Missies Scrak Attic

Missie Who??? And is she still around???

2009-08-14T23:10:00.003-05:00

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.

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.

Well I have updated my links to Fav. Blog sites for Page Ideas, Cards, and Supplies so go see what is out there.

Take care,
Missie

Savings and more....

2009-01-17T10:27:00.008-06:00

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 here. To see the full News article click here

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.

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.

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.

Happy Saturday...
Missie

Hello out there!!!!!!!

2008-12-27T01:46:00.003-06:00

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).....
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.
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!!!!!!!!
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.
4. Work is still Work and busy as ever.
5. StarScraps (Kim) is blowing the doors off the digiscrap world, I am so proud of her and all her kits. Way to Go Kim!
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.
7. Designing...nope, making cards, YOU BET...My new found love but I do miss the digi world.
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.
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.
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.

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.

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.

Suffering from Moving Pains

2008-08-06T12:39:00.002-05:00

Well 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 blog 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 Starscraps. 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......

Welcome to the World, Hayden Michael Redding

2008-07-28T16:18:00.004-05:00

I 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.

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.

Congrats to Mike and Michelle on this beautiful baby boy...

I am still around

2008-07-28T15:56:00.007-05:00

I 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.
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Well better get back to the moving game...
Take care, Missie

2008-07-10T11:22:00.004-05:00

Lets see how this works out for me...Kim over at StarScraps had this cuss o'meter on her blog so I figure why not, lets just check and see how I am doing.

Created by OnePlusYou

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.

Well I have to get back to work...chat with ya later.
Missie

2008-07-02T22:16:00.014-05:00

Well here are some freebies that I will be taking down this next week so grab them before they are gone!!! Download here

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Enjoy the very first kit I made and I will have it posted for downloads for another week, so grab them while you can.

Missie

Ready to Leave Seattle, finally!!

2008-07-02T20:37:00.005-05:00

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.Here is our home for the next week...Saying good-bye to Seattle for awhile..Kim and Jerry,
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.
I will post the Ketchican, Alaska pics tomorrow. Have a good night ya'll.

We arrive in Seattle to wait to embark on the ship

2008-07-02T20:26:00.005-05:00

These are pics from our first day in Seattle waiting to get on the ship....

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.

Here is Kim and Jerry with our little fisherman friend...

Me on the pig..not sure what the bronze pig was all about but turned out to be a funny pic.

Formal Pics from Cruise

2008-07-02T19:51:00.008-05:00

Well 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....

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.

Back from Alaska

2008-07-01T21:33:00.004-05:00

Wow, 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.

Have a great night...
Missie

How unproductive can one get???

2008-06-16T18:54:00.002-05:00

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.

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.

Missie

Layout of the Day on Moo Two Designs

2008-06-11T09:12:00.004-05:00

YEAH KIM....here layout of the two of us made Layout of the Day.

Go see here

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.

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.

Missie

Check out Kim's Layout

2008-06-08T20:09:00.003-05:00

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.

Starscraps link

Ready for Life to Slow Down...

2008-06-08T11:38:00.010-05:00

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Take care as always,

Missie

Are You CPR Certified?????

2008-05-28T19:45:00.004-05:00

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.

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.

Memorial Day Wishes to All Fallen Shipmates....

2008-05-25T14:19:00.015-05:00

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.

Part 1
Part 2

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...
Part 3

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.

Missie

Bundle of Joy-All about Girls

2008-05-24T23:35:00.005-05:00

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.

So who wants the Ribbon and Such part of the kit....ok, here ya go.

Download Here

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...

Missie

PS I Love You Movie

2008-05-24T21:46:00.005-05:00

Wow...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 Connick 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 pitty 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. OMG...he sent her to Ireland. I dream of going there. The Irish 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...ok I am going now.

Bundle Of Joy-All About Girls Papers 2

2008-05-23T21:52:00.002-05:00

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.

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.......

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Bundle of Joy_All About Girls Elements 1

2008-05-22T20:13:00.004-05:00

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.

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Have fun with the kit and still more to come...Missie

Field Trip from Hades....

2008-05-22T19:30:00.003-05:00

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.

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.

Take care,
Missie

Bundle of Joy-All About Girls

2008-05-21T20:50:00.003-05:00

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.

So how about that freebie kit:

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You have to go read Kim's Top 10

2008-05-21T09:57:00.003-05:00

Kim 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.

So see here Starscraps Kim's blog link.

Everyone have a blessed day and I will be posting the papers tonight...promise...pinky promise.

