tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79082544147135621892024-02-19T19:01:58.338-06:00Missies Scrak AtticDigital Scrapbook KitsMissiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17297352646256884427noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908254414713562189.post-39846245296406502182009-08-14T23:10:00.003-05:002009-08-14T23:19:10.832-05:00Missie Who??? And is she still around???Yes, I am still around. I have been hanging out around the house and making cards mostly for special occassions, birthdays and such. I did buy a new camera and talk about spoiled...still want a better one but this one is such an improvement. I work on my digi files everynow and then but not enough to be posting yet. I do have alot of pics to scrap so I will post them as I can complete the pages. With the holidays coming up, I will be working on my Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas cards soon, so keep your eyes peeled for them to show up here. I will be checking the links to my files from the past to make sure they all work and if you missed anything you have another chance to grab them. Kim has been quite over at her blog but I will say, "She is going to be a Grandma". Her family is quite busy these days with the wedding and the baby. Congrats to Ashley and Jason, and to Kim and the whole Family. I can't wait to call them Grandma and Grandpa full time.<br /><br />The boys are doing great. Denver has glasses now, Devin stopped skateboarding and has a baby sugar glider...and Clayton well he has been working a full time job with his dad but starts back to college on the 24th...Thank goodness.<br /><br />Well I have updated my links to Fav. Blog sites for Page Ideas, Cards, and Supplies so go see what is out there.<br /><br />Take care,<br />MissieMissiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17297352646256884427noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908254414713562189.post-63075745649145697662009-01-17T10:27:00.008-06:002009-01-17T12:13:24.646-06:00Savings and more....I was watching the NBC news this morning here in DFW and they had a spot on a man that was being paid to shop most of the time he walked into the store. I had to find out what all this was about. I found a link to a wonderful lady here in the DFW area that posts her savings and tracks her savings, so far in 2009 she has saved $645. Who couldn't use that kind of savings....go see her blog at Metroplex Savings, click <a href="http://metroplexsavers.blogspot.com/">here</a>. To see the full News article click <a href="http://www.nbcdfw.com/around_town/shopping/Super-Saver-Shares-Secrets.html">here</a><br /><br />I have been spending time on writing my book lately and I know I said I would post some of the cards I have been creating but I was hit with a date change on my friend's wedding invitations. She moved her wedding up and I had to get to making those. I didn't even think to take a picture of them so I am going to try to recreate one for my files. I have been having difficulty finding all the pics because I had tried to reorganize my external hard drives and now I can't find anything...I even lost the family PowerPoint of all my layouts. I am really bummed about that one.<br /><br />Here are the pics of the Birthday Card I made lately. I will have to get the supply list together, I am trying to make the list now as I make the cards. Learning as I go, so I do not mean any harm in not giving credit where credit is due so I will get this together and repost with the pic of the card.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ8rONsEr_fdhcG4aWaMNr2l68Xc12J1YO1TQtgwtNBTWop7eguiRjNTm5nHDeE01gNo0daL3enPHXU1Vzr3WTb8x42rw_gVvw-IpalnRgnJq-JEmpUzXyz0-jgfAoYMAUx5KiCvU5MoU/s1600-h/IMG00343.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292304085294026146" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ8rONsEr_fdhcG4aWaMNr2l68Xc12J1YO1TQtgwtNBTWop7eguiRjNTm5nHDeE01gNo0daL3enPHXU1Vzr3WTb8x42rw_gVvw-IpalnRgnJq-JEmpUzXyz0-jgfAoYMAUx5KiCvU5MoU/s320/IMG00343.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJYfVKZYRm_mB7h20hT2j6Q-P5uNyTgUm4vWpU4UEj9xNdSVF2d3VlP5XzRl3r2M3ZpMJK9LuJh0NEEge3MyYKWkJfSrxzh191xKKGjG_AA4ZtrYdZNcHmHCyEsZYJN8fivAgxgNapK1E/s1600-h/Copy+of+IMG00346.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292306430143179458" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJYfVKZYRm_mB7h20hT2j6Q-P5uNyTgUm4vWpU4UEj9xNdSVF2d3VlP5XzRl3r2M3ZpMJK9LuJh0NEEge3MyYKWkJfSrxzh191xKKGjG_AA4ZtrYdZNcHmHCyEsZYJN8fivAgxgNapK1E/s320/Copy+of+IMG00346.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I am having to take my pics with my cell phone now because the boys were using my digital camera to take pics of the wheelchair event they had here at the house and dropped the camera. Needless to say it won't work now...Wheelchair event??? They set up ramps and tied the wheelchair to a bicycle and were jumping the ramps in the wheel chair. I haven't pulled the pics off the camera disk yet but will have to post because this was the craziest thing they have done in awhile now.<br /><br />Happy Saturday...<br />MissieMissiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17297352646256884427noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908254414713562189.post-41991828951141518032008-12-27T01:46:00.003-06:002008-12-27T02:14:14.078-06:00Hello out there!!!!!!!August 6th, really now. I can't believe it has been this long since I posted on the blog, shame on me. Well here is the latest and greatest Top 10 (in no specific order).....<br />1. Still getting a divorce....it is hard at times but I am adjusting well and so is Denver. We are spending alot of time together and relearning a new town.<br />2. Denver is in his new school and loving it. We even have A/B report cards coming home and no phone calls from the school everyday...YEA ME!!!!!!!!<br />3. I have discovered that I have the landlord from hellllloooooooo...I have to laugh at their own insanity but this involves a whole new blog to fill you in. Just trust me when I say I am laughing at their stupidity, I am sorry...I meant to say insanity.<br />4. Work is still Work and busy as ever.<br />5. <a href="http://starscraps.blogspot.com/">StarScraps</a> (Kim) is blowing the doors off the digiscrap world, I am so proud of her and all her kits. Way to Go Kim!<br />6. Clay is still away in college, and we won't discuss his first semester there either. Okay all I have to say is, "Really, how exactly do you fail Freshman Orientation?" Enough said, I am proud of him either way he goes.<br />7. Designing...nope, making cards, YOU BET...My new found love but I do miss the digi world.<br />8. Devin is doing well and we are battling his desire to dye his brownish-blonde hair to black. I think he is really wanting to see where the stress test is failed by his father. Good Luck Shane! Devin is definitely doing it out of defiance. I sometimes wonder if he is pushing things to see where the burst point is on that vein in his fathers neck or he is trying to make me completely grey by my next birthday.<br />9. Our God is an amazing God, I have been blessed from the top of my head to the soles of my feet. I have so many stories to share with everyone and will start posting them soon.<br />10. I will also be posting a few pics I have taken of the cards I have been making. I am playing with stamps, embossing powder, my cricut, stain glass paints, watercolors (still working the bugs out on my pens though), you name it and I am probably looking into it. I am all over the place when it comes to making cards. I even made stationary for the family for Christmas.