You can grab Home Sweet Home at her store at Scrapbird for only $6.50 as a bundle!
:)
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Home Sweet Home
Just popping by quick to show you a beautiful new kit by ad77design. I'm guesting for her through December, and this first kit has fall-ish colors with some great overlays & word art to boot! I have two LOs in my post below using this gorgeous kit.
You can grab Home Sweet Home at her store at Scrapbird for only $6.50 as a bundle!
:)
You can grab Home Sweet Home at her store at Scrapbird for only $6.50 as a bundle!
:)
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Quick LO update...
Title: Thank you for being a friend
Credits can be seen here.
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Title: Sisters of the heart
Credits can be seen here.
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Title: Sportin' Mama's Glasses
Credits can be seen here.
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Title: everyday miracles
Credits can be seen here.
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Title: Summer's End 2009
Credits can be seen here.
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Title: Bad Hair Day
Credits can be seen here.
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Title: joyful heart
Credits can be seen here.
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Title: every day Halloween
Credits can be seen here.
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Title: Mr. Attitude
Credits can be seen here.
Gotta' run the kids to school, and pick up my ArtsCow albums at the PO! Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!
:)
Credits can be seen here.
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Title: Sisters of the heart
Credits can be seen here.
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Title: Sportin' Mama's Glasses
Credits can be seen here.
___________________________
Title: everyday miracles
Credits can be seen here.
___________________________
Title: Summer's End 2009
Credits can be seen here.
___________________________
Title: Bad Hair Day
Credits can be seen here.
___________________________
Title: joyful heart
Credits can be seen here.
___________________________
Title: every day Halloween
Credits can be seen here.
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Title: Mr. Attitude
Credits can be seen here.
Gotta' run the kids to school, and pick up my ArtsCow albums at the PO! Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!
:)
Saturday, October 3, 2009
More LOs, some good news, & a SALE!!
Not a whole lot of news since my last post, but the turning of another month... We've gotten most of our Halloween decorations up, and I'm hoping my coworker will agree to work Halloween for me so I can spend the whole day with the kids. Last year they didn't really get Halloween 'cause I had my surgery and Mike didn't take them out...
I did finish up the design of the 6th album so we could get the order in at ArtsCow. They had a special email coupon good through tomorrow for their 60pg 8x8 hardcover photobooks - $18.99 for the first & $15.99 for each additional with FREE shipping! Dad got me 7 albums for Xmas, and I got 5 additional as Xmas gifts for other family members. :) In total the savings from the coupon including the free shipping was just over $300!! They really have some awesome deals!
My LOs since my last post...
Title: magic in the eyes
Credits can be seen here.
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Title: Burrville 2009
Credits can be seen here.
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Title: apple picking
Credits can be seen here.
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Title: Aria of the Heart
Credits can be seen here.
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On to the sale...
And, last but not least... the good news...
I've been accepted to a new CT!! Dianne Rigdon has accepted me as a member of her team so I'll have more new goodies to show off soon!!
Gotta' run! Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!
:)
I did finish up the design of the 6th album so we could get the order in at ArtsCow. They had a special email coupon good through tomorrow for their 60pg 8x8 hardcover photobooks - $18.99 for the first & $15.99 for each additional with FREE shipping! Dad got me 7 albums for Xmas, and I got 5 additional as Xmas gifts for other family members. :) In total the savings from the coupon including the free shipping was just over $300!! They really have some awesome deals!
My LOs since my last post...
Title: magic in the eyes
Credits can be seen here.
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Title: Burrville 2009
Credits can be seen here.
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Title: apple picking
Credits can be seen here.
___________________________
Title: Aria of the Heart
Credits can be seen here.
___________________________
On to the sale...
And, last but not least... the good news...
I've been accepted to a new CT!! Dianne Rigdon has accepted me as a member of her team so I'll have more new goodies to show off soon!!
Gotta' run! Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!
:)
Saturday, September 26, 2009
LO catch-up...
Here are the LOs/projects I hadn't uploaded before as well as the only two LOs I have created in the last two weeks. My mojo has taken a hiatus which isn't being helped any by my severe allergy issues the last few days.
