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Sunday, August 21, 2005
I am so happy to announce that I finally have a TypePad blog! I'm so happy...I finally have dedicated photo albums and tons of space for my images!!! Anyhoo...come check out my new blog!!
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Friday, August 19, 2005
What am I doing awake? I must be crazy? Shane and Lindsey will be up in 3 hours! For some reason, I am feeling wired. Don't know why...I didn't even get that much sleep last night so I should be wiped out. Lord knows I'm gonna be exhausted this afternoon. I just have so many things running through my head at 100 miles an hour. I hate it when I get like this. Oh what I wouldn't give for half of a sleeping pill right now. LOL But no can do cause I'm a nursing mama! Speaking of nursing, Shane came home last night when I happened to be nursing Mal and he asked me if I planned on breastfeeding forever. Didn't really know it was becoming an issue with him. I know people around here are wierd about the whole breastfeeding thing. It makes them uncomfortable for some reason. My friends & family were uncomfortable with it when Mal was an itty bitty baby (not saying they weren't supportive) so I'm sure they are really uncomfortable with it now that she is just over a year old. I had only planned on nursing for the first year...I honestly didn't even know if I would make it that far. But now Shane has me thinking that maybe I should start planning on weaning. I am just not sure I want to yet. I know she is getting older and can now drink cows milk but it's a major comfort thing for her. She usually nurses when she is really upset or tired. So I don't know...maybe I will go for another few months. 16 months sounds like a good number!
I did some more layouts today. One is so-so but the other I really love how it turned out. The papers I used are so cool! I just love the patterns in them! Have a lookie and let me know what you think!
I used Kathy Moore's Summer Fruits kit for this layout. I love this kit...I just had a really hard time getting those creative juices flowing. The font is Artistamp Medium.
I actually created this layout for a font challege at DigiScrappin.biz. I LOVE how it turned out. Like I said earlier...these papers are so cool! The striped background and the mats under the photo are by Michelle @ DigiScrappin.biz. All the rest of the elements are from the Bistro kit by ScrapArtist. The fonts I used are Baloney, Barracade and BobbiesHand.
DAMN! I can't upload yet. I've exceeded my storage limit. UGH! I so wish I had a TypePad account...sucks to be poor! LOL Anyway, you can see the layout here.
Posted at 03:46 am by SheScraps
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Thursday, August 18, 2005
My attempt at stock photography
I stumbled upon iStock.com this last weekend and thought I would try and see if they would accept me as a stock photographer. I take tons of pictures anyway...why not try to make a little money from those pictures. So I decided to take the girls on a nature walk to see if I could get some interesting photos. Here are two that I thought were really good.
So I submitted my application with the photos and received an e-mail back from them saying that my photos showed undue artifacts. They said I could resubmit these images once they have been corrected or I could submit new images. I will just have to see. I don't know how to correct these as I didn't compress the files at all so I don't know where the artifacts are coming from. Maybe it is coming from my digital camera. Just don't know!
Posted at 02:15 pm by SheScraps
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Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Yay for school...and a layout! ;)
I'm almost ecstatic to announce that school starts tomorrow!!! YAY for school! LOL Luckily Lindsey is just as excited about school starting as I am. And she's the one who has to actually go...the girl is nothing like me when it comes to school, which is a good thing. We've had a pretty rough week so far in our little house...school couldn't be starting at a better time.
Here is a layout that I just finished for a Scraplift Challenge over at Digiscrapdivas. It's a few days late...but hey I got it done! I used Kathy Moore's Summer Fruits Kit which I love. The colors are wonderful as are the patterns...which is really what I look for in a kit: nice patterned backgrounds! You can pick up the kit at Digiscrapdivas.com!
