Crop Weds Night

Choices

Well it's that time of year to make some choices and one of mine is that I will not be staying at Divine Digitals as of Jan 13, 2008. I appreciate all the love and friendships I made there but I need to spend more time concentrating more and less time worrying HOW to get things done. I could not split up my time effectively at all this past year between Digitals, 3S and Divine so am choosing to scale down so I can do a better job at the other two commitment wise.

Will post tomorrow with a preview of goodies for coming to the ScrapADeal crop on Jan 2 if you want a sneak look.

Happy Happy Joy Joy
Jo

Scrap-A-Deal at 3Scrapateers

Ok here it is tah dah!
I have the first Scrap-A-Deal of the year over at 3Scrapateers! What a great way to begin the new year!

Here's a peek at what the FULL kit looks like :

How does Scrap-A-Deal work?

You buy this half for the great price of only $2.00 this week ONLY, create a layout and post it in the 3S Gallery HERE

Once posted you will be sent the rest of the kit via links in your PM in the forum!

The full kit consists of papers, frames, buttons and more in blues whites, silvers and a touch of red for added interest!

Special Thanks to: Atomic Cupcake, Tandika Star, Annie's Attic, and Sherrie Piegdon.

Make sure you have your settings to get PM's so you can get the rest of the kit for free! You are saving $4.00 on this deal from now until January 2 the night of the crop! Attend the crop at 10pm eastern time in the chat room at 3Scrapateers and you also get some free goodies and can chat, rant, cheer, or whatever your heart desires that night! You will have a week to post your layout to the gallery! So please join me there ...I don't do crops much but we always have fun no matter who the host may be!

Hope to see you there!

Christmas Past

Growing up Christmas is a time special to my heart. Coming from a "His, Hers and Ours" family we never were at a loss for company over the holidays! We had anywhere from 6 to 9 kids running around the adults which made for many joyous memories and laughter. I treasure those times as well as the memories we make today with our 7 grandchildren near and far. It is difficult having our Livy so far away but she is always in our heart and calls from her keep us up on her doings! We will be spending time with the others this weekend and had a Christmas eve night the day before with "Cat" as her pappy nicknamed her. We got her Christmas photos yesterday and cannot wait to scan it in and show her off of course lol.

If you have time and mind to please pay a visit to my pixel site to see what we watched as children growing up..those of you from western PA and Chicago will most likely remember these cartoons--Hardrock Coco and Joe, Suzy Snowflake and Frosty the Snowman which you can view on my pages there. Give the pages time to load the videos! You will need to close this blogger page as the Holiday Music here would also be playing and don't think you want that lol.

Have a joyous Holiday season and may the new year bring you love, laughter and Joy!

Our Lil Jack

Here is another of our new addition Jackson who belongs to my son and his wife and is Scarlett's baby "bruffer"-she calls him Jack Jack lol.

Used Sophia Davies - A Christmas To Remember.

Layouts

Bad blogger that I am I did not get back to add these layouts ugh.

Here is our newest addition J.T. :-) He is priceless and the spitting image of his daddy for sure!

Used Jen Maceyunas-LittleBundle QP and Sue Jones - Children's Word Art both available at Digitals.

Newest stuffers

Jo's Coppered Christmas

Find this at 3Scrapateers or Digitals

EveryDay Heroes Scrapkit

Find it at 3Scrapateers or Digitals

EveryDay Heroes Scraplet QuickPages

Find it at 3Scrapateers or Digitals

Snowy Blues Scraplets/QuickPages

Find them at 3Scrapateers or Digitals

Halloween Word Drops

Find them at 3Scrapateers or Digitals

Forever

It sure seems like forever since I posted and when I look at the dates it is! I am a bad bad blogger lol.

At any rate have new layouts done and new kits etc up so here ya go!

New Layouts

She has grown up so much these past few months..she's not a wee baby anymore! Our Miss Wiggle Butt loves the camera! Used MaltShoppe One for this layout of her taken out in Indiana when she was out there for a visit with her other grandparents and aunt,uncle and cousins. Think the title of Irresistible just suits her don't you?

My son entered a talent show back in high school days and did a rendition of "Soul Man" from the Blues Brothers movie. He and one of his best buds Brian got a standing ovation from the entire audience and the judges created a special award for them as they didn't have a category that fit lol. He gave me a few heart stopping moments with some of the flips he did over Brian during the show but to him it just came naturally! He's the one on the right and Brian is on the left. I can still hear the two of them doing their thing not realizing the mic's were full on...they thought they were lip syncing haha but they were loud and clear! Used MaltShoppe Two for this one.

Two New Kits up

I put up two new kits in the 3 Scrapateers store last night and will have them at Digitals later in the week. They came from listening to dh's cds called Malt Shop Memories. Hope ya all like them! Have used them both for layouts will post next.