Title: simple pleasures
Credits can be seen here.
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Title: Home is where the heart is...
Credits can be seen here.
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Title: Costello
Credits can be seen here.
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Title: Hybrid Post-it Pad #1
Credits can be seen here.
Directions here.
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Title: Hybrid Post-it Pad #2
Credits can be seen here.
Directions here.
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Title: note to self
Credits can be seen here.
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Title: happiness
Credits can be seen here.
Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day/night!
:)
Title: simple pleasures
Credits can be seen here.
_____________________
Title: Home is where the heart is...
Credits can be seen here.
_____________________
Title: Costello
Credits can be seen here.
_____________________
Title: Hybrid Post-it Pad #1
Credits can be seen here.
Directions here.
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Title: Hybrid Post-it Pad #2
Credits can be seen here.
Directions here.
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Title: note to self
Credits can be seen here.
_____________________
Title: happiness
Credits can be seen here.
Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day/night!
:)
Wanna see the difference a little retouching can make?
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Another day...
Well, I obviously need to work on blogging more steadily again, but apparently I also need to start posting to blog trains as well. I've neglected my blog friends as well as my blogging, and my readership has fallen away to just Kristine! LOL To be fully honest I need more hours in every day. Of course, I am sure I would then find things to fill those hours as well.
I've become a Facebook addict. I'm on there - at least popping in to check status updates - at least 8 times a day, and some of those visits last an hour or so if I am at home. FarmTown & FarmVille are the work of the devil... When I can't find any mojo to create I find myself wasting time there instead. It's so bad that I ended up creating accounts for my 2 kids because they wanted to play and kept messing up my farms. So, they now have FB accounts just so they can play on their own farms. LOL
I have 2 LOs to share... Well, actually I have 5 plus 2 hybrid projrcts, but I didn't load the others to Photobucket yet so I can't share them. :D
Title: oh my beautiful doll
Credits can be seen here.
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Title: Little Padawan
Credits can be seen here.
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School starts in 3 days... 3 short days... At least I have the next 2 off, and Dad and I are taking the kids to Northpole, NY tomorrow to visit Santa's Wonderland again. We did it last year, and they had a blast. I figured we'd wait a year or two before repeating the experience, but Dad's afraid they may outgrow it before then as both kids will be in school this year. The Santa talk may be coming sooner than I'd like. They are normally closed on Sundays and Mondays, but made an exception for the holiday weekend which is good as I only have Sundays off normally. This way I'll still have a day to recuperate by being a slug at home. :)
Would you like to hear an ass-nign story? Other than 5 yrs I have lived my entire life in Philadelphia, NY - well not counting college 'cause I was still in Philly for breaks and holidays. The house we currently rent is -maybe- a 1/2 block further away from the school than my parents' house is. All of my life we have lived "too close" to the primary school to be bused - including last year when Micaila was in kindergarten. This year for some reason the cards from the school's transportation office didn't arrive until Thursday - which means I don't see them until 6pm when I get home from work - so of course they are closed Friday and Monday due to the holiday, and instead of seeing the normal "you cannot be bused" I see that they HAVE been scheduled to ride the bus! BUT, they are walk one block up the road - toward the school that is only 2.5 blocks from us - to catch the bus on the next corner - 20 minutes before school starts where there is no shelter from the weather!!! I mean I'm sorry, but WHAT?!?! (Oh! And, there are at least 3 buses that drive by my house EVERY morning, and could stop right at our driveway.)
Mind you, our district contracts out their drivers via a local bus company, but both these postcards and their answering machine - which I inevitably get when I try to call Friday morning - say to call that company if needed. So I do, and get a woman on the line to whom I give a brief description of my issue... She tells me they won't be in until Tuesday. At which point I stated that I figured as much, but could I leave a message via her so it gets to the appropriate person asap? And, get the response, " Well, you'd have to call them. You can leave a message on their machine." Then WHY the HELL do you put your number all over this stuff???? So I did. And, left a semi-bitchy message about how this made no sense and my kids would NOT be riding the bus - to remove their names form the roster.
