Cate's Scrapsations

Holiday goodies with a freebie...

2009-11-14T11:39:00.004-05:00

**WARNING** Image-heavy with CT goodies!

I have holiday goodness to share with you from 3 of my CTs...

1st off - Kristine of Designs by Kristine has released Festive and Sugared Noel Paper Pack! I love Festive for it's combination of doodles & realistic elements with both whimsical and traditional themes. There's something in this kit for almost everyone! The colors in Sugared Noel are just perfect for Micaila, and as soon as we have some snow (not that I'm asking for it mind you) I'll be catching some photos to use with that as well! Both are sale through the end of November. :)

Festive

I used Festive to create my Holiday Cards for this year. :)

Sugared Noel Paper Pack
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2nd up are Connie's goodies for this month's Gotta Grab It at Gotta Pixel... for only $1 EACH, but today through the 17th only so grab'em quick! :)

Winter Days Kit

Winter Days - Worn Paper Pack

5x7 Brag Book Templates - Commercial Use OK

12x12 Winter Days Templates - Commercial Use OK

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And, last, but not least, is Heather's newest kit, A Winter Morning is in the store now, AND it's currently on sale for ONLY $2!! The preview doesn't do this kit justice. Don't miss out on this awesome sale!

Oh! Did I mention a freebie?! LOL I tried to get a LO together for Heather, but couldn't find the photo I wanted so my bad luck is your good luck. I created a QP for it instead! Please remember to abide by the TOU and send others here for the link! For even more goodies from this kit be sure to watch Heather's CT Blog as she'll have more soon! She even has a Twitter background freebie on her own blog now. :)

A Winter Morning QP

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

:)

Home Sweet Home

2009-10-24T12:18:00.003-04:00

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!

:)

Quick LO update...

2009-10-20T07:29:00.002-04:00

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!

:)

More LOs, some good news, & a SALE!!

2009-10-03T07:40:00.002-04:00

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!

:)

LO catch-up...

2009-09-26T21:45:00.004-04:00

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!

:)

Wanna see the difference a little retouching can make?

2009-09-26T13:28:00.003-04:00

Original:

Retouched:

And, I'm not even the retoucher for the business! LOL I do almost everything EXCEPT retouching and taking the photos.

:)

Another day...

2009-09-05T11:46:00.004-04:00

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!

:)

Sneak peak...

2009-08-20T08:57:00.003-04:00

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!

:)

It's raining, it's pouring...

2009-08-18T21:07:00.006-04:00

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.
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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.
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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.
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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!

:)

Sometimes I Wonder...

2009-07-11T12:52:00.007-04:00

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!

:)

Oy! If it's not one thing...

2009-06-22T07:33:00.005-04:00

Busy, busy... just like everyone else this time of year. In any case I meant to update before this, but I've been kind of down. My 1TB drive died on the 8th.

I'm still waiting for a cord from the OEM as a final troubleshooting step before I attempt data recovery with someone. In the meantime I've lost all of my scrapbooking files except the 10 or so kits I was currently working on for my CTs and the CU files I've purchased from Royanna. I've also lost all of my full res LO files, my notepads for credits, and all photos from Mother's Day of last year to Dec 31. My 2009 photos were all duplicated on my laptop, and all photos prior to then were also on my 230GB EHD. It's the same old story you've heard before... I've been meaning to take the time to backup for about 2 months, but just never found the extra time. And really, the only way to backup for me is burning to DVD which is SOOOO tedious.

In any case, I'm looking into investing in 2 - 1TB EHDs each with 6 year warranties so 1 can be my everyday use, and the other my data backup. I mean, honestly, I download/create somewhere in the neighborhood of 3-5GB per week so anything smaller would be pointless. The drive that died had somewhere between 200 & 400 GB on it. I haven't given up that it is recoverable, but I can't hold high hopes either.

I have some LOs to share with linked credits. The thumbnails were all uploaded online prior to the EHD dying...

Title: mommy & me

Credits can be seen here.

Title: out for a Sunday stroll

Credits can be seen here.

Title: Spring Fever

Credits can be seen here.

Title: root of the heart

Credits can be seen here.

Title: June 5, 2009

Credits can be seen here.

Title: Whatzzz Up?

Credits can be seen here.

Title: NYS Fair 8.31.05

Credits can be seen here.

Title: Treasure

Credits can be seen here.

Title: sad diva

Credits can be seen here.

I have 2 others I finished yesterday, but I can't share them 'til Wednesday night because they are for a gorgeous new kit Jana's got coming into the store called Fresh Mango Summer. ;)

Micaila's only got 2.5 more days of school. It's a little hard to think she's made it all the way through her first year of school. She's excited to be done, but I know she'll be just as excited to return in the fall. :) Hope we can stay in touch with some of her friends over the summer...