<br /><br />If anyone out there is using metal to emboss with a stylus...let me know where I can go get some heavier metal. I remember seeing it in Hobby Lobby and Michael's but they are no longer carrying it. I even went out to the big world of the Internet but have not found anything that is just under the thickness of a soda can. Foils are not thick enough and in my desperation, I tried a heavy duty aluminum foil but that didn't work out so well....I am up for some tips.<br /><br />Well it is sooo late and I have caught up on all my blogs that I have not been able to sit down and see what they have been up to lately. I am pooped now....but I will be back. I have so much to share with everyone.Missiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17297352646256884427noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908254414713562189.post-38250587348311754042008-08-06T12:39:00.002-05:002008-08-06T13:00:40.531-05:00Suffering from Moving PainsWell the gang (Kim, Jerry, and Brad) all showed up on Sat. and we started the moving early that morning. By the time we left the house we had a 14' trailer and two truck beds plus Kim's car full of stuff. It was so hot and we were all dragging by the time we pulled up to the new place. We had one more trip to make but on Sunday decided not to go because we were all just to tired. I look like someone has beat me with a baseball bat. I have bruises and cuts all over my arms and legs, now the muscles are starting to hurt and tense up. I so appreciate everyone of them because I would not have know what to do with out them. On Sunday, Kim meet me with coffee in hand to wish me a Happy Birthday, she even posted on her <a href="http://www.starscraps.blogspot.com/">blog</a> about the move and my birthday. Thanks Kim, you are the best friend I can have and your right don't know what I have done with out ya. We went to church and pretty much just worked around the new place all day. Kim made a incredible dinner and made me a Peanut Butter Pie....man is it good, I am still eating on it and nope I am not sharing. I took Monday off to try to unpack things around the place and didn't get a lot done because I was visiting with my Dad. Kim came over and helped me get my kitchen put together and I have been really busy doing this stuff ever since she came over. I went back to work yesterday and wished I could have stayed home a bit longer. All I can do is sit here and think about what I need to be doing at home and I still need to go back this weekend and get the rest of the stuff left at the old place. Well go check out Kim's freebies over at <a href="http://www.starscraps.blogspot.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Starscraps</span></a>. She is really doing some neat stuff over on her blog and now that we are neighbors you might want to check in on both of us to see how things are going. We are going to have some funny stuff to post I am sure, seeing how her husband, Jerry, made me Mayor of the park on Sat. That was just too funny and handed me a gavel to welcome me to my new position. I think I will make him head of security seeing how he has a great gun collection. I will have to fill you in on when he put on the baseball helmet while moving later because I have to get back to work now. Don't forget, go by Kim's to get some freebies and I hope to be back to designing very soon. The scrapping room is next on my list to work on, can't wait......Missiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17297352646256884427noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908254414713562189.post-62645731672783553952008-07-28T16:18:00.004-05:002008-12-09T22:14:21.861-06:00Welcome to the World, Hayden Michael ReddingI would like to welcome the newest addition into the family, my nephew, Hayden Michael Redding. Mom, Dad, Sister and Baby are all doing well and I can't wait to get to see him. Here is one of the pics I got in an email but will have to get the others together from mom.<br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228177970443165538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvoRXNw7Kbtg8eDcFUNv3wxcAoco7UT_X1rQ4tWgP5rkwtaoZFZOFSu73Ws6C16Pu9mFKr5bKtxGA6iJIyGJjhgZPBNTDTgnxnzfHLVSk2GxCtMR6Hk7ZdhlDnS1KTW9f54NgeZYTLdgA/s320/Gra'ma+Gets+to+Feed+the+Baby+001.jpg" border="0" /></div><br /><p>I have been calling him Otis, after our Great Grandfather, this is going to be his new nickname from Aunt Missie. I hope my boys teach him all the in and outs of this world because it is only fair that my brother gets to experience all that I have the last 19 years. HEHEHE....Hayden, Aunt Missie has so many things to teach you and I can't wait till then.</p><p>Congrats to Mike and Michelle on this beautiful baby boy...</p>Missiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17297352646256884427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908254414713562189.post-81875006915062554742008-07-28T15:56:00.007-05:002008-08-06T13:01:57.585-05:00I am still aroundI am almost done with packing this monster house and now to figure out what to do with everything. My new little house is already filling with boxes and I haven't even move the furniture in yet. I was taking a break and figured I would post an update on where we are on the move.<br />Clayton is now getting set up in his new home and it is really nice. He lives on a private lake and his house sits up on a hill that you walk down to get to the water. Very nice. Of course, it hurt to pay the first months rent, deposits and then add college tuition on top of that. We only have to get his books for school and then I am done.<br /><br />As for me, I am still packing up the little things left around and we moved our first set of boxes Saturday to the new place. I am making another trip out there tonight to start ripping carpet out and move my bed into the house. Denver is still at his Dad's for the summer but he will be coming home in the next two weeks to get ready for school to start. Hopefully, I will be financially ready for this when it comes around. Clayton has just about drained me this week.<br /><br />Devin packed his stuff up and moved it to his Dad's house and I am getting ready to transfer his records to his new school. I am going to miss him being around the house but I think it will be good for him to see what it is like to live with Dad. Hopefully he will appreciate all the little things that I have done all his life and he took for granted. But only time will tell and it is going to be hard on me, however, I expect him to want to come home by Christmas. Things are just way different at Dad's and he hasn't yet experienced that part yet.<br /><br />All of my scrap stuff is packed in boxes and has been for the last month, I AM GOING NUTZ!!! I want to paper scrap and digi scrap so bad but can't right now. Maybe in a few weeks I will have things unpacked and I will be ready to hit the ground running with a new kit very soon.<br /><br />Pray for all of us because it seems like we are all going in different directions now days and the full realization hasn't hit me that Devin and Clayton are no longer going to be around. I figure once everything slows down it will hit me then. My nest went from three to one...WOW. What is this crazy mom going to do? I haven't had one kid at home in quite sometime but Denver and I are looking forward to our new life that is developing before us.<br /><br />I have been reading books lately. I just finished "90 minutes in Heaven" and this is a must read. The next book was "Get Out of That Pit" by Beth Moore, Wow is all I can say. I also just finished "Beyond Band of Brother, The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters", if you enjoyed the Band of Brothers mini series this is a great follow up to the show. He covers alot that wasn't in the mini series. This was an amazing man. I am also reading "Have A New Kid By Friday" (look out Denver, Mom is getting ready) This is a really good book on those strong willed children and how to deal with them. Basically a happy child is an unhealthy child but a unhappy child is a healthy child. I can so relate to this because I am guilty of spoiling the boys and they don't appreciate anything so the tables have now turned and Mom is ready to change their lives once and for all. Wish me luck.