Probably my fav song right now.
Stand Up and Be Strong by Soul Asylum
You might be right
You might be wrong
You might just think your life has gone on for too long
Your knees get weak
Your heart grows cold
And your tired of doing everything you´re told
And nothing can take away from you
And what you take what you´ve been through
Stand up and be strong
Stand up and be strong
It wont take long
You cant go on
Stand up and be strong
You might have to fight
You might have to cry
You might have to cry
You might have to fight
Stand up and be strong
You live in the hills
You take too many pills
If you´ve lost the thrill against your own will
Stand up and be strong
And nothing can take away from you
And what you take
What you know what you´ve got to do
Stand up and be strong
Stand up and be strong
It wont take long you cant go on
Stand up and be strong
If you get all depressed
When you get undressed
If youre life is a mess
Remember you´re blessed stand up and be
Stand up and be
Stand up and be strong
Stand up and be strong
It wont take long
You cant go on
Stand up and be strong
Stand up and be strong
Stand up and be strong
You cant go on it wont take long stand up and be strong
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Monday, September 25, 2006
Friday, September 22, 2006
more tie blanket gifts
The 1st weekend of September, my little cousin Aaron turned 12. I decided to make him a blanket. I really anticipated that it would be so under appreciated. Guess what? He loved it! I got several, "Thank you Auntie Cami!" He kept checking out the flames and just proclaiming it was so cool. He was totally thrilled with getting a blanket versus toys. I have been giving money but I just love these blankets and I really like giving a personal gift and something I made. It was funny, my Aunt had called earlier in the day and I told her I was making a blanket and she didn't think anything of it. Then when I met up with them later and gave Aaron his blanket she said "oh, that's who you were making a blanket for"
Oh my gosh...with wide eyes Aaron said "You made this!?!" yup with my own 2 hands buddy. That little boy totally made my day, "Oh Auntie Cami, that makes it way more special, thank you!"
Then I also made one for my friends daughter who turned 5 last weekend. Here she is showing hers off! I made blankets for all 4 of her kids this year and now I wish I had gotton a picture of them all with their blankets.
Oh my gosh...with wide eyes Aaron said "You made this!?!" yup with my own 2 hands buddy. That little boy totally made my day, "Oh Auntie Cami, that makes it way more special, thank you!"
Then I also made one for my friends daughter who turned 5 last weekend. Here she is showing hers off! I made blankets for all 4 of her kids this year and now I wish I had gotton a picture of them all with their blankets.
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Samantha had open house nite at her school and she showed us her class room.
Samantha at her desk
Samantha's painting
"Teacher, this is my Dad!"
The tooth chart!
They get their names on when they lose a tooth and they get to pick a tooth related book for the teacher to read. Tomorrow she'll get to pick another book...as she lost her 8th tooth tonite, 2 of them in one week! And this one was barely loose when she lost the other one. And it was kinda funny I asked her if I could have this tooth since she just lost one to put under my pillow this time. Well no, she wasn't having any of that...it's her tooth. So then when I was putting her to bed tonite she said "Mom, your not going to steal my tooth, are you Mom? I mean you wouldn't do that? right Mom??" LOL!
Samantha's painting
"Teacher, this is my Dad!"
The tooth chart!
They get their names on when they lose a tooth and they get to pick a tooth related book for the teacher to read. Tomorrow she'll get to pick another book...as she lost her 8th tooth tonite, 2 of them in one week! And this one was barely loose when she lost the other one. And it was kinda funny I asked her if I could have this tooth since she just lost one to put under my pillow this time. Well no, she wasn't having any of that...it's her tooth. So then when I was putting her to bed tonite she said "Mom, your not going to steal my tooth, are you Mom? I mean you wouldn't do that? right Mom??" LOL!
New Music! because I can't get enough of this song!
