My Latest Scrap Pages

These are my scrap pages since March...

GOOFY KAT
Scrap Kit: Alchimie by Galiscrap

Font: Tall Paul
Program: PSP-9
(March 28, 2010)

KAT'S NEW HAIR
Background: Alchimie by Galiscrap
Grunge Overlay by Miss Foxy
Font: Fiolex Girls
EyeCandy 3.0 - Glass
EyeCandy 4000 - Chrome
Program: PSP-9
(June 15, 2010)

LETTING GO
Photos taken of me 5/13/10
Timeworn SampleTexture by Paint The Moon
Grass from Easter Freebie by Lily Designs
Faerie from Little Bird Freebie by Lily Designs
Word Art from Vintage White Freebie by Lily Designs
Sand, Butterfly & Trees from Autumn Freebie by Lily Designs
Program: PSP-9
(September 2, 2010)

Trying To Get In The Swing Of Things

It's pretty sad when you let another 7 months pass by before you post. It's not that I don't WANT to blog, I've just found it easier to update statuses on facebook. THAT and Farmville has me in it's grasp. *giggles*

Let me see if I can do a quick recap of my life...

• I've completely changed my eating habits and have now gone from a size 14 to a 10.
• Since last year, I've lost a total of 60lbs (still have another 20 to go!!)
• My sugar is now under control without use of meds.
  
• Hubby thinks I'm starving him because of food changes...well he HAS lost 2 pant sizes.
• Kat also lost weight and I'm now wearing her clothes from last year.
  
• Hubby found a job and then lost it. (Long story, but was due to management issues)
  
• Washing machine broke AGAIN!! Only this time it's NOT on warranty. I HATE hhgregg!!
  
• I also HATE going to the laundry mat to wash clothes.
• We celebrated oldest and youngest sons' birthdays. (though youngest was in other state)
  
• I celebrated my birthday, but now going backwards in years. LOL
  
• We celebrated hubby's birthday.
• We celebrated our wedding anniversary.
• We're STILL working in our bathroom and kitchen. ROFL!!
• Hubby bought me a yellow 1974 IH SCOUTII and is now rebuilding the engine.

That's just the highlights...tons more happened but I'll try to go into that at some later time. In the meantime, my time is up and I've got to get my day started. On the agenda for today: clean bathrooms, vacuum den, sweep & mop kitchen floor, upload photos for OCT JAM that originally came from Bunny Cates, mail off OCT JAM to Amber take Kat to work, make dinner and go to SISTERS bible study.

Today's Dinner:

Mediterranean Chicken Sandwiches

http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Mediterranean-Chicken-Sandwiches

In Celebration Of Kat's Birthday...

I can't believe it's been 17 years since my daughter came into this world!! So many emotions flood me as I think of all that has happened since that day...but the majority of those memories will be put on shelf for another day. Today I just want to celebrate, be happy, and remember how my heart swelled so big with love the moment she was placed in my arms.

Even though today is officially her birthday, her party was last night. It was a small party...family only. Kat, Tommy & I had dinner at our fave Chinese restaurant (though none of it agreed with me half an hour later...very embarrassing...but a story for another time). Afterward, we stopped by Walmart and she picked out a cake, selected a new bathing suit and grabbed a box of hair color. On the way home, we picked up Matt from work. Once home, Matt's GF (Amber) came over and we cut the cake. (I had a very tiny piece, but it didn't agree with my sensitive tummy either. *sgh*) Matt & Amber left while Tommy & I gave Kat her presents...and then she had me color her hair.

I would have preferred to do everything today, but she left just after church service to Myrtle Beach for the next week with Melody and her children, Nina, Deanna & Alex, which is why we planned everything last night. To keep me from just breaking down in tears every 5 minutes, I decided to scrap a couple of pages.

