I'm Such a Bad Blogger

Every time I tell myself I will do better next time but I never do. I really want to do better it's just that we have so much going on in real life. We have been trying to get started remodeling our house and it just isn't coming together. Hopefully soon we will be able to get started. I'm not looking forward to it except for the finished product. LOL We are going to move to an apartment we have next door so we won't have far too move. Not looking forward to that at all.

Hubby's sister is also very sick and she can't walk. Two months ago she was teaching school and is now in a nursing home. The problem is that they can't find anything wrong with her.  Hard to believe but hubby is doing everything he can to find her some help so that's taking most of his time considering she is 100 miles each way from us and he goes to see her 3 or 4 times a week. I'm really proud of him though for being so determined. I could only wish my brother would do that for me. The days hubby isn't visiting her he is on the phone trying to find her some help. This whole thing has just been a nightmare. Add running a business on top of all this and it spells STRESS. LOL

Anyway, enough about all that stressful stuff and now on to the fun stuff. I have a couple of LO's I did. One is of my 3 little yorkies, Tanner, Zoe and Max. The other one is my granddaughter Cassie. She's so funny. The last time she was here I had a feather duster laying on the dresser and she said, "Poppy look, a dead chicken". I laughed so hard over that one. The next day she said, "my tummy is telling me something". We asked what was it saying and she said it wanted to go swimming. LOL I thought I would die when she said that. I thought she was going to say she was hungry or something related to food. LOL  Little Miss Cassie will be here again tonight and I can't wait to see her.

 

Credits: Royanna Fritschmann for the CU butterfly, flower and doodles. I made everything else.

 

Credit: Tanyia Deskins Spring Fling Kit

 

Wow, I just used Windows Live Writer to add this to the blog. It's so much easier. I love it.  Thanks to Lisa of ScrapDebris for recommending it.

Until next time. Hopefully it won't be so long.

Just Rambling and LO'S

I can't believe it's been almost 2 weeks since I posted. I was going to try to do better and post more often. Where oh where does the time go? I swear it's Monday and the next day it's Friday or so it seems. Summer will be gone before we know it. It's waaay too short for sure. I'm just not a winter person at all. I just love hot (yes, I said hot LOL) weather. I really need to live on a tropical island somewhere. That would suit me just fine.

This second LO is of my granddaughter Cassie. She was 2 years old here but she's almost 4 now. Hard to believe. I think I'm getting old. LOL I made everything here except the sand and I don't know who I got it from. Sorry I can't give credit to whoever made it. I had no idea how to make it. I know this isn't your typical LO but I wanted to do something different.

This first LO isn't your typical page either. LOL I love furniture so when Scrapdoctor made this I wanted to use it but wasn't sure what to do with it but this is what I came up with. She made everything here except the chair rail molding on the wall. I made that and it's not very good but it's the best I could come up with. Check out her blog, too. She has some great freebies. Her blog is listed in my sidebar.

Now to my last LO. This one is one I did of my friend Cat and I. I hope she doesn't mind that I posted this for the world to see. LOL Anyway, I made everything here except for the big bracket and that was made by Heather Stokes. Thanks Heather!! Check out her blog here. http://www.dylanstokes.blogspot.com/ She has some great freebies there.

I still can't get my pictures to go where they belong. LOL That would be the reason I went to the second LO first. Oh well!! Thanks for reading if you've gotten this far.

Thank you June @ Cen's Loft and a New LO's

OK, I can't figure out how to get the pictures at the bottom of the page instead of the top so you will just have to go there to read about them. LOL Hopefully I will get better at this blogging thing and maybe actually blog on a regular basis. If anyone knows how to get the pics at the bottom I would appreciate some help. I need all the help I can get. LOL

I want to thank June from Cen's Loft for leaving my first ever comment on my blog. That was so sweet. You all should check out her blog. http://censloft.blogspot.com/. She is such a great designer.

Also, I had a wonderful day yesterday. I got go have lunch with my good friend Cat, her sister Mary and Andrea, my daughter. Cat and I met on the internet several years ago and this is the third time we've got to meet even though we live 8 hours from each other. How neat is that? It was nice to meet her sister and she got to meet my daughter. She has been such a good friend to me and I can talk to her about anything. She probably gets tired of hearing about my problems. LOL Mary is already a digital scrapper and we're trying to get Cat into it. That would be great as I only have one friend that does it and she's the one that got me into this obsession I have with it. I need some help maybe like a 12 step program. LOL

Now on to the LO's. This first LO is of my daughter's dog Daisy. I decided to try to make a kit using daisys and this is what I came up with. Keep in mind I am not a designer. LOL It is fun trying to make things though. With all the great talent out there I'm really embarrassed to post what I make but hey, you have to start somewhere. I'm not that good at making LO's either but it sure is fun trying. So here is the LO using the Daisy kit. I want to thank Scrap Loft for the CU bow used in this kit.

The second one is my granddaughter Cassie. She's like me, she loves shoes. LOL

Credits: Andrea Nelson Kit and wordart is by Elegant Wordart

Thanks for reading if you've gotten this far. It's so hot here and I have a granddaughter and a pool calling me. LOL Hopefully it won't be as long as it was last time till I post again. It was over a month. I'm so bad. LOL

Thanks to Gloria

I forgot to thank Gloria at Moo Two Designs for the overlay that I used to make the green background paper. I love her commercial use Friday freebies. You can find her at
http://www.mootwodesigns.blogspot.com/

Good news and Bad News

Bad news is that I've been sick in bed for almost a week but the good news is that I've learned how to make some scrap things. (Thank goodness for laptops.) I am definitely no designer and never will be but I do enjoy trying new things. I've just made some simple papers and very simple elements but nonetheless I'm proud of myself. (Gives self a pat on the back. ) LOL Anyway, everything on this page I made. Since I use the program DIS2006 that isn't easy to do. I do have PSP but haven't learned it yet and may never learn it. I swear I might as well be trying to learn Greek. I think I'm going to need a hands-on teacher for this one. LOL Any volunteers out there? hehe

Oh, I just have to tell you that I have the best hubby in the world. He surprised me with a gift certificate yesterday for a day at the spa. The name of the package is "I'm going to need a ride home." I would say that will be true by the time they get done with me. I'm getting an oxygen facial, massage, spa manicure and pedicure, sea salt glo treatment, and a spa lunch. (whatever that is) I hope it's good. LOL Anyway, I wonder if he's trying to tell me something or just thinks I need a day to relax. I know I've been neglecting some body parts over the winter so maybe he's trying to tell me my feet feel like sandpaper. LOL

OK, I've rambled enough for today. Oh, this is my wonderful SIL in this LO.

LO I Did For A Challenge

I did this one for the Friday Freebie Challenge over at Digitalfreebies.

This is me, Cassie, my granddaughter and Andrea, my daughter. We were just

playing around with the camera one day and I kinda liked this one.

Credits: Kit by Karen Lewis, Alpha called Aged Embossed from digital scrapbooking,

Font: Segoe Script

New to Blogging

This is my first post to my blog as you can see. I'm not sure yet what I will post here but I'm sure I will be posting some scrap pages and maybe some of my other creations. Right now I'm mostly doing digital scrapping so that will probably be what I post most. I'm just kinda testing the waters so to speak to see what this blogging world is all about. I'm not good at writing so we'll see what shows up here. I may even tell a funny story now and then. You wouldn't believe the funny things that go on in a tanning salon. There is never a dull moment. LOL