One of my favorite videos but figured I wouldn't annoy everyone with it! lol
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
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
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Lil fun! Got this from my friend Danni's blog
I got the message that my name as never been a popular name so therefore they can't prouduce me a graph. How RUDE! LOL
But check out my baby's name. The 5th most popular name in the 1990's. And she was born in '99 & applied for her SS card the same year which means she is included in this survey...kinda COOL :-)
Samantha - Means: Listener of God
Decade Popularity Rank
1900's >1000
1910's >1000
1920's >1000
1930's >1000
1940's >1000
1950's >1000
1960's 272
1970's 107
1980's 26
1990's 5
Find out how popular your first name has been over the past 100 years, just click below and enter your first name.
http://www.birthdayalarm.com/name
But check out my baby's name. The 5th most popular name in the 1990's. And she was born in '99 & applied for her SS card the same year which means she is included in this survey...kinda COOL :-)
Samantha - Means: Listener of God
Decade Popularity Rank
1900's >1000
1910's >1000
1920's >1000
1930's >1000
1940's >1000
1950's >1000
1960's 272
1970's 107
1980's 26
1990's 5
Find out how popular your first name has been over the past 100 years, just click below and enter your first name.
http://www.birthdayalarm.com/name
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Blog Challenge from Amy
get to know this scrapper...
1. Do you use older product that has been out on the market or do you strictly use new/hot merchandise?
I use lots of older stuff, I like all the new stuff, but old stuff mixed with new is fun. Plus, I usually don't scrap fast enough to keep up with the trends :)
2. When you finish a layout do you put them in albums right away or do they lay on your desk/shelf for months?
I usually put them away 2 or 3 at a time. If I know I'm done scrapping or it's been a couple of days, I'll put just one away. I really don't want them to get ruined! The only way I'll have more than a few is if I've been to a big crop where I can't put them away right away.
3. Are there several adhesives used on each layout or do you usually stick to one? I mostly use CM tape runners. I also use photo tabs but their not my main resource. I like glue dots for heavier embellishments.
4. How often do you get to share your creative pages with people other than immediate family?
Not often in person, I do occasionally attend crops and sometimes I might bring an album to share. or share what I'm working on but I share most of my stuff online though.
5. How many people have you made into scrappers? Just 1
Thanks Amy for the challenge!
1. Do you use older product that has been out on the market or do you strictly use new/hot merchandise?
I use lots of older stuff, I like all the new stuff, but old stuff mixed with new is fun. Plus, I usually don't scrap fast enough to keep up with the trends :)
2. When you finish a layout do you put them in albums right away or do they lay on your desk/shelf for months?
I usually put them away 2 or 3 at a time. If I know I'm done scrapping or it's been a couple of days, I'll put just one away. I really don't want them to get ruined! The only way I'll have more than a few is if I've been to a big crop where I can't put them away right away.
3. Are there several adhesives used on each layout or do you usually stick to one? I mostly use CM tape runners. I also use photo tabs but their not my main resource. I like glue dots for heavier embellishments.
4. How often do you get to share your creative pages with people other than immediate family?
Not often in person, I do occasionally attend crops and sometimes I might bring an album to share. or share what I'm working on but I share most of my stuff online though.
5. How many people have you made into scrappers? Just 1
Thanks Amy for the challenge!
