We're at the halfway point in our trip and we're having a fabulous time. The weather has been outstanding and we've enjoyed 4 days of pool time. Yesterday it was close to 90 and it's supposed to be the same today. Tomorrow is also supposed to be warm but we've decided to golf anyway. Taqhitz has lots of trees so there will be shade for Kerry and since our tee time is around 130 the temperature will be dropping as we get later into the round.
Went to the casino on Thursday night.....bad idea! Suffice it to say I did not win any money.
Tuesday I did some craft supply shopping, I hit Big Lots, Joannes and TJ Maxx and scored some bargoons. At first I was disappointed with Big Lots. I watch all the fabulous craft hauls on You Tube and didn't really see a lot on first glance. Then I realized that you had to dig, dig, dig so I did and came up with some cool stuff. They didn't have a lot of stamp sets but I did score some individual stamps and lots of other stuff that I don't see at home.
The last time we were at Walmart I bought a pair of sneakers and I've done some walking down here. Nothing spectacular and certainly not marathon material, but it's a start. I'm very out of shape so I'm just taking my time and trying not to do too much. Twice in the last 3 days is pretty good progress for me so I'm pleased with myself. The goal is to get the habit in place so I can continue it at home.
Oh, I also bought myself an Ipod. I've been using my daughter's at work because she said she didn't use it unless travelling. However she's discovered a whole lot of neat apps she can use and so she's really stoked to use it. I gave her back her ipod and bought myself one - 8G with camera for $198 at Walmart. I think that's a pretty good price but not really sure. Anyway, I'm enjoying this little gadget. I supervise a team of 4 and the 5 of us work in a small office. I really don't like the radios on because the office is so small. I've always used an MP3 which is OK but not optimum. Now that I have my IPOD I'm looking forward to being able to use it at work. I think I have something like 1000 songs to choose from. I love that I can store so much on this little device. Who knew?
I've managed to finish the journal spread for the Travelling Journals project. I'm pleased with how it turned out. It wasn't very spontaneous, however, I did put a lot of work into it and considering the limited supplies I have with me, it turned out not too bad. I took some pictures on my IPOD so I'll upload later, if I can figure out how to do that !
The pool is calling my name so gotta run. Caio.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Life is good!
The weather here in PS has been a little on the cool side. The last couple of days it's been windy and cool and last night we had a pretty good storm. They had snow in Joshua Tree and about 12 inches in the higher elevations over 3000 feet.
Yesterday we had a lazy day and just lay around until around 2 pm. I decided since it wasn't a particularly nice day that I'd do some errands. We hit Michaels for a bottle of craft paint and some decorative tape. I didn't plan to buy a lot, however there were bargoons to be had. Need I say more? I scored a "Doodle style" smash book (very cool) for $ 12.95, 3 smash pads @ $ 1.99 each, 3 KC company tag stacks @ 1.99 each and some very cute black and white polka dot tape. Very cute! I have no idea what these cost back in Vancouver but I suspect I would have paid considerably more. I'm in a travelling journal swap and I brought that journal with me to PS. I also brought one of my own journals with me to work in, hence the "need" for some white acrylic paint, which I also picked up at Michaels.
Next stop was ULTA where I purchased some Bare Minerals foundation and blush. I had an on-line coupon for 20% off one item, but who knew? It didn't apply to Prestige cosmetics. Big surprise there! No big deal not being able to use it - just seems that I can never take advantage of a coupon as I never buy the right product. Story of my life!
Last stop was dinner at Di Carlos Italian Restaurant in Rancho Mirage where my daughter treated me (treated...is that even a word?) to dinner. This restaurant is always on our "must do" list. The food is scrumptious, the staff and owner are really friendly and the service is great. His business is just a license to print money! Line-ups most of the time at night so you need to get there early or be prepared to wait. They have an early bird menu that runs from 3 (I think) until 6pm. On the special you get your choice of 3 or 4 selections which are a "smaller" size entree - yeah right, I can never eat all of it and I have a good appetite! - salad with homemade garlic dressing (to die for) and garlic bread for $ 9.95. What a deal! I highly recommend that you check them out if you're in the Coachella Valley.
We were home by 6:15 and just hung out in front of the fire for the rest of the evening. We watched the Canucks game - GO CANUCKS - and then some of the Property Brothers (love those guys). At around 1 am I gravitated to the computer where I surfed until after 3. Then off to bed, where you guessed it, I couldn't sleep. Oh well, guess I'll be in bed early tonight. That's what holidays are for, right? Life is good.