I have be tagged,Thanks Kim

2008-05-20T20:41:00.003-05:00

My fellow Digi-Scrapper Kim has tagged me for this! I have never played, so this should be fun!
1. Link your tagger and list these rules on your blog.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.
4. Let them know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog .

7 facts..hmm..always heard don't put anything in writing that you don't want to see in the paper the next day...exactly what paper because I am thinking the only one's interested will be those tabloid papers and magazines. Like I tell Kim all the soap opera you can stand and no commercials in my life.

1. I currently have a school bus in my back yard the soon to be ex left there and have become the comedy hour of our small town. It is really sad, no windows and he even dug a hole for it so I don't know how to get rid of the dang thing. He wanted to make into a storage building but nope looks like a school bus in the back of my house that sits on top of a hill for the whole town to see. Jokes on me, I guess.
2. I hate my toes...I am just now starting to wear sandals that my toes show in but man this has been hard. I used to paint my toes and it would be on there for months at a time because I never wore open toed shoes. Well now I have bought some sandals and flip flops so had to get the feet in shape for this, well my big toes are a shape just a large shape.
3. I can't wash dishes or take out the trash without gagging. The boys get to do this because it is just horrible going through the gag fit that I do. Course, I gag on my own toothbrush so no mascara until my teeth are brushed in the morning due to my watery eyes.
4. I am a Red Bull freak, I even buy it by the case. It's the only thing that gets me through my day.
5. I usually start things off with a bang and then taper off...freebies are a good example of this but I am working on the new kit.
6. I usually volunteer for way to much and don't have much time to do the things that I would really like to do. I am bad about over commiting myself to things.
7. For the last month, I have feed my kids take out every night because it is so much easier right now than cooking. For example, it was Burger King tonight. Tomorrow...Long John Silvers is looking tasty. There is just so much going on right now with needing to work on moving, end of the school year, and Clay's graduation coming up..wonder if his guest would mind McDonald's for the after Graduation Party...hmmm. I am getting adjusted to this whole single life though. I have actually had time to read a book...yeah me.

Well there you have it and I didn't bring out the really good stuff yet. Kim can rat on me about some of those stories...I have one about a pair of sizzors (that I will never tell), my woobie, and so much more.

I am tagging the following people that will probably go Missie Who? But I do view there blogs on a regular basis because I really like the work they do....
1. Emily at Stamping and Stuff
2. Summer at Summertime Designs
3. Andrea atPlaying with Paper
4. Sharon at PaperFections
5. Misty at Misty Cato Designs
6. Vivian at Sinfully Blissful
7. Michelle at Crafty Scraps

Working for the company lately but catch up on the Freebies you may have missed

2008-05-12T21:41:00.003-05:00

Well being out of the office for almost two weeks while I was sick is killing me at the office. I am spending my days and evenings working trying to get everything caught up. I hope to have everything under control by the end of the week. So I don't know if you have snagged all the freebies I have posted but take a look and see if you missed anything. My Freebie link is to the left of the screen and should have all the kits I have created. I hope to post the new kit on Friday but that all depends on my workload from the office. I am putting together an girl version of Bundle of Joy so this ought to be interesting due to I have all boys and no girls to scrap but it will be fun working on it.

The family update...well the boys are going to spend the summer with their dad and I have been blessed with a cruise to Alaska with Kim (Starscraps ). I can not wait...this is going to be so much fun. Other than that I will spend the rest of the summer moving out of our home due to I am not able to keep it since the divorce situation..bummer, but we are going to be okay. God has a plan and this is working out really well for me and the boys. I just hate to move, but I will love my neighbor...yup, I am joining Kim and that is exciting because we can go to church together, scrap together, work together...you name it we will probably be doing it. Plus our boys are looking forward to being able to play with one another. I have been blessed so much in the last month but it is time to make a good financial decision and this seems to be the best route to go, especially with Clayton going to college in August. I will be able to do so much more for my boys now. Keep us in your prayers because it is still going to be very hard to leave our home because it has meant so much to us.

Good Night for now...
Missie

Bundle of Joy-All about boys

2008-05-10T18:04:00.004-05:00

Well here is the last part of the kit and I do have to apologize for being so late with it. Things are going great here around the house and there is so much peace about our transition. I am off to Kim's for a cookout so I am going to make this quick....here is the freebie.

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HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL!!!!!!

