Daily Ooos: May 7-8: Weekend Edition

[faerywings]

Happy weekend! Good morning/afternoon/evening to you all. I hope that the sun is shining by you since it isn't here. Clarification: I hope the sun is shining as long as it is *daytime* --any other time and Houston we have a problem

Busy day for me yesterday. But a good one. I cooked just about all day long and in between, I went to TJ MAXX. As I was looking through the racks of clothes, I was texting Caitlyn photos of the stuff I was looking at, After a few exchanges, she called me to see if I wanted her to meet me there.
In case you are wondering if I am loud and obnoxious in real life-- this little story will clear that up. I am in the dressing room and there is another woman in there too but it is very quiet. My phone rings and I forgot that I gave Cait a new ringtone -- spooky Halloween organ music. I am trying to pull the pants on, while grabbing the phone, cackling my head off at the music. Then I have to explain to Caitlyn why I am out of breath which makes her laugh and gets me started again. She did meet me there and helped me pick out two tops and one pair of pants. Tags will stay on until the last minute but I am relieved that for now, I have something to wear.
The pants are totally not what I would normally wear but feel a lot like PJs-- pull-on pants with wide legs and very soft material.

Similar to these but navy/white/green


They are "crop" pants according to the label but floor length for me LOL
I tried to talk my mom down from the ledge (again and will be doing this daily until her surgery). I feel bad that I ended up being harsh with her, but I was trying to semi-gently push back on some of her assumptions until she told me what was really going on and I yelled *That's IT!!!* After that we were able to get a lot more "out" and she seemed much calmer. For the day. We will have to see what happens today. This is exactly why I was thrilled that the surgery was set sooner rather than later. She admitted that she considered canceling it the day before.

Dinner was fun and yummy, Gary enjoyed everything even us singing Happy Birthday to him. The cake came out much better than I was expecting too. Although it is hard to go wrong with chocolate and peanut butter.

Today is the FP and yup, I double-checked. I have to remember to bring my own bags this time (new NJ law, no more plastic bags, it's about time). It's going to be a pain if it is still raining hard, but what's a little water?

What good stuff do you all have planned for the weekend? Hugs!

 

[faerywings]

@taxed4ever This is us:

At least we will see some sun in between
LOL at the spelling of Ooos yesterday. "Ooof" would have also worked hahahah
Do they still make the wax for earplugs? Remember that stuff when we were kids? Not sure if that would even work if they do... I hope that you are able to find what you need soon. For the amount that you swim, I think that the bone conduction headphones would be a smart investment. Scott worried about spending the money on a *good* hiking backpack but I told him it's an investment. Same thing for you!
I wish I could help you find your mojo, I am stuck as well.

@bcgal00 Good to know that the US Post isn't the only one that gets the mail messed up on the regular *eye roll*
yay for the gas guy getting the BBQ hooked up. I bet the grilled burgers smelled good- I love the way they smell even if I can't stand how they taste

@BrightEyes Hahahah, love that smilie! I don't know how you can read an entire book in one night, my eyes give up on me. Must have been a good book! We still have a landline and that type of phone set up and when ours stop[ped working a few years ago, it was hard to find. I think we ended up getting some at BJs.com

@Cherylndesigns any internet yet? *fingers crossed*
I hope that the sun dries up the worst of the mud and mess soon.
The people I know have a wide variety of diets- everything from vegan to all meat and potatoes. I think I am in the middle of that range with no red meat or anything on a bone (barf)

@LSlycord I am proud of you to know when you need to take some time to rest, that way you can enjoy the next night out and not end up exhausted
Enjoy London, I know you must be sooooo excited for My Fair Lady!!!!

