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Chris Durnan

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Archives for October 2007

May the Angels Lift Him

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My grandfather passed surrounded by family and friends. May the Angels lift him up and be blessed by his presence. He truly was an inspiring, caring and loving man. One of his favorite songs in the last few years… “All I wanna do is have some fun..” by Cheryl Crow.
He will be missed and always loved.

Chris

Announcing Announcing…

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So the time has come for some major change from me. Alot of visitors have sent me emails checking on me, checking on life, noticing that things are changing. I get approximately 200 emails a week requesting missed download files and about 45 email requests for lost passwords when I change them. So in looking at all of that and how I can handle it and continue designing, finding an easy place for downloads and enjoying what I do… Here is the news….
Here is the link for a more detailed flyer if you would like to know more.
Or you can visit the store here.

This will be starting December 1st to give me a little time to get through the family life that is happening. And get myself organized. I hope this is an alternative for some that will enjoy it. If you have any questions, you can post them here in the comments and I will answer them over the next few days. But a few questions, I can think of…

Yes there will probably be a few freebies offered here on my blog throughout the year. Probably simpler files and not major fancy cuts. But the majority files will be posted to the membership to download as they wish.

Yes, I will keep my group active.. Why you may ask?? Because I would like to offer those interested in my files Challenge information.. upcoming sale info at Paperthread for myself or others and of course Coupons for members of my group to get Pre-Sale pricing on things.

How many files do you think I will get at this membership? The minimum is 20 and if every one of my files was only 1.99 well then you would get those files for 50 cents a piece. But some of my files are more detailed and cost more per piece so that cost per piece will go down.

No rush!! You have the whole quarter to download the files. You won’t miss it if you get i before the last day. And membership can only be purchased until the end of the 1st month of the quarter. The membership will then close until the next quarter.

I am offering the first run 4 months for the price of 3
So $10.00

Will I still run my blog? Absolutely … I enjoy posting here and have some family members reading it and really have enjoyed all the emails from the visitors. I have found some people from here email me regularly and I so enjoy their emails and chatting with them.

Well if you have more questions.. please ask.. and I will answer them. You can Email me. or you can post a comment here.

And I will be offering a few files between now and the beginning of December. So keep visiting. I appreciate your visiting my blog, your patronage and everything you do to inspire me.

Enjoy!

Chris

Living in the Now

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So was thinking about yesterday and all its happenings. Somewhat of a blur seems to be the norm right now for my days. This made me smile. My son and hubbie went up to see his parents on Sunday and hang out with the family. Apparently Grandma put a band-aid on my little boys leg. He came home proud to share he badge of honor. (I should seriously own stock in the band-aid company) Anyways. true to form my son does not like to wear band-aids for very long. So he was trying to get off in the morning. Well this band-aid is the stickiest band-aid I have ever seen. He finally got it off his leg and all the sticky adhesive is still on his leg. He looked at it and looked at me and was like wow! See we buy the character ones they literaly stay on for about 3 minutes and then fall off. This is good because he doesn’t, most of the time, need one. So I called my MIL and teased her… what the heck kinda band-aid is this? She laughed and said the sticky kind. Apparently to get the stick off I need to us vegetable oil. Vegetable Oil??? This should be another slimey adventure that my son will love. Everything is new and different. And Slimey is the best. I love it.
THank you for everyone’s thoughts and words and prayers. I really appreciate it. I think my blog visitors are the best in the world. Thank you.
Took him back to school after a few days off from being sick. He wassss sooooo excited to get there it was awesome. He wanted his backpack on and was proud as he walked in. I love that.
I have most of a new Word Book set together for those who have emailed me asking for a different letter. It should hit the store within the next week. I have been working on files willy nilly in little pieces. Today I will be with my grandfather this morning and then home this afternoon. My son and I need to do some laundry. He loves to sort the clothes. I am sure this won’t last long in life, but I will take the help while I can.
The pics are some of my files in the store. I just thought I would share. My post are very boring without pictures… 🙂 These can be found in the store.