The other part of this that fried my circuits is the fact that both of these postcards are addressed SOLEY to Mike using his full legal name. All school documentation has me listed as the primary contact so why were they not addressed either to me or to both of us??? And, then Mike gives me attitude about the way I handled it. Nevermind that he thought it was a little odd, and WAS HOME when the mail arrived, but didn't both to call me or them to ask about it... Then he would have been able to get someone at the office because they were open. *insert steaming*
sigh...
On to other things though. I won Precious Ones from Vera Lim! Just for leaving a comment on her blog. :) So cool 'cause I seldom win anything.
And, I just snagged some new goodies from JanaM and Princess Lala so maybe I can get some mojo flowing on Monday. I also have some new stuff from Kristine and Connie I need to get to.
April has decided to go into semi-retirement. She's not hanging up her hat completely, but has informed us that there will be very few new releases in the near future. I'm staying on as a when-needed CT, but have moved her to my Past/Temp CT section as those will be few and far between. I wish her all the best in her school and home endeavors. If there's something of hers you like it will still be available at DigiApeDesign.com. :)
So, I am looking for one or two new CTs. I like fairly low-maintainence ones because while I like to create I really am not a chatty Cathy. That tends to let most Site CTs out as I do not like mandatory posting/commenting. I'm sorry, but not everything grabs my attention, and there is nothing worse in my opinion than the cookie-cutter "Great LO!" comment. If I can't find something to point out that grabs my attention then I don't comment... So, if you know of something you think might be a fit let me know! Thanks! :)
Gonna' run for now 'cause I'm sure this is more than long enough! LOL Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!
:)
I've become a Facebook addict. I'm on there - at least popping in to check status updates - at least 8 times a day, and some of those visits last an hour or so if I am at home. FarmTown & FarmVille are the work of the devil... When I can't find any mojo to create I find myself wasting time there instead. It's so bad that I ended up creating accounts for my 2 kids because they wanted to play and kept messing up my farms. So, they now have FB accounts just so they can play on their own farms. LOL
I have 2 LOs to share... Well, actually I have 5 plus 2 hybrid projrcts, but I didn't load the others to Photobucket yet so I can't share them. :D
Title: oh my beautiful doll
Credits can be seen here.
__________________
Title: Little Padawan
Credits can be seen here.
__________________
School starts in 3 days... 3 short days... At least I have the next 2 off, and Dad and I are taking the kids to Northpole, NY tomorrow to visit Santa's Wonderland again. We did it last year, and they had a blast. I figured we'd wait a year or two before repeating the experience, but Dad's afraid they may outgrow it before then as both kids will be in school this year. The Santa talk may be coming sooner than I'd like. They are normally closed on Sundays and Mondays, but made an exception for the holiday weekend which is good as I only have Sundays off normally. This way I'll still have a day to recuperate by being a slug at home. :)
Would you like to hear an ass-nign story? Other than 5 yrs I have lived my entire life in Philadelphia, NY - well not counting college 'cause I was still in Philly for breaks and holidays. The house we currently rent is -maybe- a 1/2 block further away from the school than my parents' house is. All of my life we have lived "too close" to the primary school to be bused - including last year when Micaila was in kindergarten. This year for some reason the cards from the school's transportation office didn't arrive until Thursday - which means I don't see them until 6pm when I get home from work - so of course they are closed Friday and Monday due to the holiday, and instead of seeing the normal "you cannot be bused" I see that they HAVE been scheduled to ride the bus! BUT, they are walk one block up the road - toward the school that is only 2.5 blocks from us - to catch the bus on the next corner - 20 minutes before school starts where there is no shelter from the weather!!! I mean I'm sorry, but WHAT?!?! (Oh! And, there are at least 3 buses that drive by my house EVERY morning, and could stop right at our driveway.)
