Charli enjoying her new swing

Les and I went to see Charli's new swing, she was really having a wonderful time, she loves the slide! Her swing is up too high right now but it was great for Les to push her, I finally got pictures with his boot, he goes back to the Dr the 19th.
Charli's check up is today. Her Doctor is busy and has a problem getting her in on Mondays when Gina is off. She didn't even do the usual 9 months visit and has only been once because she had a little cold and needed medicine. Gina really is blessed! She is starting to grow out of some of her 12 months things because she is tall. I got to go to her first couple of visits but this one I will miss because I will be at work.
Well off to work to play with my other babies!

What a difference a week makes!

Last week I was watching the snow, today I am listening to the birds with the windows open! Les and I are going to put weed-block out and then gong to see Charli's new play tower. I took this picture just after I got back from church, Jeff cut the grass yesterday and there are several dandelions today!

I started out my day with a training class at work but snapped these pictures before I pulled out of my driveway. After work I rode to the cemetery when my Aunt Doll is buried. I am going to get her some new flowers for the spring.
It has been a beautiful day, in the 70's, I didn't get anything done though, took a good nap but that's it. The training was teaching kids Math. It really was fun!
I am watching a movie, The Cleaner with Samuel L. Jackson so I am making this short.

Meet Me in the Meadow

When Connie Prince shared this kit with me I Knew I had to scrap some of my photos! It is called Meet my in the Meadow if you want to see others I put them in my 3S gallery, link on side. I did 8 of them and think they look nice. This is a part of a Birthday Bag for $3 that has 7 items!
Les is much better, we stopped by to see his Dad but I was afraid to spend much time there. My MIL really looks bad, she has lost so much weight and her face is looking old, I am glad I never picked up the smoking habit, it really adds years!
I have a lot of srapping to do, had to write done all my kits this time, LOL, I am a list maker, it keeps me mentally straight so i get everything done.
I got a Butterfly Bush from Jackson Perkins yesterday. Must start my herbs and zinnias, too. I am going to name it my Zaroga bush and think of my new friend when I take pictures of it, LOL! it is a Honeycomb which is yellow. It was $4.95 so that wasn't bad.

PEEK A BOO

My card reader is fixed. The power supply just needed to be unplugged so the capacitors could bleed down or that's what Les said and it worked, LOL!
These are my share for today, Charli playing her own kind of Peek a Boo! She really makes my day!

I hope everyone slept as well as I did! I feel really good this morning and have not even had a cough attack yet (I am so used to them it is Amazing to start my day without one!)
I am disappointed I couldn't get my cardreader to work because I have Gina's SD card and was going to transfer her things to disc, I sprayed it with my Dust remover but no luck.
So this is my share this morning... I am doing another book for one of my parents, Natali at Scrapbooking Graphics has some Fabulous kits! These I actually PAY FOR since I am not on her CT, LOL! But I bought what she had on sale! The WA is by Bethany on her Blog, I am hooked on her stuff and visit her Blog Elegant Word Art often, I think I put a link at the bottom, if not I will have to.
I am going to check on Les, he is pitiful, I made him some soup last night but it was AWFUL! I didn't get home until 7:30 and was trying to rush it, what a waste, the potatoes I bought had dark spots and I burnt some bacon, my heart was just not into cooking!
I hope you have a blessed day and here is my verse this week...
Commit your work to the Lord and your plans will succeed. Prov 16:3

Baby it's Cold outside, LOL! 22 degrees! I am sure there is ice everywhere!
I am excited to be on Emily Farnworth's CT team! These pages are done with SPRINGLOADED which is adorable! She is a new designer at SOTB I love CT work! I have so many cute pictures to scrap and the free kits come in handy, LOL!
Well off to take my bath and get ready so I can heat up the car! I guess I better go to see if we have a delay in opening, too!OH, Les came home sick from work, I am afraid he has the Flu.

Well that was a short lasting snow! It's 54 degrees and all the snow is gone. I only worked 2 hours because I didn't have any kids, I just got my March green and Dr Seuss things up and took red stuff down. They didn't have but a very few kids and the Meals on Wheels (where we get our food as we are a part of Piedmont Agency on Aging) so they sent out for bread and had sandwiches, chips and fruit and all ate in one class. I bet we had less that 20 kids!