Enjoy!
Chris

Working through it

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So I didn’t get a chance to create many files this weekend. Spent the day at the Horse Sale Saturday and then we actually go out dancing. We danced and danced and danced and had a wonderful time. We saw some friends because it was rodeo weekend and they were all in town. This was wonderful because it all came together because we got the diagnose on my grandfatherthat afternoon. NonHodgkins Lymphoma. And he is mostly sleeping right now. So I spent all of Sunday at my grandparents house. Soaking up whatever he had to tell me. I will try to get some files out, but my grandfather’s time is very limited and truly I am having a hard time concentrating on it. I took my laptop on Sunday to play with some files, but it was hard to get focused. So this is where I am at. I wanted to let everyone know.

The card challenge is still on. I offered a file for the 4th entrant. and yes I am a Packers Fan! I think those who have posted to the thread at the paperthreads forum and expressed interest in it. I hope it ends up being a great challenge.

Lori is back in town and I have to go through emails and see which one of her files to steal for the second entrant in the challenge. I think she was amused I would steal one of her files to give to the second entrant. 🙂

I went through some thoughts this weekend on life and work, as this type of situation I think makes you do. There will be some big changes coming up and I am anxious to announce, but want everything in order before I do. So that is what is on the horizon.. and if I can get some files together, test cut and up. I will be posting TRFs this week.

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!

Enjoy!
Chris

Made it to Friday…

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Woohoo.. I am up and the house is quiet and I thought I would throw my post up before I start Friday. Lots of running around and errands to do. Some office time in there and just things to catch up on. So a few things. ..
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Annette Posted to my comments. I would loveee to see your daughters project. I can remember having a leaf book myself when I was younger, but not for school and I am glad you could use the file.

This is one of my layouts I made when I first got my cutter. I wanted to be able to CUT BIG LETTERS. everywhere I looked they were boring little letters. So this is the page I created with it. SNOW Bunny is what it says up in the far right corner. Teasing my Aunt was our job for the whole trip. I thought Snow Bunny went well with Snow Boarding and Snow Skiing. And I wanted to use lots of pictures on the layout. Everyone loves it and when my son sees it He asks me to take him to the snow! I am sure we will go skiing this coming year. My hubby is ready to go! He is working so hard he is beat and ready for a vacation. I love that man. He is so awesome. He works hard for our family and it hard for me to keep up with him.

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So I havent been so great about going to the gym as usual. And not so great about the eating just the diet food. But man do I get sick of just the diet food. I feel like that is all it has been since I was little, my mom is a chain-dieter. So I have been trying to switch to diet pepsi or none. and then only eating if I am hungry. And my exercise tonight was riding my bicycle around the horse arena while my son chased me with his gator. He giggggggled and laughed. he feels penned up in the house because he has been sick. So I was filling waterers and watching them because I have a nasty habit of forgetting and then they overflow. So I purposely do not walk away from them. So I rode my bike around and it has one of those kid carriers that goes behind it and my son was zooming around and giggling and trying to catch up to me. Luckily and LUCKILY for me. The battery is dieing in the gator or he would have rammed me a few times. Finally the waterers were full so we threw the ball for the dog for a bit and headed into the house. He was thrilled to get outside and exhausted all at once. That has to be come kinda exercise. I broke a sweat, but I am not sure it would fit into the “trainer” book of exercise. oh well. life goes on. It was way worth it to hear the giggles.

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Saturday is the horse sale so we will be up and out the door early to look at horses. So this will probably be my last post ’til next week. For those who have asked… my Sister is on standby to hit the hospital but is tenatively scheduled for a week or so out, my MIL went home no problemos, and my grandfather is resting in his own bed while we pray for his comfort and cherish every moment we have with him. Thank you for asking and your prayers.