Jeremy Camp - Biography
Biography 1: Anonymous
Best singer, best song writer, best of the best....that is Jeremy Camp. Jeremy Camp has brought life to the Christian music industry with his heart- piercing songs that have changed and shaped our lives. Some of Jeremy’s best songs were written during the most difficult time of his life. His young wife had died of cancer, but through it all Jeremy has shown the same grace that God has given him. Jeremy has shown us through song that when you still believe God can help you through- God will never fail. Jeremy is an exhibition of the holy grace of God. If He hasn’t failed Jeremy, He won’t fail you!
Jeremy Camp - Take You Back
The reason why I stand
The answer lies in you
You hung to make me strong
Though my praise was few
When I fall and bring your name down
But I have found in you
A heart that pleads forgiveness
Replacing all these thoughts
Of painful memories
But I know
That your response will always be
(Chorus)
I'll take you back always
And even when your fight is over now
Even when your fight is over now
I'll take you back always
And even when the pain is coming through
Even when the pain is coming through
I'll take you back
You satisfy this cry
Of what I'm looking for
And I take all I can
And lay it down
Before the throne of endless grace, now
That radiates what's true
I'm in the only place
That erases all these faults
That have overtaken me
But I know
That your response will always be
(Repeat Chorus)
I can only speak
With a grateful heart
As I'm pierced by this gift
Of your love
I will always bring an offering
I can never thank you enough
(Chorus Two)
You'll take me back always
And even when my fight is over now
Even when my fight is over now
You'll take me back always
And even when my pain is coming through
Even when my pain is coming through
You'll take me back always
Even when my fight is over now
Even when my fight is over now
You'll take me back always
Even when my pain is coming through
Even when my pain is coming through
You'll take me back
Biography 1: Anonymous
Best singer, best song writer, best of the best....that is Jeremy Camp. Jeremy Camp has brought life to the Christian music industry with his heart- piercing songs that have changed and shaped our lives. Some of Jeremy’s best songs were written during the most difficult time of his life. His young wife had died of cancer, but through it all Jeremy has shown the same grace that God has given him. Jeremy has shown us through song that when you still believe God can help you through- God will never fail. Jeremy is an exhibition of the holy grace of God. If He hasn’t failed Jeremy, He won’t fail you!
Jeremy Camp - Take You Back
The reason why I stand
The answer lies in you
You hung to make me strong
Though my praise was few
When I fall and bring your name down
But I have found in you
A heart that pleads forgiveness
Replacing all these thoughts
Of painful memories
But I know
That your response will always be
(Chorus)
I'll take you back always
And even when your fight is over now
Even when your fight is over now
I'll take you back always
And even when the pain is coming through
Even when the pain is coming through
I'll take you back
You satisfy this cry
Of what I'm looking for
And I take all I can
And lay it down
Before the throne of endless grace, now
That radiates what's true
I'm in the only place
That erases all these faults
That have overtaken me
But I know
That your response will always be
(Repeat Chorus)
I can only speak
With a grateful heart
As I'm pierced by this gift
Of your love
I will always bring an offering
I can never thank you enough
(Chorus Two)
You'll take me back always
And even when my fight is over now
Even when my fight is over now
You'll take me back always
And even when my pain is coming through
Even when my pain is coming through
You'll take me back always
Even when my fight is over now
Even when my fight is over now
You'll take me back always
Even when my pain is coming through
Even when my pain is coming through
You'll take me back
Saturday, September 16, 2006
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Epihany
I recently read an article and I don't remember if it was in a magazine or online but it was about eliminating distracting white space from layouts. It occured to me as I was looking at all the "wrong" layouts that THOSE are my layouts. Not those ones exactly but I do that alot, more than alot.... all the time. So even if I may try scraplifting someone, that is part of the reason that it always looks off to me. Why doesn't mine look as good at this one or that one? I also know that I'm not one of those creative genius' and I never will be. But I'm happy that a creative thing is finally making sense to me. Alot of the time, I read articles and feel like "What on earth are they possibly talking about?" I will continue to scrap for me because it makes me happy. and share not because I think my layouts are "the next cutest thing" but because I feel good getting something done and I think my kid is cute enough to share :)
anyway, my 1st attempt at eliminating distracting white space. When I was first working on this i was tilting pictures this way and that way. and there they were....those big "holes" pulling my attention away from my pictures. So, I brought it more together and am way more happy with it.
anyway, my 1st attempt at eliminating distracting white space. When I was first working on this i was tilting pictures this way and that way. and there they were....those big "holes" pulling my attention away from my pictures. So, I brought it more together and am way more happy with it.
