Just another exciting time IN lower Alabama.

The SUPER VILLIANOUS TINKER FRED IS UP TO SOMETHIN..
I am tellin' yALL the BALONEY IS NOT SAFE.. I REPEAT.
This cat is gonna break in our fridge I see it coming.
IM HIDIN... BEHIND DA COUCH.



In other news....

Earlier this week Im sure you heard The space shuttle was supposed to make its fly over our airspace here in Mobile. We found out at the last minute it was going to be flying over on Tuesday. SO we were so excited It was at bedtime "Bella" time and we didn't really get a chance to thoroughly on her level explain what it was really that was taking place. So she had a COMPLETEEEEEEE melt down and didn't want to see it. She thought I suppose it was going to explode in the back yard. I guess who knows what she thought.

We TRIED to tell her it would look just like a star going really fast but nope she wouldn't listen. (I dunno what is up with people these days. It is like NO ONE LISTENS TO ME UNLESS I'M STANDING ON TOP OF SOMETHING JUMPING UP AND DOWN, SLINGING GOLF CLUBS SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF MY LUNGS ANYMORE. That's another post. SO KEEP CHECKING IN) We didn't get to show her online what it would be like before hand. (we had just a few minutes before seeing it in the sky) It was bed time so not a good idea.. Hind site is 20/20. So... THURSDAY NIGHT... we had another chance. BUT, It was over cast and cloudy so we really didn't get to see it so good. BUT, David and Diane our neighbors more like family went out with us and set up the telescope so we could get a good look.



I did my homework before that one and pulled up N.A.S.A. on the web and did lots of prep work for THURSDAY night. We explained a lot about it to Bella. Got her all excited. Told her this will be something you can tell your kids about some day (WHEHEW big event here in MOBILE, ALABAMA you saw a DOT fly across the sky it was so tiny at 24 000 mph) HEY we are nerds we get excited about stuff like this!!!! I DONT GET OUT MUCH... OK AT ALLLL so this was pretty dadgum exciting to me THANK YOU VERY MUCH! Actually IT REALLY WAS COOL. I have never seen it before and it was pretty exciting! I am going to do a scrap book page about so be prepared. :)



I know our neighbors thought we were really on some kinda medication running around hootin an hollerin. The conversation went kinda like this here. (our neighbors always look at us sideways but that is kinda what I strive for anyway)
Remember IT WAS a VERY CLOUDY NIGHT and we were TRYIN' OUR BEST to find a TEEEENINY LIGHT DOT in the sky to show BELLA.




BELLA: "I SEEEE IT I SEEEEEE IT"
ME: "Bella... Thats a helicopter. BUT HOW COOOL!! HIGH FIVE BABEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!
::me steadily taking pictures::

ME: oh oh is that it? is that? wha what about that? is that cloud? a star? whats at?
John... Nanc... turn around..... Your lookin' the wrong direction look that way.. ::chuckle as he shakes his head::
ME: OH.. Ok...
David: Im lookin through the telescope I don't see nothing

Bella: ::running round in circles:: I SAW A HELICOPTER BBBLLLLPPPPPPPPPEEEEEEPPBBBLLLLLLLLLPPPPPP

Diane..." Nancy come here.. what is this thing hereee you think this is it?
ME: "Diane... Im not sure maybe... I can't tell because hmmm that's a glare from a street light come this way..
wait.. I SEEE IT TOO. wait maybe not..
John: GEEESH! thats a bug. what time is it anyway.. YALL ARE ALL JUST CRAZY.

ME: OH HUSH OR I WILL TAKE YOUR PICTURE AND MAKE YOU FAMOUS!! AND YOU KNOW I WILL!
BELLA:: IM A ALIEN BEEEEP BEEEEP BEEEEPPPPPPPPP

Me: "That splains alot. OMW! I SEEEEE IT!! I SEE IT!! LOOK AT THE V!
Diane: WHEREEEE?
Me: RIght there Above those trees In the clouds!! You see it its movin fastttt


John::looking and pointing at head like crazy signal ::
DIANE I SEEE IT I SEEE IT LOOOK OH wait... awww its goin too fast move over heree.. awww man the clouds are sooooooo thick.

David: :running with telescope: "WHERE WHERE WHERE? I JUST SEE CLOUDS"
JOHn: "I dont see nuthin' yall are imaginin stuff"
Bella: "THATS CUZ YOUR A BOY DADDY its a GIRLLLLLLLLLLLspace ship if you were a girl you could see it.
HA HA HA HAAAAHAAAAAAAA I SAW THE HELICOPTER vroooooooooooooooooom."



