Look what I did with the kit I won!!!!!

Here's a LO I did with the AWESOME kit I won for the Challenge on Pixelfairy’s Scrapblog
http://pixelfairys.wordpress.com/
Thank you so very much!!!!!!!!!!!




Nothing much going on here except working on cleaning out my flower beds which is taking forever!!! LOL
In closing I'll leave you all with this little tidbit my sister sent me!!!!

A Keeper
Their marriage was good, their dreams focused.
Their best friends lived barely a wave away.
I can see them now, Dad in trousers, tee shirt and a hat and Mom in a housedress, lawn mower in one hand, and dish-towel in the other.
It was the time for fixing things.
A curtain rod, the kitchen radio, screen door, the oven door, the hem in a dress.
Things we keep.
It was a way of life, and sometimes it made me crazy.
All that re-fixing, eating, renewing, I wanted just once to be wasteful.
Waste meant affluence.
Throwing things away meant you knew there'd always be more.
But then my mother died, and on that clear summer's night, in the warmth of the hospital room, I was struck with the pain of learning that sometimes there isn't any more.

Sometimes, what we care about most gets all used up and goes away...never to return.
So... While we have it... it's best we love it... And care for it....
And fix it when it's broken..... And heal it when it's sick.
This is true... For marriage.... And old cars.... And children with bad report cards.....
Dogs and cats with bad hips.... And aging parents.... And grandparents.
We keep them because they are worth it, because we are worth it.
Some things we keep.
Like a best friend that moved away or a classmate we grew up with.
There are just some things that make life important, like people we know who are special....
And so, we keep them close!

I received this from someone who thinks I am a 'keeper', so I've sent it to the people I think of in the same way...
Now it's your turn to send this to those people that are 'keepers' in your life.
Send it back to the person that sent it to you if they too are a keeper.
Good friends are like stars....
You don't always see them, but you know they are always there
People are made to be Loved and Things are made to be Used
There is so much confusion in this World because People are being Used and Things are being Loved.

THAT'S WHAT YOU ALL MEAN TO ME!!!!!!!!!! HUGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Another Challenge attempt!!

Well I'm trying another attempt at a challenge this time its the APRIL COLOUR CHALLENGE at DSO using Boolands Contribution!!!!
I want to take this time to THANK EVERYONE especially Boo for all so very much for their MARVELOUS Creations to this months challenge!!!!!!

Of course this is a photo from Derrick & missy's wedding!!!!! LOL

My First ever Blog Challenge

Well I figured I take a leap at trying this challenge on Pixelfairy’s Scrapblog!!!!
Its to use her freebie kit "Dear Mommy" & do a LO of your Mommy or yourself & She will chose 2 of the most beautiful ones & they get her GORGEOUS "Wild Orchid" kit!!!
So this is what I did with it using my Mom from this past Sat at Derricks wedding which is a rare picture because she hates having her picture taken!!!! LOL
So wish me luck!!!!!!
You can find the Challenge & kit at the link below
http://pixelfairys.wordpress.com/

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AFTER ALL THE DESIGNER'S WORK VERY HARD
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DESERVE A THANK YOU FOR IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My Exciting NEWS!!!!!!!!!

Well the other day I told you I'd have some NEWS for you this weekend & as you see here by this LO made with bits & piece's from Boolands 100 Days of Frebies that you can find on her site at http://boolanddesigns.blogspot.com/
I now have a AWESOME DAUGHTER IN LAW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thats all for now!!!!!!!!

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Just checking in with another LO!!!!

This time I did this one from scratch using ValJ's Doggy kit that she has available on her site which you can find at
http://vjscraproom.blogspot.com/
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LOVE INTO THEIR WONDERFUL CREATION'S
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DESERVE A THANK YOU FOR IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No Jokes tonight but I'll be back this weekend with some news!!!!!!!
Till than God Bless & take care!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Evening everyone!!!

Just checking in and want to send out a HUGE THANK YOU TO Magic Maker for this AWESOME QP she made just for me with my name already on it!!!!!!!
You can find some FANTASTIC goodies on her site at
http://fairydustprincess-magicmaker.blogspot.com/

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AFTER ALL THE DESIGNER'S WORK VERY HARD
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PUT ALOT OF TIME
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LOVE INTO THEIR WONDERFUL CREATION'S
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DESERVE A THANK YOU FOR IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now I leave you with another joke my sister sent me awhile ago
63 and Pregnant
A woman went to the emergency room, where she was seen by a young new doctor.
After about 3 minutes in the examination room, the doctor told her she was pregnant.
She burst out of the room and ran down the corridor screaming.
An older doctor stopped her and asked what the problem was; after listening to her story,
he calmed her down and sat her in another room.