Mind you, our district contracts out their drivers via a local bus company, but both these postcards and their answering machine - which I inevitably get when I try to call Friday morning - say to call that company if needed. So I do, and get a woman on the line to whom I give a brief description of my issue... She tells me they won't be in until Tuesday. At which point I stated that I figured as much, but could I leave a message via her so it gets to the appropriate person asap? And, get the response, " Well, you'd have to call them. You can leave a message on their machine." Then WHY the HELL do you put your number all over this stuff???? So I did. And, left a semi-bitchy message about how this made no sense and my kids would NOT be riding the bus - to remove their names form the roster.
The other part of this that fried my circuits is the fact that both of these postcards are addressed SOLEY to Mike using his full legal name. All school documentation has me listed as the primary contact so why were they not addressed either to me or to both of us??? And, then Mike gives me attitude about the way I handled it. Nevermind that he thought it was a little odd, and WAS HOME when the mail arrived, but didn't both to call me or them to ask about it... Then he would have been able to get someone at the office because they were open. *insert steaming*
sigh...
On to other things though. I won Precious Ones from Vera Lim! Just for leaving a comment on her blog. :) So cool 'cause I seldom win anything.
And, I just snagged some new goodies from JanaM and Princess Lala so maybe I can get some mojo flowing on Monday. I also have some new stuff from Kristine and Connie I need to get to.
April has decided to go into semi-retirement. She's not hanging up her hat completely, but has informed us that there will be very few new releases in the near future. I'm staying on as a when-needed CT, but have moved her to my Past/Temp CT section as those will be few and far between. I wish her all the best in her school and home endeavors. If there's something of hers you like it will still be available at DigiApeDesign.com. :)
So, I am looking for one or two new CTs. I like fairly low-maintainence ones because while I like to create I really am not a chatty Cathy. That tends to let most Site CTs out as I do not like mandatory posting/commenting. I'm sorry, but not everything grabs my attention, and there is nothing worse in my opinion than the cookie-cutter "Great LO!" comment. If I can't find something to point out that grabs my attention then I don't comment... So, if you know of something you think might be a fit let me know! Thanks! :)
Gonna' run for now 'cause I'm sure this is more than long enough! LOL Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!
:)
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Sneak peak...
Please forgive the appearance of the blog. I'm in the middle of trying to re-do it 'cause it was bugging me...
I have a sneak peak of a VERY pretty kit from Designs by Kristine... wanna see?
Title: a mother's love...
Credits:
Papers and elements from the Taylar's Gift Kit by Designs by Kristine coming soon to WenchdGrafix.com.
Photo by Laura Odekirk. (I believe.)
Fonts: CK Heritage
On another note... I get my data back today!!! Craig was able to retrieve all of it as far as we can tell!! He dropping it all off to me at work this afternoon. :)
Gotta' run for work! Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!
:)
I have a sneak peak of a VERY pretty kit from Designs by Kristine... wanna see?
Title: a mother's love...
Credits:
Papers and elements from the Taylar's Gift Kit by Designs by Kristine coming soon to WenchdGrafix.com.
Photo by Laura Odekirk. (I believe.)
Fonts: CK Heritage
On another note... I get my data back today!!! Craig was able to retrieve all of it as far as we can tell!! He dropping it all off to me at work this afternoon. :)
Gotta' run for work! Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!
:)
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
It's raining, it's pouring...
And, it's been another month...
Brenden turned 5 on the 22nd. We had a 2-part celebration. On the 29th we had a party at the town park followed by ice cream and cake at the house. Nora's family, Grampy, and a family with kids in Micaila & Brenden's classes showed up to share the fun. Then on the 22nd I took the day off work, and we took Brenden out with Grampy... breakfast at Beefer's Buffet in Alex Bay, an Uncle Sam's boat tour of the 1000 Islands, walking tour of Boldt Castle, JRECK's subs at Scenic Park, some play time at the playground there and some beach time as well, and ice cream at Way Cool in Theresa on the way home. :) Yup - it was a FULL day. LOL
On the 30th he had his school physical, and the doctor's office noted an issue with his sight so I booked an appointment at our eye doctor on August 2nd. He now has glasses - which he managed to bend by falling asleep when he was in trouble and supposed to be sitting 24 hrs after getting them. Grampy got them adjusted 2 days later when he had Denny in town. And, 4 days later... Micaila broke them. She got mad because he touched her toy laptop and erased her answer - so she slammed his head into the floor in just the right manner that it snapped the arm off the front of the frame. Empire Vision temporarily replaced them with a pair of frames off the wall in a different color, and Mike will be taking him in tomorrow to get the lenses switched into the correct color frames which they had to order.
