OH where oh where have I been??

OK, by the list on Karen's blog.. I haven't posted for a while.. YUP, that is right.. nothing too special going on.. I got a "flush" email from the U of M.. just so you are up to speed, I thought I had "nailed" the interview... and the best part??.. well.. they misspelled words too!! Made me feel really great. Now, they informed me that they were only interviewing 5 people for the job.. I guess maybe that is suppose to make me feel better! NOT!!


OK, so where have I been?? Nothing too special.. we went to the MN Zoo I think last weekend.. I really love the seahorses.. I can drive Hannah nuts by just watching them forever.. but you have to admit.. they are cute!!!
Hannah did inform me that they are putting in Sea Dragons soon too.. that will be fun to watch too...


Now some time ago... Jeannie from Dragonfly Journeys had a blog candy thing.. and it was basically for 5 people who post win a card set...


well... here is my winnings..!!! She is so talented!! OMG..
So to be fair...
The first five people to respond to this post will get a card set made by me!

This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:

1. I hope you like and can use what I make, but no guarantees.
2. What I create will be just for you.
3. It'll be done within the next month.(more or less)
4. You have no clue what it's going to be. I have tons of ideas, but who knows what it will be?
5. The catch? Oh, the catch is that you must repost this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same!

Basically, the first (or only) 5 people to leave a comment will win a card set by me! Oh, and be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it and my blog name!


Then there is my little munchie.. She decided she wanted to get her hair cut.. Sort of like Alice from Twilight.. And I am one of those Mom's who believes it's just hair...


Very cute.. I have to admit.. Kathy who cuts her hair just loves it when she will go wild.. She said that she added a couple years with the new hair cut!!

So anyway.. that is what I have been up to.. nothing special.. nothing too exciting.. just sort of blah!!


And nothing to note about this picture, but, Sasha was really being cute.. and I had to share!

What has been going on....

Well, a long time ago.. OK, not a LONG time ago.. but about 1 1/2 months ago.. (so a long time ago) right after one of the 1st snows.. Hannah made this cute little snowman and left it for me right by the garage.. Very Very cute..


And Miss Sasha Blu was really getting into the Christmas spirit.. in fact this is about all that she did to the tree this year. I was very glad about that.. I was worried that she would crawl into it.. but NO..


AND even Gretel likes Twilight... proof...



And today.. Hannah did another Master Class. This time it was with a cast member from Grease.. And this was a big one since we had just seen the show. It was pretty cool that Ms. Chandra had a male dancer for them. Joseph was from Phoenix, AZ.. and this was his 1st time in MN.. Welcome to MN.. it was 1 degree at the start of class today.. and wind chill of about -20!!!
I watched the last few minutes of class and got to sit in for the question and answer session! WHAT a blast!
He taught them a dance from the dance contest.. the hand jive! I guess he is a hand jive specialist.. Not sure how you become a hand jive specialist.. but he was really good!
Anyway.. that is what had been going on..
I will try to post more but well.. with me, you never know!!
shawn

It's Monday...

I am not sure if my title is.. IT'S MONDAY!!!!!! or it's monday.... either way.. Monday is here.. back to work for me and Pat.. back to school for Hannah...

I tried to get some fall cards in, as I noticed that I was doing a lot of Christmas cards.. While I realize that Christmas cards are ok, it is still fall out.. So I thought I might try some fally cards.. This little number is with Pumpkin Pie, Mellow Moss, Apricot Appeal, and Very Vanilla. I used the level 3 hostess set Happiness Always.. Which I finally put together..

And since I hadn't posted a picture of Sasha Blu lately, I thought I would show you that she is still watching that naughty red squirrel that we have. He is awful! AND MEAN!! I would love to let her at him, but, between you and me, I think the squirrel could take her...

Any who.. Have a good week..

shawn

Sunday Card...

For the Sunday card, a quick and easy one.. Circle punches, a brad and a strip of designer paper.. What more can you ask for???

Then there is Sasha.. She really enjoys looking out the window.. Of course there is a reason for her to look out that window.. Seems we have a little "monster" that hangs out there!!

This would be that monster.. I thought that it was a chipmunk.. but I have been informed that it is actually a red squirrel. AND it is a rotten squirrel.. He will come over to the window and I swear stick his tongue out at you.. Or he will climb up the screen.... One of these days I might just let Sasha out after him.. So far he has stolen stuff off the deck, taken walnuts that others have hidden, and chased off the grey squirrels in the area..

If anyone knows how to get rid of him, please let me know!!

Anyhoo... Have a great Sunday.. I think I might be taking a trip to IKEA a little later.. They have some little jars that I would like to have for the stamping stuff.. will see..

shawn

Tuesday Card

Well.. Tuesday, and another card.. What has gotten into me??

Well this card is made with More Mustard base, Sage Shadow, and Really Rust, pattern paper (which I don't have a clue which one it is.. new one from Mini), Chocolate Chip and More Mustard... And the stamp set is A Tree for All Seasons... and then the chocolate chip ribbon from last year.

