Making Resolutions

I welcomed in the brand new year by falling asleep right after midnite! Oh well....I am not the party animal I used to be.

It is also that time of the year to make new resolutions. I, quite honestly, totally suck at doing this. I never write them down, so I conveniently forget them...lol. So I thought I would jot them down here. Let's see if this will work or not!

1. WEIGHT LOSS: I want to lose 20 lbs. this year. I think this is an easy amount that can be achieved with simple and easy tasks. Yes, I know, I need to lose more, but I don't like setting myself up for failure. Achieve a simple resolution and anything else I would lose is just icing on the proverbial cake!

2. SCRAPPING: Oh this one should be easy! Yeah right! I decided I was not going to get in on the hubbub of the Project 365. If I have a chance, then I will take an appropriate picture. What I decided to do was to keep a diary. I am jotting down things that happen in the news and what happened in our daily lives here. Like I said on a message board, I want to leave the grandkids and such a written document of life in 2009. Anything can be newsworthy in my mind...lol. I also want to do more challenges (thanks Sweet Shoppe for doing them daily!), both digitally and paper scrapping. I am going to use up my supplies that are just sitting there in bookcases in the scraproom. I have already started making more cards.

3. CLEANING: I am going to get better at scheduling my cleaning of the house. I am not Martha Stewart. I accept that. But I can schedule things better so I have more time during my days off.

4. ORGANIZATION: Again, organization is not my strong suit. I am doing all this by baby steps. First I need to purge things AGAIN! I love lists...just never look at them again. This will change!

5. ENJOY LIFE: This is the most important resolution. I want to enjoy all that life has to give. I am afraid I get lost in the day-to-day schtuff and forget to have fun. I want to take photography classes. I want to learn to bake bread the old-fashioned way.

these are my resolutions for the year 2009. I think they are simple enough to achieve and fulfill. Time will tell.

Till later my blog friends.

Just Where Have I Been?????

Hello everyone!! I have definitely won the bad blogger award!!!! Nothing since July?!?!? So much has happened ... I am just glad to be able to scrap again!

What has happened?

Back in mid-August, Roger had the stroke. Luckily (and I do thank God everyday) that it was what the doctors called a "good" stroke. I had no idea there was such a creature... a good stroke. His balance and equilibrium is still off, even now. We have a neurologist appointment in January, 2009 and hopefully we may be able to find some new information then.

John is being his normal self as is Ryan. Ryan is still working full-time at Walmart. I can only guessitimate that he is still loving it!

Suzanne and Josh are doing awesome. In fact, my wonderful daughter has nabbed a spot on the Elemental Scraps Creative Team!!! WooHoo!!!!

Me? Not much. I am finding my scrapping mojo. I thought I had lost it for good. I was burned out and now I am enjoying the creativity! I wanted to scrap some cards today, but alas....not a chance. We had some extremely heavy rains and, lo and behold, our basement flooded and part of my scraproom. Papers are airing out now as we speak! In fact, we have several fans drying our basement out.

Just for showing off...here are some of my attempts at some Christmas cards this year. A couple of them are hybrids, using Tracy Ann Digital papers and Baers Garten designs! Thanks for looking and I promise I will keep this better updated!!

Credits: Katie Pertiet "Decked Out Elements"; papers from an older Christmas Slab.

Credits: Shabby Christmas mini kit by Baers Garten Designs

Credits: (Please excuse the awful scan of this card. It was a bit too fluffy for the scanner!) Paper from Basic Grey Blitzen line and the poinsettas I picked up at Walmart!

Credits: Basic Grey Blitzen Line, flowers from the $ shop (what a cool find!!!). The sticker was in my stash FOREVER!

Credits: Festive Kit by Tracy Ann Digital Arts (this is definitely an oldie but goodie).

If anyone is actually reading this...thanks for sticking around with me! I am planning on sticking around!!!

Posting Some Layouts!

Well.. here I am on a fab Thursday nite ... just posting some layouts!!



