Thread: Everyday Chatting & Waffling {2020} Let's get to know each other!

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OMG, LilyAnn, I am so sorry hon. That must have been terrible news. Big (((hugs))) going out. That's so cool that your boss would let you count your layouts towards work hours! They are really great layouts! Well done!

Yeah Lynnie our passwords were embedded but they still got in. There was talk that maybe one of the kids thought they were being a smarta** and gave out the link. smh. I am SO SORRY that you were attacked for posting about not having them in your community. That it so unfair. You can be compassionate without wanting to have homeless sheltered right next door, especially during a time like this. You're in a vulnerable age bracket. That's not right. People are just so mean sometimes. They have to remember that they have no idea what others are going through or have gone through. Thank you so much for sharing that part of your life.

It's hard not to be selfish and depressed right now, so please understand everyone, that it's okay to do that. Lynnie you shared one of your favorite FB memes, I'll share one of mine. "It's okay to have a melt down. Just don't unpack and live there." We're all going through it. Different stages. Different places along the road. That's why we have this group. So we can talk while one (or more) of us is down, the rest are here to help pick us up.

Just saw Week Three and I have to say that I'm NERVOUS as all get out! I am NOT good at extraction, even though I used it a bit in the last layout. This is gonna be a toughie!!! Can't wait to see everyone else's amazing layouts!

Stay safe. Stay healthy. Wash your hands. God Bless. HUG your loved ones tight... tell them you love them if you can't be with them.
 
Hi ALL! Sending LOVE, HUGS AND PRAYERS...
I will catch up... This thread has been rolling faster than I can read and click to reply. I have read all. Just not a chance to reply.

Lost count on masks after passing 160...something....Plus bands and inserts.
I had to take a cool it off break there. Working on CT... and other things....including Family concerns.
Back later.
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Sulfie- I can't imagine the stress. I recently found out I am part Italian and only thought German/Swiss,....
Didn't realize how close the borders. Yay for the curve flattening.

Kelley- I am happy to send photos / steps of the maskings I've done. It will have to be via email or FB messenger. [friend].

Katherine I missed the Earthquake in Idaho! Another signal from above!

YaY Quilter on masks!!!
Carla- Retired is the best!!! I love blending and a lot of techniques.

Rae- Your photos are amazing!!! I love looking thru your lens.

Lily Ane... My hugs and Prayers....
Oh dear the sadness so much close to you....When was the Billy Joel concert? a date please and was it in NY?

Karen- Hugs back to you.

Lynnie!!! OH MY STARS!!! on that occurring so close to YOU ALL!!! I try to stay away on Politics etc... but just WRONG!

Carla- I'm so sad about Brenda.. and oh my for Gracie........................

Dorann- oh... my prayers.with the diagnosis... and yikes on the niece knee.

Pretty much caught up... I hope. I've been to distacted to post just new here....
Our son in law father... not well. I can't share anywhere but here. And not sure they get to see him..........................


Sherri- Oh geez on the murders......

Lynnie- I'm so sorry for all you've been thru. The past, and the present [your zip code living].... and Praying for us all a better future.

Dang- it always seems I'm on the wrong screen when I type. I hope I got thru most.

Son in law's father- not well. Days, hours.............. not the weeks they said prior.


Yes onto Week 3. As soon as I read it... I knew my topic!!! MY GIRLS!!
Here's a funny- I've been asked twice IF the sewing elements are part of the kit! OH golly no!- They were extracted per the challenge but willing to share to whoever wants them.

And IF anyone wants my masks steps I share.
I can't make a plethora more. Too much nerve pain back and neck at the machine.

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Lynnie I am so sorry to read what has been happening to you, you of all people should never never be accused of heartlessness, I know this from years of friendship and from the wonderful comfort and support you have extended to me over the past two years in particular. I don't do social media for the very reason of what has occurred with you. I hate that people can anonymously say anything they want to without consequence to themselves. There needs to be way stricter checks and balances on all social media platforms. That's my beef for the day. All EDCW ladies, please know I read your posts and care about you all even though I don't post very often. Please stay safe and well.
 
Lynnie I’m so sorry a keyboard troll is making your life miserable, block is a tool to be used.

my mom had a hair line fracture of her pelvis she will be on bed rest for at least a months. I will be Skyping with her Monday.

I think week 3 will be the end of me. Extractions????? Just why, or better yet just how? Not a fan.

My hugs out to everyone
 
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Lynnie I’m so sorry a keyboard troll is making your life miserable, block is a tool to be used.

my mom had a hair line fracture of her pelvis she will be on bed rest for at least a months. I will be Skyping with her Monday.

I think week 3 will be the end of me. Extractions????? Just why, or better yet just how? Not a fan.