Mike's in training for the new contract he'll be helping to manage. That will last for at least another 4 weeks, and he can't take any time off for the first 3-4 weeks on the floor either so the vacation in July to LI is going to have to be post-poned. Good thing I sent him for Memorial Day weekend...

Brenden's... well, Brenden. LOL On Saturday he'd spent the night at Aunt Nora's so she dropped him off to me at 2 just before I left. Once in the van he announces that HE wants to pick Micaila up from her birthday party 'cause he wants to see what/who is there. I responded with, "Of course you do... you have nose trouble." A few moments later I hear, "It's ok, mom. I brought tissues." I swear I didn't stop laughing for about 10 minutes. That kid can be such a trip - when he's not being a complete p.i.t.a.

We're gearing up senior season at work, and the sessions are more steady now. But, they are still sparse enough that I'm keeping up with the boss even with the additional stuff I'm creating for the proof books. We managed to upgrade the pcs so they process faster as well as updating the proof action for CS3 and the proofbook building program so the process is a little faster. Hoping this week goes a little faster 'cause the tension is giving me ehadaches through the day. We've been just the boss, my co-worker, and the boss's son, Derek since January when the boss's other son, Dalton went back to college.

Well, Dalton's back for the summer for an internship which he's supposedly working 40 hrs per week for - mind you he hasn't even hit 20 hrs for ANY week yet (and this past week included his lunch hour for at least one of the days in his hours). And, his attitude... it's like he's the boss, and we should all bow to him. He gets pissy if he's given grunt work. When he gets onto one of the 2 primary pcs we need to do work he'll start surfing the net, and then complain he hasn't finished the work when his dad tries to get him off so one of us can finish our work. I don't know what the deal is, but I've felt physically ill at least 3 days in the last 2 weeks before noon from the tension and had headaches at least 5 of those days.

And, with that being said, I'm running late! Thanks for stopping by and "listening" to me b*tch. LOL Have a great day!

:)

The reeeaaallllly long post...

2009-06-04T07:58:00.006-04:00

Well, Brenden's had his school visitation day, and kindergarten round-up was Tuesday. Micaila's... well - Micaila. Mike's schedule has changed yet again - in that he technically doesn't have one and won't until the next training class starts. Mike and the kids went to LI for Memorial Day weekend. We're finishing up prom season at work, and starting senior season - busy, busy, busy...

My cholesterol has gone down from 220 in Feb to 161 last Tuesday, but my A1C has crept up to 6.1 'cause I haven't taken my Riomet since Feb. The weather's been ridiculous lately in that it feels more like March/April than June! We've been lucky to hit mid-60s during the day for the last few weeks. I really need to change out my blog again 'cause I am NOT digging the way it looks. Don't have much else to say, but there are a ton of LOs to catch up... I'm linking credits to make the post a little shorter.

Title: Blue-eyed Beauty

Credits can be seen here.

Title: when I see you Smile

Credits can be seen here.

Title: Mr. Moody Pants

Credits can be seen here.

Title: talkin 'bout my guy

Credits can be seen here.

Title: Play-ful you

Credits can be seen here.

Title: Mother's Day 2009

Credits can be seen here.

Title: butterfly house

Credits can be seen here.

Title: still

Credits can be seen here.

Title: run Mom run

Credits can be seen here.

Title: seek joy

Credits can be seen here.

Title: enjoy this moment

Credits can be seen here.

Title: Apsen & Midnight

Credits can be seen here.

Title: Thousand Islands, NY

Credits can be seen here.

Title: my little honey bee

Credits can be seen here.

Title: Family Outing

Credits can be seen here.

Title: Purple Fun

Credits can be seen here.

Title: I [heart] my guy

Credits can be seen here.

Title: [heart] you

Credits can be seen here.

So that catches things up for the moment. Gotta' get Micaila off to school and me to work. Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

:)

pssst...

2009-05-14T11:21:00.001-04:00

I've been a very bad blogger. I just haven't had much I've wanted to talk about lately, and I *think* at some point many get sick of posts filled with just layouts...

Anywho, I'll be by to update soon I promise.

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{I}NSD is almost here!

2009-05-01T08:07:00.003-04:00

So,... here we go!

Heather is BACK! 2 new open grab bags at $2 each, a new set of photo masks, and a new element pack... plus a FREEBIE! For full details see here.

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Kristine (and the rest of us) have 40% off at WenchdGrafix Shoppe for 24 hrs only on Saturday! And, there are tons of new product!

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Royanna has a stock up sale going on for Designers in her store...

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Laura has a flood of great new doodle packs, paper packs, and alphas in her store.
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At DSG we've got some goodness goin' on as well...

