Long Time No Post

Howdy Everyone!

I hope everyone had a Very Happy Thanksgiving!

I know it's been a long time since I last posted, a very long time actually. Sorry for the disappearance act. The summer was totally crazy and this fall we had a house guest that put a real crimp in things for a couple of months. Drama and chaos!

Thank you to all of you who have stuck around and have been checking on me. I do miss the scrapbooking community and the friends I have made here on the blog. You folks all rock! I do plan on making a return, I have some templates that I have been working on and a few mini kits. I need to make previews and proof things before I can release them. Both are things I do not like doing and defiantly slow me down releasing things. 

As soon as I get the credits in order I will start sharing some layouts that I did over the summer and see if we can't get back into the swing of things around here! 

See you all soon!
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Template #279 ~ freebie

Busy Busy...

Oh the last week has been a busy one and I'm paying for it today. Oh how I ach all over! First off the little one was off from school all week so we were busy doing all sorts of things. Her teacher stopped by for a home visit and explained rainbow crayons to us. So we made some! really easy to do. If any one would like to know how just say the word! On Wednesday I saw some signs up for the neighbor hood rummage so I decided to throw one together last minute and spent Thursday setting up. Also on Thursday night I surprised grandpa with a new TV. Well new to him. I bought it off a friend of mine dirt cheap. Picked it up and delivered it to grandpa Thursday night. We discovered that it is larger then is old one and was really wobbly on his tv stand. So I told grandpa about the entertainment center that my friend had used for the tv and was also selling. I called him and set it up for Saturday to show it to grandpa. We had the garage sale on Friday and got rained out on Saturday. We didn't do to bad considering I never put signs out or did any advertising.  I only packed two boxes up to save for the next sale. I cleaned everything up and returned grandpa's garage to him on Saturday afternoon. When the rain took a break I took grandpa over to my friends house and he bought the entertainment center. My friend and I loaded it, then I had the oldest help me move it into grandpa's place and get the tv all set up again. Crazy busy couple of days and my feet and back are definitly screaming at me today. I'm so not used to being/standing on concrete so much. Dirt and grass is so much softer! I have a couple of contracts lined up for later in the month for my landscaping. Looking forward to those. Also need to build a deck and fence at grandpa's and install the new gutters on our place.  The weatherman says rain for the next 10 days so we will see how much I get done. I also need to get cranking on my tax's, I have everyone's done but my own!

 Santa Clause is Coming To Town by: Let Me Scrapbook

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Template #278 ~ Freebie

How's it going folks? Not to bad I hope! Been busy as always around here. Weather has been up and down so much it's like a yo-yo! But hey that's spring I guess!  I hope it settles down soon we need to get the garage cleaned up so we can have a Rummage sale. Planning one for early May and then another a couple of weeks before the actual move. With combining two households there are tons of duplicate things that we won't be needing. Do we really need 4 George Foreman grills? or three coffee pots? Or how about three sets of living room furniture! Lot's of things have got to go!
Also, one of our long term tenants has resigned a new contract. Lease to Own! He has been there long enough that we have the confidence in him to full fill the contract and take care of the place with us not being around. We also have a showing today of another one of our properties.  Cross your fingers, Please!

Sadie all curled up on Grandpa's couch.

Credits:

"Home" By: Digital Freebies

Font: Lesli Curve

Template #278 ~ Freebie

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Template #276 ~ Freebie

Yep, that pretty much sums up the last two weeks!

Credits:

Background paper and beads: "Joyful Heart" Kit by: Creative Intentionz

"My Hearts Dream" Blog Train parts by:

Trixie Scraps Designs

Foxy Designs

Rebecca PSP Designs

 Freebie Template #276

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Template #277 ~ Freebie

Morning Everyone. 

I hope this past week was a good one for you all. It was a stressful and emotional one for us. First off our home owners association has rules on dogs. 18 inches or under. Last Thursday the president of the home owners thingy came pounding on the door demanding to see the dog. She measured at 18 inches but I was told the dog goes or we go! He said we lied and that we were hiding the dog. NOT! How is it hiding a dog when the kids take her for walks around the neighborhood and such? Everyone knew we had her. 

When the oldest found out she flipped out on me. She had herself so worked up over it she literally made herself sick. She attempted -------  last year and I'm definitely worried how she is handling things. She refuses to talk about it and when I talked to her counselor she couldn't get her to talk about it either.  She has us all very worried.  The boy seems to be in a state of shock over it. 

