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Saturday, April 26, 2008

Rhonda Wright's Freebie Challenge #1

Rhonda chose her latest kit for this new challenge series. And it's absolutely gorgeous! I could only think of one subject at the moment, as soon as I saw the kit for my first time - my granddaughter, Trinity, and her mommy!

Check it out and tell me what ya' think!




Poem reads -

Find Your Thankful Self

Sometimes you feel you're nothing at all,
And that's all you'll ever be.
You study all your defects;
An empty life is all you see.

Instead of looking at what you haven't got,
Seeing only what you lack,
Focus on your blessings,
And get right back on track.

There are many good things about being you;
Count them one by one.
Your life has lots of comforts,
While others, they have none.

Many people have it much, much worse
Yet they have happiness.
They take joy in little things
They're thankful, though they have less.

Lift your spirits up right now;
Get out of that depression.
Find your thankful self,
And give it full expression.

Find the joy in little things;
Focus on fun and laughter.
See life's blessings all around,
And live happily ever after!

by Joanna Fuchs
http://www.poemsource.com/

Kit -
Blue Pansies by Rhonda Wright at Digital Design Den.

Fonts -
Anson
Blue Melody
Blue Highway (year)

Okaaaaaayyy.... Well, I'm gonna be gone for a few days. Dwayne and I are heading for a much-needed break/mini-vacation... whatever you wanna call it! Jen's staying here at the house to sit with the animals. And our neighbors will be watching our place, as well. I should have my next post here by next Saturday!

Until then - thanks for stopping by to take a gander! Hope your coming week is wonderful!
{Hugs!}

Friday, April 25, 2008

Gentle Moments Challenge Entry

It's been a crazy week here. i think i've conceded to claiming it a fact of life - that Honey-Do List keeps me strong by adding two or three more items at the bottom every time i get one item knocked off at the top of the list. I continue preparing for our Neighborhood Yard Sale and Cover-Dish Picnic, while preparing for our trip to Reelfoot Lake next week.

At the same time, Dwayne and i made a trip to Knoxville to move Jen back home with us. Her car had taken it's last breath about a month ago. The final blow - She lost Her job. But she had over $1,300.00 saved for buying a new car, and guess what. One of Dwayne's co-workers offered a 1994 Toyota Camry 4-door for $250.00! It's in fabulous condition - minus the engine. The block has a hole in it. BUT - Dwayne found another engine with low mileage for $450.00 and He's picking it up during his lunch break today! Jen's gonna end up with a great car for LESS than $1,500.00!!

Despite the obstacles, i did manage to get one of two challenges i've signed up for at Digital Design Den. The second is Rhonda Wright's Freebie Challenge, using Her Blue Pansies Companion Kit. i'm looking so forward to purchasing the full kit when it becomes available! The companion kit shows an example of something absolutely gorgeous - in the colors of blue, of course!

The first challenge i completed this morning is Wendy Williams' "Gentle Moments or Memories" Challenge, using Her kit called A Soft Breeze, along with the Extras pack. And right now - the kit is on sale for $7.99 with a special! For one week only - purchase this kit and you get QuickPage #1 for free!

Timing became something funny for me on this particular round of fun. Had a personal event that came up and fell right into sync with the subject matter we were to cover!


(click on image to see larger view)

Journaling reads -
Dwayne came runnng inside the house hollering for me to come with him. He'd been out in the front yard mowing with our John Deere Tractor and, literally, moved right over a cottontail hole. What stopped him was one of the babies that had escaped and was running ahead of him. Another baby was hunched down inside the hole that was only big and deep enough for a softball. I headed with the two babies to our neighbors that had rabbits. Becky and her daughter, Sarah, informed me that they'd had to get another neighbor's dogs to let go of an adult rabbit on the previous day. They feared it had been too injured to survive and we suspected it was the mother of these babies. While talking, Dwayne hollered to me, again. At the end of the day - I found myself taking care of 4 adorable wild cottontail baby bunnies. As little as they are - soft, quiet and gentle are three keys to success in raising them to survive on their own. And the efforts have brought some of the most endearing moments into our household, in such a short time!

