 albums marked down to $4 (complete with paper) so had to get two of those too.

Looks like a Hallmark movie day today. Randy evidently picked up a stomach bug because it hit yesterday evening and is still going this morning (on the good side, he's walking more and losing weight, LOL). I woke up with the right side of my head feeling as if I was being stabbed. We both are staying in today.

The weekend went by way too fast. It was actually a really good weekend, and I really needed it. Even took a short nap yesterday.

Put a few simple cards together to take to the baby grands tomorrow. We're not allowed to go tonight so we'll have to get up at the crack of dawn in the morning. Julianne's school is having a fall festival and this is the first for their family so therefore no one but them can go. Ridiculous. We still could have went up tonight and just not gone, Randy wouldn't be able to anyway. Oh well, I'll see them tomorrow.

Randy's got an echo scheduled for next week, the ultrasound the next and we'll see the doctor the 25th. Hoping he's getting better and hasn't gone into Pulmonary Hypertension. If that's the case he'll have to go on permanent disability. Still may end up extending his short term disability because he still can't do much without resting or wearing his oxygen. Certainly can't wear oxygen at McDonalds.

Just realized one of my cards is featured on the front page of the "featured" gallery--cool!

Hope everyone else is doing well. Pouring down rain here all day today. We need it so much!

Theresa, hope all goes well with Randy's exams. Hugs!

Hello!

Happy Birthday Toni

Happy Birthday, Toni! I hope you have a wonderful day.

Yes, had a good visit with the grands. Kate wasn't happy about the Halloween gifts but, as I told Jeremy, I shouldn't be punished because she wants things to be fair between us and her parents. I'm not playing the game anymore. Benjamin is a hoot. He's starting talking a lot more, can count to 10 (goes to 12 but skips 11) and recognizes the color blue every time and is working on the others. He's 19 months old! Julianne is not only learning Spanish in Kindergarten but they've started French too. She and a few others that are above average are being pulled out of class and given extra lessons and she's soaking it all up. Savannah is still in the 3's so she's a challenge but she is so sweet and can get away with it. Her imagination is wild! She's dark though, lots of mean people in her stories, monsters, someone always dies, etc. Weird since they don't let them watch much TV. Thinking she's playing with kids at preschool that watch stuff they shouldn't. Sure it's just a phase. Tried to refocus on having happy stories. She's wearing her shoes on the correct feet now so that's huge. Benjamin has started showing his independence. Had a fit when Kate put an outfit on him he didn't like "no, not like, no, no, no, not like!" He wore it after some diversion activities and looked adorable but it was a battle. Raising strong willed bright kids isn't for the faint at heart!

Hi friends!

Hello everybody, I realize that I have been silent for a few weeks. Hopefully I am in full speed ahead. So much has happened lately some good some not so good. I had a great time while my sister Trish came up from CT. and we did so many things together. I set up a card table in my scrap room and we both worked on projects. She is really good so many crafts. I was away for several days due to health treatments. I am doing better. I did manage to make a few Halloween cards.

My knees are so bad and painful I have had treatments for both of them and it didn't help. The brace I have for my left one isn't helping. I see a doctor next week to talk about when my left will be replaced. I am surely nervous about this procedure that's for sure.. Any advice?? Ren e's eye is healed and soon will have the right eye done. We have so many health problems at least the doctors are making money off of us.

I cleaned up all my Halloween/fall items and put everything away. I am going to get out all of my Christmas papers, embellishments to start making Christmas Cards. I am slow so I need to get going. Although my list is not as big this year I will do some and wait to see who sends me one back.

Hi ladies!

Linda and Nylene, good to "see" you both, it was getting lonely but Blanca and I were trying to keep the thread going!

Blanca, no, Julianne isn't in a dual language school. At least I don't think so. She and three other students in her kindergarten class are being pulled out and given additional work because they're so far advanced. The teacher recognized it and doesn't want them to be bored. We're thrilled that they're challenging her. She loves to learn. As for watching cartoons in Spanish, she doesn't let them watch much in English. They get 30 minutes of screen time a day, that's it. She does let them watch educational cartoons on netflix but is really careful about what they see. They have a movie night every couple of weeks and get to watch a Disney movie IF they've been good. Jeremy would probably let them watch more but Kate is adamant that too much screen time is damaging. The kids are brilliant so she's on to something.

Going to a weekend crop this coming weekend and haven't packed a thing. Did print some recent photos and organized the ones I already had so I have at least that going for me. Work is going to be tough this week, knew that, didn't do a thing over the weekend either. Oh well, did 26 layouts at the last weekend crop by just throwing stuff in the car, LOL.

Hi Scrappy friends! I found you all!!! I evidently haven't been on the forums in a month, it definitely looks different. I'm sure it will be fine though.

Oh my goodness I don't know what just happened but I lost the message I was writing. I am getting so frustrated with the changes that has been made, I don't know about everyone else