@Kythe How fun to have High Tea!! I hear ya about the "what to wear/haven't put on real clothes in 2 years"
Can't wait to hear about your day!

xoxo

 

[BrightEyes]

Can't believe I am awake and up at 5 AM this morning.... Tried to go back to sleep but that didn't happen. So here I am at the crack of dawn... just finished a LO for a collection that was released this morning. Thank goodness for #coffee!!! Yesterday was a busy afternoon. I went on-line and found the same phone system I have over at the Target near by - and they only had one left. So made a quick trip over there and picked it up. Also stopped by the Used Book Store in the same center and got 3 new to me DVDs. Then while I was out, I decided to go to Best Buy and wouldn't you know... they just got a shipment of phone sets in that day!!! Well, long story short, I decided to get a different brand of telephone set as the one I had only last a couple of years. To make it sweeter, I also had a BB rewards of $5 off and I got the 2 year protection plan free. I unpacked it and plugged them all in to charge the batteries all night. Will switch the old set out later on today. Need to set up the phone book in the new one first. Will take the other set back to Target for a refund later on today.

Chari called to let me know how her PT went - and that she found a pair of crocks to wear until the pressure sore on her heel clears up. The PT gal was fine with that as long as she wears the ankle brace, too. Chari also said that she found the light Turquoise top in my size at the WM near her house. Told her to wait to drop it off until her next PT appt on Friday. She said she wore the top/leggings set I gave her and loved how they fit.

I talked to my sister earlier in the day to see how she was doing and also to check on her son. He lives in Los Alamos and is on stand-by to evacuate due to the fire burning near there. She said he had packed up the important things and had his car gassed up and ready to go if and when. Really scary when there is only 2 mountain roads out of there. So glad that the fires are not close to me ATM but the whole state is tinder-dry and on a High Fire alert... and the winds are going to be bad for the next 5 days.

@faerywings Those pants sound wonderful... and look so comfortable. Sorry you had to get harsh with your Mom about her surgery... I know you will be relieved once she has and it is done. Yes, the sooner the better. I almost spit my coffee out when I read about the new ring tone going off as you were trying on clothes!!! Bet the other gal in the dressing room area jumped when it went off!!! #devil

@LSlycord - loving all the FB photos from Paris. Can't wait to see the ones from London. We were fortunate to see Notre Dame before the fire. Yes, the Eiffel Tower is so awe-inspiriting especially when it is lit up at night. And what a wonderful evening cruise on the Seine! You will have so many wonderful memories of this trip.

@Cherylndesigns Hoping that you finally have your internet back today.

@Kythe So glad to see you pop in and say "hi". You have been missed here in the Chatter thread. A High Tea!!! Whoot!!! Sounds so delightful. And had to join Chris is LOL over not wearing 'regular' clothes for a few years! Yes, most of us have gotten in the habit of not dressing up - just wearing comfortable stay-at-home clothes.

Hope you all have a good weekend.

 

[tanteva]

They are "crop" pants according to the label but floor length for me LOL

*relates*

 

[bcgal00]

Good morning ladies. Remi had me up at 5:30 to go outside. I got coffee going and stayed up, there was no sense going back to bed for an hour. I did some grocery shopping on amazon. I'm happy on the plant based diet and its easy to maintain my weight but not easy to lose. I want to lose the 15 I gained this past year so back on (modified) keto for a bit to lose the weight and then will transition to mostly plant based but this time will keep a bit of chicken and fish in my diet but cut way down on starches and beans. I think that will give me a good balance. I bought a multigrain keto bread yesterday (Carbonaut) and like it. I am going to have fried eggs open face on toast for dinner with baked veggies.

We are heading out in an hour to drive around the neighborhood next to us, today is their community garage sale. Should be fun, haven't been to a garage sale in years. At the end of the month it'll be our neighborhood's turn so we'll walk around and meet all the neighbors. On FB marketplace, Darrell did well with getting new (to us) TVs for the bedrooms (newer and bigger than what we had). He bought wall mounts and got them put up. Jen's new TV is up and she loves it. She never had a smart TV before so will enjoy that. She hasn't had a tv in years (just watched on her laptop).

I hope to scrap later this afternoon and go to the park. Tonight we'll watch a few episodes of season 2 of the Flight Attendant.

