Technology Woes and Prioritizing

Well, first off, my banner above is a rather pretty picture of a cloudy sky on a sort of strange fall day. I really loved how the darker cloud moved across the sky, but no rain, and the colors were still so pretty. Alas . . . blogger doesn't seem to stretch the image for me very well. I also made a rather pretty (but a little plain) digital banner to use, but it will not upload it correctly.

Then . . . just the other night, I tried to crop my picture and add a watermark for the picture I am about to show you . . . and PhotoShop had an error, which was "unrecoverable" . . . well now, I thought isn't that nice, and sounds a little serious to me. All of this STUFF (being nice) started to happen after the new HP update I received Thursday night (I believe), so I have been desparately trying to figure out how to undo an HP update. Any thoughts out there about how to undo an update? It would truly be greatly appreciated. I use Office 2003 (older version, because it was cheaper to buy, and it works well with my MT software). I have read that the new update is for 2007, so . . . not really sure why HP thought it was prudent to update my computer for me. Of course, I clicked okay without reading it through (another lesson learned).

Okay . . . enough grumbling I guess. Sorry :(

I am trying to prioritize my time a little better, and since this swap is due Feb 29th, figured I better get to it. I wanted to show you my newest creation for my Birthday Card Front Swap. It is somewhat simple, because it can't be too frilly for boys, right?! I think most boys LOVE to play with frogs and toads, so . . . here is my creation for the card swap. I used quite a few stamp sets on this one. I combined the TAC Girlz & Boyz little boy with a frog with the toad from a retired SU Teacher Time set. The Have A are from Roughed Edges Alphabet and Birthday from the sentiment in Fresh Flowers both SU sets. This is the first time I have purchased the textured cs from SU, and I toadally love it! LOL

CS: Mellow moss textured, old olive, always artichoke and white of course.

Inks: Basic black, mellow moss for sponging/distressing.

Acc: Green brad from Memory Makers, dark green ribbon from a ribbon swap from Pink Hedgehog, prismacolor pencils, SU markers, and crystal effects to pop up the toad's eyes.

Hope you have a Toadallly awesome day too! :)

P.S.--make sure you read what those updates are for *wink*