<br /><br />Well better get back to the moving game...<br />Take care, MissieMissiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17297352646256884427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908254414713562189.post-11181031465839772212008-07-10T11:22:00.004-05:002008-08-06T13:03:28.019-05:00Lets see how this works out for me...Kim over at <a href="http://starscraps.blogspot.com/">StarScraps</a> had this cuss o'meter on her blog so I figure why not, lets just check and see how I am doing.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.oneplusyou.com/q/v/blog_cuss"><img alt="The Blog-O-Cuss Meter - Do you cuss a lot in your blog or website?" src="http://www.oneplusyou.com/q/img/badges/blog_cuss_low_0.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Created by <a href="http://www.oneplusyou.com/">OnePlusYou</a><br /><br />YEAH ME...I am clean as a whistle. Well things have been busy, I am still getting ready for the big move and now we are having the big sale on Sat. I am pretty much selling everything and just starting over. This is going to be fun once I decide what theme I want for the house. I finally ended the thoughts of reconciliation and I feel alot better today because I have been dealing with the stress and worries of what was I going to do about my marriage. I have accepted that I can no longer keep trying to hold it together and I have learned so much about how my marriage was not what I always thought it was. Had I known all of this in the beginning, I know that I would not have gotten married but I thought life was wonderful in our world. Sad, that the man I married really isn't the same person. I am not sure what the next step is or what the future holds for me but I am excited to see where I am going.<br /><br />Well I have to get back to work...chat with ya later.<br />MissieMissiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17297352646256884427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908254414713562189.post-41919988356433646682008-07-02T22:16:00.014-05:002008-12-09T22:14:23.487-06:00<div align="center">Well here are some freebies that I will be taking down this next week so grab them before they are gone!!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV3LSwnX-3sfxPhXAExCjzKoZaHyB7WnjWI4yPOsYJD8Fg2MlHiGUn-VWfNND-eRQyxQhrov-UtqL5MINwvEI56ycAQxZmikDc-PcAUlM8qwIyjPmy4FirRiWKU2npdikyd8R02DHtJM8/s1600-h/Web+pic.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218622253011006002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV3LSwnX-3sfxPhXAExCjzKoZaHyB7WnjWI4yPOsYJD8Fg2MlHiGUn-VWfNND-eRQyxQhrov-UtqL5MINwvEI56ycAQxZmikDc-PcAUlM8qwIyjPmy4FirRiWKU2npdikyd8R02DHtJM8/s320/Web+pic.png" border="0" /></a> Download <a href="http://www.4shared.com/file/40038766/edd2ca86/Paper_Pack_1.html">here</a><br /></div><div align="center"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218622925071424562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDeIlvctxzNQ7FEIg7kbfBPmoNHoyVKX1s2tZoFfjBzcVuxsEIpieSzP2hGrD8BWjRRkZpt-W0-pgnccf_lF-qsSoNzYNSnbSf3X6OGL5lQQ1QG_mrnX6yzkQbbJ9xdHRRVAAMTJyY7nk/s320/Web+pic+2.png" border="0" /><br /><p align="center">Download <a href="http://www.4shared.com/file/40161552/bca29a6d/Elements1.html">here</a></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218623635389453762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEZtDgHb4dpPNWpyDQWrhyphenhyphenBI_KCBOOTqNXwNnBqrD8HR_rXZxnSWuwwmM69svkxuhbvVhrgnVazgjvEdGzjWNqOQ4rz-FKVAHOWJPkDI9esP9D1mY4zb5zDPwJQT0aR99xiiuSW6ESjXc/s320/web+pic+3.png" border="0" /><br /><p align="center">Download <a href="http://www.4shared.com/file/40174750/5b96f6ad/Paper_Pack_2.html">here</a><br /></p><div align="center"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218624191810808018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbTIDcSHJuD5I2ZwnYMgGjSlC2z_dUv1nmEzktNUFghE15kPVorYiWI6dA8Ofk5KnrKzP4vwI82tGxzjLEVu_pb4oAZ81iJww4DAp6gMmDb94509TBa3ly4dtG_V7cRxDO_kD7SLQivMk/s320/web+pic+4.png" border="0" /> <p align="center"><br />Download <a href="http://www.4shared.com/file/40175827/3953d591/Paper_Pack_3.html">Here</a><br /><br /><br /></p><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218624926368512738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSp59QXeG2_XkZtiT1WacAKnz3njf8npJkWKC8STm57CiIvZgZDHwJanQ7jPyR0zWMCTx2fbo7hqFpt7HeYnk5WkGflAsW6nJJ6hwpENDUJuN7HvDZw3vM6rwP5OCdcJVBPEa3SHo-4yU/s320/web+pic+5.png" border="0" />Download Papers <a href="http://www.4shared.com/file/40177815/56792ff5/Paper_Pack_4.html">here</a></div><br /><div align="center"></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoUVXls5IroS5syiHQdM-YAkQFNjXyeaGs2lMsZ360hIJvtuHFUz5dpOV13T8YbWefwsZWGFRh4Iz8z3bSiDy9QychJupCqST6fTC8LcrGKASzXkl9buc0fk977pDT4i9E-b2dJSMtf2Q/s1600-h/web+pic+glitter.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218625397350682130" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 303px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 211px" height="233" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoUVXls5IroS5syiHQdM-YAkQFNjXyeaGs2lMsZ360hIJvtuHFUz5dpOV13T8YbWefwsZWGFRh4Iz8z3bSiDy9QychJupCqST6fTC8LcrGKASzXkl9buc0fk977pDT4i9E-b2dJSMtf2Q/s320/web+pic+glitter.png" width="315" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsZUr3VTPQBV0lZ_LdZVATmtGSvVN2zP9EgLLRSM4ouvTK5PCS3XLrrkYZr4hZVQDczlS9Agn4RrHyqdwmXRircYDrh4poJeRr9t3qGp7qu4MgaXq81iqzU0wjfTXMTeapxNveAQcMiPI/s1600-h/web+pic+chipboard.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218626859820189330" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" height="218" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsZUr3VTPQBV0lZ_LdZVATmtGSvVN2zP9EgLLRSM4ouvTK5PCS3XLrrkYZr4hZVQDczlS9Agn4RrHyqdwmXRircYDrh4poJeRr9t3qGp7qu4MgaXq81iqzU0wjfTXMTeapxNveAQcMiPI/s320/web+pic+chipboard.png" width="298" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><p><br /></p><div align="center">Download Alphas <a href="http://www.4shared.com/file/40179971/e653516e/Alphas.html">here</a></div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218628699101455122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicAXMIY_tsHXT-xMFXd8UzlRxhdGxxI4jHKkkvKDW9PI7BFqZaxE3jfGqht-FuYhiW28TDUlyjc387d8WCR6WOcl8BsuYppx6G49dxodolCPsZthiA92vPFjqxcoUnEurdzLL8TqUTL7I/s320/web+page.png" border="0" /> <p align="center">Download <a href="http://www.4shared.com/file/40179347/298a224e/Elements_2.html">here</a></p><p align="left">Enjoy the very first kit I made and I will have it posted for downloads for another week, so grab them while you can.</p><p align="left">Missie</p>Missiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17297352646256884427noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908254414713562189.post-64690341598796027872008-07-02T20:37:00.005-05:002008-12-09T22:14:24.211-06:00Ready to Leave Seattle, finally!!This is the whole group ready to set sail for Alaska, well we are missing three people, a cousin (I think he was a cousin) and his wife and daughter.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218596357285242610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzd6lleNuA-_EqI6KkJXjSy7juALP-nfaQIZfuFh6Jace9Ry3QdwuNqYo_Yhhn9sNZWWaQXOiwDIJdkMIRIjamPGCwYEQqAs0HkyTxCpOjnuVZy49Gm_uEx-llXNKVG2zw8QJBLGTWqdY/s320/DSCN2626.JPG" border="0" />Here is our home for the next week...