JUST DUCKY

This is the layout I did for the 2nd week of the contest of Memories from Scrap! I made it to week three first of all! This is my sweet little grandson Britton!! Isn't he just Ducky!!

Oh by the way the packing is going slow and the realtor comes friday so remember me in your prayers cause it is rough on this body!!

Winter Fun with Britton and Memories from Scrap!

I am in another Contest and did a layout called for it called Winter Fun with my Handsome Grandson Britton! I qualified to go to the 2nd week with the layout! If you would like to check out the site here the link Memories From Scrap

Woo Hoo Such a priviledge!!

Magistical Memories who makes the most awesome chipboard for scrapbooking, ask to use my Bench Warmer layout on their blog!!

So my little Britton is up on Magistical Memories Blog!! Go Check it out!!!

I am okay! Just busy!!!

Just thought I would share the most recent photo of my grandson Britton! Wearing his Mother's shoes!!

Working on a couple layouts that I will show real soon! Been busy with some doctors appts. and getting the house ready for the market! Starting to get really excited about that!!

I felt bad because it has been awhile since I updated but all is well!

It's a beautiful day today! The sun is shining! The snow is melted!

Julie over at Heart in Hand posted a great Quote! I really love and thought I would share!
People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered; Love them anyway

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives, be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies; Succeed anyway

If you are honest, people may cheat you; Be honest anyway

What you spend years building, someone may try to destroy overnight; Build anyway

People favor underdogs but only follow top dogs; fight for some underdogs anyway

If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous; Be happy anyway

The good you do today, people will often forget tomarrow; Do good anyway

Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough; Give the world the best you've got anyway!

Grand Opening Starts Tomorrow!!

Want to win some great prizes!! Maybe a great kit! Or just download a Free kit or class! COME ON OVER and meet TAMMY!! She does the most awesome Altering I have ever seen!! SHE will be giving away a Memory Purse this weekend!! THE GRAND OPENING IS MARCH 16-18th. HEART and HAND SCRAPS The forum has been running for a little while and there are already some great gals there!

Sign up and tell Tammy that SusieQ sent you over in the referral area! Just so she knows where all her referrals are from!!

Oh and I have some lurkers that keep checking out my blog but don't comment and you are welcome too! We are one big family and welcome everyone!

PEACE!!!

When I think Peace, I think of The Prince of Peace!

I think how when life is causing all kinds of turmoil and it seems like everything in our life is hairy, that The Prince of Peace can grant us a Peace that passes all understanding! If you have never felt this feeling, you might not understand this saying but if you have you will understand exactly what I am talking about!

It is a wonderful feeling that happens when it would make no sense for you to feel totally at Peace and yet by the grace of God, you do! It is like being in the middle of war with bullets going every which way and yet you have no fear and feel a total peace.

Well that is how I feel lately! I have such a sense of peace because I have turned my cares over to "The Prince of Peace"

I think what gave me the most Peace is when I decided to focus on the Serenity Prayer!

Decided to edit this post to add that the photo is a photo hubby took on his recent trip for work to Colorado and I edit the photo and added the prayer on to it!

Family Time!

Just finished another layout! this is my son Kevin and my sweet Daughter in law Maria and their son Britton! This one went quite fast for me! It is amazing how much my son looks like his dad in this photo!

Grand Opening of a great new forum coming soon

March 16,17, & 18 is the Grand Opening of Heart and Hand Scraps forums!
I have been participating there for a little while now! It is a beautiful forum which will have some lovely kits and some lovely classes!

Tammy the owner is going to be giving away some great prizes which include free classes and kits!! SO you must not just lurk! You have to join as you can win free stuff! THAT includes You DAWN! AND YOU MINDY! AND don't forget to tell her SusieQ sent you!

The addy is Heart and Hand it is bound to be a great weekend and an awesome grand opening!

10 Things that make me happy!

I have been challenges to list 10 things that make me happy!
1. TAWG (Time alone with God!)
2. Spending Time with my Grandchildren!
3. Family get togethers.
4. Time alone with my wonderful sweet adoring Husband
5. Rides in the country
6. Working in my garden
7. time with my friends
8. My special internet friends
9. Painting
10. Scrapbooking
11. Going to Church
12. Relaxing with a good book!
Whoops I think I could go on yet! Many things in life make me happy!
I am glad to be alive and happy for all my wonderful friends and family!

Thank you Lord for this wonderful day and thank you Corrina for another great challenge!!!

HAPPY

Another layout Done for two challenges on Scrappin Mojos and also for two challenges at my other favorite Scrapbook forum!