AND THAT MY FRIENDS.... is how you spend a Thursday night in LOWER Alabama...
AND THISSSSSSSSSS is how you would dress for such an occasion







be sure the PJ's ARE TUCKED INNNNN the boots...

is this week over yet??? please?

Have you ever had one of those weeks? You know where if it could go wrong... yeah. well yeah. It has been just ughhhh!! a crapper here. and my blog has notttttttttt been acting right. so I DUNNO IF THIS WILL GO THROUGH OR NOT.. I have been trying to post these pictures since labor day. Shingles still in my ear mostly gone still down in there I can hear now lol. I don't cry when the neighbors crank lawn equipment. (don't go there) I was ready to sic flyin monkeys on everyone for a while there.
I am not 100 percent convinced our cat is not a secret super villain. I think he Has a hidden identity. I have video you have to see that Bella and I took this week of him POUNCING GUIDO and them chasing each other through the yard that is pretty impresive.





Oh wow.. I don't even Know what day it is. I have been trying to write this post for a week. We had the holiday weekend and my days have been messed up since. Do you all do that? Every time I have tried to write this post I keep getting a freaky blogger message telling me "OH NO YOU DIDN'T!!!" in some fancy HTML terms that I don't even try to understand its geekology its way beyond my brain at this point.

I was ORIGINALLY GONNA tell you about HOW Bella spent most of the holiday weekend teaching Tinker~Fred, (yes the Cats name is still Tinker-Fred) to fetch. SO, at least the photos on my blog would make some sense. The power would go off every day as I would go to do my blog post. Or the phone would ring and it would be some stressfull crapppp I had to deal with or again DID I MENTION THE POWER KEPT FLICKERING? and I kept getting freaking blogger codes so yeah.. Im just now getting this post up. so.. yeah.. Bear with me.

YA see, we ran out of the "GOOD" cat food. The kind in the "can" the stinky gross kind that cats like. (although this blame cat should be happy its here and know that the fact BElla LOVESSSS it soooooo much is the only reason her Daddy let her keep it Oh and the fact she is spoiled blame flippin ROTTTENNNN! Did I happen to mention it? NO? OHHHHHHH YOU NOTICED HUH? ya kinda obvious? k just checkin. just wanted to be sure. YEah Our critters are too. even this little booger.


IT GETS THE "GOOD" food it wont eat just any cat food. I didn't know that though.I was completely unaware of the "OUT OF FOOD" situation. I was finally alone in the house after a loud weekend. John was so very happy to be back at work. Bella was happy, well. maybe, not happy but, she was back at school. I was happy to be in a quiet house (until Leaf blower cranked up, but that is another post I will do later)

Every time I walked by the door this morning The cat is looking at me through the window With an evvvvvvvvvil stare like "YO OVAH HERE, comeeeya. We need to chat..." I think it cracked it's knuckles a few times too!!! Tink slingin' back some bling on his paws too I need to find out where he pawns.
anyway focus Nancy FOCUSSSS
I kept going. waved. said "HEYYY TINKERFRED WHATS SHAKIN" Made me a sammich came back through..

Guido (our dog) Joined in behind Tinkerfred and I think That cat whipped out a cell phone and called his ganstas to come help bust up in here lookin for some Baloney Tinker fred was sharpnin his claws and lickin his chops goin "comeeeeeya with that youu" THey made me a little nervous. Guido was just smilin and shakin his hiney. (he really has no tail he is an Austrailian Shepherd)


So Im afraid to go to sleep this cat is on some big covert secretive super villian mission to bust up in my fridge and steal our food. I gave it some baloney and some milk but IT still rolled its eyes and was chargin its lil cell phone and its 007 spy tools in its cat house (aka used to be Guido's dog house but Tinker Fred put him out) Tinker Fred sleeps there now...





That is one bad dude... Bella is still convinced the Tinker~Fred is a girl..she doesnt like tomatoes and she is a girl. The cat doesnt like tomatoes So it has to be a girl too. Seems logical huh?




I figured it was yes definitely time to re-think that talk we had. Ya know I have mentioned that before... somethin didn't sink in good. I am having a problem with big words lately like THE, AND, WAS.

So, I was tellin' John about this "Tinker~Fred" Sit u ation I JUST KNEWWWWWW this cat was plotting to XX us out and how I have this idea. HOW ABOUT we train "TF."(I call him TF sometimes for short cuz thats how I ROLL) We can put his evil ways up for good use. You know make him an example or exercise his energies in other ways.
John said ughmmm YOU KEEP SAYING HIM? Like you think that cats a male? that cat HAS TO BE A FEMALE... "

I said "IF YOU SAY CUZ IT DOESN'T like tomatoes so help me....
THERE WILL BE MORE THAN ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE LONG TALK TO BE HAD IN THIS HOME TONIGHT AND IM DEFINITLY NOT CALLING YOUR FATHER AND TELLING HIM HE NEEDS TO SPLAIN THIS ONE TO YOU!!!!!"