Bundle of Joy Elements

2008-05-04T01:43:00.004-05:00

Well it is really late and I just got in from the Kenny Chesney concert. It was absolutely awesome. This is the second year that I have gone to his concert and have yet to be disappointed. The girls really had a great time and I will share photos tomorrow once I download them off the camera. I am feeling much better with a cough every now and then..Thank God. Well I am off to bed once I post this so here are the elements for the Bundle of Joy kit. Enjoy the kit because there is more to come your way.

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Yeah Me...I put music on my blog.

2008-05-03T02:42:00.003-05:00

Well I started this adventure about 8pm tonight and it is now 2:45ish in the morning. I tried several sites that blogger had to offer until I finally found one that would work. If the volume is too loud, like it was on my computer just adjust your volume. I have no control over that. I have put a variety of songs on my list, (You can pick up to 100 but I think I will keep the list short) and they are all shuffled when they play. I am so excited...I have wanted this on here for awhile now and after much struggle it is done. So in the morning, oh wait, it is morning..ok once I wake up I will post the next part of the Bundle of Joy kit. I am going to the Kenny Chesney Concert tomorrow, opps again, today and want to get everything done before I leave. I will take lots of pics to share because his shows are usually really fun. Kind of like a step down from a Jimmy Buffett concert, now those are the best, if you haven't seen him try to catch one of his shows and go early the parking lot parties are fun and there is lots to see. Anyway enjoy the music and goodnight/good morning...I just really need sleep right now.

Oh and YES Kim I will show you how to put this on your blog too. Just make sure you don't start on it late because you will be up for awhile...well maybe not since I worked all the kinks out of how to do it...lol

Our Bundle of Joy-All About Boys

2008-05-02T18:49:00.003-05:00

Hello to all out there, sorry for being gone for so long but with the pending divorce, things have been a bit crazy around here. We are adjusting to our new situation and loving each other everyday. Thanks to Kim and Debbie for all your support even through all my tears and questions. It is amazing what God will help you through and to pray about all that is going on and getting the voice of God three times before noon has been amazing. The blessing that have been bestowed on me and the boys lately are just amazing. The house situation is working itself out with the hand of God surrounding it and all are needs are being met beyond what I could have imagined.

With this being said, I have started working on kits again, even though Kim got me real sick this past week...just kidding Kim. Please keep her in your prayers because I really could use her being around at 100% again. We have both been home sick for the past week and this stuff is horrible to have.

I put a baby boy kit together and I am still adding to it. This 1st set is papers, 6 total so enjoy and if you remember leave a comment, sure do like to hear from everyone out there.

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Just hangin around but designing....

2008-04-21T20:49:00.003-05:00

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???

2008-04-14T21:00:00.002-05:00

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..

2008-04-10T21:29:00.003-05:00

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

2008-04-02T21:26:00.005-05:00

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

2008-04-01T22:02:00.006-05:00

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

Forever Young Papers #2

2008-03-31T19:57:00.003-05:00

Well I have been MIA for the last two days, not really. I spent the weekend with Kim, helping her move and packed up her scrap room. We had a good time but man were we tired by Sunday afternoon. I had bought the WrestleMania for Denver because he did so well on his TAKS test. The school normally had trouble getting him to just finish the test and he would score really low, well this time he scored an 89 on the reading portion of the test. We did the happy dance for two days and I decided to let him have something that he really enjoys. So I get home last night, set up the DVD recorder because if I am going to pay $60 for the pay per view, by gosh, I am getting it on dvd. We pop the popcorn and get the sodas and settle in for 4 hours of wrestling. We get through the first two matches and Denver being sensible, he was wanting to go play on the swings before it got dark outside. I could not believe it, here I had spent this money as a reward and now he didn't want to watch it...his reasoning was since I was recording it he could watch it on his own time. My reasoning was..I paid for this and I was not going to have no one in the house watching it live. Well he ended up falling asleep instead and I stayed up till 10 pm watching something that I had not watched since I was a kid. I could not believe I was stuck watching this when I could have been doing something else but my stubborness made me sit and watch my $60 worth of pay per view. My lesson learned because I could have just bought the DVD in a couple of weeks for about $20 so no more pay per view wrestling in our home. The thing that really got me was this morning he woke up and wanted me to tell him who won the matches..well I told him he would have to watch the recordings because I was not going to give on telling him. Figures......just the way things work out in my house sometimes. Anyway, lets get down to business and those Freebies.

I have the papers done on the kit and considered taking a break from designing to handle things around the house due to all the chaos going on right now but I just can not post one set of papers and walk away so I will finish up the kit and then may take the weekend to catch up on my reading and things I need to do around here.