CREDITS:

QP: Tea Party Freebie
Background: Opsy Daisy Freebie
Word Art: Once Upon A Time Freebie
Ivy and Shoe: For My Baby Freebie
Yellow Flower and Petals: Spring Freebie
Button Hearts: Sweet Freebie
Program: PSP-9
Action-Script: tp_Surreal (on extracted photo)

CREDITS:
Lily Designs:

• BG from Spring Freebie
• Clouds, Butterfly & Box from Angels
• Blue Stones from Sweet Freebie
• WordArt from Secret GardenII

SussieM Designs:

• Glitter Tree, Grass, Mushrooms, Wings from Secret Garden

Program: PSP-9

Since I Was Awake...

And I was already playing in PSP doing my latest ADSR4 challenge...I thought I would just continue. This first layout was inspired by my latest ADSR4 challenge - Generations.

WEDDING GENERATIONS
Top photo: My Mamaw - age 15 (her only marriage)
Extracted photo: My Momma - age 17 (her only marriage)
Bottom photo: Me - age 24 (2nd of three marriages)

CREDITS:
Background, Stitched Mat, Dried Flowers, Journaling Book, Cameo from Timeless by Velma Balint
White Metal Star, White Frame from Vintage Antiquties-Shabby Elements by Jen Ulasiewicz
Round Stitching from Little Jack Collection by Kathryn Balint

The next layout showcases one of Kat's latest drawings...

Everything by Lily Design:

Background from When We Love Freebie
Blue Stripes from Once Upon A Time Freebie
Butterfly from Happiness Freebie
Frame, Blue Fog, Mini Flowers, Floral Accents from Angels Freebie
Font: Tall Paul

Happy New Year!!

IT'S 2009!!

For the most part, it's been a busy day for me. Got up early to cook while watching the 2009 Rose Parade. (It's always fascinated me how they make their floats out of nothing but flowers and natural materials!!) Fed everyone, cleaned the kitchen, checked email & blogs and then caught up on the ADSR4 Rules.

YUP...it's that time again...The Amazing Digi Scrap Race-Season 4 begins on January 4th.
(For those unfamiliar...At NDISB, they've come up with a cool internet digital scrapping game that will mirror the excitement of the TV reality show "The Amazing Race." Teams of two will traverse the digital scrapping world, site by site, completing challenges and collecting prizes along the way. Everyone who completes the week's challenges in the allotted time frame will move on to the next week, where they can collect even MORE prizes! And at the end of the race, everyone who has traveled around the digi-world and completed each and every challenge will be entered into a drawing for the GRAND prize!) Last year was my first time to compete as half of the MAJOR CONTENDERS. We had so much fun together that Lilly & I teamed up again this year.


The rest of the day was spent in PSPland...with Matt & Robert being off with friends, Kat sick and sleeping in my bed, & hubby comatosed on the sofa in the den since lunchtime. I should have been locked up in my bathroom installing more river rocks...but just couldn't help myself. *giggles*

This is the photo that I selected to play with...

This is what I did to it...

FULL CREDITS:
Weeds & Wildflowers
Circle Cluster from Jolly Holiday Mess
Blue Paper from Lazy Days
Jen Ulasiewicz
Rock Wall Paper from Old Americana
Grass from Farmers Market
WaterLO Project
Tree from In The Sleeping Orchard
Plants from At The Picnic
Fence from At Grandma's Backyard
Gravel Paper by ASTC (me)
Waves and Blue Paper from Cruisin In The Carib by MicroFerk
Beads/Stars from Nice Xmas 4U by Bel Vidotti
Photo: Robert & Kat - December 30, 2008 - 4:30pm
Program: PSP-9

*raises glass*
Here's wishing you a healthy, happy & prosperous New Year!!

Monday Mayhem...

For those that missed it, I spent half an hour throwing away close to $400 in frozen groceries yesterday at lunchtime...not because of faulty freezer, but the fact that someone unplugged it. (From the temperature of melted water, thawed food & SMELL...I'm guessing at least 1-2 weeks) Due to yesterday's humidity and my lack of iron stomach, I put draining & sanitizing off until nightfall. However, plans tend to change so quickly in this house and it was put off again. (Lid is closed TIGHT and awaiting me to clean...though I might be investing in a gas mask now)

I was already taking the day off from the kitchen due to stiff muscles. By the time I was finished throwing all of the gross food out, I was really hurting. Spent most of the day lounging, rubbing lotion on my legs and trying to massage the cramps away, and applying medicated heat patches to my back.

