Christmas is over

Well Merry Christmas everyone! I can't believe it is over. I just have been so busy shopping and wrapping. I haven't made my layouts. But finally here they are. I hope you all had a great Christmas, I so enjoyed watching my grandchildren open their gifts. It seems that they loved them all. My youngest granddaughter (she is 4) said this was the best Christmas ever! lol. Back to my layouts. The pictures I used was from Christmas eve and Christmas day. The kit I used to make them is Winter Blessings Page Kit by Linda Cumberland. Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.

Fa la la la la

Oh yes tis the season... Is everyone in the Christmas spirit? This is my favorite time of the year. I just love driving around and looking at all the Christmas decorations. Especially at night seeing all the houses lit up. I remember when my kids were young I used to always drive around looking at the lights and there were always a few houses that were spectacular. I remember one in particular that we would have to get out of the car and walk around their house to see all that there was to see. There was always so many people there doing the same thing that we would either have to wait for a parking space or park a block or so away. The house was so lit up that you could see it from blocks away. OMG I can't imagine what their electric bill must of been. But it was beautiful. Christmas is less than 2 weeks away and I still have so much shopping to do. My daughter will be coming down to celebrate with us so it will be great that we will have the whole family together.
There are so many designers out there giving away their beautiful Christmas kits. I know of at least 5 Christmas blog trains. In fact SAS has a Christmas Carol blog hop. It is just so nice of them to do this. I have 2 Christmas layouts to show you today. They are from Christmas's long ago. The pictures are of my older children when they were young. The kit I used for them is the SAS December 2009 Mega: Vintage Christmas by the SAS'y Design Team. Wow what a wonderful Christmas kit. Thanks for stopping by.

How was your Thanksgiving?

I had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Kelly and I went upstate to enjoy thanksgiving with my Daughter and her Husband. I only wish my Son and his family could of joined us, but my oldest granddaughter is deathly afraid of dogs and my daughter has 2 labs. But regardless, I did have a great time. The food was delicious and my daughter treated me like a queen. Her house is beautiful and the scenery is breathtaking. I have a few layouts to show, the first two are recent pictures and the kit I used is Autumn Dream by Lara's Digi World. The last layout you see is of my oldest daughter, taken in the early 80's. I finally got to scan some of my older pictures but I am so sorry I never dated them. The kit I used is Sweet Dream by Sweet Made. I am still working on a few more layouts and hope to have them up soon. Thanks for stopping by.

I think I am getting old

Lol, oh yeah, old age is setting in. I say this because I just have been so forgetful lately. I forgot my son in laws birthday. That was the worst, how could I forget his birthday? He has been my son in law for over 17 years and I have know him for over 24 years. But that is not all I have been forgetting. I forgot about a doctors appointment I had. But that I can understand, I made the appointment 3 months prior. But then I made 2 layouts and I forgot to post them, lol, what is going on? Really, its terrible, I go into the living room to turn off the recorder, but then I get there and forget why I came. I have to tell you though, my youngest daughter takes advantage of this. I will ask her why she didn't do something I told her to and she replies that I never told her and that I am just forgetful. But anyway, here are my 2 new layouts I made with the SAS November Mega: Harvest Moon by the SAS-y Design Team. Plus the two layouts on the bottom which I had forgot to post. The kit used is EEK by Kristi W.

Tomorrow is Halloween

Do you believe it? Halloween is tomorrow. Can you remember your days as a child? Trick or treating? I can! I can remember going from door to door, trick or treating and then going home to check out all the goodies. Oh what fun it was. Now it's my grandchildren doing the trick or treating and I am taking pictures. lol. We always made our own costumes, dressing up in old or baggy clothes, now I don't remember the last time I have seen a costume that is not store bought. I don't think they even made costumes for Halloween back then. Oh well, I am ready for the little trick or treater's to ring my bell. I have a bag full of candy which I know is way too much candy for the traffic I get here. My youngest daughter (she is 18 now) will be dressing up. She is going to go to the Halloween parade in the village. So for your treat today I have 2 new layouts to show. lol. They are Christmas layouts from years gone by. One layout has pictures from almost 37 years ago.... Wow!!! The kit I used is Christmas Story 1 by Sweet Made. I really like all the different elements in this kit and as you can see in my second layout, I really had fun with them. Thanks for stopping by.

Cold!!