Actually I really like this card. It's "fally".. and fun..

On another note.. today is election day!! I am really glad! Not only will this be a historic election, but what I am most happy about is that the negative ads will be done!! I am sure that there will be a few friends of mine sitting "glued" to the internet and TV watching the results.

On fun notes... Sasha Blu is running around the house like a crazed cat!! From one end of the house to the other, up and down the steps.. comming to a halt only to look at me and take off again!! Is this normal?? She did come onto my bed.. ok, really onto me, at 3:30 to just walk on me, want to be petted and purr at me..OH, and to kiss my nose! I think that was the calm before the "Sasha Storm".. OH, and Gretel has found Sasha's toys.. At 5:30.. don't go there!!

A little of this.. a little of that...

Well, I did some stamping this morning.. One of the wonderful ladies at work gave me a Willow Tree box and I needed to give her a thank you.. so this is what I came up with this morning at 5:30... She loved the colors and thought it was great!!

And because she was being soooo cute.. I just had to take a picture of Sasha sleeping on the chair!! Isn't she CUTE?!?!?! You can see the spot on her leg where they had to put the IV in last week. Boy oh boy.. she is a totally different cat!! She plays, she eats a TON!!! and she even cuddles!! I am pretty sure this is why we got her!!

And speaking of my wonderful new addition to the family.. Guess what her new favorite treat is?? Quaker Mini Rice Cakes.. in Cheddar Cheese! I was reading my newest book, munching on my snack and Sasha Blu starts begging.. so I break a piece off, and she gobbles it down.. In fact.. she ate almost 2 whole mini rice cakes!! So, I think I am her favorite right now...

Who knew that cats likes cheddar cheese rice cakes?? OK, when I lived with my Mom, we had a cat who like to eat french fries and potato chips.. so I guess it isn't too weird..

shawn

Can we Cuddle??

OK, so Pat is on World Tour tonight.. and the puppy and kitty and crashed on the couch beside him.. This might be the closest that the 2 of them have been together that I know of..

It is pretty cute!!

And for anyone keeping track.. I did figure out my Christmas cards.. and so you know.. the colors are as follows... Chocolate Chip, Perfect Plum, Riding Hood Red, and Old Olive...

shawn

It's Sunday... It's Snowing... World Tour...

It's Sunday.. Which is a great day.. don't get me wrong.. But here in Bloomington, MN, it is snowing! It's the 26th of October.. It's not suppose to snow!! I know, there are tons of people who remember 1991 Halloween... 2 feet of snow!! But this isn't 1991.. AND I DON'T LIKE SNOW!!
But on other new.. Pat is on World Tour now.. Guitar Hero's World Tour came out today.. so naturally we had to get it..

And naturally, Pat opened it up and began playing right away..

I don't think that Hannah will get to play anytime soon.. but she might.. I on the other hand have never really played the Wii games.. I do Wii fit, but that is about all...

And this is what the animals are up to on a snowy Sunday, while Pat plays video games.. Gretel in her kennel and Sasha doing what Sasha does best these days..

shawn

pics

1st off, I DO NOT spoil my pets.. So whatever you see in pictures here, I don't want you to think that I would EVER spoil my pets.. (wink wink, nudge nudge)

Now that being said.. This is Gretel being Gretel.. Actually, she is on the small love seat upstairs.. Usually she is on the couch downstairs.. But she looked so very cute.. and well.. I hadn't posted a picture of her in awhile.

She is doing great! She is handling Sasha's arrival very well. She was very worried when Sasha wasn't feeling well. She keeps a close watch on her.

And since Sasha's return home, I hadn't taken any pictures of her. Well, she was sunning herself this morning, and caught her being cute!! Which for my animals, isn't hard for them to do!!

shawn

Sasha Update and new book...

Well, I was informed that some people had to read on my BFF's blog that Sasha was doing ok.. Well, I thought I had better update what happened.. Like I said before, when we adopted Sasha she had an upper respiratory infection. She was on antibiotics, and we thought she was doing well. After she was done with the antibiotics, she went down hill FAST!! She had her 1st vet appointment on Saturday.. and by that time, had not eaten since Thursday. She weighed a little over 5lbs on that visit. Dr Voss prescribed more antibiotics and said if she didn't eat by Monday, she would recommend coming in... Sasha may need hospitalization.. So we babied Sasha.. tried to force her to eat.. nothing.. So Monday night, Hannah and I took her into the vet again. We were lucky, we got to see Dr Voss again.. They weighed Sasha.. she was down to 4.5lbs.. and VERY dehydrated. I was told she was a "VERY sick little kitty". They said that they would need to keep her, and give her and IV and some strong antibiotics. They made no guarantees..
So Hannah and I left Sasha, not knowing if we would see her again.. I was a mess.. major tears..
But the Vet was great. I called Monday night.. she was on her IV and they had a humidifier pointed into her cage.. They would have someone there all night with her.
The next morning.. after a long night.. Dr Voss called to say that when she came in Sasha was eating like crazy!! She looked great.. She said she had some sores in her mouth and was giving her pain meds as well.. but if things went as they were, she could come home that night. She would call before she left for the day.. She called later to tell me Sasha hadn't stopped eating all day!! She was good to go anytime after 5!!
So Tuesday, Hannah and I went to pick her up!! TOTALLY different cat!! OMG!! She ate a can of cat food that night!! she was frisky.. and looked wonderful!! Wednesday she ate 4 1/2 cans of cat food.. and she was making up for lost time!!
So we have been spoiling the little sweetie since!! Sorry I hadn't posted..
Sorry no pics either.. Pat has the camera at work again!!