<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218597860362386834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjheC7-H-KGX7A7eE9GNlsDhTQAczPLhPc7QRy2lRz4tWln3SHKDWuL1fDAvGTAKvonW9qNedexyK9bORp32tpxlZgeUCrHibnnsSo31OJ7KXBF7n1cjY2byNGfvFXxZL2BBS2LEAMFD20/s320/DSCN2616.JPG" border="0" />Saying good-bye to Seattle for awhile..Kim and Jerry,<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218599885221575570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd2XUCvQ0wYK1tNBh7ebzOIS159mf0wfRasjHMvc3SNr04tXc9gXaDLC9qixJ2p-d_zGDnnQKHn0RDkLpheJ6rStdIC-BVPXLFIM77HMhckRDuayzxD6l21e2PHq7OM3PeZLZ3m-G2p_M/s320/DSCN2630.JPG" border="0" />Me saying good-bye with Space Needle in background.. Man my hair is really showing the natural red in these pics. I don't see it very often but it has a red tint to it.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218600418933314818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY1UGW_36ZhvWuAdvUb1coPUrNJ9msMZ8tM_uvjrjKwpaBCr8KNOKlNcJZFepGgK5F9tn50u_55mYzYlS3SNV9mBtkepZA54xJ407u55QArtwSG_2EJ76q0yuQl-r0EgwmmEQVl2tfC4A/s320/DSCN2633.JPG" border="0" />I will post the Ketchican, Alaska pics tomorrow. Have a good night ya'll.<br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div>Missiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17297352646256884427noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908254414713562189.post-36661182989527422342008-07-02T20:26:00.005-05:002008-12-09T22:14:24.796-06:00We arrive in Seattle to wait to embark on the ship<div>These are pics from our first day in Seattle waiting to get on the ship.... </div><br /><div>The Fish Market was so cool and it was funny to watch them throwing someone's dinner around before they boxed it up. Yup, we found the Starbucks around the corner from the hotel first thing that morning.</div><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218593715724131970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUUQRDCh5-_721KlhTDJ9t8IdUamoJCaJOwXhmEQZatNrQCMOWU59WWMrhcqF8xGidDBFQvFE7mNZ70CbuoJuMX_S_wsl-GbHyiOB5BhaHw0Tx9oAKFTpR5phN6gzml2-Lyenkn2ZzxSo/s320/DSCN2603.JPG" border="0" />Here is Kim and Jerry with our little fisherman friend...</p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218594211979774946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNxf5yEoEz4rSH8qhgTTHyaFo7SDapKm_PjqUE5Mzr8gWes8vg1xqzcAE7bPNNGHeoSB3mN0BXNqAyR0tdElTKyow1KK0rSld1TQ9D_uajsRlRAGmb-Xj-x77m5h3OFD4kgF-hTJqdanI/s320/DSCN2609.JPG" border="0" />Me on the pig..not sure what the bronze pig was all about but turned out to be a funny pic.<br /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218595019215412098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFI7GrzNxNUFyC6UovhXfJIdnwNLYUJyI-zjuHH79ETB8Q2OFGA588lgDlrQeeSuCLH5meYHvFUZsHlO3ltKkSMVlybhHkhrQk3n_qAyjBodaq85fR6Se-WORAyv1WHBDjbA9LtmSSqrI/s320/DSCN2611.JPG" border="0" /><br /><p><br /></p><br /><br /><div></div>Missiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17297352646256884427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908254414713562189.post-42593707593520870412008-07-02T19:51:00.008-05:002008-12-09T22:14:25.780-06:00Formal Pics from CruiseWell since I can't access 4shared tonight, I can't post the freebies but I will keep trying. In the meantime, here are some pics from our formal night on the Star Princess Alaska Cruise....<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBRdOxjCSlX3eXVI5iwC8PNbdn72-vq0JoJXXG9d5aEsgK2DwCTjHVbXxs3DBF_iZ1nEUItPVUJtT5TA8G6RIzhBMzsiIAoNnuYCnWCaryh93G2BKc7YqpuWk1wpHh9x-mFeXDjd8H_uw/s1600-h/Formal+1+web+ready.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218585987560141186" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="320" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBRdOxjCSlX3eXVI5iwC8PNbdn72-vq0JoJXXG9d5aEsgK2DwCTjHVbXxs3DBF_iZ1nEUItPVUJtT5TA8G6RIzhBMzsiIAoNnuYCnWCaryh93G2BKc7YqpuWk1wpHh9x-mFeXDjd8H_uw/s320/Formal+1+web+ready.jpg" width="275" border="0" /></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218585699569367986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 244px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="320" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLSLN-3i2Wr6AQ_H9niXwR0c4ntxXY79iW2zKxE_wnW6VfRgVKAC3SN4eVysJUkTIthqY3P38MWlPdZCHn2vSuH6PDVJC1m2U0xoKsSar05Ud1Xwf0ElrEdPVXge2DNGp6BvTtsv_NqXE/s320/Formal+3+web+ready.jpg" width="236" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218586206847197346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtpDJIl1uVpdTAEEU_L_MC-v1WT5RQjMSTP-ULmI_U8AvwIix2zf_2XQT4Fuui-nooFVV2uQcu4YhnviiVWV6OdH4PGKSHo1I_0huQrccOM8zzOMlE8LPMoAPAHhXzlrWcu50MeUIRW6k/s320/Formal+2+web+ready.jpg" border="0" />Formal night was a lot of fun and it was nice to dress up since I don't really go anywhere to where this dress. The meal was incredible and we had so much fun throughout the cruise tasting new foods that we would normally not eat. I would suggest staying away from the Philadelphia Pot Soup though...it had tripe in it and I have never tasted butt hole but I would imagine that this is what it would taste like. The escargot appetizer was a hoot...get a bunch of Texans around a nice five course meal and serve snails...we laughed through the entire meal and even made the couple next to our table mad. The best time was the rack of lamb that Jerry ordered and had one left so he gave it to Kim's dad to taste, he picked it up like a pork chop at a down home cookout and ate it holding the "handle" as he called it. Then the next one was when Kim's mom was offered the snails, she actually hollered at the table, sending all of us into a hard laugh. It was like Rednecks meet the Trump family for dinner...we may have offended those at the other table but those of us from Texas would have understood all the humor in it...I mean we were eating stuff that is normally used for fish bait. That there is just funny, I don't care who ya are. The best part was the last day for us to sit down to our five course dinner, Jerry ordered one of everything on the menu and of course they brought it out to him. Had I know they would do that I would have been ordering two shrimp cocktails every night. He made it through the meal but did send some of it back, this was the day I tried to eat that tripe soup..Gross! and even Jerry's soup was nasty and looked like pea soup with poppy seed in it. We sent that back full needless to say, just could not imagine me eating that mess. Kim and I laughed so hard during dinner time and usually it took us awhile to figure out just how daring we were going to be in choosing our meals. The desserts were awesome and I was never disappointed and of course, Jerry, the table clown, always ordered the souffle. We all laughed at him and Kim now has to get a recipe to make it at home. If anyone has a good recipe for souffle then send it out...We all miss the food and Kim and I looked for the Breakfast Buffet this morning when we got to work but to our disappointment all that was offered was an over priced, stale vending machine. I was ready for a nap by lunch time but hopefully this feeling will go away. Well more pics to come so stay tuned for more laughs about our vacation.