I have had some problems we harrasement with some people from the old forum who are trying to make it look like I am the one in the wrong and all I have to say is this:

This is a quote from a awesome book I am reading that I talked about in a previous post: the book is by Jennifer Rothschild: Lessons I learned in the Dark
"Often we can't choose the feelings we experience. But we can always choose our response to them. We Don't have to allow our feelings to dictate our choices. It may seem risky at the time, but if we dont esteem God's eternal Word more highly than we do our fleeting human feelings, we'll miss the blessings that wait on the other side of choosing to
trust. "

Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, the glory of God the Father (Philippians 2:9:11)

My latest layout!

The layout is of a little girl that is a close friend of ours little girl! Pastor Tim Hawk and Susan Hawks daughter Alexandria Faye! I was there for Alex's delivery in 1991 (she is 2 in the photo!) it is so hard to imagine that she is now going to be 16 this year! I really want to go see them after we are settled! They live about 5 hours from where we will be living!

This is my husband in Boulder Colorado! HE IS coming home later today! His plane comes in at 4:30 and I will be very glad to have him home!

This is my good friend Amy!

Amy and I were both on a DT together! We talked occasionally when we were on the Dt but when I did not make the Dt when the new call went out Amy knew that life had been rough on me lately so she checked with me to see how I was dealing with everything and I explained how bad things had gotten lately in my life and that the DT was the least of my problems!!

I can handle silly things like that!! SO we had a great chat and I told her how I had starting web surfing and went to Pub Calls and found another site doing another DT call and so she joined me at Scrappin Mojo! We both have been enjoying the site every since and each others company and Amy has been a great support to me in a time when life is changing very fast!

NOW TODAY after my post below I find that she too has been kicked off the old site and wrongly accused of inviting people to Scrappin Mojos just because the site is growing!! WELL I cannot believe the insecurity of the owner of the other site!!! DOES she think her site is that bad that she will lose people if they visit other sites? OH my!! Anyways I am very thankful for my new friend AMY and thankful that she called that day to check on me!!! BY the way AMY if you want me to put up a differnt photo just send me one and I will edit this post!!!

I sure do love my internet friends! They can touch your heart from miles away!!

MY BIGGEST PET PEEVE IS LIARS!

So I was on this DT! it was a sweet small and friendly site! The owner seemed sweet, the DT was mostly a great group that got along great! Then the owner moved and was out for the longest time, the site when down, I checked and checked numerous times daily since I was on the DT and the site was my duty! We went months without a kit!!

Then the site came back up, we supported (hum some of us did!) the site with no kit, no owner around and then the owner came back and the kit came back and the site was great! I never left the site, I supported the whole time! SOME PEOPLE DID NOT! well the new DT call was made and there were some awesome pieces put in for it! I knew in my heart that I would probaly not make it and was fine with it! But did decide I would look for another DT call. (funny thing is that since then, things happening I have decided not to put in for any right now! LOL)

well anyways I did not make the new call! SO surfing Pub calls I find Scrappin Mojos
is having a DT call and when I get there I find a friend from the other site: Nancyroo! I love it! so I start chatting and helping this new site grow, the new site grows on me! One of the old DT members calls me and I tell her. Then I advertise the site on my blog! BUT I NEVER EVER EVER WENT ON THE FORUM I WAS ON THE DT FOR AND ASK ANYONE TO COME OVER TO IT! EVEN THOUGH WHEN WE WERE DT MEMBERS WE WERE PUSHED TO GO GET PEOPLE TO COME TO THAT FORUM!!

TODAY I GET THIS LETTER FROM THE OWNER

I would like to personally inform you that I have banned you from the site. I have been notified several times from various members that you are approaching them to join another site!

I really don't appreciate this, and when MY members inform me of these things, I will take care of it!

Honestly, I didn't think all the stuff going on behind the scene with most of you, would become personal to me, but it has!
Well I tried to explain to the owner that I did not do this but it was useless! I know who was up to this and who her lying gang is! But I have decided to let GOD handle it and I know He will! So instead I will go back to what I was doing and that is posting and having a great time on two great sites I have found! I love watching the top 50 scrapbooking sites numbers go up and down and I think that someone has just hurt themselves because I still liked people on the other site! SO SCRAPPIN MOJO LETS MOVE THOSE NUMBERS! and I will soon be telling you about another great site too!! WATCH OUT WORLD THE SCRAPBOOKING SITES ARE GOING TO FIND OUT ABOUT SOME AWESOME NEW SITES AND ABOUT WHO IS REALLY WHO JUST BECAUSE THEIR REAL CHARACTERS WILL SHINE THROUGH!!

