Halloween Card

This was a card I made several months ago. I just got it back from the Stamping magazine I submitted it to. They rejected it. Bummer!!! I thought it was a cute card. Oval and round punches were used to make the eyes and hands of the monster. "I See You" was printed from the computer. Background SU Cheese cloth, Web Wishes stamp set, colors Black, Green Galore, Basic Gray. Technique is Magic Poof Ball. Really simple to do:

Tap a clean dry bath poof ball into white craft ink, then tap it on the cardstock. It makes cool patterns. Next add holographic highlights embossing powder, tap off excess, and heat set. Couldn't be easier!

I did have my weigh in yesterday. I lost .4 pounds. So although I didn't lose much I still lost and it was enough to get me to one of my goals as losing 10% of my body weight since I started in June. YAY. Must have been that ballpark food I ate on Monday! So......I'm going to buckle down this week and see if I can get some more pounds off. My goal is 3 that will bring me up to a total of 30 pounds lost.

Gotta run....need to get ready for work

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Cookie for Breakfast?

Sure you can have a cookie for breakfast...as long as it's low points, filling, and very tasty! I made these cookies yesterday morning. They are large!!!! Here is the recipe:

1 1/2 tsp. baking powder

1 cup natural applesauce

2 packages Splenda

3 oz old fashioned oats

1/4 cup wheat flour

1/4 cup raisins

1 1/3 cup dry nonfat milk

1 1/2 tsp cinnamon

Add everything to a bowl, and mix well-divide into 4 cookies and bake on spayed cookie sheet for 15 minutes at 350 degrees.

One cookie=4 points

I just added a piece of fruit and a coffee to round out my breakfast and it kept me full till lunch.

The game was AWESOME! Indians beat Baltimore 13 to 8. Great game. It was beautiful weather to sit in the stands and see the game. The food was good also. I did go over a bit on my points but with the 35 extra points we are allowed each week (the ones I never use) I still did pretty good. I enjoyed the food but didn't over do it. I also came home and got on the treadmill at 11:00. I wanted to work off some of the calories I put on. Didn't do bad throughout the day. I walked over 6 miles. So hoping that will balance out everything.

On the way into the stadium they gave us a free bobble head figure. That was cool. I'm going to give one to my nephew Neil, and the other one I'm taking to work with me and putting on my desk.

Son John had yesterday off from work and is off till Thursday. He went over and picked up my nephew Corbet. He stayed the night and will also be spending tonight with us. He crashed on the living room sofa and is soundly sleeping. Good to see him again. I haven't seen him since his birthday in April.

Okay gotta run and get dressed. I only got 4 1/2 hours of sleep so I know I'm going to walking in my sleep all day at work. I'll be coming home and taking a nap!!!

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I Won........

I won two tickets to the Cleveland Indian game. Me and hubby will be going after work today. Game time starts at 7:05. I normally get off work at 5 but seeing how I need to drive downtown they are going to let me leave at 4 and pay me for it!!!! Plus these are not nose bleed seats. These are tickets to the Club House. YAY I've never been before. I hear from people at work who have gone they serve wonderful food. I told my daughter and she told me to splurge and go off my diet for Monday. Well here is my game plan.....I'm going to keep it light during the day. Mostly just fruit and veggies, maybe take some "0" foods with me for work. Then I'll have more points to play with later. I also have my 35 extra points to play with if I need them. While I'm at work I'm going to be sure to walk at my break and lunch, plus I'm going to get up an hour early tomorrow so I can hit the treadmill seeing how I won't have time to do it in the evening. So.......I think I have it all covered and worked out.

Check out the cool ribbon I found at Pat Catan's yesterday. Lots of fall colors. The ribbon at the top left of the picture is braided. Each spool is a buck. Love the purples.

Hoping that sometime this week I'll have time to stamp. I have things that need to be done but something else always gets in the way. Since I'm working, and working out after work it leave me little time. Don't work readers I'll squeeze it in there someplace! I was going to stamp some on Sunday but I decided I really needed to scrub the tub and do some house work.

Till tomorrow.....

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Cuyahoga Fair!

We went to the fair! Had lots of fun seeing all the animals. I was so good. I made dinner before we left so I wouldn't be hungry. I also planned to have just a small bit of cotton candy. Skip ate the rest of it. So it was also three points. We saw an awesome tribute band that played Bob Seager songs. There were thunder storms last night when we were in the stands watching the band. They were troupers! Stayed and played in the rain. They had to stopped and go change clothes and have the stage mopped off from the water. Stage was covered but the rain was blowing in there direction.

Draft horse Skip is with is named Gunther. He was so sweet and just really enjoyed us talking to him

I took a pic with the sheep. They just got there wool sheared.