Kit - A Soft Breeze and Extras by Wendy Williams at Digital Design Den
Fonts -
Kayleigh
Kartika

Feel free to leave any comments You might like to share! For now - i hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! Go Green - Stay Green! Grow Your own vegetables and fruit! It's a heck of a lot cheaper than the grocery stores - PLUS - Ya' know exactly what went into that food You grew, Yourself! Tastes better, too!

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Spring Gardening Race!

Well, as you will see when you take a look at my latest two layouts here... we have been pretty busy. And we're not finished yet. But then - do we ever reach that point. Ha!

But it's a good start to all the chaos in the kitchen to come. Won't be long before I'll be canning and freezing for winter. So far, we have tomatoes, spinach, Japanese eggplant, jalapeno peppers, lima beans, green beans and cilantro!



Journaling reads:

It was almost like starting all over. We made a trip to Greenback for 2 scoops of mushroom compost after cleaning out the beds and turning what dirt remained. Time had been a factor working against us and had us racing to get it done while we could... in 2 days. Even after tilling, there were 7 big bags of planting mix added. I spent 1 more day planting, while Dwayne was at work, after a trip to Lowe's. I found these new tomato supports online and they arrived within 2 days!



Kit -
Spring Has Sprung by Kimberly Stewart at 3Scrapateers.

Fonts -
Canterbury Script
Quote done in Saginaw

Thanks for taking time to look! I hope your spring is as gorgeous as ours has turned out! Have a great week!

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Busy as a Bee and Then Another Challenge!

Dwayne and I have been busting our butts this past week. In fact, the past two weeks have been killer! His work schedule has been messed up and we're hoping things are squared up this coming week.

We had decided not to plant one seed or tomato plant until after April 15th, after that punishing freeze we were surprised with last year, during the first week of April. That was the beginning of a harsh struggle we all endured in East Tennessee until the new year kicked in. We all had to take a big breath and hang on tight through a terrible drought. Well, April has arrived, again. And it's been - weird. We've had rain! We've had beautiful days, full of sunshine and temps in the high 70's. We even reached into the low 80's yesterday. But we got fair warning by this past Wednesday - one more heavy frost. We're supposed to dip down into the high 20's and low 30's during Monday and Tuesday night. So, we get to break out all the sheets and towels we can muster to cover the azaleas, roses and all our other small flowering plants - again.

Well, we finally got a window of time that we could work with. Dwayne had a run of days off. The weather was cooperating. But it meant hustling, still. We had rain coming on Thursday. We had to drop everything on Wednesday around 3:30pm and drive all the way to Greenback for mushroom compost. Nobody closer had any available. We picked up two scoops and made our way back. We had to get the compost distributed into all three beds. When we were finished - there was almost a full scoop still piled in the bed of the truck. Couldn't leave that sitting there, waiting for the rain to come. So, we carried it down to one of our neighbors' yard and the two men shoveled the rest out of the truck bed, beside his garden.

One funny note - we had mushroom compost delivered the first year that we built the raised beds. It was pre-mixed with topsoil that we purchased at the same time. Well - it was only when we were shoveling the compost into the beds this past Wednesday that I realized something about my husband. He thought Mushroom compost was made from mushrooms! Had to educate him about that one. "Honey... mushroom ... fresh cow paddy... it looks just like a smashed mushroom.... you get it?" His reply - "So, THAT'S why I'm smelling so much of that amonia smell!"

Anyway, we spent the next day tilling the beds. By evening time - we were in pain! Dwayne got to rest while I had to go grocery shopping. Got back home and got the groceries put away before starting supper.

In the middle of all this - we decided to coordinate a neighborhood yard sale and cover-dish picnic with all our neighbors in May. Everybody will be setting up their items and selling them in their own yards. Afterwards, Dwayne will get together with a few of the guys and they'll make rounds with a trailer to load up leftover things that neighbors don't sell and want to donate. Those items will be going to a church and/or shelter. And then, everyone will head over to our place for the picnic and all the fun. Looks like we're gonna have a pretty good crowd! I'm really looking forward to a bunch of fun! Anyway, I've already started going through the house and sorting through things. The spare bedroom is beginning to look crammed. Thank God, I had enough brains to go ahead and price everything as I put it in the bedroom!