The kids are leaving early Saturday morning with Mike for a visit to LI for about 10 days.
This morning I passed an under control fire scene on my way to work, and wondered about it, but managed to put it on a back burner in my mind due to being swamped with senior work atm at work - until the afternoon when I noticed a friend's status on Facebook, and realized it was her sister's home. She and her 4 boys lost everything. I'm kind of glad I hadn't managed to get all of our donations out of the house yet 'cause the boys are 2, 3, 6, & 10 so I have 2 totes of clothes Brenden's outgrown that should fit at least 2 of the boys. I gathered some other odds'n'ends, and Heather will be grabbing it all from me at work tomorrow to give to her sister.
After months of unusual cool and rainy weather we've had a week of unbearable heat and humidity. We just had two brief rain showers and lord does it feel good!
And, now to catch up on the LOs...
Title: hanging out
Credits here.
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Title: Boldt Castle 6.25.09
Credits here.
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Title: Let your love bloom
Credits here.
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Title: PUNK
Credits here.
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Title: The looooooong day...
Credits here.
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Title: you & me
Credits here.
_______________________
Title: Make your dreams come true...
Credits here.
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Title: birthday beach fun
Credits here.
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Title: ponder
Credits here.
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Title: that smile
Credits here.
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Title: All-American Boy
Credits here.
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Tired yet???? LOL
Title: She's Looking At Me
Credits here.
_______________________
Title: Drama Queen
Credits here.
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Title: Jaylin - Little Flower
Credits here.
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Title: natural beauty
Credits here.
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Title: refreshing...
Credits here.
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Title: a moment captured in time...
Credits here.
_______________________
Title: My Happy Place
Credits here.
Still with me? That should do it for tonight. Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day/night!
:)
Brenden turned 5 on the 22nd. We had a 2-part celebration. On the 29th we had a party at the town park followed by ice cream and cake at the house. Nora's family, Grampy, and a family with kids in Micaila & Brenden's classes showed up to share the fun. Then on the 22nd I took the day off work, and we took Brenden out with Grampy... breakfast at Beefer's Buffet in Alex Bay, an Uncle Sam's boat tour of the 1000 Islands, walking tour of Boldt Castle, JRECK's subs at Scenic Park, some play time at the playground there and some beach time as well, and ice cream at Way Cool in Theresa on the way home. :) Yup - it was a FULL day. LOL
On the 30th he had his school physical, and the doctor's office noted an issue with his sight so I booked an appointment at our eye doctor on August 2nd. He now has glasses - which he managed to bend by falling asleep when he was in trouble and supposed to be sitting 24 hrs after getting them. Grampy got them adjusted 2 days later when he had Denny in town. And, 4 days later... Micaila broke them. She got mad because he touched her toy laptop and erased her answer - so she slammed his head into the floor in just the right manner that it snapped the arm off the front of the frame. Empire Vision temporarily replaced them with a pair of frames off the wall in a different color, and Mike will be taking him in tomorrow to get the lenses switched into the correct color frames which they had to order.
The kids are leaving early Saturday morning with Mike for a visit to LI for about 10 days.
This morning I passed an under control fire scene on my way to work, and wondered about it, but managed to put it on a back burner in my mind due to being swamped with senior work atm at work - until the afternoon when I noticed a friend's status on Facebook, and realized it was her sister's home. She and her 4 boys lost everything. I'm kind of glad I hadn't managed to get all of our donations out of the house yet 'cause the boys are 2, 3, 6, & 10 so I have 2 totes of clothes Brenden's outgrown that should fit at least 2 of the boys. I gathered some other odds'n'ends, and Heather will be grabbing it all from me at work tomorrow to give to her sister.
