Wonderful May

One of my Nephews came from California, for a visit.
He was here to help me celebrate my Birthday.
It was a sunny beautiful day when we all
(except for grand daughter who had to work :(   )
went to Tampa's Busch Gardens.
It's been a delightful May 2013
(only thing that would have made it better
would have been if it rained more here),
May, as well as past 4 months,
have gone by pretty quick.
Life seems
to move faster in old age ;)
even if my body doesn't.

For Hugsisters - pccrafter hugware listings

A couple of years ago, a pccrafter hugsister took the time to compile an excel spreadsheet of the HugWare clip art collections and fonts that were released from the early 2000's to the last ones released in 2010, when pccrafter stopped releasing any new clip art sets.

She gave me permission to share the file, I converted the MS Excel spreadsheet to a PDF file as well as kept the MS Excel spreadsheet intact - I have uploaded them to one of my websites.
Click on either of these links to open and/or download and save to your own computers for your own use as reference.

Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet of PCCrafter Hugware Collections

PDF file format of listing of PCCrafter Hugware Collections

Please note: I did NOT compile this listing and am not responsible for its accuracy or content.  I am only sharing the documents that were shared with me, and that I was given permission to share with you.  **Note too - that when the person compiling the listing, they put a box next to each title of a collection - where they could mark if they owned that set themselves. I didn't remove or add the X's that may appear in the boxes. You can do what you want with the lists and make any markings on them of your own, to indicate your own personal ownership of any collections on the listing.

As mentioned in other posts on this blog, pccrafter.com is now cricut.com. All previous content owned and maintained by pccrafter is gone from the pccrafter servers. Your past downloads of purchased downloadable content is gone. Cricut.com does not provide support for previous purchases of pccrafter.com collections. If you didn't download your past purchases in the over 12 months that the content remained online, after pccrafter stopped releasing "new" content, - before being removed - you are sadly out of luck.

The majority of former pccrafter artists are NOT selling downloadable clip art.   But happily 1 of the most popular ones "does" 
Laurie Furnell on Etsy :  https://www.etsy.com/shop/LaurieFurnellDesigns  

I want to win it..but am probably NOT going to

While visiting my sister in Jacksonville FL - she got tickets to tour the HGTV Smart House as an early birthday present to me.

We first had a wonderfully delicious lunch at a well kept secret restaurant in Jacksonville, FL - The French Pantry.  They are only open 11 am to 2 pm Mon-Fri

One of the interesting things that this restaurant does, is they seat you at tables, when there is an opening. So when we first were seated there were 3 other ladies who were just finishing their lunch. After they left - 2 ladies joined us for the rest of our lunch. They were cousins, one who lived in Jacksonville and one who was visiting from Sarasota (my side of the state).  One of the cousins is an accomplished artist, and the other an accomplished author of pre-teen books.  It all made for lively conversations. We talked about copyright issues, online piracy of artists works etc. And we talked about food too :). 

Took home leftovers which were great the next day.

Now on to the tour of the HGTV Smart House. Have to admit, I loved the decor, but the house isn't as smart as I'd like. An outdoor shower on side porch by drive way seems useless, no sink, or small fridge included in outdoor kitchen (or really just a gas grilling area), no awning over outdoor dining area or screened in areas.  No home office.  I'm sure who ever wins it will take the cash alternative prize or rent it out to snowbirds ;) I've always wanted to tour the HGTV Homes that they build and give away - so seeing this one is one more thing checked off my bucket list :)

 guest bathroom off main hallway near master bedroom with a "smart" toilet for your guests

 Master bedroom with glass sliding door out to pool area

 Master shower and tub all behind same glass doors

 upstairs landing lighting

 1 of 2 bedrooms upstairs - no office

 2nd guest bedroom of 2 upstairs - only 3 in the house. Each bedroom has its own bathroom

 Small sitting area on upstairs landing with a TV to add to the 5 others

 This display is between master bedroom and guest bathroom off entryway

 Kitchen is nice - there is a large walk-in pantry and laundry room off the kitchen

 Dining room

 Only living room area - except for sitting area on 2nd floor

 As long as everyone has headphones and their own remotes - 3 family members can each watch their own TV

 Outdoor living space - no sinks, no screened in areas

just make sure you have lots of bug spray and sunscreen

 The contest winner also receives a GMC Acadia and $100,000

Tea with my sister in Riverside ;)

 Afternoon Tea Lunch at the Tea Cozy with my sister in the Riverside neighborhood of Jacksonville FL on Apr 23

we grew up in the Riverside neighborhood of Buffalo NY -
see too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverside,_Buffalo,_New_York
and played often at Buffalo's
 Riverside Park

Photo is Jacksonville's Riverside Park

 and the 4 Anderson siblings attended Buffalo's  Riverside United Presbyterian Church. 
this is Jacksonville's Riverside Presbyterian Church

Raspberry Honey Tea at the  Tea cozy

The Tea Cozy afternoon tea with tea sandwiches etc

wasn't available until later in the day. So we ordered

off the menu - everything was Tea-litefully delicious

Took home an assortment of Chocolate Truffles and 

a bag of 

loose Chocolate Mint Tea - YUMMY for the TUMMY

A few pictures around the Neighborhood