So last night we took Sadie over to Grandpa's house and he is going to keep her for a while, until we get things sorted out. Sadie cried as much as the kids and I did when we left to come home. I called him later in the evening to see how it was going and she could hear me on the phone. She crawled up in his lap and licked the phone! I was going to go visit her and walk her today but the little one has a fever and is staying home from school. Friday or Saturday night I think the kids and I will spend the night at grandpa's, if everyone is feeling ok that is. Don't want to get Grandpa sick. He has had a really good winter in that aspect.

Now your all wondering what are we going to do to resolve all this? Right?

It's time to reach out and go after the dream!

We are moving! Out of town and out of state! AND Grandpa is coming with us! Sadie and Missey (Grandpa's cat) will be joining us too!

I've always wanted to see the mountains out my window and have some horses. Step one, the mountain view! After that I'm sure it will be a few years to save up to get land and horses, but we will be that much closer!

Nothing is gonna happen real fast. We have to sell our home, grandpa's house and 4 rental property's first!

We talked to the kids last night about how they would feel leaving there friends behind and they were very supportive about the move. They also understand the only family we have here is Grandpa and since he is coming with us there really is no reason to stay here. Where we are moving has most of the family! Moving will also put Grandpa closer to my Dad and Aunt. So hopefully they will visit him more often. He has not seen his Daughter (my aunt) in 5 or 6 years! They talk on the phone a few times a year but that's it.

We are selling everything that is not a necessity so that we can move a bit lighter! 6 people and two homes is a lot of stuff and a lot of junk that's not needed. If all goes well we should be moved and semi settled before school starts this fall. We will notify our tenants this week about the sales and give them the option to buy or at least be ready for a new landlord! I am so looking forward to the move but not the prep work! 

Today I have another layout to share with you.

It don't get any fresher then this!

Bits and pieces from each of the following kits:

"Along the Beach" by: Manu Designs

"Tropical Paradise" by: Creations By Rachael

"Welcome to Paradise, Bundle" by: Studio Flergs 

"Book" Template #277 ~ Freebie

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Michele ~ please get in touch with me. My last email to you was bounced back undeliverable!

Until next time...

Template #276 ~ Freebie

Morning All.

What a crazy busy week the last week has been. Last Monday we got an ice storm and I spent 3 days chipping Ice off sidewalks and driveways for clients. Followed by snow that I had to remove for those same clients. I think they were getting tired of seeing me as much as they were fed up with the weather! Last Thursday the boyfriend got a call to upgrade  a computer system for a small business here in town.  They wanted it done by the opening of business yesterday. Very short notice but I helped out and at 2 am Monday morning we were completely done and they opened at 8am with no issues. Success!

Here it is March first and I'm already dreaming of another vacation! I havn't even dived into to tax season yet, I should of started that the first of Feburary! I am so looking forward to April 15th. Not only will tax season be behind us but so will winter! Warm weather is just a short while away yet but it can't get here soon enough for me! 

I also discovered a new favorite drink this past week. White caramel chocolate cappuccino! yummy! So much for keeping the sugar out of the diet! I had also been slowly weaning myself off the caffeine but this past week all of that went right out the window!

Anyway, I do have another "Book" Template for you today. Remember these are only available until I post the next book template.

Another layout of us sailing along Waikiki on cousin Shem's sailboat.

Bits and pieces from each of the following kits:

"Along the Beach" by: Manu Designs

"Tropical Paradise" by: Creations By Rachael

"Welcome to Paradise, Bundle" by: Studio Flergs 

Life saver by: Granny Art

Template #276 ~ Freebie

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Template #275 ~ Freebie

Howdy Everyone!
That's about as cheerful as it gets today. I've had a relapse and have been really sick again. The fever finally broke last night and things have been slow but good today so hopefully over the next couple of days I'll get back on par. Crossing my fingers!
  I have another layout and template for you this evening. The photo was taken out on cousin Shem's boat in Hawaii.

Credits:

Stamp frame by: Lindsay Jane Designs
Swirls in frame by: ?
Parts of Hearts Dream Blog Train by:
Angel Hartline Designs  
Scraps by Mara   
Connie Prince
Steadfast-and-Immovable    
Brandy White Designs 

Template #275 ~ Freebie

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Templates #273 and #274 ~ Freebie

Morning Folks,

Hope your week has started off on a good note. I had intended on getting these posted earlyer but I've been taken out by a bad sinus infection. On the mend now thankfully, I hate not feeling well. The kids have the next 6 days off from school, hope I don't have to bang any heads together!  Actually it shouldn't be to bad. It did warm up to the 40's this past saturday and has pretty much stayed there. Maybe that's why I got sick, running around with no coat on and the windows open! Actually I have the window next to me open as I type this! Even with the warm weather we still have 7 or 8 inches of snow on the ground. So it's a muddy mess but I can still send the kids and dog out to play with out freezing so I'll deal with the mud just to get them out of the house for a while at some point. That's what the shower is for right?!