After months of unusual cool and rainy weather we've had a week of unbearable heat and humidity. We just had two brief rain showers and lord does it feel good!
And, now to catch up on the LOs...
Title: hanging out
Credits here.
_______________________
Title: Boldt Castle 6.25.09
Credits here.
_______________________
Title: Let your love bloom
Credits here.
_______________________
Title: PUNK
Credits here.
_______________________
Title: The looooooong day...
Credits here.
_______________________
Title: you & me
Credits here.
_______________________
Title: Make your dreams come true...
Credits here.
_______________________
Title: birthday beach fun
Credits here.
_______________________
Title: ponder
Credits here.
_______________________
Title: that smile
Credits here.
_______________________
Title: All-American Boy
Credits here.
_______________________
Tired yet???? LOL
Title: She's Looking At Me
Credits here.
_______________________
Title: Drama Queen
Credits here.
_______________________
Title: Jaylin - Little Flower
Credits here.
_______________________
Title: natural beauty
Credits here.
_______________________
Title: refreshing...
Credits here.
_______________________
Title: a moment captured in time...
Credits here.
_______________________
Title: My Happy Place
Credits here.
Still with me? That should do it for tonight. Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day/night!
:)
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Sometimes I Wonder...
what I'm-a gon-na do... 'cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues! Belting out a semi-random lyric just doesn't work as well in type, does it? LOL I've gotten to that point in my life where I realize there were a lot of advantages to becoming a teacher. When I left for college I had spent too many years watching the majority of kids in Dad's classes get brattier and brattier each year. I figured I really didn't want to be handling that every day. But, now that Micaila's finished her first year of school and Brenden's getting ready to start his first I find myself wishing more and more that my time off coincided more with theirs... At work our busiest season is from June to October. Just when they have time to spend with me I have no energy to do anything with the small amount of time I have after work and before bed...
So, I've managed to skip a chunk of time again... which of course means I have a catch-up to do with LOs.
Title: Beautiful you
Credits:
Papers and elements from the Fresh Mango Summer Kit by JanaM Designs available at The DigiChick.
Template 67 by me.
Photos by me.
Fonts: Artistamp Medium; Jane Austen
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Title: through her eyes...
Credits:
Papers and elements from the Fresh Mango Summer Kit by JanaM Designs available at The DigiChick.
Photos by me.
Fonts: Jane Austen
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Title: Grace & Cate
Credits:
Papers and elements from the Mommy's Garden Kit by Royanna Fritschmann; Studio Ra.
Photo by me dad.
Fonts: Jane Austen
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Title: Floral Explorer's Club
Credits:
Paper and elements from the I'm On My Way Kit by JanaM Designs available at The DigiChick.
Photo by me.
Fonts: CK Typist
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Title: Summer Excursions
Credits:
Paper and elements from the Chillberries Kit by JanaM Designs.
Photos by my dad.
Fonts: Reservior Grunge
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Title: boy
Credits:
Papers and elements from the I'm On My Way Kit by JanaM Designs.
Photo by my dad.
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Title: heav-en-ly
Credits:
Paper, word art, and elements from the Schlaf Gut Kit by JanaM Designs.
Photos by me.
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Title: Mornin', Mama!
Credits:
Paper and elements from the Summer Grunge Kit by April Staker.
Photo by my dad.
Fonts: Pea Jamie*B*
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Title: Strawberry Fields
Credits:
Papers and elements from the Chillberries Kit by JanaM Designs.
Photos by me.
Fonts: Shifty Chica 2; Tall Paul
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BTW - Have you seen The Digi Files #6??? It includes items from:
Dianne Rigdon from Scrapartist
Zoe Pearn from Sweet Shoppe Designs
TaylorMade Designs from Oscraps
Gina Miller from Gina Miller Designs and Scrapartist
MGL Scraps from Scrapbook Graphics
K Studio (Kristin Rice) from After 5 Designs
Sugarplum Paperie from The Digichick
and Scrapbook Graphics as the monthly store sponsor!