<br /><br /><div></div>Missiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17297352646256884427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908254414713562189.post-30369316167464546622008-07-01T21:33:00.004-05:002008-07-02T23:06:03.022-05:00Back from AlaskaWow, what a great vacation. The cruise to Alaska was so great and I really enjoyed being back on water again. It was nice to be able to sit on the deck and read a book and be at peace. Even now, I am sitting in my room watching the boys wrestle with one another and it is quite loud in here...Welcome Home Mom. I saw some of the most beautiful landscapes and have tons of pics to download and start scrapping. I am grateful that Kim allowed me to join her family on this trip. I enjoyed talking to her Mom and Dad and it was nice to spend time with all of them. I am still looking for the breakfast buffet line and wonder why I am not being served a five course meal for dinner. However, the boys think I have lost my mind because I bought groceries and it was all fresh veggies and healthy food. Clayton is loving the new me that has come home. And he actually did some maturing while I was going too. He now has a job and works everyday and opened a bank account all on his own. And here I had been hounding him for the last month about all of this and one week of me being gone on vacation, he completes all of it. Could be because I took the bank card away from him when I left and he had to go out and grow up but either way, I am so proud of him. The night before I was to fly to Seattle, Devin broke his arm and he is in a cast right now, a bright lime green one. I won't lose him in a crowd because it is so bright. Denver, well, he is Denver...he was glad to have me home finally I am glad to be home with him. We are going to be getting geared up for the move the next couple of weeks. I hope to be done in the next two weeks but we will see how it goes. I have to go back to work tomorrow and I am just not sure I am ready but I am off Friday for the 4th of July and the boys and I are going to have one heck of a fireworks show at the house and just play all day. Well glad to be back and I am going to be posting some of the old stuff again so I can clear out some of my kits, so be ready tomorrow if you missed anything in the past. I will start new stuff once I get the move done.<br /><br />Have a great night...<br />MissieMissiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17297352646256884427noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908254414713562189.post-74129959702962389402008-06-16T18:54:00.002-05:002008-06-16T19:03:02.603-05:00How unproductive can one get???Well today was a complete wash..I spent all day in bed sleeping, I mean all day. I had planned on working from home and getting some packing done around the house this week but NO..I was in bed all day. Guess I needed the rest but sure could have better spent the time packing. Now I will probably be up all night packing and be all tired tomorrow.<br /><br />So what have we been up to??? I spent last week at Kim's place and came home Friday. I picked up my step son Ty and then went and picked up Devin and Denver. We were going to dinner and a movie and even Clayton joined us. He hardly ever goes anywhere with us so it was really nice being able to spend time with all the boys. On Sat. we hung out at the house and then went shopping for Denver's B-day, Ty got to have his Jack -n- The Box meal...he loves that place, and then I took the boys back to their dad's. I went out to Kim's and we were going to a concert but ended up hanging out at the house. I can't wait to get moved because it is so much more enjoyable there than at my house now a days. We went to church on Sunday and then parted ways to spend the day with our Fathers. I came home and packed for the trip...FIVE more days....YEA US. And that is about all that happened this weekend. Nothing big and kinda quite. Well I am off to try to get something done just not sure where to start.<br /><br />MissieMissiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17297352646256884427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908254414713562189.post-76750093052603528772008-06-11T09:12:00.004-05:002008-07-02T23:07:16.806-05:00Layout of the Day on Moo Two DesignsYEAH KIM....here layout of the two of us made Layout of the Day.<br /><br />Go see <a href="http://www.mootwodesigns.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=9165&cat=all&limit=last7">here</a><br /><br />I am so proud of her, she is doing great work over at Moo Two Designs. She does still need to feed those hungry Freebie Hunters out there...hint, hint. Well, I can't really say anything because I am not feeding you lately either. I hope to get back to work when I get settled into the new home. Things are just crazy around me right now with need to pack up the house and only 10 DAYS TILL THE ALASKAN CRUISE!!!!!, and needing to get work done to make sure everything is covered while I am gone.<br /><br />I am picking up Devin and Denver Friday since they went to their Dad's for the summer, I can't wait. I miss them so much and talking on the phone to them is just not enough. We are going to see a movie Friday and shopping and another movie on Sat. I am not logging on to my laptop the whole time I have them. I really need to focus on them for awhile and give them all my attention when I have them this summer. Well gotta go to work, so take care and leave me a message when you can so I know you are still out there.<br /><br />MissieMissiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17297352646256884427noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908254414713562189.post-27604117287720960732008-06-08T20:09:00.003-05:002008-12-09T22:14:25.976-06:00Check out Kim's Layout<div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">Kim over at Starscraps has already completed a layout of our night out. You can click on the link below to read about our weekend too.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209683112238719730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1zxHkyQNGFRPqKjz0h8cRYsbZdvzuTJjJJ5E3KBP4zzkwnTFfecjxSM_yN0vOyLTybtMPo70ob5nMbXt9VPnHr-H6voEBwe5Wlhgej_GyZbTMp8OHq0IlBImTu6VxbIUZ4a7NM2VpmUw/s320/KMloa.jpg" border="0" /></div><p align="center"><a href="http://starscraps.blogspot.com/">Starscraps</a> link</p>Missiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17297352646256884427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908254414713562189.post-31680517884196926552008-06-08T11:38:00.010-05:002008-12-09T22:14:26.728-06:00Ready for Life to Slow Down...Well sorry its been awhile since I posted, Kim has been on me to get busy. Unfortunately, I have been busy with life instead of my scrak habit. I can't wait to get moved into the new place so I can slow down. I finally started packing, five whole boxes in a 4000 sq. ft. home, got alot more to go. My baby has graduated from High School and I held together pretty well and we are making plans for college now. If I could only get him to get a job...that would be great.<br /><div><div><div><div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIWwR_D1Z0yQgKzsnYFY0qIrJhhyphenhyphenlzuiVnsKRc6MuPy5AKnvg7RF-Nd4CtfWsjBQP7KoD1aP2tw00VgnWlpkIG3nJKg-SkR9_yRtlXaf9TfDrJKJLOTpae6sM_yTFTE2eDNJj99GXCAgc/s1600-h/DSCN2590.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209552584498908226" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIWwR_D1Z0yQgKzsnYFY0qIrJhhyphenhyphenlzuiVnsKRc6MuPy5AKnvg7RF-Nd4CtfWsjBQP7KoD1aP2tw00VgnWlpkIG3nJKg-SkR9_yRtlXaf9TfDrJKJLOTpae6sM_yTFTE2eDNJj99GXCAgc/s320/DSCN2590.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjuY7rRq9_SWqn384IDfdhmQR7_Tfw00TFBgIWIwy9PjmuE2BQLMy4w6QTvlRwTfhzoquF1MTjmIGx-7_2nne3OWYBEk88tgrI1jjFFxxefkm3A2evC15sYX64vL3SzgyrieocVVvbZV4/s1600-h/DSCN2593.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209552845568590146" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 194px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 262px" height="250" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjuY7rRq9_SWqn384IDfdhmQR7_Tfw00TFBgIWIwy9PjmuE2BQLMy4w6QTvlRwTfhzoquF1MTjmIGx-7_2nne3OWYBEk88tgrI1jjFFxxefkm3A2evC15sYX64vL3SzgyrieocVVvbZV4/s320/DSCN2593.JPG" width="225" border="0" /></a> Not bad for a girl that had him at the age of 16. This was a big day for us and I am so proud of him. He is such a good young man and I know he is going to do well in whatever he decides to do.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>Denver finished 2nd grade and was awarded the Most Improved Wrangler for the Year. He really did a 360 this year and his grades really showed an improvement.