Have you heard?? Probably not since i havent told anyone hehe...I have been asked to join Kathryn Balint's CT team YAY!! (http://www.kathrynbalint.com)...I made this Layout using her Mother Goose kit available at both her site, and Scrapbook-bytes.com. 

I so rarely blog now, forgive me, i just cant always find the time with everything else going on in life! This is my son Zach, all dressed in the santa hat i bought... I used Laura Alpuche's Pepperming Lane for this one, and a sketch by Racheal Giallongo both are available at http://thedigichick.com, Laura's kit is in the Boutique, and Rachael's Sketch template is in the forums, under her sketch challenge :) 

I know I dont blog much these days, i took a job for the holiday season, and between that, school, and family...I dont have much free time. :) I just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas!! 

I was just playing around with my new camera (more about that later) and i got this shot, it cracked me up...Cleo is a great dog, but here she looks a bit spooky hehe 

Taking a Leave...

Things have been very hectic lately for me, in case you havent noticed, i have updated my blog in over a month...Poor Blog!! I have decided that i am going to take somewhat of a sabbatical from designing for a big, step back until after the holidays and reevaluate things then.. I just cant seem to get inspired lately, and nothing new is going out, it sucks!! hehe Dont forget about me, my stuff will still be around, its not going anywhere, i probably just wont put much if anything out, i am hoping to finish up the kit ive been working forever on, just because i want it to be done, and itll go up...But probably nothing else until after christmas... Hope all is well with everyone!!

Anyone want a freebie??

(Updated with new download link) To help celebrate Digitals 2nd Birthday i have put together a freebie that coordinates with the HUGE giveaway kit that is being handed out to the ones who complete the tasks in the treasure hunt at digitals, lots of fun, and you have until Oct 18th to get in on the fun!!



The above is just a small portion of what is included in the huge mega kit.

Now onto the free stuff here is my lil freebie for everyone! And i promise to start putting more freebies up!!



Birthday Flower Freebie Click Here

Birthday Flower Freebie LINK 2

If the link expires before the week is up, leave me a comment, and ill post another one, leave me a comment and let me know you downloaded as well!! Thanks!!

http://digitalscrapbookpages.com 

33 percent off my entire store at digitals, link to the right, check it out, lots of fun stuff there!! 

Yep Im growing up!!

Tonight is my 10 year high school reunion, i cant beleive its been ten years already!! We had a mixer last night, and it was so much fun seeing everyone again. I had really lost touch with everyone, and im so glad i got to reconnect, Kristin is determined to make sure i dont lose touch again, i think she told me 5 times not to do it again!! LOL I missed these girls so much long ago, but id forgotten how much i missed them!! Tonight is the actual reunion, cant wait to see more faces of people who didnt who up last night, and im taking the camera, so ill of course have plenty of pictures!! YAY!!

Check out my latest kit!! And you can get for free all this week, because it is the free daily download at Digitals (link on the right) 

Where i was not!!

Ok this is a bit of a rant, so be forewarned!!
If i see one more post on a message board with the title, "Where were you?" I might scream, how about i talk about where i obviously wasnt, In the World Trade Center area, or on a plane, or the pentagon!! Maybe im just more traumatized by this day in our history than i realized, but i really don't care to relive watching thousands of people die for no apparent reason! Why on earth would anyone want to constantly relive this tragic moment in our nations history!! I really dont understand, i dont want to watch movies, documentries, news shows etc etc, i dont want to see the horrid pictures of everyone covered in ashes, i dont want to see the sad faces, i dont want to see pictures of those who are no longer with us, because some stupid radical islamic group decided they needed to make a idiotic point!!!
I will never forget the way i felt watching the second plane go into the second tower, i will never forget the fear that i felt not knowing what was going to happen next, i will never forget the tears i shed for these families i never knew, i will never forget any of this. And therefore do not need the constant reminders!!Its time to move on, have a moment of silence, pray for the victims families, pray for the radical islamics who feel they need to commit suicide to get their point accross!! Pray for them all, and most importantly FORGIVE!! As soon as everyone forgives and moves on, we will all be a much happier nation!!