Nothing but laughter as I said ughhh hhh and yeah yeah I love you HUUUUUNNNNNNEEEEYYYYYYY and hung up the phone!
geeesh

Hope yall managed a smile today!!

The paint is still drying on walls....

SO the Paint is still drying but the furniture is moved back in. So Here ya get to see some pics!

The furniture all has sentimental value. May not be worth a lot to anyone but us. The bed was my I dunno who all has slept in this bed how many GREAAAATS and aunts and cousins and grammaws and uncles and brothers and sisters and who all but its been a alot. (its a family heirloom needless to say) AKA ITS OLD! Growing up we were poor but didnt know it. I wanted the new furniture now everyone wants my old furniture... who woulda thunk it huh? All my old stuff.... my kid wants.. so weird..
anyway. The Quilt folded on the bottom the bed Granny D. Our neighbors next door at our house in Mississippi Omg I miss them She was my heart and I miss her need to call her really. SHe made that for Bella when she was born. You wil see Bella holding more blankets too she made those for her too.

All the stuff In this room is sentimental stuff in some way. I know.. Freaky huh... I am realizing it more and more how much my family is all around me even though they are not physically here.
I hope my power doesnt go off its is thundering so much.



The pouting rocker is made by my brother from wood from my grandma's house. My daddy had made one for all the grand children my brother made one for my cousin too. Any way there just happened to be enough wood and my brother found the pattern and the wood tucked back like it was waiting there... so He made this for Bella. Yes I am so Very proud of this and I tell Bella this story all the time so she will be proud and take care of it. The carosel horse my daddy made for me when I was a kid and my Sister in love repainted it for Bella and surprised me with it. (yes I cried)




The only time you will prolly see her makin her bed.....

Tellin Gramma about her room...
weather gettin really bad and power tryin to go off so ughmm I will try to get the rest of pictures up in a bit

Ok it chilled so I can put this up maybe...
sigh

Im hurrying so mama can look at these. geesh



Cheffrobe (sp) this is the wardrobe thing was my grandmamas that Johns daddy redid (it was falling to pieces it had a refrigerator crate holding it together SERIOUSLY! on the back. the wood was twisted it had been wet. BUT IT was the sentimental part and IT WAS MY GRANDMAMAS. so.... becauseeeeeeee My father in love and my husband love me.... hahahaha and the mirror in it was original and still good (that was about it and the drawers and the frame haha maybe one nail ... they fixed it.. and redid it.
now it will last for ever it is not worth the antique value but to me ... IT IS PRICELESS because I remember twirling in front of it when I was little in grandmamas beads. her looking around the corner going "Whutaryou uuuugh dooooo innnnnnnnnnn" in a singsongy voice and coming after me and grinning. so I would do the same to Bella. Hope she has the same memories with this as I do.


ok weather is getting bad I will post more pictures if i can in a little bit... sorry.

Im making things to go on her walls SHE IS A VERY HAPPY LITTTTTLE GIRL!!!!! she is in her rooom watching moviesss since it is raining. lolol

anyone seen ty? oh TY??? anyone anyone???

So if you read yesterdays post you know all about the Extreme Home Makeover we doing at The Jones home. Mini me is having her room of doom done, She wasn't too thrilled she wanted Rainbow bright and Boy George to come make her room over. I was looking more for Ty Pennington to come help actually, but then I figured we would need a bulldozer to come plow through that room of hers to ever see the floor again. I also thought it might be kinda cool for him to spin his magic with his mighty work and make a transformation and send us on a nice trip to some luxurious vactaion spot to like Target or something (hey these days I don get out at alllllll)
I would say much but that isn't even explaining it all I have to say is PIG FLU PIG FLU!!!
Ok back to the E.R.M. (aka) Extreme Room Makeover. The color they picked out went on kinda more pinkish but it is drying purple. Bella is justa grinning.
I SEEE A MINI ALBUM IN THE MAKING!! hehehehhee.I just love projects!!
Bella approached this like everything She isn't much on Change... Must be in our DNA. Not sure what is up with that. Ill have to tell you that another day this post will get rambly long (whats new huh?) BUT then she perked up and got smiley!!