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Jana is getting ready to release her new grab bag for May. :)
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Connie has a bunch of new goodies that will be appearing the the next few days so keep an eye out for those...
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And, Inspiration Lane has a whole plethora (I've always wanted to use that word! LOL) of activities going on as well as new releases from Kiki!
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April release No. 5 a little while ago, and it's still on sale for only $2!! This is a huge kit so you don't want to miss the sale!
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Title: April Sunrise

Credits:
Paper and elements from the Autumn Spring Kit by Ladybug Graphix.
Photos by me.
Fonts: Ghostwriter

Product Links:
http://www.digitalscrapgarden.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_dnld_info&products_id=919
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I think that covers it for now. If I have time, and can I'll share more tomorrow. :D Gotta' finish getting ready for work so I'm off! If you haven't been by in a while you may want to browse through the last 2 posts for some funny photos and a catch-up on my LOs! Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

:)

I can't think of a title...

2009-04-29T07:04:00.003-04:00

So, my hair... It's never been this dark in my life, but I wanted something different, and my sister sworedarker made me look younger... DH said he likes it, but with that pained look on his face like he was afraid to say anything else. (Oh, and the sun was in my eyes when this was taken - hence the funny look on my face.)

I also have these to show more...

So, what do ya' think? Honestly?
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I didn't get my week 5 LO done for So You Think You Can Scrap so I can share my LO for that now...

Title: I'm Creative

Credits:
be happy acrylic from the be bold, be true freebie by Edeline Designs.
"c" from the Superstar alpha by Bisontine.
Other alpha from Frunged Up Stamp Alpha by Royanna Fritschmann; Studio Ra.
Paper and other elements from the It's So Me Collab by Cinnamon Designs, Newlife Dreams, Holly Designs, and Kristen Rice.
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Title: Rescued Heritage

Credits:
Papers and elements from the Vintage Faire Mini Kit by Laura Deacetis included in Pickle Barrel #2.
"Photos" all scanned negatives rescued by fire from my paternal grandmother when her sister tried to burn them, and then by me from my grandparent's house after vandals trashed the house.
Fonts: Typewriter from hell; Type-Ra
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Title: Sunset

Credits:
Papers and elements from the It's So Me Collab by Cinnamon Designs, Newlife Dreams, Holly Designs, and Kristen Rice. (Bird and acrylic border recolored.)
Photos by me.
Fonts: Bickham Script Pro; Huxtable; Attract more women
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Title: dance to the music

Credits:
Transparent note "path" by Newlife Dreams from the It's So Me Collab.
Paper and other elements from the Sing Sing A Song Collab by Jofia Designs, Vera Lim, Laura Deaceits, and Amy Hutchinson.
Photos by me.
Fonts: CENA; Freestyle Script.
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Title: YOU make my heart sing (bonus LO)

Credits:
Paper and elements from the Sing Sing A Song Collab by Jofia Designs, Vera Lim, Laura Deaceits, and Amy Hutchinson. (hue and saturation changed on 2 pieces)
Photo by my niece.
Fonts: FG Cheryl
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I also had 4 other LOs I hadn't shared yet, and 4 I finished at my all day crop this past Saturday...

Title: Micaila's Bday Badge Album, pg 1

Credits:
Papers and elements from the Petal Pusher Kit by Connie Prince; DigiDiva Designs.
Template from the Badge Album Templates 1 by Connie Prince; DigiDiva Designs.
Photo by me.
Fonts: Bickham Script Pro

Product Links:
http://www.gottapixel.net/store/product.php?productid=22357
http://www.elementalscraps.com/shoppe/product.php?productid=21679
http://www.elementalscraps.com/shoppe/product.php?productid=21678
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Title: Micaila's Bday Badge Album, pg 2

Credits:
Papers and elements from the Petal Pusher Kit by Connie Prince; DigiDiva Designs.
Template from the Badge Album Templates 1 by Connie Prince; DigiDiva Designs.
Photo by me.
Fonts: Bickham Script Pro

Product Links:
http://www.gottapixel.net/store/product.php?productid=22357
http://www.elementalscraps.com/shoppe/product.php?productid=21679
http://www.elementalscraps.com/shoppe/product.php?productid=21678
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Title: Micaila's Bday Badge Album, pg3

Credits:
Papers and elements from the Petal Pusher Kit by Connie Prince; DigiDiva Designs.
Template from the Badge Album Templates 1 by Connie Prince; DigiDiva Designs.
Photos by me.
Fonts: Bickham Script Pro

Product Links:
http://www.gottapixel.net/store/product.php?productid=22357
http://www.elementalscraps.com/shoppe/product.php?productid=21679
http://www.elementalscraps.com/shoppe/product.php?productid=21678
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Title: My prince

Credits:
Background and green papers from the Spring {Dotted} Paper Pack by Princess Lala Designs.
Doodle from Flourished 2 by Princess Lala Designs. (used as template to shape paper)
"prince" doodled word from the Funky Fairy Tales Pack by Princess Lala Designs.
Alpha from the Alpha Collection: Sunshine by Princess Lala Designs.
Brown paper from the Spring {Solids} Paper Pack by Princess Lala Designs.
Photo by my nephew.