Kat made it home around 9:30pm. I feel my baby girl slipping away from me. She no longer talks to me about everything going on with her. We never spend any time together since she started working full time and traveling every weekend with the drama team. Though I'm proud of what she's doing and the hard work she's putting in to it...I'm feeling somewhat neglected and ignored. Used to, if you were looking for me, it was automatically assumed that Kat would be near. I know I've whined before asking if this is what it's suppose to feel like when you are no longer needed, but this feeling is heart-wrenching.

I rode with hubby this morning to help with directions to the place for his drug test. Turns out he didn't need me. He had to go to Wal*Mart first to pick up the paperwork to take to the hospital, but while there he had another "small interview". (Dang...how many times must someone be interviewed to work in a garage?) Nearly an hour later, hubby comes back to truck sans medical paperwork. I asked him what was up and he said they decided to put him in another position making less money that what he was making at the Truck Stop so he said he was sorry he wasted their time for the past 6 weeks and that he would have to decline. It didn't sit well with the guy in charge, but he did leave it open for hubby to return at a later time.

Hubby was disgusted. He was told the reason they were giving him less money is because of his work experience and history. Hubby asked what he meant since he had managerial experience at AutoZone, Napa, and the Truck Stop. He then was told they wanted more years than what he listed. *sigh* For what they wanted to pay him, he would have been making LESS than what OS is making now at Costco changing tires. So we stopped by a couple of places on way home for him to get aps.

Hubby has been on the phone ever since we arrived home nearly an hour ago. Unsure what will happen now...especially since we thought he HAD this job and was quoted a certain amount 2 weeks ago and it didn't happen that way today. Something more for me to worry about and try not to let it get to me.

A few minutes ago, I received a message through my MySpace from YS saying that he was coming down with his Dad and Grandma to get pickup his other sister Somer. Would only be here for the weekend and would be able to spend Saturday with me. Now I'm really freaking since my entire house is turned upside down and my kitchen in shambles. How am I suppose to be relaxed and play gracious host to Grandma Joyce when there isn't a clean spot to sit? ROFL!! Guess I better get off my hiney and bust tail to get the kitchen halfway completed.

I'm Committed Now...

To finish my kitchen!! *giggles* Though lately, I've felt my mind slipping to the point of another type of commitment...but we won't get into that here right now, God will work out everything in the end.

Yesterday I decided it was time to take the plunge and just get on with it...so I climbed a ladder, began taking items off of the tops of the cabinets and started tearing down wall paper. Of course, it was a slow, tedious process...not the tearing down wall paper, but the removal of items off of the tops of the cabinets. Not to mention really GROSS!! Some of these items had not been touched since I'd placed them in their spots 5-6 years ago. And since we have a gas stove and heat our home in the winter with gas, a really nasty brown film covered each item to the point I had to pry it out of my hands before I could set them down in the sink to be washed. So much of the day was spent WASHING everything. (HOLY COW...I still have some purging to do...lol)

Took a break late afternoon due to OS calling to say GF locked his keys in his car. He was NOT happy. LOL So hubby grabbed his slim jim set and we took off. (Poor hubby is losing his touch, what used to take him 90 seconds took him nearly half an hour.) Of course, some minor damaged occured to the rubber seal around the door frame, so we stopped by Wal*Mart on the way home so hubby could fix it at a later time. While there, I also picked up some more cleaning supplies and a 6-in-1 tool to help me scrape wall paper and gunk off of the tops of the cabinets.

Got back home and popped a couple of pizzas in the over. Had planned on calling it quits for the day, but then my friend Beth came over and motivated me to climb up the ladder again. I peeled paper as she kept the floor clean as bits and pieces fell. An hour later she went back home with the promise to be back over sometime this weekend to help.

