My health check-up journey

Well, I had my physical yesterday....everything is functioning just fine. Looks like I'll be around for awhile.

One of the things that lies in the back of my mind as I approach 50 (yep you heard me) is that my father passed away at the young age of 54. He was afflicted with an acute Leukemia, he died within 45 days of his diagnoses. Of my sisters, I seem to carry most of his traits: height, weight, build, skin, hair texture, teeth (well we all have his big teeth). There is no test to see if you will get Leukemia, but I can at least monitor my white blood cell count and keep track of anemia (which are all in very good ranges for me).

So, my wee bits are still wee bits, My next step is the dreaded mammogram and I'm done getting poked and prodded for the year. It feels good to be on this side of all my appointments (I'm up for the squish...because a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do).

I did how-ever get an unexpected shot yesterday...Tetanus. Wow it's been a long time. And Ouch, that little bugger has left my arm sore!

I'm still waiting for my new and improved glasses to come in. Can't wait to be able to see a little better. :o)

So my friends, be brave and get yourself checked out. I'm feeling much better about having gotten all this behind me.

It's good timing for me as my sister apparently just adopted these twins...looks like she'll need some help keeping them in line.



:o)
Shari

My blog week and new stamp set

Not sure if you'll have been over to the Hero Blog lately, I'm the lead blogger this week. I've coordinated with Adrienne from My Sentiments Exactly to do a switch-a-roo. We're using each others stamps and using sketches that I've come up with to create a card each day. It's been great fun for the both of us.

I'd like to show you this stamp set that Hero made. Since my "Inchies" week was such a hit (on the Hero Blog), I convinced them to make a set just for Inchie creations. The images and messages are all small enough to fit inside the frame of 1"x 1". So cool!!!


This is a quick card I made with them using the sketch from today. So fun and easy to work with....love this set.





Time for a little Eye-Ware update. I went back to the eye doctor, he had to readjust the axis for my astigmatism on my lenses. I think he had it wrong, he thinks I'm sensitive to change. I have my computer glasses but am still waiting to get my full time glasses back. I'll be a happy camper real soon!

Have a good day all!
:o)

Here are a few cards I made for my technique article. They are quick and easy plus they give you an awe moment when you pull the stamp away from the paper. Love it!

This one is done with Tim Holtz Distress inks (Walnut Stain, Faded Jeans ans Weathered Wood). Just ink the stamp, spritz with water and stamp onto regular white card stock. That's it!!!
This card was made with markers, I colored the stamp, spritzed with water and stamped. I like markers for this stamp because I can color individual flowers and stems precisely.

Remember to use water base markers like Marvey, Tsukineko, Tombow, etc.. Markers such as Copics, PrismaColor and Sharpie's are permanent, they won't work. You can tell by smelling them (water base has no odor).

Here's a video I did for the Hero Blog using markers.



Hope you enjoy!
:o)