Anyway I do Have a couple of layouts to share with you that go along with todays Freebie Templates.

The first one is another Hawaii one. The cousins and a few friends canoed, kayaked, and paddled a small boat out to the Mokulua Islands. The larger Island of the two has a relatively nice beach to enjoy if you can get to it. The waves come around the two islands and crash together making it treacherous for the novice. The photo is taken on the Mokulua beach looking back at Oahu Island.

"Book" Template #273 ~ Freebie

"Tropical Paradise" by: Creations By Rachael

"Book" Template #273 ~ Freebie

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Second today I have a cute little layout of our puppy Sadie at 5 months old.

 Template #274 ~ Freebie

Cold Winter Days Kit ~ By Designs by Sliva 

(older kit from 2008)

Template #274 ~ Freebie

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Well I'm off to take the little one to the dentist. Have a good day everyone!

Until next time...

Template #272 ~ Freebie

Good Afternoon Everyone!

This week has been more of the same weather wise. COLD! This 20 to 30 below zero is getting real old, real quick! But there is good news in the forecast, 40's by this weekend! I'll believe it when it happens, with 40+ inches of snow on the ground it's gonna take some effort to get that warm. I am so wanting spring to get here so I can open all the windows and doors and let that wonderful fresh air in again! It's not the snow that bothers me, it's the ice and cold that get me. That is one thing I loved about Hawaii, having all the windows wide open! Falling asleep listening to all the night sounds. Where we stayed was in an agriculture(farming) area so the nights were very calm and peaceful almost like camping it was so quiet.

 Anyway, I do have another Hawaii layout to share with you all today. This one is of one of the cousins that live there. Shem took us out for a sunset sail on his sailboat which you will see later in other layouts. But while we were sailing he sang his favorite song for us.

 

Bits and pieces from each of the following kits:

"Along the Beach" by: Manu Designs

"Tropical Paradise" by: Creations By Rachael

"Welcome to Paradise, Bundle" by: Studio Flergs

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 "Book" Template #272 ~ Freebie

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Template # 271 ~ Freebie

Evening Everyone!

So how's your weekend going? Mine well, we took the dog to the vet this morning and had it confirmed, she has a hernia and needs surgery. After that we headed to Walmart then on to Mc Donald's for breakfast. We were back home and started on the laundry by 9 am! Saturday is cleaning day so each of the kids tackled there chores and then pitched in to clean up the living room. By eleven it was snowing and snowing hard, the big wet heavy flakes! Shoveled the drive way twice today so far. This afternoon it was warm enough and I was working just enough that when I shoveled, no coat was necessary. If I had worn it I would have been sweating my hiney off!

Tonight I have another layout from our Hawaii trip for you all to enjoy.

It's one of my favorites at the moment!

Bits and pieces from each of the following kits:

"Along the Beach" by: Manu Designs

"Tropical Paradise" by: CBR  (sorry no TOU was with this kit)

"Welcome to Paradise, Bundle" by: Studio Flergs

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"Book" Template #270 ~ Freebie

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Template #270 ~ Freebie

 Evening Everyone!
Wow what a week it has been! COLD! So cold they canceled school yesterday. Woke up Wednesday to -20 with wind chills of -40. Today we hit a high of 20 above! A tropical heat wave compared to yesterday.
I've spent most of the week bouncing back and forth between entertaining kids, scrapping and organizing tax's.

  

 Paper from "Along the Beach" by Manu Designs

Sorry link has expired ~ Freebie Template #270

Available for a limited time only. When I post the next "Book Template" this one will retire.
"Book Templates" are the ones that I'm using in my Hawaii Book. 

Oops, sorry there are no PSP images with the "Book Templates". Sorry I forgot to take that off the preview.

Until next time...

Freebie Templates 268 and 269

Good Morning!

The first couple of days home were spent doing laundry and reading. I had bought the final Harry Potter book to read on the plane but never got around to more then a couple of chapters on the way home so I finished it up and got it out of my system. The little one spent the first two days home not feeling well. A bit of jet lag and a small fever kept her home from school.
Then this week I have been super busy working on Layouts! I have around 30 so far from our trip that are in various stages of completion. Those should start showing up here on the blog over the weekend or very early next week.