@faerywings I like those pants and they look comfy. I am all about comfort. I like soft stretchy jeans and yoga pants. I think I would like those.

@BrightEyes I was up extra early too (b/c of Remi) and it took two cups of coffee to feel awake.

I'd better get more coffee, get dressed and get the dogs outside before we head out to the garage sales.

 

[taxed4ever]

Morning everyone! Well thank goodness the weather app was totally wrong for today!! It is a lovely sunny morning and looks like it will be a great Saturday! DH and I will be busy getting the yards all cleaned up and do some much needed weeding. I need to get the Rodo's and Azaleas some food as they are all bursting into bloom. That should have been done a few days ago, but I don't garden in the rain LOL. Our usual weekend of running errands, but I picked up my grocery order yesterday, so don't need to do that today. I played a bit in my craft room and had some fun with my stamps and some brusho inks, here is what I got done.


Wish I could get this motivated to scrap a layout, but I will be trying again this afternoon to get a challenge done here at the O! We should be finished our running around quickly and then the yard work, but that should not take too long hopefully! Tomorrow will be cleaning and getting ready for MIL and FIL to come for Chinese Food. Nice that we can have that delivered! Still have not heard if youngest SIL will be coming or not, so I will send her a txt and remind her. If she is not coming than we might change plans and just take the food up to MIL and FIL and save them the drive and MIL having to do our stairs.

@faerywings - Hope your trip to the FP is good and that you get some extra goodies in your bag! We have gone plastic free here too, thank goodness! Now if we can just the packaging on the products we buy to be less that would be awesome! I often run into a store for just a couple of things and never use a bag at all. Had to giggle over your ringtone for Caitlyn's phone call, would love to have seen the face on the lady in the next change room!! Ya I just have to bite the bullet and pay the $$'s for the bone conduction headset, I am really missing my swimming and can feel my body getting more mushy everyday LOL.

@BrightEyes - I was up super early this morning too! DH's internal alarm goes off at 5:30 every morning and this morning it woke me up too! I tossed and turned for a bit and then decided to just get out of bed! It was nice to have coffee made and waiting for me as I got that ready before heading to bed last night. Sure hope that the rain finds its way to your area! How scary for your sister's son to have to have everything packed and ready to go if need be! Great find on the new phones! Hope you get them all set up today! Good for you for all of your scrapping! I am sadly behind on all of it!

@bcgal00 - Have fun at the garage sales today!! My DH will never go to them, he calls them Garbage Sales LOL. But hey one mans trash is another mans treasure right?? Heather's town does the community garage sales too and they always have lots of fun at them, going around and talking with all of the neighbours! Nice that your DH is so handy and is getting all the TV's all set up for everyone!

@Kythe - How fun to do the High Tea! Hope you had fun at it! Yes we are all going through that can I fit into my other clothes saga!! LOL. Dam Covid!!

Ok I better get in the shower and get busy with my day! Have a good everyone!

 

[Kythe]

Tea was delightful. We ate and talked for over two hours. So many goodies I didn’t need supper. I have a couple of good photos of me to scrap and change my profile photo at some point.
Currently we have sunshine so hopefully I can get the patio set up for summer today.

 

[LSlycord]

@Kythe I love your new avi!

@taxed4ever i love azaleas! Glad that the weather is cooperating so you can get them some food. I am feeling so motivated to scrap…I sure hope that it lasts until I get home!

@bcgal00 hope your garage sale day is fruitful and fun!

@BrightEyes just heartbreaking to see that much devastation to Notre Dame.

@faerywings I love the pants…just such a comfy style! Can onay imagine you and Cait giggling.

Ok…let’s see if I can get you all giggling again. We were at the train station early and there was no place to sit. So I sat on the floor…knowing that would be a bad idea. After an hour, I was so stiff. Brian secured us some seats and I went to get up. And I couldn’! Each time I would try my right foot would get turned and I would collapse back on the ground. And all I could do was laugh. Syd and Brian were trying to help but that only made me laugh more. There are no pictures for sure and it won’t be showing up on Facebook. But it sure made me laugh.

