What a dreary day!

Are any of y'all from Texas? Although I feel for you with the tornadoes that you had a few days back...you could have sent this storm system out to sea and NOT to New England! It is COLD, rainy, snowy, windy and, need I remind you, it is April 15th!

No freebie today but thought I would just chat...I have a new kit in the making. I was working on it, agonizing over a name. I am beginning to think that naming kits has become worse than the packaging and uploading! I am going to take a tip from Anita and post it and let you guys pick a name! I told her she was cheating but, gee, names are so hard to come by!

I digress, so I was sitting in front of Nell (my computer, since it is a Dell...figured I should name it since we spend so much time together) working on this kit, racking my brain for a name. Reminds me of a garden...Spring Blooms? Glorious Garden? Forever Flowers? Just a few that I immediately tossed aside. Then, a song came on the radio! Any guesses? Give you a hint...the singer has since passed away and the song has something to do with garden! Come on put your thinking caps on. A prize MAY be awarded if I don't have to give you too many hints!!

The Exchange...OMG! I NEVER want to hear the NEWBIE weeny whining again! For all the nay sayers...you have come through! See? Told you that you could do it! And, I don't mind the questions at all! I wish that I had asked more questions when I was learning, maybe I wouldn't still be doing things the hard way! But, some of you have really challenged me. I have only ever used PSP so as far as the other programs, I can only guess. But post questions here and somebody may be able to help if I can't.

Some of you are still having trouble with the picture opening. One thing that I do (and I am not sure this is the expert way, but) I have my file settings set like:

File/Preferences/File preferences/PNG and then check load and save transparency to/from layer transparency

this keeps what you want transparent to stay transparent when you save it.

Also, please check that your pages are 300 ppi. Some have come through as 72 which is PSP default. You need to change that to at least 200ppi and in most groups, they insist upon 300 ppi. Between 72 and 200/300 is a MAJOR difference in print quality.

Now some general chit-chat:
Christeph...don't know if he has a brother or sister!?!?! Just tell your other half, if he is smart and wants supper, to be thankful for you and not be asking! You on the other hand are free to fantasize all you want!

Betty...you are not blaming me for getting you hooked are you? Make me sound like a pusher! LOL! Yes, it is a good thing...not expensive, it is enjoyable and you get to meet lots of people!

Elaine...girl....where have you been???? Fotofusion is loaded on my computer but I can't figure it out but, gee, give it a try. The pages are great and you don't want to miss them!

Judyf...I don't know if I will preview the pages here because there are so many! And the only way you can get them is if you submit a page...sorry, but that is the whole point of the exchange.

Finally....sure! You all gave me big ones because I won't share Officer Goodbody BUT I OFFER Ben Gay and Art Ritis to you and so far NObody wants them! I see who my friends are! LOL! It could be worse... have you met this nice young man? He just calls himself "H" and he dresses real nice! I call him Preppy H! Oh, the joys of having been pregnant and then the Golden Years!

Thanks for all the comments on the new look of the blog...it was only 2 months passed Valentine's Day...thought I should change it!

Have a wonderful day. Go rest your eyes...boy! can I run off at the mouth!