Chihuahua Conspiracy (Pet Whisperer P.I. #6)

Chihuahua Conspiracy by Molly Fitz
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Cute story when Nan adopts Paisley from the local animal shelter she is convinced something shady is going on and enlist Angie's aid in uncovering the conspiracy. Unfortunately Octo-Cat is not thrilled about the new addition to their family and enlist Pringle's aid in framing the dog. But by the end of the book that bad guys are behind bars and Paisley has thawed Octavius' heart. Thank God Angie refuses to call Octo-Cat by his full name.

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The Cat Caper (Pet Whisperer P.I. #5) by Molly Fitz

The Cat Caper by Molly Fitz
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This book is full of lovable characters and a fast paced plot. When Angie's cat Octo-Cat is catnapped she fears for her friends life, but she is also in danger of losing her home since it's Octo-Cat's trust fund that pays for it.

Angie enlist the aid of some forest animals that it turns out have been spying on the house and soon tracks down the culprit that wants to strip Octo-Cat of his fortune.

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Master Bedroom

 

The Master Bedroom remodel is taking forever. We started in August 2020 and it's still not finished. Mainly because Hubby is having to redo the ceiling. The walls are painted Emerald Ice (this Calming Icy Green is a neutral so it will work with any color. This cool, refreshing neutral wavers between blue and green and has a touch of gray for easy versatility.- Sue Kim, Valspar Color Strategist) paired with the Urban Sunrise Trim and the LVP flooring is  Provenza's Uptown Chic series. The color is called Catwalk. I also found a gray and white cloth laundry hamper to go in there. With the remodel of the Master Closet I no longer had room for a laundry hamper tucked in the closet so I wanted something nice for the bedroom (we don't have room for it in the Master Bathroom either). 

 

And I got these Levolor Natural Shades - Bay Weave Room Darkening - White, They are custom made to fit your windows.I am hoping once the ceiling is done to either get a new bedroom suite or paint the existing one. If we paint it I am thinking a nice White to match the shades.

Master Bedroom Closet and Laundry Room

 

I liked the dragonfly hooks I found at Lowe's so much I asked Hubby to hang one in the Laundry Room for the dogs leashes.

 

The closet in the Master Bedroom was super small and it wasn't really made for two people to share. So we made a few adjustments that gave us more room. We raised the top shelf giving us room to hang two clothes rods.

Then Hubby added these shelves. 

Since I didn't have the length to hang my dresses on the clothes rods I asked hubby to hang hooks on the wall for my longer stuff. (This wouldn't work if you had lots of dresses but is fine for a few).

And a hook on the back of the door is perfect for hanging my robe. ~Alasandra

Cats' Eyes (Crazy Cat Lady #1)

Cats' Eyes by Mollie Hunt
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I Loved it!!! being a certain age I could identify with the main character, who becomes the victim of a family of thieves who hide two expensive Chocolate Diamonds in her pond. Interwoven with the hunt for the diamonds is information about her cats, her work at a shelter and useful info about cats. I can't wait to read the next book in the series.

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Scrapping with Pixel Scrapper (DigitalScrapbook.com)

f you are just starting out  digital scrapping Pixel Scrapper (DigitalScrapbook.com) is a great resource for freebies and if you have some extra money they have a subscription that allows you to  download 5 kits a day, every day, for a month. That's a lot of kits!

But lets say you are just starting out and not really sure if you want to invest money in it. Maybe you don't think you could ever create the beautiful pages you have seen online but you want to give it a try. Well this is the site for you.

Free Downloads — Daily

Every registered user gets 5 free individual graphic downloads a day. You heard that right, 5 free downloads a day. And that's not even counting the free kit download you get upon registering or the incredible blog trains that have dozens of great contributions each month. Not to mention that those 5 free downloads are available for personal use or commercial use licenses. And we have one of the most generous commercial use licenses out there.

So how does it work 

This was a free mini kit for November. You have 5 papers a picture frame and 6 embellishments. Plus you get 5 free downloads a day so I type in The Good Life (the name of this kit) in the search engine and check Marisa Lerin Designs off on the side now I can download individual embellishments or papers from the bundle/kit this coordinates with.

I picked up these two embellishments and the neat thing about Pixel Scrapper is you can mix and match kits. While I was poking around I saw Jessica Dun's Mulled Cider  and picked up these embellishments 

So that's my 5 free downloads for the day. But hey tomorrow I can pick up 5 more. If I need/want to. I saw this while I was looking. Since I knew I wanted it, I added it to my wish list. And then the next day I came back and got it, Easy Peasy.

melo vrijhof Autumn Day

Now to create a page with it. I use Craft Artist but these are PNG files so they should work with any program you use. 

I kept this simple so you can scrap lift it. And as you can see it was created from the free downloads I showed you. I choose one paper to be my background paper, then choose two papers to stack. It's usually good to choose a solid paper for your top paper. I resized them to be smaller and stacked them one on top of another. Craft Artist allows you to recolor things so I decided to recolor the leaves brown. I then decided where to place the frame and used the embellishments to draw attention to it. And I got a little crafty with the text. I used Segoe UI Black Font. For the Title (Grant & Me) I used the same paper I used for the second paper (this creates the illusion it was cut out) I cropped it to it but if your program doesn't allow you to do that you can always create a punch and punch it out.For the 2020 I simply choose a color that went with the embellishments. 

Having trouble with the directions or need help picking a software to use. Drop by the Pixel Scrapper Community, feel free to ask your questions in the forum once you are registered (registering is free). I love Craft Artist as it's one of the easiest to learn and is very intuitive but they discontinued it so unless you already have it you probably won't be able to find it anywhere. But the ladies at Pixel Scrapper can help you find a software program that's right for you or answer your questions about the one you already have. 

Now that you have your page created you can share it in the Pixel Scrapper Gallery. And if you need ideas for a page browse the gallery for a page you want to scrap lift (fancy way of saying copy). 

~Alasandra

Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus Cat Magic (The Lily Singer Adventures, #4.5)

Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus Cat Magic by Lydia Sherrer
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

It's great!!! This is the first in the series that I have read and I fell in love with Sir Kipling (really don't understand why those silly humans don't address him correctly). When Lily and Sebastian go out of town Sir Kipling keeps a close eye on the library. Unfortunately some snaky witches come along and try to get something from the library but with the help of a mysterious OLD wizard Sir Kipling successfully defends the library and it's secrets.

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Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty (Goodreads Author)

Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Nine strangers come together at a "health" retreat and find out they have more in common then they thought. They also have to band together to save themselves from the deranged owner of the spa who gives them LSD without them knowing and locks them in a room.

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