Despite the chaos - I managed, yet, to complete my entry for Rhonda Wright's Treasures Challenge Number 1 - "What's In A Name?" That booger was a challenge, for sure! I had to step away for a couple days after becoming frustrated from not being able to make up my mind about the layout. Came back to it today so I could try again. Reached the point where I thought I had it completed and - guess what. I dunno. Something spurred inside. Within fifteen minutes, I had completely overhauled the layout into something totally different and got that "Yeahhhh!" feeling inside! Whew - it was done!

Here goes!


(click on photo for larger view)

Journaling -
Translated in English, your name is ‘Schoellkopf’s Good Sugar’. And you came into our lives as the perfect medicine we needed to remedy our sadness from Empty Nest Syndrome after Jennifer moved out to California for a while. Your name fits the sweet joy you bring!
You have filled that void in our lives more than we even imagined or hoped for. We realize that every time we step on your toys that end up all around the house! We realize that every time we head to the door and you get there before us! We’re reminded every time we climb into bed and have to scoot you over! We’re reminded every time we try to give each other a kiss and you’re sticking your nose between our two faces!
And we grow more and more love for you each time we’re reminded by you! We are so happy to have you in our lives, Zucker!

KitJasmine by Rhonda Wright at Digital Design Den.
Fonts –
SchneidlerMedTlig and GirlsAreWeird


I managed to get one more project completed, as well! My first-cousin, Anastasia, had her 19th Birthday this past week. So - I did a set of Birthday pages to send to her parents and grandparents! I always do a second page that can be printed out multiple times for additional photos and other momentos.



(click on photo for larger view)

Kit - Birthday Party by Gilda Patterson at Digital Design Den.



Ohhhh... I forgot... I did another last week for my daughter's other half! It was his 31st birthday. And it fits Kevin so well. LOL


(click on photo for larger view)

Kit - It's a Guy Thing - Mr. Hunter at Scrapbook Elements.

I told you! I've been busy! LOL Well, I hope your coming week is just wonderful! Enjoy all the pretty colors of spring! Get out there and just spend time absorbing the beauty of all those gorgeous flowers!

Saturday, April 26, 2008

Rhonda Wright's Freebie Challenge #1

Rhonda chose her latest kit for this new challenge series. And it's absolutely gorgeous! I could only think of one subject at the moment, as soon as I saw the kit for my first time - my granddaughter, Trinity, and her mommy!

Check it out and tell me what ya' think!




Poem reads -

Find Your Thankful Self

Sometimes you feel you're nothing at all,
And that's all you'll ever be.
You study all your defects;
An empty life is all you see.

Instead of looking at what you haven't got,
Seeing only what you lack,
Focus on your blessings,
And get right back on track.

There are many good things about being you;
Count them one by one.
Your life has lots of comforts,
While others, they have none.

Many people have it much, much worse
Yet they have happiness.
They take joy in little things
They're thankful, though they have less.

Lift your spirits up right now;
Get out of that depression.
Find your thankful self,
And give it full expression.

Find the joy in little things;
Focus on fun and laughter.
See life's blessings all around,
And live happily ever after!

by Joanna Fuchs
http://www.poemsource.com/

Kit -
Blue Pansies by Rhonda Wright at Digital Design Den.

Fonts -
Anson
Blue Melody
Blue Highway (year)

Okaaaaaayyy.... Well, I'm gonna be gone for a few days. Dwayne and I are heading for a much-needed break/mini-vacation... whatever you wanna call it! Jen's staying here at the house to sit with the animals. And our neighbors will be watching our place, as well. I should have my next post here by next Saturday!

Until then - thanks for stopping by to take a gander! Hope your coming week is wonderful!
{Hugs!}

Friday, April 25, 2008

Gentle Moments Challenge Entry

It's been a crazy week here. i think i've conceded to claiming it a fact of life - that Honey-Do List keeps me strong by adding two or three more items at the bottom every time i get one item knocked off at the top of the list. I continue preparing for our Neighborhood Yard Sale and Cover-Dish Picnic, while preparing for our trip to Reelfoot Lake next week.