My hugs out to everyone
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Sherri- on the extractions there are several that work well. It also depends on the item getting extracted which does better. A mask. Or Magic Wand, quick selection, lasso, or very carefully eraser. It might also depend on the program being used.

Oh dear on the hip fracture....
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HAPPY GOOD FRIDAY ALL!

Wishing you all a Blessed day.

We have sunshine at the moment. And I say, "at the moment" because, here in MN, ya never know. Yesterday was an absolute HOOT!!! OMG. Started out sort foggy-ish, then just cloudy, then snow, light flakes, then harder, then I couldn't see the trees on the edge of my backyard! Then......... sun, about 30 minutes later. And it went like that all... day... long... It was nutz! You had to laugh. Talk about BI-POLAR! MN musta been OFF her meds, I tell ya. And we're expecting "plowable" snow for Easter. Yeah... Love MN!!!

Had a really fun zoom chat with a buncha my MoMs (Marine Moms) yesterday afternoon. We get together every month and we missed it in March by ONE DAY, so we're really missing that supportive huggin' and chattin'. Felt the need to see each other's faces and chat about the virus and stuff. One of the MoM experienced a minor "heart" attack last week when her Marine told her that part of his unit was being MEU'd (sent) to sanitize the USS Roosevelt in Guam. He's NOT going, but those families must be absolutely terrified for their kids. "Needs of the Corps" we all know that, but still.

THEN had a really fun online trivia night with our local Legion. I actually came in 2nd place. That doesn't even happen often, as "old" as I am. LOL

Love looking at the beautiful extraction layouts... I did it. Gonna be posting later on today. We shall see. Good luck everyone.

Stay safe. Stay healthy. Wash your hands. God Bless. Tell your loved ones you them since you can't be with them.
 
Oh my Carla on the vast change of weather y'all have been having. I have a sister that lives in Wisconsin. How wonderful for y'all Marine moms to get together like that. Our older son in law is retired from Marines now having I think a civilian position much like his former one that I'm not allowed to know what it is. And your page is gorgeous.

My day has been a good one. Success in scrapping some pages. Success with completing one of the sewing projects for the g'kiddo's for Easter. I embroidered and created a hooded towel for each of them. I posted the embroidery in 2 of my FB groups. Received lovely responses as well as requests as to how I did them. [ I used a knockdown. Which is a technique of stitches to flatten the nap [raised pile] on a for example towel... it squishes down the loopies so the embroidery does not get lost.
Since I added a new to me technique...I received excellent tip on a tutorial to help more for the next time.

Stay healthy, Stay safe, Stay home.♥
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Things have been status quo for us the last couple of days. Husband is getting more afraid to go out now, probably because it hit home. Kids are coping well, although Philip does get a little emotional when it is just us together.

I just finished my immunity challenge layout. I hope it is OK. I have a hard time making layouts that I wouldn't put in my scrapbook. I think I succeeded in making it work for me!

Hope everyone is coping as best they can and all staying healthy!
 
Lynnie...how terrible for you.

LilyAnn...so sorry to hear of both friends passing. What a sad week this is for so many.

tomorrow I am going to relax and scrap and check out team layouts.
 
Rae - I am sad to see you step back.

Lynnie - People have to wear masks? wow, I hope we don't get there, none of us have one, even husband who is the go for person now.

I got both my pages done and it is now almost 3 am, let me know if I posted wrong, please.

And more snow today and tonight.

Alexis had a mini breakdown yesterday evening and night and was totally stressed out over everything.

Today was Austins turn, he won't even speak to me. I did something wrong (in his eyes, and I don't know what)

Myles had to work a few hours today, and a few tomorrow, enough to ruin the day, and not enough to make it worthwhile, his company was overdue paying staff, will see what happens by monday.

Be safe, happy easter if you all celebrate.
 
Oh Sherri, I'm sorry the kids are struggling. Give Alexis a BIG HUG for me, Austin too (even though it probably won't mean as much... lol) It's so tough to deal with the uncertainty of everything right now. It's got to be especially hard for your family with the medical issues. I think both of your layouts are wonderful.

It's been strongly suggested that we wear masks here in MN too. Not mandatory yet. Freddy doesn't wear one and I can't imagine he will. He goes out daily for "mail" and yet he's gone for hours..... mind you, our box is at the end of our drive. hehehe..... He would go quite nutz if we were really forced to stay INSIDE for weeks. He does all of our shopping and errands. He sometimes stops to meet his mates at the Legion pavilion. They each sit at separate picnic tables and drink their coffee and chat for an hour or two. Keeps them all sane. (me too)

Lynnie, do you need more friends/support on FB? I'm Carla Letch Cooper, if anyone else wants to send me a friend request, I'm open for chatting there too.
 