Posted at 11:16 pm by SheScraps
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Sunday, August 14, 2005
Today has been like a day from Hell! Lindsey has been so incredibley mouthy. At the age of 10, she has the attitude of your typical 13 year old girl. At least the same attitude I had when I was 13. She argues about everything and talks back so much. So being fed up with it and seeing that we need to nip this behavior in the bud we told her that if she mouthed off once more today then she wouldn't be going with her grandma to the Art Center on Tuesday. We even explained to her what we meant by "mouthing off". Luckily she pulled herself out of her snotty attitude pretty quickly after that and we went to town to go grocery shopping. Sure enough, half way through the grocery shopping trip she starts up. And I know she knew what she was doing cause after she said something she gave me this look like..."am I in trouble?". So I asked her why she looked at me like that and she played dumb so I told her that I knew she was looking at me like that to see if she was going to get in trouble. So I told her that she knew what the consequences of her actions were and that she wouldn't be going with her grandma. My 10 year old daughter starts bawling in Wal-Mart. She begging and pleading as she's crying. When she sees that isn't working she starts telling me that I'm ruining her life and that she is going to ruin mine. Ugh...and that was only the beginning. I even called her dad and gave the phone to her so she could cry at him for a bit. I need the break to calm down before I went postal! So to say the least, I didn't get everything on my shopping list. I was just so mad at her I could barely think. Of course half way home in the van she apologizes and starts acting super sweet and helpful. After dinner I tell her that she needs to get a bag and fill it with all of her old clothes that don't fit so we can take them to Goodwill...which I told her earlier today that she would be doing this. She immediatly starts complaining about how she doesn't want to and she just wants to watch TV. So instead of listening to anymore of her complaining I sent her to bed an hour early. It just makes me cringe to think that her attitude is only going to get worse!
On a much happier note, here's a layout I did last night for both a quote & scraplift challenge. I'm so excited to say that I created all the elements in this layout. I'm especially pleased with the stitching. I found a great tutorial by MandaBean that was a huge help! Thanks so much MandaBean!!!
Posted at 08:57 pm by SheScraps
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Saturday, August 13, 2005
Today has been a day filled with moments of remembrance. Not purposely, but all day I kept catching myself deep in thought remembering so many different moments from the last 2 years. Some good memories and some not so good. So many major life changing events have taken place within the last 2 to 3 year. It seemed like I was sick for so long and no matter how many times I went to the doctor, they just couldn't decide what was wrong with me. So many horrible invasive tests that I had to endure. The sudden removal of my gall bladder because a doctor decided that is what was making me so ill. Realizing that my gall bladder could have stayed because after it's removal, I was still sick. Then seeing my endocrinologist because a goiter I'd had for a few years was growing so much that it was now visible to others. I opted for that surgery to have the goiter removed purely for vanity reasons. Two days after I was discharged from the hospital for that surgery, I received a call letting me know that I had to go back in for surgery within days because cancer was found during the surgery. As if undergoing 2 operations on my neck within a week wasn't enough...I had an entire year of cancer treatments to endure. It was such a horrible year for everyone involved. Shane was an OTR truck driver at the time so he wasn't always here to help out...though he did quit that job when it became obvious that I could no longer care for myself and Lindsey like I used to. Poor Lindsey had to see much that a child just shouldn't have to witness. There were many times that our roles were reversed...she would instinctively take on a mothering role when I was at my worst. But we all survived which is what is most important! After living through the worst year of my life, the year ended wonderfully with the news of me being pregnant. Many were not thrilled about the news because of my weakened state...but it was the light at the end of the tunnel for Shane & I. The entire pregnancy was painful and hard. I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes and was unable to control it so I had to give myself regular insulin shots...which were so difficult for me. It got to the point that Shane would have to give them to me because I would just go into a full blown anxiety attack over it. Oh it was such a long pregnancy that ended with an emergency c-section. But it was so wonderful to finally have that little girl with us! She made all the pain go away in an instant! And then in late Feb. of this year, Shane's Uncle Russell became very ill. In all honesty, he has been ill ever since I've known him. But this time we all knew it was very serious. Shane ended up leaving work to go with his mom to stay at the hospital that his uncle had been transferred. They stayed with him all week...which was a week full of ups and downs. It was discovered that his bowels had ruptured and so surgery was done to fix that. He did not wake up for the surgery for a few days...it was becoming very scary for all of us. But then when he finally woke up...he started recovering very well. It was amazing how quickly he was bouncing back! Since he was feeling so well, we decided to take the girls to go and see him the Sunday after his surgery while he was still in the hospital. He looked so well and was in such wonderful spirits. It was such a wonderful day! And then just as quickly as he was recovering...he went downhill. The pain became so intense that he admitted that he could no longer fight it and he was ready to go. He died within a few hours. I will never forget the moment that Shane called to tell me...I was standing in Wal-Mart getting checked out by a cashier. Lindsey and I ended up sitting in the van for quite awhile crying. We knew this was going to happen as Shane had called to let me know that Russ had said that he couldn't go on anymore. But knowing it still didn't make it any less painful. He was such a wonderful man. Truly the most unselfish person I've ever met! I am just thankful that we had that last Sunday with him. It was truly a beautiful day. We all miss him so much!
