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Archives for April 2007

Men’s Gym Set 68

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So as promised here is the Men’s gym set. Hope everyone likes it who needed it. I tried to cover most of the men’s sports. The password is the same as the last post. With lots of cuts in this file. This file is no longer available for free download, but will be up at Paperthreads soon.
So we went to the Fair and what a great time and my son is such a trouper. We got there at 10 and I wasn’t wearing a watch at all and we walked around. Saw the animals, the trains, the tractors, road some rides, had a corn dog and he just kept going and going and going. For three he was ready to hit the fair. When we got out to the truck at about 3:30 pm. He started crying cause he wanted to go back. It was lots and lots of fun. Nothing like seeing things again for the first time through a child’s eyes. Everything is interesting and he points out things you would have glanced right over.
My only moment of concern was my husband had hit the carousel with him and now it was my turn. So I bit the bullet and went. We are going along smoothly. 4 passes of my husband, 5 passes of my husband standing on the side and all of a sudden I am like wow. Good thing I didnt eat. Holy smokes I am gonna be sick. I look up on the next pass and there is my loving husband with the camera just grinning from ear to ear taking pictures. I got off and he was like. Wow you were looking greeeeeeennnn. So he got out the camera to document that. are you serious??? And yes I looked at the pics. I was definitely holding on to that carousel pole with white knuckles.
So I didnt see any deep fried twinkies anywhere. Wew must have gotten a notice that it was causing severe clogged arteries or something. Or sugar rushes beyond control.
It rained just as we got there and in fact there was quarter size pieces of hail. Hail in Arizona in April. We were all shocked. And because of the lightning with the storm the mountain behind us got hit and started a fire. They let it burn out. Beginning of the season, but there is always some kinda fire warning going on since it is so dry out.
Well I better get moving. It’s Monday. Welcome to the week, may it be a great one!
Enjoy!
Chris
PS My son starts going to “school” this week. He is excited and I am nervous. My only child so what can I say. A little nerves can get anyone. It will be three days a week. He needs the social interaction and it will get me into the office a little more and able to do a few other things. So tomorrow will be his first day and my post here may be a little slow because of it. Just a heads up.
PSS Don’t forget about the word book challenge. The details are on the top right of my blog.

Square Set Extras, Bronc, Cake, Heart, Hand

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Here are some of the square set for the challenge. Please do not share or alter and claim as your own. These are for personal use only!

Okay, so it’s the weekend!! Wooohooo! We are headed to the Fair this weekend and then my sister is taking our son and we are going out! Another WOOOHOOOOO!! I am looking forward to it. Love the little guy, but look forward to a few hours of being an adult and a romantic dinner and seeing a few friends for dancing. My hubby and I met on the dance floor. We love to dance. We should do it a bit more at least for the aerobic exercise. But every chance we can get. We dance.

So at the Fair, we will be seeing the Tractor Pulls. My three year old son is super excited about it. I have pics last year of him standing at the fence line just engrossed in the whole thing. These aren’t the sup’d up hot rod tractors. These are the John Deere pucka pucka tractors. He has a John Deere movie the vol. 1. He can recite it from start to finish and tell you all about the engine change etc in the john deere tractors. I made him tshirt last year that said. I May Be Two, But I love the Greene! He got so many compliments on it. I personally love the 4-h projects and the exhibit hall and well uh… the fudge. man alive. I hate to make fudge, but I love it. So i limit myself to two small pieces of two different flavors. Last time we were there they had Fried Twinkies. I don’t eat Wheat Gluten/Flour. So it was off my list of possible food choices. My husband tried the deep fried snicker I think it was. He said it was like a snicker encased with doughnut and then he added powdered sugar and choco syrup on top. I looked at him like he was crazy and he smiled at me. Yowser, his sugar crashed so quick I thought I was gonna have to carry him out of the fair. But man do I love my husband. he pushes me to try new things. love it love it. Luckily I can’t eat gluten/flour. So I dodged that twinkie bullet.