Yesterday I chaperoned my son's 5th grade class on a field trip to the Kirby Science and Discovery Center. We went rock climbing and Hang gliding and all sorts of fun stuff. I even saw my first ever IMax film. That was totally kick butt!

After we returned from that I headed over to the little ones classroom and spent the remainder of the day with them doing room parent stuff and I gave a 30 min talk about Hawaii and showed them a ton of pictures. The little one showed off her shells she collected at the beach and her hula skirt! At the end I gave each of the children there own postcard I made with a photo I took of Pearl Harbor.

It has been an absolutely crazy month! I'm so glad you all hung in there with me!
Thank You!

Does anyone know of a really good Military or Navy style kit that I could use to scrap my Pearl Harbor Photos? That's holding me up on those layouts. I have hunted through half a dozen stores for one. I found some totally awesome ones that I broke down and bought for all the beach and boat pictures, but nothing yet for the Pearl Pictures. Help Please!

I will be working on the p365 templates today, Saturday you should be able to download any that you have missed. Tonight we have bowling league for the oldest and the boy has a snowboarding lesson. Should be another long crazy Friday!

Today's Freebies
Template #268 - freebie

Template #269 - Freebie

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Yes folks I'm still with 4shared at least for the moment.

Until next time...

Home Again...

Pearl Harbor
A very emotional day.

the view from 35,000 feet
This view struck me more then being on the rim.

The sun setting as we were making our final descent tonight coming home.

It was the perfect way to end our trip.
Better then what welcomed us on the ground. Snow! It was light then but it's been picking up steady all night. Anyone mind if I hop a plane and go back?! lol

I'll be getting to those broken p365 links in the next couple of days. If you all could remind me which ones they were it would help speed up the process instead of picking through the couple hundred emails I need to sort out.

Update

Howdy Everyone!

I know I 'm not posting like usual and I know I said I would but it has been an absolutely crazy month so far.

First we had a death in the family (boyfriends cousin). Five years ago the doctors gave her a year to live (brain tumor). She did not let it get her down and she traveled the world helping others on mission trips. But the last 2-3 months she went down hill very fast. In the end it was best that she let go. She was only 24.

This coming Wednesday morning, I will be catching a flight out of this fridge *bleep* and heading out for a week in paradise. 3,793 miles and 13 hours later I will be landing in HAWAII!!!!! Yep a week in Hawaii! Oh I can not wait, I'm literally bouncing off the walls! I'm completely packed and the suitcase is already by the door and I still have two more days to wait. grr. The two older kids and the dog will be staying with grandpa. Thanks Grandpa! You totally rock!

The youngest and I will be the ones heading out. My boyfriend is already there, he flew out for the funeral. But because of the kids I stayed home and will only join him for the last week of the trip. Too much for Grandpa to deal with for a two week stretch. A week he can do but 2 is pushing the limits. The school is giving the youngest full credit for school and treating this trip like a giant field trip! We will be visiting Pearl Harbor and going to the Polynesian Cultural Center. We will also be going kayaking and taking a ride on a small catamaran amongst other things. Hopefully when I get back I will also have a personal surprise to share with you!


Anyone got any ideas on how to entertain a 4 year old for a 13 hour flight? Any suggestions are welcome! That's the only part that has me some what apprehensive. We are taking the personal DVD player but it only plays 1 movie per charge. So any ideas would be a great help!

In scrapping news I have been working on a new kit for you all inspired by the three blizzards we had here in December. Of course I'm calling it "Blizzard"! I had planned on getting that out to you this month, but right now with everything going on and packing and such I just don't have the ability to sit and concentrate on finishing it. When I get back that's the plan though to finish it up and get it out to you.

Also instead of doing P365 in the standard way, I'm going to do monthly review templates for you. I promise the first one of those to you by the end of the month. I'd like to release each months review template about the third week of each month. I also have some template packs in the works.

Thank you to everyone who has left comments. Those of you who have had issues with a few of the p365 templates, I will try and get them working before I fly the coop but if not, i will get to them asap when I get home. I know I said I was gonna pull them down at the end of the month but since we are having issues with a few and my time table over the next two weeks is crunched I will leave them up for a few extra weeks so we can make sure that those of you who want them can get them.

Well that's about it for now. I feel like I'm bouncing all over the place. I'm just a ball of nervous excitement! Oh how I wish Wednesday would get here!

Until next time....