Wow...I didn't plan on getting this deep with this post. I guess I just needed to get some things out. If anyone has made it this far...you deserve some sort of award! :) I'm now off to bed. Tomorrow is a big day for me. I will be walking the Survivor's Lap at Relay For Life! Goodnight all...
Posted at 01:51 am by SheScraps
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Friday, August 12, 2005
I am beat this morning! Just as I was getting ready to head off to bed last night, Lindsey comes to me crying saying she doesn't feel good. My first thought...I knew I should have gone to bed earlier cause now I'm not going to get any sleep. It was around 2 am at this time...she cried with a stomach-ache for a good 45 minutes until she finally had to run into the bathroom...to get rid of that stomach-ache. Trying not to be too graphic this early in the morning. LOL So to say the least...I got very little sleep. Once Lindsey was calmed down and able to fall back asleep, I still had to get Mallory settle back down and into sleep mode. Not an easy thing to do! The last time I looked at the clock it was 4:28 am. UGH! Why am I awake? The baby is still sleeping so I could easily be sleeping sleeping also. And Shane is home today so Lindsey is taken care of...they are playing x-box right now. Maybe I will head back to bed once I complete this post.
Also wanted to share a layout I did last night. I did this one for a Font Challenge over at Digiscrapdivas. I really like both of the fonts...the title font is CAC Shishoni Brush and the journaling font is Leftovers. I've used the CAC Shishoni Brush before as it was installed on my older computer. I had used the font printing out many titles when I was paper scrapping. I had forgotten about that font so it was nice to download and use it again for scrapping! Anyway, this layout is of my little Mallory at her first birthday party. I have tons more birthday cake pics that I want to scrap but was in the mood for a single photo layout last night. :) I used Kathy Moore's Simply Sweet kit, which is perfect for all of my pics of Mallory in her cute little bathing suit top (which is what she is wearing in the photo). Thanks for looking and I welcome any positive comments! :)
Posted at 10:10 am by SheScraps
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Sunday, August 07, 2005
I've decided to try my hand at creating some digital papers and I am having so much fun! I've made 3 different designs since late last night. Let me know what you think!
Here are the 3 papers reduced in size.
Here is a zoomed in sample of the top 2 papers. I'm loving how these turned out! I can't believe how much I've learned about the different tools in Photoshop in the last 24 hours!
Posted at 06:57 pm by SheScraps
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Saturday, August 06, 2005
My First Theme Challenge!
I'm happy to say that my first theme challenge at Digiscrapdivas started today. I am really hoping lots of people join in on the challenge. So far only one person has posted a layout for the challenge but today is only the first day. Gotta be positive right? :) Here is a layout that I just finished for the challenge. Oh BTW, the theme is FIRSTS.
Berry Smashing kit by Tracy Simms, fonts are KathleenieHand, Vogel, Malopropism
Posted at 11:35 pm by SheScraps
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I have been wanting to learn how to make blinkies for a while now. I didn't really feel like scrapping last night so I decided to figure out how to make a blinkie. Using a tutorial, I made my first blinkie! I'm so proud! LOL
I used Kathy Moore's Simply Sweet kit for the pretty stripes and background. I just love the bright colors in that kit! I made the blinkie to help promote the weekly theme challenges I will be hosting at Digiscrapdivas. I'm really excited about these challenges. I'm hoping to make these challenges interesting in fun! Would love it if you stopped by and participated in a challenge or two! :) I'm thinking of starting the first challenge today...so that would mean that they would run from Saturday to Saturday every week. I'm thinking since this will be the first challenge...the theme will be "firsts". Layouts and/or photos of anything related to firsts. First birthday, first haircut, first home, first place in an activity, first car, first tooth, first loose tooth...the list goes on! LOL
Posted at 11:45 am by SheScraps
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