I have a Dishwasher!!!
Have you missed me? Life has been relatively boring this week so I haven't had too much to write about. The big news, as you've read, is that I have a dishwasher! Dad saw these compact, 18-Inch units at Lowes last week. I was excited. Believe it or not, there's a cabinet in my kitchen that I've never used that is exactly 18 inches wide! I know some people (Julie) may be shocked to hear that there's an unused cabinet in my kitchen. Anyway, Dad went back to Lowes and found a refurbished one for $200!!! It's just like new. Mom and Dad say that it doesn't look like it's ever been run. They go for $450-$550 brand new. How lucky am I. Now, we'll see if Dad and I can coordinate our schedules to get it installed. If you remember, it took 5 months to get a new faucet in my bathroom - mostly because I never went out to buy the new fixture.

Oh, I almost forgot, I finally found an organizer for my punches. I vaguely remember Tina having hanging storage for her punches. You all know I have a lot. Those silly things take up a lot of room. So, I went out in search of a plastic shoe storage hanging organizer thingy. Here's what I found. I LOVE it!! I just hope it does break the door - it's awfully heavy.


I have been stamping my brains out lately. I realized that most of my card samples were either used with retiring sets or with colors that are being retired. I lost about 75% of my samples :-( So I've been working hard to replace them. Each card has something new, new paper, new accessories, or a new stamp set. I've posted some of them below. I forgot to take pictures of the cards I made Sunday. For those of you who may not recognize a couple of the "doodly" sets, this is a new set in the new catalog. It's from the Albuquerque Regional Conference in January. When you attend a conference, you get a free stamp set from the next year's catalog. So, this one should be in the new catalog next month. At first I didn't like it, now I'm in love. It may be the set I use for my swaps for Convention. Enjoy and happy C.A.S.E.ing!!! FYI - CASE means: Copy And Steal Everything.