Bella was painting pictures as John was painting the walls.. (other wise all I was hearing was GET YOUR HANDS OUT OF THE PAINT.. DONT LEAN ON THAT.. BACK AWAYYYYYY FROM THE PAINT.. so I just handed her a box of paint brushes and some paper and she was happy and content....for 20 minutes anyway... she used 14 of them... and 11 sheets of paper.
OH!
And you remember the purple paint they fought over and we did the funeral march over yesterday at home depot well it is kinda ughmmm BRIGGHT gooin on. But it lightens up as it dries (THANK GOD)
I told John "I thought ughmmm you errrr ahhh well God save the Queen and all.. aye?"
ya we talk in code sometime cuz thats the way we roll...

so he says..."I did.. save the Queen cuz your eyes didn't errugh roll ughm OUT!!??? oh yeah... ayeeeee?

hes cute the thinks he is!





Stay tuned for more EXTREMEEEEEEE Home Makeover.. we still may run a bulldozer through it yet... tomorrow is a another day .. there are a few little hand prints and one tic tac toe board (yeah that was me WHAT??? I love to paint its funnn and tic tac toe is just fun too you know it is and who doesn't love to play tic tac toe i mean a clean wall and paint just sitting there come onnnnnnnnn you gottttaaaaa!!!
just kiddding you know I would nev... bwahahahhahhahaaaaaaaaaaaaa I will just let you wonder.

Ty hasn't shown up yet to help with our makeover. But you never know. Its not over yet. Neither have Rainbow Bright or Boy George Either though... so
I say boy george because I had a room THIS EXACT COLOR in the 80's and I matched it to a sweatchirt I had that was from a Boy George Video That had HUGE NUMBERS On it. I LOVED that sweat shirt. Wore it all the time. My room was That exact Purple. SO IM being paid back....
My daddy is somewhere right now Rollin round Laughin. just kickin his feet gigglin like a hyenna. yup but that ok.. cuz I had ONE CHILD to pay me back. BELLA GONNA HAVE 12.

cuz I got sick friends.....

somewhere in the photography and the uploading the colors on this turned out wayyyyyyyy wrong. because this is not pink or that bright green. its more burgundy and tan.. Im using scraps of papers I have in my stash and making up some cards. See I have some friends that have been sick and another friend that is going in for some really serious cancer surgery and I really need yall to pray for her. Im really worried about her. So Im making this card for her to make her smile. Im scared to send it to her because I have had shingles. I know IM such a germ a phobe freak now but I kinda have to be IF YOU COULD SEE my ear and my neck You would understand. (I look like I landed in an ant bed, it is mostly healing up now but I did) ok nuff gross stuff. I feel so bad for her so I wanted to make her smile. Is that chicken not cute?

My mama's birthday is coming up soon (COUGH COUGH WINDALE COUGH COUGH THATS A REMINDER COUGH COUGH IM STILL THE GOOD CHILD COUGH COUGH) she loves chickens so I have been cuttin out these chickens on this paper to ... well make SOMEEEETHIN out of them.

Bella is CREATINGGGG today too. I asked her if she was an ARTIST today and she quickly set me STRAIGHT saying "UGHM MOMMY I am an ARRTEEEESTE'"

(note to self... she needs her bangs trimmed)
She started off on that paint by number thing she picked that out to paint for grammas birthday then decided she didn't "like their numbers by gosh" she was gonna do it her way. (dunno where she gets that from must be her fatherrrr. I would never do such a thing. I always read the directions and follow them to a t. what?
Why are you laughing? What is so funny? Well... sigh... maybe she gets it a little from me a tad. but yeah mostly him. ugh huh yup mostly him. hehe

She and John also went to Home depot and got the paint for her room they compromised on a light purple aka lavendar. THANK YOU JESUS. she picked out this neon omg slap somebody make me gauge my eyes out purple and bright neon green. We live not far from the airport and Im thinkin.. planes would be redirected, that stuff would glow.
NOT HAPPNIN. I know your only a kid once but her room is on the front of the house... and im thinking how many coats of paint would it take to cover that stuff???

Also I have eye issues now sight and smell make me react to violent upchuck reactory fits sometimes without warning its worse than being pregnant. (THANK YOU INTERFERON) hey BUT I CAN WALK SO WHO COMPLAINS!!!! NOT ME!! IM just happy to be here wheheww! so we went with light and will accent with bright stuff
shes happy im happy... but CAN YOU JUST SEEEEE the father daughter discussion in home depot???? ROFL
Bella: "OH COOOOL! Daddy I WANT THISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!" (looking at NEOOON BRIGHT colors)
John "ughmmmmmmm NO. not happnin'"
Bella: "but Daddy WHY? I want THISSSSSSSSSSSSS"
John: "It will make me go blind and your mother's Eyes fall out then she will throw up buckets. Thats why."
Bella: "Really?" (almost like hmm would it be worth seeing) "But daddy I LIIIIIKE it!"
John: "Do you want me to go blind and your mom's Eyes to fall out then her puking all the time? The answer is NO"
Bella: "It sure woulda been cool" (does the funeral march with her lavendar paint down the paint isle......)
John: "ya if you wanted me runnin into walls and puke splattered all over everything..."
Bella: "Daddy Your just gross."
John: "Hey.. You wanted the Bright colors not MEEEEEEE."
Bella: "Your just weird too."
John: "YOU THINK IM WEIRD? AND YOU PICKED THAT OUT????"
Bella: "UGHHHHH (rolling eyes) Daddy you just ughhhhhh can we go now? "


SHE IS 6.... oh boy.. IM gonna invest now in prozac and a straight jacket for the teen years because this my friends is gonna be a fun trip!!!

eeehhhh? whaaaa? huh?

