Toot Toot the Worldwide Christmas Scrapbooking Freebies train stopped here!

Oh yeah, the Worldwide Christmas Scrapbooking Freebies Blog train is stopping by my blog this year. My Sister made me do it! lol, no really, I am not a designer but my Sister told me to give it a try. So I thought after downloading tons of freebies over the years, maybe I could give back. I am not that good and a few of my elements may be too big but I think my papers came out nice. I chose traditional Christmas colors and elements. There are real pretty kits being shared in the blog train this year and my Sweet Sister is sharing a beautiful add on to her gorgeous Christmas Joy kit, which you can find on her blog here. A big thanks to Antoinette who organized it all for everyone to enjoy.

You can download my part ====here=====. All kits will be available for the whole month of December. You can hop right back on track by going to the blog train link which is on the top left hand side of my blog or in the first sentence of this post. Enjoy my little kit and I wish you all a Very Merry Christmas!

It's been so long

I know I haven't been to my blog in such a long time but I haven't really scrapped in all this time. I had a computer scare and realized that I have so much that I could of lost because I have not backed up in so long. So I have been organizing and backing up and not scrapping. But then I got this beautiful kit and just had to scrap with it. Oh I know, you may think my opinion is bias, since the designer is none other than my very talented Sister Patchas . But you really should just go and check out this beautiful kit "Dreaming Of Spring" and judge for yourself.

Back to school

I took Kelly back to school on Sunday to start her second semester of college. She was anxious about all her new classes but after going to classes yesterday she called me to tell me she really enjoyed them. I will have to wait and see what she says about the rest of them. Her schedule is quite different from last semester as she has a few evening classes. But on the two days she has evening classes she doesn't start until 11. I have 2 new layouts to show. I had finished them 2 weeks ago but have been putting off posting them. It just seems that there is not enough time in a day. The kit I used is Into The Wide Blue Yonder by Ambowife Designs. The pictures are of my son. I have been scanning my old pictures and using them to scrap. So that's it for now, thanks for stopping by.

Heat Wave

Lol, well not exactly a heat wave but it is 47 degree's here today. It's a nice break from the cold weather we have been having recently. Winter has never been my most favorite season of the year, but since I have gotten older, I really hate the cold weather. I am just so grateful that I don't have to go out in it everyday any more. I still remember going to work in zero degree weather. Getting off the ferry and having to walk 2 blocks to my job. By the time I crossed the street, I would be hurting from the cold. I would duck into the first building and walk thru their lobby just to get warmed up. Even though I had a scarf wrapped around my face (up to my eyes) and a hat pulled down covering my eyebrows, it still hurt. Believe me, I was a sight to see, lol. Thank goodness those days are behind me. Now I stay in my nice toasty house and if I have to go out I start my car from inside my house and wait for it to warm up. Anyway, My son got a new camera for Christmas, so I went to his house and took all the nice pictures of my granddaughters that he had taken on his recent trip to Pennsylvania. These pictures were perfect for the new kit I got, January 2010 Mega - Snow Games by The SAS-y Design Team. Well, thanks for stopping by and taking a look.

Happy New Year

Hello everyone, happy new year! I hope everyone enjoyed the holidays with their families and made lots of warm memories to look back at. Oh and of course captured all those moments in pictures. I love the holidays but I am glad they are over with. I guess it's like going on vacation, you really have a wonderful time but are so glad when you finally come home. I have 2 new layouts to show. The kit I used is Frozen Fantasy by Sweet Made. Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.

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.