MaltShoppe One

MaltShoppe Two

It's that time of year!

My oldest grandson had his first formal football game as a 9th grader last week! I feel so old lol. I was able to get to the game altho it was 94 out and I ended up suffering heat exhaustion it was worth watching him! I was given a digi camera by my daughter and was able to work it yay! I was a bit too far away for the shots I would like to have had but next game will be better now that I know how it works! I am so proud of him..he's worked hard for this and played center which I had no idea he was doing! They won 24-8 hooray! More to come later :-)

Sommerfly

It sure has been an ummm interesting week shall we say! I managed to kill my C drive and lost everything on it in reformatting but luckily had alot of it backedup. It takes ages to reinstall things tho ugh! Hopefully it's all in working order again!

Here is the Sommerfly Kit

You can find it at

3 Scrapateers

Digitals

Divine Digital

Ok don't faint and a rant and babbling

Three days straight!! Wow don't go fainting on me if you actually read this lol.
I made myself a promise to keep up on this no matter what so trying to make time each night yay!

Em's mom got home and actually picked her up early and took her shopping for school clothes so at least I am not worrying about her first day as she has been a basket case. Preteen girls are just as bad as teenage girls trust me!

We did her school physical today so that is in order too hooray but I am so fed up with the dr's office I went on a rant and called their office manager who seemed to be horrified by what we went thru with the front office this past week and assured me not once, not twice but THREE times she would make sure Em's dad was NOT billed the extra copays incurred because they did not do their job the first time. Lo and behold when her daddy was seen in the afternoon didn't the front office refuse to see him unless he paid the 20.00 (that's two 10.00)copays and told him that was tough and he had no choice! By the time he got home and his wife called to tell me what happened I was livid and made yet one more phone call and you guessed it..she was gone for the day. I left her a rather pointed message so lets see if she calls back on monday and takes care of it and refunds it. I am so sick of employees who either need retraining or attitude adjustments concerning "customers" whether it's a store or a dr's office we are still a PAYING customer and should be treated correctly. I don't have a rude bone in my body normally but this past few months I have had my fair share of rude, arrogant people and enough is enough. I left two phone messages for another person who is dh's claim adjuster on her voice mail and when i called back..you guessed it again..she left early. After all it is FRIDAY! Dang I sure wish I could have left early on Fridays just because I wanted to all the years I worked! One would think she could have had the courtesy to at least call and say she could not answer the information until Monday but instead she just left us hanging yet AGAIN!

My dear grands stepmom has taken the habit of calling me at all hours of the night when their 6 children are not listening and while I love that we can have a good relationship I simply can't deal with all of it anymore. Bless her she loves his three (my grands) as much as their 3 and 6 kids can be handful for sure but she is the MOM in the house ..I am only Nana....I raised my kids and they came out fairly well for the most part and I LOVE kids and adore my grands but there comes a time in life when I have to learn to say NO MORE and guess this is getting to that point. I told my daughter that on the phone today and she agreed all of them really do bug me over things they can perfectly well handle and did handle when I was first ill. Now that i have good days they seem to forget I still have more bad days than good ones and stress is a high NO NO when you have Lupus and some of the other health issues like I do. I hate that it has done that to me but it has plain and simple and now after what 6 years I finally am saying NO and I CANNOT do this for you. We all need to be needed but sometimes it comes to being overneeded and right now I am just plain worn out both physically and emotionally. I find myself forgetting my own name more often than not lol --well not literally but you get the gist of it! Add the stinking hot weather we are having here and the storms rolling thru that make my body hurt like someone beat me with a baseball bat and well you get the picture tho pretty it is not!

Boy I am re reading the posts I made and I guess I really am on rant aren't I! I just feel better getting it out and sometimes it just helps me feel better even if I am the only one who reads it it still helps me get it out instead of sitting and stewing about it or worrying til I make myself sick. Guess there is something to this blogging thing in many ways. Kinda almost like a diary depending on what you say haha.

Regardless if you read it thanks..if not so be it. Am not here to please the world although it would a lovely thing to be wouldn't it :-)