GOD IS GOOD! and as you can see the person I am I have mentioned no names to protect the innocent! whoever that may be!

Well my contest is over! It is time to annouce the winner

The time has come to draw a winner! 6 people registered for Scrappin Mojo! I hope you all stay and enjoy Scrappin Mojo! I also hope you come back to my blog because I have another contest coming really soon with my next big annoucement!!

Okay I guess you would like to hear the winner! I need the winner to go to Scrappin Mojo and Pm me her snail mail so I can mail out her prize!

And without any further picking and making you wait the winner who registered at Scrappin Mojo as "Scrappinchica" is Martha!! Congradulations Martha!

Another day of my contest!

Day four of my Contest to win this rak!! SO far there are only 2 people in for the drawing to win this great rak!

All you have to do to win this rak is go to Scrappin Mojo and register and tell them I sent you (susieQ) then come back here and leave a comment with your nickname you registered under and you will go into the drawing! OH by the way, want to know what I get for you doing this? I get to see more people check out Scrappin Mojo and see a great site grow!

I promise there is no contest that I get points for sending people there for!!!


ALSO stay tuned to my blog for good news that I am still waiting to share!!!


I also want to share that I am so thankful to my special friends that have been helping through a hard time!! GOD IS SO GOOD!

CHECK OUT THE PARTY GOING ON ON MY SIDE LINK ALSO!! SORRY I HAVE HAD AN AWFUL TIME WITH THAT LINK TRYING TO GET IT FULL SIZE!!!

EXCITING NEWS! GOD IS GOOD!

Ok I am ready to share the first bit of exciting news! IN SEPT. of 2005 Hubby's work moved us to Mn. from upstate N.Y. Son and Daughter moved here too~ I have been lonely missing all my friends. Then in the beginning of Feb. son moved back to N.Y. taking my precious grandchildren with him! Leaving me devastated.

Well friends and family have been praying for me, as I have been quite depressed.

Today hubby's work announced that they are moving his machine and us back to N.Y. and he will be back there working on May 1st!! WOW!! Can you believe it!! Not only did GOD do it but fast to!! Thank everyone for there prayers and most of all Thank you Lord for such a wonderful answer!!

Hey today is day three of my big contest!! check below to see all about it and to find out what you have to do to enter!!!

Really Big NEWS!!!

LOTD at Scrappin Mojo
MAN OH MAN! I HAVE 2 really big things to share with you! (IT IS NOT LOTD!!)
BUT I AM GOING TO MAKE YOU WAIT! THEY ARE BOTH OUT OF THIS WORLD! SO stay tuned!

OH BY THE WAY! I GOT LAY OUT OF THE DAY AT SCRAPPIN MOJO!! STOP BY AND REMEMBER MY CONTEST!! IF YOU WANT TO WIN THE GREAT RAK POSTED BELOW, SIGN UP AND TELL THEM SUSIEQ SENT YOU AND COME BACK HERE AND POST YOUR NICKNAME ON SCRAPPIN MOJO!!!

Day 2 of my sign up contest

Okay today is the 2nd day of the sign up contest I am having to win this rak! Each day I add more to it! The bottom picture is Day 1 and the top is day # 2! I have added some letters from American Crafts! I plan on driving the 1hr and 1/2 this weekend to the mall of America to shop at ARCHiVERS for more!!

Okay what do you have to do to win? Go to the Scrappin Mojo, register to join, tell them SusieQ sent you! then come back here and let me know in my comment section what name you used for your signup! On March 8th I will draw a name from all those that sign up through my blog! You have nothing to lose!

I promise there are some great people there! If you want more info check two posts down!!

Here is the link Scrappin Mojo

Now don't forget to come back here and leave me a comment! You can't win if you don't play!!!

Oh by the way, so far we have lost electric once and there is all ice under the snow on the road!
It is hard to see in the photo but it is snowing and blowing hard!

TOUCHED BY AN AMAZING SPEAKER

Before I talk about the speaker, I need to remind everyone about my blog contest!!! please be sure and read the prior post! AND VISIT SCRAPPIN MOJO


Yesterday I watched the Dr. Phil show, Oh my, Triplet 5 years old that are blind and deaf. Their mother an amazing woman, and also her husband, exhausted and discouraged from taking care of them and not able to afford the things that would help them.

The speaker a woman that became blind at 15 years named, Liz Rothchild!

