Monday Movies: The Great Outdoors

A couple weeks ago I stumbled upon a relatively new weekly meme, Monday Movie Meme. I meant to do it last week, but forgot all about it. I did think of it earlier today, but didn't get a chance to see what today's theme was until late this evening. And this week's topic is . . . THE GREAT OUTDOORS. Skipping the most obvious title to include in such a list, here are other movies set in the great outdoors that came to mind:

* Iron Will
* Never Cry Wolf (read it, haven't seen it)
* A River Runs Through It (fly fishing anyone?)
* Father Goose
* Swiss Family Robinson
* My Side of the Mountain
* Dances With Wolves
* On Golden Pond
* Romancing the Stone
* Mosquito Coast
* The Jungle Book
* The Bear
* The African Queen

There are two other movies I would love to include here but, alas, I cannot remember their titles. One is a sort of 1970's Americanized version of Swiss Family Robinson, where a family moves to a cabin in the Rockies. The other is a wilderness movie from the 1980's that my sisters and I watched many times on HBO. I have been trying to think of the title of this one for years now, to no avail. I only remember that the main character was a young man who ends up on his own out in the wild frontier. He is injured and saved by a Native American girl about the same age.

SC243

Would you believe I actually managed to do a sketch challenge the same week it was issued? I know, how often does that happen? Believe it or not, I used to be much better at keeping up with the challenges. Seriously. At any rate, here are two cards I did for SC243. For the first card, I used up the last of the deer family images I had stamped up. No more deer, elk, moose or caribou. Guess I'll have to stamp up a bunch of different images to play with in future projects.

Stamps: Yukon (Stampin' Up)
Paper: Plain (Wausau Paper Co), Patterned (DCWV)
Ink: Chocolate Chip (SU)


For my second card, I turned to some of the garden images I had stamped and colored last week. These made for a soft, pretty, feminine look. The card based I used for this one is from a card-making kit received from a friend and measures 4x6.

Stamps: Scene in a Garden, Noteworthy (SU)
Paper: Plain (Wausau Paper Co), Patterned (DCWV)
Ink: Basic Black, Perfect Plum
Accessories: Colored Pencils, Blender Pen, Scalloped Punch

Thursday Thirteen 122: Recently Read

I know it seems like I just did one of these postings, but I've been doing a LOT of reading lately -- hence all those movies from last week that have been piling up unwatched. Here are thirteen of the books I've read since July 8.













Your turn -- what have you been reading lately?



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Sophia Parkwood * Cambria Dillon * Paige Tyler
Alexia Reed * Janice Seagraves * Jennifer McKenzie
Mary Quast * Yvette Davis * Jeanne St James * Jo

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SC240

Another SCS sketch challenge card, this one from early this month. I used the same basic materials as the cards posted yesterday, with the addition of the white ink (SU) and stamps from the following sets: Yukon and It's Your Birthday (Stampin' Up).

SC239

Made these masculine cards to fit the SCS sketch challenge from end of July, SC239. I think this one could come in handy for some quick and easy Christmas cards! Both cards also fit the Limited Supply Challenge, LSC234.

Stamps: Noble Deer (Stampin' Up), Birthday greetings (Stamps By Judith)
Paper: Kraft and White (Wausau Paper), All other (DCWV)
Ink: Basic Black, Chocolate Chip (SU)

Who Are You on True Blood

I can think of worse things to be than a shape shifter. *G*

You Are Sam

You are a bit of a mystery - both to others and even yourself. You're still coming to grips with who you are. There are parts of yourself that you still need to accept. You are a caring and protective person. You can't help but be concerned about the people you love. You are a bit of a loner. You are still searching deep and meaningful connections in life.

Who Are You on True Blood?

Stop and Smell the Flowers

A birthday card for one of my nieces...

