Scrappily Yours: October 2006

Sunday, October 15, 2006

Taking a break

With things stressing me so much lately and health issues I am taking a break from scrapping until mid November. I need time to recover from all the crap that bothers me of late and all the things that I have no control over but control me lol. I am gonna lay on the beach for awhile and just veg out and breathe! Hopefully the weather is cooperating while I am there but if not hey there are hot tubs and indoor lazy rivers! Hopefully when I get back I can be back to some sort of speed and in a creative frame of mind :-). I will be playing with some pixels as well working on that side of "crafting" and designing so don't be surprised what I add to my repitoire :-). I had forgotten how much I enjoyed that side of things as well so it's an exciting adventure for when I am back as well. I do have 6 kits in the making and some freebies as well so look for them when I am back. Have a great few weeks and if I don't post you know it's because the waves and sun are calling my name lol. Hugs and blessings Jo

Saturday, October 07, 2006

TY and neat find

I want to say TY for all the comments :-) Nice to know someone actually sees what I put here lol. Ya all ROCK and I appreciate it!

I am not a big fan of gothic stuff but I am a huge Jewelry nut and I came across this site that I so totally fell in love with her jewelry so just thought I would share it for any of you who enjoy it!

http://www.artofadornment.ca/main.htm

This one really caught my eye for some reason lol!

I have all this old jewelry I inherited from my great grandmother as she was a costume jewelry nut and none of my other sisters care alot for jewelry so I totally enjoy it. When I was working I always wore it ...I LOVE it lol what can I say. I rarely get much chance now as I can't get out and about as I used to but with several granddaughters I sure hope one of them loves it like I do so I can pass them on :-). I did take some of the ones that were broken etc and use them for some of my scrapping so that is a definite plus :-).

I also found a really kewl set for Halloween if I was still dressing up for a party night it definitely would be superb to own altho I don't see it for sale anymore it's kinda kewl. Her ebay site has alot listed there to and NO lol I don't know her or plugging her..Just really liked her stuff for some reason.

Thursday, October 05, 2006

I Was Tagged and didn't even know it lol

I got tagged by a Digitals Maddy and totally missed it! I am so SORRY Maddy!.. that means I will have to play catch up. lol.

List 5 weird things about yourself or your pets.
Tag 5 friends and list them.
Then, those people need to write on their blogs about 5 weird things, and state the rules, and tag 5 more people.

SOOOOOOOOOO here goes lol

1. I hiccup so loud they can hear me in the next county lol.

2. I used to snore but now I don't haha..have a cpap machine so that stops it but I do tend to look like something from an alien movie if you happen to come into my room when I am sleeping rotfl.

3. I sneeze in sets of 3. Dunno why but I can't just sneeze once...its always in sets of 3!

4. I have a "designer" cane in purple and black --looks like it's one of those papers they dip in oil and water to make a design. DH says if he left it up to me I would have one in every color to match my clothes !

5. I have no pets so that's no help is it --hmmmm thinking...of #5.......
My life is NEVER DULL --there never is a week that goes by that someone in my family does not have a crisis or emergency or some health issue. I WOULD love to have just a quiet uneventful life..my best friends keep telling me to write a book..Erma Bombeck did lol and look at the money she made!

Not sure I am tagging yet..know my bud Lissa will be one and of couse Wolfie bahbay lol . Gonna have to check who hasn't been tagged yet lol.

Thanks Maddy girl!

HAPPY HAPPY DANCE!

I AM SO STOKED! MY layout of Daltie was picked as layout of the day at GOTTA PIXEL this week on October 2! What a lovely honor it is! The members there are wonderful and always always comment on every layout and are very helpful when needed! They have a great site and I do love visiting it. They have a super staff as well that is well run and well put together! THANKS GP for making my day and my week!You can view their picks daily herehttp://www.gottapixel.net/blog/

Another Day and Challenge Starting

I told you life is never dull! I got a phone call and my db's f-i-l passed away suddenly with an anuerysm :-(. They had just gone to Hawaii on Sunday for a much needed vacation so I feel doubley bad for them. His "significant other" is a wonderful person we all love dearly and know this is a terrible loss for them both.