At the same time, Dwayne and i made a trip to Knoxville to move Jen back home with us. Her car had taken it's last breath about a month ago. The final blow - She lost Her job. But she had over $1,300.00 saved for buying a new car, and guess what. One of Dwayne's co-workers offered a 1994 Toyota Camry 4-door for $250.00! It's in fabulous condition - minus the engine. The block has a hole in it. BUT - Dwayne found another engine with low mileage for $450.00 and He's picking it up during his lunch break today! Jen's gonna end up with a great car for LESS than $1,500.00!!

Despite the obstacles, i did manage to get one of two challenges i've signed up for at Digital Design Den. The second is Rhonda Wright's Freebie Challenge, using Her Blue Pansies Companion Kit. i'm looking so forward to purchasing the full kit when it becomes available! The companion kit shows an example of something absolutely gorgeous - in the colors of blue, of course!

The first challenge i completed this morning is Wendy Williams' "Gentle Moments or Memories" Challenge, using Her kit called A Soft Breeze, along with the Extras pack. And right now - the kit is on sale for $7.99 with a special! For one week only - purchase this kit and you get QuickPage #1 for free!

Timing became something funny for me on this particular round of fun. Had a personal event that came up and fell right into sync with the subject matter we were to cover!


(click on image to see larger view)

Journaling reads -
Dwayne came runnng inside the house hollering for me to come with him. He'd been out in the front yard mowing with our John Deere Tractor and, literally, moved right over a cottontail hole. What stopped him was one of the babies that had escaped and was running ahead of him. Another baby was hunched down inside the hole that was only big and deep enough for a softball. I headed with the two babies to our neighbors that had rabbits. Becky and her daughter, Sarah, informed me that they'd had to get another neighbor's dogs to let go of an adult rabbit on the previous day. They feared it had been too injured to survive and we suspected it was the mother of these babies. While talking, Dwayne hollered to me, again. At the end of the day - I found myself taking care of 4 adorable wild cottontail baby bunnies. As little as they are - soft, quiet and gentle are three keys to success in raising them to survive on their own. And the efforts have brought some of the most endearing moments into our household, in such a short time!

Kit - A Soft Breeze and Extras by Wendy Williams at Digital Design Den
Fonts -
Kayleigh
Kartika

Feel free to leave any comments You might like to share! For now - i hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! Go Green - Stay Green! Grow Your own vegetables and fruit! It's a heck of a lot cheaper than the grocery stores - PLUS - Ya' know exactly what went into that food You grew, Yourself! Tastes better, too!

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Spring Gardening Race!

Well, as you will see when you take a look at my latest two layouts here... we have been pretty busy. And we're not finished yet. But then - do we ever reach that point. Ha!

But it's a good start to all the chaos in the kitchen to come. Won't be long before I'll be canning and freezing for winter. So far, we have tomatoes, spinach, Japanese eggplant, jalapeno peppers, lima beans, green beans and cilantro!



Journaling reads:

It was almost like starting all over. We made a trip to Greenback for 2 scoops of mushroom compost after cleaning out the beds and turning what dirt remained. Time had been a factor working against us and had us racing to get it done while we could... in 2 days. Even after tilling, there were 7 big bags of planting mix added. I spent 1 more day planting, while Dwayne was at work, after a trip to Lowe's. I found these new tomato supports online and they arrived within 2 days!



Kit -
Spring Has Sprung by Kimberly Stewart at 3Scrapateers.

Fonts -
Canterbury Script
Quote done in Saginaw

Thanks for taking time to look! I hope your spring is as gorgeous as ours has turned out! Have a great week!

Saturday, April 12, 2008

Busy as a Bee and Then Another Challenge!

Dwayne and I have been busting our butts this past week. In fact, the past two weeks have been killer! His work schedule has been messed up and we're hoping things are squared up this coming week.

We had decided not to plant one seed or tomato plant until after April 15th, after that punishing freeze we were surprised with last year, during the first week of April. That was the beginning of a harsh struggle we all endured in East Tennessee until the new year kicked in. We all had to take a big breath and hang on tight through a terrible drought. Well, April has arrived, again. And it's been - weird. We've had rain! We've had beautiful days, full of sunshine and temps in the high 70's. We even reached into the low 80's yesterday. But we got fair warning by this past Wednesday - one more heavy frost. We're supposed to dip down into the high 20's and low 30's during Monday and Tuesday night. So, we get to break out all the sheets and towels we can muster to cover the azaleas, roses and all our other small flowering plants - again.