 

[tanteva]

@taxed4ever wow! Those cards are amazing! I'm so impressed with people who can do things with paper & make it look so good. I'm a digital girl 100%

 

[Cherylndesigns]

Good everning.

Finally made it in here. I've had a busy day - we were at The Farmers' Market at 10:30 this morning and haven't been home too long. We went to the FM to get lots of flowers for tomorrow. The flowers that my friend, Casey brought me for Easter came from there and we wanted to decorate with them. Guess what? NO flowers on the premises. LOL We couldn't believe it - the day before Mothers' Day!! It was pretty funny!! Ava was going to go to Walmart and try to find some but they're probably sold out by now. Oh well - we're having Mimosas so we won't care if she doesn't find any.

We ended up shopping in our cute little downtown and I gifted myself a yummy smelling candle and a cute kitchen towel. Exciting, huh?? I bought a couple of things at the Farmers' Market, too - some pumpkin bread and some homemade salve for my shoulder. It was pricey, but I decided to try it. I'm almost out of the salve I'm using right now. It was less than what I have now.

Everybody is coming here for brunch. We're going to have so much food! We'll have leftovers for a few days.

Chris @faerywings SO funny about the pants - join the short peoples' club. I have to buy petites to get the right length. I'm NOT petite, but the length works sometimes - I usually have to go up a size though. Those pants are cute.

WE HAVE WIFI!!! Got it late yesterday afternoon!! It sucks to not have it - we couldn't even watch our streaming shows. I'm so proud of my cell phone for carrying all of that "heavy weight" of keeping us online. The repair guy had a heck of a time restoring it! He said our "system" took a direct hit - that was the bolt that I heard the first night that scared the wadding out of me! He had to replace all 3 of our TV receivers. Ava said that they found out it also hit a tree and I didn't tell you girls that the guys drug a complete tree out of our pond! Roots and all! The pond is completely re-configured - doesn't even look like the same pond. There's a huge sand bar down there now. It must have been a fierce storm that blew through here.

Kay @BrightEyes good news about Chari and yes Crocks would be perfect! A lot of nurses wear them now - mine are right by the front door - I slip them on if I need to go outside. No, I don't wear them while I'm gardening - nothing but shoes from now on, but they work for a quick in and out. Hope your family is ok - this weather is crazy. It's gorgeous today!

Trudy @taxed4ever LOVE your cards!!!

Linda @LSlycord your family sounds like ours - we laugh at everything. People think we're crazy sometimes. Adrienne, Ava and I got hysterical in a dress shop today - Adrienne was in a changing room and Ava was holding the door so she couldn't get out. We were waiting for her to panic. We "blew it" by laughing hysterically. Nobody thinks we're as funny as we think we are. Humor gets you through a lot.

I'm going to go see what I need to do - I've scrapped a LOT in the past few days for CT work.

Have a great weekend!!

 

[faerywings]

Good morning, sweet O-Fam! Happy Mother's Day to all of you who celebrate - and a happy mother's day to the moms who raised you to be fantastic women yourselves. (whether it is your own mother or that special person who stood in for them)

It is FREEZING here still!! As I scrolled down, I saw the forecast I posted for Trudy- it was overly optimistic on the temps. It only got up to 43* yesterday. It was 41* at the FP and I was shivering while I waited for the bags to get packed. This pantry is run by filling out a list of your requests and then they pack up some bags of what you asked for. Since Covid, we wait outside in the parking lot. If you are wondering how people are doing, I can tell you anecdotally that it is bad. I got there at 10 am as soon as it technically opens. I was #17. Sometimes they have clothes set up to take too and one woman was asking if there were any coats available. The volunteer said that they didn't have any but she could take the woman's info if anything came in. The woman was --"no I need it now" LOL It was cold and rainy but again, I am so grateful.
I finally ordered the plates and tablecloths for the party- we switched from black/plum/gold to black/plum/silver and I was able to find plates much cheaper. It is scary how easy it is to buy stuff online- the whole point and click is going to get me in the end. I am going to have full-blown cardiac arrest when I see the bill. Haha