Below is a piece from her blog!! AMAZING!! I think of someone I know and now
am upset with myself that instead of being angry with her, I know better, I should be praying
and so if she comes to my blog and I sure she will know who she is! I am praying for you! My sweet friend, I know that the truth is you are hurting and I realize now that I need to pray and pray hard for you!

If you would like to visit her blog here is the link Jennifers Blog

Oh the freedom that comes from authenticity. To have truth in your inward parts (Psalm 51:6) and to clothe yourself with that truth!
In other words, peace on the inside, peace on the outside; honesty on the inside, honesty on the outside; flaws on the inside, flaws on the outside; tenderness on the inside, tenderness on the outside. I’ve often sneered at hypocrisy-because it’s a misrepresentation of someone’s real, inside self. I regret the times I've participated in that kind of insincerity in my own life. But, to me the real reason for my sadness over hypocrisy is the loss of that person’s real self. The hypocrite lives a life of slow disintegration-slowly crumbling. They think they will find the substance of their life in the “froth” as Murton put it. May we all be fully God conscious and reasonably self aware to remain integrated.

Another storm on it's way!

Snowing again! it has just started! They are threatening snow up to 20 inches and ice! Mindy my daughters school she teaches at closed by 7pm for tomorrow! Hopefully I won't lose electric! I am really enjoying the new site I found! Come check it out!!! Find some great scrapping MOJO at http://scrappinmojo.com/ tell them SusieQ sent you! There are some awesome challenges going on! Also some of my great friends are there too! Nancy and Amy (Motobarbie) Amy (spoilamy) Linda (LindaLark), Margo, Janice, oh my there are lots! ANd some new ones I have made already too!

Everyone is so sweet and friendly and encouraging that it is easy to find your "MOJO" I can't wait to find out who will be sponsoring the site!!!

I have a great idea!!! GO check it out, register and tell them I sent you and come back here and post in the comments the name you registered with and then on March 8th my nieces birthday I will draw a name from all the names and send a rak. With each day, I am going to add to the rak! So far there is MME and DannyO pps and Heidi Swapp's edge distresser, embellishments by MM. What do you have to lose?!

A couple simple cards

Just building up my stock of cards with some scraps! I have some great ideas brewing for some neat layouts that I want to get started on too thanks to a new site I joined too! www.scrappinmojo.com if you go there you know who to say sent you! SusieQ!

The Biggest Snow Storm in Mn. in 8 years!

The snow is still coming down! Although the ice and snow is not good for travel, it is pretty!
Will's first flight was cancelled and then they gave him another flight which was also cancelled! BUT he did fly out this evening so he is gone for 2 weeks to Boulder Colorado!

My plans, are to get the scrapbooking room set up and to scrap scrap scrap! Oh by the way I did not make the Design Team this time for the Scrapbook Chalet! I had a feeling so had already accepted it, it is okay as I have some other things happening!

I have a possible offer brewing at a LSS! I am going to continue as a member at the Chalet! Hey why not, I have friends there and there are some great contest, although I will admitt still don't understand that last one.

I also am excited about two new sites. Oh and now I have more time to surf too! Never understood before how people have time to spend a lot of time surfing and dt. and so now I will have more time to do that and get to see some of the new ideas out there!

I am BLUE! HA I am BLUE IS SO MANY WAYS!

Congratulations. You are BLUE. BLUES are motivated by INTIMACY. They seek to genuinely connect with others, and need to be understood and appreciated. Everything they do is quality-based. They are loyal friends, employers, and employees. Whatever or whomever they commit to is their sole (and soul) focus. They love to serve and give themselves freely in order to nurture others' lives. BLUES have distinct preferences and have the most controlling personality. Their personal code of ethics is remarkably strong and they expect others to live honest, committed lives as well. They enjoy meaningful moments in conversation as well as paying close attention to special life events (e.g. birthdays and anniversaries). BLUES are dependable, thoughtful, and analytical; but can also be self-righteous, worry-prone, and moody. They are "sainted pit-bulls" who never let go of something or someone, once they are committed. When you deal with a BLUE, be sincere and make a genuine effort to understand and appreciate them. You can take the color test here ---> The Color Code I can't get over how much of this is so like me! WOW!

Well I am out of the Survivor contest! Not exactly sure how it happen though since I got voted on! Thank you to my fan! BUT NO MATTER BECAUSE In my opinion my layout is a WINNING layout! I love it and that is all that matters! These Boys are my life! I am so loving My layout too!

So what comes next? Well I am planning on doing the play along for the survivor which you can check out at www.scrapbookchalet.com and of course you know who to tell them sent you!!!