On another note Cody's big night ( Football game under the lights :-)) was cancelled last night due to a nasty lightening and thunderstorm that blew thru here. He was so disappointed as it was the only night game they play this season but they are trying to reschedule it this weekend either sat or sun night if possible so the team still gets that chance. It's funny how such a "small" thing like a night game can make a difference to these youngsters but it does! I think I can vaguely remember that lol. We played all afternoon games at my high school so it was a rare treat for us as well to have a night game back then as many stadiums did not have lights. When ds played in Michigan we had a huge mess of fundraisers just so the high school could put in lights to play night games.

There is just something about a crisp fall night game as opposed to an afternoon game for some reason!

I did up a two page layout of my darlin redheaded gs :-) in all his glory so here's a peek at it ..enjoy!

Credits are all mine cept for his name on page 1 ..that is Letterman Alpha by my buddy Ronnie McCray whose DT I am on. SHE ROCKS! She's on loa right now from designing as she has a beautiful brand new baby boy to enjoy and that sure does take priority over anything else naturally. He is a doll baby from the pics I have seen! Congrats again dear Ronnie!

On Page 2 it is actually a background I made for my Football Fever kit at Digitals ..I colorized it with Koyoto Color to go with his school colors as I did with Ronnie's Alpha as well. It made up a neat journaling page in my opinion as used the field lines as my paper. Just a spur of the moment idea I kinda like actually lol.

Had a marvelous checkup today so that part is good. I saw my pulmonary specialist and he was very happy with my tests and heart sounds so hey that's a good thing. AND I lost over 20 lbs so that is definite happy happy joy joy! I knew I had been losing it as had that dang stomach bug for two weeks on top of dieting so I was happy with that announcement from him as was he lol. He put me on another med this time tho for my allergies as the fall seems to really drive me nuts with sneezing fits and so far so good. I used it when I got home this afteroon and so far I can still actually breathe tonite without being stuffy! GO FLONASE lol.

Tomorrow starts my challenge hosting at 3 Scrapateers. It's called Remember When with Jo. Each Friday I will be posting a challenge to remember things either from your past or your ancestors past in a page. It won't necessarily require any pictures but journaling is a must so it may prove interesting I hope! I would love to see both photos and journaling but am leaving it up to those who choose to participate. Haven't finished a bonus to hand out yet as not sure what it will be but I promise ya will get some freebie of some type from someone lol. Maybe me, maybe another designer who knows. Be surprised haha.

well I rambled as much as I can for one time so have a wonderful weekend all!
Hugs and blessings

Wednesday, October 04, 2006

Life is NEVER dull!

To say my life is ever dull is just a non sentance! MY life is NEVER dulll--I would love to have a dull day or week or month or year lol.

We are still doing the ongoing tests with the VA for dh which thinks we have nothing better to do than travel 2-3 hours away for tests they could do on his day off rather than making him miss a day's work. He tends to get cranky when they keep scheduling the appts for mondays and tuesdays etc and they know dang well he works...guess who gets stuck in the middle? YEP that would be me as usual!

my ds got hurt at work and is suffering with cracked ribs and alot of pain and may actually be broken or he may have back and/or spinal cord injuries ..we don't know alot just yet..he has an MRI in the morning and had other tests this week as well as going to therapy most days. It makes it difficult at best to even play with his precious newest daughter our miss wiggle butt lol and to get his older daughter back and forth to school and cheerleading and not miss her events. Somehow tho between him and his wonderful wife they manage. Having a son who is a fireman is scary enough let me tell you and knowing he has a family it worries me even more but it is who he is, it is who he wanted to be and it is what he loves to do so as a mom I deal with but sometimes I sure wish he had picked a safer profession haha!