CREDITS: Pemberly kit by Amanda Dykan, word art by Mary Ann Wise, and font is Missed Your Exit.


CREDITS: Pemberly kit by Amanda Dykan, template by Cate at Purple Paper Flowers, white alphabet by Dani Mogstad, chipped alphabet by April Staker, and font is Snidane.



CREDITS: Black paper from Black Is In paper set by Susan Robinson Designs, Revitalized kit by Victoria Greenlees of Chirpi Designs, font is CK Ali's Writing and template from the Jael'icious set by Chrissy Williams.






CREDITS: Independent kit by Victoria Greenlees of Chirpi Designs, template by Trish H. Designs, and Clean Crumpled Alphabet by Victoria Greenlees of Chirpi Designs.

Well....Again I waited till Saturday to post!

Here it is Saturday again! A slow week, but everyone in the house is starting to feel icky. Of course, not John. If he was ever home....then he might get sick...lol! As I type, poor John has decided to go "skate off some anger"....lmao. I guess I had better stop sending his girlfriend the goofiest pics of him! Nah...She needs to know what she is getting in to!

Well..I need to announce my new Creative Team! You must check out the So Tell Me Your Story blog. This is a super opportunity to scrap about the most important person in your life...YOU!!!! I am totally adamant about letting my future generations know all about me. I want them to know what I was thinking and dreaming of. I have so many heritage photos that I wish I knew more about the person. Come check it out!!!!

On to a few (oh, who am I kidding! I didn't post the past couple of days) layouts! Beware..this will be a long one!

CREDITS: Rowan kit by Sherry Tierney and Rachel Martin, word art by
Rhonna Farrer, metal swirl flourish by Carrie Stephens, felt star by
Jenna Desai, and font is Rickles.



CREDITS: Just Breathe freebie mini kit by Lucy Marino, shaped
template by Jen Caputo and word art by Mary Ann Wise.




And this layout is just what John gets all bent out of shape about...lol. Check him out!

CREDITS: About A Boy kit by Jenna Desai, template by Monika
Martinson, Dyno Label alpha by Christina Renee Designs, Black
Crumpled alphabet by Chirpi Designs and font is Firenze.



CREDITS: One In A Million kit by Misty Cato, template from
freedigitaltemplates blog, white alphabet by Gina Marie, black
alphabet by Elaine Bittencourt and font is Kabel.



CREDITS: Template by Anna Russell, Aquilegia kit by Enkay
Designs, Flocked Alphabet by Christina Renee Designs and font is
Petitscript. Poetry is Love Sonnet XVII by Pablo Neruda.



CREDITS: Template by Kresta, Aquilegia kit by Enkay Designs, word
art by Mindy Terasawa and font is Kabel.



CREDITS: Blue Violet kit by MellowButterfly Designs and word art
from Digital Scrapbook Place.



CREDITS: Boho Mojo kit by Cori Gammon, template by Jennilyn Designs, font is The Blue Cabin, Dyno Label and Flocked Alphabets by Christina Renee Designs.



CREDITS: Template by Cindy Schneider, I So Pretty kit by Misty Cato
and Jennilyn Designs, and fonts are Mad Avenue and Kayleigh.



CREDITS: I So Pretty kit by Misty Cato and Jennilyn Designs, word art
by Anna Aspnes, and font is Pea Mystie.



CREDITS: I So Pretty kit by Misty Cato and Jennilyn Designs,
template by Monika Martinson, white paper from the Sugar paper set
by Chirpi Designs, black alphabet by Elaine Bittencourt, and font is
Pea Mystie.

WHEW!!! Thanks for sticking around!!! Catch up with ya all later!!!

Saturday is a Day to Create!!!

Whew! It is a muggy Saturday! But it's cool in the air-conditioned house...lol! And what better to do than create some layouts for challenges! Of course, the only other plans we had for today was a company meeting. So here is what I did the rest of the day:



CREDITS: Going Places kit by Misty Cato.
SCRAPLIFTED: Tri_Mommy @ 2Peas


CREDITS: Template by Meghan Mullins, Bubblegum Princess kit by
Gina Miller and Zoe Pearn, and font is Olive Oil.