Caio !
Yesterday we had a lazy day and just lay around until around 2 pm. I decided since it wasn't a particularly nice day that I'd do some errands. We hit Michaels for a bottle of craft paint and some decorative tape. I didn't plan to buy a lot, however there were bargoons to be had. Need I say more? I scored a "Doodle style" smash book (very cool) for $ 12.95, 3 smash pads @ $ 1.99 each, 3 KC company tag stacks @ 1.99 each and some very cute black and white polka dot tape. Very cute! I have no idea what these cost back in Vancouver but I suspect I would have paid considerably more. I'm in a travelling journal swap and I brought that journal with me to PS. I also brought one of my own journals with me to work in, hence the "need" for some white acrylic paint, which I also picked up at Michaels.
Next stop was ULTA where I purchased some Bare Minerals foundation and blush. I had an on-line coupon for 20% off one item, but who knew? It didn't apply to Prestige cosmetics. Big surprise there! No big deal not being able to use it - just seems that I can never take advantage of a coupon as I never buy the right product. Story of my life!
Last stop was dinner at Di Carlos Italian Restaurant in Rancho Mirage where my daughter treated me (treated...is that even a word?) to dinner. This restaurant is always on our "must do" list. The food is scrumptious, the staff and owner are really friendly and the service is great. His business is just a license to print money! Line-ups most of the time at night so you need to get there early or be prepared to wait. They have an early bird menu that runs from 3 (I think) until 6pm. On the special you get your choice of 3 or 4 selections which are a "smaller" size entree - yeah right, I can never eat all of it and I have a good appetite! - salad with homemade garlic dressing (to die for) and garlic bread for $ 9.95. What a deal! I highly recommend that you check them out if you're in the Coachella Valley.
We were home by 6:15 and just hung out in front of the fire for the rest of the evening. We watched the Canucks game - GO CANUCKS - and then some of the Property Brothers (love those guys). At around 1 am I gravitated to the computer where I surfed until after 3. Then off to bed, where you guessed it, I couldn't sleep. Oh well, guess I'll be in bed early tonight. That's what holidays are for, right? Life is good.
Caio !
Monday, February 13, 2012
blogging from Paradise
We're ensconced in our rental house in Palm Springs. Heaven!
We were both up early on Friday and thank goodness for that! We usually fly out of either Bellingham or Abbotsford - last time it was Abbotsford - so we've been spoilt by the lack of lines and how fast we can get through customs. YVR is a far different story. Luckily for us, we were awake at 5 am so left for the airport earlier than we had originally planned. The trip through check in, even though we were already checked in, was slow and disorganized. Then we had to hike over to the international baggage area to drop off our luggage. Some little east indian baggage handler was yelling at us. No help provided, just yelling. Rude, Rude, Rude....can you say annoying? I just wanted to reach out and slap him.
We had planned to grab breakfast at the airport since we couldn't get breakfast at the hotel. Unfortunatly with all the lineups we never did get anything to eat. We also had to line up to go through the security check - the line had at least a 100 people in it! Going through security is always such a treat! From there we lined up to go through US customs. Thankfully that went very quickly. We just made it to our gate in time for the start of boarding. The flight was uneventful.
We arrived on in Palm Springs at around 11:30 on Friday to a fabulous, sunny and warm day - 84 degrees. We vehicle rental check in went well and we were able to get the HHR I requested....woohoo!! We were 2 hours early, however, the rental company had the house all ready for us so there was no waiting around. Don't you love it when a plan comes together? The rental house is lovely and is way up there on the cozy meter. It's a new rental in the rental pool and so is missing a few of the "it would be nice to have's" but other than that it's great. Huge yard, good sized pool, nice spa and lots of privacy.
I spent Saturday in the pool - sheer heaven ! Sunday was cooler and very windy - something like 65 mile per hour winds expected - so no pool time Sunday. Today we're golfing and then going out to dinner afterwards. Tomorrow we'll stay home and have a pool day and then barbecue some steaks We still haven't mastered how to get the spa to heat up properly but the pool guy comes today so hopefully that will be rectified. Kerry is chomping at the bit to get in the spa.
Stay tuned. Caio from paradise.