Then the doctor marched down the hallway to the first doctor's room.
'What the hell's wrong with you?' he demanded.
'This woman is 63 years old, she has two grown children and several
grandchildren, and you told her she was pregnant?!!
The new doctor continued to write on his clipboard and without looking up said:
'Does she still have the hiccups?'

Another boring weekend!

Well just as the heading says its another boring weekend with nothing going on!!!!!
Did manage to do a LO of Foxy Bear!!!!!
Thank You Val!!!!!!!!!!

This is a QP made by ValJ that is one of several she has done and will be offering the kit this week and can be found at http://vjscraproom.blogspot.com/

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LOVE INTO THEIR WONDERFUL CREATION'S
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DESERVE A THANK YOU FOR IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!


With that now I'll leave you with a little something my sister sent me that I thought you all would enjoy!!!!!!

THE SNEEZE
They walked in tandem, each of the 92 students filing into the already crowded auditorium.
With their rich maroon gowns flowing .. and the traditional caps, they looked almost ... as grown up as they felt.
Dads swallowed hard behind broad smiles, and Moms freely brushed away tears.
This class would NOT pray during the commencements- ---not by choice, but because of a recent court ruling prohibiting it.
The principal and several students were careful to stay within the guidelines allowed by the ruling.
They gave inspirational and challenging speeches, but no one mentioned divine guidance and no one asked for blessings on the graduates or their families.

The speeches were nice, but they were routine..... until the final speech received a standing ovation.
A solitary student walked proudly to the microphone.
He stood still and silent for just a moment,and then, it happened.

All 92 students, every single one of them, suddenly SNEEZED!!!!
The student on stage.. simply looked at the audience and said, 'GOD BLESS YOU, each and every one of you!' And he walked off stage...

The audience exploded into applause.
This graduating class had found a unique way to invoke God's blessing on their future with or without the court's approval.
Isn't this awonderful story?
Pass it on to all your friends..... ....and GODBLESS YOU!!!!
This is a true story; it happened at the University of Maryland

Didn't realize its been so long!!!

So sorry but life got in the way!!! LOL
Nothing much going on here!!!!
But I did FINALLY play with this AWESOME kit that Xashee made for me!!!!!!
Called Those Poms you can find some AWESOME goodies & usful info on her blog
http://xasheescorner.blogspot.com/

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AFTER ALL THE DESIGNER'S WORK VERY HARD

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PUT ALOT OF TIME

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LOVE INTO THEIR WONDERFUL CREATION'S

&

DESERVE A THANK YOU FOR IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Guess I'll end this with a joke my sister sent me!!!

Hope it doesn't offend anyone!

A man boarded an airplane in New Orleans , with a box of crabs.

A female crew member took the box and promised to put it in the crew's refrigerator, which she did.

The man firmly advised her that he was holding her personally responsible for the crabs staying frozen, and proceeded to rant and rave about what would happen if she let the crabs thaw out.

Shortly before landing in New York , she announced over the intercom to the entire cabin, 'Would the gentleman who gave me the crabs in New Orleans , please raise your hand?'

Not one hand went up..so she took them home and ate them herself.

Men never learn.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!!!!

This special made just for you MOM with LOVE from us all!!!!!!!


Credits for this goes to Creative Victorian using her beautiful Refined Legacy kit which can be found on her site at http://creativevictorian.blogspot.com/

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LOVE INTO THEIR WONDERFUL CREATION'S
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DESERVE A THANK YOU FOR IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So Sorry that it's been awhile!!!!

But was battling a cold & the darn flu bug!!!!!!
Now my ucler is acting up from to much stress!!!! LOL
Not much else going on right now but I will have a special post tomorrow for a very special person that gave birth to me!!!! My MOM!!!!!

With that said I'll leave you with this sent to me from my sister!!!!

One day my mother was out and my dad was in charge of me.
I was maybe 2 1/2 years old and had just recovered from an accident.
Someone had given me a little 'tea set' as a get-well gift and it
was one of my favorite toys.
Daddy was in the living room engrossed in the evening news when
I brought Daddy a little cup of 'tea', which was just water.
After several cups of tea and lots of praise for such yummy tea,
my Mom came home.
My Dad made her wait in the living room to watch me bring him
a cup of tea, because it was 'just the cutest thing!'
My Mom waited, and sure enough, here I come down the hall with a cup of tea
for Daddy and she watches him drink it up.