Stamps: Scene in a Garden (Stampin' Up), Vintage Picnic Sentiments (PapertreyInk)
Paper: DCWV
Ink: Basic Black, Perfect Plum
Accessories: Colored pencils and blender pen

Thursday Thirteen 121: Movies to Watch

I love movies. Unfortunately, I don't get to the theater for recent releases as often as I'd like, so usually end up with a long list of movies I want to see. I also love old movies, particularly the kind of classics TCM is known for, especially those B&W film noir. I'm always taping something off of TCM to watch later, except later is often a long time coming, eventually resulting in marathon movie weekends when I need to make room to record more. Here are thirteen movies recorded during the last couple months that I have not yet got round to watching. Methinks we need a long, rainy weekend so I can catch up again!

1. The Good Earth (1937)
2. The 400 Blows (1959)
3. Holiday (1938)
4. An American in Paris (1951)
5. The Jazz Singer (1927)
6. The Apartment (1960)
7. The Canterville Ghost (1946)
8. The Right Stuff (1983)
9. High Noon (1952)
10. Spellbound (1945)
11. Marnie (1964)
12. The 39 Steps (1935)
13. Crisis (1950)

Are there any movies you've recently recorded (or bought) that you have yet to watch?


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CAS -- Daisy cards

Of course, I couldn't just make up a bunch of CAS masculine cards this week, I needed some more feminine ones as well. These are actually based on a set I saw in the SCS gallery, though I "jazzed" mine up a bit with some coordinating ribbon. I did three or four of each color and tried to mix up the greetings a bit.

Stamps: Upsy Daisy, On Your Birthday (Stampin' Up)
Paper: Plain White (Xerox cardstock)
Ink: Garden Green, Real Red, Summer Sun, Taken With Teal (I also did some in Perfect Plum, but forget to scan before sending...oops)(SU)
Accessories: Grosgrain Ribbon (JoAnn's, Michael's)

Are You a Cat or a Dog

Are you a Cat or a Dog Person

You scored 42.9%
Cat Person

As a cat person, you approach life with thoughtfulness. You are self-aware and have close friends who will be there for life. The subtleties and mysteries of the world intrigue you. Your ideal Friday night is good conversation or a movie you can't figure out the ending to. Your take-charge attitude sometimes meets with conflict, but you always surpass expectations when it comes to your work. You value intelligence, grace and independence, which is why a feline friend is best for you. A few famous cat lovers are Regis Philbin, Katie Couric and Jay Leno.

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What Kind of Cat Would You Be?
(Or, What Kind of Dog)



Norwegian Forest Cat
The Norwegian Forest Cat is strong and independent. She is reserved with newcomers but blossoms in the company of old friends. Confidently defending what is hers, she does not like strangers in her territory. Her luxurious coat is a lot to handle, and necessity dictates regular upkeep. An amazing athlete, the Norwegian Forest Cat thrives on physical activity, and no leap is too great or prey too quick for her to tackle. This huntress is clearly queen of her domain!

CAS28 -- Masculine Cards

A few cards done up for today's "clean and simple" challenge at SCS, CAS28 -- masculine cards. CAS cards are supposed to be quick and easy cards that feature a lot of white space, few layers and little to no embellishments. I used two sets I haven't used much yet, Pines and Backwoods, both from Stampin' Up. The borders at top of the first two cards were made by alternately stamping a pine bough along a one-inch strip of kraft cardstock. For the moose card, I first stamped the right image in chocolate chip then, without reinking the stamp, stamped the second moose.

(Note: The green cardstock is NOT part fo the card, it was used for scanning purposes only.)

Stamps: Bear, Moose and Pine bough -- Pines (SU); Deer -- Backwoods (SU), Greetings -- On Your Birthday (SU)
Paper: DCWV, Wausau Paper
Ink: Basic Black, Chocolate Chip, Garden Green
Accessories: Ribbon (JoAnn's)

Thursday Thirteen 120: New Music

I don't have an ipod or mp3 player but if I did, these are some of the latest tunes I'd be adding...


* Nothing Ever Hurt Like You -- James Morrison

* How to Rob a Bank -- Willy Porter (Sooo much truth in this one!)