Well it rained pretty hard. We got stuck under the stands for about 10 minutes. Still got wet as we started walking. It did finally quit so they got to shot off the fireworks. Pretty amazing show.

I'll have more pics to share later.

Received a big package from my friend Kat. She sent tons of cards, and stamping goodies. She also completed a spread in my friend book that I started ages ago. Nice job Kat!!!! Here is a sampling of some of the cards she sent.

Not much going on today. I went to see mom this morning. Then stopped off at Big Lots. I needed a new shower liner and bathroom rugs. I see that they have Martha Stewart craft stuff there now. They had kits from last years Christmas line. I didn't buy any of them. I'm not a big Martha fan.

At Pat Catan's I got some cool 1.00 ribbon. I'll share a pic of that later.

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

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Happy Mail Day!

I received my roomie box from Pat. We were roommates for VC this year. Awesome box Pat!!!! I'm sure most of my readers know Pat from the Technique Junkies. She puts out an awesome newsletter just full of great techniques. I was blessed to have her for my roommate! These pictures are of things Pat made and also some stamping goodies she sent me.

Thanks bunches Pat! Love the cards, and the card candy! Now that something I can use with out it going straight to my hips! LOL Along with all the goodies Pat did send me some stuff I can use on my new journey of weight loss. Popcorn, white cheddar seasoning that you can also use on pasta, eggs, and veggies already tried it and it's great! WW candy that has one point per each piece YUM, gum, crystal delights for water bottles, all wonderful!!! Thanks for thinking about me Pat! She should be receiving her box from me today. Hope you love it as much as I loved yours Pat!!!!

Me and hubby are going to the fair today. I'll be packing a cooler so I won't be tempted to eat fair food. I know that is not on my new plan!!!! Our WW leader send us a list of Fair Food and how much the point values are. Lets just say.......if I ate something there I'd blow my entire day of points I have to use. If you ate one caramel apple you would have to walk 3 miles just to burn it off.

I'll share more about this later. Right now hubby is waiting on the computer. He has to make his draft picks for his Fantasy Football league.

Chat more later

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Karen 246

Weigh In Yesterday

It's been so long since I posted. Shame on me! Been pretty busy with my job, working out, and well life!

I did get weighed in yesterday. I was happy! Lost another 4.4 pounds. I am .4 away from reaching my 10% goal of 27 pounds lost. That's a great feeling after maintaining my weight and not losing anything at the weight in before this last one. So I have 98 more pounds to lose. Less than 100 to go YAY!!! I was talking to hubby yesterday and he goes do you really think you can do it with just dieting. I told him not dieting on a Journey I can. Still don't think he quite understands that this is a complete lifestyle change. He's very supportive of me now which he wasn't in the beginning. So he tells me he's looking forward to the change and being able to do more things with me. He's pretty active, and wants to have fun with me doing outdoor stuff. I for one have never liked the outdoors much, but I'm learning!!! It's a change for the better for both of us.

I have received many cards over the past week. Some are encouragement cards, others are for the obscure holiday challenges that my friends do each month. I'm so blessed to have such wonderful friends!!!!!

So my manager emails me yesterday and goes did you want to work this Saturday? You didn't sign up. Well no I don't want to work that's why I didn't sign up. LOL I like the overtime but I've worked the past two Saturdays and I just need a full weekend off. Me and hubby are going to the fair on Saturday. I'm going to have to eat before I go, then also bring some food I can eat during the day. Really got to stay away from "Fair" food! The fairgrounds is right next to my mom's nursing home. We are going to stop and visit with her in the morning then spend the day at the fair, then drop by and bring mom some dinner. Should be a fun day. Looking forward to it.

Okay I feel like I'm writing a book. I need to get ready for work. Oh........I got the new catalogs. My wish list is growing again!!! And........hubby is buying me the Big Shot from SU for my birthday. We are going to order it on Friday. YAY. I was happy about that.

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Baby Logan

Congrats to my friend Connie who just became a grandma again! Her youngest daughter Katie just had her first baby Thursday evening. Mom and baby doing just fine. Isn't he adorable!!! Wish I was there so I could hold him too!



I have to go to work today, and on a Saturday. This overtime is killing me but does look good in my paycheck. I'm thinking about using some of the money to purchase the new Big Shot package that SU is now offering. It's either that or new clothes at the end of summer. All my clothes now are just tad bit to big. None of my dress pants that I wear for work fit. Thank goodness they are letting the ladies wear Capri's now. I did pick up two pair of those at a good price. Hoping they will get me though August. Can you believe it's August!!!! Summer is just rolling on by.

We finally got some ripe tomatoes from the garden. YAY. We also have been enjoying the romaine lettuce we planted. So glad I got Skip to plant that instead of the leaf lettuce. It's so much better!

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