Check out all my designs!!

A lil Update!

Ive been working on catching up this week, i have a cute lil system i call my post it system! I write on a post it note whatever i need to do, then i rip it down as i finish and crumple it up and throw it out!! Its quite a handy system. Although the added clutter to my desk sometimes drives me nuts! Just an added incentive to get them down quickly!

I think im finished getting everything moved over to Digitals, so you can now find all my designs there, and as of today, only there! I will miss The Daily Scrap, a bunch of great designers there, but this has made things so much less hectic for me, especially with going back to school.

Speaking of school, things are going ok with that, the class isnt terribly hard, once i finally understand what we are talking about, i think we are having a test this week, so i should probably study for that, Good Times!!

The kids are also back into the full swing of school, they seem to be coping well, We had meet the teacher night last night, and it was fun meeting their teachers and getting to see all the old teachers they have had in previous years. I am excited that i will be able to be up at the school more this year helping out!! I feel like ive missed out on that alot in previous years. Ok i think that's all for now!! Later Gators :)

Yep a Slacker

I've been neglecting my poor blog :( Its not because things have been crazy, its just because i havent taken the time to update lately. I realized i have almost 900 hits, so apparently someone is reading this LOL.

What's up with me?

The kids are all back to school, YAY!! Although i miss them terribly, im also glad that the days of children fighting all day are gone. I started back to school myself this fall, finally!! I am pursuing my nursing degree, and am very excited, it was very surreal the other day when i was sitting on the couch doing homework, and my son was sitting next to me doing his!! I think we did some bonding LOL.

In designing, im still doing that but have scaled back some, my designs are now avaible exclusively at Digitals (http://digitalscrapbookpages.com), and that is where you will find me more and more. Come October we are having a HUGE Birthday Bash Celebration, and it should be a ton of fun, Digitals is turning 2!! :) There will be a ton of freebies and lots of fun. Right now they have a posting challenge going on in the gallery and forums, which is a fun chance to get to know other digiscrappers while working on getting some free gifts, including gift certificates to Digitals!!

HMMMM i think that is about it!! Hope everyone is having a great weekend!!

Come check out the latest color challenge at Digitals!!  

Are you free this afternoon??

To go along with my 30% off sale at both The Daily Scrap and Digitals, I will be featured in a crop this afternoon at The Daily Scrap!! We will be featuring my shabby diva kit, which is 50% off today!

Please come join us, for some fun!!

30% off EVERYTHING

Im having a sale!! YIPPEE!! Everything in both my stores is 30% off Starting Aug 13th!! Check it out by clicking the links to the right!!

New Layout using my Shabby Diva Kit :) 

Here's my newest kit, should be up tomorrow sometime at Digitals, and The Daily Scrap :) 

My Newest

Just wanted to share my latest kit with anyone who reads my blog! Its available at The Daily Scrap for only 5 bucks!! Back to School: Star Student

That's My sister's car!! She's ok, dont worry, but i could honestly strangle her. You wanna know why her car looks like that?? Take a guess??? She was driving DRUNK!! My sister has this really bad habit of getting so drunk she can barely walk or talk, and then getting behind the wheel!! Ive told her what an idiot she is several times, but of course she doesnt listen. Her boyfriend messaged me on yahoo, saying thank God for you and people like you, that prayer for people, i was all like huh because i didnt know yet. So he is going on and on about how its such a blessing my sister is ok, and not hurt worse, well i guess. Don't get me wrong, im glad my sister is ok, but i dont feel the least bit bad for her, this is a stupid decision she constantly makes, and it finally caught up with her, and its not like someone driving drunk has not affected our lives. Our Nephew's father was killed because he was driving drunk, and wrapped his car around a tree!! So now im being made to feel bad, because i see the true miracle in this as being, she didnt hurt or kill anyone else with her extremely ignorant decision!! I'm sorry but i just cant feel bad for her!! Hopefully this will be a wake up call, but i doubt it, as she was not charged with DUI, and her boyfriends response was "that didnt have anything to do with the accident", I guess trees just jump out in front of cars these days and fall on them!!! I havent spoke to her, she is mad at me for feeling the way i do, maybe its harsh, but im sure the greif a family would have felt by losing a loved one to her stupid decision, is way worse than any Harsh words i have for her!! 

