Still Here,

I am still here.  There has been a great deal going on around home.

I have gone on a scrappy retreat, made a quick trip to Georgia for a personal reason, had a wonderful Thanksgiving, decorated for Christmas, and just simply being with my family.

So, here goes...

Happy 10th Birthday

2012 October

Cousins

Find Joy Everyday

Happy Birthday Bri

ME YOU US WKU

Our Day

Pick of the Patch

Scarecrows

Today Only Happens Once

For those of you who have been keeping up with weight loss...

My New Number is...

182

Today's Forecast...

HOT and Humid. Did I say, sticky already? Hard to believe only 2 weeks left of school. We will have one son graduating high school. One son beginning his senior year of college next year. One son moving to Colorado to train for Afghanistan and we are moving. Wow, this year has changes written all over it. So, what am I doing today. Reminiscing of course in my world of scrap. I love our memories and creating with them as well.
Here is one of my latest creations.

I hope you are having a terrific weekend.

Daunting tasks and a few layouts...

The daunting task of keeping our home pristine is a "monkey on my back." I was stressed when the realtor called us yesterday that someone wanted to look at our house within the hour or so. Well, my dear husband got a first hand look and "hands on" experience of just a "little" about what I do here in the house. He said, now I understand. I will definitely help in keeping things "picked up" and wiped down. I am happy he got to experience a "little" of my world. So, we got in the car and fueled up for the week and drove around a little while our house was under investigation for sale by possible owners. I must say, this process is daunting for sure. On the other hand, I did scrap a layout yesterday and enjoyed catching up on my DVR time.

Below is one of my new favorite layouts I will cherish for years to come.

Art Freckles~Layout Reveal for May

Well, I sure hope everyone enjoyed National Scrapbooking Day. I did not get much done as I was too busy blog hopping. There was so much to read and learn.
I enjoyed my time on the computer though. With this said, I have already revealed one of my layouts with the Art Freckles May Kit "Fly Away Home." Here are a few more.

Lots of POPPY TALK going on...

It's GOOD FRIDAY and my house is full of family! Lots of cooking and celebrating Zachary's Tour of Duty being completed from Iraq. So, today I thought I would share my April Kit designs from Art Freckles. The kit is full of fabulous papers and goodies from Pink Paislee. So, check it out as there are only a few kits left!

Have a WONDERFUL Easter Weekend!

Creative Teasing

...honestly, if it were up to me; I would be showing you my whole layout. But the weather here today is wet and well, I simply cannot get a picture that is complimentary to the layout I created at 5 AM this morning. However, I do have some sneak peeks of it and I will get the layout posted as soon as I get a decent photo. But for now, I really must leave my art room and do some cleaning!

I just cannot get enough time in my scraproom without letting the house go to shambles. So, I have promised myself to get some things done today that need attention. I have procrastinated long enough.

Fabulous Halloween Fun...

Yes, we had a great time on Halloween. This year was the year my daughter broke the cycle of "cute" on Halloween. She wanted to be something spooky and I think it was really all about the wig. We had a wonderful time and I dressed up at the last minute. These are the layouts I created on Saturday at the all day crop at Archiver's. We had a wonderful time scrapping, eating, and chatting it up.

This layout is of my daughter and myself. We had a good time before the trick-or-treating.

She is simply scary!

It is still FALL and the layout below is when we visited Kinsey Farms for our Halloween Pumpkins and Harvest goodies to decorate the house and front porch. It was a great day of family fun.

Thanks for looking at my latest layouts. I really am getting into the Christmas mood though. I am ready to rid the gold colors of harvest and enter the Red and Green for the Santa Season on its way to our home. Loving this time of year!