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Well, I'm back! I don't have anything to share, really. So, I decided I would share the pages I did for a few of the challenges at Digitals. To see the credits, please see my gallery at Digitals, HERE.

A little cucumber oughta do the trick!

I got this from Tim's mom today. Sounds very interesting! Who woulda' thunk? :)

WOW WHAT A LITTLE GEM THE CUCUMBER IS. I WILL LOOK AT IT DIFFERENTLY NOW.


1. Cucumbers contain most of the vitamins you need every day, just one cucumber contains Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B3, Vitamin B5, Vitamin B6, Folic Acid, Vitamin C, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium and Zinc.

2. Feeling tired in the afternoon, put down the caffeinated soda and pick up a cucumber. Cucumbers are a good source of B Vitamins and Carbohydrates that can provide that quick pick-me-up that can last for hours.

3. Tired of your bathroom mirror fogging up after a shower? Try rubbing a cucumber slice along the mirror, it will eliminate the fog and provide a soothing, spa-like fragrance.

4. Are grubs and slugs ruining your planting beds? Place a few slices in a small pie tin and your garden will be free of pests all season long. The chemicals in the cucumber react with the aluminum to give off a scent undetectable to humans but drive garden pests crazy and make them flee the area.

5 Looking for a fast and easy way to remove cellulite before going out or to the pool? Try rubbing a slice or two of cucumbers along your problem area for a few minutes, the phytochemicals in the cucumber cause the collagen in your skin to tighten, firming up the outer layer and reducing the visibility of cellulite. Works great on wrinkles too!!!

6.. Want to avoid a hangover or terrible headache? Eat a few cucumber slices before going to bed and wake up refreshed and headache free. Cucumbers contain enough sugar, B vitamins and electrolytes to replenish essential nutrients the body lost, keeping everything in equilibrium, avoiding both a hangover and headache!!

7. Looking to fight off that afternoon or evening snacking binge? Cucumbers have been used for centuries and often used by European trappers, traders and explores for quick meals to thwart off starvation.

8. Have an important meeting or job interview and you realize that you don't have enough time to polish your shoes? Rub a freshly cut cucumber over the shoe, its chemicals will provide a quick and durable shine that not only looks great but also repels water.


9. Out of WD 40 and need to fix a squeaky hinge? Take a cucumber slice and rub it along the problematic hinge, and voila, the squeak is gone!

10. Stressed out and don't have time for massage, facial or visit to the spa? Cut up an entire cucumber and place it in a boiling pot of water, the chemicals and nutrients from the cucumber with react with the boiling water and be released in the steam, creating a soothing, relaxing aroma that has been shown the reduce stress in new mothers and college students during final exams.

11. Just finish a business lunch and realize you don't have gum or mints? Take a slice of cucumber and press it to the roof of your mouth with your tongue for 30 seconds to eliminate bad breath, the phytochemcials will kill the bacteria in your mouth responsible for causing bad breath.

12. Looking for a 'green' way to clean your faucets, sinks or stainless steel? Take a slice of cucumber and rub it on the surface you want to clean, not only will it remove years of tarnish and bring back the shine, but is won't leave streaks and won't harm you fingers or fingernails while you clean.


13. Using a pen and made a mistake? Take the outside of the cucumber and slowly use it to erase the pen writing, also works great on crayons and markers that the kids have used to decorate the walls!!

Busy Day

After going to bed at 1:30 (last load of laundry dried), I slept in til 9:30 this morning. I'm still tired. Guess 2 nights with Michael in the same bed did me in! I'll have to try to catch up again tonight!

Went to visit our 97 year old shut-in from church. He isn't too shut-in as he was gone when we got there! Probably took the dog for a haircut.

Worked on my computer room re-organization. Gonna take alot more time!

Worked on putting some new air conditioning duct in as the old was flooded during the burst pipe fiasco! See the pictures below.

Worked some more on my computer room.

Went to Best Buy and bought a 23" flat screen monitor for my computer with my church cleaning money and mother's day money.

Now, it's time to read a bit before bed! Night!

This duct is full of water in the dip shown here.
You can see the water dripping from the duct. When I cut the strap supporting it, the duct broke in half and filled my shoes with water!
Tim cutting a new length of duct.
Voila! No more sagging!

Home Again, Home Again.....

Got home at a decent time this afternoon.....4:20. Left Jessica's at about 8:15 and stopped for gas (THANKS again, Jessica, for the fill-up!) and was headed out of Lancaster by 8:30. It rained HARD most of the way to WV. I arrived at Liz's at about 10:45 to drop off some items she had left at Jessica's. Played with Ryan for a few minutes and then left to each lunch with friends at Amos Plant. Had a great week and weekend with the girls and the grands! Hated to leave, as always! But, it's back to the real world, now!

