Cuddles

I spent last night watching tv with the kids and cuddling! I will miss having them around but I will enjoy the quiet! I just wanted to say how great it was to cuddle and how great my grandkids are! just some information on the photos! Jay Jay (the oldest boy) and I started cuddling and of course Noah had to join! Noah who won't keep a shirt on lately!!!! He also is Mr. Jealous! Then Emily decided she wanted to be in the photo to so she came and cuddled too but that was okay cause I will take all the cuddles I can get! BY THE WAY JUST TO ADD I WENT TO THE DENTIST SO I LOOK EVEN MORE PALE AND YUCKY THEN USUAL! LOL!

Emily's Birthday!

Grandma threw Emily a birthday party! The theme (what else!) a scrapbooking party! THEY HAD SO MUCH FUN! Aunt Mindy came to help Grandma with the party because Mommy just stayed downstairs in her bedroom watching the tv the whole time except to come up for a plate of food!
But Grandma enjoyed herself with the girls and mommy had already told me "I HATE SCRAPBOOKING" and Emily just loves it! The girls were so bubbly just like my sweet little Emily! I feel sad that they will be most likely taking her out of a school district where Emily is doing exceptionly well and made so many great friends! Emily will miss them! they have helped with her self esteem alot and so has Aunt Mindy and Grandpa!

The Scrapbook Chalet Survivor Contest Starts!

Yesterday was the first day of the Chalet Survivor Contest- and I managed to get my layout done for Challenge #1 done and up by the end of the first day! In fact I was the first one done and I am pleased with the layout! Although the blue in the pattern paper does not show up well on line! I really don't expect to win with all the great talent in the contest but I do expect to be motivated to get some great layouts done!!!!



journaling is hidden under hinged door, the edge of door says S.W.A.K.

Journaling reads....When Jay Jay was a baby, he would all of a sudden charge toward Grandma and attack her with slobbery kisses! On this day Grandpa just happen to be taking photos! The large photo is Jay Jay on his sneak attack! Photos from 3-28-02

By the way... Be sure and come check out all the fun at the Scrapbook Chalet! AND VOTE FOR ME! :-) !
http://www.scrapbookchalet.com/index.htm

My favorite photo of the year!!

I guess because my mom got to come visit! and because her and Noah had so much fun together! I have plans for the layout but have not done it yet! I enjoyed the visit so much at thanksgiving and cannot wait for another visit! I also cannot wait to go to s.c. for a visit but I don't know when that will happen right now!!

Will I ever catch up! NO!

Can you believe that I am this far behind? Course I tend to do layouts that are recent and barely ever do the old ones!!! I was always someone who took loads of photos even before scrapbooking! so I will never scrap them all!

The making of a gingerbread house!

I bought a kit to make a gingerbread house from Create a treat with the kids! NEVER ever will I buy a kit from this company again. I was lucky that I had some fondant from wilton, extra candy and a container of frosting. We had fun after 2 hours of trying to get the house built. If I had not had the extra stuff it would have been a flop! Noah had fun! he was the taster of candy and picture taker (or so he thought!!!)
After we were done building the house, I decided that I had to get even with Chelsea for trying to constantly steal taste of the frosting so I got into a frosting fight with her!
Oh by the way! I won the frosting fight!!!!!

Gifts for Emily and Jay Jay's teachers

Well I did it! I got the gifts done in time for Jay Jay's and Emily's teachers and then guess what! School was cancelled due to an ice storm and now the kids don't go to school until Jan.! OH WELL, they are done and wrapped! so here is a picture of what I painted! 

My Favorite Christmas Present Ever!

I did this layout with my first kit from Scrapbook Chalet!!! The Kit is Fabulous if I don't say so myself!!! I am so looking forward to the next one~ If you haven't visited the Chalet yet make sure you do!!! We are going to have a Scrapbooking survivior contest!!! AND THE GRAND PRIZE is a CRICUT MACHINE!!! NOW THERE IS A GRAND PRIZE IF I EVER SAW ONE!!!
Here is the link....SCRAPBOOK CHALET

Oh my! I have gotten so behind! Here is my latest painting

Just painted two ornaments for a swap I am in! one I put into a card and used paper from the newest and first kit from the Scrapbook Chalet!!! I am so excited about the Scrapbook Chalet! We will be starting a great survivior contest very soon! Laura is coming up with some great challenges already!!

Layout for grand reopening at Memory safe but a dollar short and an hour late!

Did not see the deadline so missed it, course I have been struggling with migraines for days or I would have several layouts done that I have planned and a few painting things! I am really sick of these!

Well anyhow here is the layout!

Asking My wonderful blog friends for prayer!

I am in great need of prayer!!!
I am suppose to (per md order) avoid stress as much as possible. But I
am not able to due to home situation and am having increased pain and shocky/numbness
in my face. Severe migraines, dizziness, nausea/vomiting and sleepless ness.

