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!

Paper Secrets May blog challenge!

If you have not gone over and checked out the May blog challenge at Paper Secrets, you need to as the prize is absolutely awesome!!!! Paper Secrets May Brand Blog Challenge In the meantime here is mine for the challenge!!! I am also using the same layout for scrap friendzy's distress challenge!

The products that I used from the Paper Secrets store are listed below for your convience! Pink Paislee Prairie Hill Paper - Kite Strings Pink Paislee Prairie Hill Paper - Country Meadow Pink Paislee Prairie Hill Paper element stickers Jillibean Soup Bean Stalks Twine - Mustard Head over now!

Happy Mother's day almost!

Well it has been a week since I announced that I made the Paper Secrets Design Team! I am loving it! Waiting on a great package from the store right now!!! Love happy mail! I really really need to clean my scrappy area, but I am the worst organizer there ever was!!! Got any great suggestions? We had some great NSD challenges over at Paper Secrets. Mine was a stitching challenge and here is my layout!

plus the SYAO2 contest continues and here is my submission for week 14.

I think it is time for some blog candy So be watching in the next couple days, as I will be posting it soon!!!! hope that made you curious!!! happy scrapping!

Challenging News!!!!

I have been dying to tell you that I made the Design Team at Paper Secrets! If you have never been there you really need to check it out!!! PAPER SECRETS. With that being said, MY first challenge is up! My May challenge is for you to scraplift a lovely layout by Stacy Cohen. She was so gracious to agree! Here is my layout

now head over to the Challenge on Paper Secrets and see how you can be entered to win a $10.00 gift certificate from Paper Secrets! May Scraplifting Challenge here! ______________________________________________________ Paper Secrets is not having a NSD crop but we will be putting up some simple challenges that you can use along with other crops! So fun when you can use a layout for more than one challenge! So make sure and come to Paper Secrets May 4th to check out our simple NSD challenges!

So many photos, NEVER enough time!

I took so many photos on our short but sweet spring break vacation! I wanted to run right home and scrap them all! I was glad CVS had a special if you printed 50 or more prints they were 10 cents apiece. So I printed over 60 just to get me started!

I scrapped one of them already for the Paper Secrets SYAO2 challenge! It is a layout with my daughter and her cousin (my niece)

Not alot of scrapping lately but!

I have been scrapping once a week on Paper Secrets SYAO2 contest~! And this week my layout was chosen for the gallery spotlight. Check it out here!

Right now I am busy working on some new photos to scrap! We are on vacation for the first time in years! I took some great photos of the boys yesterday! Sharing a few!

Whats new?

I have done quite a few new layouts that I have not shared!

So lately I have been thinking about things I want to do or change in my life.

Wow that sounds bad! LOL

here is a list of a few things and not necessarily in the order I posted.

1. I want to learn more about photography

2. I want to scrap better...

3. I want to lose weight

4. I want to be better about not procrastinating

5. There is always room to be a better housekeeper

6. I so want to be more organized but how do you learn to be organized

7. I want to be rich LOL

okay now that you have had a good laugh on me. here is a few new layouts

Technique Tuesdays and Idol search

Scrap Friendzy has started something new. Each Tuesday we are posting a technique tutorial. The very first one was posted on Feb. 7th by Tracey, one of my favorite scrappers! She showed how to make these great ribbon flowers. I believe I am addicted! I love them! Stop by Scrap Friendzy and check out Technique Tuesday.

So I used them on the layout I made for My Scraps and More's Idol Search week #3. Stop by and check out the fun challenges

Now I will also share that I tried another technique also. I cannot remember for the life of me where I saw the link on this technique. It was shared on one of the sites I frequent! The technique is where you stamp images on the edge of the pattern paper to add to its design and make it seem as though it is part of the pattern paper. Sure wish I remembered where I saw the idea!

And we have a winner!!!

But first another layout to share with you! a layout for the mini challenge at My Scraps and more Idol Search..

This is some old fancy pants!!

Now I bet you are wondering who won my rak for the Scrap Friendzy Get Your Game On Blog Hop!

The Blog Hop was so much fun and I am excited to have some new followers!

And now without any further ado, the winner is

Sharon! Congrats! Please Pm me your snail mail on Scrap Friendzy!

Welcome to Scrap-Friendzy's "Get Your Game On" blog hop!! Not a football fan? Me either but this is a way to make super bowl weekend more fun! I'm so excited to be bringing you inspiration along with the rest of the fabulous design team members! The hop runs from now until midnight (CST) February 5th.


But this is not your average Blog Hop! We're gonna throw in a little extra fun with a Touchdown Challenge! At every stop on the hop, you will be given a special "ingredient" from each DT Member. Your Challenge is to take any 6 of the "ingredients" and complete any ONE project of your choice!! If you are feeling confident and think you can make that extra point, use 7 of the ingredients and you will get 2 draws. Simply upload your project in the Gallery and link it back to the "Get Your Game on" blog hop thread in the forum to be eligible for the Grand Prize AND earn 25 bonus Friendz Pointz in the month of February!


Don't forget: This BLOG HOP is just the beginning and there will be challenges all through the month of February for your chance to be our next Girlfriend of the Month!!


Now I'm not going to lie and say I'm a huge football fan. But I admit that I have many football photos of my grandson from the last 3 years to scrap! So I chose photos from last years football games. That does not mean you must use foot
My LO is here



Now for my ingredient. I want to see chipboard on your LO. I have used chipboard that I cut with my cricut to make the football. I also used chipboard for the red star. Both pieces were altered with paint. Can't wait to see what you create. Remember to link your LO up to this thread in the forum after you have collected all your ingredients and chosen your 6 or 7 to use.


Of course that is not it. As well as the main prize, I'm offering up a RAK right here. Simply follow my blog if you are not already and leave a comment below by the February 5th deadline and you will be entered to win. Now how easy is that!


Here is a list of the Design Team members blogs in case you have gotten lost.


Scrap Friendzy Blog

Amy - http://amygaskins.blogspot.com/

Tracey S. - http://gracescraps.blogspot.com/

Amanda - http://asjmade.blogspot.com/

Tracy R. - http://ascrapatatime.blogspot.com/

Cheryl - http://www.cherylllane.blogspot.com/

Tammy - http://corinthians517.blogspot.com/

Chris - http://mommomandpoppop.blogspot.com/

Susie - http://somanyscraps.blogspot.com/ YOU ARE HERE

Kathy - http://kemorgandesigns.blogspot.com/ Go Here Next

Shannon - http://scraplady324.blogspot.com/

Sandy - http://creativeblessings.blogspot.com/


Now hop on over to Kathy's blog to see what she has created!!