Chocolate Craving.

Do you ever have a craving of something and nothing you do can satisfy it?
Well I am craving chocolate.
I don't have ANY.
I even checked out all my hiding places...yes that is plural, lol.
So I thought maybe I just need something sweet. So I grabbed some crackers with honey.
Good, great even but it didn't hit the spot.
Oh I found some pudding in the cupboard. Butterscotch :)
This was delish...but even the second one didn't take my craving for chocolate away, lol.
Tomorrow is going to be stocking up day.
Chocolate here I come, lol.

Onto My Day:
We still have to limit our water output.
They have the treatment center up and running, but so far it is only running to 1/2 of its capacity.
So that still means no showers, dishes, limiting the flushing of the toilet and no doing laundry.
We can't complain at least we are dry, and no damage to our home.

Here is a video that a local resident put together. As beautiful as this video is, it doesn't really show the destruction to the city.

Hope you all had a creative Tuesday:)

Tracy :)

In a state of Emergency

Remember me mentioning about all the rain we have been getting lately?
Well we received a lot last night again.
Here are some of the effects from it.
Our city has issued a state of emergency. The Red Cross has set up a temporary shelter for those who can't make to it their homes or are in need of any help.
These are NOT my photos, I got them off of Magic 99.9 Facebook page. They have been posting photos from residents around town.









This one looks like the street was made to drive through a river. These residents are probably cut off from the city due to the flooded roads.
















 Now this one is scary. Imagine driving into this! I hope no one was hurt.

I wouldn't want to explain this to my boss, teehee.
I know, not funny, but you have to keep a bit of your humour.

Just so you know, my family hasn't been affected by what has been happening. Our basement isn't flooded, we still have our power and none of the roads near me have been destroyed by the rains.
We are doing our part by not using unnecessary amounts of water.
Didn't get to the dishes tonight and limiting our flushing habits.
You know, if its yellow then its mellow, but if its brown flush it down, lol.
Here is an updated notice.
http://netnewsledger.com/2012/05/28/2013edt-may-28-2012-thunder-bay-flooding-update-with-video/

When Wayne and I were looking for a home, this was one of our concerns. So we looked for a home that we thought would be high enough above the water levels. I am not saying that we may not ever be affected by this, but right now we are good.
Here is more of the story from earlier http://www.tbnewswatch.com/news/211648/Emergencies-declared

Hope you all had a creative Monday.

Tracy :)

I am in love with 6x6 's

I forgot to share that I went to my LSS (local scrapbooking store) yesterday. It was the last day for the paper packs to be on sale. So you know I had to check them out ;)
I picked up some 6x6 paper packs.
I need more paper like I need another hole in my head.
I am in a swap and I wanted to add something extra in her package.
So that is why there is 2 dots and stripes paper packs. You know I can't send someone something that I don't have as well, lol.















Onto My Rainy Day:
We have received over 24mm of rain today. Wednesday we had 46mm of rain.
That may not seem like a lot, but for 7 days of drab weather, I am about over it.
It hasn't been a constant rain, but when it does rain it is a downpour.
So today was a stay inside, catch up on some paper work and watch movies kind of day.
I didn't even get dressed...how pathetic is that, lol.

One of the shows we watched was Death at a Funeral. That show is hilarious. We prefer the original 2007 British version. The old uncle Alfie is one of our favourite characters.
The first time we had watched it, the girls had to come upstairs as I was laughing so hard, I think I scared them. lol.

Hope you had a creative Sunday.
Here is hoping I have a creative Monday tomorrow :)

Tracy :)

My Hearts are a Bleeding :)

Just a quick post to say Hi :)
My bleeding hearts have bloomed. Aren't they pretty :)
Ashley took this photo of them:)
It didn't rain today :)  We were suppose to get rain today and tomorrow. It seems like all it has done since Sunday is rain. I'm not complaining as I do love to hear the rain. But we do need some sun soon.