You talkin to me? Cuz I can't hear a word your saying.
Life has NOT been all sunshine and flowers lately. TO say it has stunk well I can't smell it either so I really don't know. Yes I have lost a few of my senses My husband may say I have lost more than a good bit of my sense but we wont listen to him.. I cant hear it anyway. rofl. I have had shingles (no not the kind on the roof that isnt even funny so just hush) hehe I have had it in my ears. YES from one side it will get almost well then it goes to the other cuz IM JUST SPECIAL THAT WAY. yes I know you ARE SUPPOSED TO only get them on one side. YES yes I know that. I am fully aware how shingles work. I understand BUT IM JUST SPECIAL I GUESS CUZ IM NANCY JONES and crapp like this just loves me. I think it must be the Interferon I take for the MS. That is what my dr thinks anyway. I dunno. I just know this crapp hurts.

SO that is where I have been. I have a few more things to share with you I just have not uploaded. Thanks for the prayers I will get them on here shortly.

Howidunit

I was gonna give you a little behind the scenes on how I made this arrangement.The Kit is my DT kit from Scrapbook Obsessions. Isnt it Beautiful? It is 3 bugs in a rug Spread your wings. How appropriate for this project. I used alot of recyclable products in this project.

THe base for it is a container that my mil brought me a box of these. I spoke of this in a prior post. That her bank was restructuring how they were doing some things and they were going to destroy these. She said hold up. My D.i.l. can do something with this. Well this is the something I did. lol.



of course I washed it and stuff first it does have some scratches but that gives it character.

I used the Styrofoam little box that my interferon comes in each month I use for my multiple sclerosis treatments. (they have to be good for something) we have so many of them thangs I hate throwing them away. we have a ton of the ice things in the freezer too. we turned the penny container upside down measured it and cut layers of the styrofoam and stuffed it inside.


John had to help me with that part. that Styrofoam did NOT like me lol

Next I used the stripe paper and decorated the outside of the rolled penny container.



I collected sticks from my yard and whittled the ends of them to a point and stuck them down in the Styrofoam.


Then I proceeded to cut out the flowers using the Hot Off the Press template in the Scrapbook Obsessions kit. using the felt also in the kit then decorated them with miscellaneous things in my stash such as buttons, bling, stickles Im not much of a sewer but if you do sew you could sew the edges. I just loved the look of the sparkled.
I used maya road stars and made them fancy with stickles as well.
I used the technique Tuesday frames that were in a previous kit as well (the Maya Road stars were in a previous kit) and decorated it with my title) that says I will always remember. I sanded it using a nail file and added some stickles after outlining with a zig writer.
I inked the outside edges and pop foam dotted it onto the outside of the penny roll container.

The frames Are by chatterbox I fit the photos to the frame and put felt behind it I laid the stick over the first layer of felt and glued the stew out of them then laid another piece of felt over the stick and the felt and frame and let dry over night. I used Aleenes tacky glue and I really piled it on.
The bird house I used my hand dandy hand drill and drilled a hole in the bottom of it and attached to that stick. Is that birdhouse not adorable. Daddy loved birdhouses. He loved watching the birds from the window. SO I thought that was a great addition.
Here is a picture of the finished project again.


So Now you have a little behind the scenes insight on "howIdunit"
Hope that answered some of your questions. If you have any more questions about how I made this project feel free to ask I will be glad to show you.
Thanks.