We're friends already Carla, he, he.

Mayor DiBlasio called all New York City public schools for the rest of the year. I kind of think Long Island, NY will follow suit shortly. If they do close for the rest of the year and I have to go back to work, I don't know how Philip will get his work done. I see more melt downs and more frustration on both his part and mine (working and spending the hours with his HW.) I guess I shouldn't think of it now and wait and see. I guess that's what makes us all frustrated and depressed... the not knowing.

Hope all is going well with everyone. Stay home, stay safe, be well.
 
Hey ladies. I am going to admit I am SO not caught up on the waffling this week. I am not feeling very well, and it's hard for me to stay caught up!

Lynnie - I hate how mean some people are on social media. They don't know you, but yet they make snap judgements, and it can really hurt. I'm so sorry. Hugs!!

Michi - I would absolutely love if you'd be willing to give me tips on masks. My email is kelleyd1980 at gmail dot com, or FB is fine too - I'm Kelley Danielle there. Thank you SO much!

I am having a very hard time right now. Mainly, it is because of the stress of not having work and being stuck at home feeling like there is nothing I can do to make money. I guess I go back and forth between feeling motivated and feeling hopeless. I am trying to get my resin jewelry business up and running on Etsy (not live yet), and I have also been designing tee shirt designs when I feel inspired. It seems like everything I do is on the couch though, which is frustrating and getting uncomfortable! Funny because I used to find the couch a very nice place to rest, and now I am just annoyed by it. Sorry for the grumbly attitude today. I am not trying to have a pity party - I just need to suck it up and work on my jewelry and accomplish something, and then I think I will feel better.
 
Looks like I've been incognito for several pages now, LOL!

I think I haven't been out of the house for about 2 weeks, just to check the mail, sit out on our back patio. Hubby has been doing all the grocery, etc. runs, which is very generous of him. It means I picked a good one! We're all healthy and getting along OK most days. Eren is on "spring break" so no work from teachers until Tuesday, I think, otherwise our days go somewhat like this:

About 6 am-2 pm: Hubby's workday at our dining room table
About 9 am:everyone is up and functioning. Kitty is fed.
10:30- Eren reads or does homework while DS plays video games (he really needs to get a job)
11: Eren and I do yoga for 20 minutes
After that, it is mostly video games for all of us but hubby. I play Pokemon, he he he. Sometimes the 2 siblings get online and on the phone with their brother who's in Utah to game with him. It's pretty loud and hilarious.

Today we did some cleaning. And shoot, I forgot I got on here to post my immunity layout. :D I'd better get to that! Wishing all you ladies well, and take care!
 
My mom is in a long term care facility, on lock down, no visitors. On Tuesday she fell and got a hairline fracture of pelvis and is on bed rest for at least a month.
Mom got up last night and fell again. New x-rays didn't show any changes from earlier ones. How ever she is running a fever, lungs are bad, they did a COVID test and have started her on antibiotics and an IV as she is dehydrated. Covid test results could be days or a week before known. No others in the facility or staff are known to have it which is promising.
But man I’m sick with worry. She doesn’t understand she can’t get up or shouldn’t get up.

more snow last night ..... grrrr

my husband is considered an essential worker, he is in oil and gas not frontlines at all

Carla we are friends real life and fb love you.
 
Lily Anne I think it made a huge difference for us knowing March 15 that there would be no school till September, typically our schools go to end of June.
 
HAPPY BLESSED EASTER ALL!!!

LilyAnn, I think MN will be going the same direction soon. The rumors are spinning everywhere. Our supervisor mentioned she'd heard it from several sources. We're thinking we'll hear sometime soon. I just hope they reopen schools in the fall. So many colleges have already talked about staying online for fall semester!

Kelley, I'm so sorry you're struggling right now. It's a tough time. I wish I could help. Please send me a friend request on FB too. I found you, but you didn't have your friend request open.

Ane, I haven't been out of the house either. Hubs is doing our shopping and errands. I got a great one too! <3 Good that you have a schedule. Gives everyone that sense of stability and we need that.

Oh Sherri, my love, I'm so sorry about mom. I wish there was something I could do. Sending prayers for a negative CV test. That would at least take that out of the mix. Doesn't help that hubs is essential, but he is still working, I guess. Better than some others.

Stay safe. Stay healthy. Wash your hands. God Bless. Tell your loved ones you them since you can't be with them.
 
Pages and pages of wonderful waffling. I don't think I can catch up on everything individually, maybe later if I can get caught up with all my other stuff.

I am so grateful for the support and encouragement everyone here has given each other. Each post is filled with such warmth and caring. Your encouragement to me is priceless. I appreciate it so much.

