Sunday early morning layout.

It wasn't a great nights sleep last night and after watching the clock from 4am to 6am I decided to get up, take more ibuprophen and see how I felt in a chair - not too bad and better when the meds kicked in. So here you have it - a page for the 2001 album (Sunday after church lunch at Boston Pizza on 8th with our friend Judy) I am using Dream Street and Crate Paper along with the new heidi swapp "clear extra's" and some prima flowers. I know I know, but what is a page without flowers and you will notice I never put flowers on my boys pages!

I got this done before church this morning. Now I have the afternoon to work on another - remember I am forbidden to go into the garden or lift anything, by the man around here. So I will listen obediently! I will post that page tomorrow.

15,000 visitors

Visitor number 15,000 arrived late last night from a link from Ralna's Blog. Check out her layout with the new heidi swapp line!

I must confess that as Ralna says, some of my fabulous stamps are way too clean. I have been making a concerted effort to get them out of their packages and onto a few pages. I have increased my Staz On ink supply to encourage me. :) The challenge is on!

The plan this May Long weekend was to get into the yard on Saturday, entertain on Sunday and get the garage totally cleaned out on Monday. I swore off all scrapbooking for the weekend. YIKES! No pages to blog as of Sunday.

But alas just as we were finishing the back yard with all that weeding, trimming, digging, moving, lifting and stuffing into bags that the yard requires a few times a year .....I put my back out, or did something back there that would not allow me to stand up except in excruciating pain. DANG!! I do NOT have time for this!

This has happened to me two times before but many years ago. The result is not much sleep, hot showers, a lot of ibuprofen, boredom and guess what? No entertaining today and the garage will have to wait. I can however sit for 30 min at a time with the help of drugs and then I have to get the back straightened out again by walking around in pain ...which means I am destined to blogging and scrapping this weekend - for short periods anyways. Well how do ya like that? Does that sound like a complaint?

The back yard looks fabulous though and I am resisting not going out to put the last of the new geraniums in the ground - not sure I can even get down there to do it and if I did, would I get back up? Of course I am the one who will try anyways. David says I will feel better in a few days if I don't abuse my back...i.e. keep trying to do stuff. So I have been given strict orders to STAY out of the garden and NOT lift anything - sweet guy! I think I will have to succumb and lay low.

Any advice out there? heat, cold, movement, stay still, scrapbook? Is there a fast cure? I don't feel 41 right now - I actually feel more my age.

Hawaii

Kind of a busy page, but tropical. Here is the gang enjoying our very full day at the Polynesian Cultural Center. This is a very fun, informative and full day ending with a very professional show for the grand finale after a nice meal. We had a good time.

The paper I used is Creative Imaginations which I stamped with the new Bo Bunny Aloha stamps - hibiscus with aqua Staz on ink and other colours in cats eye ink 0 if gave it different depths in the colours. Then I added some Prima flowers - several that are sprayed with glimmer mist. Me and my Big Ideas rub-ons for the title and Cloud 9 Design stamps (travel) "What a Day" Some pebbles on the flowers and a piece of ribbon - and there you have it. I kind of like the tropical effect.

Have a great Saturday everyone!

Blessings!

Julie

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Allison

I had fun making this layout. I just put the photos together and matted them. Then I pulled out some Prima flowers and some Deja View and heidi grace rub-obs and started having fun with them. Some bling to finish it off. I love the cleaness of it. I have added a black border in Photoshop so you can see where the edges of the layout are on the white background - but they aren't actually there.

Not sure where Allison was off to in this June 2001 picture - but we had done her hair all up. Probably her piano recital.

Twin Brothers

This is a photo of my husband with his twin brother taken in 1982. Yeah I know - some of you were barely born that long ago. Don't they look so young? And cute? And so skinny? One of them is a Chartered Accountant and the other is a Doctor and the Chartered Accountant is a father! They are 27 in this photo. A couple of smart guys - and really nice too! I think I got a catch! Actually I know I did. I've had him for 28 years! He's gained a little weight. Still very smart though...knows exactly what to do to keep me happy!!