Oh and by the way. My phone number is so close to the fair number that I have spent the last 2 weeks teaching people that Fair is spellled FAIR not FARE. And then they ask .. How did you know that was what I dialed??? And I sweetly say …. cause that is how you got me! Some people have a mission in life. I think one of mine is to teach people how to spell Fair.

Okay so have I yacked enough. I guess I should go get some things done so I don’t have to work all weekend. 4shared seems like it is taking the password flower. so hopefully that is all handled.

Enjoy!

Chris

Bronc No longer available for free download.
Cake No longer available for free download.
Heart No longer available for free download.
Hand No longer available for free download.

Available in the Paperthreads store.

Personal Use Only! Please do not share or alter and claim as your own! Please direct people to my blog and do not send out the direct link to the download. So appreciated! Downloading of these files is an acceptance of these terms. Thank you.

Rou Star, Hands, Key for the Namebook Challenge

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Okay on to a new day and another set of Challenge Pages for the Word books. This is the Round Star, Hands, and Keys for the Namebook Challenge.
I hope to get these posted up to the Paperthreads Server by the end of the day so the whole set of “Extras”, which is what I am calling it, will be sold together. I am going to put the Square and Round Pages all together in the one sale file. So lots of files in one.
So next…. These files are for personal use only! Please do not alter and share as your own. If you are opening up a .wpc file you must first open your WPC program up and then open the file through the program. I have saved it as an older version WPC for the pazzle users and I hope this will fix the problemos there. As with new things there is always a little bit of tweaking. So the password is buzz and the links are Here. These links are no longer available for download, but the entire set of extras is available at Paperthreads.
It’s Wednesday, Enjoy!
Chris
PS I will leave the gymnastics file up for a few hours this morning so those who missed it last night because of 4shared can get it. 4shared is not my website, so I don’t have control over them. Sometimes they may or may not be down.
PSS So what do you think of my blog header. I messed it with it all day yesterday. My only frustration is for the life of me I cannot get it centered….rrrr. Anyone who mess with HTML know what I should do? haha. Otherwise there it is.Something different something new! Enjoy!

4shared!

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Getting reports that 4shared is having problems. I will leave the file up til in the morning. Check it out then and see if it is working. I tried it myself and it works, but thinking it might be intermittent.

Remember when retrying a page if you want to do a hard refresh of a page in case it is stuck on your temporary files for a web page that has been downloaded. Anyways. the hard refresh of a webpage is hold the shift key down and click the refresh in your browser. It will force the page to reload from the start and not pull from the resources already on your computer.

Enjoy!
Chris

Gymnastics Set 63

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Todays Download is a Gymnastics set. I have two and this is the first of them. Included in the download is a frame that says eat, sleep, tumble, 5 gymnasts in floor poses, the word gymnastics welded together with a mat. The blue piece cuts as a whole piece and says “Reach for the stars … with your toes.” The letters have been stenciled so no little center pieces to search for after cutting. There is also a star and circle included just in case you want to set it up the way I did.
I was inspired for the two sets because I have been taking my son to toddler time at the local gymnastics center. for 4 dollars he runs around like mad for an hour and I get to tumble around with him to. It is fantastic. It is a regular gymnastics place with the beam, vault, parallel bars etc. not a Tumble for Toddlers place. Anyways, you can take your child in, but you have to watch them. There must be about 30 kids and their parents there. I love to see the parents who partake with their kids and not those who just sit on the sides and point fingers.
Well Enjoy the downloads. the password is buzz. please only use personally which means on your own computer and not shared to someone elses. Even posting a part of my file as your own on a yahoo group is not acceptable! If you can’t follow these simple guidelines, Please do not download. No longer available for free download, but can be purchase at the store soon. >Here<
and the second set is also available HERE. A new WPC file for those having problems. You may need to open WINPC or your software first, then open the file and it should work. thanks
Enjoy!
Chris
PS Thank you to those who answer questions for me on Yahoo Groups. I have been asked to not post unless I plan to moderate on some groups. Well considering I am moderating a few, running this blog, and trying to find design time and spend time with a 3 year old and hubby, I just cannot commit to another one. And because I can’t commit to it. I can’t post a response sometimes. So thank you thank you thank you to everyone who helps out with it. I appreciate it.