Which brings me to my newest book.. Barefoot.. so far, it's about 3 women who go to Nantucket for the summer.. all with different problems.. seems like an easy read.. will let you know..

So I haven't done much stamping lately.. but looked at some for my Christmas cards.. made a couple proto types.. will have to start soon if I want to be done before Thanksgiving...

more later
shawn

Book... Chipmunk...

Well, I finished the book.. I can't believe all the drugs that she did, and that she lived through it!! I am talking a lot of drugs!! She was pretty open about it. It is amazing that she kept out of the headlines for everything she did.. Then you look at people like Danny Bonaduce.. I am sure that by what Maureen said, she did at least as much cocaine as he did!! I guess she just lucked out that the National Enquire wasn't hounding her!!

Any way.. the book was OK.. it was sort of well.. Bradyish!! If that makes any sense..

Well we have this rotten little Chipmunk at our house!! AND I mean rotten!! Today he was skirting around on the deck, jumping on the screen door.. eating my plants.. and stealing a towel... He torturers the squirrels... and is VERY noisy!!

You would think that by looking at how cute he is.. he would be a nice chipmunk... BUT NOOOOO!!!

Sasha seemed to like watching him be naughty!! It sort of startled her when he jumped on the screen!!

She is still feeling yucky!! Hoping that she will feel better later tonight or tomorrow.. otherwise.. back to the vet tomorrow..

shawn

Sick Kitty

Sasha had a respiratory infection when we got her, and we had gotten some antibiotics.. well.. she still has the respiratory infection and she is really stuffed up.. and now her eye is icky too..
More antibiotics... poor little thing...
shawn

New book... Dream Car... other thoughts...

Well I got a new book last night while Hannah was at clarinet lessons.. That is the bad thing about her having lessons at Schmitt Music.. it is right next to a Barnes and Noble.. Any way, I have loved reading the autobiographies lately, and thought that this one sounded good. I started it while waiting for Hannah.. Not a long reading time, 30 minutes, but enough time to know, I am going to like this one as well...

And, as I was reading Jeannie's blog, she talked about her dream car.. so it made me think a little.. and came up with this.. It is a Volvo S60 R.. OK, I like this car because it is Edward's car in the Twilight books.. Somehow it just made me want the car too!! And I guess I do like the looks of it!!

Other thoughts... I have decided that I am a bad blogger!! I mean, I love to read other people's blogs.. I have a huge list of blogs that I will check in on.. check out who is on their blog rolls.. read blogs for hours... And some of the blogs I check daily.. Well, I was checking a blog this morning.. and thought to my self.. hey they haven't posted in awhile.. gee.. that sucks... Then I thought about my own little blog.. And that I am not always good at posting either!! I love it when I check out a blog and there is something new there!! I love it when I look and there is a great card displayed!! But like I said.. me.. well.. I am just not a great blogger I guess.. AND to top it off.. I did make a card last night.. for Boss's Day.. But guess who took the camera to work with him because he is working on a power point... So even if I wanted to take a picture and post it.. I couldn't...

AND... one of my friends Karen, is leaving for a Disney Cruise this morning... Talk about jealous!! We went on one 4 years ago!! BEST BEST BEST vacation EVER!! They are doing the 3 day one.. I told them it wouldn't be enough.. I a SO jealous... did I say that before??

So I am going to try to post a little more often.. Not that I even know who all reads this.. I know a few people do.. but maybe you all don't care...

Kitty and Puppy update: Sasha is doing great.. she is sleeping with Hannah at night.. she still seems to have her upper respiratory infection thing going on.. she will go to the vet this weekend, as she is done with the meds... Hannah picked the Sasha name part out.. I pick out the Blu part when Dawn told me we needed a middle name..

Gretel is doing well with her.. you can tell she still jealous... she has become a bit more affectionate.. which is good.. She likes Sasha's food, so that is one thing we have to watch out for. She has become a bit more playful too!! (I KNOW)

shawn

INTRODUCING... SASHA BLU

I would like you all to meet our new addition to the Johnson family... Sasha Blu...

We had been thinking of getting someone new for a while now.. and have been looking here and there. Well.. today.. we went to the Humane Society and picked her up!! She is 1 year old, and weighs about 6 pounds.. She is a bit shy right now.. and Grets is really jealous!! But we are adjusting!!

shawn