I bailed out to give them spotlight and to write my lesson plans for July, but first I want to say HOWDY to all of you! As I mentioned a few post ago, Jack is on vacation and so our schedule is open to change. So here I am, blogging when its time for US History! Weeee!

HOWDY Y’all!!

Memorial Day was great! The man-boys made a fire on the BBQ. Getting out all those wonderful man tools, axe, chainsaw, bow-saw, match!! LOL! to worship the immortal flame! We cooked pork steaks, potatoes in tin foil wrappers. Still have a boatload of meat and potatoes! I made my Spicy-Sweet Chipotle Beans ( Gotta’ Have ‘Dem Beans! ) and those deviled eggs with curry that everyone seemed to snort up their nose they went so fast!

We sweated it all out with some yard games and no one picked up a camera the entire day! It was pretty fun to just roll with it and not try to capture any. We finished off our great day with cool drinks in front of the Television! LOL! All stiff and salty. We started watching old episodes of 30 Rock since we are not drop everything TV watchers. I guess we are the kind who save up a few hours and watch 4 episodes at once via our NETFLIX lifeline! Really NEED to buy some stock in Netflix! WHOOT!!

We didn’t do anything Memorial Day-like…attend a parade, take our old US flags to a disposal event, or even meet with veterans. The kind of things I did when I was a bitty-nip because my family was military through and through. I guess I am having a bit of Irish Catholic Guilt about that. * grin*

Anyway, guilt will always be there for the taking, I could talk about guilt all day long, how about a sweet giveaway for you to get in on?  Shannon, of Desert Designs is having a blog hop giveaway today! She is giving away a Dogwood Branch Stamp she used to make these awesome cards!

Shannon was sweet enough to ask if I wanted to kick in something, so I donated a coupon for 2 free Styles at my Kristine’s Place Store. You may want to grab up the Chalkies Shannon used on this card above, or find something else in my Bean Store that tickles your fancy. It all works for me, no limitation on what the coupon is used for as long as its in Jodiann’s Store.

VISIT Shannon’s Blog before Midnight EST June 2 to have a go at it! 

Just so there is NO CONFUSION.

This is Shannon’s Giveaway.

Go to her place to participate. 

Weee!

I am working on some Bokeh Styles for this week and they are turning out Awesome Cute!

Here is a sample of what I am coming up with when I play with them….

This is our Dear Departed Ruby, she always looked like Willy Loman, but right before she pounced you with a giant smile on her face and stole your breath away! She was a tricky play partner! The problem with that is we have tons of Willy Loman shots, and in the other ones we are defending ourselves!

Here is a freebie background for you to drop behind your own extractions…

This is a right click freebie! Its fast, no zip file to download! Yippee! 

1. Double click the image.

2. When it opens in another window it will be 300ppi 6x5inches.

3. Right click to save.

4. Permission granted for personal use only. No freebie builds, no S4H, or Commercial Use.  Just good plain fun for you to have with your own extracted photos.

Look for some transparent styles like this coming the end of the week and a quickie how to on making reflective papers with them!

Hugs!

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A bootkey virus slipped by my security and went for straight for my cookie! Doesn’t that sound provocative! HOOT! Jack Darlin’ couldn’t close the backdoor and I kept losing more and more data so we killed the drive. Jack wanted to give it the double-tap and wipe it. I agreed, but in the end we were whoosie girls. We just cut the operating system out of the poor thing so it just became a storage drive, lobotomizing it like in One Flew Over The Coo-Coo’s Nest.

So all this week it was my job to reinstall programs and move the custom files of those programs from the drooling Franken-drive to the new bright and shining 1TB drive without getting bits of bad stuff in the mix. Sometimes I wonder if it was worth all that cleaning up and scanning, ( that is just the cranky tired me talking…of course my data is worth it! LOL!) Nearly done now. I have a few things I am putting off until I use those programs again because I am lazy and want to get back to making things now.