Oh yeah, baby it's cold outside. Well not exactly freezing winter cold but it's really cold for mid October. We had back to back nor'easters and it was snowing in parts of New York. Oh, it's really too early for this. Today it was around 46 but with the wind chill it felt like it was in the 30's and the weatherman is predicting the first frost of the season tonight. Brrr.... For my two new layouts I used the holloween pictures I had taken last year. I really loved my youngest granddaughters costume. The kit I used is Spooky Boo by Lara's Digi World. Thanks for stopping by.

Dreary Saturday

It's a dreary Saturday here in New York today. It's very cloudy but not too cold. It's about 65 right now but it is supposed to go up to 70. I am not complaining, my favorite times of the year is spring and fall. I like the nice cool weather. I enjoy opening my windows and letting the nice fresh air in. It used to be that summertime was my favorite time of the year. But now that I have gotten older, I can't stand the heat. So for this dreary Saturday I have two new layouts that brighten my day. These are recent pictures of my two sunshine girls. I use The October Mega 09: Oktoberfest kit by the SAS-y design team. Thanks for stopping by.

I can't wait for Monday morning

I know that sounds so weird, who can't wait for Monday. Well, Saturday night I woke up at 5:30 in the morning with an excruciating tooth ache. I didn't know what to do with myself. It was throbbing and it felt like I was hit with a bat right beside my ear. Actually my tooth started bothering me on Friday. But my dentist is closed on Friday. The pain was bearable so I figured I could make it until Monday. Anyway, I was finally able to fall back asleep and when I woke it was sore but with the help of advil I have been able to stand it. Kelly didn't come home this weekend as she said she had tons of homework. But then today she called to tell me she was sick to her stomach and that she woke in the middle of the night to throw up in her dorm room. So it was a bad weekend for both of us. But I will get up tomorrow morning and call the dentist first thing and hope that he will be able to see me. I have 2 new layouts to show today. I really like the way the one with my grandkids turned out. The kit I used is Autumn Celebration by Scrapbrat. Thanks for stopping by.

September is gone

Wow! Can you believe it? September is gone and another birthday has passed. Time is flying and it will soon be Halloween, Thanksgiving and then Christmas. I better hurry and get out those Christmas cards. I am always sending them out the last minute. Yep, its time to start thinking about Christmas shopping. Who is in charge of time anyway? I want to know so I can tell them to slow down a bit. It is going way too fast for my liking. Before you know it, I will be old. Oh, I am old... lol. But I don't want to get too old kwim? lol. Anyway, I have a cute layout of my cutie patooies. The kit I used is Spaced Out by Sweet Made. Thanks for stopping by.

My baby's birthday is thursday

Well the big day is almost here, my baby will be 18 years old. Wow, it really is unbelievable, time sure does fly. This week I got a really cute kit to work with, Enchanted Fairy Forest by Ellen M of SAS. The kit had so many cute little elements I wanted to use them all. I hope I didn't go overboard. Thanks for stopping by.

And what a wonderful birthday it was!

Two days ago it was my birthday, and what a nice birthday I had. Kelly came home from college. She ran to the bus stop after her last class of the day. She wanted to be here to celebrate my birthday but didn't get here until around 7pm. It was nice that my Son and his family didn't mind waiting. My Daughter in law and Son took me out to dinner. My DIL suggest that I go someplace new, so they took me to Harolds NY (which just happens to be in Jersey). OMG the place was unbelievable. They served so much food, that one order would of fed us all. I ordered the grilled chicken with sauteed veggies and melted meunster cheese. It was soooo good, but I couldn't even finish 1/4 of it. Of course I took some pictures and hopefully will make a few layouts with them. Oh, and speaking of layouts I have a few to show you. I really like the pictures in the gone buggy one, the dragonfly looks like it is smiling. lol. Anyway, here they are.

Eggers Ice cream
Credits: September Mega, Autumn Twilight by The SAS-y Design Team


Gone Buggy
Credits: September Mega, Autumn Twilight by The SAS-y Design Team

In the playground

Credits: Sensitivity by Lynn Griffin

Those Eyes

Credits: Sensitivity by Lynn Griffin

A new scrap

When I saw this picture of my granddaughter I just had to scrap it. It so reminds me of many years ago when her father was a little boy. I was talking on the phone and my son was in the kitchen with me. I had my back to him as I was trying to hear what was being said to me. My son started saying mom look. You know how kids are, they always have something to show or say to you when you are on the phone. When I didn't respond to my son, he kept saying mom look. So finally I turned to look and there he was, with a pair of lock pliers hanging from his lip and looking as proud as he could be. lol. So when I saw this picture, it brought back this memory and I thought to myself, like father, like daughter. lol. Anyway the kit I used is Juicy Fruit by Sweet Made. Thanks for stopping by.

