Well, last week was my first week of retirement. No other jobs than home, supposedly! I was very good and assigned myself tasks for each day and marked them off as I did them. Then Thursday I gave in and had a bit of fun learning how to make cool things with my newest toy, an envelope punch board. Mine is from Stampin'Up (SU). We Are Memory Keepers has one, too. They work the same but WAMK has a blue punch button and scorer. They not only make envelopes in whatever size you need but they make cute boxes and gift bags and other cutesy things. I've been watching tutorials on You Tube and learning lots. I wish I was getting commission on all the ones I've told people about who ordered them! I've been with Close to My Heart (CTMH) for 6 1/2 years and I'm kind of wishing I was with SU. Have been attending some classes for SU in Grand Junction with a friend and I really like the emphasis on tools that they are into. I think CTMH is falling behind. They, CTMH, is into the Cricut (an electronic cutting machine) but I really like the new thin metal dies to use with the BigShot. This probably looks like Greek to someone who doesn't do all this stuff but you should learn, it is FUN! Take classes, and if you don't like the teacher, find a new one. Everybody has different ideas of what and how they are taught. I've also found as a teacher that some students are not easy to teach and you may have to help them find someone else, put in a different class or teach them on a one to one basis or tell them goodbye. As a student, I don't care as long as I get to learn new stuff.
So, I have the grapes pruned, the asparagus bed cleaned and most of the weeds in garden in a big pile to burn. I am once again re-arranging my craft room. Will I ever figure out the right way to set it up so it will function at it's best? I am trying to set up a beading area, plus a stamping, paper area to work with all my various tools and then there is polymer clay and good grief, I need a barn. I have the counted cross stitch in the bedroom and the knitting and crochet in both the living room and bedroom. Then there are the books and magazines I can't part with. My obsession with cookbooks, is getting out of control, but I even like to read them, too, from cover to cover.
Today I had a class with a lady who is sweet and 82 but poor memory. I'm relieved when it is over.
Well, I'll bake buns tomorrow for hamburgers for supper. Think I'll make the butternut squash ones. Need to make cookies, too.
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