Pictures of Seth and Jeremy's Art

I got up the normal time so I could look outside, Tye was on my bed which is unusual and so I decided it was not worth sleeping in, I think we open at 10:00,
Watching the news right now there is a problem on I85 and people have been stuck for hours! That's awful, a couple of trucks wrecked and some people have run out of gas and have children in the cars, and it's so cold! The weatherman on channel 7 is talking now, he got stuck about 4 hours and had to get a tow truck to get him out!
ANY WAY... I looked at Jeremy's Facebook and he had added this wonderful drawing of Alexis! But there were new pictures of him, Julie and Alexis but none of my baby! So I wrote him back asking where are picture of Seth and he added a few, here they are. I still don't have any Christmas or Birthday. Julie has a new camera so I know that's not a problem.
HE DID APOLOGIZE FOR FORGETTING MY BIRTHDAY, that's nice.
I guess I will get several pages done today, I think I will go take my bath and get dressed. My hiking shoes will come in handy today!

It's snowing!

I am so EXCITED! It is really snowing here! It started just before 5:00 and is now sticking as the flakes get larger.
Of course Tye does not like it so I will have to clean up puddles on the floor, LOL!
I have been watching the birds go crazy! I know I am like a kid with this, I called Gina and she said Charli was at the window laughing at it, She did get pictures for me. Trey is not home so when he gets back she will take her out to get some.

Hey visit my friend Debbie's blog for some gorgeous Word Art!
http://grannynky.blogspot.com/2009/03/in-memoriam-collection.html

I have made several pages today, this one is done so I have a QP to give away for the Scripture Challenge at SBE, it is made using several of Rina's kits mixed together.
One of my favorite Digi friends Anders AKA Chickendude sent me the link to an article he wrote for a Scrapping magazine, I hope you will take a minute to look!
http://www.thedailyscrapper.com/2009/issue04/journal_3.html
I really enjoyed it!
Les' foot is very swollen, poor thing, walking with the boot on one foot and winching every time he steps down, plus he has to work today! I told him he really needs to see a specialist! I guess I will have to get some of our friends to tell him the same thing so he will listen!

Happy Birthday Rina!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RINA!

I really love working with Rina and Kimmi at Scrapbook Elements! They are wonderful designers and I am blessed to create with their beautiful kits! I got this one last night... it is Mellow on My Mind
I am catching up on some of Rina's older kits even though I love her new things so much. I just love these soft colors and tend to get her kits with pinks in them just because I love to make Brag Book pages for Charli. Working with Rina gave me the inspiration to do stacked papers, I really love this look! I don't want to be greedy and ask for too many kits, LOL, I want to be around a Long Time!
Each week Rina blesses us with gorgeous Scripture Word Art at SBE the thread is Here
It would be great if you stopped by and joined us for the weekly Scripture Challenge, it is great getting to know people that are not afraid to scrap their faith!

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Les is a Grumpy Bear this morning! I feel sorry for those at work today! He got me to bring him Advil when I got up at 5:30 and then he got up and asked if I was OK, I said I was fine and he fussed because I didn't ask if HE was OK. I knew he wasn't because he had asked for the Advil but we had just talked about not complaining so much the other night! Then he was looking for his gout med and asked me where it was, I told him I did not touch his medicine except to get him the Advil and he blows up about how a simple No would do.
He had trouble putting on his shoe and I asked him if he had been keeping up with what he ate and he said he had had Nothing he wasn't supposed to! Now he is really aggravated I didn't give him a hug... I told him not to start my day badly and expect a HUG! I did tell him I loved him though. Please pray for him and his right broke foot and left foot with Gout!

Roses for Valentines

This is one of the types of roses I had planted for Valentines. I bought 6 bushes and Les and my brother planted them. This one is Queen Elizabeth which I got because my Mom, sister and daughter are all named Elizabeth! It is planted on the side of my house so I can see it as I put up in the drive way. One of our church deacons gave me a metal bench, table and chair, it really looks great! I am proud of them and want to make a little place to sit them.
Last year I had a small herb garden. Hopefully I will get that going, too. I have the seeds sitting right in front of me. The main thing is attracting butterflies. I also bought zinnias. It should be warm enough soon to start them!
My nephew graduated from Boot camp in Ga. Wednesday and will be going to Texas now. I am proud of him and hope he does really well. He is very smart, just never stuck to anything, now at 25 he is in the Army. Jeremy had a lot to do with that.
Papa is now at home, thank goodness Les helped before he went to work!
Mama had to go back and get the place where she had her mastectomy drained for the third time, she is getting worried about that.
This week Bud taught us about how words affect our health. He showed many scriptures and it really made sense! He explained how we cause our immunity system to be weak when we make statements like "I am coming down with the Flu"
and how we often cause our own health problems. I have always seen this from family members who tend to be sick a lot. My own MIL is always sick, I always figure it is a way to get attention as is the case with many people.
I have always thought it strange that I have an Immunity suppressive disease and Les always gets the stomach viruses and bad colds! One thing I do, though has been when a virus starts going through work I start praying that I won't get it. Prayer works and I don't have to miss days out sick!