I had lunch with my very good friend(s), Susie and company, at John Amos Plant. It was nice to see everyone! Susie gets to retire after 8 more working days! I am so excited for her! But, I feel for poor Farrah (who took my place when we moved to NC). Farrah will miss her terribly, too! It was about 12:45 when I hit the road for NC. So the trip home from Charleston is about 3 1/2 hours. Not a bad trip! And it didn't rain too much or too hard, which was a good thing!

Tim was not hungry when I got home, so I started doing some laundry. At 6 we went to Olive Garden to eat. It was nice to not have to cook after being on the road all day! And now I am back to working in the laundry. Tomorrow I want to rearrange my computer room. Wednesday begins our spring revival services, so the rest of the week will be hectic. So if you don't hear from me, you know what I'm doing! :)

Have a blessed week!

Couldn't Wait.......

Liz and I left WV at approx. 2:30 and arrived at Jessica's at around 5, I think. We were starving, so at around 5:30, after getting the car and truck unpacked, we traveled about 1/2 hour north of Lancaster to a Skyline Chili. YUMMY! It was delicious! On the way back we stopped and Jessica and Liz did a little shopping while the kids played in the play area of the mall. Then we went home and I couldn't wait for Jessica to open the blanket that I knitted for her! So, I asked her if she wanted to open it! Of course she did! I took a picture, but the camera is in the bedroom and Liz and Hannah are asleep, so I'll have to post it later with some of the other pictures I take of the shower, etc.

On a negative note, Tim arrived back home tonight to find a pipe in my bathroom had burst and it was water, water everywhere! Actually, with the house being older, the floors are not sealed and so the water basically ran through the bathroom floor and the hall carpet down into the basement. Tim had to borrow Calvin's shop vac to get the water out of the carpet. Positive note...I'm thankful the water drained into the basement instead of flooding the whole house! That would not have been fun! Thank You, LORD, for your watchcare over the smallest of events in our everyday lives!

Pictures of the day

Liz shared the quick details. So, I'll share the pics. I had a couple of movies, but they would not upload for some reason. I'll have to check to see what "version" is accepted for uploading.

This first picture is of Hannah running anxiously to get to school! Liz said, "She always turns around at the door and waves."

Sure enough, she did. I got all teary eyed at the sight. I know that probably one of these days, this will be unacceptable behavior and she will no longer turn to wave because of what her friends might say! I hope and pray that is never the case! And, to see her growing up so fast really got to me!
Isn't this a beautiful picture?!! My beautiful daughter and cutie pie grandson! :)
Ryan did a really good job taking this picture!
He sure loved dipping his pancake into whipped cream! Can you blame him?! :)
We are headed to the thrift stores. What a handsome little guy he is!
Actually, these pics in the car were taken after the shopping, now that I think of it! See how fast things are passing by out Liz's window?! :)
The Kanawha River is really up and muddy from the rain! Wish we would get some of that rain in NC! Our grass is brown and crunchy already!
Ryan would not take a nap, so while mommy was napping a bit on the couch, we played in his room. We are trying to get the hot wheels down the little track and into the plastic drawer you see at the bottom of the picture.
And when we made it, we cheered and gave high fives!
After we picked Hannah up from school, we went home for them to have a snack and then we headed back to the school so they could play. They can teeter totter pretty well because they both weigh about the same. Hannah's legs get the work out, however, since they are quite a bit longer than Ryan's.
Hannah just dropped from the parallel bar.
Ryan enjoys going down the slide with his hands high in the air!
Hannah is proud of her accomplishments on the parallel bars now!
Even mommy can do a few tricks!
Mommy had to help Ryan flip over!
When we went back to the house, Liz started fixing dinner and I watched as Hannah and Ryan played on the slip and slide. It was really hot and humid today! Brad got home from Columbus as we were heading to the playground earlier. These white bubbles didn't stay white for long. With the rain of the last couple of days, the bubbles quickly turned to mud!
Not exactly the way Ryan intended to land!
The kids were in bed by 7:00! The end! :)

Dream of Spring and a FREEBIE!

SPRING is quickly fading into SUMMER!!!! At least the calendar tells us it is! Before the memories fade, you need this kit to scrap those memories of the beauty of Spring! This is a HUGE kit, full of all kinds of Springy thingies! There are 30 papers which are all 12x12 @ 300 ppi in JPG format. There are 80 elements which are all @ 300 ppi in PNG format. And there is also an alpha/numeric set @ 300 ppi in PNG format. Some shadows are included on a few of the elements. Click on the preview to go to the product in the store. Keep looking for your freebie!

Preview of the kit:

Preview of the papers only:
Here's what I did with the kit:
And, here is your freebie! I created a template for the layout above and thought I would share it with you! Enjoy! Just click on the preview to download. Leave some love if you enjoy the template and find it helpful! This is a scraplift of a page from the May/June 2010 issue of Creating Keepsakes Magazine.