Yes I am still alive!

But my monitor is not! So I will not be able to post any cards or other pictures until I have a new one. Not sure how long it will take me to save up for it. Keep checking in.

Thanks, and God bless.

Guess who's comming to dinner?

I am so excited! I have some company comming today! I pick her up at the airport this afternoon. Her name is Michelle Zindorf! Yes! I will be taking her beginning and advanced classes at my house this Friday and Saturday! She is an incredibly talented lady, and cannot wait to learn from her. I am sure you will see some of my artwork after the classes.

You all have a blessed day!

First Day of School!

I am posting these late this month as I have been one busy Mama! LOL. Here are the pictures I took of the girls as the momentous occassion took place!

Destiny and Emily are waiting impatiently for the "big yellow bus" to take them to the brand new school at Mount View Elementary. At this point it looks like Emily is thinking about not being able to see me at any given moment and is feeling a bit unsecure. I am proud to announce she did great and didn't even cry (I did have tears!) when she got on the bus and left for school. Destiny, on the other hand, is like an old pro at it by now and has her usual smile on her face!



This was taken inside, before the long bus wait. Emily was full of smiles and anticipation of her big adventure.



This is Destiny with a grin on her face as she tells me Mom! You do this every time! Yes my dear, so you can put this in your scrap book and look on it years later to remember the occassion, and so I can look back and see just how adorable you were back then!



May you have a blessed day!

Where has the time gone?

Where did the month go? Seems like I have been playing catch up for quite some time now. LOL. Geeze, now I know I am getting old! My grandmother always told me time would move faster when one gets older. How right she was!

So what have I been up to? Well let me see, getting card classes together. check.

Organizing my home - well cannot check that as it seems to be a work in progress! Insert screaming girl here! Ahhhhhh!

Got the girls ready for school - check.

Got Emmy her first "real big girl's (twin) bed, check.

Got out Destiny's dresser (thank you Mark, it lasted for awhile), check.

Clean up and organize girls room - hmmnnn, no.

Clean up and organize my bedroom - oh boy, let's go to something else!

Sewing/scrap/play room - oh forget this list, I need to go and find something else to chat about!

I have Michelle Zindorf comming to my home to teach her amazing brayering techniques (still room available), and I am no where ready. Groan. I have also been working to get ready for the Scrap For Hope in Augusta, Sept. 19th! Almost done there!

Whew! Seems I cannot get my to do list out of my mind, so I know what I will be doing this weekend!


So you all in the blogging world have a great weekend! I will as soon as I can go and find my shovel!

41 Years Later

It has been 41 years since I have graduated from the 8th grade! Wowza! Where has the time gone? We got to do some catching up Saturday when we had a reunion. This was a super idea! I hope we don't wait that long again before we can get together again!

Here I am with Mr. Hill, my 8th grade teacher, and principle. I am afraid we, the students, were the ones that have changed in our looks. Mr Hill still looks the same, maybe a little grayer in the hair, but still the nice looking teacher I remember way back then. Look at his smile.



Here is (from left to right) James Temple, Norman Lander, Harvey Johnston, and Raymond Phelps.



Here is Kevin StThomas.



Raymond Phelps again, Mike Chadborne and Charles Randall.



Kevin Dyer is peeking over Dawn Turner, Terry Lynn Taylor, Laurie Hartley and Jewel Clark. Sorry ladies I know your last names have been changed when you got married, and I cannot remember them.



Here is a group shot of us. We had many more in our original class, however these are the few that was able to make this reunion.



Now, aren't we just the cutest? LOL.

Thanks for stopping by and visiting with me.

I will have more to post later, as I have been very busy creating!

MSS13

Here is my offering for the MSS13, I hope I have it right.
I am not sure of the papers I used for this (I have so much on hand I lose track of what is what)

This was a cute template to do! Now all I can see is this design. LOL!


I have used Penny Black transparent stamps for this card.

Crop for Heros 5-30-09

On my first Crop for Heroes, I had a total of 4 at the tables in my kitchen. Actually my sister was the only one that came, but Destiny and Emily wanted to make cards too, so they made 2 each, Patty made 16, and I made 28! Not too shabby!

Here I am coloring in an image, notice the concentration? LOL. I had a headache that would require more than the Tylenol I took to get rid of. I am surprised I accomplished as many as I did with the whopper of a headache.


Here is my sister Patty, she did an amazing number of cards in the amount of time allotted. See the smile on her face?



Here is Destiny, my beautiful granddaughter of 9 years. What a sweet person she is. She is so excited to be making cards to send to solders. I am not sure if I will be sending her and her sister's cards with the ones we send, or just keeping them (for a layout). I may have them draw a picture to send with the cards instead.



Here is Emily, my 4 year old. She colored her images and glued the pieces together so quickly she acted like a pro. What fun we had! LOL. Well at least for the first half hour or so. Then she got antsy, so her sister Destiny put in a movie for her, Snow White.



So there you have it folks. This is what it is all about. Taking some time out of our busy day to show others our appreciation for their sacrifices while protecting us, and our rights as United States Citizens.

May you be blessed.