I used the Basic Grey line here and a chipboard "brother" from Pressed Petals. The family tag is (I think) from Dream Street Papers. Metal letters and embellishments are from the 'stash' i.e. got them so long ago I can't remember.

Roses

Harold surprised me with a dozen of these beauties today. He came into the office/den/scrapbook room and said, with a big grin, "Happy Mother's Day!" I am going to take that to mean that every day is Mother's day. I feel blessed. The bouquet is sitting beside me here as I type. Yes indeed I am blessed.

This is the same son who was willing to go for a bike ride with me the other day. Check out my post "Today" on "Make Mine Decaf" for more on our bike ride. That is my new blog (see top left corner of this page for info). Am I crazy??

This is where I plan to take a less scrapbook slant and more of a "what is going on in my life" and a "Hey what do you think of this" and a "wow check out this link" approach to blogging. More chatting and less scrapbook layouts. More theology, more thoughts...still working on all my links and getting comfortable moving around in Wordpress - but hey check it out and leave me a comment - it is brand new!

I have imported some of my scrapbooking post from this blog so you will see some familiar stuff. Put me on your Google reader - I promise to blog regularly.

Don't forget to check out this mornings post of my most recent page of Allison - Sweet. see below.

I was supposed to work today - actually got over to Sask City Hosp for a course early this am and found out the instructor was ill - so I got to go home. No, I don't get paid. I was actually relieved. I have been sick since Sunday - on antibiotics and you know - trying to work and do a million things - like cook a big roast beef dinner Sat and entertain, clean, laundry and get a few pages done (okay that is not work) and then cook a big turkey dinner Monday night (Mark was home for five days and he appreciates my cooking :) ) But I am done wore out -so laying really low today in hopes that I will feel better tomorrow.

I can hear lawn mowers out side - hooray - summer is here. Maybe I can talk my sweetheart into a walk. Speaking of my sweetheart - I have a page I did last Sunday of David with his twin brother when they were 27 yrs old. It will post tomorrow - so check it out - good lookin' guy!

That's all folks!

Sweet

Using the We R memory Keepers 'White Out' collection again. Some amanda blu chipboard butterflies and flowers - very sweet, Prima flowers, a Lil Davis Designs rub-on (SWEET), Basic Grey buttons (don't they make the nicest buttons?) and my gel pen.

Allison up at the lake - 12 years old, sigh. Today she is working two jobs to pay for university. They grow up so fast. sigh...again.

Journalling reads...Allison Catherine, my sweet girl. What a lovely 12 year old you are. Coney Island, Aug 2001.

You are Amazing

I love this page. Not complicated, straight forward, so Paul. Deja Vu rub-ons work so well. I love the Dream Street line - All dolled up. A bit of ribbon.

Journalling reads... Paul at sixteen ~ determined to grow up way too fast. Writing your LSAT and acing them, finishing high school, picking up university credits and acing them too. Planning your future with precision, reading copious books from the library on financial investment, serious about life and about God. Not stopping to smell the roses – no time, too much to accomplish. Into the Beatles, guitar, computer languages and programming, reading the King James Version. Not your typical 16 year old. I love it! I love you! You are amazing!

Happy Birthday Mark

Not too happy with this page - certainly no scrapbooking feat, but hey the family night out at Red Lobster has been archived. Mark did actually turn 18 and we have the party pictures here to prove it.

I used the cordination paper and found an assortment of chipboard letters I painted and sprayed with yellow (daffodil) glimmer mist then glossy effects -love that stuff . I put the page away, then pulled it out the next day - still didn't like it, away it went. Pulled it out again - nope something has to change - it is too dark, too drab, there is no life in it and this is a birthday party!!

So off came the cordination paper and on went the new We R MK "White Out" paper. Okay this I can live with.

Oh the trials of scrapbooking!! LOL Can you think of any downside to it? Really - is there one?