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I hope you have a wonderful and awesome weekend and find time to giggle! Work hard on those cards for the card challenge. I am gonna trying and make some to to send to Debbi, but I won’t enter the contest with them.
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Be Safe and Enjoy!
Chris

Autumn Beauty.. Cards for the Troops

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Well I was trying to create a leaf pile and this is what kind of came out. It is very detailed so I wouldn’t recommend a lot of shrinking on this. I love the colors of fall and am always looking for a tree to add to my yard that will have that color change. This file is no longer available for download, but may be purchased at Paperthreads soon. This is a Terms Restricted File when downloading and entering the password you are agreeing to my Terms of Use.
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Okay… I posted last night.. late.. I am going to add some pictures that people have sent me to the Gallery at Paperthreads. I will give the creator credit as always. Email me if you want to upload yourself. I just want to share how awesome my visitors are and there work and I have alotttt of them on my computer. Doesn’t mean if I upload them, you can’t upload them to when you are ready. I just can’t sleep lately and can’t concentrate enough to create so uploading is easy and I flip through the pictures often. I so appreciate them.
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THE CARD CHALLENGE..
Okay I got an awesome video yesterday in my email from a Lizzy Palmer on YouTube about the troops and by the time I was done watching it I had tears rolling down my face. My understanding is the creator is 15 years old. I believe everyone has their choice in politics, but the men and women supporting our country and doing as they are asked have my respect and prayers. So my thought ran to this… we have a visitor to my blog who sends cards to the troops. Well now she is gearing up big time because they can use cards for the troops to send home to their families for the holidays. If you can’t find any inspiration to join the Card Challenge or narrow… If you want to make the card an then send it to Debbi no “e”, she can send it off to the troops. Here is her blog. So you can enter the challenge with a picture and send the card off to Debbi to make it to the troops. These are just my thoughts and hopefully add inspiration to you. and Debbi if you are reading this and have more information needs you want to post to the comment section here please do.
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As for the tshirt yesterday… you can do a search on the internet they sell them everywhere. Just do a search for ” I do not need another horse”. My neighbor, we board his horses for him, bought it for me. 🙂 Speaking of which I better get out and feed them all.
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I get asked about software.. Klic-N-Kut Studio etc. I saw this in one of the groups. It gives a quick run down of the software that you can buy with the machine or seperate. Video Here. I can’t answer all the questions sent my way about machines, software etc, but I try to post whatever information I can. Also, the training videos for the KNK Studio have been added to the store at Paperthreads for those who shop there regularly. Found Here. If you hit the Paperthreads store for items other then designer files.. put in the comments section.. Chris sent me… 🙂 Keep Michelle on her toes. haha.
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Serious horse feeder banging going on. I better go get it checked out.
Have a wonderful day!
Enjoy!
Chris

Can’t Sleep

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Well so much on the mind and soooo much going on.. I can’t sleep go figure..

Well I am perusing the gallery at Paperthreads and would like to add some of the pictures I have received from everyone. If you would like to upload them yourself, please email me. Otherwise I will upload them to the gallery giving credit to the creator. I thank everyone for the great pictures of their files. I have quite a treasure trove of them sitting here on my computer and it would be sooo awesome if everyone could see them. I flip through them regularly for inspiration. Most know that I post these files around because I think my visitors are the besttttt and want everyone to know how awesome they are. Wanted to give everyone a chance to email me, if need be.

Enjoy!
Chris

The Card Challenge Prizes…

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Okay so along with the winnings I think.. because I love free files there should be additional prizes. The first person to post an entry the 19th to the Challenge Gallery will receive my Snowy Friends Cutter Quick Page. Has to be on the 19th ..

And because Lori is out of town with the hubby I am going to do a little yacking….
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I think Lori should offer a file for the 2nd to post an entry.. so post a comment here as to which file you would like from her collection and I am gonna “steal” it just like she did my file for pirate bingo… Between you and I … She was totally pirated out by the time she was done with that Bingo game. Well maybe not pirated out, but her pirate speak was starting to happen in her emails. hahaha.. So I am gonna just graciously offer up one of her files for the 2nd entry to post at the card challenge. So post a comment here or at the thread so I can see which one of hers would be the favorite to get… Here is her blog for some pictures and here is the thread for the challenge at Paperthreads.

