The Dreaded Insomnia Phase

It’s nearly 5 am, it’s raining and I’ve been up for nearly three hours. I get this every once in awhile, insomnia. It may last for a couple days or a couple of weeks; I never know how long each bout will last. It wouldn’t bother me at all, I enjoy being up when it’s quiet but I am exhausted the next day(s). It’s so odd because I feel so sleepy but as soon as I hit the bed my mind goes off and simply will not quiet down. Thinking, thinking and more thinking. The thoughts just keep coming. Eventually, it ends. But, for now, here I am.

As I was perusing my usual sites, one of my favorites, Bakerella, has what looks like a simply scrumptious recipe for Snickerdoodle Cookie Cupcakes. Oh. My. God. How yum do these look?

(photo borrowed from Bakerella website)

If you have never visited this site, you are so missing out on, if nothing else, mouth-watering eye yummies. These cupcakes are definitely something I can see myself whipping up being as my family loves Snickerdoodles. Also, if you pop over before 7pm tonight you can enter to win a couple of Martha Stewart’s books (cookies and cupcakes). Pretty cool, huh? Bakerella

Sunday my dad called and invited me out to a concert featuring Mac Frampton. I’m not much of a classic music aficionado, even at my advanced age I’m more of a Warped Tour type chick, thus an afternoon spend with piano, bass and drums didn’t exactly sound like my cup of coffee. But, it was an invite from my widowed father who turns 79 in a few weeks, so of course, I went. Much to my surprise and delight, I loved it. A lot of classic, a few show tunes, some 70s television theme songs and a bit of gospel. It was wonderful. Mac Frampton (no relation to Peter) was wittily amusing, we had fabulous seats and my dad even treated me to a yummy dinner afterward. All in all, it was an absolutely charming outing.

Don’t forget, today is my Tuesdays With Tula, stop by to see what it’s all about.

Below are a few photos I snapped while waiting to go into the concert hall. Hope you like them.

Freebie Friday!! With A Fiver!!

Happy Fun Friday!!

Aren’t Fridays amazing! I just love them, the end of the week, the beginning of the weekend. A bit chilly, not quite cold enough for a sweater but a little too cool for short sleeves. And, I actually saw a few trees with orange and red leaves, a rarity among our mostly evergreens. Just beautiful.

Took Pooder to the vet today to get her staples removed, hard to believe less than 6 weeks ago we were afraid we’d lose her. She’s back to her spunky, energetic, pain-in-the-ass self. I’m so happy.

So far, no plans for the weekend. I’ll come up with something or perhaps I’ll just hang out at home with my pooch watching movies or even catching up on a few layouts.

I did promise ya’ll a goodie and I do my very best to always keep a promise. I wanted to share of a piece of the kit I’ve been working on a kit called Autumnesque. How do people put together a kit in days? I drive myself crazy changing items, adding to them, liking them, not liking them. I honestly drive myself nuts. Hopefully I’ll finish Autumnesque before winter.

Also, I have the Fiver Friday today. Usually I connect the Fiver with the Freebie but I’m in such a good mood you can have the freebie for, well, free. If you’re in the mood, I’d really appreciate it if you took a moment of your time to answer the question. Please. And, here it is…

What are the five favorite elements you like in a kit?

1. Beads. I love beads. Bead spills. Beads on a wire. Beads.
2. Overlays, like the ones over at Natali Designs . I love them.
3. Trees.
4. Word art
5. Something unusual, a key, a clock, a bottle, something different.

How about you?

Okie dokie, here is the freebie I promised..
**Sorry, link has expired**

Please feel free to give me any feedback, good or not so good. You can leave it i the comments or even email me at JustAnotherPixelPusher@gmail.com. I'd love to hear from you.

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Look What Day It Is!!!!

Looky Looky, it's THURSDAY!! Remember what that means? A NEW kit by GYpsy Couture!! YaY!! Okay, okay, I'll calm down with the exclamation points but this kit is so super cool it calls for a few. I absolutely love this kit. So many super fun elements to play with and the papers are fab-U-lous. It's called Tommy's Garage...







Did I not tell you how fun this kit is? I had a blast playing with it.



Make sure you pop over to DigiChick and grab this up.

I Want of These!!

How cute are these? Tea Cup Piggies.

They are simply adorable.

Tuesday With Tula

Don't you just love Tuesdays? Don't forget to pop over to DFF and check out my TWT challenge. It's all about the numbers this week.

While there, don't forget to check out this cool kit by Vivayne called Heritage. Love the colors and so many fun elements.



I have quite a few more layouts in mind for this kit. I put this one together with photos from our aquarium trip.



Have a super day, I'm feeling a bit under the weather so I think I'll grab a movie and crawl back to bed.

Ciao

These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things..

It's 'My Favorite Things' over at I Heart Faces, and here are mine...


My beautiful, amazing children.


My loyal, loving best-furry-friend Pooder


My spunky green-eyed Tigger


Granddog #1, Rudy


Granddog #2, Sadie


The Beach

Trees


Books


Carousels

Harry Potter


The Cheesecake Factory


Cookies

Pop over to check out the rest of the wonderful photos,

Happy First Monday in October!!

There’s a bit of a chill in the air around here. Can’t say I’m hating it, it’s wonderful snuggle weather and, other than scrappin’, there’s not much I like better than burrowing under a thick comforter with a cup of hot coffee devouring a good book. Toss in a couple of gingersnaps and I just might believe I’m in heaven. Yes, I am THAT easy to please.

The DH and I cruised over to Santa Paula to spend some time at the Faulkner Farm Pumpkin Patch/Farmer’s Market. It’s not something I usually do, being as my offspring are all grown up and out of the best and all but I enjoyed walking in the garden, listening to the country band, picking out a pumpkin and, of course, the corn maze. That was my first time in a corn maze. I had never even heard of them until my youngest was 10-ish, by then my children had no desire to romp within the corn stalks, at least that’s the story I got from them. Yesterday, I finally got to partake in the wonder of weaving in and out of 7 ft tall corn stalks. Gotta tell ya, it was a tad creepy. If I had done this as a child, I’d have been crying, at the very least, a whimper or two. I was a very sensitive child with a very vivid imagination. In an effort to lighten the mood, my mood anyway, I began called the kids stomping around ‘children of the corn’. Their parents didn’t seem to find it as funny as I did. Oh well, one cannot please everyone all the time..

Hit the grocery store for the weekly stock up, grabbed some lunch and headed home. Spent a restless evening moving between going to bed, getting up to working on the computer, going back to bed, trying to read, getting up to work on the computer. Ever have one of those nights when you just can’t get comfortable? It was like I had ‘restless leg syndrome’ all the way up to my brain. I simply could not settle down. Finally, I have no clue when, I finally fell asleep only to awaken moments later with a very chilly, half-shavened pooch pressed up against my back. Poor Pooder, she just can’t take the cold.

This morning I’ll leave you with a few photos from the farm before I attempt to finish at least one layout and work on a surprise. This Friday I promise to start a ‘Friday Freebie’ again. Maybe even the ‘Friday Fiver’.

Have a fabulous day!!