I just love what I do when I can do it and just feel like sometimes I need this blog to just say what I need to. I would never hurt anyone meaningly (is that even a word?) so you will not ever see that kinda crap here..i saw enough of that lately at a trash the digi designer's postings on another blog and even sometimes when there are "cat fights" and "drama queens" in some forums. I remembered why I rarely post in forums and even more rarely read posts for that reason. Everyone is definitely entitled to their opinions and I am all for that but when it gets to "name calling" and cussing like potty mouths (who need a good spanking or mouthwashing)I just can't stand it. If you do not like a product then don't buy it and don't support that site but be adult enough not to act like a teenager with the neener neener I am better than so and so routine. I am way too old to listen to that crapola for sure. Digi designing USED to be alot of joy and fun but a few have made that very difficult and over the past year I have seen more people hurt and even some friends leave the business and it's just sad to think of the wasted energy that could have gone to better use(sigh) because some women who claim to be adults can't act like adults and have a decent conversation about something they may not agree about without resorting to swearing and name calling! I choose to stay away from places with that type of drama but unfortunately happened across some messy ones last night that took me hours to figure out just what the real question was..go figure! Mostly I remain in my happy little quiet corner and just want peace and quiet and time to learn to do more scrapping and some designing while I have the chance in this life to do so. Too soon I will not be able to pass on what I want to for my family and to me that is more important than worrying about who said what about who in some blog someplace kwim?

Ok enough of my babbling. Bear with me til I get over this hump ..hopefully over the weekend I can get some much needed deep rest and life will perk me back up again. Just really in the basement caves at the moment sorry.

PSP SCRIPTS and PS/PSE ACTIONS

I have ventured into the realm of PS/PSE actions and PSP Scripts. Have added both commercial and personal versions in several packages at all 3 shops.
You can choose the 2 paper version, the 4 Paper version or a combo pack for PS, PSE and PSP.
They have been tested and work in multiple versions.
PS versions work in PS7, PSCS, PSCS2 and PSCS3
PSE versions work in PSE2 thru 5 ( they include the additional needs that are required to use actions in PSE)
PSP versions work in PSP 8,9,X and XI.

GADS

I really am a horrible blogger anymore! I keep meaning to do it daily and know I want to do it daily but somehow it just escapes me!!!! Shame on me!!!!!
This past month has been a trip to say the least! Between grandchildren and a hubby I am not sure who I am these days!! DH got hurt at work the end of July and we have gone without even his work comp paycheck til this week when he finally got his first one and he went back to work on light duty monday..go figure! Course that made it a million times harder to pay bills and get the essentials so did get some new kits and some actions/scripts up to see if that will help some. Will post previews here in a few.

Our "Cat" as her pappy calls her seems to be going thru some real issues...Now keep in mind this munchkin is going on 9 now but THINKS she is much older of course. For some reason she is in the phase of pitting her divorced parents and her stepmom and making them nuts which results in extremely late(like 1am and long (like3 hours) phone calls from her stepmother because this little rugrat will not go to sleep no matter what we do! It all got bad when she was in her cast after her surgery in the spring and it's gotten worse and now is to the poing we are all ready to throw up our hands! She admitted she does not want her daddy to go to work despite the conversations he has had with her explaining why he must work, despite her loving stepmother's attempts of bribery to threats and nothing works until she goes and calls Cat's mom and she goes and gets her. Now Miss Cat has decided she wanted to go live with her mommy ( my daughter) except when Daddy is off work which was okayed by both mom and dad and respective stepparents. HOWEVER this seems to not have solved her issues as she now takes total hissy fits when she goes back to dad's and he has to go to work. So much so I got angry and I NEVER get mad at my grands but I sure was at 1am the other night and drove to their house and basically flew up the stairs..Her eyes about popped out of her head as Nana does not get mad at her and Nana does not do stairs lol. I sure did that night! To make a long story short she ended up going home with her mom yet again but the topper was that when her daddy talked to her two days later she denied any of it even happening!!!!!!! I only know right now that our precious child has some problems and we need to seek some other help for her as she is now also wetting the bed which is another sign of something is not right! Her dr. saw her and she does have an Upper Respiratory Infection which can account for some of her tantrums due to not feeling good but it does not explain her total behavior change and issues. He gave us the names of two wonderful child counselors so hopefully we can get to the bottom of what may be troubling her. She is well taken care, loved alot and none of us totally get what is going thru her little mind but keeping her in our prayers and with some help maybe we can get answers!

We spent almost 10 days with little to no phone service thanks to a storm and some crossed lines! I about choaked the phone co customer rep the day I had enough and called them..I got a well it did storm and sometimes that messes things up! DUHHHHHHHHH I know that except for one thing...Our Phone lines are UNDERGROUND and that did not explain the constant static and the ability for me to listen to my neighbor's phone calls from the apartment across from me! She could hear me as well lol ...good thing we are friendly and we knew each other's voices! When they finally sent the service guy here a week later mind you it turns out all our lines were carroded in the outside terminal box and once he fixed that the static was gone BUT in the process it crossed lines and all our phone calls were being forwarded to someone about 5 miles away on the other side of the big Highway!!! How they didn't know but it took all day and 4 service dudes to finally sort it out! The lady on the other end was none too nice either to them or us and kept hanging up on the phone co when they tried to explain what was going on..talk about RUDE! It seems to be mostly okay now but when we got MORE rain again tonite i got some crap on the line again so guess who is getting a phone call again tomorrow?