</div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209554423474417586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Qp9IOVeQ9JHVN9huqIZ1rwuNA_78ntGuZKztJ2bT8tzSTXN0VTKx-_oujNsWLyno7VSOd-Vrhboiz5vJqCGBXHS_ihYO6gpN2d8O2aGI9X1eCm4_XjI_cjixpJXu75U9Wbtuyy7R0ac/s320/DSCN2539.JPG" border="0" />Devin did well in his classes and has decided to move to his Dad's next year and I wonder how long this is going to last. I figure he will either come home at the end of summer or at the very least by Christmas. But it will be a good learning experience for him.</div></div></div></div></div><br /><p>Kim and I are getting excited about our cruise coming up. I am so blessed to be able to join her with her family and get to experience this with them. I wonder what work is going to do with both of us gone at the same time...guess they will either not miss us or appreciate us more.</p><p>Now lets talk The Great American Scrapbook Convention...here is Kim and I. The poor lady that took this pic really needs to take some classes on photo taking because I hope she is only scrapping her professional photos. It took forever to get the picture and when we finally got it this is what we ended up with. I mean no harm here but come on now.</p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209557006759347218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ02vx97lmBupYzFfe2jNO9r7OeCuHo-TBTFFqmdqbX5nCpY6aSV6VeN7Gya4xDPrldVS_5Ot8jjcWTxPEcILEQNjL-O5ZzJ6bpRAm3GKvP1sp0sqs-E7wN3kaTiy-SwwtCEFUh99bfEA/s320/IMG00066.jpg" border="0" />I am going to scrap them anyway because it is all we have to work with. I have been at Kim's this weekend and we went to play pool last night and had a great time. I actually didn't play to bad, I really expected to be boo'd out of the place but I was able to hang with the Pool Shark Kim. Here is our pic of last night....yea, Michelle had way to much to drink and felt like I had a crew of men with jackhammers in my head this morning.</p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209558141720204882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ7sFQWsjpkfxHM2-wgNyClFE6EM3KVPeRS3XYdq7AdpQMluR5xm-PYBwk60ixntxm6w7R3a98Uel6mF2Q6Oaxb89NqVm_s6rhaninLIUEMM2Ro6o7v6Di15dvhzEANYlJgbUsrW5wUkA/s320/IMG00067.jpg" border="0" />Then we went to church this morning and we started a new series today and looks like it is going to be a good one. Of course, I have yet to not see a good one...good stuff going on at church.</p></div><br /><p>The divorce thing is moving along, I guess. I am hoping to get everything filed when I get back from my trip and start moving forward with my life. The boys are doing better and I actually got to see my step sons this past week. They have grown so much and loved spending the time with them before they had to go back home. I am going to have to get used to not being a part of their lives like I was but I hope to get to visit them every now and then. Plus their mom is a fellow scrapper and we have to find a time to get together for a full scrap weekend. Well I have bent your ear and need to maybe think of working on a kit for you.</p><br /><p>Take care as always,</p><p>Missie</p>Missiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17297352646256884427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908254414713562189.post-71836164171555124982008-05-28T19:45:00.004-05:002008-05-28T20:02:08.712-05:00Are You CPR Certified?????Well it was nice to have a three day weekend but I wasn't able to do anything that I really wanted to do, like work on the next kit, scrap stuff up for Clay's big day Friday, clean house (ok, this wasn't on my list), pack...this wasn't on my list either. However, I did have an eventful Monday. We were moving stuff around for a friend of mine and when we came back through town, I had to stop to feed the boys. I was pulling into Sonic and saw a lady lying on the ground, she had just bounced her face off the concrete when I drove past. I pulled around and parked on the other side. I saw her foot twitching so I thought she was having a seizure. I jumped out of the truck and when I checked her she had no pulse. No one else was certified in CPR so I started CPR. I worked on her for at least 4.5 to 5 minutes when the fire department showed up. They ended up taking her to the hospital and I turned to leave and noticed her husband standing there just lost. He wasn't from our area and I asked if he knew where the hospital was and he said no, then they put a baby in a carry all in the car and a four year old. I told him he could follow me to the hospital and I would sit in the ER waiting room with his girls. By the time we got to the hospital, she had a heartbeat and breathing. I was there with his girls for awhile and they were the sweetest things. When they were sending her for a CAT scan, the husband said he could handle the girls now because he had pulled himself together. We exchanged numbers and I left. At 10:30pm that night the police called me and told me to report to the station at 8am in the morning for questioning. I asked how she was doing and he said it didn't look good. I really thought that she would be okay because the CAT scan came back with nothing...no brain damage, heart damage, nothing. I showed up the next morning to find out that she had past away around 10:30pm. I felt horrible for the husband and her girls. It was really sad but I really thought she would make it.<br /><br />When I began to perform CPR and no one was certified out of all those people, after it was all over I just wanted to go back to Sonic to tell them that they needed to have their staff certified because what if I hadn't been there. Even though she didn't make it, it still doesn't matter, more people need to get certified in CPR. I have been certified for many years now and this was the first time I had to use my training but even if you get certified and never use it....you may find one day that you needed to. So I would like to challenge all of you out there to get certified in CPR because you never know when someone's life may depend on it.Missiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17297352646256884427noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908254414713562189.post-37531180532065751722008-05-25T14:19:00.015-05:002008-12-09T22:14:27.413-06:00Memorial Day Wishes to All Fallen Shipmates....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE94BpqprGs6fkgpN5mumH1XFgkY-W9g1H0QnYhnl63jjyPsIcpmytF4IaBZkaLcoCOHll6k0hj17Wrc_rOlohYvT6DX3EDZWIknbnoRfhfC-mTSOixkuNX_1r15ittamVMAb7gqqGhp4/s1600-h/VFA+201+Patch.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204406605973920578" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 132px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 148px" height="161" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE94BpqprGs6fkgpN5mumH1XFgkY-W9g1H0QnYhnl63jjyPsIcpmytF4IaBZkaLcoCOHll6k0hj17Wrc_rOlohYvT6DX3EDZWIknbnoRfhfC-mTSOixkuNX_1r15ittamVMAb7gqqGhp4/s200/VFA+201+Patch.png" width="200" border="0" /></a><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204401254444669698" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 169px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 122px" height="154" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDsQTQuVrOmen_P9d0VVFsVXTmcl509KP8Yfp7_JySTCHeO9i5gbH9ZxLhCfOEoV0OLMn7nbKaYpbi5SEFjyLvOVHSNTGSPWfNk1aMHgDQ-5o_4o8Yt39z_CAnJ_Fmg48nCUZk1eVGHEM/s200/vfa+201+hornet+204.png" width="200" border="0" /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>On 9/11, the VFA 201 Hunters lost a fellow shipmate and pilot, along with his wife on one of the planes that were hijacked. Not many of you know this about me but I was recalled to active duty during Operation Iraqi Freedom. I was in the US Navy Reserves and attached to an F-18 Squadron..VFA 201 Hunters. I found the video of our Cruise on the USS Theodore Roosevelt on You Tube today while searching F-18 Videos with Denver. He loves the planes and is always watching my cruise video. For your viewing entertainment I am posting the links to the videos. </div><div><div><div><div align="left"><div align="center"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZqXtv-XXrw">Part</a> 1<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItBfuvSY7Ys">Part</a> 2 </div><div align="center">I am in the second song of Part 2, the 13th still picture. I have chains on my shoulders and one arm in the air, like rock on...