* John Q Lonely -- Maia Sharp

* 21 Guns -- Green Day

* The Man Who Can't Be Moved -- The Script

* Closer to Love -- Mat Kearney

* Use Somebody -- Kings of Leon

* Fallin' For You -- Colbie Caillat

* Little Bribes -- Death Cab For Cutie

* You Never Know -- Wilco

* Crack the Shutters -- Snow Patrol

* Funny the Way It Is -- Dave Matthews Band

* Don't Wanna Cry -- Pete Yorn



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How Do You Paint the World

You Paint the World with Calming Colors

You are a true friend. You are very dependable. Your friends can always count on you to be competent. You are good at anything you do. You are a truly successful person ... though sometimes it's hard for you to appreciate your success. You are quite cautious and conservative. You like to weigh risks carefully.

How Do You Paint the World?

My Thursday Encounter

So, Thursday afternoon I'm doing laundry. Not usually an exciting occupation, right? Timer goes off, I wander down to the basement laundry room of our building to extract clothes from the dryers. Pull stuff out of the one on the left, close door, shove basket over in front of dryer on the right, so that I am now standing in front of the one on the left, begin removing laundry from second dryer. I usually shake out and fold t-shirts and pants enough to keep them from wrinkling until I can get stuff hung up, so I'm folding shirts into the basket when I hear loud noise coming from upstairs. My first thought is, "I don't even want to know what people in this building are doing now." Then I think, "Oh! Maybe it's the mailman!"

I walk over by the door where I can hear better and sure enough, I recognize the thunk of mail being dropped into the metal boxes upstairs. Cool, I can stop and get that on my way back up. Turn around to finish removing laundry from the dryer...and scream. Just inches from where I had been standing moments before is a SKINNY ORANGE SNAKE peeking out from under the dryer on the left, flicking his narrow tongue at me. The snake continues to stare, his head bobbing a bit and now looking as though he were laughing at me. I carefully step to the far right, scoop the rest of my clothes into the basket and -- almost forgetting my keys in the process -- beat a hasty retreat.

More than an hour later my heart rate still hadn't returned to normal. It's not that I'm necessarily afraid of snakes, they just don't belong in my living space. Not to mention that that is a little more excitement than I am used to doing laundry.

After a bit of Googling, I finally found a pic that looks like the reptile I encountered in my basement. Apparently not poisonous, nor a biter, either. You have to admit, he is kind of pretty -- for a snake. Wouldn't he make a great pair of sandals? *g*

Thursday Thirteen 119: Fresh & Fruity!

Since I did veggies I like a few weeks ago, it only seems fitting that I dedicate one to fruits I like, a list that was far easier to write. Just because I like them, however, does not mean I am good about eating as much as I should.

* Green grapes -- Red are okay and I don't care for the purple (unless they're fermented, of course. Wink, wink)

* Berries -- Strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, raspberries...I'll eat just about any kind of berry except cran. Cranberries have always upset my stomach.

* Oranges

* Mango

* Pineapple -- Sadly, only in moderation or it makes my throat close up.

* Papaya

* Apples (Eplegaarden pics)

* Kiwi -- Same as with pineapple...sniff

* Coconut -- Mmm...toasted coconut, coconut creme pie...

* Banana

* Guava

* Melon -- especially watermelon and cantaloupe

* Cherries




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Dimensional Daisies

A clean and simple card, using dimensional stickers.

Stamps: Handwritten Notes (Papertrey)
Paper: white, pink (DCWV)
Ink: Basic Black (Stampin' Up)
Accessories: Dimensional Daisy Stickers (Martha Stewart)

What's Your Gift?

Your Gift is Intellect

You are a big thinker, and you're always playing with new ideas. You are curious about the world. You enjoy learning and developing new theories. You enjoy researching, analyzing, and solving problems. Thinking hard feels good! You're the type of person who finds most mental tasks to be easy. You love to stretch your brain.

What's Your Gift?

Eagle

One of the boss-men was out on a local river the other day for a photo shoot and happened to spy this eagle nearby. Not bad, considering he was in a bobbing boat, eh? On a related note (birds of prey), yesterday en route to work a hawk swooped down and landed on the side of the road just as we were turning a corner. Wish we could have stopped to get a photo of him, but backing up traffic at an intersection for a majestic bird is probably not a good idea.