I am long winded YEP sure I am ..am really wound up tonite lol.
Lets see what esle..well we have had our Em here for a week..her mother said she was being sent to FL for work and even tho we have suspicions she may be elsewhere like in jail we can't prove it so accept that for now. Last Thurs night Em was at a friends and jumping on their trampolline and managed to get tangled in the net twist her arm and strained/sprained her shoulder. When she got to cheer practice her coach called me as she is a family friend and wanted to let me know about it as they could not reach Em's mother YET AGAIN! I advised Em to call me if she got home and her mom still was not there which she did and was crying as she was hurting pretty badly. I drove the 20 mins to her house to find her mom STILL not there and not answering her cellphone. This woman has had her car impounded and has no phone in the house and leaves her 11yr old daughter to fend for herself..THIS IS JUST WRONG! The people at CYS see nothing wrong with it but we sure do! No child should have to be afraid every day when she goes to bed and nobody is there! The more I talk about it the madder I get I guess. I took her to the ER with the help of her aunt(my daughter) and my daughter was able to finally reach Em's mother who showed up at the ER as we were done! Let's see that was over 8 hours from when someone first tried to reach her to tell her Em was hurt! What if Em did not have me to call what then? I so worry and my son (her daddy) worries himself sick over it but we cannot make CYS understand the turmoil this has put this child in!

Gaw I really am on a roll aren't I!!!! I guess I am just plain TIRED and fed up with things over which I have no control..with the lack of common sense in people...with the lack of responsibility for their actions....with the uncaring, unloving parenting I see around me sometimes...with the system that allows it.....with alot of other crap and it finally has gotten to me.

If you read this far thanks for letting me vent lol. SOmetimes just venting helps ya know!

Got some layouts Done HOORAY!

I took time to get some layouts done over the weekend and am really happy with the results! I have been wanting Ztampf's silk flowers since I first saw them and FINALLY went for them and thought they were perfect to use with a heritage layout! Using it with this scrapkit called Authentic Rust by Kashiabean at 3Scrapateers just really felt right! Used my buddy Ronnie McCray's Krafty Glory Alpha as well since it blended the colors nicely!

And then there is this redo of another photo I had already scrapped but located a larger version of it and could not resist using Kim Stewart's Spring Has Sprung kit and alphas for it! The flowers in this kit are simply gorgeous to say the least!

Last but not least or maybe least lol I worked on a page for my BOM. I managed to get photos of all the childhood homes I lived in before I was married from the time I was born to when I went to live with my grandparents and on til my marriage when I was still in high school. Lots of memories came flooding with each photo..all good ones..I was very blessed to have been raised by my dad''s parents who really were my mom and dad from the time I was 3. Just alot of fun and laughter and joy in our lives as we grew up and those memories are ones I cherish!

How Cute Is This!

HOW cute are these? I was looking for someone I know and came across this site ETSY and a shop within called JustKiddn in the process and these just made me smile a huge grin!!!! I can just see one of my grands in them lol. Are they the cutest thing or what?
Check out their other ones like frog feet and flamingo feet rotfl. How creative and how adoreable!
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=6376464

Crop

I want to say a HUGE thank you to those of you who attended my chat at 3Scraps tonite! I was a total wreck before hand but thanks to some special folks it was fun and I SO enjoyed myself! I hope you all enjoy the kit and the extra goodies as well! Remember the goodies are only good til morning and they will no longer be there! If you have had a problem with them please pm in the forum and if you were there I will sure be happy to help out!


I am so enjoying looking at the layouts in the gallery you all have posted so far!!! Great job!



Remember you have til midnite Friday night to get your layouts in for the free half!


If you missed the chat you can get the whole kit in the store now as well as the new alpha made to go with it! Check it out!

NEW ALPHA

Wanna Peek at one of the Freebies for the Chat?

Stop and chat on Thursday night June 28 at 10pm Eastern time for the Half n Half chat and even nab a few freebies! This is one of the gifties you can get! Can't attend the crop? Then look for it in the stores next week! Set of two A-Z alphabets! Hope to see you there!

Thanks to my scrapping bud Ronnie McCray for the magnifying glass! You rock woman!

Sneak Peek

Want a sneak peek at the ENTIRE StarBound Kit? See above!


Buy half and get the other half free when you post a layout to 3Scrapateers here by Midnight Eastern Time Friday June 29! If you can't then look for the full kit in the store at full price starting Saturday! Remember the Patriotic Holiday of the USA is fast approaching! But you don't have to have holiday photos to use it..just check out the gallery and see what others have done with it so far!





http://www.3scrapateers.com/gallerypp/showgallery.php/cat/1323

Half N Half at 3Scrapateers

Check out the Half N Half now up at 3Scrapateers!