Product Links:
http://divinedigital.com/boutique/product.php?productid=9997
http://divinedigital.com/boutique/product.php?productid=9427
http://divinedigital.com/boutique/product.php?productid=10094
http://divinedigital.com/boutique/product.php?productid=10093
http://divinedigital.com/boutique/product.php?productid=9999
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Title: Morning, Sunshine!

Credits:
Papers and elements from the Springdipity Kit by Kiki Halbert Designs available at Inspiration Lane.
Photos by my dad.
Fonts: Fiolex Girls
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Title: I Wanna Be A Rock Star!

Credits:
Reversed staple from the Some Basics Kit by JanaM Designs available at The DigiChick.
Papers and other elements from the What A Day Kit by JanaM Designs available at The DigiChick.
Photo by me.
Fonts: Interplanetary Crap; Mouthful of beer
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Title: break the bed

Credits:
Papers and elements from the No. 5 Kit by April Staker of DigiApe Designs.
Photo by me.
Fonts: Note This
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Title: Happiness

Credits:
Wordart from the Say It Love Kit by JanaM Designs available at The DigiChick.
Papers and other elements from the What A Day Kit by JanaM Designs available at The DigiChick.
Photo by me.
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Phew! Did you make it through that?!? LOL

Sorry, I just haven't had the time/energy to post lately... We're now officially into prom season, and all the guys are rushing in last minute for tuxedos. I swear their prom is on the calendar for at least 4 months prior to the date, and they STILL wait until they have less than a week to decide "Oh, yeah! I need a tux!" You know if they had to stay late or rush through assignments at school because they were given late they'd be pissed, but who cares if we have those problems at work because they want to procrastinate...

I have some NSD info, but I think I'll wait 'til tomorrow since this is all ready so long! :D Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

:)

some pics...

2009-04-25T09:46:00.003-04:00

Sunrise this morning... I was awake at 5am which means I will be dead on my feet by the time I get home at 10/10:30 tonight! LOL

"If you break the bed, Daddy will NOT be happy" mister man says...

Look out Mick Jagger...

Girls just wanna have fun...

Arrrrrgggg, Matey!

And, from yesterday/last night...

This guy's been going after that tree outside work for at least 4 days now...

Don't you like our strawberry shortcake?!? LOL

Krysti dared me to post this...

I'll post a pic of me soon, but Nora was going to have to go home and do laundry alone as Krys was staying with me and Mark and the boys went to the races. So instead, I talked her into coming to my house to dye my hair with highlights... It's much darker now. :)

Gotta' run for work!

:)

Just a quick note...

2009-04-14T11:54:00.003-04:00

Been busy with the kids and the holiday and cleaning and... well, you get the idea. I've managed to get 6 MORE 45 gal bags of clothes/toys out of the house, and still am not done. LOL We also had 2-55 gal bags of trash at the curb yesterday morning, and at least 1/2 of one was just stuff form the bathroom I decided I'm not hanging onto anymore. Baby oil/bath/shampoo, lotion I haven't touched since it was given to me over 6 yrs ago, etc.

I am SO not a girly-girl. LOL I used to put on my makeup on the LIRR on my way to work in Manhattan every morning what seems like a lifetime ago. I think I've put on makeup maybe 15 times in the past 6 yrs now. Hair HAS to be wash and go/brush and go. Can't stand wasting my time fixing it. My toenails get polished, and I keep that up all the time I wear sandals - and sometimes during the winter - but that's the most girly I get. In fact, I'm wearing sandals for the first time this year today! :)

I'm updating from work so I can't post any photos or LOs as those are on the laptop at home, but I've gotten 3 badge album pages done and 2-12x12 LOs done since Saturday - except one is missing a title. It's hard to create new and appropriate titles for Jaylin's pages as I haven't taken the photos so some come to me completely out of context. How many LOs can you title with smiley/giggles and grins/all smiles/etc. before it gets repeptitive?!? LOL I also have my week 4 LO for SUTUCS together except for adding photos. I may have to use some of the kids this week. :)

Gotta' run! Don't forget to check the last 2 posts for some CU goodies! Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

:)

Now available...

2009-04-10T13:21:00.005-04:00

Spring Watercolors from Designs by Kristine! Beautiful, spring-filled colors with soft tones It's perfect for all those layouts regarding spring as well as babies!

And, for a short time get this gorgeous set of QPs designed by CT member, Leslie with the purchase of the kit!

You can also snag a coordinating freebie on Kris's blog here.

I also have 2 new Commercial Use Overlay packs, 2 new Paper Packs, and 3 new mini kits available at Kristine's store. Previews are available in my albums on Facebook or in the store. :) I should have more up by next weekend, as well as some at Digital Scrap Garden!