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Take care of each other and chat with ya'll tomorrow.

Michelle

That's My Boy Quick Pages

2008-03-29T11:40:00.002-05:00

As I said, I was going to put together some quick pages/ploppers (which ever you may call them). Please let me know if they work for you because this is my first set of them.

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Going nuts this morning....

2008-03-29T08:04:00.004-05:00

I can not believe that I am up so early and want to play with digital scraps and can't...I thought about working on the book but I keep hoping that 4 shared will come backup. I think maybe I am supposed to be doing something else this morning but my butt won't leave my seat or this computer. How unfair is it that I work all week and look forward to my cups (way more than one already this morning) of coffee and all the blogs and freebies out there and I get nothing this morning. I have been able to see everybody's new designs but heck no, Missie can't have any of them. Bummer. Well I could start working on Forever Young but I just really wanted to spend this morning seeing what everyone out there was doing. I have been so out of touch with my freebie collection lately because I have been designing away. But NO, can't do anything but window shop. These guys don't realize what kind of stress they are causing right now. Oh...what I was able to download something. Only from Rapidshare though...no 4shared. Thanks Scrap Stew Sue..go see her stuff...if you need your scrak hit.

Oh Lord, Please help me out here...I really would like to play with my fellow scrap friends out in this big ol' world. I promise to be good, Stop laughing at me Kim..not nice. Well guess God wants me to do something else this morning. Off to find out what that is.......

Forever Young Papers #1

2008-03-28T21:51:00.006-05:00

Here is the newest kit and let me give some background. Once again, I needed a kit and my oldest came through. Clay had been playing a CD full of Texas Bands and one song really caught my ear. Forever Young by Stoney LaRue had me thinking about how Clay would be graduating in a month and thinking about all we had been through. So I had him pick out the colors and I typed up the lyrics. This is a great song and I will definitely be using it for his graduation party on the slide show. I am pretty much still building the kit and completed several elements and papers tonight but will finish it up tomorrow for our week of downloads. Enjoy and stay Forever Young.

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Glad to see the weekend is here and have a Good Evening.
Michelle

That's My Boy Chalked Alpha's Split out

2008-03-28T15:57:00.005-05:00

Here is a new link for the Alphas, I split them out for those who needed them.

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Thanks for the requests and enjoy them. I will try to keep in mind to break the alphas out but if I miss some don't hesitate to let me know.

Thanks and Happy Friday.

That's My Boy Chalked Alphas

2008-03-27T20:16:00.005-05:00

Well here is the last download for That's My Boy..sniff, sniff. These alphas are all on one sheet so if you need them broke out then leave me a comment and I can break them out and post them. I just remember before I had the option to do this and I was unable to use alot of files, so I don't want that happening here. Just let me know which you prefer. I had a great time with this kit and will be posting some quick pages soon, I hope. I am going to try this out and see what everyone thinks of them.

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Man, what a day! Heck what a week...I have been really quite this week only because of the stuff I have been dealt this week. Won't bore you with the details, just know that I was attacked personal and spiritual this week. I even told Kim this week that I would not be praying about this and she just laughed at me. Then today I deleted my daily devotion without reading it and something told me to go back and open it. Wow, how God speaks to you in funny ways...the devotion was about praylessness. I showed Kim and she looked at me and I knew what she was thinking, my comment earlier this week was not going to work for me...so I have hit my knees once again but I have found comfort and peace in many different scriptures this week. Lets just say it will take a miracle from God to change the hurt and disappointment this week or release me of this. Either way, Ephesians is my foundation

The Will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you.

Take care and remember tomorrow is Friday....

Go check out Kim's New Kit

2008-03-27T20:03:00.006-05:00

Go check out Kim's newest kit...My Grunge Girlfriend

I wish had some girls around the house so I could do their pages but I did find some of my niece so I am going to start working on pages of her and plus begin my life scrapbook. What a soap opera on paper that will be....

Click on the picture to go to Kim's Blog and grab her kit.

YEAH ME!!! I figured out how to use her picture and link it to the blog...Kim didn't fill me in on this little trick...Shame on you for not sharing that tip :-}

That's My Boy Button Alphas

2008-03-26T21:03:00.006-05:00

Here it the first set of alpha's for the That's My Boy kit. I am glad to see so many are enjoying the kit and remember to share Layouts with me when you get a chance. You can email me at txmsjoshua@aol.com, I would love to see your work and share them on my blog if you don't mind.
Debbie, I broke these alphas out with you in mind..Enjoy.

