What's Been Happening

So I decided to post this today instead of waiting.....my puter is up and running so I thought I'd just post it now....... I thought I would share some photos of what we have all been up to this past year...hence my disappearance from my blog...Things here have been so crazy crazy...and

I mean that in every aspect of the word....CRAZY!!!!! Our home is a stopping point (Hotel MD Crabbie)...lol...for our family members...2 weeks we get a visit from my FIL and his doggie...and then when he leaves my Mother comes in for her monthly visit of 2 weeks....we have had a graduation party, birthday parties, pool parties and even a visit from family that came in from out of town....not to mention spring hit and we all know what that means....YARD WORK!!! YUK!!! I am so SICK of yard work right now....

this is our youngest GB....she is so dawling it isn't even funny....

and here she is again...

and again....lol..

and here's her older brudder...lol brother...don't mind the blue carpet...it's on the list of things to redo...it matched the blue walls but now has to be replaced....

and again...

we played romper room

had little sessions with Grandpop...

and after a long day, they were wiped out and crashed...lol...

we celebrated our 14th wedding anniversary back in May...and even my birthday just the day after...

we also celebrated a few birthdays....this is my FIL and MIL...we went to visit and celebrated her bday at the home this year....

she really enjoyed her cake and everyone singing to her...

and this  is the last bit of wall paper that has been up for the past 10 years....I can't believe that I finally ripped it all down and painted the walls....photos posted below of what I did ...

and amongst all of this madness here, we even made it to the beach for a day for Spring Fess....look at everyone else that had the same idea we did....do you remember the club we go to for our St. Patty's day parties...well this is the outside beach area in the summer....it's a rockin place to hang out...you have waitresses that come out to your table and serve you in the water....now how fricken cool is that....

while at Spring Fess I even found a new hat for DH for next years St. Patty's Day party....

we even made it to a Japanese Steak House...DH had never been to one. He just loved the show....

just  a photo of the wall I did using the raggin off technique...the picture in the background is actually a picture inside an open frame....I needed something to put on this wall until I get my wall fountain and this is what I came up with...the frame had an oil painting of the beach inside it so I popped it out and just used the frame...

I painted one wall as an accent wall using a brown....

and this is a vase that I have had for years now...I don't know if you can tell, but it is actually a boobie vase...lol...I bought it as a joke for DH....if he ever got to missing my boobies, he would have a substitute...lol....
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This has been one crazy past year....this past week, DH and I had a bad experience with my FIL...he ended up falling out of bed in the night and couldn't get back up and layed there for a couple of hours....thank goodness I heard him as I was leaving for work that night. DH and I got him back into bed....but let me tell you, this was a huge scare to us...and it really opened our eyes that our parents are at the stage where they need help with just basic living things....it's a stage that neither DH nor I are ready for....we went out and purchased a new bigger bed for the guest room and a new living room set....this was done so that it would make it easier for them to get up and out of....we even made Dad go with us to make sure what we picked out would be OK for him....so now I get to empty out the guest room, paint and redecorate it....I hadn't planed on this til after Missy went back to school in September...I was hoping to take a couple months off from doing anything...guess it just wasn't meant to be.....

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Well blog friends, if you've made it this far, thanks for hanging out and reading what's been happening here at Hotel MD Crabbie....I truly miss all my friends here, all of the challenges and all of the wonderfulness that everyone makes...I'm hoping to be back in swing soon....after this redo of the guestroom then there's only my pantry, laundry room left to redo....other than the carpet....oh and the master bath....but then I think I will be spent...and sick of remodeling....I hope things on your home front hasn't been as busy as it's been here....some days I don't even get to breathe...I wake up, work my ass off and then go to bed....without even coming into my playroom for some R&R....well I'm off to clean the guest room...my FIL just left earlier and my Mother will be here in a couple of hours...not to mention I'm going out to mow grass for DH before it gets to hot...it's going to be in the 100's today....Hugs from a very hot Charm City.....

HDH Movie Madness Challenge

Happy Thursday Peeps...today I'd like to share my card I made for Haunter Design House for the Movie Madness challenge...ENJOY!!!!

Here I used a digi stamp from Spesch Design Stamps called Zombie Alice...I absolutely loved this image when I first seen her and knew I wanted her. I originally was making this card into totally something else but this is what I finished with, an easel card....the rest of the stamps are from my stamp stash...I colored everything in using distress inks...and again, I was abit heavy handed using the water...

here's just a closer view of the front of the card....