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If you're looking for CU goodies Royanna has a new Grab Bag available - 14 new CU products for $6!!
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I've also gotten my Rainbow Color Challenge up at Digital Scrap Garden for April. This is the swatch we're using this month:

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Title: Reins?
http://s63.photobucket.com/albums/h131/absolutartist1/Layouts/?action=view&
Credits:
Paper and elements from the Autumn Spring Kit by Ladybug Graphix.
Photos by my dad.
Fonts: Horse Puke

Product Links:
http://www.digitalscrapgarden.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_dnld_info&products_id=919
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Title: Lucky

Credits:
Paper and elements from the Lucky-O Kit by Royanna Fritschmann; Studio Ra.
Photo by me.
Fonts: Huxtable

Product Links:
http://divinedigital.com/boutique/product.php?productid=10627
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And, for sticking with me through all of that I have another little goodie for you...

You can grab it here.
password: nature
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I just spent over 2 hours trying to straighten up Micaila's room, and while it looks better now than it did when I started, I still have at least 2 more hours of sorting and cleaning to do before her room will be done. Then I need to work on Brenden's room. I had started with my room, and spent an hour there before moving to Micaila's... I'm sore, tired, and ready to take a nap. Meanwhile the kids are just finishing lunch, and getting ready to go out and play on the swingset. LOL

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

:)

Long time - no blog... LOL

2009-04-08T09:39:00.006-04:00

Well, illness-wise things have seemed to settle down here. No stomach ailments since last Wednesday. My allergy/sinus issues have returned now though... along with the snow! BLECH! We had 50-60 degree weather most days for the past week, and in the last 3 have dropped below 40 again. We got about 3-4 inches here between yesterday and this morning. As Dad said - it wouldn't have mattered what day he decided to leave - that would be the day it snowed!

I left work at 2 yesterday to drive Dad down to the airport in Syracuse. His flight was supposed to leave for the first leg at 4:45, but there was a hold-up because the plane was late getting in. He got to JFK at about 6:30pm, and arrived in Salt Lake City at 12:40am - a half hour early! LOL

I'm off work for the next 3 days, and *hope* to get a lot accomplished. Micaila has half-days today and tomorrow though with Friday off so we'll see. Later today I'll be sending through info to Kristine to get 2 packs of overlays, 3 mini kits, and 3 paperpacks into her store. (Ready, Kris?? LOL)

I have a boat-load of layouts to share...

Title: Photographs & Memories

Credits:
Papers and elements (including wordart) from the March 365 Kit by Karla Marano of Karla's Kaleidoscope Designs.
Photo by me.

Product Link:
http://divinedigital.com/boutique/product.php?productid=10327
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Title: the Perfect pinecone

Credits:
Paper, alpha, and elements from the In My Pocket Kit by JanaM Designs available at The DigiChick.
Photo by me.
Fonts: Poilet Taper

Product Link:
http://www.thedigichick.com/shop/product.php?productid=19628
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Title: Welcome to My World

Credits:
Worn, dotted papers from the GGI Pretty Pastel Dotted Paper Pack by Connie Prince; DigiDiva Designs.
Other papers and elements from the Tutti Frutti Kit by Connie Prince; DigiDiva Designs.
Template from the Keep It Simple Templates 1 by Connie Prince; Digidiva Designs.
Photo by my friend Sara. (Of her grandson, Anson.)
Fonts: Prime Minister of Canada

Product Links:
http://www.gottapixel.net/store/product.php?productid=22272
http://www.gottapixel.net/store/product.php?productid=22196
http://www.gottapixel.net/store/product.php?productid=20271
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Title: April Showers

Credits:
"April" circle from the Save the Date 1 Pack by Connie Prince; DigiDiva Designs.
Papers and other elements from the Desperately Seeking Spring Kit by Connie Prince; DigiDiva Designs.
JDL Template by Connie Prince; DigiDiva Designs.
Photo by me.
Fonts: bulkyRefuse Type

LO completes the Just a Start Challenge at Just Digi Layouts.

Product Links:
http://www.gottapixel.net/store/product.php?productid=22268
http://www.gottapixel.net/store/product.php?productid=21799
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Title: a small glimpse...