Our sweet Caitie had her trip to her specialist at Children's Hsptl and they are scheduling her for surgery after the first of the year again. She was so little when they did the first ones she doesn't really remember how bad it was..how close we came a few times to losing her...so is dealing with it matter of factly right now as she adores her dr. She is one of these rare kids who loves getting a shot! GO FIGURE! She gets very put out when they don't have to give her a booster shot lol. Her hip is what the issue is and while it has healed fairly well it is not growing as she is and without the surgery she will have more and more difficulty as she gets older with normal activities like running and playing let along doing the things she wants to do like gymnastics or ballet. The surgery is necessary yes but...as grandma I so wish and pray it would suddenly be normal to save her the misery I know is ahead after the surgery and while it reheals. They said they are going to put her in a cast as with 5 brothers and sisters there is too much change she could hurt it so that in itself will be a challenge and she will miss school for many weeks which she is not happy about as she loves school.

As for me ugh..same old same old--good days and bad days. The fall weather bringing the colder air is already starting to effect me more each day. I cannot wait to get to the beach and sit in the sun and hottub! Well not so much the sun since as a Lupus patient the sun is not my friend but still the warmth from it sure does these old bones good! The pain meds are taking some playing with to get it so that I have more than an hour at a time without being miserable but hopefully at some point it will work on a continuous basis. I am just kinda sick of taking 14 kinds of meds for all the crap I have been dealt but guess I should be grateful that they even are able to treat them with something rahter than just giving up as was done in" olden days". I know I am blessed with some caring dr's and that is definitely a plus but it took so long to get ones who heard me and cared enough to know where to find out what was causing me such agony.

SO there is my not so dull life this week lol.---stay tuned cuz who knows what next week will bring as there is always something trust me!

Happy over the hump day..hope yours was good!

I don't get much chance to watch movies but I took time tonite to watch The Lake House starring my favorite Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves . It took my breath away in a wonderful way! This so tops my favorite movies just for the content. If you are a romantic in any sense of the word you will love this movie. While yes it's not plausible it still catches you up in a love story that transends time and space. It's one that can make your heart melt and tears come up every so often in a good way. I found it just amazingly beautiful and will be watching this one over and over like several other Sandra Bullock movies I have. This is a winning combination of these two actors and the chemistry of the love story is awsome. For it me it goes up there with Somewhere in time starring Christopher Reeves and Jane Seymour and with The Bridges of Madison County. Just good love stories--the sappy kind--the good kind that make you sigh and make you dream and wish for the kind of love they have. All in all some time well spent for someone who doesn't take time to watch tv or movies much lol. If you get a chance watch it..enjoy it! I sure did!

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Freebie

Please take time to visit us over at THE UNTAMED SCRAPPER and read our newsletters called the VIEW FROM UNTAMED where our OCT one is located (Just click on the VIEW).

October:
Techniques of the Month
Envelopes and "Time" --You can check out my tutorial :-)

Color Scheme of the Month:

Olive, Kraft,Pink, and Coral --You can see my layout with the colors and the freebie that I did of my best bud Lissa and her dh ;-)

and my freebie gift here --

It will be gone Nov 1 so if you want it you best get it now. AND REMEMBER IT'S NOT FOR SHARING!

Please be an angel and don't be a pirate!

Monday, October 02, 2006

New Tut Up for Digi Envelope

Did a new tutorial for The Untamed Scrapper Newsletter and also at Digitals
"Making a Digital Envelope Template"
Here is an example of what I did with it :-)

LOTS and LOTS and LOTS

Wow I have neglected here for a bit haven't I? I was working on layouts and kits and all that fun stuff I so love to do! Without further ado here are the new LO's I got done :-)

Digitals is celebrating it's Birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DIGITALS!

To celebrate you will find almost all products on sale for 20% off or more :-)

My layouts hold just a small sampling of many of the items you can find there! Such talented ladies from all over the world add to the content each day or week so be sure to visit there often and see what's happening and what's new!