Off to college

Now it's official, my little girl is in college. Move in date was this past Saturday and oh what a day it was. Her scheduled move in time was 1:30 but when I had called they said we could come earlier. So with my CRV packed to the max we left about 9:45. When we got there, the line of cars wrapped around 6 blocks. It took us almost 2 hours once we got in line. When we got there we were only allowed to unload the car and then go park the car somewhere else. It was so hot and we found out that her dorm does not have air conditioning. After we got everything up to her room we walked 7 blocks to get her a fan. It was so hot that my face was dripping and it was beet red. But we got her unpacked and made up her bed. It was very hard for me to say goodbye. I know how silly that is as she will be coming back home, but non the less it was very emotional for me. So here are a few layouts I did with the pictures I got on Saturday. The kit I used is Black Lable Classics-Patricia by Skrapper Digitals.

The countdown has begun

Oh yeah, it's 5 days and then my youngest will be off to dorm. She has been counting down since the beginning of the month. She is just so excited! Me? Well I am not sure how I am feeling. I think that because it was a last minute decision and the fact that she will only be an hour away, that it is just not real to me yet. But I guess I will find out soon enough. It has just been so hectic lately, with shopping and getting everything ready for the big move. In the meantime I have 2 new layouts to show. The kit I used is Skrapper Digital's Sandy Mega Kit. Thanks for stopping by.

New Adventures

Well here we are the beginning of August. At the end of the month my youngest will be off to college. She is going to board, so it is a new adventure for her. But it will also be a new adventure for me also as I have never lived alone in my entire life. Also for my entire adult life I have had children to take care of. Its not like my responsibility has ended but it sure will be different. I know its been awhile since I have been here to post new layouts but I really have been busy with a lot of different things. But also I just haven't been motivated to scrap. I don't know if its because I need new pictures or what it is. But I do have 2 new layouts to show. I am using my older pictures that I recently scanned. For these 2 layouts I used the kit A New Beginning (how appropriate for whats happening in my life) by Cathy C of Stone Accents Studio.

Some oldies but goodies

I have been busy scanning old pictures so I can scrap them. It's just a pain because it is just so time consuming. But I was able to scan 2 albums. The quality of the pictures though are not that great, but I guess, what should I expect from 30 + years ago. I wanted to get some pictures of my son as I don't have that many layouts of him. So using the kit Nothin Sweet by mITSYBELLE I made these next two layouts. Isn't he just so sweet, lol.

Good old summertime

Oh yes the good old summertime. I have 2 new layouts of some fun summer days of long ago. The pictures from the first layout were taken around 30 years ago. The pictures from the second layout were over 20 years ago. No more days on the beach for me, whew, give me air conditioning any day. lol. Anyway for these layouts I use the July Mega: Beach Blanket Bingo by the SAS Design Team. Thanks for stopping by.

Prom!!

Well Prom has come and gone. What a big deal, with shopping for the dress, then the shoes and then last minute accessories. Finally the day arrived, we had a hair appointment at 11 o'clock that morning. We went to a hair salon we had never gone to before, Christopher Michael Salon on Forest Avenue. We got a wonderful stylist, his name was Doug. He knew exactly how to do her hair and it really came out nice. After he was done with her hair, it was time for make-up. We had to wait a little bit, but that was fine as they had coffee and bagels... ummm nice. I am sorry I can't remember the girls name who did her make-up but she did a great job. Kelly looked just beautiful. Then we went to another area and she had her nails done. Now she was perfect, from head to toe. By the time we got out of there it was already after 3. When we got home it was already going on 4 and she was supposed to be at Alex's house at 5. So she quickly got dressed and called Danny to come over to take some pictures. Dan and his Mom came over and I started clicking away. I made Kelly make a grand entrance and Danny had a big smile on his face. Then my Son Danny came with the kids because he wanted to see his little Sister on her big day. After taking pictures in the back yard, front yard and in the house it was time to go. We went to Alex's house where I took a few more pictures, lol. The Limo came at 6 (some more pictures) and off they went. The Prom was held at the Vanderbilt which is right off the boardwalk in South Beach. After Prom, they went to a comedy club and then to a lounge for more music and chillin. The next day she told me all about it and told me she had a wonderful time. So these two layouts I had to make out of some of the pictures I took. The kit I used is My Summer Love by Lynn Griffin. Thanks for stopping by.

