Quickie

There really isn’t anything interesting to post about today, but after yesterday’s boring post, I thought I would check in.
We didn’t do anything exciting today… Joe had to work. He’ll now be working every Wednesday (all OT) through the summer, and hopefully beyond that. Which means between Crinc and Safeway, he won’t be [...]

BBQ Layouts

Still working on my July 2006 photos… These are from the BBQ we had after the parade and carnival on the 4th of July. … This is the only decent BBQ kit I have, and it didn’t really inspire me at all. So the layouts aren’t the best. *shrugs*

Family BBQ (page 1)
Credit: BBQ and [...]

Thank You Kathryn

My friend, Kathryn, has awarded me with this blog award:

“The ‘Arte y Pico Award’ is awarded to those who you consider deserve this award for their creativity, design, interesting material, and also for contributing to the blogging community, no matter what language.”
Thank you so much Kathryn!

Losing the Chaos

Conversation of the Day:
Jared: “What are we having for dinner tonight?”
Mommy: “Lasagna.”
Jared: “Oh man!”
Mommy: “Huh? I thought you liked lasagna…”
Jared: “I do, but I promised myself I would do the dishes tonight, and you’re making messy food!”
*rofl* Poor Jared!… Too late now though, since he already spilled the beans about volunteering to do the dishes. [...]

Stick Around, Glue Boy

Quote of the Day:
Amanda: “Mama, you’re the boss of the of the laundry room, and I’m the boss of my room.”
So… What? I only get the laundry room?!?!? *rofl*
Anyway… Let’s see if I can remember where I last left you. *rofl* My brain feels like mush, but I want to get this posted and get [...]

New Layouts

Here are some layouts I’ve been working on for a few days now…

Title Page for Jared’s 1st Album
Credit:Baby Joshua by Meryl Bartho
Program:Photoshop Elements 5
Fonts:Corabael, DJ Fancy, and Calisto MT
Link: http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1601

Title Page for Josh’s 1st Album
Credit:Baby Joshua by Meryl Bartho
Program:Photoshop Elements 5
Fonts:Corabael, DJ Fancy, and Calisto MT
Link: http://store.digitalscrapbookplace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1601

Title Page for Alicia’s 1st Album
Credit:Baby Elizabeth by Meryl Bartho
Program:Photoshop Elements 5
Fonts:Corabael, [...]

10 Things

I’ve been tagged my Jody to do this meme. I’m supposed to write about 10 things I couldn’t live without… The hard part is that it can’t be people, it has to be things… So I can’t write Joe and the kids. *pout*
1) The Bible… Because really, where would any of us be without [...]

Busy Weekend Ahead

Just wanted to warn you that I may not be around much this weekend, as it promises to be busy.
Yesterday I got the pink almost done in Alicia’s room. I just need to paint the edges one more time, and put one more coat on the bookshelves. I wanted to finish it yesterday, but my [...]

On to the Next

Today Joe and I got started on Alicia’s room. We got the room prepped, and were able to get the white all the way done. Tomorrow I will do the pink while Joe is at work, and then have him help me put up the wallpaper border. Alicia is beside herself with excitement, and kept [...]

The Quilt for Jgirl

My friend got the quilt I made for her baby today, so now I can show you!!! (I didn’t want to ruin her surprise, since I accidently did that with the last baby quilt I made for my friend, Jenn *sigh*) So… Here is the quilt:

Here is a close up of the fabric:

I am now [...]

Sit ‘n’ Spin

A friend of mine, who lives in Sweden, asked what a toy was, that was in the pictures of Amanda’s room… Now I know most of my American readers knows what a sit-n-spin is, but I thought you might like to see Amanda demonstrating it. *lol*

That thing is supposed to light up and play music, [...]

Oops

Forgot to post yesterday… I was a bit preoccupied. (Edit: I just remembered that I had drafted a post with a couple layouts, that I meant to post last night, but forgot… So I went ahead and posted it for yesterday… I was loading old layouts onto my new, scrapbook only, Flickr account. I have [...]

Firework Layouts

Fireworks (page 1)
Journaling:
Because of everyone’s work schedules, we decided to do fireworks early this year. On Friday night, we had a BBQ at
Grandpa and Grandma’s house, and then after it got dark we Sat out front while Bob lit off the fireworks.
Credit: PSE Text Paths 2 by Lynne Simmons, Scattered Frames 3 by Michelle Swadling, Gotta [...]

Nim’s Island

Today we decided to surprise the kids by taking them to the movies. I told them this morning that we were going somewhere and that is was a surprise, and it DROVE THEM CRAZY all day long. *evil laugh* The boys were especially curious, and tried to trick me into telling them where we were [...]

Still Scrappin’

We had a nice, quiet day around here. The kids mainly played quietly in their room, though the older three did go outside and rode their bikes for a while.
It seems like now days, the kids don’t need me much. *sigh* They are getting so big, and independent. They have so much fun spending time [...]

Layouts

Not too much going on around here the last couple days. Now that Joe is back at work, all the interesting stuff is over. … Especially since the kids finished their lessons before Joe’s vacation started.
Wait… Did I mention that before? I think I spaced it… We’re on summer vacation early this year. The [...]

Conversation of the Day

Josh (Looking at Alicia’s drawing): “Why did you do Mommy’s hair brown, I thought she had black hair.”
Mommy (holding up some hair): “My hair is brown. Does that look black to you?”
Josh: “No, it looks gray to me.”
This is the part where Mommy chases Joshy through the house…

Is Joe’s Vacation Over Yet?

It is! It is! Today Joe went back to work, and now maybe I can have a vacation! *rofl* Man… Seems like I’ve hardly been on the computer at all. It’s been over a week since I even scrapbooked… And it seems like lately, half my blog posts are “catch up” posts, because I haven’t been [...]

Quickie

Just a quick note to say that I am here… Sorta. I’ve been really busy, and have been neglecting the computer. Joe’s been on vacation this week, and I am going to need a vacation to recover from his! *lol*
I’ll be back with a decent post tomorrow, but for now I want to do some [...]

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