Two Passes and a Fail

I thought I'd share a couple of pictures of my salt dough ornaments.

Here are two Christmas trees from two different cookie cutters.

I've been playing with dying the dough different colors using food coloring.

I figured out here that my fingernails make pretty good branch impressions.

Here I used Puffy Paint to make ornaments on the tree.

I found that the cheap acrylic paint from the Dollar Store also 

covers the salt dough well but I am not very talented with a paintbrush

so dabbing the Puffy Paint worked better for me. 

I can't figure out how to rotate this picture but you can see 

that the angels look more like ghosts.  I used a straw 

to make the holes (I find two holes are better to hang the bigger

ornaments).  I also have a skewer I use and will try that 

on next angels.  Hahaha.  This is a live and learn business.

More later ....

All is right with the world

All is right with the world - except maybe in Trumpville where the mighty Donald keeps striking out!

As I was cleaning up and organizing my blogs I follow I came across a couple of new diabetic recipe Blogs I wanted to share.  Sometimes it only takes a tweak in the recipe to bring the carbs down.  I also found two blogs share info on Type I diabetes and also have information on the insulin pump which may be in my future one day.  I have these and several more marked to read and review but these two below definitely made my list.

diabeticenjoyingfood.blogspot.com

diabeticsrejoice.blogspot.com

Another thing that slowed down the process of organizing blogs is that I love to look on other people's Blogs I Follow list and click over to see if that blog interests me.  

I have a friend, my oldest and dearest BFF, and it always surprises me how much I like most of the friends she has made over the years.  This has proved true for 40 years.  I guess that many of the blogs I follow are also followed by bloggers whose blogs I like.   You get where I am going with this.  

I have to admit I don't like to follow lots of blogs because then I feel pressure to hurry and read and respond and it starts to take some of the fun out.  I have also noticed that there are a circle of us that somehow all found each other.  Neat, huh.  

So I'll be fine-tuning this blog and visiting new blogs to see what others are up to.

More later .... 

Second Post

I spent a ridiculous amount of time copying my blog reading list off google and adding it to this new blog.  It was surprising to see the blogs that are no longer active and I removed those and the blogs that are no longer in the subject area that I am reading these days.  It was interesting to see blogs I use to follow on jewelry making, small farms, a few on fashion and a few on frugal living.   Actually, I think it is interesting to see how gung-ho I get on various subjects at different times. 

Since I do my blog reading on Bloglovin', I also had to be sure to add some of you that I was not reading back in the google save days.  So, of course, while I was "doing", I went ahead and deleted the inactive blogs and various subjects off Bloglovin'. 

I worked my little brain to death flipping back and forth from all those sites.  Anyway, it is done and I'm never doing it again.  Hahaha.

I also had a doctor's appointment to get the nasty lump on my back looked at.  You know I have claw-like fingernails and I had scratched the top off several times.  Luckily, it was not Cancer but some cyst-thingy.  Why do I always jump to the serious side of every injury?  I guess because I like to go in with a Plan A and B and even C if it comes to me.  Dummie me. 

Well, that's it for right now.   I'm not sure what is the best way to notify everyone of my new blog address.  I'll work on that tomorrow. 

More later ....

Welcome to Simple

I had to start a new blog because blogger archived my blog after I didn't pay the domain registration name.  Blah Blah Blah.  It's a waste of time to fight and a waste of my money to pay the $100 restoration fee.  So I'll try and link up with all of you again.  Luckily I read all my blogs through Blogger so you are all stored there. 

More later....