...PLUS you get a free Summer 2009 mini album template set by Janet Phillips
Can you say WOW!?! For $5 how can you go wrong? It's only available until July 31st so don't wait! (Disclaimer - I am not in any way affiliated with TDF. I just love their idea, and this month ROCKS!)
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Well, I don't know about where you live, but around here the weather has been completely screwy. Last weekend we had 6 different towns doing fireworks over 4 different nights. Do you think we saw any of them?? NO! We had plans to see the ones in Watertown on Thursday night, but due to weather predictions they cancelled/rescheduled them for Monday night before noon on Thursday. Since we'd all ready made plans for dinner out, and Dad had dropped me off at work and kept the kids busy all day we decided to do that anyway before deciding what to do for the evening. We ended up going to the drive in to watch Ice Age 3 & Night at the Museum 2. The kids had a blast, and we even won the free pizza they give away at intermission! It did start drizzeling again, but not 'til after 11:30pm.
Friday - it poured on and off all day... I can't even remember what we did to be honest.
Saturday - showers on and off, and we did the grocery shopping. The sun came out JUST before sunset so I debated going, but the fireworks that night were in a town I've never been to so I wasn't sure about where to park or anything... Decided to wait.
Sunday - gorgeous day. We ended up going strawberry picking - a first for the kids, and I used some freezer jam pectin I had from last fall to make almost 3 quarts of homemade strawberry jam. Then Micaila helped me create a flower bed next to the shed. The fireworks that night were in a town that we normally go to, but traffic tends to bottleneck BADLY, and I had work in the morning so we procrastinated until it was too late to go with the understanding that we were going to try to use Thursday's plan on Monday, and go to Watertown for the fireworks...
Monday - wake up to torrential downpour and thunder/lightening storm at 5:30am. Hmmm... wonder if they'll cancel? By 8am the sun's shining and it's gorgeous again, but there's no update online anymore as to whether the fireworks are still on or not. Called the tv station and they have no idea... Mike decides to stay home with the kids instead of going to town, and hence - we missed those as well.
Also keep in mind that I almost NEVER get a 3-day weekend, and did. So, of course, the kids who were perfect angels for Grampy all day Thursday spent the ENTIRE next three days either bickering with each other or fighting with us. It's enough to make steam come out of my ears I tell ya'!
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Today is my nephew, Mark Jr.'s 13th bday. Nora had a party at the park/zoo for him so guess what?! It rained! By the time I got done with work, and met up with everyone they were soaked to the bone. He seemed happy so I guess that's all that matters. LOL
Tomorrow is our annual family reunion in Syracuse so no break this weekend. I'm hoping to get a bunch of my printed LOs trimmed down to 8x8 and into albums while I'm there tomorrow. For the last 3 years it's been held at the home of one of Dad's cousins. They have a fairly large yard with apple orchards attached, and a home big enough to accomodate everyone if the weather turns bad. Nora's family is going this year as well so the kids will have each other to play with - if no other younger kids show up.
It's late. I was up early as usual, and am zonked. Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day/night!
:)
So, I've managed to skip a chunk of time again... which of course means I have a catch-up to do with LOs.
Title: Beautiful you
Credits:
Papers and elements from the Fresh Mango Summer Kit by JanaM Designs available at The DigiChick.
Template 67 by me.
Photos by me.
Fonts: Artistamp Medium; Jane Austen
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Title: through her eyes...
Credits:
Papers and elements from the Fresh Mango Summer Kit by JanaM Designs available at The DigiChick.
Photos by me.
Fonts: Jane Austen
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Title: Grace & Cate
Credits:
Papers and elements from the Mommy's Garden Kit by Royanna Fritschmann; Studio Ra.
Photo by me dad.
Fonts: Jane Austen
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Title: Floral Explorer's Club
Credits:
Paper and elements from the I'm On My Way Kit by JanaM Designs available at The DigiChick.
Photo by me.
Fonts: CK Typist
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Title: Summer Excursions
Credits:
Paper and elements from the Chillberries Kit by JanaM Designs.
Photos by my dad.
Fonts: Reservior Grunge
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Title: boy
Credits:
Papers and elements from the I'm On My Way Kit by JanaM Designs.