OH...and Kat will be gone all weekend. After she got off of work yesterday, she went home with one of her bosses, that is also her drama teacher at church. the entire drama team has been asked to perform at a church...uhmmm...for the life of me I can't remember where. I'm thinking Jasper, but don't quote me on it cause that might not be it. ROFL!!

Anywhoos...I'm off to to tackle gross, brown, layered gunk on top of cabinets today. And don't fear...I'm taking plenty of photos as I'm trudging along. Will upload them sometime this weekend when I have the time.

Off to get dirty...

New Layout...Easter 2008

Top photo: Kat & Me
Middle photo: Dara & Me
Bottom photo: Breanna, Kat, Anthony, Asa, Dara & Brian

All photos taken on Easter 2008 just after church services.

FULL CREDITS:
KIT: Charity
DESIGNER: Tina Williams
Found: HERE
TEMPLATE: Christy Haig
PROGRAM: PSP-9
FONT: DayDream

A Sleepless Night...

No matter what I did last night, I just couldn't get comfortable enough to sleep...so I opened up PSP again and created 2 more layouts.

FULL CREDITS:
KITS: Cherry Crushed Denim, Cherry Crushed Denim Add-On
DESIGNER: Veronica Spriggs
FOUND HERE
TEMPLATE: Christy Haig
PROGRAM: PSP-9
TITLE FONT: OldgateLaneOutline
JOURNAL FONT: Tall Paul

JOURNALING READS:
It amazes me how much you can change in a period of
two hours...you went from a little girl to young woman!
The morning of your 16th b'day, you had your hair cut
into an inverted bob, and colored red with black streaks.
It's a style that suits your personality!

FULL CREDITS:
KIT: Cherry Crushed Denim, Cherry Crushed Denim Add-On
DESIGNER: Veronica Spriggs
FOUND HERE
LAYOUT: Jay Elliott
PROGRAM: PSP-9
FONT: Tall Paul

Dream

Created from one of the photos taken
of us Easter Sunday 2008

FULL CREDITS:
BG & Fiber- Road Less Traveled from NDISB-ADSR3-Challenge8 Prize
Bubble from Imagination by Lifesong Kreations from Digitals-ADSR3-Challenge5 Prize
Swirl from Imagination by LynneSimmons from Digitals-ADSR3-Challenge5 Prize
Magical Wand by Beth Rimmer from Digitals-ADSR3-Challenge5 Prize
Dream WA by Michelle Woods from Digitals-ADSR3-Challenge5 Prize
Butterfly Doodle by Heather Watson from Digitals-ADSR3-Challenge5 Prize

PHOTO: Kat & Me-Easter '08

Playing With A New Toy...

This past weekend I finally broke down and bought me a new digital camera. It has TONS of bells and whistles that I'll have to learn how to use...but other than that, the image is fabulous and I totally LOVE the LCD screen.


Of course, I just HAD to start taking photos immediately. Haven't had time to scrap them, but you can bet that I'll do that very soon!! *giggles*

This is my little next door neighbor Emery (And my "adopted" granddaughter) Isn't she just precious?? YUP-that's purple hair!! Her mom temporarily dyed her hair for Halloween. (Thank goodness it washes out in 6-8 washes...LOL)

And finally, I had to get a couple photos of Kat acting goofy. Like her nails?? She got them done for the very first time Saturday. She was so excited!! Just wished she'd chosen another color besides glow-in-the-dark yellow. LOL











Couldn't leave out a photo of her imitating a monkey...ROFL!!

Sharing A Few Photos...

Was sitting here uploading photos from Kat's camera and thought I'd share a few...

Yesterday, after we got back from Kat's Driver's Ed class, I took a few photos of Kat's anime-style hair and her jeans covered in anime art. Of course, a few of our fur-babies had to get in the photos too!! *giggles*Credits for frames:
Maria LaFrance Bendy Frames
ASTC's Faerie Wishes Background