WOYWW #180; LIM #93 ~ House (Not the TV Show)

I'm baaack!

It could have been worse, so I'll not complain.  My warm thanks to all of you for your good wishes, including those of you who I can't personally email back or thank via your blog.  You're all so kind!  It made a difference and was/is much appreciated!

I was hoping to be back up and running before now, but that's okay because this way I can catch my friends along the WOYWWing trail today.  So for those of you in a hurry, here is my desklet:

 

This is the stuff and such I was using today to make my card, which follows.  My little Rubber Tapestry stamps, lots of inks applied with the water brush.  Apparently I was also watching a television show about HOs.  You caught me.  Nah, it's really Ellen showing her Hot Glamour Pics, which crack me up every time.

And that it's for our play today at Julia's charming Stamping Ground, What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday, where we've gone a full 180!  Way to go, Julia!  There's lots to see over at WOYWW and brevity rules the day, so off you go and thanks for stopping by!!

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Yesterday I was The Amazing Rubber Woman, happy to sit on my ample behind and catch up on my "Gee! Mail!" Today, I'm back in the Playhouse fondling my arts and crafts.  Aaah.

Naturally, I missed a few challenges while I was in a disposal, and I have to say I was truly shocked to find out they went on without me!  Wait.  What?  Move on. 

This week the delightful Chrissie (with the help of the talented Jen!) over at Less Is More week 93, threw down the challenge for us to make a one-layer card with the theme of "house."  I haven't looked at the thumbnails yet, but I do wonder if someone has stamped a doctor to represent "House," the TV character, played by the beloved Hugh Laurie (known forever in our house as the amiable twit Bertie Wooster.)  That was a whole new level of digression.  See what happens when I'm off the keyboard for a few days?!

For me this LIM challenge was a happy 'duh' moment when it came to any ideas.  We have all kinds of houses in the world and right in my backyard I have a Playhouse!  Of course!  But it had to be one-layer, so I couldn't make a photo card ...

Gotta love those drugs ~ I dared to draw my Playhouse with my own little hands:

 

Still in British mode, it's rubbish scratch work and really rubbish lighting.  It looks like it's walking off the edge, so tomorrow I think I'll cut an inch off that left side and make it a note card, but it'll do for now.  No other house would do, you see?  All my dreams came true and I wish the same for you.

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I won't regale you with what you can only imagine are some wild stories of my en hospitale, but I have to tell you this.  I tell you because I am in my sixties and have lived with Crohn's Disease for over 30 years, so there aren't a lot of indignities I haven't already experienced.  Like a lot of you, with your various inevitable crosses, I mostly handle it quietly and with as much humor as I can mustard.

 

So, the doctor wrote orders for me to be released in the evening after doctor's hours and pharmacies were closed.  Too late, we discovered that he neglected to write up a badly-needed narcotic prescription for me.  Home we went, knowing me and the Mister (ever The Rock through these things) would have to venture out in the morning because this particular prescription could only be filled by me, the patient.

Well, morning dawned as mornings do and not to put to fine a point on it, I began to suffer some gastric distress, not unusual given the circumstances.  This distress meant that I was in no shape to go gallop venting all over town without appropriate adult protective wear, of which I had zero.  Thanks a lot, doc, I thought to myself.  Okay, yes, I used stronger words. 

 

But I showed him!  Being of grit and not without imagination, I girdled my loins with a kitchen-size white plastic garbage bag out of which I cut two leg holes.  Yup, I did.  The fact that I have followers under the age of fifty is the only reason I am not sharing a picture of this festive outfit for your viewing pleasure.  Actually, no one needs to see that.  Some of you girls are laughing harder using your own imaginations, I just know it!! 

And yes, please, I did put pants over my designer wear and away we went and mission accomplished.  So if your wagon train is ever in need of circling and you can't find MacGyver, I'll do for you!

Thank you, if you're still here.  I'm tired, so I can only imagine how you feel!  (Amused, I hope.)

Enjoy today wherever you are!  No, seriously, enjoy today. 

As always, thank you for stopping by to visit. Special thanks to you if you take the time to join as a follower or leave a comment!


Paper:  Bigger Jr. watercolor
Stamps:  "Welcome" masked from
  SU! unknown baby set; inside:
  PB "Your Dreams" 2958H
Ink:  Various SU! colors, Marvy
  markers, water brush