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Have a great night and talk to everyone tomorrow.

Michelle

That's My Boy Papers #3

2008-03-25T21:30:00.004-05:00

Here is the third set of papers for the kit. Have fun with them and leave me a comment or two here on the blog if you don't mind. I would love to hear what you think.

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Sorry I have been kinda of quite the past couple of days, just having a hard time here at home. I will get through this because of Ephesians 3:20 says, The Will of God will never take you where the Grace of God will not protect you.

Take care and Talk to ya tomorrow.

Michelle

That's My Boy Paper #2 and another NASCAR LO

2008-03-24T20:46:00.004-05:00

Here is the second set of papers for That's My Boy.

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We still have the frames and another set of papers and the alphas left to go.

Here is another layout that I made of my NASCAR Pics. I am having so much fun with these pictures and can't wait to start on my pics from my tour overseas. I have alot of pictures of me in Sicily and Crete that I want to start working on. The only problem is I am still not in my scrap room working on those books for Clayton so I have to get back to my one page a night routine.

Thanks and take care,

Michelle

That's My Boy Paper #1 and Elements #2

2008-03-23T09:23:00.007-05:00

Here is the first set of papers for the That's My Boy kit. Sorry about missing the upload last night. I tried again after the boys went to bed but ended up falling asleep during the upload. So I will be posting the papers and elements today.

Download Papers #1 here

Here is the Second set of elements for the kit.

Download Elements #2 here

Well we are off to hunt eggs today and take lots of pics so I will have more work to scrap. Not like I do not have enough. I still haven't finished Clay's book for Graduation and only 2 months left. I have got to get busy on the books or I won't make it. Plus, I have now decided to start making stuff for the BIG PARTY after Graduation. Well have a Great Time today and Thank the Lord for today and giving his only son so that we may be saved.

Michelle

That's My Boy

2008-03-21T12:35:00.002-05:00

It is finally done...Here is the newest kit, "That's My Boy". I have been yelling this at the boys during games for years now and decided to make a kit out of it. I had fun making this kit and even played with a few new technics in the kit. There are 3 papers sets, 2 alphas, 2 sets of elements and a set of frames. So we have a good weeks worth of downloads for this one. Have fun with it as always.

Download here

Happy Friday Everyone!!!!

2008-03-20T22:24:00.002-05:00

After a week worth of downloads, here is the last one for Texas Egg Hunt. There are five sets of alphas in the download due to I wanted the add the different colors for use. I really had fun with this kit and hope you enjoy it with all those Easter Pics you get this weekend.

Download here

I am still working on the next kit but I think I have enough to start the first download tomorrow. Kim really got me looking at different ways to manipulate things in elements tonight so it looks like it will be a late night for me because I am just having a blast with this stuff. My first day of vacation was spent actually working this morning and spent the afternoon cleaning house. YUK, hopefully I will actually be able to act like I am on vacation tomorrow other than doing the tons of laundry all these boys have created. I think we are either the nasty people or the cleanest, just not sure yet. I sure could have used Kitty's (Litterbox Creations) help today with the house cleaning but the travel charges would have definitely wiped me out. I wish I could have a cleaning crew come in twice a week to help me maintain everything but the chemical hazard suits they would need to come into the boys rooms might be hard to come by.

Well have fun with those memories and keep in mind...Tomorrow is FRIDAY!!!!!

Texas Egg Hunt Papers #3

2008-03-19T20:16:00.003-05:00

Well here it is the last set of papers for the Texas Egg Hunt kit. The alphas will be out tomorrow and I am putting them all in one download. Enjoy and leave a comment here if you don't mind.

Download here

Have lots of fun with the kit and have a enjoyable Easter.

Michelle

Texas Egg Hunt Elements #3

2008-03-18T23:02:00.003-05:00

Here is the third and last set of elements for the Texas Egg Hunt Kit. There is still one set of papers coming and the alphas.

Download here

It is late so I am only posting the freebies and will chat tomorrow.

Have a Great Night Everyone,

Michelle

Texas Egg Hunt Paper #2

2008-03-17T20:11:00.005-05:00

Happy Monday Everyone,

Here is the second set of papers for the Texas Egg Hunt.

Download here

Have fun and if you don't mind email a layout that you complete so that I can show someone else besides my crew.