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Well I hope that you all stop by HDH and see what those lovely Minions created this week...they, once again, rocked this challenge....,I
 will be back next week with another challenge card...and I'm hoping to post some photos with a family update to what really has been going on here on the home front....until then, have a safe and sunny day.....hugs from a very HOT and Sunny Charm City....



HDH142 Music Mayhem Challenge

Happy Tuesday bloggers.....I have been trying to post this card since yesterday....it looks like my connection is having a fit lately.....today I have a card I made for the challenge over at Haunted Design House. I have been asked to be a GD for this month....Thank you so much Masterful Mistress and Minions...It is a real honor....so for this week's challenge, we were to create a dark/twisted card using music as your inspiration.....ENJOY!!!!

I made this card using Witchy Woman from the Eagles as my inspiration....I know what you're thinking...it's not twisted...but I did try to make it dark...I tried to make it seem like she had fire in her eyes and such but it truly didn't not come out as envisioned....KWIM!!!! I used the witch from Starving Artist --stars and crow from Inkadinkado--pot from Studio G...alphha's from Making Memories....distress inks...Stickles...and I used the Tonic distress er tool to scratch the background....

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I hope that you all make a mad dash over to see what the Minions have put together this week...they will knock your socks off as they did mine....they are truly--truly artists....Well, that's all I have for today....I hope you all have a sunny day...Hugs from Charm City...

HDH141 Butchered Blueprint Challenge

Good late morning blogland...I promised I'd be back with another card... and today's card is for the challenge over at HDH...as you can see it's a butchered blueprint challenge.... have you been over at HDH lately and checked out what the Minions have been up to? If not, you truly should...their creations simply blow me away....they RAWK each and every challenge....here's my card for the challenge....ENJOY!!!!!

here's the butchered blueprint at which I turned 90 degrees...

not a gruesome card like all of the creativeness from the Minions, but a simple Halloween card...I used paper from My Mind's Eye...MS border punch...skull ring was a prezzie at which I trimmed off the ring part and added some rhinestones and distress stain....

Well I hope that everyone has a wonderful and sunny weekend...I think we are getting rain here...thank goodness...I am so tired of watering everyday...lol...Hugs from Charm City...

A Big HELLOOO and KK # 136 Challenge

How the heck are you all on this beautiful sunny summer day? I know, it's been such a long time since my last visit. Far to long for me. I know I mentioned last time that I was hoping to play more...but as things have been turning out here on the home front, it has gotten crazier than ever. And when I say crazier, I truly mean that in every essence of the word....CRAZIER!!!! LOL....
Anywhoo, yesterday I was surfing and visiting all of my favorite spots and came across 2 challenges that I want to play with...one of them is posted below for Kraftin Kimmie and the other one I will be posting tomorrow....so you have to make sure you come back in the a.m. to check it out....it's a fun gooey sketch challenge....any guess's on whose challenge it is???

For the KK challenge we were to use our favorite KK stamp EVAH!!! Well when I first got into rubber stamping, KK was one of the first I had a pleasure to play with. The expressions on the faces is what got me. I simply just love them..ALL OF THEM!!! ....I couldn't choose just one stamp and had to use two.......ENJOY!!!!!

I have absolutely loved loved loved the expression on Charlotte's face ever since she came out...this just screams my day sometimes...how about you?....I paired her up with some StampScape stamps to make the background scene....I colored everything in with Prisma pencils and added some Stickles...

This is the inside where I used Drucilla... my other fav KK stamp....the voo doo doll and her expression is perfect for many types of cards....I love how she dares you to do it...lol..cuz you know deep down she wants to stick the doll......I was thinking this would be a cute retirement card....or what about a happy divorce card...lol...this would be from the newly divorced wife to her newly divorced husband....it's her standing there in front of the house (front with Charlotte) she got in the divorce with the kids, and on the inside Drucilla standing there daring him to try and live the life at the beach that he's always wanted to do...lol...I know I'm weird...

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Well peeps....this is all I have for today....remember to stop back tomorrow and check out my next challenge I'm playing with....I do hope you all have a sunny day.....Hugs from a very sunny Charm City....