WOYWW #452

Welcome, it's Wednesday the day we share our workspaces, all info is here at the STAMPING GROUND. You can play along by linking up or visit many others around the world.
Personally, I'm glad this is the LAST day of January.  February always seems like a great month.

Thanks to all who left comments on my computer issues. Day by day I've been able to almost have some normalcy to my computer life. Maybe I can call it making "Lemonade".

My desk yesterday while the sun was out. click to enlarge, I was working on some special cards, I cannot share yet, but enjoying some new rubber stamps and some older dies I've put aside.

 Two sympathy cards. for a  great older friend's family

 and for a classmate who's husband died from cancer . Both in our area so will be attending funerals later this week.

Short and sweet, I am downloading a backup via a now working ClickFree back up from my 8.1 documents/photos. Then it's a delete the unnecessary items. It's been confusing trying to find photos to download here etc, but soon I hope I'll be back to normal. Thanks for your input.

Enjoy a great WOYWW kind of day.

WOYWW # 451

Welcome, it's  What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday...Julia the hostess with the mostess invites anyone around the world to join up, visit others desk with linky, or play along thru her blog the STAMPING GROUND.

Those of you leaving comments and visits from last week thank you.  Slowly and greatly I am enjoying Windows 10.  A new Dell hard drive is most efficient, but my external back up CLICKFREE went out of business a short time ago, so my backup 8.l will not work on W 10. So trying to find another way, emailed my son for help!!!  Need my downloads, work and excel documents.   I've downloads from a lot of DIGITAL places and can't now access them.

On to why we are here  DESKS, WORKSPACES   simple things in life we take for granted

My first try with loading photos ...worked great,    camera to here:

 A little table next to my desk for creating flowers.  My desk has secret Valentines being constructed. Will share later.  Click the photos to enlarge.

This is above this area, lots of little ATC's when we were doing exchanges, something I truly miss. It gave me motivation and I loved working with the monthly theme on these little spaces.

Our little Bailey is slowly adjusting to being alone, rarely meowed, now that's his thing. He looks for his brother, stays away from where Bax laid and once a day at least he gives out a BIG Yelp, like I need you back bro.  Hubby and I  well a few tears here and there, no one greets us at the door when we come home yet, no one wakes us up meowing for more food, no one jumps up for scratching the ears,   But we have nicer weather, missed heavy snows, had rain, winds are gone and now on a warm up 40 maybe later today

Wishing you and yours well, thanks for visiting, I'll be around later, have to visit mother and fix a none working phone there.

WOYWW #450

Hi everyone. Wish me luck, my main computer is having issues "driver updates needed" Windows 8.1 and they want me to update to W10.  but...so I'm trying this on a laptop which is Windows 10 and I don't use this much unless we travel. Now having issues loading photos.
Headache #3 and it's only 10 AM. Will schedule this as I surely don't know if it will be available Wednesday for posting  High winds again  was a -32 with wind chills and a warm up scheduled for late Wednesday.

Visit HERE for the hostess blog on visiting more or playing along.  As it is a Wednesday  for visiting.

That worked but so far not photos from my camera.
Used my phone for same photos..yeah ! .a collection of OLD 1922 and forward Valentines I bought at an auction.

 Working with this mini journal, made from a junior mint box, some pretty papers for the cover, Martha's punches, and binding supplies.

A few Valentine supplies, as I was working on ideas for grand kids. A few pages I stamped with a Bird theme on my desk for the journal.  When I went to bind them I totally spaced off the fact that I needed to do the back side also, so now the bird images and the words are now not in order. Oh well, my 1st try at this paper journal thing.  I have done a fabric one a few years back for my sister's 40th Anniversay and it seems much simpler.

 Will play with Windows 10 as I guess I have no choice. Any suggestions on home computer ?  update to 10 or buy a new system?  using Windows 8.1  as camera, printers are compatible.  I really don't have a lot of cash to shell out for new equipment again. Thanks for bearing with me.

Have a wonderful week   Hope to visit if things here are all working.

Just minutes after I scheduled this  we lost our special cat Baxter...a post  Here  on our loss

Heart Break

It was a total shock, and to witness what happened was hard. Our 9 year old cat "Baxter" died today on our kitchen floor.

                                                       "Baxter"   21 lbs.

These two were barn siblings we brought home in June  nine years ago for our own barn cats, but they were so small I wanted to get them use to us, the area and our barn. So each morning my hubby would bring them from that nice little barn storage room to the house. Littered trained, and lovable.  At 5/6 pm at night he'd tack them back for the night, leave a light on and repeat the procedure until an October stormy night. He fell asleep in his chair from being out harvesting until the rains came. I could not reach the barn lights and was not going to take them out to the barn alone. So I woke up and asked if he would take them to their barn room, grumbling he said" I am not going to do this every night...let them live in the house."  And they did.  Spoiled and Lovable they've been ever since.

  Brother "Bailey"  11 lbs  on the bottom.  Snuggled up on a cold night. They were good brothers. Played hid n seek, batted a little cotton shiny ball around together, and made sure they each had lap time with both of us.

RIP dear one. I'll be watching for that brightest star above.

WOYWW #449

Good day to You, it's the wee hours of the morning here, but I am up and remembered. Last week I spaced Wednesday off until I seen a post, went to do a photo and join in late, but my hubby wanted to leave for the city. It was a fun day, and found some good sales.. The rest of the week was much of the same, errands, visiting mom and my sisters MIL (alone for the winter as they left for warmer climates).
Sharing my desk with the WOYWW group today, info is HERE with our hostess Ms Julia

A far away shot, it's a mess. got out Valentines here and decor for the rest of the house back in order. Christmas was put away yesterday. Have to tidy up a bit with vacuuming and my favorite "dusting"upstairs.  Enjoying 2 days of 35 degree temps, so I even opened up the windows while I cleaned the house.  A 50 degree turn around, from minus 25 . Seems like spring with no winds,  but Thursday is a winter storm watch 8 inches of snow and possible ice forecast with 50 mph winds.  He got the generator ready just in case electric goes out. Here if it does we also have no water. So finger crossed.

Have a wonderful week, hope you get to do your favorite crafting and have time to enjoy other things you love.