walking the beach

time for another syao entry! this time I used a photo of my daughter and her hubby walking the beach in Florida!

I used a border punch for my technique
I also used 3 homemade flowers
3 pattern papers
bling
ribbon
and a doily

Dylan and Grandpa

Dylan sure can wrap grandpa around his little finger! He surprises me because he is quite a mouthy little three year old. I don't understand where they learn it so fast although I know how his mom is. I just wish I knew how you stop a three year old from being mouthy.

I think he is a pro at getting his way with grandpa because of his cystic fibrosis!

I did a layout for syao contest with a photo I have of Dylan getting grandpa to give in to him!

MY butterfly bush

Lately I have been having some fun taking photos of the butterflies that visit my butterfly bush! I was disappointed one day that I was grilling and looked out to see a yellow swallowtail. My choice was to burn dinner or take photos. Well the budget said don't waste that food so I missed the swallow tail!

Since then I did have a black swallow tail come visit and got some great photos of that!

I also got some photos of a monarch! which some I have already scrapped! hoping to make it a two pager by doing the swallow too!

I used corner punch for my technique and also the butterflies were painted purple and then embossed
i have 5 buttons
3 + pattern papers
butterflies
banner
ribbon
and a pin

another week another syao layout!

got this layout done by the skin of my teeth! it is due in 1 hour and 8 minutes~ lol at least I have enough time to post it but I am tired!

for the techniques I used paper punch, stitiching and distressing
the items I used
chipboard
pennant
3 + pattern papers
ticket
ribbon and twine

August Already, where has the summer gone?

Can you believe it is August Already!!!!

Well the first of the month means new challenges at Paper Secrets!

we have changed things up a bit this month and the challenges will be found on the Paper Secrets Blog!

Now also check out Paper Secrets on Facebook and if you have not already make sure to like us!

26 weeks!

I have done a layout every week for 6 months (26 weeks) . I am amazed at myself!
SYAO has really kept me motivated!
here is this weeks layout

145 points... winner name drawn

145 points were earned in my little blog contest! Sandi actually posted comments all but 2 days of the month!!!! It amazed me when I figured out the numbers! Then I used a number generator!!! I really appreciate all the post. Oh and Lisa I have some computerized spam but I will try take of the word verification and see how it goes!

Thank you all for participating in my blog challenge and my challenge on Paper Secrets!!!!
Now if the winner would send me a pm on Paper Secrets with your snail mail, a little about yourself what you like/don't like I would like to get a prize out to you!!!

whoops I guess you want to know who you are! Congrats to Tallulah!

Wow another month gone by!

My July Stash challenge is up on the Paper Secrets site. Check it out here . Here is the layout I did for it!

As far as my bonus challenge for June I hope you can give me a few days to figure it all out! I promise to have it done by thursday at the absolute latest.

Blog posting!!! PUTTING THIS AT THE TOP till challenge is over

I seem to have gotten so bad at blog posting! So I am going to do something about it! I think I need encouragement to post more! Maybe comments would help so I am going to post a challenge to win some blog candy! But first I would like to share that the June challenges are up on the Paper Secrets forum! My Dt challenge is a Lyrics challenge this month! Here is my layout for that challenge!!!!

NOW to check out the actual challenge you will have to go to the Paper Secrets Forum! Now for my blog challenge.... I will give a scrappy gift/candy to one lucky winner. Here is what you must do! #1 follow my blog ...... #2 leave a comment....... What can you do to win extra chances for the drawing? #1 I will give you 10 extra chances for doing my challenge for July at PAPER SECRETS Here is the link to my challenge ... SUSIEQ's July challenge #2 For each day during June that you leave a comment I will give you one extra chance for comment (only one per day an please comment on the most recent post on that day, if I have not posted anything new than comment on the old post and feel free to let me have it! lol) (NOW you see that this is my way to motivate me, because if you don't comment on a new post and have to post on and old post, I will feel silly so when a new comment comes through it will remind me to get my butt posting! LOL) I hope I did that so that it makes sense! IF not let me know~ lol~~~~


IF YOU ARE A RETURNING POSTER FOR THIS CONTEST PLEASE POST ON THE NEXT POST .

my youngest ballplayer

I had to show you some photos of my youngest ballplayer (although not the youngest grandson) Noah is 8 and really loving baseball!

I am so please to say that my headaches are getting better, I am losing weight and I am starting to get use to the new med so not as sleepy all the time!

I am so excited!

I am so excited over all the great layouts created from my challenge! I am glad my bonus challenge and the Paper Secrets challenge are random challenges cause I would be lost if I had to choose which was best! It would be totally impossible!

I got up my week 20 layout for the SYAO2 contest! I cannot believe it has already been 20 weeks! WOW!
I will say the title is a bit off  kilter but my head was not great! but I am happy it is done! I am starting the new med twice a week tomorrow so hopefully soon the headaches will be much better although I might be a bit sleepy! lol

I think I will be getting some great photos in a day or two as the pool is finally filled and now it is just a matter of getting the chemicals right! Phew it has been a rough year, first had to replace the liner, than the pump quit and since it has been quite dry we had to rotate back and forth between our two wells alot filling it! but hopefully we will get lots of use and I will do lots of laps!