CREDITS: Going Places kit by Misty Cato, template from the Inspired
by Holly template set by Bree Clarkson and font is Kabel.



CREDITS: Bubblegum Princess kit by Gina Miller and Zoe Pearn,
template from the Lots to Say template set by Chrissy Williams,
stitching by Dani Mogstad, and font is The Blue Cabin.



CREDITS: Blue Violet kit by Designs by Mellowbutterfly, template by
Cate Sforza, and word art by Katie Pertiet.

Now off to to load to all the galleries and get down to some more creating before bed!

What a great Friday!

Hey all! What a great Friday I have had! Got my butt up this morning and hit some of the yard sales in town. I was able to pick up some mroe birdhouses to alter and 4 pairs of jeans for me! If I have to work around hot plastic and grease, then I will continue to find my clothes at yard sales. Each pair was 50 cents and in perfect condition! I am making a promise to myself to alter these birdhouses!!!

Later in the afternoon, Roger and I got perttied up and went to the theater. We seen Hellboy II and may I say what a great movie it was! I highly recommend it!!! Of course, we are fans of that genre of movies.

And I have done a few LOs for the challenges over at Sweet Shoppe Designs!

CREDITS: Marco kit by Libby Weifenbach, template by Aggie Aviso,
Dyno label alphabet by Christina Renee and Chipboard Alpha No. 7
by ON Designs.




CREDITS: Lovely Lady kit by Libby Weifenbach and doodle swirls by
Debby Bradley.




CREDITS: One in A Million kit by Misty Cato, template by Jen Caputo,
and font is Friz Quadratta TT.




CREDITS: Lovely Lady kit by Libby Weifenbach, Pattilicious template
by Chrissy Williams, swirl by Genevieve Sass, polka dot alphabet by
Micheline Martin, glitter alphabet by Vickie Stegall and font is Kabel.




CREDITS: All American Girl kit by Misty Cato and Robin Carlton; font
is CK Ali Edwards and photo mask by Flirtatious Brat (Sweet Shoppe
Designs).


Yes...I am working on yet more! I have more challenges and new CTs that will be coming up soon! Stay tuned!!!

Suzanne is looking for a CT Team!!!

First of all...Suzanne is looking for a CT Team! Calling all newbies!!! Check out this thread at DigiShopTalk!!! You can email me with any questions!!!

And (insert drumroll) here are some layouts:


CREDITS: At The Beach kit by Sherry Tierney and chipboard
alphabet by 2 Sisters Designs.

SCRAPLIFTED: Peppermint @ Elemental Scraps



CREDITS: One in a Million kit by Misty Cato and template by Missy
Strand.



CREDITS: Life is Good kit by Amanda Heimann, Angielicious II
template by Chrissy Williams; circle brush by Tracy Ann Robinson,
Knitted Felt alphabet by Zoe Pearn, and font is Knit and Scraps.



CREDITS: One in a Million kit by Misty Cato and template shape by
Mikkel Paige, and font is Juice.



CREDITS: Hey Girlfriend special collab kit by the designers at Sweet
Shoppe Designs, frame by Misty Cato, and the stripe template by Dani
Mogstad.



CREDITS: Template by 2 Sisters Designs, All American Girl kit by
Misty Cato and Robin Carlton, and font is Kabel.



CREDITS: Summertime kit by Susan Robinson Designs and word art
by Jackie Eckles.



CREDITS: Twist freebie mini-kit by Marianne Wahlberg and font is
Lima Bean.



CREDITS: Rowen kit by Sherry Tierney and Rachel Martin, stacked
alphabet by Kim Christensen, bracket shape template by Jen Caputo
and font is Calvin & Hobbes.
SCRAPLIFTED: CKMOM12673 @ ELEMENTAL SCRAPS

Remember to check out her CT call!!! I would love to see what you come up with!!!