Each time I crash my computer I learn something. The first time I beefed up security, and the second time too, okay and the third! LOL! A few times back ( slow learner) I set up a back up drive. Sadly I didn’t use it. I always had an excuse. It was too hard to do, it took too long…blah blah blah. Well so is recovering from a crash, Silly!  A few years ago, my hubby began practicing tough love. He used to spend all night fixing my messes ( he still does this to a degree) but he began leaving the bulk of the mindless work to me. Now that I feel the pain of a crash more I am suppose to mend my ways. I DID make some decisions to protect myself, but I really think life is full of roses not thorns so I don’t see disaster as inevitable, I think I might just sneak past all the bad things in computer land so I don’t back up anything. The best thing I ever did was putting all my storage files on a separate external drive and when the computer does its strange death dance I unplug my externals to be double sure they don’t get tainted. These last 2 years I have had nothing but happy sleep knowing all my design data, pictures, and yummy-yums are safe.  I can’t put a price on sleep, can you?

This time, my Jack-Jack partitioned my shiny new hard drive and made huge back up space for it. So now I can back up quicker, thus I might actually do it!  I haven’t actually used it yet, so let’s not get carried away that I am reformed. I did pitch a complete fit a few nights ago in which the whine went something like  “You can’t expect me to back-up stuff every night, you techie-dictator!” To which Jack reminded me I don’t know how to install an Operating System and partition a hard drive. Touche’  That took the beast out of me! HOOT!

All you ladies in the Sisterhood who just thought “ Don’t back down, you can learn to install and partition as good as any man!”  Don’t get you panties in a bunch, my sisters. You’re right I can learn to do those things. I just don’t want to. I want to be a kept woman on those scores.

Just like Jack does not like to cook, and still like to eat. Doesn’t do yardwork but doesn’t wish to carry a machete to blaze a trail to his car. I want to have a computer and not have any idea how some stuff got on it. WHOOT! 

Enough computer talk! Grab a cuppa and let’s catch up on a lazy Sunday afternoon, hmmm?

First off, my Grand Opening CODE sale at Kristine’s Place is going on to the end of the month. Here is the poop on that…

http://www.wenchdgrafix.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=21

Use the code

       HootinApril50

to get a whopping 50% off all my goodies at KP’s and don’t forget to check out the other designers there, Kristine is having a 405 off sale on her stuff! Please do not leave her store without getting some AWESOME Kristine’s Texture Plates! Seriously they will enhance your life!! She has 5 sets! This is the first.

Next…Kim B Designs is got some moving and shaking going on… TIME is limited on this one…

CU Grab Bag by KimB and Amanda Rockwell

$65.00 $8.00

Save: 88% off

Grab this Exceptional CU bag by Amanda Rockwell and KimB.

Filled with only the highest Quality CU Products.

10 Full sized products plus a BONUS download!

Available for a limited time only.

Bag Contains.

10 CU products in JPG, PNG, ABRI and PSD @ 300ppi

1 bonus download

Available at DigiScrapVault(DSV) and Scrap Artist for only a limited time only.

Kimmer also has a little freebie available for a kit that is coming out on Monday so check that out too…

Here is the picture…go to Kim’s Blog for the download link.

My Delicious TC Team was doing backflips of creativity while I was not computing let’s check in with them…

Sandy Pie made this using nearly every PS Style I have made in the last 2 months! SUPER COOL! See more information on what she used and how she did it! Neat-o!

Vicki aka Bubbles Bits

Has an add-on gifty to her latest kit, hint hint, made using Chalkies: Vicki’s Beach Styles! Weee!

Here is the picture…go to Vicki’s Blog for the download link.

Shannon 

Is going to town making cards! Fabulous Cards! So many I can’t list them all here, start at the beginning of her blog and just go for it! Some use My Jodiann Styles while others use awesome stuff from other designers that you are sure to LOVE. Shannon also recently put up a Gallery, where you can browse all her beautiful creations. Check it out! Shannon’s Gallery

Check out this one…

Using my Chalkies   Such a cute card!