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Are you the next MM Idol?
Have you seen this?
Making Memories Idol
Of course, I would never enter but should be fun to watch. A new site to stalk for all kinds of scrappy fun :-)
Making Memories Idol
Of course, I would never enter but should be fun to watch. A new site to stalk for all kinds of scrappy fun :-)
Sunday, September 10, 2006
It's Grandparents Day :-)
Samantha with Ron's parents
in 2004
and with my Mom in 2005 
And update on Samantha. Bee sting has healed and she's doing good. We'll just have to be careful around those bees. Samantha and I both have yucky colds now. MIne's worse but that's always the case.
in 2004
and with my Mom in 2005 
And update on Samantha. Bee sting has healed and she's doing good. We'll just have to be careful around those bees. Samantha and I both have yucky colds now. MIne's worse but that's always the case.
In Honor of My Grandpa
This is a recent layout I did for a challenge in one of my groups SBS.
I used the lyrics from Kelly Osbourne's son "More Than Life Itself" When I first heard this song, I cried because it's all the things I felt but never got the chance to say. My Grandpa passed away in Arpil 1997, I will always miss him.
The middle part is a pocket for the cd. I wanted to find the song to put here but can't find it so I'll just post the lyrics.
More than Life Itself by Kelly Osbourne
You never said that you were perfect
But you always are to me
Loving you is always worth it'
Cause you see so much in me
And when I'm down you're there to lift me
You come around when I need a friend
And no one loves me like you do
Unconditional and true
You're the shoulder that I've always known
And the hand that says I'm not alone
More than myself
I love you more than life itself
Did you know that I get lonely
At the thought of you not being here
Can you see that you're the only
One who never disappears
And when I fear you are the comfort
The one who steers me to the light
And no one loves me like you do
Unconditional and true
You're the shoulder that I've always known
And the hand that says I'm not alone
More than myself
I love you more than life itself
I love you I love you I love you
And I don't care if it sounds trite
I'll say it over and over
It makes me feel alive
You gave me all my fire
By watching you live by what you believe
So many things you taught me
And even when you caught me
I always knew that you, you could still see
The best in me
The best in me (spoken)
No one loves me like you do
Unconditional and true
You're the shoulder that I've always known
And the hand that says I'm not alone
More than myself
I love you more than life itself
More than you know
I love you more than life itself
I used the lyrics from Kelly Osbourne's son "More Than Life Itself" When I first heard this song, I cried because it's all the things I felt but never got the chance to say. My Grandpa passed away in Arpil 1997, I will always miss him.
The middle part is a pocket for the cd. I wanted to find the song to put here but can't find it so I'll just post the lyrics.
More than Life Itself by Kelly Osbourne
You never said that you were perfect
But you always are to me
Loving you is always worth it'
Cause you see so much in me
And when I'm down you're there to lift me
You come around when I need a friend
And no one loves me like you do
Unconditional and true
You're the shoulder that I've always known
And the hand that says I'm not alone
More than myself
I love you more than life itself
Did you know that I get lonely
At the thought of you not being here
Can you see that you're the only
One who never disappears
And when I fear you are the comfort
The one who steers me to the light
And no one loves me like you do
Unconditional and true
You're the shoulder that I've always known
And the hand that says I'm not alone
More than myself
I love you more than life itself
I love you I love you I love you
And I don't care if it sounds trite
I'll say it over and over
It makes me feel alive
You gave me all my fire
By watching you live by what you believe
So many things you taught me
And even when you caught me
I always knew that you, you could still see
The best in me
The best in me (spoken)
No one loves me like you do
Unconditional and true
You're the shoulder that I've always known
And the hand that says I'm not alone
More than myself
I love you more than life itself
More than you know
I love you more than life itself
Sunday, September 03, 2006
Shoe Diva ( New Layout)
Did this for a challenge. It was a sketch from Dailysketches.com
I think if you click on it to make it bigger, you can read the journaling. But in case you can't, it reads: "Please Mom, can I have them? I know I will grow into them, I know I will!"