<br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z4DnGglEKw">Part</a> 3<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkHCn5vmZr_cUBpi6xENVWvoppbjGZYv0MCrn7EfyO0I6IlbklYqG7sHIjTAT62wUEjLLtcVsuqk0V1nxczZ41PrecxHQrko-3mMJWiZXt-zJHgiZta9ara2kpnLnUO6eefe-8t5yW9Ds/s1600-h/VFA+201+CAW+8+CVN+71.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204402938071849762" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 228px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 221px" height="183" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkHCn5vmZr_cUBpi6xENVWvoppbjGZYv0MCrn7EfyO0I6IlbklYqG7sHIjTAT62wUEjLLtcVsuqk0V1nxczZ41PrecxHQrko-3mMJWiZXt-zJHgiZta9ara2kpnLnUO6eefe-8t5yW9Ds/s200/VFA+201+CAW+8+CVN+71.png" width="200" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMvYU6xbyKN3tBYwe1YmdTwAF4iv4u-sRSerhkzqhpRrIclrJv2VRqiT18-NBGNUGGMI1mOHerm8lDTQnEo1pR14ELTcfHpKVu6LNS6ysv9wVDMnL0n3KHKNCMM8PxIPUBbhjGCsP3VSo/s1600-h/OIF+In+Remembrance.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204404041878444850" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 272px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 211px" height="200" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMvYU6xbyKN3tBYwe1YmdTwAF4iv4u-sRSerhkzqhpRrIclrJv2VRqiT18-NBGNUGGMI1mOHerm8lDTQnEo1pR14ELTcfHpKVu6LNS6ysv9wVDMnL0n3KHKNCMM8PxIPUBbhjGCsP3VSo/s200/OIF+In+Remembrance.png" width="250" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">To those that have fallen and to those whom have lost a loved one during wartime or peacetime, my thoughts and prayers go out to you as always. God Bless all on this Memorial Day Weekend.</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="center">Missie</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div></div></div></div></div>Missiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17297352646256884427noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908254414713562189.post-21413752915704660682008-05-24T23:35:00.005-05:002008-12-09T22:14:27.565-06:00Bundle of Joy-All about Girls<div align="center"><br /></div><div align="left">Well now that I am not crying on my keyboard anymore..dang movie. If you haven't seen PS I Love You...I give it two tissue boxes. It will give you the warm fuzzies and probably want to walk in and kick your better half for not being like the wonderful Irishman in the movie. Well at least I would if he still lived here so instead I am just going to go eat some chocolate and stew over finding a man like that one or is he gay.....I know Kim, I am praying about it. This is one thing I won't stand and say I am not praying about this because I am. I made the mistake of one day telling Kim that I was not going to pray over something and she just laughed and said let me know how that works out for ya. We still laugh about that one. Well I am now on to 27 Dresses, see there is one good thing about being single, I get to watch all the chick flicks without hearing anything about it.<br /></div><div align="left">So who wants the Ribbon and Such part of the kit....ok, here ya go.</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204174226768370386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE34oZXi1p6xiG99WuOZdbyw9v5rWzQHEBR2J_8Tf9bEphrZVMUIfqILNRHAiKQg82tuxYdv4WCwIIuJ4DEX-IZZLI9xjGrKuzlzQz5BYcGnoxhoNIdTphQIOsnG71j7pd9iVNjw9HlEU/s320/web+page+ready+title.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center">Download <a href="http://www.4shared.com/file/48834761/e6dc2c97/ribbons_and_such.html">Here</a></p><p align="left">Take care, have fun with the kit and I am starting a collection of layouts to post on my blog so if you would share those and I will add them to the collection for the slideshow. Good Night all...</p><p align="left">Missie<br /><br /></p>Missiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17297352646256884427noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908254414713562189.post-30741086494948642102008-05-24T21:46:00.005-05:002008-05-25T00:08:18.808-05:00PS I Love You MovieWow...where is my Love Sick Irishman? (I know he dies in this movie, but what a story.) Guess my heart just wasn't ready for this movie...However Harry <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Connick</span> Jr. isn't a bad second to a singing Irishman that will do a dirty dance for ya after a fight. Going through this divorce, Kim had me make a list of what I wanted in a husband, so I did. I really don't think this man exists and if he does I think he is probably gay. I can so relate to her in this movie, they say going through a divorce is like the same emotions of a death. You would think I would be a pro at this seeing how I was married at 16 and had my first son then divorced...stayed single for a while then remarried, had my had second and third son...yup...divorced. Well the I thought I had the love of my life and life couldn't be better, well you know the rest...divorced, well not yet but working on it. This isn't one of those <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">pitty</span> party posts don't think that is where I am going with this. I am doing well but I still have a long way to go but I am not where I used to be. Maybe that is what is wrong with me....I am looking for the Love Sick Irishman (or any Love Sick man) or Harry but they are only in movies. My thoughts are why not look for it? I mean if Kim has me make a list then why not put everything that I want on it but at what point do I have to look at the list with the reality of this world. I know I won't find the man that my list requires because there are some things on this list that I just don't think any man out there would do and if he did, once again I think he would be gay. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">OMG</span>...he sent her to Ireland. I dream of going there. The <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Irish</span> in me drives me to want to be there. Well I am going to end for now on this discussion because it is just getting to the point of weird..one should not be posting on their blog, discussing a movie they are watching while doing it. I really do have a life just not tonight...Oh lord that accent...<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">ok</span> I am going now.Missiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17297352646256884427noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908254414713562189.post-40750447503182019252008-05-23T21:52:00.002-05:002008-12-09T22:14:27.792-06:00Bundle Of Joy-All About Girls Papers 2<div>Well it is Friday and what a week it has been. I finished up the paperwork on the new place, worked my tail end off, and seem to have a new annoying habit of waking up three to four times a night. I mean I can wake up and be wide awake at least three or four times a night ...this is so frustrating because when it is time for me to actually wake up, all I want to do is sleep because I am so tired. I have busted my tail on the kit and finished up another set of papers and a set of elements. I am posting the papers tonight and will post the elements tomorrow. Denver and I will be going over to the new place to meet Dad. Guess he wants to look at the window, wall and floor that needs to be replaced. He even talked about putting a new (bigger) window in my bedroom...that would be cool. I think he is bored and wants to get busy on the house, plus Denver hasn't seen it yet so it will be neat to show him his new school and everything around the house and what we are going to be doing to it. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Kim is now nicknamed Bitchy, Itchy, and Scratchy...we have both been bitchy the last couple of days (I am sure all work related) and she is itchy and scratchy because we started tanning and Miss Thing was in the oven just a little to long...of course I did the same thing but I just walked around scratching my butt. I spent tonight helping Clayton look for his new home for college and this is just to hard to deal with. I think I have him thinking more about an apartment instead of a house. We found one that is across the street from the college and he seemed to be real interested so here's hoping. So how about that Freebie.......<br /></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203774425442654914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="282" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtNDkTcxNlGVMNMHyx3eF5ArJZ1yM8Qtv61BEZZwP4GNd1C2V35NbRclkEQsrVBxn-qf3MV1q43jgBGqLefQ16erZwH9_YIEIZKlQMxg8B-iQlOHdO1f7zr5VLVoubnlluZngzl0bGsQw/s320/web+ready+title+page.jpg" width="301" border="0" /></div><br /><p align="center">Download <a href="http://www.4shared.com/file/48729731/a5f79b6a/Papers_2.html">Here</a></p><p> </p>Missiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17297352646256884427noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908254414713562189.post-81845336575744485112008-05-22T20:13:00.004-05:002008-12-09T22:14:27.981-06:00Bundle of Joy_All About Girls Elements 1<div>Well I was all over the place with these so you can probably mix and match with other kits but I sure do have more to post because even though I don't have any girls I am having fun with this kit.</div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203375727923534514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="265" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgurzHgQp26Djw5OsjSlesXC5SiCew7IdDLzx85WvemDMPwFaOvvmS6rHmoADcYk4Ck48P7QYWTDIOy9eaS4-lyNT8ro3Q_v34vBbUfKMdoUKImpECbfvVZ7dLV6hPZmODRl5tDMN0GdTE/s320/web+ready+title.jpg" width="290" border="0" /></div><br /><p align="center">Download <a href="http://www.4shared.com/file/48603336/e2bbc6b4/All_About_Girls_Elements_1.html">Here</a></p><p align="center">Have fun with the kit and still more to come...Missie</p>Missiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17297352646256884427noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908254414713562189.post-81295903002812446472008-05-22T19:30:00.003-05:002008-05-22T19:45:42.883-05:00Field Trip from Hades....Denver finally had the field trip today that he had been waiting for the last two months. Only problem is...there was his bully nightmare on his team during the field trip. So Mr. Bully decided to punch Denver in the face and I got a phone call at work to come pick him up. I get there and he is crying because he has to leave, so I had worked down in the Stockyards in the Drug Store long ago so I took him on his own personal field trip. I mean think about it, he gets hit in the face and has to leave the class field trip yet Mr. Bully finished the trip with the class. His class was not allowed to go through the museum but he got to since it was just the two of us. They also told the kids to bring money to spend in the shops along the strip but didn't allow any of them in the stores. So he got to go through all of them and spend his money. I took a couple of pics while we were there so I will be scrappin those later. Kim gonna need that cowboy kit for it...no pressure. LOL. I also found out that they were taking all of next weeks end of school events from him. So when we got home, I called the school. I made my comments, ok, my complaints and needless to say they would rather him finish out next week at school because I figured if he can't be involved then I would just check him out since we are moving school districts anyway. So looks like all will work out for Denver but I did lose a day at work because I had to drive back into Ft. Worth to pick him up. We did need to spend some time together and we had a great time just the two of us.<br /><br />I am putting together the first set of elements for the Bundle of Joy-All about Girls together now and will be posting them shortly.<br /><br />Take care,<br />MissieMissiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17297352646256884427noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908254414713562189.post-14138921232257755202008-05-21T20:50:00.003-05:002008-12-09T22:14:28.136-06:00Bundle of Joy-All About Girls<div>Well surprise...I have the the first set of papers ready for the kit. See, I pinky promised and came through. Wow what a day though, had to go to work and then do the walk through the house by Kim and sign all the paperwork so it is official...I am now Kim's neighbor but won't be moving in immediately. I have to make some repairs and paint and hopefully get the carpet pulled out are replace the flooring. Then we can start moving in. I really had such high anxiety on the way to meet the manager of the property because I had heard such horrible stories but when I arrived, this was the nicest lady and all went well, other than the to do list she gave me and gave me 30 days to get it all done..yeah right. Let me lay that golden egg and wiggle my nose for her and it will all be done. Of course, I am still working on the golden egg process because mine just keep coming up with IOU stamped on them. Anyway, I am excited but a little stressed on the things I need to get done so I can finally get moved and settled in before the end of July.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>So how about that freebie kit:</div><div> </div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203015959987985058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="242" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfm-JKcVQiQrPT4XMWHxunlf5G7QuQYoSCIsdux9rmU8QftiY4HVYTN9ZAsARBiwp2OdTFdkO5jiSC8Ofe6X34R8bub7rRyIKvYAPESUW5pTwymCWdwt-kQ7YJyNWIO2rgQxWFWaYuI9o/s320/web+ready+title+page.jpg" width="239" border="0" /></div><br /><p align="center">Download <a href="http://www.4shared.com/file/48483387/bf0c523/Papers_1_All_About_Girls.html">Here</a></p>Missiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17297352646256884427noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7908254414713562189.post-66711809078454566232008-05-21T09:57:00.003-05:002008-05-21T10:04:01.691-05:00You have to go read Kim's Top 10Kim and I are about to become neighbor's with me becoming single and not able to handle the 4000 sq. feet of a house that I have. So I am downsizing just like she did a couple of months ago. At least she can support me on telling me "No, you can't bring that in because you don't have room for it" I can see the house tilting to one side with all my scrap stuff. Anyway, she put together a Top 10 reasons it is good that I am moving next to her...she is so funny. I like the margarita and wine reasons though....guess I need to look for one of those frozen machines to put in the house. I already want an ice cream machine so maybe they can sit next to each other in my little bitty living room.<br /><br />So see here <a href="http://starscraps.blogspot.com/">Starscraps</a> Kim's blog link.<br /><br />Everyone have a blessed day and I will be posting the papers tonight...promise...pinky promise.Missiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17297352646256884427noreply@blogger.com2