ON another note.... My prayers are going out to my dear sweet friend Marty's family and all my lupus friends today. My heart is just broken. I have known her for so many years she was like a mom to me. She was like a gramma to Bella. This has hit really hard esp with her death so close to the anniv of my fathers death anniv. Please pray for Martys family as they go through this difficult time. SHe was an AMAZING WOMAN. she will so be missed in the lupus community. she was an amazing host to the lupus chat groups and an advocate to so many. She supported us and listened to our woes and cheered us up, even though she had so much going on herself. There will never be another marty. I will so miss her I love her and my heart just breaks.
((((((marty and family))))))))

I made this project with my Scrapbook Obsessions Kit Featuring 3 Bugs In a Rug Spread Your Wings Collection. How appropriate for what I wanted to do could this be. This project has been very dear to my heart. Very therapeutic but then scrap booking is my therapy since I am home bound these days. Today at 12:18 pm (lunch time) marks another year without my daddy. He was a deputy that was killed in line of duty. Taken by a drug addict trying to escape. I miss him so much every day. To the world, time has passed but to me it might as well have been yesterday. We used to talk on the phone most every day at lunch. I was the last person (family member) he talked to. He hung up the phone went back to work and was gone.
The world goes on but my life seemed to kinda stop in a way. It hasn't been the same and never will be. It seems particularly hard this year because we have had a lot of death this week. Bella has been asking lots of questions about death, heaven and about her papaw. She never knew him, But knows a lot about him. So this has been especially a rough time. I apologize If I have not been myself lately. I have been trying. But now you know why. There has been just A LOT going on! His birthday is next week so right now is just a rough time.This is always a rough time of year.


Right now I ask if at 12:18 p.m. central standard time (lunch time) If you think about it. if you would just take a moment to have a prayer/moment of silence but especially for my mom.
and all the officers and deputies and their families. all the service men out there risking their lives when they pull that car over. THEY NEVER KNOW who is behind that wheel and what might happen.

Think about that next time you are speeding also or go through that license check point Give them a smile. They never know what they are in for.
That could be someones daddy,



If You read this and it is after that time. That is ok. Just take a moment now and next time you see a Sheriff deputy thank him and his family for what they do. Tell him to be careful out there. Tell him you know someone else out here who appreciates them too :) that really wants them to be safe.

Today I am working on another project for Scrapbook Obsessions DT. Im not finished with it. I hope to be tomorrow. It involved alot of cut work so it is taking me a long time. I am doing directions on it so don't worry I will be showing you some tips.

Friday as you know because that is on my mind this week is a sad anniversary in our family, The anniversary of the death of my dad. A very important figure in my life.

Bella's teacher is out Because her mom died from her battle with cancer. It has been really sad. We have been talking about death and going to heaven. We also talk about my dad, her papaw Bob A good bit. Bella asked me "Why do people have to die mommy" I told her that was a good question and just kissed her forehead.

I made this book and this box for her. There is no way to explain the death of my father that will make it any easier. ALthough no death is really a happy one. This one is particularly hard to explain to a child. It involves bad guys and good guys and a not so happy ending. The good guy didnt win and there was no happy ending like in the Disney movies.

SO what was I as a parent to do. I wanted her to know he was a hero and Yes his life was taken in the line of duty. Their is no telling who all he saved that day. BUT what she needs to know since she didnt know him personally is how he interacted with others. I wanted her to see him as a man. Not only as a deputy sheriff, but as a daddy, a papaw, an uncle also a man, the husband and friend and loving man he was.
He would do anything for anyone and was probably going to try to help that boy that day knowing him. I can hear him now,attempting to help him. Sad what desperation can do to someone to make them take a life, that was so valuable to so many. I will never stop missing my daddy. not a day goes by.
I just wished he could have known my sweet Bella. He would have loved this little girl to pieces. And laughed his tail off at her antics.




The man you never knew... This is a project made with a variety of papaers by cosmo cricket and karen foster, 7 gypsies and other fabulous products.









This box and book will always be Bellas. She will be able to have it to hold in her hands. Something that I MADE that has photos and pieces of memories of my heart for my father. As much as she loves her daddy. She knows that I loved mine.

Three Bugs In A Rug Spread Your Wings September Kit from Scrapbook Obsessions

OH MY WORD I love this kit from Scrapbook Obsessions. IT was the Purrrfect (see what I did there? HA!) thing to go with the (cats whose name changes on a daily basis) photos! I have been itching to scrap these photos ever since I have found out what this kit was gonna be!! IT was all I could do to contain myself. I have been just clicking pictures like crazy. SO GET READY! IT will be a feline Frenzy this month with this kitty I mean Kit. haha I did it again.



I stamped using these little maya road stamps and used prima bling to accent them. Rent those little birds precious?






I ran out of room after I made my big title on this page SOOOO I made a little journaling book on the bottom.




The journaling says:

With your allergies to pet dander it was a flat miracle, us keeping this cat. Your love for this cat is the reason we have kept this cat. You stayed outside with it from the time it showed up until we forced you to come in. When it was introduced to the backyard and your dog Guido, you were so worried. When it discovered squirrels and quickly chased one up this tree and perched itself upon this branch you worried more. It came down eventually with the help of some cat food and a growling tummy. You love this cat so. You love it so much you hug it and squeeze it and love the stew out of it. We wonder if it remembers this spot up in this tree because it might just want to go back there when you keep lovin? on it so much it hurts!

on a more somber note.
I was very saddened to hear that Bella's Teachers mom had passed. She had been fighting cancer for some time. Bella has been praying for her for since school started. I hope Mrs. Brown knows that our hearts and our prayers our with her through this time and with her family. BIG HUGS for her. Bella is working on her a card right now. The glitter and ink are a flyin'

I MIGHT BETTER go check on this I think I just heard something meow and I KNOWWW she didn't bring that cat in this house!!!

