A blog Challenge!

what memory stands out in your mind as a great memory of 2007!

Well I have to admitt that there were not a lot of GREAT memories of 2007! We did get our new home but before that we lived in a camper for months and physically I was having a rough time because I have neuroligical problems called occipital and trigeminal neuralgia and the bed in the camper just was not helping me!

So our pastor and his wife offered for us to move in with them until we found a place to live!

I cannot tell you how much that meant to us! It showed how much they cared and also it was a wonderful month and a half! We will always have some great memories from that period of time! Pastor gave hubby permission to get rid of any red squirrels so hubby was in his glory! Pictures are Pastor, Tina (Pastor's wife) Hubby trying to get a red squirrel. Painting I did for Tina in the computer room.

Little man

Britton is growing up so fast!! I just am amazed when ever Maria or Kevin sends me a new photo! Look how big and sweet he looks! It is so hard to have grandchildren that live far away!

I entered a contest!

I entered a scrapbooking contest on Scrapping with Grace! the first layout had to be about 2007! So I did mine about all that happen to us in 2007!

The move, the packing, trying to find a house, not being able to see our grandboys, etc.
My big concern is that it did not load good in the gallery there though. I did a contest there before and had that problem, must be the type of forum. Oh well. Maybe next week I can figure out how to load better if I load some on to the regular part of the gallery not in the contest part.

I have been trying out a few different scrapbooking sites lately, trying to find a couple busy sites. I need challenges to keep me going. I found a couple new ones I really like! One is called Scrapdiner and the other is the Scrapbook dreamer. So between the three I am keeping busy. I am also on a couple others too so yep, I am busy. But I am also painting! Oh am teaching painting! RIGHT DAWN!!!!

First Layout of the New Year!

I did my first layout for this year! I did a layout of Noah from the day we did Christmas with the boys! The photo was auctually taken with the camera that we got for Jay and he took it!!! Pretty good job for a 6 year old if I do say so myself!!! When he opened the camera, he turned and looked at me and said,"I love you so much Grandma!" BOY that boy is special!! So is the Noah the one in the layout! OH and so is Britton my grandboy in S.C.! Can you tell I am a proud Grandma!!!

Boy Oh Boy am I behind!!

Yep I got way behind! I did do some scraping and definetly took some photos for Christmas! Just life got a little crazy between trying to keep up physically with the shopping, stress, decorating and all. But I can say I am finally mostly done unpacking except for bits and pieces.

Stress well that won't end I guess, I will ask for prayer, as I have some concerns with my grandsons and I won't go into that stress but someone is a big cause of stress in their lives and mine and sometimes I have a hard time dealing with it and remembering that IN HIS TIME not my time! But I do know GOD IS in Control and will deal with it in HIS WAY AND TIME! IN the mean time please continue to pray!

Some of the work I did in the past few weeks! Not a lot but here it is! I also just finished a canvas but have not gotten a photo yet!

Also a few photos from Christmas! I have to say that one of the best parts of Christmas was a few days after when the grandboys opened gifts and as the oldest Jason (6) opened his gifts, as he saw what some of his gifts were he would automaticly reply "Grandma, I love you so much!!" my heart just swelled knowing I had made his day!

What Mom's say in a 24 hour period!

I just found this on another blog and I love it! This is a great Christian comedian Anita Renfroe! Enjoy it!

The Scrap room and Paint room!

Well I won't call it done, as it is not as neat as I wanted, but at least untill after Christmas when I will have more time to fool around with it and set up a few more shelves, it is done and I can now scrap and Paint!

I am so excited to be able to go down and start! I hope to start my classes after Christmas, so I will need to get it neater right after Christmas but with all the company and pressure to decorate and the desire to do some auctual painting and scrapping, I got to the point where I was just saying well enough!

I still have some boxes in the barn to unpack yet also and I am missing some drawers to one of my stands, so stuff is just sitting on the shelf instead of in the drawers. THe tall Paint cabinet has some stuff piled on it that are projects I want to get done for Christmas. By the way that paint cabinet has well over 600 acrylic paints in just the bottom half of it.

4 days of having all 3 grandsons here!

It was truly great to have all 3 boys here! The house was full of laughter and running! Yes there was a little bit of fighting too and many many times of "STAY OFF THE STAIRS!" but it was great.

I can't believe it is over already! My son and his wife and Britton will leave early tomorrow morning for S.C.

I can't help feeling sad, it went so fast. Thankfully my dil took alot of photos as I was so busy that I did not get many! This is one that I auctually did take though!

This next week I am going to do a lot of scrapbooking!

HAVE SOME FUN AND PLAY ALONG!

I GOT TAGGED....
please copy and paste and write your answers in comments if you want to play along... I hope you will follow through as I would love to know you better!