Unfortunately, the weather is making me really tired but I *think* it is going to have a little bit of sun today, still cold though-- only 53*

No plan for us today, Scott is working and I decided that there are way too many other things going on this month to worry about Mother's Day. I scrapped a page yesterday, then I turned it into a card and emailed it to the moms. Other than that, it's just the same old, same old.

Have a fab day!

 

[faerywings]

@BrightEyes I hate when that happens, waking up too early to *really* get out of bed, but too late to go back to sleep and can't even if you try. Yessssss- Thank goodness for coffee!
You always do so good with shopping, good job finding the right phone and on sale too. Chari is doing great - hope that the PT does its magic. *fingers crossed for your nephew* I can't imagine having to evacuate, hope that he doesn't have to.

@bcgal00 good for you to be flexible with your diet so that you can customize it best for your health. I know you know this, but go easy as you introduce animal proteins again. Cait always cracks me up when she tells the story of how one of her best friends broke her vegan diet with a bacon, egg, and cheese sandwich and was sick for* days*
how nice to get out and about to see the neighborhoods and people around you. Did you find anything good at the sales?

@taxed4ever *jaw drop* The cards are amazing, and there is no way I can pick a favorite. I do love that little hedgehog. I want one as a pet. I bet the rhododendron and azaleas are looking amazing, mine aren't ready to bloom just yet. Soon I think/hope.
Have a nice time with your ILs today!

@Kythe The tea sounds delightful and I can't wait to see the photos that you scrap

@LSlycord OMG!! That sounds like something me and my family would do! I can imagine the scene in my head, your kids laughing their butts off at you and a few "I told you so's" when you sat down. Hope that the stiffness is gone by now.

@tanteva isn't that the truth, I can't make anything non-digital at this point. Not that I could at *any* point really...

@Cherylndesigns YAY Wi-FI!!! Love how you typed it caps/bold--I saw it instantly LOL
LMBO at that "having Mimosas/don't care" attitude
It really stinks being so darn short- they have the models wearing the clothes that are a foot taller than me. How in the world can I tell how it is going to fit? Pfft.
Yikes-- that is wild about the tree in the pond. You are really lucky that none of that damaged your house. Whew

Nobody thinks we're as funny as we think we are.

That is my family's motto!! Bwuahahahah!!!!!

 

[BrightEyes]

Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers and to remembering the Mothers who raised us! I always think of my grandmother as her birthday was May 10th and it usually fell either on or around Mother's Day. Yes, I miss my mom and remember her on this day every year... she lived to be 95.

Did a bit of a sleep-in... didn't wake up until just before 8AM. Have my #coffeein hand so I am slowly waking up. I did get the phone book set up on the new cordless phones. I am sure I didn't get them all in there but will add the ones as they call me. Then I changed out the bases and used my cell phone to call the home phone to make sure it was set up right. Discovered a couple of things I didn't know about... there is a bright light on top of each handset that flashes when a call comes in. And if the number isn't in the phone book or doesn't have a name of the caller-ID, a voice says "unknown caller - beware"! It is part of what is called Smart Call system. Not sure if I want to use that or not... so for now I have it turned off.

@faerywings and @Cherylndesigns I am part of the short gal group - I am only 5' 3" but the crazy part is I have to buy tall in pants to get the crotch to be deep enough then shorten the legs.... or buy petite then deepen the crotch. For jeans, I buy the tall then cut the legs down to size but for dress pants, I usually buy the petite and use the serger to deepen the crotch. It depends on the fabric and how the crotch seams are made. Which reminds me, I have several pants in the craft room closet that need to be done. I am only short in the lower legs and arms. DD#2 who is 5'8" and I have knelt on the floor and we are the same height!!! I get a few funny looks when I shop in the tall section!