I went back to work today and not much was different but did enjoy the time that Kim and I were able to spend catching up on Scrap stuff and our families. I figured I would come home to a destroyed home because all the boys (all six) are out for Spring Break but surprisingly all was well even the animals seemed calm. Lets hope they can make it through tomorrow like they made it through today. The only way to explain the total chaos in my home is to imagine standing in the middle of a large chicken coup with a bucket full of feed. These guys are like vultures after fresh road kill or a group of ants stumbling upon a family picnic. I swear they can smell when I have money on me and they drain all of it out of my pocket then ask whats for dinner while eating some kind of sweet treat in their mouth. It is like 8 soap operas playing at the same time on the same channel. Get the picture yet??? The picture below sums it all up...

Have a great night and keep all of them in your prayers because oh forget it...just pray for me and Jason at this point. What were we thinking????

Love..it is blind to the real situation sometimes.

I wouldn't change it because think of all the spoiling I will get to do when they have kids..hehehe..Grandma's got lots of candy and sugar before you have to go home and here is an airsoft gun with 5000 pellets to go with it, be sure to shoot them in Mommy and Daddy's house they will love it when you do this. Oh the plans I have for my Grandkids...

Texas Egg Hunt Elements 2

2008-03-16T18:32:00.007-05:00

Here is the second set of elements for the Texas Egg Hunt. And just think you have 1 set of elements, 2 sets of papers, and all the alphas left to go on the kit.

Download here

Have fun with them and knock the dust off those memories.

With this being Race Day in our home, I decided to work on some NASCAR Layouts. The boys and the hubby really liked the outcome of all my work today.

Since I am not a Jeff Gordon Fan, I decided to work on elements and paper for my driver, Tony Stewart. I hate that he did not win today, but he was so close. I worked on the pic from last years race in April and still have the Cup series to work on, so more layouts to come. This was fun today playing with all the pics and building my personal Nascar file. I think I am going to work on a Kansas City Chiefs, Green Bay and Dallas Cowboys kits next because we have alot of football fans in the house also.

Have a Good Night and talk to you tomorrow. It is back to work and lots of catching up with Kim since I have been out sick for the better half of last week.

Missie

Hybrid Scrapping

2008-03-16T12:51:00.002-05:00

Debbie came through on confirming the hybrid technic...it is what I thought. If you scrap your page or your card, you print it off and add paper elements to it. Here is a great link she sent me that goes into detail on how this is done.

http://www.primahybrid.com/forums/showthread.php?t=770

Here is a great link for cards, I visit her often to see what she has been creating.

http://www.andreagourley.blogspot.com/

Great work on the cards.

Texas Egg Hunt Papers #1

2008-03-15T12:14:00.002-05:00

You should have the first set of elements from yesterday and now here is the first set of papers. Some are pretty busy but lets see what you can come up with for them. Please do not forget to leave a comment, they are appreciated and nice to see. Those that have left me comments here and on 4shared, I love hearing from you and glad to see everyone really enjoyed the Hot Pink Dreams Kit.

Download here

Well I am off to go grocery shopping, you knowI am feeding a tribe now days. And I have to work on my Easter Cards since Easter moved up on me this year. By the way, is anybody doing hybrid digital out there? I am interested in this and would like to find out what exactly the technic is for this. It sounds like to me you print off digital and add paper elements to the digital but I could be wrong. Let me know if anyone out there can explain this to me.

Thanks and Happy Saturday,

Michelle

Kim (Starscraps) did a LO with Hot Pink Dreams

2008-03-15T08:37:00.006-05:00

Wow what a great job on the LO. Thanks Kim for sharing your LO with me.

Not a dull moment in my house...

2008-03-15T07:59:00.005-05:00

Well so much for the quite weekend I had all planned out. My hubby came home late last night and I now have a full house. The boys are growing up so fast, it is hard to believe that they were all 3, 6, and 9 when Jason and I met. His boys just keep growing like weeds every time I see them. Last night, I was working on designing my kit for boys when I heard a loud noise in the house. I was all alone, so I grabbed the first thing I could...a airsoft gun, you know the thing that had me cleaning all day yesterday. So I walk down the hallway thinking maybe it was one of the cats or the dog but they were all in my room. So now there is a stranger in the house. I followed the noise to a closet under the stairs, I look in and saw nothing but heard more moving. Once Jason came home, we began moving everything out of the closet. Everyone thought I was crazy because we couldn't find the source of the noise. I went back to the computer and all the sudden I hear screaming from the other end of the house. They found my prowler, it was a stray tom cat, and how did he get in the closet under the stairs. I have never seen a more pissed off cat, he took off running and climbed several of the windows before he ran back into the closet. So here we go again with the blanket and gloves trying to wrap up the mean cat. This cat has made the most awful smell in that closet..I was ready to boil him because of the mess he had made and wasn't even one of my cats. We finally got him wrapped up and outside but now what do I do will all the stuff that he messed up. And again, how the heck did he get in there. Looks like he has been there for a couple of days. Darn Cat.