Yourself: very sentimental

Your partner: Can fix almost anything, Stresses easy, Hard working

Your hair: Needs better coloring job

Your mother: I worry about her health, she cares more and more every year, and worries alot!

Your father: OH BOY! likes to work with wood but is a perfectionist, EXTREMELY forgetful. I will stop here!!!!

Your favorite item: My paint brushes &camera

Your dream last night: I had a sleep study last night and with all the gadgets hooked up to me, I don't believe I dreamed at all! If I did it was probaly about being in a prison or being kidnapped and tied up.

Your favorite drink: Fresca/rootbeer but I cannot drink either because a med I am on makes all carbonated beverages taste like someone dropped aspirin in them.

Your dream car: I truthfully don't have one, as long as it is in great running condition, body is good and mileage is good! Guess I am just practical. Course in the summer a convertable would be okay!

Dream home: A home I could design that looks old but has all the new stuff ( windows etc.) and is on a large amt. of acres, private area with pond, pool. gardens, deer and wildlife in view! Close hunting for hubby. But yet close to highway to town. (OH and close LSS and Painting supplies and Grocery store)

The room you are in: living room

Your fear: Not being able to see grandchildren....

Where you want to be in 10 years: Right where I am!

Who you hung out with last night: Hubby, daughter and son in law

You’re not: Patient

One of your wish list items: a hot tub

The last thing you did: Looked out the front door

You are wearing: khakis and a striped sweater

Your favorite weather: Autumn

Your favorite book: Let's Roll by Lisa Beamer

Last thing you ate: Chicken speidi Pizza

Your life: is my God, and my family and my friends

Your mood: a little down right now, worrying about the house in Mn. selling

Your best friend: My hubby

What are you thinking about right now: getting my home ready for thanksgiving

Your car: a van

What are you doing at the moment: On the computer instead of working!

Relationship status: married, 33 years to my best friend

What is on your t.v: nothing just peace and quiet

When is the last time you laughed: Wed. Night at our Church members meeting! Our Pastor is awesome at making jokes and making you laugh and making it easier to listen to speaches/sermons but also others gave reports and said some little remarks that had us all laughing! it is truly a great church with some great members!!!

I am tagging Nancy, Denean, Rachel! AND ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO PLAY ALONG! Please Remember to comment when you play along so I know you have joined in the fun!

Missing Jason and Noah

Jason and Noah came to visit overnight while I was gone! Since we rarely get to see them and not sure each time when we will get to see them again, the time in between is very tough! When the boys come to see us the talk alot about missing us and Jay Jay talks about how he wishes Mommy would let him visit more. It breaks my heart but I just hug him and tell him I love him! Someday he will understand. Noah is to young to understand much except wanting to be held the whole time he visits. We love them so much and pray that God will take care of the situation so that we have more visitation somehow. God is Good and we know that He will see things through.

I pray daily for the boys and yes even for their mother. So here are some of the photos my daughter took while I was away!

Britton and Great Grandpa!

Britton had a grand old time playing with his great Grandpa! Or was it Great Grandpa had a grand old time playing with Britton! Even though Grandpa was feeling his oats a little bit after some major surgery! Never the less they both enjoyed each others company!

GOD IS GOOD!

A Big thank you to all who have been praying for my dad's surgery! All went very well to day and it looks as though they were able to get all the cancer cells!! Praise God!! It is 11:33 pm and we got home one hour ago and just finished Supper and are heading to bed but I wanted to make sure everyone knew how thankful I was for your prayers and thoughts and well wishes! GOD is so Good and I know He listens!

I made it to S.C.

With some delayed planes and lost luggage but I am here! Britton my sweet grandson wants to say hi to everyone!!! Britton and his mommy are reading a book!

Fall in N.Y.

Well the leaves are turning and the hill behind our new house is OUTSTANDING! What a beautiful view we have! Even the view of the empty house to the west of our house is beautiful! Nothing is prettier then N.Y. in the fall!! Happy Fall!

Swimming in OCTOBER in N.Y.

My husband wanted to make sure we had proof that we auctually swam in our pool on October 11th. So here are the pictures.
The solar panels work well to heat the pool but the indian summer we were having helped too but as you can see it was still to cold for me! The water temp. was 76 degrees! I still say "LET'S Get a Hot tub dear for the cooler months!!!!"

ISN'T IT GRAND?

When you love someone from the bottom of your heart and they love you right back from the bottom of their heart!!! Well that is the way it is with my grandson Noah! I know he loves me and he know I love him! I know that if anything ever happen to me, he would know that I loved him and he would always remember me! That is very important to me!!

He holds a special spot in my heart!! So does his brother and my other grandson Britton but today is about Noah!

Britton is coming for Thanksgiving,I hope to make sure when he is here that week that I at least work on making him remember me!(Britton lives in S.C. not very close to me so I don't see him much!!!)