Chris, sorry it is so cold up in your area. We hit 91* yesterday and suppose to get to 93* today! Glad you got to the FP but sorry you had to wait out in the cold parking lot. Smart move to change the gold to silver for Cait's party ware... I know there is a lot more silver colored stuff and cheaper than the gold.

Cheryl, so happy that your WIFI is up and working again!!! Wow, a direct lightening strike on it!!! Not surprised that it took out the TV receivers with that hit. Glad that it is repaired and you are back in business again. Oh, WOW....that was quite a storm to have changed the pond size and shape! Just glad your homes were up high enough that they didn't flood. Glad you and the gals were able to get to town and do a bit of shopping. Not surprised that most of the flowers are gone from the stores the day before Mother's Day. That is one the biggest day for flowers. You gals are a stitch to be around with the all the tricks and shenanigans you pull of each other!! Would love to go shopping with you all.

@taxed4ever Those cards are so beautiful! I did a lot of paper scrapping so understand the effort it takes to make those. I love them all! Those trees are so lovely. Hope you heard from SiL about whether she is able to come. Yes, it would much easier on the In-laws if you could take the meal to them so no stair-climbing involved.

@LSlycord I was LOL over your sitting down on the floor then not being able to get up and your kids and you in hysterical laughter as you tried to get up!!! I have reached that age where I have to think about how to get up before I get down on the floor!!! So glad you are sharing part of your trip with us here ... and on FB.

@Kythe I love the new avatar!!! Had to do a second look to make sure it was you. So glad it was a fun High Tea. Can't wait to see more of the photos from it!

Well, the coffee cup is empty so will close out and get dressed. Still have a couple of loads of laundry to get done today. Hope you all have a wonderful day!

 

[bcgal00]

Good morning ladies. I will be heading out for a walk as soon as the rain stops (yes, it does rain here sometimes). It should stop soon and then won't start up again until later this afternoon. The flowers and trees are starting to bloom. I want to get a few photos and enjoy the fresh air. It's a hard day for us today, especially for Jen. We are both thinking of and missing Bailey so much this wkend. Moms Day was always a big celebration with the three of us spending the day together. I can't seem to stop crying this morning, missing my sweet girl. So I will get outside, get my mind off things and then later I'll make some banana bread, watch a few episodes of Flight Attendant with Jen and then we'll get out with the dogs. Dinner will be a cauliflower crust pizza for Jen and I and then a few more episodes of the show. D is heading out for a bit this morning to pick up cabinets he bought for the garage. I didn't go out on the porch to take photos b/c I didn't want to disturb them but I watched birds going in and out of the two birdhouses on the fence. So we might have two different sets of babies soon. That is so wonderful to see.

@faerywings yes, I'm being careful about introducing meat back into my diet. I won't eat a lot of it (ever). I'm mostly going to eat fish and a bit of chicken, almost no beef/pork. I'll still eat lots of veggies, just mostly low carb ones and a bit of fruit. So I won't be hardcore keto, I'll be at the higher end of keto carbs. The big thing will be cutting out the grains, beans and starches. I am glad there are a few new keto breads out there that I like. I'm glad to be taking charge of this before I gain all the weight back, that would be so frustrating.

I'm going to go get dressed now and head out for a bit with the camera.

 

[mom2triplets04]

Hello. Happy mother's day to everyone.

I've been doing a lot of shopping lately with all these sales how can you not? I've been writing down each kit that I buy from each store but I have noticed that some designers actually are at other stores as well. Is there a major list somewhere? How do you all keep track? Do you use a notebook? a digital spreadsheet? This is getting overwhelming the amount of kits I have accumulated since Jan they certainly can add up. Right now I have them sorted by store and then by designer but as I said some designers are at different stores. Do you store their kits in one location or both locations? Also are you noting their code abbreviations so it's easier to find them? like Karen Schulz is KS how do you all keep track? Yes, my mind is getting overwhelmed.