Then she says, (as only a mother would know... :)
'Did it ever occur to you that the only place that baby can
reach to get water is the toilet?'

PLEASE READ BOTTOM POST FIRST!!!!!!!!

I've done this SEVERAL WEEKS ago & want to Thank KimB SO VERY MUCH FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART for making it possiable to do this my VERY FIRST LO without a QP that I ever did!!!!
It's all from KimB's kit "Forgotton Not" and to find out more about Kim & where she sell's her AWESOME creations stop by her blog
http://kimbsdesigns.blogspot.com/

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PUT ALOT OF TIME

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LOVE INTO THEIR WONDERFUL CREATION'S

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DESERVE A THANK YOU FOR IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Remembrance of a Loving Husband & Father

Don I was always your Lightening & you my Thunder!!

Now as I sit here tears streaming down my face I sit here remembering the day Feb 18, 2001!

I was sitting at the computer as I am now and I heard EMS dispatched to Station 49 [Amity Fire Co] Firefighter fallen down a flight of stairs.

Jace stayed the night at a friends and Derrick was still in bed.

I yelled to Derrick " Let's go!!!!! "It's Daddy he fell!!!"

I knew deep in my heart it was you!!

You were doing your Chief Engineer's paperwork as you did every Sunday.

We get to the station & to this day I still see you laying there on the concrete floor.

I tell you I'm here & that "I LOVE YOU" but I step aside & let everyone else take care of you because I had to compose myself since I knew what was ahead of us was not good!

By this time someone had gone & gotten Jace so he was there too!!!!

We watched Sky Flight take off with you on board to take you to Brandywine Hospital in Coatsville.

One of the guy's drove us down to the hospital where we waited patiently for the BAD NEWS!

I'm not going to go on further with the details of the hospital but on Monday Feb 19th, 2001

We were given the option of donating your body for "the Gift of Life" which we had already decided we wanted to do because "As in Life you would do in Death! Help others!!"

The Three of us said out final farewell to you in the hospital!
Now today is Feb 19th, 2008 and marks 7 years since you've gone to Heaven to be with our great creator!!

We just want you to know that "We still miss you & Love you with all our HEARTS!!!!!

ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!!

Just a real quickie this morning!!!!!
How AWESOME is this??????????????

This LO announcement was done using SindiegoMR+Suhrfer_Sweet_Shyanne AWESOME kit!!

You can visit her blog at http://sindiegosscraps.blogspot.com/

She is one FANTASTIC Designer & so is her CT team!!!!!!

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THEY PUT ALOT OF TIME & LOVE INTO THEIR WORK & DESERVE A THANK YOU!!!!!!!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!!!!

Not very much going on here in Slushy tiny Douglassville!!!!

We had snow yesterday that turned into freezing rain & rain again this morning!!!

With Valentine's Day upon us I've taken Vals Valentine QP 8 & done a LO of my Sweety in Heaven!!!!!

If you haven't checked her out yet!!!

You should she does AWESOME QP's !!!!!

http://vjscraproom.blogspot.com/

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I wish you all a wonderful Valentine's Day!!!!!!

HUGS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just checking in!!

Not much going on here!!
Tonight I must go to the Firehouse for my Board of Director's meeting!!!
Hopefully there isn't much to yack about & its over early!!!

With that here is something interesting

AMAZINGLY SIMPLE HOME REMEDIES

1. If you're choking on an ice cube simply pour a cup of boiling water down your throat.
Presto! The blockage will instantly remove itself.

2. Avoid cutting yourself when slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold while you chop.

3. Avoid arguments with the Mrs. about lifting the toilet seat by using the sink.

4. For high blood pressure sufferers: simply cut yourself and bleed for a few minutes, thus reducing the pressure in your veins.
Remember to use a timer.

5. A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.

6. If you have a bad cough, take a large dose of laxatives, then you'll be afraid to cough.

7. You only need two tools in life - WD-40 and Duct Tape.
If it doesn't move and should, use the WD-40.
If it shouldn't move and does, use the duct tape.

8. If you can't fix it with a hammer, you've got an electrical problem.

9. Remember: Everyone seems normal until you get to know them

Not to much going on!!

Figured I make a quick stop in!!!
Not much going on & didn't get a darn thing done around here!!
Keep getting these darn sinus headaches & than the the medicine I take makes me tired cant win for losing!!!!!
How about something to give you a laugh it did me!!!!