So many photos to scrap

well I saw my neurologist  yesterday and from looking at the testing done while I was in the hospital (I had insisted they call my neurologist and so part of the testing they did was ordered by her) She was not happy and said if I get that severe a headache again I need to come to her er which is a 2 plus hour drive! but anyways she was able to diagnose me! I start a new med and it is extremely important I lose some weight (I guess those nasty headaches and the fact I could go blind are a great motivation for me) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiopathic_intracranial_hypertension it could have been worse and so I am going to try hard to lose the weight . the biggest problem right now is the new med has made me sleepy.  hoping to scrap tomorrow and forget all this illness stuff. I usually have my worst headache in the morning which I am told is typical. so I plan to scrap tomorrow afternoon if all goes well. Still have some June challenges from Paper secrets to get done!!!  I have some photos I am dying to scrap! Like these

Ups and Downs

I have been up and down as far as the headaches. Been headache free and also some times of severe headache but tomorrow I will be taking a long ride to see my neurologist at Strong Memorial and I have a good feeling she will be able to give me some answers!!! thanks for all the prayers and good thoughts.

Over the past three days I have done some scrapping off and on! So now i finally have 2 layouts finished!

Thank you again for all the prayers and good thoughts and I will plan to add more tomorrow after my visit!

I scrapped!

Yes I actually scrapped! This is not to say things are better, because the headaches continue! I missed church, actually I missed most of the day! But I hoping that tomorrow's appt. or thursdays make a difference! I look forward to your comments! Here is the new layout!

could use some help!

I want to put the original post with the challenge so it stays up the top of the blog! If you know how to do that please let me know! I could probably figure it out but I have not been headache free since I got home! Right now it is only about a 2 on the pain scale so I am handling it okay! Actually going to try to scrap since I don't know what tomorrow will bring and I want to get this weeks SYAO challenge done! So far I have missed 2 of each of my grandson's baseball games and that kills me but hopefully soon I will be better. Hopefully tomorrow we will

home again

I am home as of yesterday afternoon! Still have some questions and the Nurse practitioner is not happy with some of the med changes but hopefully things are improving! Hoping to get some answers Monday when I see my specialist monday. If not then thursday when I see my neurologist! here is my layout for the latest SYAo challenge I am happy with all the wonderful comments since I started the contest!

Well here I post while laying flat post spinal tap. Lol but as of right now no headache. Praying it stays that way. Only thing I know so far is that I have more spinal fluid then I am suppose to. The normal level is below 20 and mine is 27. If they don.t find results on the spinal tap they say it will be considered staticus migrinious {okay lol) they say it meanc astste of continious migraines and will add meds to avoid it hapening again and let me go home. But only if the spinal fluid is ok. Alright forget the boring stuff... how are you doing on the challenge. Do you have a blog to share. Leave it in your comment.

some firsts for me

The first one was a ride at 7am in an ambulance, then posting on my blog from my phone and also from a hospital bed. Hoping tomorrow does not bring a first helicopter ride. My headache returned suddenly (well it never totally went away but came back to a very severe one)at 7am I was on the floor rocking and crying. Bp240/133. Anyways they are again worried about a cerbral hemmorage so doped me up all day then a mri at 6pm if that is neg then spinal tap in am. Deendingon findings and my neurologist in rochester ny even with neg findings but definite with positive findings I will br lifted to strong hosp in rochester ny. Right now the headache is there but I can deal enough to post if I don't move, lights off. Sure wish the idiots in the hall would shut up though. Wow never expected this when I posted the challenge. So sorry ladies. By the way it sure not easy 2 post from a phone.

favorite layout

Do you have a favorite all time layout! Here is mine

This has been my favorite layout for many many years. I have lots of others I love but this one seems to remain a favorite. I love it because of the photo and the face I caught. I know it is nothing fancy but I just love the theme etc. Tell me about your favorite! Lots of chances are being won! Thank you ladies! I promise to make it worth your while!

Thanks Tallulah for the reminder!

Well it has taken me awhile today to post and Tallulah reminded me! But I have a great excuse! Yesterday I had the worse headache most of the day! I get migraines but this was like none I ever had. It would let up a little for a bit but come back with a vengence! Finally 11pm last night it was so bad and I had taken all I could of my pain meds for the migraine so I went to the ER! I was not seen for 3 and a 1/2 hours and was in tears. Now here is the joke, the doctor comes in and asks questions and said with the answer to the questions, bp 197/145 and some other symptoms he feared it was a cerebral hemorrhage! OK and I have waited 3.5 hours! So they did a cat scan which was neg. then he said the cat scan was only 95 percent accurate so he wanted to do a spinal tap! I said NO, the risks to high for a 5 percent chance, I signed against medical advise and they gave me a med in the iv, with no sucess, then a 2nd med. It took it away enough I slept . Home at 6 am, then at noon I woke with the headache still there and bad. more meds, I have slept most of the day but when awake the headache comes and goes and is at times bad. I was told that if it was there still in 8 hours to come back. Which will only mean more meds and pushing the spinal tap! I am waiting till tomorrow to call my Neurologist if it is not better and to also see what she can do if I ever get one that bad again. I really felt like attacking anyone making noise, it was the worse ever. I get botox for my migraines and they had been so much better! okay so that is my excuse but back to good things and scrapping and PRIZES! thank you to all have commented and you have won some chances and Rochelle did the challenge so she has won some extra chances! We took our grandboys to Niagara Falls last weekend! If you have never been there it is a must see! HEre is a bit of proof!!!!

Praying I am up to scrapping soon!