I've been doing my best to tag the kits as I get them like all the dog kits and all the prom kits. I'm using a mac.

Well, I'm off to download all the kits I just purchased this morning. Had to get the Wild Heart FWP and I went though my wishlist got some kits I had on my list for a while. now,

 

[Kythe]

#coffee@BrightEyes and @faerywings thanks Kay/ Chris. It is me
with a better hair cut. Lol only a couple of photos taken. That’s all I can stand of myself. I am working on a page but got waylaid playing with making my own background as Ona suggested in her tut.

 

[Cherylndesigns]

Good afternoon lovelies. Happy Mother's Day to you moms and I agree - to the "moms" who influenced us, be they whomever. My grandmothers were both big influences in my life as well as my mom and my "second Mom" Lois - my mom's best friend.

Well, it's only 1:30 and I'm ready for a nap. You all know I'm not a morning person and the gang all rolled in at 11 and I invited one of the guys down by the lake and was delighted that he came, too. We had enough food for an army and leftovers as I suspected. Chuck's famous egg casserole is always a huge hit - he makes 2 pans and it's nearly gone. It's wonderful heated up. Alyssa made her first-ever sausage gravy - I told her how to make it yesterday and she aced it!! They brought homemade biscuits and fruit skewers and fruit dip. Needless to say, we stuffed ourselves. Plus the Mimosas. LOL Tom (the other guy) drank beer. LOL We're REALLY not alcoholics. BWAHAHA Really, we were pretty good - only went through 1 bottle of champagne. We had 2 and didn't open the second one. I think we all ate too much to drink anymore.

Chris @faerywings I'm sorry it's so cold - it's almost 90 here today and it sounds like you're getting the same heat, Kay @BrightEyes.

Good for you for deciding to change to silver, Chris - I agree with Kay - it's usually cheaper.

Kay @BrightEyes we have THE most fun together - I'd love for you to go shopping with us. I'm giggling again about Ava holding the door closed on Adrienne yesterday.

Kay @BrightEyes that's so funny about how you have to alter your clothes. Your wait must be very high - that's the image I'm getting. I' the opposite, my waist is very low, so my legs aren't very long. I'm a true 30" inseam - try finding that length! I can manage with a 31, but they drag a little in the back, which is ok for jeans. Seems like the shortest inseam I can ever find is a 31.

Oh, you will all love this - we live in the country - a"farm community" and the kids go to a small school. Anyway, they were telling some of the kids that we were having brunch for Mother's Day. I guess one of them said "Oh, that's just fancy's people's excuse to drink in the morning". I guess they think we're "fancy". Hahaha That's one of our new slogans, now.

Love to all - XOXO

PS - I'm SO thrilled to have wifi and TV!!!!!

 

[BrightEyes]

Hello. Happy mother's day to everyone.

I've been doing a lot of shopping lately with all these sales how can you not? I've been writing down each kit that I buy from each store but I have noticed that some designers actually are at other stores as well. Is there a major list somewhere? How do you all keep track? Do you use a notebook? a digital spreadsheet? This is getting overwhelming the amount of kits I have accumulated since Jan they certainly can add up. Right now I have them sorted by store and then by designer but as I said some designers are at different stores. Do you store their kits in one location or both locations? Also are you noting their code abbreviations so it's easier to find them? like Karen Schulz is KS how do you all keep track? Yes, my mind is getting overwhelmed.

Instead of storing the kits by store then designer - I store by Designer's name then kit names. Usually the kit has a folder image with the store name on it. If not, you can go into kit notes (PSE) and add that information. That makes it easier to look to see if I already have the kit/collection. Since I do a lot of CT work for designers, I need to have them stored by the designer's name.

One way to see if a Designer sells at other stores is to look them up on a Google search and check out their Blog or FB page. Their stores are usually listed there.