Namebook Extras Round Cake, Smile, Heart

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Okay so the Challenge is in full swing. The link for the challenge details post is on the top right of my blog. I hope everyone can join. The due date is May 20th. You can post anytime between now and then. Can’t wait to see everyone’s craftiness.
Here are some additional pages for those who would like them. These Downloads contain the round cake and the round smile and the round heart. Password is still buzz.
I haven’t been able to find anything that I like that is baby oriented. So I didn’t get a chance to make those. Hopefully something else will work in its place out of these files.
So make sure you pick the right link for what you want. And please remember these are for personal Use Only! Do not Share or Alter and claim as your own.
Enjoy!
TOU: PERSONALY USE ONLY! PLEASE DO NOT SHARE!
Round Cake >These Downloads hit the number quick and are no longer available for FRB<
Round Smile >These Downloads hit the number quick and are no longer available for FRB<
Round Heart >These Downloads hit the number quick and are no longer available for FRB<

Swim Team

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First, Thank you to everyone for your great comments! They inspire me because of everyone’s kindness. Every comment makes me smile and makes my day! As for my Nan, we will continue on and take whatever God hands us and make the best of every situation.
2nd, Great news!!! I will now be offering .wpc files here on my blog as freebies. Which can be used with Pazzles cutters or opened with WinPC for craftrobo and wishblade. So make sure when you click the download you get the one you want. Because I will still be offering GSD files as well.
3rd, These files are for personal use only! Downloading is an agreement of these terms. If you need a full copy of my terms of Use. It is available on my mainwebsite. The password is buzz.
3th, A huge thank you to everyone directing people to my blog for files. I am not quick enough to read all the groups I am on. So when people take the time to answer people’s questions about my blog. I really really appreciate it. It makes me smile because I know I have such great supporters of this blog.
This was a request made a while ago on my blog. I still have quite a list of requests and trying to make my way through them, but I love them. Hope it works for what is needed.
Enjoy!
Chris
GSD Download > No Longer Available for free download<
WPC Download > No Longer Available for free download<
Don’t forget about the Name Book Challenge!!! It is up and running at the Paperthreads Forum and the details are posted here a few days back.

Life in General

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So I am a little behind. Hasn’t been a great week and my Nan (grandma) has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Not a great thing for anyone and even worse her age and current health. I usually handle life as it is thrown at me without any problems, it just has been a super busy year already with lots of pitches. I am looking forward to vacation. I am going to work on files this weekend for next weeks download. Unfortunately, I don’t have one today. I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Enjoy!
Chris

Tabs and the last set of numbers including symbols

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Two Downloads today… The first is a tall set of tabs. I saw a spiral bound book with these at the local craft shop and thought. hmmm. wouldn’t it be nice to do it my way! so these are 6 inches tall with the tab and 10 inches long in the file, but you can resize it how you want of course. This file is gone it met its download number mid afternoon. Sorry you missed it. It is for sale at Paperthread if it is something you have to have. Thanks for looking.
And the next is another of my Word Book Sets. With the Challenge underway at Paperthreads and see the details in a previous post….. I figured I better get the last one up! This link is no longer available for free download, but can be purchase here.
I hope everyone has a fantastic day and remember while downloading these files they are for personal use only! No sharing or altering and claiming as your own!
Enjoy!
Chris
PS Don’t forget to look at the challenge details. Everyone has until May 20th to post a Sample of their Name Word Book. The winners will get a voucher for freebie files. Read the previous post for more details. PW for the previous files are buzz.