Texas Egg Hunt Element Set 1

2008-03-14T18:29:00.007-05:00

Well here it is, an old fashion Texas Egg Hunt. I thought I was way ahead of schedule when I made the kit last week, I am so out of touch with time that I did not realize that Easter is next weekend. That's okay we still have enough time to get all this kit before then. There are 3 downloads of elements and 3 for paper and then ending with the alphas. Some of the elements are copied in the file due to I am offering them in different colors. Once you get started on these kits it is hard to stop making items for the kit, guess I went crazy with it.

Download here

Here is the LO I did with the Hoppy Easter kit from Starscraps, be sure to go get her kit..she did an awesome job on it. Starscraps

Easter 2000, Denver was such a little guy and Devin was so lovable...sure miss those days.

I am feeling better, only because I had to get up and clean up around here. Man, what damage can be made with me in bed for 2 days. I guess I just needed to get out bed and move around or it was all the cleaning fumes that cleared my head up. I think I have all the airsoft pellets sucked up but who knows because I found them under my own bed..how did they get them under there??? I am sure I really don't want to know.

Take care and leave comments for me thanks,

Michelle

The Ex Got One on Me....

2008-03-14T12:25:00.002-05:00

You know how you buy gifts for kids that will annoy the parents. Well the ex got me this time, and its Friday and don't think he won't hear about it. Who in their right mind would give my boys airsoft guns?? Well the Ex did and sent them home 2 weeks back with a mason jar full of these little annoying balls. Not only have they shot each other with them but where shooting themselves inside the house. My floors have this neon orange glow to them because there are so many of them. I found them in the top of the stove, the sink, in the dog bowl (sure the dog will appreciate that later) The only entertainment that these things have brought me is when you throw one across the tiled floor the cats go nuts..hours of cheap entertainment for me. I guess I should be thankful that he didn't send them home with paintball guns...hey wait a minute, now there's an idea...next visit with Dad, I am sending them fully loaded with paintballs and guns. Good luck to them with that mess. I finally pulled out the shop vac to suck all these little annoying balls up with and when I say hundreds of them, I am serious, there are hundreds of them around the house. See what I get when I am sick. The boys may come home to find Mom in camo in the house, playing sniper with the airsoft gun because this is just insane at how many there are and where I am finding them. Wish them luck on dodging Mom's accurate aim. Thank God for Weapon training in the Navy, I can handle this assignment. Bet they won't find it fun anymore...NO MOM, I am not really going to shoot the boys with the airsoft gun, but man this is out of control.

Hot Pink Dreams Alpha Set of 2

2008-03-13T18:22:00.006-05:00

Well here are the alphas for Hot Pink Dreams. All should have the 4 sets of paper, 2 set of elements, and now the two sets of alphas. If you are missing any section of the kit, I have a freebie label where the entire kit can be found. Have fun with the kit and leave a comment or email me a Layout for me to post.

Download here

Thanks Bunches,
Michelle (Still in Bed sick...Aurgh)

Hot Pink Dreams Paper Pack 4

2008-03-12T18:05:00.003-05:00

Well just think this is the last paper kit for Hot Pink Dreams and tomorrow you will have the complete kit. I will be posting the Alphas tomorrow and then we can begin with the Easter Kit.

Download Papers here

I have been home sick today and tomorrow is not looking good either. I hope I am wrong about this but I have gremlin's in my head with jackhammers and my throat is almost swollen shut or at least that is what it feels like. I did get some peace and quite today with everyone at school and the hubby at work, hey I will take peace and quite anyway I can get it, even if it means I am sick. I hope to be over this before Spring Break starts because I think the hubby is planning a fishing trip(camping) with the boys. I wonder if he wants me to go?? I sure could take advantage of being at home alone..hmm. I know I will have the house to myself this weekend, YEAH ME, because the hubby is going to Kansas and all my boys will be at their Dad's. You bet I will be in my sweats in front of a computer working on PSE. Ok, maybe I will think about cleaning my house too.