StarBound

What is a HnH?

Purchase Half kit in the store for Half Price and post a layout in the HnH Gallery and you will get the other half of the kit free! Then Join me in the chat room on Thursday June 28th at 10 pm eastern time for some freebies and chat away! Hope to see you there!

Half-n-Half Kit Includes:
16 papers, 1 mat, 1 word overlay, 2 borders, 1 star chain, 3 bows, 4 buttons, 2 strings, 1 charmed tassel, gemstone clip and corners, buckle, tab, gemstone 5x7 wood frame, variety of wooden stars, metal staples, brads fabric stars, frayed and pewter stars and various pewter look charms all in a patriotic theme for your loved ones in the military as well as patriotic holidays and celebrations.

Full Kit that you can end up with contains everything!

24 12x12 papers in varying patterns, textures and prints2 5x7 wooden frames, large variety of pewter charms, fabric and wooden stars, buttons, gemstones, strings, clips, bows, ribbons, borders, corners, staples, brads, eyelets, tags and clip. From papers with patriotic prints all hand done in Photoshop or Paint Shop Pro to charm elements in a pewter finish or fabrics either plain, checked, frayed or other textures.All made with those special patriotic days, or holiday celebrations or those layouts of loved ones serving in the armed forces in mind.

Whether for fireworks or parades, celebrations or parties, or for those who are proudly serving the US at home or overseas, - This is a packed super kit filled with all of that in mind and more! The choices are endless--the possible numbers of layouts are limitless! This kit has anything and everything from the smallest staples to the large selection of papers and everything inbetween!

Update on Dog

They finally filed charges on someone in the death of my granddaughter's puppy in March. It turns out it was an 18 year old female high school student! We are glad that someone has finally been charged and sometime this week she is getting sentenced. It is a relief to know she was caught but still sad that it had to happen at all!

Food Memory

We lived out in the Chicago area for about 10 years and while working part time at a local pizzeria I came love Italian Beef Sandwiches! They still make my mouth water and they are difficult to find anyplace in Pennsylvania lol. Soooooooo I normally make my own and dear Lissa this recipe is for you! My kids and grandkids love it and many friends who have tried it come back for more so guess I am doing something right!

Italian beef sandwich recipe
All quantities are approximate - this is pretty much a list of spices, rather
than exact specifications - you'd really have to experiment to get the
quantities to match your personal taste.

1.5 - 2 lbs cooked roast beef, thinly sliced/shredded/shaven (shredded
is best in my opinion!) I usually use a good piece of beef since i hate fat
on my beef!
red pepper if you like it...i don't use it
black pepper
crushed garlic/garlic powder orsalt
oregano
basil
You can always try the preseason mixes instead

Put the roast beef in a pot, and put in just enough water to cover it. I do
mine all day in a crock pot or in a dutch oven in the oven. Add in the
listed ingredients, more or less to taste - I'd start with a teaspoon each
of the peppers, three or four good-sized cloves of garlic, and pretty
much however much basil, salt and oregano you feel like. I add a mess
of sliced green peppers or you can use the frozen chopped ones if you
need to. Just to get that green pepper taste which I love! Many like it
with the sweet hot peppers..just best to experiment!

Bring the beef to a low simmer, and let everything cook for a few
minutes and mix together. Taste the au jus, and adjust the seasoning if
need be. Cover and cook for a few hours on about 325 if in the oven or all day in the
crock pot til it falls apart is best for me!

Serve the beef on Italian or French bread, and ladle au jus over the
sandwich. (alternately, you can either dip the bread in the au jus before
putting the beef on it, or dip the sandwich as you eat it) If you like, top
the sandwich with cooked green peppers or giardiniera. I toast the
bread first then add the beef and peppers, ladle on some marinara or pizza sauce,
top with mozarella cheese and pop back under the broiler for minute to
brown up the cheese. Just my preference. Lots like it just with the beef
and peppers no sauce or cheese. Try it you may like it :-) Happy eating!



Sitting here listening to the song I have on here "Different World" by Bucky Covington has so totally hit home with me! I listen to all the advisories now and parenting advice and while much of it is good sometimes I think this world has gone overboard with our kids! We all did things and we are still here and kickin lol ...listen to the words and think about it some!

Different World
We were born to mothers who smoked and drank

Our cribs were covered in lead-based paint

No childproof lids

No seatbelts in cars

Rode bikes with no helmets

and still here we are

Still here we are

We got daddy's belt when we misbehaved

Had three TV channels you got up to change

No video games and no satellite

All we had were friends

and they were outsidePlaying outside
It was a different life

When we were boys and girls

Not just a different time

It was a different world

School always started the same everyday

the pledge of allegiance, then someone would pray

not every kid made the team when they tried

We got disappointed but that was alright
We turned out alright
It was a different life

When we were boys and girls

Not just a different time

It was a different world

No bottled water

We'd drink from a garden hose

And every Sunday,

All the stores were closed.