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Okay… 2nd post today.. maybe I should just cut some files so I have a download…Wew! And we are home again today after all. My son is not as healthy as I thought he would be this morning. Tis the way it goes. Less hospital visits this way. And if all goes well my grandfather will be home to be comfortable by the end of today. Hopefully my MIL will get kicked out and sent home to. We shall see… hopin so.
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This weekend we are headed to a production sale for horses. So for all those sending me such great comments and take care of yourself. This is my take care of myself. Weird huh? I can totally relax and be calm when I am analyzing and watch horses. Their conformation, their style, their personality, their look and their abilities.. it is wonderul. We will go take some comfy fold up chairs and watch horses for a good portion of the day and my little one can hang out and stretch his legs. The only chore will be to try to keep my hubby from giving me the LOOK. maybe I will have to wear my tshirt for this kinda thing. Here is a picture of it. It is strategically placed so my hubby can see it right when he looks at me. What do you think? Yes I can be evil.

Enjoy!

Chris

La Crosse Book by Susie

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Another great piece from one of my files by the creative team over at Paperthreads. This one is from my LaCrosse files and created by Susie. It is awesome love it. Thank you. You can purchase it HERE. I know the pictures are tiny, but I can’t seem to find the ones Susie sent me in my email so I had to snag them from Paperthreads Gallery. Susie if you are reading this and want to send them to me again. I would love to make them large so everyone can see how awesome they are.
I have a few more “presents” from my visitors that I am going to get up here. I love to see the work everyone has done. It is awesome.
Also thank you to those who posted in the Card Challenge Forum. I soooo appreciate it. I think I am going to offer the first three people to post a card entry a free file as well. I have a bunch in pieces again and when I get some cleared up I will post it to the Forum.
Have a great day everyone I am off to the office, visit the hospitals and take my son to PreK. He is feeling so much better. Love that smile. It is back again. Now I have to focus on the fundraiser for him. It is my first fundraiser for school. Cookie Dough. I dont eat Cookie Dough so it is a good thing it seems to be selling itself because I can’t really talk it up. :).
Enjoy your day!
Chris

He Is … She Is…

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I made it to day. This file was made for my Autism Request when I asked for words that describe her son these were the awesome words she came up with. Each individual word is welding togeth for an easy cut. Hopefully someone can use this for their own emphasis on an amazing person. This file is Terms Restricted which means that you can download it if you agree with the Terms of Use and plan to abide by it. This download is no longer available, but those who would like it may purchase it at Paperthreads. HERE ***

The details for the Card Challenge are in the Paperthreads Forum. Unfortunately, I am just swamped with life and so if you have a chance to visit the forum and add your input. I would appreciate any help I can get. This is the thread link HERE. I think I am going to have time to create some files for the first few people who post an entry to receive. Or for the entrants to choose from. Trying to work this all out, but in the meantime I hope people are creating.. Is anyone willing to do a show of hands (comments) that they are thinking about entering? I hope so. And thank you to everyone who participated in the sale.
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Such awesome comments and emails and because I don’t want everyone to worry to much… here is my family scenario.. My sister is due in November but after a week in the hospital has been sent home to bedrest. they are hoping she makes it a few more weeks. My grandfather had surgery Friday and made it through, but his health is not good and he is very lonely. So I am trying to visit the hospital as much as I can to see him. And my MIL goes into the hospital today for some extra messing around with the defribillator. And needless to say everyone is at a different hospital. And I am home from School today with my little boy because he has come down with a cold. Wew! Just gotta make it through the week… Just gotta make it through the week. That is my mantra right now. Thank you again for all the positive input. Everyone’s prayers are appreciated.
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Trying to think of anything else interesting to say.. but I think I am going to go watch Dora with my son and vedge for a few minutes before I try to catch up on work and try to create a few files for the week.
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Enjoy!

Chris