I just became a MOD!

I am sooo excited! I just became a moderator for Scrapperie....one of my FAVORITE sites! I figure this is perfect for me since I like to talk alot! I hope some of you will come check us out over there....we have lots of fun stuff coming up this month! If you decide to join in on the fun, just tell em Raj sent you!

Fun with Photography

I have recently gotten more and more into taking pictures....not just pictures of my kids, pictures in general! I have been having such a great time playing with the settings on my camera and editing tools you can find online!

Here are some pictures I have taken recently, if you are not out there taking pictures just for the fun of it you should! It's alot easier than I thought and what stress relief!

Have fun finding the beauty in every day!

Art Journals

I just got into this art journaling thing, I was not sure what to think of it, but let me tell you, it is sooo much fun! I have done three pages so far, one was tough, but I was having a hard time then with my grandfather being sick, but the other two were just TOO much fun! It felt good to do something creative just for me!

If you have never done one, you should REALLY give it a try! I have posted mine here for you to see.

Tallyscrapper has a GREAT art journal section on their site with monthly prompts and a REALLY supportive group of ladies! Really, Check it out!

JOB INTERVIEW!

I am sooo excited! My hubby has an interview tomorrow! Please, cross your fingers for him!

I had a great weekend, my daughter was home and she was AWESOME! I have seen so much progress with her, she is just blowing all of us away...and the countdown is on until she comes home!

I also cropped with my MOM this weekend, my favorite layout EVER was created! I did a TON of distressing (Which I love to do) and this actually won me first place at the crop! I was in AWE that I won! LOL

Emotional Layout

I don't think that I have ever done a layout that made me cry...this was a first.

I decided to make a layout with some old pictures I had of myself and my Nanny. She died when I was five, and I have never truly gotten over it. I loved her so much, and through the years I have often wondered if I make her proud and tried to gauge some of my bigger decisions on that. I miss her more than words could express, so I decided to write her a letter, that was the basis for the layout....

BASIC GREY

Got some of the Sugared collection...check this layout out! It's georgeous papers and sooo fun to work with!

I also got some stuff from Paper loft, the story book pages rock also! You can check this stuff out at tallyscrapper, their link is on the side there!

The new Love of my Life

Okay, it totally used to be Rob Thomas, he had that hot brooding bad boy thing going on, but things have been kind of downhill for him and me since he got married, he lost that edge.

But don't worry! I have a new man to make my heart skip a beat! That's right ladies, I am in LOVE with David Cook!

Ever since he did his version of "Hello" by Lionel Richie I have been HOOKED! He is soooo sexy when he sings!

I just had to share....yummy

Scrapping Fool!

Hi guys! I spent the weekend scrapping and got another one done last night! Here it be!

I have been having a wonderful time with my husband this week, we are just getting along so well, it seems he has found his nitch with this whole fish tank thing! It's looking really good too!

We have decided to take the leap and start dieting, so, wish us luck!

It's Sunday!

Hello everyone! Just wanted to drop a new line for everyone!

I spent the day yesterday with my Mom, I love her so much, we get together every Saturday and scrap all day long! It's great having this time with her, just us, to talk and remember days past, it's really special to me!

Here is one of the layouts I got done yesterday....enjoy! Hope everyone Has a wonderful day!

Could my Life Suck any more!!!!

O.......M.......G
I WAS going to do this nice post with pics and a poll about how my daughter Olivia and I got our haircut yesterday, complete with before and after pics...this was a big deal since Olivia, who is four, has never had a real haircut, just a small trim and bangs...
So....I went to transfer the pictures from my card to my computer and they showed transferred and deleted from my card, but when I opened my files....THEY ARE ALL GONE!
I have looked everywhere and cannot find them! I don't know what to do!
If you are a techie genius and have any thoughts for me, please, please, please, leave me a comment and how to reach you....I am desperate and hoping that the 48 pics I just transferred are SOMEWHERE on my computer!

Big News Tomorrow...

Complete with pics! Really it's not that huge, but it is for us!
Check it out tomorrow, I am just too tired tonight to even upload layouts, none the less blog and upload pics...there will be a poll too!
Exciting....I know....you can hardly wait, can you?

My Day

Well, it was different, that's for sure. For once the weather was half decent today, around 60 degrees, though there was next to no sun. The kids went to the doctor for shots and Olivia, my 4 year old, had to have blood drawn because they think there may be a problem with her pituitary glands....let me tell you how fun that was. I really should have taken my camera and caught on film her screaming and struggling to get away...I almost cried, it was THAT bad!

We came home to find out that my husband, who had done work for someone, was shorted on the pay. First of all, the pay was a week late, and then today over a hundred dollars short! Yeah, that just put him in an UGLY mood.

So we packed up the kids and went to Sonic for lunch.....yummy! I had never been there before and the food was actually pretty good and the slushy was OUT OF THIS WORLD!

We went to Wal-mart this evening and got the Dewey Cox Story....Walk Hard and will be watching it a little later. I am going to attach some more of my layouts to this.

Hope your day is going better than mine!

Got a package!

I got this GREAT package from a site called Scrapbook Takeout...it's all Embellie's! How fun is that! I am just loving all the cool stuff they sent me, and some really neat stamps like I have never seen before! Check out this layout! It's made almost entirely from what I ordered from them!

In other news, my Grandfather is out of the hospital and doing okay...though he is not taking it as easy as any of us would like, but hey, that's who he is right? LOL...I am glad he skimmed past a major ordeal yet again, and only pray that he appreciates how lucky he was and takes the doctor's advice...all of it! LOL

Hope all of you have a lovely day!

Depressing....sorry

I found out last night that my Grandfather, the only one I have left, is not doing so well. I don't understand all the technical stuff that was said to me, but it boils down to his heart, it's just not working as well as it should, and I don't know how much they can do for him considering he is 85 and has already had quadruple by-pass surgery.
He has said that he does not wish to be a vegetable, and that if that happens, please to just let him go...I understand that. He is a very active man, he, up until now, has lived on his own and still continues to go fishing in the spring and summer.
He lost his wife a very long time ago, my Nanny, when I was around five. He has been with some women since then, I do believe he cared for them, but I don't think he has loved anyone like he did my Nanny. I think this is why he has stated that he is ready to go, if it's his time.
But damn it! I am not ready for him to go....I know that selfish, but I am not! I don't want to loose him! He is my only surviving grandparent, and I don't want to loose him, I also don't want my kids to grow up without knowing him. My Oldest will remember him, as she is eleven, but the younger two won't, and it just doesn't seem fair. He is so good with my kids, always joking with them and making them laugh...he always picked on me when I was a kid (teasing...the good kind) and I don't want my kids to not get a chance to experience that!
I don't want my Mother to not have either parent left, I cannot imagine that pain...I cannot imagine not having my parents, I just can't, I know they say you move on....but I don't think I would ever be the same, and I know she won't either. Her and her father have come a long way, and I know she is not ready for this either....
The whole thing just sucks. I hate it. I hate that it is happenning, and I hate that I feel this torn, I don't want him to have to live in a way that does not make him happy, but damn it, I want him around! I really hate this, I really do.....
I don't know what else to say, thanks for reading this....thanks.

Love,
Katie.

Good Morning and How do you do?

Hello to all! I just wanted to drop a line and let everyone know what has been going on!
I have been doing a ton of scrapping, and I really love the stuff that I have gotten done! I also have been very worried about my Grandfather. He is not doing so well and is in the hospital...I am hoping that all is going to be fine, I am not ready to loose him yet!
Please, keep him in your prayers!