I can't believe I am home and overwhelmed. It takes an idiot to retire and be confined to the house and still manage to be too busy to breathe. I am going to take the rest of Easter off, I think.
 
It was my 40th birthday today and I have to admit that it was anti-climatic at best. I actually ended up having a breakdown again. I had one at the very beginning of all of this and thought that I was doing pretty okay, but I guess not as good as I'd been thinking. I miss some of the "normal" things that we always did. You know, going out to eat for a birthday, being able to go shopping. That kind of thing. My shoes are completely worn out and I really need a new pair but since shoe stores aren't essential, I am having to deal with the ones that I have and they are really starting to kill my feet. I have a heel spur and having shoes that are breaking down so much is giving me a lot of pain.
 
Awe.......... HAPPY BIRTHDAY DORANN! I'm sorry that your birthday wasn't all that you'd hoped. I certainly understand how that could be anticlimactic in this day and time. Sorry about your shoes. THAT would be terribly frustrating. Is there anyway for you to find any online maybe? Wishing you the very best year. You deserve every happiness.

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Dorann, Happy Birthday, you will get through this and have new shoes soon.

Sherri, Better news for your Mom with lowering her bed to prevent further falls, wishing her well.

I have been suffering from neck and back pain for the past couple weeks. I know it is from too much computer and tv, not used to all this free time. I really need to will myself to do more exercise and stretching, I so miss my hot yoga Fridays! Doing yoga at home is not the same and I don't get the stretching out as well as when I do it in a hot studio. My son has showed me a few stretches to help and this week I am going to try and do more of this and cardio as well.

Hope everyone had a peaceful Easter and ready to start our next week of Survivor. :)
 
You all, I know that it really does sound petty talking about shoes, but when you've had the kind of foot and ankle problems that I've had, it becomes an "essential" thing. LOL

Today was better, although a bit sad as over 100 people here in Kentucky have now passed away as a result of COVID-19. Our governor has requested that flags fly at half staff and I am in complete agreement with that.
 
Dorann, would it be possible to order online the exact shoe model you have now? I know blind-buying shoes is impossible, but maybe that's a middle street that would let you live with less pain?

I am going to issue a photo request on my Yorkie's facebook page to try and kick my creativity, because I am having a really hard time doing my scrapbook pages. I know that it's silly to have such a difficulty here- they're the pictures from November, not even the ones from right now in March! But I can't get going.

The only thing I've managed to scrap lately has been the jigsaw puzzle pattern- we decided we would order a custom-made puzzle, so I made a huge scrap layout of all the trips we've taken in the last 4 years. And even more shocking- he gave me permission to actually use pictures of US which is huge, because he doesn't like pictures at all.
 
I hope your back pain eases, Karen. I understand the computer work and sitting around stuff that would irritate that. I need to move more as well.

So sad that the death rate has risen that high in KY. Never apologize for venting a little. That's what we're here for, Dorann.

Sylfie! Ya gotta do what ya gotta do to get those juices running again. I think a bunch of Yorkie pix would just be wonderful to make everyone smile even if they didn't inspire a layout! What fun that you had a custom puzzle made!

Nothing particularly new here. Still snow on the roofs and lawns, but the roads are clear. Temps are increasing again and appear to be headed towards 60F by the weekend. Such is life in MN in the spring! hehehe...

Stay safe. Stay healthy. Wash your hands. God Bless. Tell your loved ones you them since you can't be with them.
 
Hello fellow Designers and Scrappers!
Sherri - Prayers for you mom.
Karen - Sorry about your back pain that is one of the worse pains... Hope your feeling better.
Dorann - Happy belated birthday! And I totally understand the shoe issue, I have had issues like that myself, and you are allowed to vent, so no need to be sorry. Look around online and see if you can find your same shoes available somewhere, good luck with the hunt.
I have lost my job, the hospital at worked at has closed. I was aware and was prepared for it, so I will be fine for now. It's kinda scary, I turn 60 soon and it makes it a little harder to start over again, but I will have to wait til this virus is under control before I can get out and find a job. I will be looking for only part time, it is time to slow down for this old lady... LOL The number of people getting this virus keeps climbing, so not sure when the stay in place order will be over, not looking like anytime soon. I miss having family around me and going a little stir crazy in this small apartment all by myself... Thank goodness for internet and being able to skype family... I think I have bugged my family caling just to have someone to talk too... LOL But I will keep praying and keep the faith that things will get better. You all stay safe, stay home if you can. And a BIG THANK YOU! to those who have to be out there on the front lines dealing with this everyday, it's crazy out there, you all are important too and please be safe if you have to be out there. Well off to do some scrapping... have a great day! Pray for one another!
 
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