Photo by my dad.
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Title: heav-en-ly
Credits:
Paper, word art, and elements from the Schlaf Gut Kit by JanaM Designs.
Photos by me.
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Title: Mornin', Mama!
Credits:
Paper and elements from the Summer Grunge Kit by April Staker.
Photo by my dad.
Fonts: Pea Jamie*B*
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Title: Strawberry Fields
Credits:
Papers and elements from the Chillberries Kit by JanaM Designs.
Photos by me.
Fonts: Shifty Chica 2; Tall Paul
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BTW - Have you seen The Digi Files #6??? It includes items from:
Dianne Rigdon from Scrapartist
Zoe Pearn from Sweet Shoppe Designs
TaylorMade Designs from Oscraps
Gina Miller from Gina Miller Designs and Scrapartist
MGL Scraps from Scrapbook Graphics
K Studio (Kristin Rice) from After 5 Designs
Sugarplum Paperie from The Digichick
and Scrapbook Graphics as the monthly store sponsor!
...PLUS you get a free Summer 2009 mini album template set by Janet Phillips
Can you say WOW!?! For $5 how can you go wrong? It's only available until July 31st so don't wait! (Disclaimer - I am not in any way affiliated with TDF. I just love their idea, and this month ROCKS!)
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Well, I don't know about where you live, but around here the weather has been completely screwy. Last weekend we had 6 different towns doing fireworks over 4 different nights. Do you think we saw any of them?? NO! We had plans to see the ones in Watertown on Thursday night, but due to weather predictions they cancelled/rescheduled them for Monday night before noon on Thursday. Since we'd all ready made plans for dinner out, and Dad had dropped me off at work and kept the kids busy all day we decided to do that anyway before deciding what to do for the evening. We ended up going to the drive in to watch Ice Age 3 & Night at the Museum 2. The kids had a blast, and we even won the free pizza they give away at intermission! It did start drizzeling again, but not 'til after 11:30pm.
Friday - it poured on and off all day... I can't even remember what we did to be honest.
Saturday - showers on and off, and we did the grocery shopping. The sun came out JUST before sunset so I debated going, but the fireworks that night were in a town I've never been to so I wasn't sure about where to park or anything... Decided to wait.
Sunday - gorgeous day. We ended up going strawberry picking - a first for the kids, and I used some freezer jam pectin I had from last fall to make almost 3 quarts of homemade strawberry jam. Then Micaila helped me create a flower bed next to the shed. The fireworks that night were in a town that we normally go to, but traffic tends to bottleneck BADLY, and I had work in the morning so we procrastinated until it was too late to go with the understanding that we were going to try to use Thursday's plan on Monday, and go to Watertown for the fireworks...
Monday - wake up to torrential downpour and thunder/lightening storm at 5:30am. Hmmm... wonder if they'll cancel? By 8am the sun's shining and it's gorgeous again, but there's no update online anymore as to whether the fireworks are still on or not. Called the tv station and they have no idea... Mike decides to stay home with the kids instead of going to town, and hence - we missed those as well.
Also keep in mind that I almost NEVER get a 3-day weekend, and did. So, of course, the kids who were perfect angels for Grampy all day Thursday spent the ENTIRE next three days either bickering with each other or fighting with us. It's enough to make steam come out of my ears I tell ya'!
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Today is my nephew, Mark Jr.'s 13th bday. Nora had a party at the park/zoo for him so guess what?! It rained! By the time I got done with work, and met up with everyone they were soaked to the bone. He seemed happy so I guess that's all that matters. LOL
Tomorrow is our annual family reunion in Syracuse so no break this weekend. I'm hoping to get a bunch of my printed LOs trimmed down to 8x8 and into albums while I'm there tomorrow. For the last 3 years it's been held at the home of one of Dad's cousins. They have a fairly large yard with apple orchards attached, and a home big enough to accomodate everyone if the weather turns bad. Nora's family is going this year as well so the kids will have each other to play with - if no other younger kids show up.
It's late. I was up early as usual, and am zonked. Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day/night!
:)
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