Just hangin around but designing....

Well this whole divorce thing is really kicking my butt tonight. I have done pretty well until today. It is just amazing to me how people can be so heartless and have no integrity. I have stopped working on the "Anchors Away" Kit and started a new baby boy kit. You know that book I am putting together for Clayton's graduation...well I have to get back to working on this because I have one month left and he keeps adding more pics on me. Prom was this past Sat. and both kids were just beautiful...can't wait to start that kit for all those pics. Clayton won Prom King and I am so proud of him. He has been great around the house with all that is going on. God really blessed me with a good group of boys. All of the boys have been great. Well I have to get off here so I can start working on the kit.

Take care and I will be back very soon.

Michelle

Next Kit???

I am currently working on some kits to get caught up but the one I worked on the most this weekend was on the "Anchors Away" Kit. I was in the Navy Reserves and was recalled to active duty during Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, so I wanted to work on a kit for all my pics from my cruise during the war and hopefully share this kit with others that have a sailor in their family. I hope to begin posting this kit soon but want to do some more work on it before I launch it. HAHA...sounds like I am commissioning a ship. I have stuff for several Aircraft Carriers, some F-18 stuff, and several enlisted ranks and rates for the US Navy. I am still working on the squadron stuff and hope to have it finished soon. This is a very large kit so it will take some time to get all of it out to you. However, in the meantime, if you do have a sailor and need a special base, rate, rank, ship, or squadron, please leave a comment here and I will be sure to add it to the kit.

As far as me and the boys, we are doing well. We have gone through quite an adjustment in the last couple of weeks but things seem to be leveling out somewhat. It is amazing how supportive everyone has been and thanks for that. Debbie, Thanks for all that you have done. Your words have meant so much. Kim, you have been great and I appreciate you allowing me to talk through all of this to you.

For those that don't know, I became a single mom again in the past two weeks and this has been such an adjustment to go from a two adult household to one. I am working out the kinks but the boys and I are enjoying the time we have had together lately. I do not know where this path leads to but like all have said, God is in control and he will protect and keep me and the boys as we travel down this path. I have put all my trust and faith in God because only he knows where we are going and we are learning new ways everyday.

Thanks for all the support and I will be posting those Freebies again soon.

Michelle

I am still around..

Well I have been out of touch lately and I do apologize for no freebies lately. Things around the house just seemed to fall apart at the seams and I decided I would take a break from things to figure out how to put things back together. I am almost to the end of this venture and have stood through many tests these past few days. The ulimate test was last night, we had storms blow through last night or let me say early this morning. I don't know exactly why I awoke but I turned the tv on only to find out about all the storm warnings and tornado warnings. This all started around 2am, then I found out that a tornado had touch down and was heading straight for us. I ran to get the kids in the bathroom and had only minutes to spare. I swear to you the train came straight down my hallway in my house. It sounded like my bedroom and closet were being riped away from the house. So as I sat in the bathroom, on my laptop, logged on to the local weather channel chat room. There was a man from OR. online and he walked me through the whole thing. I have never been through a tornado before and I was completely scared to death. I explained to him all the noises I was hearing and how it sounded like heavy objects were flying around the house. This all took place around 3am and it was over fairly quick. I remember how calm everything seemed after everything had passed. It was dark outside so I couldn't tell what damage we had until morning. The house was still intact and I didn't have any broken windows.

You don't realize the full meaning of living through a tornado until you realize how close you were and it miss you completely. When I was able to see outside their was alot of debris in the back part of the house but the house was fine. The kids lost their clubhouse and swing set and it is in pieces in the yard. I was explaining to a friend of mine what had happened and he swore it sounded like a tornado but he couldn't believe I didn't have house damage. He told me to look around for places where the grass was laid down in a circular motion, it would be real distinct. So I go out to look around, I don't find any of this in the immediate yard but then I looked out about 30 yards from the house and notice this huge circle where the grass was laid down. I called and he had to come check it out. It definitely was a tornado that touched down and to look at it, well the only way it missed the house was we had God's hands surrounding us this morning. I can not explain what this showed me today, other than, I see that God is in control and he is taking care of me and the boys.

I hope to begin posting again soon but I still need more time and I am working on new stuff but haven't spent alot of time on it. Take care everyone and I will be back in the swing of things soon.

Michelle

Forever Young Elements #2

Another busy day at the office and things are just crazy around the house still. I am going to be posting the last set of papers for this kit tomorrow and I will have to take a break after that so I can handle things around here. I really hate to take the time off from something I am enjoying but if I don't I will end up with the case of burnout. I will be back sometime next week though.

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Thanks and chat with ya soon.

Michelle

Forever Young Elements #1

Wow, what a day! The first part went fairly well but I had a meeting this afternoon that just really set me in a mood. I am thankful every day for the job I have and know how blessed I am. What gets me though is how others can be so selfish that they can't see beyond the nose on their face. What would they think if they woke up one morning and had no job to go to, I bet they wouldn't whine near as much about the workload if they could only keep their job. I had to sit through three hours of torment that had nothing to do with me directly but it effected me because I am thankful to have the job that I do and it just drove me nuts listening to all this nonsense. I wanted to just scream, "Grow UP" and just do your job.

Anyway, I put together the first set of elements tonight for you and hope you enjoy. I did design 8 layouts to put together during the meeting, it was the only way I could maintain calmness. I will work on these this weekend and will be using some of my past kits for the Quickpages. So here is the first set of elements....

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Take care and Chat again with everyone tomorrow.

Michelle