Onto My Day:
Heather went to work early this morning. I woke up as I heard her getting ready. So I sat and chatted with her before she had to leave. Then I went back to sleep ;)

Wayne tied some lures for fishing this summer. Then Kristy sat with him and started to tie some as well.
See my hubby does crafts as well, he even has his own craft container, teehee.

I hope you all had a creative Saturday :)


Tracy :)

Criss Cross card and a Boo boo

Remember the Zentangles I did the other week?
Well I decided to put it on a card.
Not only that, but I tried my hand at a new type of card.
It is called a criss cross card.
It was very simple and I am sure to make a few more of these.

The message fits into the envelope type pocket.
Pretty fun eh?
I will do a tutorial the next time I make one.
I am giving this to a gentleman on a site I visit. He seemed to really like the zentangle I did, so I hope he likes it on a card :)















Onto My Day:
First I want to thank you for all the concern about my cold.
But that is all it is, just a cold. I'm feeling a bit better today....besides this gorgeous cold sore in my nose, lol.
The sun actually came out for a bit today. Funny how a bit of sunshine can brighten my day :)  That and a couple of phone calls from some friends :)

We were planning on going to camp this weekend. We needed to pile some wood and turn the water on to get ready for summer :)
But sadly I am still not up to doing any hard work, plus it is suppose to rain all weekend. So we will have to wait for the next weekend :(

Poor Kristy burnt herself at her Co-op yesterday.
She was taking muffins out of the oven and her hand slipped off of the pot holder.
Ouch.
Don't worry mommy is taking good care of her and she is feeling much better today.
I kept the photo tiny so it wouldn't gross you out to much.









I hope you all had a creative Friday and an even more creative weekend :)

Tracy :)

Last of the layouts

Lets see if I can write this up and post this before we lose power.
We have had rain for the last 3 days. It is pouring rain and thundering right now.

Well here is the last set of layouts I did last weekend at the Girls May Long weekend.
Keeping with the theme of getting my pictures on paper and not over-thinking things, I am happy with the results.
This was on a girls get away when we went to Duluth a few years ago.
The girls wanted to photograph this beautiful old building. Turns out its their local high school.

I just turned the sketch on its side, easy peasy :)

Here are Kristy's layouts. She took the photos and printed them out right then.

Beautiful photographs.















 Onto My Day:
I still have this cold and it is kickin' my arse.
My girlfriend Debbie invited me for supper last night. With the intentions of colouring and making some cards afterwards. Sadly, very sadly I had to cancel. I couldn't even breath and was blowing my honker every 5 minutes.
Today was my walking day with my friend Kelly. Again I had to cancel.
Today my cold has gone to my chest. So lets hope its working its way out, lol.

Thank you all for your sweet comments on my tag from yesterday. Also for commenting on my layouts.

I hope you all had a creative Thursday.
I keep thinking it is Friday, but I think it is because of all the naps that I have been taking, lol.

Tracy :)

Everyone Loves to Read..DT Project

Well its that time again :)
My Design Team spot on Redonkulous Designs.
I used this sweet image called Mother and Son. I think it could be used in so many more ways, Little brother Big sister, Babysitter, even teacher.

I see you look a little shocked...its not a card.
I was going to make a book mark, but as you see it turned into more of a tag then a book mark.

Here is a close up of the image.
I coloured this image up with my Copics and my Stampin Up markers :)
The ruler is a stamp that I used, I cut it out and added some distress ink.

I have never claimed to be a photographer of any kind. I get what I get and hope for the best.
But I did notice that my last few cards the photography seem to look a little washed out, so I thought I would again, try to back the project with a white background.
Not sure if it makes a difference.
I do prefer the dark background on my blog though.

A close up of a few of my paper embellishments.

Another close up of the image on the white background.

To check out the other DT's click on their names and I will take you right to them ;)

Sharon

Kate

And Kim, who has the whole shebang.

Onto My Day:
Because this post is going up incredibly early for my taste, my day hasn't even started yet ;)
I am planning on relaxing and taking care of this cold.
But if I am feeling better, I will be doing some book work.

Hope you all had a creative Wednesday :)

Tracy :)