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.