I finally decided I would try scanning and attempt my stitching program. HOly Hannah!! what a difference that makes! my scanner is old, so the quality is still off, but a world of difference.
So then, do you see how much paper I have on this?? not much right?!?!? other than the black background. um, guess how many pieces of paper I hacked circles out of before I decided which color and direction I wanted to go with this???? 8, can you believe that? now what am I going to do with all these circles and pieces? I know I can't just turn them into something super cute like most scrappy girls can, so here I sit. blaghity blargh :O
Yesterday Samantha got stung by a bee after school. we put ice on it right away. it was kinda funny, my friend Cara went into the school to see if she could get some ice and as we were waiting for her and in between sobs, Samantha says... "use the ice pack in my lunchbox!" What a genius! here I am 'THE MOM', do I think of such things???? No...ack! I didn't have any ointment at home so we iced it and then cleaned it with alcohol. by bed time, other than a small red spot...you would have never known she had been stung. Then this morning, she wakes up at 6am complaining of not feeling well but sounding like cold symptons, I give her some ibuprofen to help her sleep and press on. She gets up at 8:30 eats breakfast, watches tv and continues on to play the morning away. at about noon, she asks me "if I will play some video games with her?" and I then sat on the couch with her. She put her foot on my lap, I could feel it was hot. It was awful red and swollen. So I alert Ron. "yeah, it's a bee sting...it'll happen" Ok, but I decide to call the clinic anyway. At this point, she says it doesn't hurt. They advise Benadryl, which I have none of or meat tenderize with baking soda to make a paste...none of that either. So, I finally convince Samantha we'll run very quickly to the grocery store and get Benadryl. Well, they were out of the liquid but had the cream. Buy that and go home. put it on her foot and she then sleeps for almost 3 hours. When she wakes up, the thing is swollen more than ever and still red and hot. I decide no more, we're going to the clinic. The Dr. says she's pretty sure that it is an allergic reaction. She has never had a reaction to a bee sting like this before. She prescribes prednizone and Benedryl. Also she gave me antibiotics. If it doesn't get better by tomorrow evening, then it's probably an infection. WEll thank goodness the pharmacy there had the Benedryl. But really she hates it and the prednizone so it's a fight to get it down her. She is not a good medicine taker, if she doesn't like it...she fights it. I tried mixing it with water and then kool aid and to no avail, still didn't get the whole dose down her. altho, she did finally get the dose of Benedryl down. So, depending what her Dr. says this week at the re-check, we could end up getting an epi pen for future reactions because they can progressively get worse. UGH!!
But hey, I scrapped :-)
I think if you click on it to make it bigger, you can read the journaling. But in case you can't, it reads: "Please Mom, can I have them? I know I will grow into them, I know I will!"
I finally decided I would try scanning and attempt my stitching program. HOly Hannah!! what a difference that makes! my scanner is old, so the quality is still off, but a world of difference.