My Son and his wife living with us is the cause and it is a no win situation!! Hubby and I worry about the boys especially if they move out but I can no longer take the stress! I have tried and I have seen so wonderful things happen and I do love them all but when they are critized for what is not right they attack and I am feeling extremely verbally abuse! Hubby wants me to try to continue, but I do not have the strenght to try ( which is impossible) to keep my home clean with 5 others besides us living with us and also take the abuse. I was put out of work because of inability to work, and I feel I am working harder at home and I feel I am headed for a nervous breakdown, I am having migraines all the time,I hardly sleep,and I feel weaker and number on my right side daily. I know I am pouring out my guts here but I feel there is no one is the world to talk to and I need to share because..........

"Again I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about anything that they may ask, it shall be done for them by My Father who is in heaven." Matthew 18:19

I know that there is a chance the My daughter in law will come to my blog and read it again and I do not feel threatened by this because I have just stated my feelings and what is happeing and I want to say I am also praying for her! yesterday I went for a walk with the dog and my granddaughter Emily wanted to come along and so she and I did a prayer walk and we prayer for everyone to have a peace that passes understanding and for Chelsea my granddaugter to learn the importance of respecting others and adults and for all negativity to be band from her ears!! Now if there is a problem with what I am writing and praying then maybe someone else needs to pray also.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS

Woo hoo the Scrapbook Chalet opens Friday!!

Well THE MEMORY SAFE www.memorysafe.com that I was on the design team for was sold to Amy, since Laura had to change names with her move to another state so now the site I am on the design team for is www.scrapbookchalet.com and the grand opening is friday!

The exciting part is that there will be contests and lots of fun on both sites! I will be receiving one of the new kits from The Scrabook Chalet to do layouts and altering with so that everyone can see the lovely kits you can get from the site!! So stay tuned to my blog and to www.scrapbookchalet.com for more information!!!

My little grand trick or treaters!

 
 
 
 
Jason was a power ranger! Emily was a monarch butterfly and Noah was pablo from the backyardagains! They came back with a bag full of loot and Aunt Mindy and Uncle Mike came back looking tired! They had a bad experience with a local disc jockey who scares little kids and should be ashamed of himself. In fact it was so bad that I just wrote a letter to the editor of the paper! 

Painted some pumpkins to put on the house!

Thankfully hubby cut them out for me, now if I can just get him to do the sanding too!!!

Then I finished a Maxine Thomas Design on a shovel too! I added a cute green homespun bow after the photo was taken!!

Our Trip to the Apple/Pumpkin farm

Saturday we went to the apple orchard/pumpkin farm with a group from the church! They had a corn maze where you had to find boxes and stamp your card and then at the end the kids got a treasure out of the treasure box! I still need to take a picture of Jason with the treasure he choose, it surprised us all!!

The kids had a ball! Too bad Mom and Dad choose not to go!! They snooze, They Loose!! LOL!

Raggedy Ann and Snowman Class

This is the shovel I will be teaching later this week at Michaels! it is auctually a combination of three patterns by Renee Mullins! She is an awesome designer! I was suppose to have another class this week but no one has signed up for that class, oh well . That class is below.

The Great Pumpkin

I could not resist doing a scrapbook layout of this photo Maria had of Britton!I just love the photo of him!! So I painted pumpkins on the page since I had nothing that looked right with the tractor!! Course the same day I finish the layout they send me pictures of him and his daddy carving a pumpkin!!

Feeling Sorry for myself

I have spent way to much time since this move feeling sorry for myself!! I had a nerve block done again a few weeks ago and ended up very sick and even ended up in the hospital getting IV fluids for dehydration. BUT now I am feeling better physically then I have for months!!!
So I need to praise God for that and show HIM that I appreciate my health by using it!!
So how can I use my health for something good! Certainly not by sitting around moaning about being stuck here in Mn.
I found out about the possibility of teaching somewhere where I would be my own employee and I may do that but I am still thinking about other possibilities. In the meantime I want to find ways to reach out to others and find friends and help others.

I know that I refuse to become as depressed as I was before because I know that will just make me more ill physically too! God is so faithful and He deserves me to give my very best to Him just as He gives me His very best!!

Went to ladies retreat! Miss CNY ladies retreat!!!

I suppose if I never went to the Central New York districts Ladies Retreat then the Minnesota/Iowa district Ladies Retreat would seem great but when you compare the two, it is like comparing steak and hamburg.
I did the crafts this year for the ladies retreat which starts 7 pm friday and ends at 12 pm saturday. I went last year also right after moving here and so this year I made a decision, there was an annoucement that they are starting a committee to plan the retreat and if I want it to be better, well then you know what I have to do!! YEP YOU Got it! I volunteered to be on the committee!! Suzi wrote back saying we will love having you as part of the committee. I hope so since I have lots of ideas brewing in my head! Course lots of them come from good old CNY!!!

a little something I painted!

I did two one for a swap and one to sell on ebay! now just gotta get it listed!!!