Lots of stuff

Right now so much is going on. I am in the process of getting some work done on my house. I had new basement windows put in and some new doors put on my house. Well actually he is not finished yet, only one door is in and he still has to finish off the inside of the windows. I am also having my front and back yard worked on. I had 2 fir trees and an azalea bush in my front, but the tree have gotten too big and the inside of the azalea bush is dead. So I am getting something new for the front. In my back yard I had a pool. I took it down the summer before last so I have to do something where the pool was and also have to fix the deck and take off the part where it extended into the pool. I was also thinking about enclosing my back porch and making it an 3 season room. So like I said, I have lots going on here. Kelly fininally got her shoes for the prom so I think we are set to go for wednesday. In the meantime I have 2 new layouts to show. Just some layouts from her graduation. The kit I used is Faded Sunshine by PiggyScraps . Thanks for looking.

Graduation

Its been a very busy week here. We had graduation mass on thursday, and graduation on friday. But we started off the week with no graduation dress. Well, actually we did have a dress, and it was a very pretty dress but it was a size too small. Oh it fit her but the inside of the dress was clingy and it did not look good on her at all. I have to tell you that it is very hard finding an all white dress, which is what was required by the school. We finally did find one but I was not all that thrilled with it. On thursday I curled her hair and truthfully I liked the way it came out. Friday was a disaster. It rained all day. We went to get her hair done at the beauty parlor, but by the time graduation came around her hair was no more curled then when I did it. The graduation itself was supposed to be outdoors, but because of the rain it was held inside the school. There were 100 in her graduation class and I was really impressed to learn that every single one of them is going to college. I was disappointed that they did not throw their graduation caps in the air when the cermony was over. I really did want to get a picture of that. But when I asked, my daughter told me that the school is too refined to do that. But thank goodness it is all over. Now we just got the prom to get through. That is next wednesday. I had never heard of a prom being held after graduation, but oh well. In my first layout below, the pictures were taken on thursday, the graduation mass, but I liked the way they came out. The kit I used is Just Another Girl Kit by Sweet Made. Thanks for stopping by.

The very wonderful and talented Patchas

Oh you may think I am prejudice, as Patchas is my sister. But honestly she is just so talented. She just makes the prettiest layouts. I don't think I have ever seen one of her layouts that I didn't love. She has recently tried her hand at designing and she has blown me away. It looks as though she has been designing for years. This month she was the guest designer for the free monthly RAKscrap mega kit . Her portion of the kit is on page 2. I think you should check out her blog. If you look at her older post you will see she has a few kits that she has given away and if you haven't gotten them already I believe her links are still active. For my two layouts I used just her portion of the mega kit. I just loved that cluster boarder. Love you Sis, I am so proud of you.

Afternoon at the ER

This morning my daughter in law called me to tell me that my son had gone to the emergency room. He started feeling sick Friday night and slept all day yesterday. He had fevers as high as 103. She told me that he thought he might have pneumonia as he felt the same pain in his back when he coughed that he had felt when he had pneumonia previously. She had wanted to go with him to the ER but he said he didn't want her to go and be exposed to whatever and then bring it home to the kids. So I went down to stay with him. It turned out after 5 hours, that he doesn't have pneumonia, (thank goodness) but he has to follow up with his doctor regarding his low oxygen levels. After he got home, my granddaughter came in from playing saying she didn't feel well and she now has whatever is going around. I am crossing my fingers that I don't get whatever it is. On a lighter note, I have 3 new layouts to show. Thanks for stopping by.


Florida 85
Credits: Oh La La by Ashalee Wall



Me and My Dad 1
Credits: June 2009 Mega by SAS-y Design Team

Me and my Dad 2

Credits: June 2009 Mega by SAS-y Design Team

Memorial day weekend

Ah, Memorial day. Get out the barbecues, put on a hot dog. For many of us Memorial day signifies the beginning of summer. But Memorial day used to be a solemn day of mourning, a day of remembrance to honor those who paid the ultimate price for our freedom. So today, I just wanted to say that I have not forgotten. In a lighter note, I have 2 more layouts to show. The kit I used for them is Pink Cake by Sweet Made.