My Office

I thought I would share pictures of my office. I am very proud to have my own space. Les can have the living room, I hardly go in there except that that's where my Volkswagens are, LOL! You can tell my favorite colors are Kermit green and aqua, the bottom two shelves of my bookcase are Charli's toys and the rest are art supplies, paints, colored pencils and my cross stitch. I am going to get a small kitchen set to go here. I have a whole bunch of tea sets and play food in the garage so as soon as she is old enough we will have tea parties. I don't mind sharing my space with her!
Where my sewing machine is has my photo boxes and albums, magazines, sewing and beads. To the right of my computer is all my scrap booking stuff and my yarn.
I decided to add the top of my desk because I surround myself with pictures and some of my favorite things, I Love those jeweled crosses that my Mom gave me, there's also a I Love Grandma mug from Charli, a prayer box and a silver angel frame from my Mom. My Valentine from Les is on top and there's the box of chocolates I haven't finished. That's the TV beside Charli's desk, it sits on an antique sewing machine from a good friend.
Well, I hope this gives you a glimpse into who I am. I spend more time here than anywhere else!

I guess you can guess where this cup came from, LOL!
My SIL's Grandmother died Sunday. It was his Dad's Mother, the funeral will be at 11:00. They weren't close but she had done several things for Trey and Gina including giving them money to buy Charli's crib.
NHC won't take Papa because he can walk too far and he can't go to the Rehab hospital because he can't do enough for himself. It looks like he may Have to go home and have a visiting nurse. I was so hoping he could go to NHC where they could take care of him and give Kathie a break!
I got a nice thank you card from Preacher Bud for helping with Dink and Kat's Anniversary party. I thought that was very nice!
It is still below freezing in the mornings, I am so ready for spring!

VW THING

This is one thing I am missing from my collection... a VW Thing! I was playing around last night looking for images and found out that Matchbox added this to the 2008 collection. Actually Hotwheels and Johnny Lightning have a version, too! I am going to have to see if I can still find one! I came up on 2 Bahas at Dollar General last week, so maybe I have a chance!
That's the challenge now with my collection, finding things I don't have, LOL!
I don't have a lot of the newer VW's and have just recently been finding my favorite the "Ghia", I would Love to actually have one of these cars! I would love to have one to go to car shows in! I have a picture of me beside one from the 2007 car show uptown on my EHD I may have to find and post, LOL!
Well Annabelle was still out sick yesterday, Amanda had to send her home early Thursday, I hope she comes back today so I will have all my babies!
After I get home from seeing Charli I hope to go see Papa, he took a bad turn with his heart and had to be moved to another floor with constant monitoring, Jeremy never contacted me again to check on him, I guess he hasn't gotten Internet time.
Gina had to go back to get an adjustment on her jaw, she had a head ache Sunday so Les and I were alone in church, when all my family come we take up two pews but lately that is rare, Gina doesn't miss many Sundays though, I think that's the second one this year, I really enjoy seeing everyone there.

I needed to make a book for a couple at church who are celebrating their 50th Wedding anniversary today. They eloped so I had no pictures from the wedding and the photos I had were not from the 50's so I came up with this idea. I downloaded pictures from 1959 and researched a little. The kit is called Home Made Memories by Connie Prince
http://www.gottapixel.net/store/product.php?productid=19828&cat=0&page=1
This is the Gotta Pixel link but it is also at Divine Digital and on sale for $2!
http://divinedigital.com/boutique/product.php?productid=5360&cat=0&page=1
I wish I had more time with this because I didn't get the pictures until Friday night and since I did some cleaning and kept Charli I was rushing to get it done yesterday! I did 24 pages though and told Kat if she got me some pictures I would add them for her.
I did add the photo frame from Natali at Scrapbook Graphics and the overlay that makes the paper look old is from Elena's Blog. I learned these things from '59
Lee Petty won first Daytona 500
The Dixie our local diner opened
The Corvair was first introduced
and several other things.
I think I will do my kids and Charli and Seth books about the year they were born, I might even do mine!
Oh, Papa had to get his IV back, he is dehydrating and had a bad day yesterday.

What a wonderful time I had playing with Charli last night! I redid my office so her desk is beside mine and made her toys more accessible to her so we played. I gave her a Princess Valentine and she carried it around and would put her pocketbook over her arm and she kept her crown and beads on. I am glad she is so girly! I now have room in my office for a small kitchen set in the next few months. I have a huge collection of tea set and play food I have been getting as I go to thrift stores and I am so excited she is growing up and actually playing!