Disappointed to say the Least

I havent blogged about this yet, because it just eats away at me. The aftermath of last weeks storms as devastating for some. Missouri did a great job in getting help to those who needed it, unfortunately, i dont live in Missouri, which is where the disappointed comes in. The night of the storm, and the next day, while i sit in my horribly hot house. I did not see a single government official!! No patrols in the neighborhood, no checking for damage, not a thing!! A week later, ive not heard a single thing! My phone was out, i had no power, no communication except my cell phone, which barely worked due to a tower being knocked out, not to mention the lack of it being charged, since there was no power! Thankfully i had transportation, had i not, who knows what would have happened. There was absolutely no communication as to where to go to get cool, get food (most ours spoiled of course), get water (the majority of the area was under a boil order)...ETC ETC....and still to this day over a week later, ive not heard a single thing about what Gov. Blagovich is doing for our area. Yet i see on the news all the time what the Missouri Governer is doing, he even called in the national guard!! To help with clean up and to check on people so that they were informed!! Our entire neighborhood is still littered with limbs up and down all the streets, all dried out, just in time for a major heat wave, can we save FIRE HAZARD!! It just scares me to death, someone stupid is going to throw a lit cigarette out their car window and burn someone's house down or something!! Or worse some little kid will be nearby and get burned horribly!! Im so annoyed at our Gov at this present time, i could scream!! Im sure he is up in Cook County, sitting pretty in his mansion, while all of us little people have to sit here and wonder how on earth we are going to clean up, and pay for all this damage, that the insurance company wont cover!!

even more 

more of the yard 

our tree LOL 

the trampoline 

Our backYard 

A LO and more from the store ( i think one is a repeat LOL i took too many pictures) Things are getting back to normal around here, well aside from the roads being lined with limbs!! Most everyone has power, and those who dont should have it by Wednesday! 

The Storm

The last few days have been hectic, and hot :P No power since Wednesday evening. The damage this storm did was crazy. No tornado, just lots of wind!

My latest LO using my Tuscan Sunset kit, which you can get at Digitals and The Daily scrap (links to the right) 

WOOHOO

Im ready....As of August 1st i will be hosting the monthly Color challenge at Digitals
Im very excited, it should be alot of fun, and i sure hope you all come and join me each month. An added bonus, you complete this challenge, along with the others and collect all the peices to the HUGE mega kit we create each month!! You still have time to get in on the July challenges, check out the forum!!

Lost another Ear ring

My daughter Sophia 16 months, has lost yet another earring, i never see her mess with them, but they keep coming up missing out of her ears!? Do they just fall out all on their own? Or maybe there is a earring troll who comes along and steals them LOL because once they fall out, they are never seen again. I sure hope she doesnt get them out and then try to eat them? Ive gotten to a point where i rarely put earrings in her ears, but i did yesterday for the first time in a long time, to make sure her ears dont close up, and what do ya know, after going all day yesterday, and me putting her to bed with them in (i didnt think to take them out since theyd stayed in all day) she woke up this morning, with only one earring!! :P I give up!!

YAY!! He's Home!!

Ok i didnt talk much about it, because i dont like to let the whole world know im at home alone LOL. But DH has been gone for the last 2 weeks, and came home today, and lucky break, he got home 6 hours earlier than planned, he got lucky and they let him out early enough to catch an earlier flight :) YAY!! Its so nice to have him home. We went out to our favorite resturant tonight, Olga's (this place rawks!! its where we go when we cant decide where to go, because the food is always great!). I have a feeling im going to sleep much better to, i hate sleeping in an empty bed!!
By the way for those of you wondering where dh was, he has been in NYC doing some training, he is in the Naval Reserves, i love my part time man in uniform!! :)

My papers for the new kit!! 

Elements preveiw for my new kit :) Not done with all of them yet though :)