Five for Friday

Hey there!

I can't believe this is the last Friday in February -- this year is going by crazy fast!

1. Well, we tried to get tickets to San Diego Comic Con last Saturday.

There was a whole process where we got membership IDs ahead of time and then, at 10am, 

we entered a virtual waiting room and waited there, 

in the hopes that we would be selected to enter the registration area. 

Well, we waited an hour and they sold out before we were ever chosen. :(

(I had been praying about it, so I asked God, if He wanted us to go, 

He would make it work out that we'd get tickets. 

I took this as a sign that this wasn't His plan for our summer.

2. After our disappointment in not getting the tickets, we came up with an alternate plan...

I suggested that we could still go to Denver (my SIL lives there and I'd thought we could stay with them on the way to San Diego and back.) 

I asked Austin to check if they have a Comic Con, which they do, on Father's Day weekend. 

Stan Lee is scheduled to be there, as are three actors from Doctor Who, 

so we called my SIL to see if we can come that weekend and stay with them for a few days. 

This works for them, so it looks like we've found a trip for the summer where everyone is happy. :)

And Sage and I have already started planning our costumes... ;)

3. I picked up some new goodies from North Dakota on Wednesday.

Unfortunately, I've been working a lot this week (which is good, of course!) but

it means that I haven't had time to play with them yet.

Hopefully this weekend....

4. A weight loss update: I've been counting calories and not eating sugar or deep-fried foods

and on Wednesday, I weighed myself and I've lost a total of 13 lbs.

**Edited to add: I went this morning to weigh myself and I lost another pound.
So my total is now 14. :)

5. Lastly, I have a card to share for this week's Muse Card Club Challenge,

where we are being inspired by this photo by Jenni Murray:

Isn't it sweet?

I love the flower in the boxes, so I decided to pair my PTI Brushstroke Blooms

with a Pretty Pink Posh stitched frame die.

Here's my card:

I stamped the leaves and blooms onto my background, onto which I also blended some 

new Bright Buttercup ink.

I diecut my frame from another piece of white linen cardstock as well as from a coaster, 

which I adhered together to give the frame some dimension.

I stamped the sentiment from PTI's Phrases and Praises.

I'm also linking this up to this week's Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes.

Thanks for looking!