While you are there you might want to check out the amazing layouts that are in the Creative Team Call! I have put in for Design Team again but there is so much awesome competition. I am praying hard, and anyone who wants to pray for me, I won't stop you! HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD DAY!

DON'T FORGET and Stop by THE SCRAPBOOK CHALET TODAY! www.scrapbookchalet.com
and tell them susieq sent you!

WOW! I never had a teacher that looked like this!!!!

THIS is a really unique looking teacher!!!!! HE is definetly a colorful character! Check the link for the full story!!!



Daily Lobo

This is one unique proposal!

WILL YOU MARRY ME??? HOW funny the way this guy did it!



Check out this proposal! I would love to see a scrapbook layout on this!

Another Layout done with THe March DREAMSTREET kit from THE SCRAPBOOK CHALET! WOW I really am enjoying this kit! I have loved everything in it! I have done two layouts and a Metal album which I will upload later today and I still have lots more to use from the kit! I have some more planned to do with it later today after getting some shut eye!

I really do have to clean house alittle first though! YEs a necessary chore! Hey somebody has to do it! Not alot to do but gotta do it!

Don't forget to Check out the Scrapbook Chalet!
WWW. Scrapbookchalet. com and tell them SusieQ sent you! thanks for stopping by! You'll come back you hear!!!

Twinkle Toes - The Scrapbook Chalets March Kit!

Yes it is another layout from another awesome kit from THE SCRAPBOOK CHALET! Dream Street is AWESOME! I am in love with this kit!

This is Emily my granddaughter standing on the side of her feet! Isn't she just a doll? Come visit The SCRAPBOOK CHALET TODAY, there is so much going on! lots to see and lots to learn!!!
http://www.scrapbookchalet.com/ when you visit the forum and register be sure and tell them SusieQ sent you!

Week 5 of the Survivior contest at The Scrapbook Chalet!

Hoping Emily can Dazzle me up some votes! She sure does Dazzle me with her smile! I used BasicGrey for my layout! I am also working on a layout for the immunity challenge so that if I can't get votes with her dazzling smile then maybe I can get the immunity and not need a vote! LOL!

I auctually tried the embroidery on it too! that was interesting and fun! I need to start uploading for the Dt call too!

Week 4 Scrapathalon WOW WHAT A WEEK

HERE IS WHAT I did for the canvas challenge at Survivior at the Scrapbook Chalet!

oh and this is another item I altered too which is my first piece I have done like this and I am anxious to another that is fancier and better, the next will be a little larger so I can tighter the lacing in the back better!

This was made with canvas I cut and made into a candle cozy!

Last but not least, I thought I would add a photo of the yard yesterday showing our total snow accumulation after another 3 inches so we now have about 8 inches and we are at -9 degrees right now!

I would also like to ask you to pray for a friend whose husband lost his job! Thanks in advance!

A New Do!

I did it all yesterday! New cut ( not alot but the style is different) now if I can only get the hang of how "she" style it, which I like better then today! and new color! and I am wearing my contacts again too!

Happy Birthday to me! Well not exactly but hey try this out! not exactly me but fun anyways!

Your Birthdate: September 21

You're a restless rebel with an unpredictable nature. Bright but unbridled, you tend to seek out wild experiences over new ideas. People are frustrated by your great potential, but you love your unconventional life. You're a heartbreaker. People get attached to you, and then you're gone. Your strength: Your thirst for adventure Your weakness: Not taking time for slow pleasures Your power color: Hot pink Your power symbol: Figure eight Your power month: March

What Does Your Birth Date Mean?

My altered project for SURVIVIOR!

E is for Emily!
this is the altered E that I did for Emily as my project for the Week 3 of the Survivior Contest at Scrapbook Chalet! I keep holding on each week! Sure wish it was with extra votes, I think once I got 2 but it is usually 1. Hey I know beggers can't be chosers but I want to do something that just makes them go WOW! Hey who knows maybe this week!!!
HEY DON't forget to visit!!!!

MY little sunshine!!!

This is my Emily and a scraplift I did for an immunity challenge on the Scrapbook Chalet! Golly Emily gets prettier every day! I loved the way the sun was hitting her face!!! Truthfully the title... Our Sun, So Brite came from I wanted to do Our Sunshine but had no Hs left! but she is the sun in the day, except for when she throughs a temper tamptrum! LOL!
Well I did not win the Immunity challenge but I also did not end up needing it and besides I had already planned on scraplifting this layout! I love it so!