'Fishin'

Thought I better show you that yes I do still scrap!!! Hoping this motivates Maria to send more photos!! I recently got some great photos of Jason and Noah to do to! Also lots of moving photos!

This is my grandson Britton! One day on the phone he was singing "going fishin' so I just had to name this layout "fishin" I am so thankful for the photos his mom sends me since I rarely get to see him! I am looking forward to him coming to see me real soon!!

Well I did some more unpacking!

But I did not take any photos! I have been looking at curtains!! Has anyone priced curtains lately??? Use to be that you bought them as a pair, now they only come as panels and they are crazy!! It cost more to buy the curtains then to carpet!! I think I will take up sewing again!

Okay I guess I am going to have to make a game up!

starting today I am going to take a picture and share something fun or unusual I unpack so maybe it will make the unpacking a challenge!!

So stay tuned!!!

Home at LAST!!!!!!

Last Monday September 17th we closed on our New Home back in New York! We are once again Home in N.Y. ( although prayers are still welcome for the Mn. home to sell!!!!!)

NOW the work has begun and I am paying! I am sick of boxes, my neck hurts and the migraines are bad! But I have a home and I am out of the blasted camper!!!!

UGH!!! Dates got changed!!

Our closing is now September 14th! the big date right now though is this coming friday! that is inspection day~~ oh and by the way the house in Mn. still has not sold! but that is because we goofed on real estate agents~ He has open houses with the wrong address or does not advertise at all and our house is off the beat and track~~ EEK~ pray for us please!!!

We found it!!! Please Hurry end of August!

Yes we found a house!!! Our new home will be Owego, NY. we will have 2.3 acres!~ the bad news is the earliest we can get into the house is August 30th! so we have over another month of camper living and very little and very seldom having internet access!! But the end is now in site!

yep, still living in a camper! no home yet!

aND HARDLY EVER A CHANCE TO GO ON LINE! I AM DYING!!!!! PLEASE PRAY WE FIND A HOUSE SOON! I AM GOING CRAZY! I MISS YOU ALL! THIS IS INSANE! I WISH I COULD POST SOME OF THE HOUSES WE HAVE LOOKED AT BUT WOULD NOT WANT TO HURT SOMEONES FEELINGS!!!!!

just thought I would do a super fast update!

We are now LIVING in a Motorhome! Yes I said living in a motorhome! House in Mn. is still for sale and we are still looking in Ny! Please keep praying! I am going crazy! Sure wish someone would buy the house in Mn. It would ease the stress!!!

WHAT A NIGHTMARE!

Who said house hunting is fun? Not me! Help me!!

Can I just load my Mn. home and move it to NY? EEK!!!! Will someone buy the MN. home? EEK!!!

Will the nightmare end?? EEEK!!!

I have added some photos of the MN house!

How cool I was awarded the thinking blog award by Dari Donovan on her blog go check it out at Charmed and Dangerous
here is what she wrote about me...SUSIE - She does beautiful scrapbook pages and shares her knowledge with me. :-)

Also I am going to participate in what looks like an exciting blog party! It is a scrapbooking blog party but you don't have to scrap to participate and there will be PRIZES! WOO HOO!

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WOW ! A COOL NEW SITE~

Just found a great new sketch site!!! You got to check it out! I will post the link here in this post but if you forget or lose it, I will also post it in my list of links in my sidebar as I want it where I can find it all the time too!!! Little Book of Sketches

7 Random Facts or Habits!!

I was tagged by denean!

Each player starts with 7 random facts/habits about themselves. People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their seven things, as well as these rules. At the end of your blog, you need to choose 7 people to get tagged and list their names. Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them that they have been tagged and to read your blog!

1. I went to college and I have a degree in Nursing.

2. I am a procrastinator & work better under pressure. (stole that one from Denean, who stole it from Shannon but it totally fits me!)

3. I so miss seeing my grandchildren!

4. I never in my life thought I would be able to paint the way I am able to!

5. I am a huge ice cream fiend!

6. One of my biggest pet peeves is people who lie and hurt other people.

7. My dream is to own a shop teaching painting and scrapbooking.

ok, now I tag Linda, Margo, Elise, Amy, Amanda, Dariana, and Nancy!

My Daughter!

Well I am on to week 3 of the spring fling contest! I am so busy with house stuff and two contest that I have no time to scrap anything else! I am glad that Lucy from Memories from Scrap let's us put the layouts on our blog!

Yesterday Marie called me and I got to hear Little Britton sing twinkle twinkle little star, happy birthday and deep and wide! It was so great! I had goose bumps and of course tears in my eyes! I just wanted to reach through the phone and hug that little guy! I wish so much that we lived closer! Sometimes life seems so strange, families so far apart, but then God has a plan and I have to trust that He knows what He is doing, even though I would like to tell him sometimes that I would like to change his plan! LOL!