Well, we finally got a window of time that we could work with. Dwayne had a run of days off. The weather was cooperating. But it meant hustling, still. We had rain coming on Thursday. We had to drop everything on Wednesday around 3:30pm and drive all the way to Greenback for mushroom compost. Nobody closer had any available. We picked up two scoops and made our way back. We had to get the compost distributed into all three beds. When we were finished - there was almost a full scoop still piled in the bed of the truck. Couldn't leave that sitting there, waiting for the rain to come. So, we carried it down to one of our neighbors' yard and the two men shoveled the rest out of the truck bed, beside his garden.

One funny note - we had mushroom compost delivered the first year that we built the raised beds. It was pre-mixed with topsoil that we purchased at the same time. Well - it was only when we were shoveling the compost into the beds this past Wednesday that I realized something about my husband. He thought Mushroom compost was made from mushrooms! Had to educate him about that one. "Honey... mushroom ... fresh cow paddy... it looks just like a smashed mushroom.... you get it?" His reply - "So, THAT'S why I'm smelling so much of that amonia smell!"

Anyway, we spent the next day tilling the beds. By evening time - we were in pain! Dwayne got to rest while I had to go grocery shopping. Got back home and got the groceries put away before starting supper.

In the middle of all this - we decided to coordinate a neighborhood yard sale and cover-dish picnic with all our neighbors in May. Everybody will be setting up their items and selling them in their own yards. Afterwards, Dwayne will get together with a few of the guys and they'll make rounds with a trailer to load up leftover things that neighbors don't sell and want to donate. Those items will be going to a church and/or shelter. And then, everyone will head over to our place for the picnic and all the fun. Looks like we're gonna have a pretty good crowd! I'm really looking forward to a bunch of fun! Anyway, I've already started going through the house and sorting through things. The spare bedroom is beginning to look crammed. Thank God, I had enough brains to go ahead and price everything as I put it in the bedroom!

Despite the chaos - I managed, yet, to complete my entry for Rhonda Wright's Treasures Challenge Number 1 - "What's In A Name?" That booger was a challenge, for sure! I had to step away for a couple days after becoming frustrated from not being able to make up my mind about the layout. Came back to it today so I could try again. Reached the point where I thought I had it completed and - guess what. I dunno. Something spurred inside. Within fifteen minutes, I had completely overhauled the layout into something totally different and got that "Yeahhhh!" feeling inside! Whew - it was done!

Here goes!


(click on photo for larger view)

Journaling -
Translated in English, your name is ‘Schoellkopf’s Good Sugar’. And you came into our lives as the perfect medicine we needed to remedy our sadness from Empty Nest Syndrome after Jennifer moved out to California for a while. Your name fits the sweet joy you bring!
You have filled that void in our lives more than we even imagined or hoped for. We realize that every time we step on your toys that end up all around the house! We realize that every time we head to the door and you get there before us! We’re reminded every time we climb into bed and have to scoot you over! We’re reminded every time we try to give each other a kiss and you’re sticking your nose between our two faces!
And we grow more and more love for you each time we’re reminded by you! We are so happy to have you in our lives, Zucker!

KitJasmine by Rhonda Wright at Digital Design Den.
Fonts –
SchneidlerMedTlig and GirlsAreWeird


I managed to get one more project completed, as well! My first-cousin, Anastasia, had her 19th Birthday this past week. So - I did a set of Birthday pages to send to her parents and grandparents! I always do a second page that can be printed out multiple times for additional photos and other momentos.



(click on photo for larger view)

Kit - Birthday Party by Gilda Patterson at Digital Design Den.



Ohhhh... I forgot... I did another last week for my daughter's other half! It was his 31st birthday. And it fits Kevin so well. LOL


(click on photo for larger view)

Kit - It's a Guy Thing - Mr. Hunter at Scrapbook Elements.

I told you! I've been busy! LOL Well, I hope your coming week is just wonderful! Enjoy all the pretty colors of spring! Get out there and just spend time absorbing the beauty of all those gorgeous flowers!