Credits:
Papers and elements from the Star Bright Kit by ISKRAP Designs.
Photo by me.
Fonts: Freestyle Script

Product Link:
http://scrapbird.com/shop/index.php?...roducts_id=755
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Title: burning sunset

Credits:
Background from the Jaded Paper Pack by Kiki Halbert Designs available at Inspiration Lane.
Peach paper from the Just Peachy Paper Pack by Kiki Halbert Designs available at Inspiration Lane.
Frame from the Crack Me Up Frame Pack by Kiki Halbert Designs. (hue altered)
Ribbon and string from the Flutterby Kit by Kiki Halbert Designs available at Scrapbook-Elements.
Photo by me.
Fonts: the King & Queen font

Product Links:
http://inspiration-lane.com/boutique/product.php?productid=17217
http://inspiration-lane.com/boutique/product.php?productid=17219
http://store.scrapbook-elements.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=&products_id=16098
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Title: signs of Spring

Credits:
Papers, alpha, and elements from the Spring Watercolors Kit by Designs by Kristine.
Photo by me.
Fonts: Waking the Witch
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Title: Companions

Credits:
Frame cluster from the I've Been Framed 03 Kit by Royanna Fritschmann; Studio Ra.
Paper and other elements from the Spring Out Celebration Kit by Royanna Fritschmann; Studio Ra.
Photo by me.
Fonts: PIG; GG Herb Script

Journaling:
The two of you have been together since the beginning... Grampy was there when you were born, spent many days in the following weeks with us, and became your babysitter when I returned to work 4 weeks after you were born.

I always felt I had a close relationship with my Grampy, but it was no where near what the two of you have. I know Grampy will have more hours to fill in his day when you start kindergarten in the fall which will mean less time together for you, but I hope you have many more years to learn from him. Treasure the time you have, and hold it close to your heart.

Product Links:
http://divinedigital.com/boutique/product.php?productid=10632
http://divinedigital.com/boutique/product.php?productid=9421
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Title: Little Scientist

Credits:
Papers and elements from the Perfectly Natural Kit by Connie Prince; DigiDiva Designs.
Template from the Gotta Grab It March 2009 Templates by Connie Prince; DigiDiva Designs.
Photos by me.
Fonts: Hypewriter; FG Cheryl

Product Links:
http://www.gottapixel.net/store/product.php?productid=22394
http://www.gottapixel.net/store/product.php?productid=22395
http://www.gottapixel.net/store/product.php?productid=22195
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I am also competing in the So You Think You Can Scrap Contest so I have 2 LOs for that, but I can't share them here until the end of the contest. If you can guess what number I am I might just send you a little something from my shop! Be sure to leave your email or user name at DST in your comment if you guess so that I can get a hold of you!
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To celebrate my new products I have a freebie for you! (And, for making it all the way through thT POST! lol) It's CU ok as well!!

Grab it here.
password: nature
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Gotta' run now 'cause I need to get over to the school with the Scalloped Pineapple I made for the teacher's luncheon (conference time), and watch Micaila play Little Bear in Goldilocks! Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

:)

Just a quick note...

2009-04-01T13:07:00.002-04:00

The stomach bug which had managed to successfully avoid our home finally landed. Brenden got violently ill Wednesday night, followed by Micaila Thursday night and Friday. We seemed ok on Saturday, and then Brenden woke us at 4am Sunday with another round... followed by Mike all day. I had a much less violent version, but spent most of Monday trying to lie as still as possible on the sofa. I haven't eaten much in the last 2 days, and am hoping it has passed for good this time, but you can see why I haven't been around much.

I got none of the purging done for the weekend as I'd hoped, only completed 3 layouts, and then spent my last Monday off for 9 months on the sofa... some weekend, huh?!? LOL

Oh well, hopefully I'll catch up next week. Dad leaves on Tuesday for UT to visit my brother, Blayne. That means I'm leaving work early on Tuesday to take him to the airport, and then have Wednesday, Thursday, Friday off - work Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and have Thursday, Friday, Saturday off. I was originally only going to take the week of spring break, but had issues with getting someone to watch the kids so my nephew is going to watch the kids for me for 3 days. :)

Gotta' run as I'm at work. Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

:)

The tale of the semi-absentee blogger...

2009-03-26T11:42:00.013-04:00

Sorry. I haven't been very regular lately. We're adjusting to yet another change in schedules and duties at home... Mike is now working 11am-9pm M-F which means I'm dealing with the home "stuff" after work. Dad made dinner last night, and is planning to tonight so that helps 'cause to be honest I have NEVER been a homebody - dishes, cleaning, cooking - NOT my fortes. Now that's not to say I can't handle them, and in some cases handle them well - I just HATE them with a passion! LOL If I have a choice between spending an hour on my pc/laptop creating or an hour cleaning the house the creating will normally win.

I have managed to get 11 - 45 gal trash bags of clothing out of the house and donated to the local mission in the last month. I have another 1/2 a bag currently sorted and am hoping to get at least 5 done more this weekend. I'm kind of on a purging binge. Hello, my name is Cate, and I'm a packrat. Yes, truly. My grandparents kept many things, my parents kept many more things, and I have a difficult time getting rid of stuff myself. I look at those homes in magazines, and laugh - nice, but no kids there! There are things I keep in the hopes that I will one day fit into them again because I loved the way they looked when I could wear them... There are things I keep because the kid(s) looked so darn cute and I hate the thought of never seeing them in it again... There are things I keep because it is perfectly usable so why should I throw it out?... There are things I keep because I know they are worth money if I could find the right place to try to sell them... And, that's not including the collections... movies, books by certain authors, my seriously diminished salt & pepper collection (most of it was stolen), my paper scrapping supplies (which I use about 3 times a year), etc... Do you get the picture??