It was a different life

When we were boys and girls

Not just a different time

It was a different world

It was a different life

When we were boys and girls

Not just a different time

It was a different world
It was a different world

Yearbook scan

Bluff Ridge Elementary School used my America Today kit for their yearbook this spring! The kit is available at 3Scrapateers HERE

I was so honored and loved what their advisor did with it! Below are some scans of the yearbook but please note I have blurred out faces so it doesn't look as good as the real book does! Many thanks to Viola and her school for choosing my kit!

Change is good!

I sat over the last few days thinking about my blog and how sparse and compared to other blogs it is not what I wish it to be! It should be a reflection of how I see things or things I do not just a spot to hit and miss so with that in mind I am going to be doing some changing around here so bear with me! Think it will end up being more of a walk down the different lanes in my life from memory lane to designer lane and everything inbetween!!

I was so happy to have one of my kits used for a yearbook at an elementary school and will be posting some pics of it to share! The person in charge really did a lovely job using a kit from 3 Scrapateers called America Today! I have blurred out faces as I do not want to put other people's children on here without specific permission as it is a safety issue for almost all of us but it will give you a great idea of what this person did with a kit I designed! I am just so stoked about it!

GADS!

Gads I realize how long it's been since I updated this. Will have to catch up won't I?

Things have calmed down now that Cat's surgery is done so will catch up with all the news a bit later over the weekend with new products, sales and home soap opera lol.

Happy weekend!

Cruelty

I woke up this morning to a phone call from my oldest granddaughter that just made me ill. Her beloved puppy has been missing about a month and sadly they found it.. the horror of the find is what makes me so ill. To read about it you can go here
http://www.tribune-democrat.com/local/local_story_081234438.html
It seems some kids think killing animals is fun. Apparently there are several other missing pets in the neighborhood from what we understand and now police think that they also may be victims of the cruel individuals involved. My grand is only 11 and should not have had to have this happen in her life :-(. She's had enuf trials in her short life and is doing so well and I hate that she has had to deal with this so young. If anyone reading this happens to know anything please contact the local police dept in the article!
Here is the article if you don't want to go elsewhere... caution IT IS NOT GOOD!

Dog's killers sought
BY SANDRA K. REABUCK
The Tribune-Democrat

East Conemaugh police are investigating the death of a terrier whose neck was broken after it was placed in a washing machine with the power on. The dog, possibly a Jack Russell, was not wearing a license, and the identity of its owner has not been learned, police Chief Ronald Pavic said.“We believe that more than one person was involved,” he said. “These are sick individuals who would do this.” The police suspect juveniles were involved and are appealing to the public to call the office at 814-539-9908 with any tips about the crime. They are hoping the dog’s owner will call them. The dog was described as white with some brown and black. A dead squirrel was found in the clothes dryer, the chief said. Because squirrels are difficult to catch, authorities suspect it may have been found dead and used to lure the dog into the house’s basement.Pavic said dog feces found in the dryer indicate the canine may have been placed there first.The dog died of a broken neck, rather than drowning, because water was turned off inside the house.The animals were found when a woman who was moving into the house, in the 200 block of Oak Street, went to the basement after smelling a foul odor.The woman, whose identity was not released, had the electricity to the house turned on about three weeks ago but had not yet had the water service restored. The incident probably took place near the time the power was restored, the chief said.If the perpetrators are found, Pavic said police will file criminal charges, including cruelty to animals, maiming a domestic animal, abuse of an animal and criminal trespass.

Update

Well obviously I need to update here don't I!
Our Livy was here for a month from NZ and we so enjoyed her visit! The big problems came with some horrible ice and snow storms this past month along with some ISP issues I am having. We had temps below zero for over a week and this old bod of mine does not do well at all with normal cold weather let alone that cold. On top of it all we just happened to have 4 jars of the contaminated Peanut Butter--two of which we ate ( one I used for my cookies) which explains why we had so much stomach problems. I was in for a check at the dr's again this week and things are coming along and am feeling some better this weekend. I want to try to get some stuff all updated and get some things uploaded to my scrapping sites that I have been working on but kept getting stalled :-(. Somehow when ya don't feel so good it's hard to be creative ugh.
Have a great week!
Huggers
Jo

