Well ladies, another week is almost over!  Boy, does time fly. 

 

It has really been quiet around here and I hope everyone is doing ok.      I miss everyone and hope you are all enjoying your time off! 

 

I've tried to keep myself busy working on writing some new tuts, but still have a couple left to finish.

 

I have been collecting more Halloween images and animations and am ready to play with them.  Hopefully, I'll get a chance before the season is over.

 

Have a great weekend all!

 

 

The week went by fast and the month just wooshed on by! It is exciting to know October is just around the corner *woooooo!!* Do not know if I will get a chance to even buy Halloween decorations or make my own. Have to be watchful with money nowadays (^_~) 

Hey everyone!   Wow, it seems I've missed a lot while I've been "recuperating".

Karla, I'm thrilled to hear the news of your engagement!   It's an exciting time and it sounds like you've got your mind full with wedding planning.  And I read that you also have yourself a new house mate LOL.  How sweet of you to take in an animal from the shelter to nurse it until it has a new home.  I didn't know of such a thing, but it sounds like a great way to give and receive some love from an animal for a short time without making the full commitment of adopting a pet.  What a strange coincidence that this puppy has the same name as the last one you took care of.

Judy sent me a new tutorial of hers, and I've got it posted .  I hope to be able to give it a test run soon , and if you'd like to check it out, you can visit the results thread here.

I think I mentioned that I was having some trouble with my monitor ; it had been going into power save mode, so I wasn't able to use my computer .  Yesterday I turned on my computer and had the same trouble with the monitor , so I tried hooking up hubby's monitor to my computer, as I had in the past.  After plugging his in and then plugging mine back in, I could usually get the monitor to work but not yesterday.  So I opened my computer and vacuumed it out and reseated the graphics card and something else that we think is the memory card.  After doing that the monitor worked again as normal, so I was thrilled about that .  But today I was afraid the monitor would still go into power save mode as it had been doing, but when I turned on the computer today, the monitor worked fine, so I took a welcome sigh of relief .  I was also able to more fully vacuum one of the fans inside and I notice that my computer is quieter now, so it's all good for me at this point.  I hope that I will be able to turn on the computer each day and not have any troubles with it going forward .  I'm not a computer guru and when things don't work right with my computer, I panic because I don't usually know what to do.  I'm still holding on to my old dinosaur of a computer using XP, PSP8, and all my old software.  I plan to drive it until it won't run anymore, and I hope by then someone can figure out how to get plugins to work on my new computer LOL.

As to my time away, I'm happy to report that my feet are no longer swollen .  All the sitting that I do every Summer usually results in swollen feet at the end of the day.  I think this Summer was the worst for me as I had days when I could barely stand on them.  They became so fat and distorted; they were kind of scary looking .  But after a few days of rest, and many visits to the restroom to remove fluids , I now have skinny feet again and I don't expect them to swell again until next Summer.

And now that my feet are skinny, I could put on a pair of shoes and venture outside the house .  It felt so nice to feel the breeze blow through my hair.  It's been such a long time since I've been outside.  During Summer I don't usually go outside because I get so hot that it's hard for me to breathe, and because of that I get kind of panicky which compounds the breathing trouble.  So I usually hunker down in Summer and don't venture outside.  I'm looking forward to getting out more and walking these legs of mine that have gotten weak during my down time; I can feel it in one of my knees and walking helps.

So now that I am able to be more physically active, I hope to catch up on errands and cleaning around the house as well as having time to play and relax.  I need to have more balance in my life, so I hope I'm able to manage it this time around .

Well, I think that's enough of a "novel" for now.  I just wanted to let you all know I'm still around and doing much better, and I hope to get some play time and post results soon.  Y'all take care and I'll chat more on the boards!

 

Ok tomorrow is Oct 1 so I am posting my Halloween tags, LOL.

 

Timber, it is wonderful to see you back and I'm glad to hear you are doing much better.    I am glad you are able to move around easier.