Please join me in remembering a great icon of the entertainment community.
The Pillsbury Doughboy died yesterday of a yeast infection and trauma complications from repeated pokes in the belly.
He was 71.Doughboy was buried in a lightly greased coffin.
Dozens of celebrities turned out to pay their respects, including Mrs. Butterworth, Hungry Jack, the California Raisins, Betty Crocker, the Hostess Twinkies, and Captain Crunch.
The grave site was piled high with flours.

Aunt Jemima delivered the eulogy and lovingly described Doughboy as a man who never knew how much he was kneaded.
Doughboy rose quickly in show business, but his later life was filled with turnovers.
He was not considered a very smart cookie, wasting much of his dough on half-baked schemes. Despite being a little flaky at times he still was a crusty old man and was considered a positive roll model for millions.

Doughboy is survived by his wife Play Dough, two children, John Dough and Jane Dough, plus they had one in the oven.
He is also survived by his elderly father, Pop Tart.
The funeral was held at 3:50 for about 20 minutes.

If this made you smile for even a brief second, please rise to the occasion and take time to pass it on and share that smile with someone else who may be having a crumby day and kneads it.

WHoa Hoo got a Early Valentine present!!!!

Boy now I gotta find sometime to play just got PhotoShop Elements 6 & got it installed!!!
Now I guess I'm set since I got PSPX a couple years ago & a DVD to learn it but have not even used the DVD to learn it!!!!! LOL

Woke up this morning with one of the darnest sinus headaches but along with this stupid cold it makes it even worse!!!
But I did mange to get some more of my Living room done hopefully by the weekend it will be done!! LOL
Well I guess thats it for now!
I'll leave ya with this FUNNY my sister sent me!!

GAMES FOR WHEN WE ARE OLDER
1. Sag, you're It.
2. Hide and go pee.
3. 20 questions shouted into your good ear.
4. Kick the bucket
5. Red Rover, Red Rover, the nurse says Bend Over.
6. Musical recliners.
7. Simon says something incoherent.
8. Pin the Toupee on the bald guy

SIGNS OF MENOPAUSE :
1. You sell your home heating system at a yard sale.
2. You have to write post-it notes with your kids' names on them.
3. You change your underwear after a sneeze.

OLD IS WHEN:
1. Going bra-less pulls all the wrinkles out of your face.
2. You don't care where your spouse goes, just as long as you don't have to go a long.
3.. Getting a little action means I don't need fiber today.
4. Getting lucky means you find your car in the parking lot.
5. An all-nighter means not getting up to pee!

Thoughts for the weekend:
Wouldn't it be nice if whenever we messed up our life we could simply press 'Ctr Alt Delete' and start all over?
If raising children was going to be easy, it never would have started with something called labor! Brain cells come and brain cells go, but fat cells live forever.

Ponderisms
I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes.

Garden Rule:
When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it.
If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant.

The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement.

Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.

Have you noticed since everyone has a camcorder these days no one talks about seeing UFOs like they used to?

In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird.
Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.

How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?

Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, "I think I'll squeeze these dangly things here and drink whatever comes out?"

Who was the first person to say, "See that chicken there?
I'm gonna eat the next thing that comes outta its butt ."

If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a song about him?

Why does your OB-GYN leave the room when you get undressed if he's going to look up there anyway?

Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?

But Most Of All , Remember!
A Good Friend Is Like A Good Bra.
Hard to Find, Supportive, Comfortable, And Always Close To Your Heart!

Good Morning!!!

Really early this morning & on top of the the 2nd day in a row!!!!!!!

But today is a very SPECIAL DAY FOR A GREAT CYPER FRIEND!!!!!!!

LUV YA VAL!!!!!!!!

Look what I did!!

This is a Very old Polaroid that I scanned to my computer & today I found a Awesome QP that I thought would work great with it!

The wording it says it all my now deceased Hubby Don & Brother in law Denise!!!!!

Its not a great LO but I'm just learning!! LOL

Its a QP from Deedee Smiths Farm TearZ Kit!!!!

TY so very much Deedee!!!!!

Boy has it been awhile!!!!

Cant believe its been that long since my last post but I've really been under the weather with a really bad cold & finally starting to feel a little better!!!!!
TY to everyone who has stopped by & left a comment[Val]!!!!! LOL

Just a quick blog tonight but will try to do better!!!

Here is a link to the Memorial page from Amity Fire Company the second photo down is my Hubby!!!!!
http://www.amityfirerescue.com/inmemory.php

Well that's it for now!!!!!
HUGS FOR ALL!!!!!!!!!