I also need to sort through the kids books and toys - again... Please tell me other people have the seemingly never ending cycle of purge and get more in that department. We gave their Little People sets to their Aunt Cindy for when she has kid(s), and donated their mega blocks to Micaila's classroom because they decided they were too old for mega blocks and wanted Legos. I think we have enough stuffed animals to populate an entire zoo. But, in that area I hate to think of giving up any of their Care Bears or Popples - yes, I said Popples. Grampy got a bunch for Micaila's 1st birthday or 2nd Xmas off eBay 'cause at the time she was enthralled with them, and we're talking original 1980's not newer ones.

Anyway, between the change in schedule, the purging, the end-of-the-month CT and designer duties, and the fact that my co-worker is ooto for this week and next I'm a little tired, and haven't really had the energy to try to post before leaving home in the morning. I'm so tired I completely forgot my sister's anniversary last week...

I did manage to remember my baby brother's birthday yesterday, and have Micaila call before she left for school which completely made his day 'cause she actually TALKED to him! LOL She normally gets on the phone, and then refuses to say more than a word or two. He'd gotten some bs news from his boos a few days earlier, and was understandably upset so I'm glad something brightened his day. He works in an office much like mine - boss, receptionist, and him - that's it. He's been salaried both times he's worked for this guy, and STILL puts in 60-80 hrs most weeks. He was just informed that very shortly he will be on wages AND cut to no more than 30 hrs per week. His roommate (and our cousin) Tam was let go a few weeks ago so things are getting pretty tight. They're looking at moving out west - UT, AZ, or TX maybe...

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On to scrapping items... I have 5 LOs to share. I also created 2 more QPs for Connie, and finished my part of the collab for WenchdGrafix since my last post so it's not like I'm not doing anything - just nothing I feel like blogging about without other context! LOL

Title: Bowl Like There's No Tomorrow

Credits:
Paper and elements from the Extraordinary Day Kit by JanaM Designs available at The DigiChick.
Photos by me & Micaila.
Fonts: Typewriter from hell; Note This
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Title: What a pretty Spring blossom

Credits:
Papers and elements from the Hippity Hoppity Kit by Connie Prince; DigiDiva Designs.
Photo mask from Photo Masks 1 by Connie Prince; DigiDiva Designs.
Photo by my sil, Marcy.
Fonts: Hypewriter
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Title: as tall as a...

Credits:
Papers and elements from the Jungle Fever Collab by JanaM Designs and Dawn Inskip available at The DigiChick.
Photos by my dad.
Fonts: Heavy Heap
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Title: Peacocks at Hogle Zoo

Credits:
Papers and elements from the Jungle Fever Collab by JanaM Designs and Dawn Inskip available at The DigiChick.
Photos by my dad.
Fonts: Good Foot
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Title: Evening Magic

Credits:
Papers, mask, and elements from the Extraordinary Day Kit by JanaM Designs available at The DigiChick.
Template #57 by me.
Photo by me.
Fonts: Pea Jamie*B*
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That's a lot of Jana's stuff - like I said wrapping up CT work. I've been lucky enough to Guest for her for two months. :) Today just happens to be her birthday as well, and if you like her stuff don't miss stopping by her store at TDC 'cause she's got a little something for you! :D

Gotta' run 'cause I'm at work which is why it's been 2 hrs since I started this post... Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

:)

:D

2009-03-20T08:06:00.003-04:00

I've got good news... and VERY good news!

First off there are yet more QPs available for you! I've created more for Connie, and you can grab the newest one here. And, be sure not to miss the ones posted for her birthday as they may disappear soon! They can be found here, here, and here. :) There will be a few more soon as well! Here's today's:

Connie's got a HUGE template grab bag available right now for only $2.50!! Don't miss out. :)
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So, on to the other item...

I've been chosen as one of Wendyzine's newest template lifts!! My LO "My toes" was selected as one of her template "lifts", and I've been included in Lift It 7 - part of her Lift It Collection 2!!

I'm honored, thrilled, happy, and all those other things!! Thank you, Wendy!!

Got to go finished getting ready for work, but I wanted to share quick! Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

:)

Wanna quick sneak peek?

2009-03-19T08:55:00.003-04:00

I can show you my part of the April 2009 collab for Digital Scrap Garden...

There are two full templates in there in both PSD and PSP formats - AND they're 8.5x11! I've had a few requests to make some so I thought I'd try my hand here. :)

Gotta' run! Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

:)

Happy St. Patty's Day!

