WOYWW #684

 Good morning, everyone!

Life has just been NUTS here the past couple of months. I've missed you all and have put the weekly number in my planner every week this quarter. Hopefully, that will help.

Quick update:

Spoke at a writer's meeting in May, Something else two weeks later but can't remember. Then a writer's conference mid-June, followed by a whirlwind in-laws visit the day after I got back from the conference. Weekend before July 4th I did a solo writing retreat to try and make sense and update my planners. Just some quiet time.

July 5th, we caved and bought a 'new' car. My truck has been acting up a lot recently and the little Suzuki 'toy car' would start at home but would mess around about starting up after I got somewhere and wanted to come back home. Maybe 'Cherry' didn't want to live here anymore. We traded her in for a 2012 Toyota 4-runner. That is the last year they put the 4-runner body on a truck chassis so I have all the clearance I need for the logging road we live on. She has more bells & whistles than I'll ever use but she's trust-worthy. Carfax showed she's been well taken care of. I've been saving for almost three years so I could pay cash. I almost made it but a small personal loan took care of what I couldn't. We haven't had a car payment in 15 years and I wasn't starting this late in our life.

The truck in the background is my 'dependable' snowball. She started acting up while I was on my retreat then the other day when I was going to take her she made a horrid grinding noise in the front end. So she is parked until we can afford to fix her.

Okay... what you really came for:

The work table isn't perfect yet but I'm making progress. That piece in the front is book front turned into 'weathered wood' during a technique class I took with Spectrum Art Creations using Stamperia products. They sell a lot of G45, Stamperia, Cio Bella, Tim Holtz, Cathe Holden, etc at very affordable prices both in their online and etsy store as well as through LIVE Sales every Saturday. We have so much fun during the live sale. We play games, win prizes and get great prices on our favorite products. 

I've also started pulling stuff out of the way so I can detail the carpet, put furniture back in place then start the big task of cataloging my stamps - FINALLY!

I've dropped Stampin' Up! So now it's time to integrate all of my toys into a workable fashion so I can play with whatever.

One more quick picture... I took part in a BoBunny challenge offered up by Madi at Spectrum Art Creations and made this canvas for my studio:

So tell me, what's been your favorite car/ truck/ SUV to drive so far?

That's it for my desk (and story) this week. Who's Miss Julia and why am I here?  When you are done visiting me in the Ozarks, please hop on over to Stamping Ground for all the details. Miss Julia has a long list of other studios you can peek into. No standing on an up-turned milk pail to look in the window. We open the doors wide and welcome you.  Please leave your number and you'll be among the first on my list.

 Creative Blessings!

~ Kelly