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Point of View

I am sitting here trying to decide just how to vent! About what? Television ads!
I am a HUGE CSI fan and not only enjoy the new episodes but do look for the reruns on various tv stations. While I realize that commercials pay for networks or stations the recent rash of commercials that I find downright disrespectful and/or inappropriate on some of them just has me seeing red. The sad part is I don't know who to complain to or even if they care! I am so sick of seeing the commercials for "girls gone wild" version whatever..IF I WANTED to see some chic's chest flashed into my face I would rent a movie. I sure as bloody heck do not care to see it in the middle of a tv program! Nor do I want to see commercials for the guy call me guy hookup lines coming out of some stations in the larger cities. Sorry folks..there has to be a line someplace and it does not have a place on regular TV! Seeing a commercial with some chic (some of which do not look like they are 18 let alone 21!) fondling the girls on camera or licking her lips or kissing another chic while in their undies is just NOT what I need to see on a tv commercial! I am no prude dangit--I am a grown married adult with kids and grandkids and have been around the block but this is just WRONG on so many levels. Is there that much of a shortage of advertisers out there that these tv stations feel the need to air this kind of trash? What about the families who have munchkins that sneak awake in the middle of the night and think they are turning on cartoons and flip thru channels and see this garbage? THEY grow up fast enough without it being shoved in their faces too! I dozed off mid show one night and was awakened by a commercial of a guy calling another guy on a commercial for a male phoneline thing..Joy oh joy just what I wanted to see! NOT! Christmas morning I counted no less than 10 commercials for the girls gone wild videotapes during one hour of programming! THIS IS beyond RIDICULOUS! All I wanted was to watch a rerun of a show I had missed and what I got was alot of extra added trash I didn't care to see tyvm! I am not saying you need to agree with me I am venting --I am just sick of it. I remember why I stopped watching TV for awhile! Makes me wonder if I want to just dump it all together sometimes! Maybe those who just have a tv to watch movies they rent have the right idea. No commercials and no trash unless it's waht you want. I know they can't please everyone but have some standards for heaven's sake! Keep the trash where it belongs..in the trashcan! Just my two cents.

Layouts and New Products and Sales

I know I should probably change from a Christmasy setup but am gonna leave this one up a bit yet as I do love it

Worked on more layouts and uploaded new stuff to Digitals(see bottom of post) this past week so here ya go if you have a mind to look :-)

Have some of my word pebbles on sale at 3 Scrapateers so check them out while it lasts!

DREADED BLACK VELVET JUMPERS

Credits: Dana Frantz-From the Heart ScrapKit

MEMORIES OF MAGA 1

Credits: Dana Frantz--Butterfly Meadow and Time Passages Scrapkits

MEMORIES OF MAGA 2

Credits: Dana Frantz-Time Passages Scrapkit

FACE OF DETERMINATION

credits: Sue Jones--Christmas WordArt and Christmas Past QP's(colorized with Koyoto Color)

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New Up At DIGITALS

Jolene's Flakey (LOL thanks to Bunny Cates for it's name :-) )

Flakey Remix Alpha (matches Jolene's Flakey)

We're back

Well we are back and hopefully home to stay! Lots to catch up on of course.
They did find a small anuersym in dh's aorta which they are watching but have not gotten back the rest of the test results yet.
Cj is out of his cast and back to his "teenage boy" shenanigans again lol. Caitie's surgery won't be til summer so we can breathe for awhile. Liv is coming back to the states in two days YAY..cannot wait to see the lil munchkin. We have missed her terribly and while she will only be here for a month before they go back to NZ it will be so good to see her! I know this has been a great experience for her but this past year just seems like she's been gone way too long! I can so understand the frustration of grandparents whose grands all live far away. I am blessed that the rest of them are nearby and can at least talk to them on the phone if not see them fairly often. Miss Wiggle Butt of course isn't talkng on the phone yet but do hear her carry on lol and get to see her when I am up to it. Emily I ususally see weekly but havent seen her for a few weeks either now with having to be out of town! We will be celebrating Christmas this weekend with the girls since Liv will finally be here and YES we left up our trees and decorations and believe it or not Miss Em did not open her gifts on Christmas..she is waiting for her sister! I hope they always love each other that way!!!! I know Em adores both of her younger sisters and dotes on Scarlett when nobody is looking haha.
Started back into my scrapping swing of things. Put some stuf on sale at 3S and added new stuff at Digitals so stay tuned til I can get that posted as well as a mess of layouts I got done! Feels good to finally have time and energy to get something accomplished. Hopefully I can get my pixel site stuff updated and in full swing as well.
Have a wonderful week
Many hugs and blessings
Jo

Few more

Wow..just think if I can keep this up the amount of layouts I would get done by the end of this year lol. Here's 3 more I did last nite and this morning! I am so enjoying doing these. I came across a link for a site called NitWits and fell in love with their stuff as well as all the others I love so had to buy two of their ready made pages called Lickety Splits! Love how they came out! The other is a mix of Lianne at 3Scrapateers whose work I am a huge fan of as well as Sue Jones from Digitals wordaart and some others mentioned below. Thanks for looking! Happy New Year!


