I'm ignoring you~

Just took this on Thanksgiving day of the neighbors cat that I totally adore, I give her lots of loving and of course treats. She is such a sweet and beautiful cat. She hisses at my "girls" when she sees them. Just adored her attitude in this photo, which is typical CAT! Hope you are having a great day, cloudy, cold and rainy here! I have a large pot of Turkey Noodle soup on and staying inside where it is warm and cozy with the girls. Have a terrific day, chat more next time y'all! Luv, Mat PS the kits I used were freebies called Turquoise, As Time Goes By by Teri, Torn papers by Cindee and WordArt by MissScarlett, thanx to all of you for sharing your work!

Happy Birthday Carol

To my Canadian buddy, Miss Doodle, Angelscrapper, Blog Fairy, Louise or CAROL!!!! Happy Birthday! Just a chance to let you know how special you are to me. Hope you have a terrific day. Don't work too hard, stay warm and have a couple of drinks to celebrate another wonderful year! I used a QP I made with your kit of Make Ur Own Cluster! Will chat more with y'all later! Have a terrific week ahead! Luv, Mat

Stuffed to the gills

What a fantastic feast for Thanksgiving! Way too much good food! Good Football on the telly and got new pictures of my nephew Jeff's wife, Tiffany! Isn't she gorgeous? This is my sister Kathy's youngest son's wife. Just had to do this one page for her, there will be others. This is in a QP by Y2Bonnie called a Winter's Tale. Hope you enjoy it. Hope you all had a blessed holiday and today a day of great bargins....Chat later y'all! Luv, Mat

Happy Thanksgiving to All of You

I got this e-mail last week and decided to make a Thanksgiving page using it. I have received it about a dozen times since...LOL! I'm off to another day of busy! Therapy, by the office to check mail, by the post office to send out mail and check my own, over for an MRI and Ultrasound and then to the doctor's office for another exam to see if all is healing like it should be. Another tiring day, plus my neighbor is having surgery so will be checking in on them too! Anyhow, just wanted to get this posted in case got to busy to put it up or to remember to wish you and yours a very Happy Thanksgiving! Chat later y'all, Luv Mat

Happy Birthday, Penny!

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday sweet Penny, Happy Birthday to you! Just wanted to wish my baby sister a very happy day! She is still under the half century mark, just barely! ROFLMAO!! She will kill me for this one! Anyhow, hope you have a marvelous, memorable day! Luv U bunches. I made the QP awhile back using Angelscrappers Summer Breeze kit. The photo is from a few years ago, but still one of my favs of her, just used it as black and white this time. It's raining here this morning and turning a little chillier than last couple of days. Got lots to do today so will be on my way! Chat later, y'all! Luv, Mat

First fireplace fire of the season!

The power went off at 4:50 last evening during the weather portion of the news where they were saying we had a 25 degree drop in temperature for one day and the wind chill bringing it down to 39....great, I'll build a fire for warmth and light! Call to the Electric Co states should be back on by 8 p.m~they showed up several times to the transformer in our backyard and the one down the street. Neighbors gathered around the fireplace to talk in the candle/firelight! The "girls" really enjoyed the fireplace warmth! We munched on apples and chips thinking power would be back on any minute....WRONG...2:30 a.m. we finally had electricity again. Good thing too as we finally had to turn on the heat this morning as it hit 40 degrees for real without the windchill of 29 degrees. I think someone up in Canada forgot to close her door and let all the cold air descend upon us....LOL! Just kidding Carol! Supposed to be colder this evening, so guess we will have another fire for the "kitty girls" to enjoy, except I will make a nice big pot of soup to have for tonight. I thought I would upload this page I created for a Extraction Fun challenge on SBF. The challenge is to take a couple of photos and make one that looks real, but would never be, and scrap the created photo! Whew! Lots of work, but I am pleased with the results. Hope you like it. The first page is the finished product, the second page is what I used to create the page. The "girls" were extracted from photos in the backyard or house and the bg is a photo I took in Roundrock, TX in 2007 of the huge Agave Cactus on the hotel property where we were staying. The frame I did with brushes and the elements are from Miss Doodles Autumn kit (Angelescrappers), the wording is all mine this time! Well, got work to do...so guess I better get to it! Thanx for stopping by and will chat with y'all again soon! Luv, Mat

Another with the template challenge

I had so much fun with the first attempt with this template that I decided to do another one, this time using Miss Doodles mini hand painted kit and Miss Boots wordart. The photos are of my sisters Kathy, Penny & I. The lower one even has our brother Edward (Pepper to us) in it, must have been about 1964. The top photo is of Kathy and I in about 1978 as she was headed to Germany and Jeff was a really small baby. The middle photo is Penny and I about 1983 or 1984. This was a fun trip down memory lane making this page. Y'all have a great Sunday and will chat with U later! Luv, Mat