Be sure to go to Kim's Blog to grab her Easter Kit. Click here for "Hoppy Easter", she out did herself again with this kit. I have some old pictures from Easter that I will be doing my LO's with her kit.

Happy Wednesday,

Michelle

Hot Pink Dreams Paper Pack 3

2008-03-11T16:03:00.003-05:00

Here is 3 of 4 for the paper packs for Hot Pink Dreams. Thanks to all that have left comments, it helps to know what everyone thinks of the colors and elements. If you missed any of this kit so far, don't forget to click on the Freebie Link to the left to get the entire kit as it is posted.

Download Here

Ok, I originally posted this early due to I was not feeling well at work (still don't, remember the ill kid, yeah, guilty) but then Kim calls me and tells me I have to go check out a few blogs, so here I am. I am laying here in bed with my laptop, listening to the boys trying to kill each other, and a husband that keeps asking me where is this and where is that...URGH. I just wanted to go to bed. Then my curiosity was killing me so I had to search through some blogs and you have to go visit Kitty's blog, I was laughing like a school girl. I can so relate to her and love the pirate question on her complete profile...great stuff here and she has freebies too.

Thanks to all,

Michelle

Hot Pink Dreams Element Pak 2

2008-03-10T18:45:00.009-05:00

Here is the last set of elements and there is still two more paper packs and alphas left to grab this week.

Download here

What a Monday this was at work...Kim played hookie and I actually had to work hard today..sniff, sniff. And throw the time change and a ill kid in the middle of the night, this made for a long day. That's okay I am going to take a couple of days of vacation next week to be at home with the boys for spring break and I plan to play alot with PSE. I hope all are enjoying the kit and please post a comment or please share layouts with me if you use the kit. I did put together a LO of me a couple of years back and my next layout will be with Kim's "This Kids For You" Go Get it here.

Here is a LO with StarsScraps "This Kids For You" Kit....

Hot Pink Dreams Paper Pack 2

2008-03-09T08:45:00.006-05:00

Here is the third installment of the Hot Pink Dreams. I hope everyone is having as much fun with the kit as I am. I spent most of yesterday working on the finishing touches of the Easter Kit coming out after this kit and uploaded all of the Hot Pink Dreams for this week. My friend Kim put together some really well done butterfly papers go see at StarsScraps . I was also thinking about my alphas yesterday and thought about the days before I had PSE and decided that if you have a file that you can not use because it isn't broke out then send me an email with the file and I will be happy to break them out for you, so you can use them. I would want to use some alphas that I had but never could because I didn't have PSE that would allow me to lasso the image for my personal use. I will be more than happy to help you out. My email is txmsjoshua@aol.com I will get the files back to you as soon as I can. Please leave me some comments so I know what you think of this kit and please share any layouts that you may put together and I will be happy to post them if you like.

Download here

Take care,
Michelle

"Hot Pink Dreams" Element Pak 1

2008-03-08T08:28:00.005-06:00

I finally crashed yesterday. I had been up late several nights and my energy level came up empty. I was going to post this last night but decided to do it this morning. I had plans to sleep in but I have two early birds in my house that surprised me at 7am with breakfast in bed. Got to love them but sleeping in with these guys just is not an option. I ate breakfast and hit the floor running. I am already getting the entire kit ready for posting so I can have some more time for working on my kits. I am also working on my Easter cards to send out, I figured I would get a jump start on Easter since my Christmas Card venture was started too late. Speaking of Easter, once I post all of the Hot Pink Dreams Kit, I will be posting an Easter Kit next, so look out my fellow egg hunters. I am so excited to see my first paper pack listed on the Digi Free Blog...Yeah Me!!! Well I am off to finish up the files for this weeks downloads. Happy Saturday.

Take Care,
Michelle

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"Hot Pink Dreams"

2008-03-06T23:35:00.003-06:00

Well after much pain, I have finally figured out how to post all of this for your enjoyment. In this kit I have a total of 30 elements, 26 papers, and 2 sets of alpha's. I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed making them. Lots more to come....

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I Finally Did It....

2008-03-06T22:49:00.002-06:00

Well I could not get the blog that Kim set up to work, so I have recreated the blog and tada...here I am. I am ready to play and share what has been keeping me up late at night but it has been so fun creating these kits. I will be posting my first kit soon called "Hot Pink Dreams", so stay tuned for the details. I hope all enjoy them as much as I enjoyed making the kit. I am off to put the finishing touches on setting everything up.

Take care for tonight.

Michelle