We were both up early on Friday and thank goodness for that! We usually fly out of either Bellingham or Abbotsford - last time it was Abbotsford - so we've been spoilt by the lack of lines and how fast we can get through customs. YVR is a far different story. Luckily for us, we were awake at 5 am so left for the airport earlier than we had originally planned. The trip through check in, even though we were already checked in, was slow and disorganized. Then we had to hike over to the international baggage area to drop off our luggage. Some little east indian baggage handler was yelling at us. No help provided, just yelling. Rude, Rude, Rude....can you say annoying? I just wanted to reach out and slap him.
We had planned to grab breakfast at the airport since we couldn't get breakfast at the hotel. Unfortunatly with all the lineups we never did get anything to eat. We also had to line up to go through the security check - the line had at least a 100 people in it! Going through security is always such a treat! From there we lined up to go through US customs. Thankfully that went very quickly. We just made it to our gate in time for the start of boarding. The flight was uneventful.
We arrived on in Palm Springs at around 11:30 on Friday to a fabulous, sunny and warm day - 84 degrees. We vehicle rental check in went well and we were able to get the HHR I requested....woohoo!! We were 2 hours early, however, the rental company had the house all ready for us so there was no waiting around. Don't you love it when a plan comes together? The rental house is lovely and is way up there on the cozy meter. It's a new rental in the rental pool and so is missing a few of the "it would be nice to have's" but other than that it's great. Huge yard, good sized pool, nice spa and lots of privacy.
I spent Saturday in the pool - sheer heaven ! Sunday was cooler and very windy - something like 65 mile per hour winds expected - so no pool time Sunday. Today we're golfing and then going out to dinner afterwards. Tomorrow we'll stay home and have a pool day and then barbecue some steaks We still haven't mastered how to get the spa to heat up properly but the pool guy comes today so hopefully that will be rectified. Kerry is chomping at the bit to get in the spa.
Stay tuned. Caio from paradise.
Thursday, February 02, 2012
Retirement card
I'm reasonably pleased with it. If I were to make it again, I'd probably change the colors but everyone else seemed pleased with it.
BTW, in the scan the image looks crooked. On the actual card it was fine. I guess my card was a little crooked on the scanner bed when I scanned it.
Fell off the wagon
So ....
It appears that I fell off the wagon - I didn't meet my goal of twice a week and have little artwork to show for the past 2 weeks.
The studio is still a work in progress. It's about 2/3 finished and then I stopped. I need to finish this job otherwise I can't work in there. Having said that, I have been able to get a little work done in there.
Surprising enough, it's actually functioning pretty well. I'm very pleased with the layout - it feels comfortable and more spacious. I still have way too much "stuff" but it seems more in control now.
I'm exhausted. I'm getting ready to go south for a month and work has been crazy busy. I come home dead to the world and just don't have a lot of energy to do anything. I have several projects I want to finish up before leaving next week, just not sure how much will get done. I must do up some stock for the store, no ifs, ands or buts about that, otherwise I will be very unpopular. I also have some ATCs to finish, a journal page to do for a travelling journal page and I want to prep some journal pages for my own journal so I can take it with me. Last year I bought a bunch of stuff down there but didn't really do much journalling. I think this year it will work better if I have the pages prepped and ready to go. Hopefully, if I do that, then I can bring a bare minimum with me to work with. Who knows? Still struggling with putting anything to paper, however I'm hoping that I'll be more free, less blocked down there. Keeping my fingers crossed
Gotta run. Caio!
It appears that I fell off the wagon - I didn't meet my goal of twice a week and have little artwork to show for the past 2 weeks.
The studio is still a work in progress. It's about 2/3 finished and then I stopped. I need to finish this job otherwise I can't work in there. Having said that, I have been able to get a little work done in there.
Surprising enough, it's actually functioning pretty well. I'm very pleased with the layout - it feels comfortable and more spacious. I still have way too much "stuff" but it seems more in control now.
I'm exhausted. I'm getting ready to go south for a month and work has been crazy busy. I come home dead to the world and just don't have a lot of energy to do anything. I have several projects I want to finish up before leaving next week, just not sure how much will get done. I must do up some stock for the store, no ifs, ands or buts about that, otherwise I will be very unpopular. I also have some ATCs to finish, a journal page to do for a travelling journal page and I want to prep some journal pages for my own journal so I can take it with me. Last year I bought a bunch of stuff down there but didn't really do much journalling. I think this year it will work better if I have the pages prepped and ready to go. Hopefully, if I do that, then I can bring a bare minimum with me to work with. Who knows? Still struggling with putting anything to paper, however I'm hoping that I'll be more free, less blocked down there. Keeping my fingers crossed
Gotta run. Caio!
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