Sunday, June 1, 2014

Hello friends and fans! What an Internet flip-flop week I have had. On the days when I was without power because of the storms, I could deal with not having the Internet. On the days when I had power, I was going crazy trying to make contact with the outside world because my browsers stopped working with my PC! Yes! Browsers, plural. Couldn't get Firefox, my default, up then went to Internet Explorer to download newer versions of Chrome and Firefox but IE wasn't working correctly. Finally was able to get Chrome and used it to fix Firefox. I felt like I was going in circles down a drain! All seems to be okay for now, just keeping my fingers crossed that the fixes will hold.

Minnie did pretty good this week, only 1 and a half days down with her stomach. My daughter's friend had to have her Lhasa Apso euthanized for the same symptoms Minnie has, that turned out to be pancreatitis.  I have just been wondering why they couldn't treat it as we humans get this disease all the time and it is treatable; but I do know it can be so severe that quality of life is terrible. I am thinking Minnie might hold her water and bowels, then not eat or drink when she is experiencing pain. I am also thinking that my actions might be the reason she has been so sick. I have been giving her probiotics and didn't think I should give her the same dosage as a 50 pound dog, so I halved the amount.  Perhaps it gave her stomach cramps and she just reacts differently than any other dog or human might? I tried out my theory by not giving her any enzymes or probiotics and she was fine but the day after I added the probiotics back into her diet she went into another spell. I am taking her off them for the next few days then trying again with a larger dose and praying that it will fix this seesaw illness she has been having.

I didn't design anything new this week so there is nothing to share with you, I haven't been well but I'll get over it soon.

Okay, now that I have bored you to tears with my life, I will get on to the good stuff. It's the first of the month and then means with today's gift and tomorrow's newsletter gift you will be receiving the next installment of my 2014 calendar. Today you get September and tomorrow you get October's calendar. Just click on the link below the preview to get your copy.

This is the newsletter gift for tomorrow:

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Thanks for coming by! See you next week.

Time for the Sunday Freebie!

Hello y'all!

That time of week for you to collect your blog gift for being a loyal CLGraphics fan!  If you are looking for the DST Blog Train it is in the preceding post!

Can you believe it is November? Time just zooms by for me and I wish I could put it in low gear for a while! LOL! My youngest grandchild is now fourteen and my oldest just had his first child, a son whom they named Jase. My other little great grandson dressed up for Halloween this year and he was just adorable as the mighty Spiderman! He is only 28 months old but such a pistol! My daughter took him to her church festival and he had such a great time but he was sooooo tired he conked out on the short drive to his Nana's house! If you celebrate Halloween I hope you enjoyed it and got lots of photos to scrap with.

This is our Gavin!

 

This is Gavin sacked out beside his Papa Ron and one of my daughter's rescue dogs, Conrad.

This week's blog gift is a frame cluster in bright basic colors as I was getting tired of all the fall oranges, yellows, and reds. This week's newsletter gift is a matching 3 frame cluster so be sure and sign up to get you one.  Oh and don't forget, the first Monday of each month is the Loyalty Lottery and that means that the winner will be announced in this week's newsletter!  Here is your blog gift, just click on the link under the preview to download!

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This is the newsletter gift:

Remember to Adopt, don't shop for your next furry friend! 

Make sure you spay or neuter all of your pets to keep them safe.

Newsletter Gifts, Don't Miss Out!

This week's newsletter gift is a cluster of chipboard frames and pleated flowers.  It can be yours when you subscribe to my newsletter before 6/2/13!  I put a new free gift into my newsletter every week and it is only available for two weeks then it is gone forever! You may sign up on the top right of the sidebar! Here are a few of the latest newsletter gifts:

Thanks for dropping by! Be sure and check earlier posts for free gifts and blog train participation gifts!

Last Month's Newsletter Freebie

Hey Y'all,
I just posted the link to last month's newsletter freebie on my FaceBook fan page because no one was home when I offered it evidently! LOL!  Go to my fan page to get it:  Country Liv's Graphics Fan Page

Hugs,

My Newsletter is in Your Mailbox!

Hello Y'all,

I just sent out my newsletter and hope you are signed up for your copy.  I don't know if you realize it but I have a freebie in every one of my newsletters.  Tonight's newsletter has this week's which is a set of embossing overlays and I also included last week's again which is a pleated flower that matches my Softly Spoken kit.

Sign up (at the top, on the right), then leave me a note here and I will send this week's newsletter to you as a special favor to us both!

Well, it's now official.  My 13 year old grandson, Joshua, is growing up and away from that little boy that squeezed our hearts while holding on to our hands for dear life!  He went on his first weekend outing without one of his parents or me in attendance.  It is a bittersweet chapter in his life for me because I know he is going to explode into being a responsible adult and leave that darling, loving, thoughtful, compassionate, little boy behind; I will miss him.  Kim has done a fine job of raising Joshua and he will surely still be loving, thoughtful, and compassionate but only when his hormones aren't raging or when he isn't going through the horrible angst of being a teenager.  We all have to go through it and parents and grandparents need to take all the hugs and kisses they can get before it hits, so they will last us a pretty long while! LOL! Oh to have this darling back in my arms again!

Isn't he just adorable! 

I've Moved!

Hey Y'all,
Yep! I have moved in to another store as of last night! lollipops n gumdrops, it is Fab! Love the colors and front page of the site and hope that means it will love me too! I'm having a sale just for customers of lollipops n gumdrops, this weekend only you will receive 25% Off your entire order!

Hope you signed up for my newsletter this week! There are two freebies in today's newsletter. I made a frame that coordinates with my Paisley Attitude kit and the upcoming one called Retro Summer.  Here is the preview for the newsletter.

I just realized I never showed you the previews for the Paisley Attitude kit. Duh . . . how could I be so forgetful? Easy peasy, I'm an old fart! I really do love the paisley flowers because I remember making some exactly like them when I was a kid! Yeah, I know, it was a really long time ago! LOL! Don't forget there is a free alpha that matches in a prior post!

I also made some commercial use frames that will coordinate with this kit and Retro Summer too:

It seems to finally be cooling down a little down here in the low country. Thank goodness! So the heat kills you then is subsides some but it starts raining like there's no tomorrow every single day and our porch has turned black with mold.  Needless to say my allergy prone eyes have been burning like I have been looking into the sun.

Hope you all enjoy the coming weekend and drop in to say hello to me sometime soon!

Hugs,