This layout was one of my first published layouts in scrapbook trends. I love how they set it up with the flag. They named a section of Highway after my dad. We ended up moving to Mobile Alabama. I am proud of my dad and proud of that road. But I do have to say it was very painful even though yeah it was with pride I drove on that road. It also was on that road that his life was taken by a kid that was desperate to get away from the authorities. so desperate as to do what he did.
http://www.odmp.org/officer/976-deputy-bobby-joe-mccrary


I do have to say I perked up and it was a very bright spot to my gloomy week something I do look forward to every month. You all know what therapy scrapbooking is to me. IF you don't then you don't know me very well do ya? I think everyone heard me from the rooftops when my kit got here. I DID MY I GOT MY KITTTT DANCE. Lucky for the mailman.. John got my kit. I had even taken a bath and smelled pretty for him. Rumor had it that kits were postal and I MIGHT JUST get mine today lol.



THAT WAS AN AWESOME SURPRISE. Jan got hers today usually that means I would get mine tomorrow so yes IT WAS A WONDERFUL SURPRISE. THIS KIT OMGOSH is soooooooo perfect for all these photos of this blame cat thats name changes every day. so be prepared for lots of layouts that some might contain ughmmm lemme see what its name be COME MEREEEE BELLAAAAAA (we stick with the same name for our child)
ok she said its still TINKER-FRED. That is what it was yesterday and she said today.. she will let it be that again.
Poor cat. It went for a ride with her on her hop ball. it is still kinda stunned.
You know what a hop ball is. Those big balls that the kid sits on and it has the handle to hold onto? yeah she was holdin tinker fred like a baby.., and proceeded to boing boing boing.. well.. Tinker fred was not prepared for such encounter and was therefore enlightened with OOOOOOOMMMMMMGGGGGGGG. MAKE IT STOP. HE didnt scratch her but that cat shook its head and looked around and I think it saw all the 12 disciples in my back yard flash before its eyes in a mere few seconds before I relized what she was doing and screamed for her to stop torturing the cat before it called friends to kill us in our sleep.
of course I had to turn my head and stop laughing so she didnt see me. (she was wearing pajamas and red cowboy boots and she was just so dadgum cute. and The cat had this pure look of stunned on its face.
I keep telling that cat YOU HAVE 4 legs she has 2. WHASSA PROLEM??? RUNNNNNN.
It keeps comin back.
Dunno if its stupid or just confused or... maybe she has "swingggeeeed it" too many times to "Hawaii" or whereever it is she "SWINNNGGGS" to on that swingset she has.
Poor cat.
If I had not warned it when it got here and told it bout the last cat. Offered it the references and 12 step Bella program button and business card along with the little white chip from the last cat... Id feel more sorry for it but.. oh well
now we know why the cat ran up the tree I suppose.
Oh well.
Happy monday.
Im gonna go Scrap the cat. Least it makes for some good layouts hahaha.
I figure if it had fingers it would be callin some service on us or maybe they formin one.. we might oughta tighten our security round here... that cat and Guido gettin kinda tight!

I made this mini album a while back but it is one of my favorites. It is made out of a postal mail box. That I just ripped up. This was published in Somerset Studios Home March 08 edition I CRIED MY EYES OUT. HAPPY TEARS!








I know some of yall have seen this. but this week marks the anniv of my fathers being killed in line of duty Deputy Bobby Joe McCrary. So you will probably see some memorable stories, layouts, funny photos, memorable moments a mini album or two in the next week or so. His birthday is also the week after. ya right after the anniversary of his death. so bam bam pow huh.
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so I will be sharing some of that here on my blog man I sure do miss him.

Wanna come play?

www.Scrapadilly.com is having a BOREDOM FIGHTERS WEEK this week
COME PLAY WITH US!!!

Im still recouperating from the flu/staph but I am alott better omgosh than I was ( thank you all so much for patience and for prayers) so I haven't done so much on this but I actually am scrapping lol. my mother in law the last time she was up had brought me up these really coool bins they were going to throw away from the bank. I KNOWWWWWWW they were going to THROW THEM AWAYYYY! the horror of it all! she said noway My DIL could make somethin with this hehe (fancy word for recycle) so anyway.
IM staring at them with my creative brain saying whachawannabe?

