Friday's Blessings...

1. Wonderful friends that are there for me, and are on my side - and tell me when I'm wrong.
2. A loving and compassionate husband who only wants me happy.
3. Two awesome kids that really want to work on being a "family."
4. Neighbors that are like family.
5. Insurance
6. Washing Machine & Dryer that work very well... even though I hate doing laundry!
7. A Home...not just a house with walls etc...but a peaceful, calm HOME!!
8. Memories of my parents... the good is now overcoming the bad!

Thanks for checking out my blog. Things have been very calm and peaceful here...and we heard from our foster son...he is doing well and we are going to see him soon.

Busy Busy Busy

Hey guys... I'm really busy lately. My father is now in the hospital, please pray for him, his red blood cells are low, and he is dehydrated....but is doing fine.

I wanted to update ya'll on the 40 day challenge...

Day 25: Once upon a time...

Journaling: "I was 7-years old, and the one thing that I loved the most was playing 'dress-up!' My mom & step dad got me these really cool dresses, some costume jewelry and this AWESOME sun-hat isn't it just the coolest?"

Photos from the summer of 1979

Credits: Raspberry Road

Day 26: Time Capsule (the year was... 1972)

Journaling:

• U.S. Apollo 16 astronauts Charles M. Duke Jr., Thomas K. Mattingly, and John W. Young blast off April 16 from Cape Kennedy on a flight of nearly 255 hours.


• Vietnam War was still ongoing; I lost 2 of my uncles; Larry Good died on June 5, 1967 & Dan Lash died after being sent home on Aug. 12, 1964


• Richard M. Nixon was President


• Sanford & Son" on NBC with Redd Foxx; "M*A*S*H" premieres on CBS.


• The Polaroid SX-70 system unveiled in April produces a color print that develops outside the camera while the photographer watches.


• "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by Roberta Flack #1 on the US Hot 100 chart
  
• J. Edgar Hoover & Harry S. Truman both died in 1972


• Miss America: Laurie Lea Schaefer (Ohio)


• McDonald's opens 368 new restaurants and introduces the Egg McMuffin
  

Credits: Raspberry Road

Day 27: Passion

Journaling: "My PASSION in Scrapbooking is to create pages that help me show people who I am by creating my Layouts I am Creating MY Path to the future, and exposing my past to all that look at my scrapbook albums. My identity is scattered within those pages of my layouts for all to see."

Credits: Star Doodles by Shabby Princess, Frame from the "Faded Frames" kit by Sasha Jane Designs & the paper is by Royanna Lea Fritschmann.

Day 28: My Everyday MUSE INSPIRATION

Journaling: "1. Children - I start my day caring for my beautiful children.2. Cleaning - when the kids are gone, I clean. UGH, I hate cleaning! I would rather be scrapping! 3. Scrapping - Oh my love, how I love to scrap! If I only could do it all day long!4. Pick up the kids and start being a referee, Ugh, can’t we all get along?!5. Cooking - I cook for my family, and I enjoy creating a dish and hear my husband and kids “ohh” & “ahhh” over that dish!"

Credits: Paper and butterfly by Royanna Lea Fritschmann

I hope you guys enjoy these Layouts!! Happy Scrapping!!

Past, Present & Future

Today's 2Peas Challenge~

What were you doing 10 years ago around this time? WOW that would be 1997, My grandfather had just died in August and my grandmother was very sad, so we spent a lot of time with her. I am very glad that we did because 3 years later she past away. My hubby and I had only been married for 4 years, so he was working hard and I was going to college.

What were you doing 5 years ago around this time? Ok, this would be 2002, I was now a collage graduate, and started my own web company (that failed) and my dh was working working and working...!! We were also trying to have a baby at that time. I can't think of anything else I was doing at that time.

What are you doing right now? Right now... I am watching Enterprise, waiting for my dh to come home from work...yep he works his butt off! We are dealing with one child that has Gastroenteritis...YUCK! Another is dealing with a nasty cold that will not leave her. And my husband & I are waiting for the courts to finish what they are doing so we can adopt our foster children.

What do you think you will be doing in the future? My husband will be doing the same thing... working, working & working!! I am hoping to have all the adoption final, a new bigger HOUSE and to be DEBT Free!


I thought I would add this new LO, I did of a friends horses.

I thought I would post the LO I did for the Scrapping the Music challenge this week. It's nothing really fancy, and I don't think I am getting any better at Digital Scrapping... but, I could do it quickly and have it posted within the hour. I did a page in memory of my grandmother. She raised me and took care of me, from the time I was 2 and half years old until I graduated High School. She was the most amazing woman in the world, she was strong and determined - if only I could be half of who she was. I miss you grams.