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!

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!