The Lows and Highs of a Day ~ NBUS 146

How's it going?

I hated making the card I have to share today. It's for a very sweet couple from our blogging community. Never having children of their own, they doted on their beloved pooch. A few days ago, their pampered pooch was in her own backyard, minding her own business, when two hulking dogs broke in with murder in their hearts. It doesn't bear thinking about.

While it pales in comparison to human tragedies, of course, it is so very heartbreaking for this wonderful couple. I made them a card of sympathy.

I used the "Shades of Summer" color challenge from the August One-Layer Simplicity Challenge. I called it up on my laptop in the Playhouse last night and on the laptop the colors appear to be shades of blues and grays. Now that it is the next morning and I'm on the pc, the colors look to be lovely teals and tans. Oh, swell. I'm going to go ahead and enter my card anyway under the "A for Affort" category and to remind you about the challenge. I hope you get a chance to play!

And I made a Note to Self about the color deception between various devices.

The circular sediment stamp is from Stamps of Life "Four Circles." The daisy petals are trimmed from a NBUS Close to My Heart "Sunsational Flower" stamp which I've had forlikever. The tear drop is a rain drop cut from the Designs by Ryn "Raindrops" stamp and glossed with Dimensional Magic. The inks were a combination of PTI and SU inks.

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I'd like to turn to happier news. I got together with my blogging friends Kim and Harriet yesterday for a field trip to the Hero Arts Factory Store! I must say the location was a bit underwhelming. Here is entrance:

The inside was, well, also a bit underwhelming. A couple of tables and behind the door was a very tiny room open to the public. The products available were all fabulous, so that was good, and our husbands were happy to learn there was only a small supply of them.

The nice lady cashier got up from her desk and let us get behind there so she could take our picture! 

Harriet, Kim, Darnell

The good news about visiting a small factory store is that it allowed us time to have a leisurely lunch and continue to get to know each other. We'll be getting together next time at the Playhouse to work on holiday cards.

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Tilting at Windmills

I must dash today. I am doing an expozay about the newspaper empire in my local community, so I have a letter to write and exhibits to put together. I uncovered some funky rate practices during an innocent chat with friends about the minutia of life when I asked, innocently, "Hey, Sue, how much do you guys pay for the newspaper?"

Sometimes innocent comments uncover rampant unfairness. We discovered that the annual rates we pay for the same exact newspaper, subscribed to for the same length of time (over 35 years), vary from $96 a year to $465 a year! So far I've asked seven people and all seven of us pay different rates.

Does that seem right to you? Me neither. I think we Baby Boomers need to keep our consumer activism wits sharpened and ready for protesting inequities and inequalities like we did Back In The Day, so I'm putting some razor-sharp words where my mouth is. Wish me luck!

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