They are so cool and interesting shaped so Im just so excited. BUT I DONT WANT TO SAVE FOREVERRRRR to do the perfect project though (do yall do that???) Im soooo guilty!!

flu season already? your kidding me.

Man I detest the flu. I remember when I first started taking this rebif interferon stuff they said the side effects were flu like. and I am not gonna down play them because well IT SUCKS. It makes you feel like crapp. but WHEN YOU HAVE THE FLU and YOU HAVE TO TAKE YOUR SHOT TOO. There are no words to describe what it feels like.
I sit here and chuckle not in a ha ha way but i have to because it is so ridiculous that life comes to this. I have the flu and am injecting my body with something that is giving me flu like symptoms. THIS IS THE STUPIDEST SOUNDING CRAPP I HAVE EVER HEARD IN MY LIFE. ITS GONNA MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE CRAPP but it might make ya live longer.

the one thing I DOOOOOOOOOOO KNOW and my hubby can attest to this. I couldnt walk on my own less than 4 months ago. I had more bad days than good. I went to my childs graduation in a wheel chair. I dont remember alot about her graduation. NOt that i was on alot of medication but because my potassium levels were so messed up. (as they are low again) I know because of this medication that I curse right now I walked smiling even though my teeth look so horrible right now because of this medication and the other health issues im having to my baby girls orientation to first grade. Something I was not sure I would get to do the night she graduated from Kindergarten. None of us were sure what would happen it was kinda scary a while there. so I Thank the lord these really smart people and research moneys were available and i hope more is done for multiple sclerosis. BUT ALL THE OTHER CRAPP that goes along with it confuses me. when they give you these medications i end up with shingles then staph infections and potassium issues and the list keeps growing.

My dr said now its a good idea to stay away from Bellas school its a breeding ground for germs. my heart just crashed into a million pieces. I missed everything last year. literally. John went to all her functions. mommy wasnt there. I felt so bad for my baby girl. But so happy to be in that audience when she graduated.
now I DO KNOW the fall festival will be OUTSIDE. IM GONNA shoot for that. being its outside. and im gonna shoot for no wheelchair. we caught this early this is gonna be a better school year for her. I just have to get rid of this staph infection now and pray it doesnt spread all over like it did last time it is all over but they are little right now. (mrsa) so we are takin the med and using the bactriban on it aggressive he said that this would happen anytime probly there is trauma and the flu could be trauma to my body (not to mention your body remembers things and next friday is a definite trauma anniv, in my life) anyway sorry for the ramble this was mainly for family and stuff I havent called anyone i have been in bed all week with the flu, sick and then today all this so thats it.

Another page from August S.O. kit

Today was Bellas First day of First Grade.
She wasn't real happy about it though. She didnt want to leave her mama. I only took a couple of pics because she had a total melt down this morning and it wasn't pretty. I didn't go with daddy to take her to school because I thought it might be a little easier for him to get her into class if I wasn't there. Well, It didn't go so good. So tomorrow I am gonna go too. We will try it that way and see how it goes. Maybe that will be easier. We will go early.
real early. reeeeeeeeeally early and stop and see her last year teacher for a pep talk before hand also. Maybe that will also help. sigh... anyway. I had a good cry after she left. It broke my heart into a kabillion pieces for her to breakdown that way. She has not done this before. She has always been excited about school. She got so spoiled with her last teacher. She is so tenderhearted.


It is almost time to go get her. I am ready. I made a layout (another one) with the August kit from Scrapbook Obsessions. (junebug from Basic Grey) You know how much I love Basic Grey.



I took a picture of her School Supplies laid out I thought it would be neat to have a layout of it so one day she could see what it took to put her in first grade haha. I didn't have an r so I used an f and cut the sides off and just had a really long r lol I thought it worked out anyway.
Ok I need to put on something besides PJ'S so I can go with John to go get my child. I will wait till she is at least in JR High to be THAT MOM that shows up in PJ'S and Hair curlers to Pick her up and yell "HEY SUGAR LUMPS! OVER HERE!! ITS YA MAMA!!!"
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~UPDATE~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~She did alot better after her teacher from last year talked to her and then her new teacher got her in there and they got settled. SHe is awesome and I knew she would be fine after she got settled. She just had to get through the first part of it. She is gonna be a difficult kid dealing with change. I was afraid of this. I tried hard to prevent it. I talked it up alot to try to make it sound fun and this was a great thing. Make it not a big deal just goin back to school like we did last year. It was a bigger deal than we thought. Lesson learned.
This afternoon she was all smiles and happy and even got to bring home Bubba the Bear. She was happy and told us all about her day and is more like the kid I know. I have to go now but I will show photos later.