 

It is also great news about your monitor.  I am no computer guru either and when my puter messes up in any way, I am lost. 

 

I feel better also, when I am able to be more mobile.  I try to be as active as possible and it seems to help.

 

I look forward to everyone having time to play again.  See you ladies on the boards. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Good morning all!  It's Friday again and again the week just whizzed by. 

 

I hope all of you are doing well and enjoying the fall season! 

 

It warmed up here this last week and now a cold front is supposed to come thru this weekend bringing more rain. 

 

This is the third weekend in a row to have rain.  We usually do our mowing etc. on Sat or Sun so needless to say, our grass is pretty high.  Hubby is outside mowing and I'm on my way out to see what I can do to help.    LOL probably not much.    I've been having problems again with my back.  It's the upper area between my shoulder blades and neck.  Sure hope this is better soon!  ugh!

 

Anyway, I hope to be able to play with Fall/Halloween goodies and tuts this afternoon. 

 

I can't wait to see some more seasonal tags from you ladies!  Hugs to all.

 

 

 

Thank Ghoul it's Friday!

I've been about but haven't had anything new to show or share.  Plus I've been having trouble getting into my Photobucket account the last day or two, but it looks like it's working again at this time.

Today I was looking for a candy corn gradient to use for a text tag and I bumped into a cute vector tutorial, How to Make a Quick Kawaii Candy Corn Pattern for Halloween.  It doesn't look super difficult, so I think I'll give it a play.

I've also been giving the Verve Halloween Tuts by Rae a look.  I've nearly got the Nevermore tutorial finished, and there's a few more I'd like to complete this year.

LOL @ "I drive a stick"!  Cute tag, Judy.

Good evening ladies!  I am just checking in to see what you all are up to.  Timber, I think PB is acting funny also.  I have been able to get into my acct but it loads really slowly.  I am not sure what they are up to now. 

 

Thanks for mentioning the Verve Tuts, timber.  I might have a look through those as well.  I am not sure what type of tut I am interested in but I think I want to play with Fall or Halloween images.

 

I'll check back with y'all later if I manage to complete anything, LOL.

 

Have a great evening!

 

 

 

 

Just flying by to say "hi"...

Hello all!  I'm just dropping by to see if there is anything goingon with you all.  I have been working on a tut challenge for you and will post it as soon as I get it finished. 

 

I have a few changes to make and I hope to get it done tonight.  I hope all of you are having a good week. 

 

I got my flu shot yesterday and I'm so glad it's over with.  LOL, I'm a big baby when it comes to doctors.  My arm is so sore, when I rolled over on it last night, it woke me up! 

 

I'm off to work on the challenge...

 

 

 

 

Hello Ghoulies!
I have been having concentration problems , so I've just been messing about and collecting more stuff .  I was going through my fonts and found this font, Abaddon II, that I think is kind of cool , so I played with it tonight.  I chromed it then added some texture, gave it a bloody effect  and then animated with noise.


Have a bloody good weekend!

Hello!    Thanks for reminding of the goodies at A & S.  I keep forgetting about them. 

 

 

Sorry to hear you are having concentration problems, but I'm glad you can still play with fonts.  I love your new Abaddon II tag.    It is pretty creepy!     I'll have to play more with my Halloween fonts before it's too late. 

 

I have been playing with a Word Trail Tut and hope to have something to show soon. 

 

Have a great weekend!   

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's great to see you checking in Karla!  I hate to hear that you haven't been feeling well. 

 

Hopefully you'll get a chance to play soon. 

 

It has been so rainy here and now it has turned cold!    It got down to 35 degress last night and we had a high temp today of 50.  Those are records for this time of year!  Crazy weather!!!

Luckily this early cold weather won't last for long. 

 

I am still playing with a couple of things but, can't seem to finish them. 

 

Have a great evening everyone. 

 

 

             

 

 

It is a bummer you cannot get your creations finished up. I hope you will soon because we would all love to see them (^_~)