A Child and A Tree

Scarlett was so funny when the tree was up..she would wait til she thought nobody could see her and the scoot or crawl across the floor and then try to sneak a snowman off their tree! You can just see the twinkle in her eye..she KNEW what she was up to lol. Thanks for looking!
CREDITS
Journaling Font:Sans Logique
Marialafrance-doodley christmas felt tree-GottaPixel freebies
Marialafrance_doodley christmas squiggle tree-Gotta Pixel freebies
Cheryl Barber-love of my life corner--ScrapGirls
Lianne Carper-MLGWinter Brights Kit-3Scrapateers
Diane Miller-Jingle Special Swag-ScrapGirls
Sue Jones-Baby Quote Ribbon-Digitals




Pappy's Angel

Scarlett loves to tease and play and got her pap on the floor Christmas Day! She is so funny when she wrinkles up that adorable nose and pulls on something playing tug o war or when she eats her lil tongue comes out before she even gets a bite haha. Thanks for looking!
CREDITS
Font: Sans Logique
Crooked Halos Lickity Split by Kay Miller at NitWits




3 Lil Angels

Ok so their halo's are not showing lol. Scarlett was with her cousins in mid december and her aunt Trish got them all matching outfits! What a group of cuties...angels?-- well not all the time but to their grandparents Carol and Dave they are perfect of course!:-) Thanks for looking.
CREDITS
High Elf Esteem Lickity Split by Kay Miller at NitWits
Star by Jessica Gorny from Country Christmas Elements at Gotta Pixel freebies
Font: QTBasker

Of course I have to do some of Lil Miss Wiggle Butt for her First Christmas you know lol. These are just a few I got done..DH is a PSU fan and thank heavens I had some peace and quiet while the bowl games were on lol.

GO PENN STATE ;-)

So without further ado here is the munchkin's I have done so far!

DADDY N ME

Tracey took this super pic of Jim holding Scarlett on Christmas!

CREDITS IceAgeD font

Glenda K QP Digitals Christmas Collection

Rina Kroes-OctoberFields alpha 3Scrapateers

GOOD TO BE A CHILD

It's good to be a child at Christmas! The word art just seemed to fit some odds and ends Christmas Pics of lil miss wiggle butt :-)--She was a pure delight as always on Christmas and just makes us all smile no matter what!

CREDITS

Sleigh from Christmas Is Comin-Ginger Thibodeau--Digitals

Decorated QP--Glenda Ketcham-Digitals

Christmas Wordart-Sue Jones-Digitals

All Stitched Up Word Art-Heather Watson-Digitals

Hook from Xmas Bulb Frames--Kathy Smith-Digitals Christmas

Stick Pin-Rina- from the Christmas Crop Kit at 3Scrapateers

Brad by Daniela Austin-Yule Time Kit-3Scrapateers

Fonts: ScriptoramaHostessJF for Scarlett's Name on Sleigh

HANDS N HEART

Miss Scarlett of course lol. This is her first Christmas and I so love to watch lil ones with the twinkle in their eye this time of year!

CREDITS Fonts: Rendezvous and Shimmer Bold

Christmas bulbs,wa and papers by Ronnie McCray at SBE

Stars by Dana Frantz chennile accents at Digitals

I TOLD YOU SANTA WOULD

OK I JUST could not RESIST adding the journaling to this one lol. Scarlett's other grandparents got her a rocking horse for Christmas which she just loves and can ride for long long periods of time. It goes clip clop when you squeeze one ear and the other ear sings a song when you squeeze it! What a joy it was watching her play on this! She gets to jumping up and down to make it rock more and it scoots across the wood floors lol.

CREDITS

Christine Schultz-cinnamon swirl Alpha---Digitals

Erica Shoemaker-Christmas In July--Digitals

Glenda Ketcham-Sagebrush Buddies for tie-Digitals

Font- BritannicComDMed

CHRISTMAS JOY

What a joy it is having a wee one around at the holidays! This is her first Christmas and you can just see in her cute lil eyes how much she loved it!

CREDITS

GeeohHmk font

Sue Jones Qp from Digitals Christmas Collection 2005

All in all it was a lovely holiday this year. Peaceful and quiet for the most part..time for reflecting and getting ready for whatever the new year has in store for us! Dh has all his tests set in two cities next week so say a prayer and wish us luck that the worst of this is behind us and the new year will bring our family some good health and lots of love, happiness and joy!

MAY YOUR NEW YEAR BE BLESSED WITH ALL THAT IS GOOD!

Happiness and Hugs

Jolene