MoeJoe

Made some awesome templates using my Dot Cute Styles. Visit MoeJoe’s Blog to see these templates and pick up a special template she made to match for a FREEBIE! 

And bringing up the rear… Me!

A freebie mini kit done for Kim B’s Color Challenge! It must be fall in South Africa or Kim is cleaning out her attic space…LOL! These color absolute screamed vintage, must be where my head is at lately! Vintage Thoughts! Weeee!

http://www.4shared.com/file/nQchCwoJ/jc-intheatticmini.html

4 papers and 7 elements in Fall Colors.

Whoo HOO! You are now up to date! Wishing you all a beautiful last week of April!

MWAH!!      

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Hey Y’all!

Well got stuff draped all over the place drying out, and we might lose some carpet in the doggie bedroom because it just will not dry ahead of the mold I fear, but all is well. Things just have a way of working out for the best. This little dip in the road is nearly done. WHOO HOO!  Today we put the salvaged stuff back in the closets and we might find the dinning room under all that stuff!  HOOT!!

Got a freebie for ya!

I made these cute bunnies for Easter a few weeks back and THEN I checked the terms of use for the doodle I used. (Doodle by Americo over at Creative Mundi, cute huh!)  You know it helps to read the TOU before whirling off on a design tangent and making bunnies in all colors! DORKY ME!! LOL! Lesson learned! WHOOT! Well turns out I can give this away on my blog, as long as you all remember to use it for personal stuff only. Its a change, from my usual CU for all my styles, so pay attention sweet peeps! Respect the BUNNY! ( Should be a song!)

 http://www.4shared.com/file/252659726/98c7650e/jc-PUbunnydotfreebie.html

The background pattern ( without bunnies) will be here soon under the name Light Dot Styles, look for them this week.

Close up

Extreme Close Up

I think the extractor we used to pull water from the carpet yesterday had a similar beat to this song, its gotta be, because this song appeared in my head whenever I turned the machine on and disappeared the moment the machine went off! LOL!  Now it can roll around in your heads for a while!  Enjoy!!

Happy Tuesday!

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Election Day today in the US, so I am off helping people vote at my local precinct polling place, in fact I already left, I am there right now diligently stamping “voted” on  the foreheads of passersby. LOL!  I made this little free thing ahead of time because I want you all playing around while I am working. LOL! 

Americans vote Today,  Tuesday March 2!  polling place locator 

This is for Kim B ‘s color challenge for March. Stop in there over the month and get some great freebie mini kits or do one yourself! Its super fun. You can also build a layout to submit to get her yummy posting bonus if kit building is not your thing. You can even download this freebie, make a layout with it, submit the LO to the Kim’s Color Challenge and get Kim’s Posting Bonus! How about that for smart and sassy!  HOOT!

http://www.4shared.com/file/232103032/ffc9d0f8/jc-PUgratefulagainmini.html

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Snow Dome

Summer Dome

Snow Entry

Summer Entry

look close, can you see where the bird wings brushed the snow?

Snow rise

Freebie!

http://www.4shared.com/file/221452999/40f6b9d0/jc-harvey_0210FebCC.html

Thinking about my Harvey Dude and of course all the pictures I have of him so this mini has a photo direction. Frames, photomat, photocorners, journal tags that could work as a mat for photos too.  Photos Photos Photos! I accidently made a half quick page while I was using the birdie template and I threw that in …might get someone’s mojo cooking to finish it up. I left it in layers so its possible to tuck elements in here and there. The paw prints were made from Harvey’s actual inked paw print outline and I left them torn and  jaggy looking. I know they could be perfect if I wanted them to be, but I like that they are not quite there yet. Its fitting.

Check the read me file for credits, a bunch of designer contributors this time around. Enjoy the Freebie!!

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