So then, do you see how much paper I have on this?? not much right?!?!? other than the black background. um, guess how many pieces of paper I hacked circles out of before I decided which color and direction I wanted to go with this???? 8, can you believe that? now what am I going to do with all these circles and pieces? I know I can't just turn them into something super cute like most scrappy girls can, so here I sit. blaghity blargh :O
Yesterday Samantha got stung by a bee after school. we put ice on it right away. it was kinda funny, my friend Cara went into the school to see if she could get some ice and as we were waiting for her and in between sobs, Samantha says... "use the ice pack in my lunchbox!" What a genius! here I am 'THE MOM', do I think of such things???? No...ack! I didn't have any ointment at home so we iced it and then cleaned it with alcohol. by bed time, other than a small red spot...you would have never known she had been stung. Then this morning, she wakes up at 6am complaining of not feeling well but sounding like cold symptons, I give her some ibuprofen to help her sleep and press on. She gets up at 8:30 eats breakfast, watches tv and continues on to play the morning away. at about noon, she asks me "if I will play some video games with her?" and I then sat on the couch with her. She put her foot on my lap, I could feel it was hot. It was awful red and swollen. So I alert Ron. "yeah, it's a bee sting...it'll happen" Ok, but I decide to call the clinic anyway. At this point, she says it doesn't hurt. They advise Benadryl, which I have none of or meat tenderize with baking soda to make a paste...none of that either. So, I finally convince Samantha we'll run very quickly to the grocery store and get Benadryl. Well, they were out of the liquid but had the cream. Buy that and go home. put it on her foot and she then sleeps for almost 3 hours. When she wakes up, the thing is swollen more than ever and still red and hot. I decide no more, we're going to the clinic. The Dr. says she's pretty sure that it is an allergic reaction. She has never had a reaction to a bee sting like this before. She prescribes prednizone and Benedryl. Also she gave me antibiotics. If it doesn't get better by tomorrow evening, then it's probably an infection. WEll thank goodness the pharmacy there had the Benedryl. But really she hates it and the prednizone so it's a fight to get it down her. She is not a good medicine taker, if she doesn't like it...she fights it. I tried mixing it with water and then kool aid and to no avail, still didn't get the whole dose down her. altho, she did finally get the dose of Benedryl down. So, depending what her Dr. says this week at the re-check, we could end up getting an epi pen for future reactions because they can progressively get worse. UGH!!
But hey, I scrapped :-)
Friday, September 01, 2006
Tagged by Tanya
I WANT: Samantha to have a wonderful life! and grandbabies, lots of them :)
and a new car
I HAVE: the best daughter in the world and a husband who I love and who loves me back
I WISH: I was more creative, that some of my “online friends” lived closer, that I could win the lottery and that I was taller
I HATE: child molesters, muderers and violence of any kind
I MISS: my Grampy
I HEAR: "Life is what you make it!" so I'm trying to make it the life I want
I WONDER: How my husband ever comes up with some of his crazy ideas!
I REGRET: when I get short with my daughter and yell at her
I AM NOT: perfect
I DANCE: like a total dork and usually only in the privacy of my home
I SING: off key, out loud and often
I CRY: very easily
I AM NOT ALWAYS: in the mood to be sociable
I MAKE WITH MY HANDS: scrapbook layouts that make me happy and gestures when I talk
I WRITE: little letters to my brother but never to anyone else
I CONFUSE: people with my rambling when I'm nervous
I NEED: to love an be loved, a manicure and to buy some fleece to make blankets this month
I SHOULD: exercise more
I START: eating chips and dip and don’t want to stop. LOL (loved Tanya's answer!) I start alot of things I never finish.
I FINISH: hardly anything and rarely on time
and a new car
I HAVE: the best daughter in the world and a husband who I love and who loves me back
I WISH: I was more creative, that some of my “online friends” lived closer, that I could win the lottery and that I was taller
I HATE: child molesters, muderers and violence of any kind
I MISS: my Grampy
I HEAR: "Life is what you make it!" so I'm trying to make it the life I want
I WONDER: How my husband ever comes up with some of his crazy ideas!
I REGRET: when I get short with my daughter and yell at her
I AM NOT: perfect
I DANCE: like a total dork and usually only in the privacy of my home
I SING: off key, out loud and often
I CRY: very easily
I AM NOT ALWAYS: in the mood to be sociable
I MAKE WITH MY HANDS: scrapbook layouts that make me happy and gestures when I talk
I WRITE: little letters to my brother but never to anyone else
I CONFUSE: people with my rambling when I'm nervous
I NEED: to love an be loved, a manicure and to buy some fleece to make blankets this month
I SHOULD: exercise more
I START: eating chips and dip and don’t want to stop. LOL (loved Tanya's answer!) I start alot of things I never finish.
I FINISH: hardly anything and rarely on time