2009-03-17T07:49:00.004-04:00

Not much going on here. I can remember when I was little my parents used to bake these "lephrachaun" cakes using the doll skirt pans for bridesmaid cakes. They'd hide four of them in various places in the house for us to find.Iff I'd thought of it far enough in advance I'd have tried to do it this year for Micaila and Brenden, but I just remembered it 2 days ago, and it will take longer than that to find the pans at my parents' house...

I do have Micaila all decked out in green and snapped a few shots of my little green girl, but I don't have time right now to upload and post them so it'll have to wait. Gotta' be ready to run out the door in about 30 minutes.

Micaila's Science Fair is tonight so I'm thinking about leaving work a few minutes early to get home for it. Mike will have to meet us there as it starts at 6 and he doesn't get off work 'til then. Starting next Monday his hours have switched again, and he'll be working 11am-9pm for at least 3 weeks. That should be fun as the kids all ready fight about going to bed at 8 when both of us are here...

I have 4 LOs from the last two days. No where near as productive as I'd hoped, but I did finish up my part of the April collab for DSG. Now to get it uploaded...

Title: Love without boundaries

Credits:
Reversed staple, tape, and tags from Some Basics Kit by JanaM Designs available at The DigiChick.
Papers and all other elements from the In My Pocket Kit by JanaM Designs available at The DigiChick.
Wordart from Our Story Wordart by Kelley Mickus.
Photo by my dad.
Fonts: DJB CT'S ROCK

LO completes Digi Dare #124.
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Title: Jaylin - laughter

Credits:
Papers and elements from the No. 4 Kit by April Staker of DigiApe Designs.
Photos by my sil, Marcy.
Fonts: DJ Finch Ditto
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Title: Project365 - Week 10

Credits:
Background, doodles rectangles, day arrows, file tabs, and smile stickers from the Life 365 Hodge Podge 5 by Gina Marie Huff of Weeds & Wildflowers.
Photos by me.
Fonts: FG Cheryl; FiveOhOne
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Title: Project365 - Week 11

Credits:
Background from the Shabby Cottage Kit by Patricia Christensen of Weeds & Wildflowers.
Doodled border from the Life 365 Hodge Podge 5 by Gina Marie Huff of Weeds & Wildflowers.
Bracket and fun sticker from the Life 365 Hodge Podge 3 by Gina Marie Huff of Weeds & Wildflowers.
Just me sticker from the Life 365 Hodge Podge 4 by Gina Marie Huff of Weeds & Wildflowers.
Photos by me.
Fonts: VTKS Refused; FG Cheryl
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I've got to run! Still got to get dressed, eat breakfast, and take meds before getting the girl off to school and me to work! Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

:)

Been kinda MIA...

2009-03-12T12:27:00.004-04:00

I got my laptop last Friday, and have been busy (as usual) so that I've managed to skip blogging for a week now. I've gotten a mini-network set up at home so I can access my EHD from my laptop without being wired to it. I've gotten the basic programs installed, and am working on getting all my various bookmarks entered. :)

I have 4 LOs to share...

Title: Can't Touch This

Credits:
Papers and elements from the Cosmoplitan Kit by Kristine of WenchdGrafix.
Photo by my sil, Marcy.
Fonts: Tall Paul
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Title: See the possibilities

Credits:
Dateline and reversed staple from the My 365 Days Kit by JanaM Designs available at The DigiChick.
Paper and other elements from the Garden Friends Collab Kit by JanaM Designs & Gypsy Couture available at The DigiChick.
Photo by me.
Fonts: ReservoirGrunge; Segoe Script

LO completes the OLW Challenge #46 - See.
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Title: The Great Goofball

Credits:
Papers and elements from the 4 The BoyZ Collection - Soda Pop! N' Bubbles Kit by Royanna Fritschmann; Studio Ra available at Divine Digital.
Photos by me.
Fonts: Spongy
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Title: at day's end...

Credits:
Papers and elements from the Timeless Kit by Kiki Halbert Designs available at Scrapbook-Elements
Photo by me.
Fonts: Nueva Std
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I finished putting together the badge album for Jaylin, and have pics - which I haven't uploaded yet so I can't share them. Maybe by Saturday! LOL

I'll have an exciting CT announcement soon, and hopefully some more layouts. I've been really tired and my sinuses are still acting funky. I had my annual poke'n'prod session at the dr this morning. She agreed with my endochronologist about the meds so I'll be starting low dose meds for HBP and cholesterol as soon as I get the prescriptions filled. She also reccomended trying this pot thing that flushes your sinuses to get rid of whatever is lingering so I've got to pick one of those up and figure out how to use it...

I managed to get a package out to my brother, Kolby afterwards so his bday gifts will actually be on time! LOL

Gotta' run 'cause I'm at work! Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

:)