BLOG CHALLENGE

My friend Tara aka Thynner from WeScrap posted a Blog Challenge today. IF you would like to participate feel free to join in. just send me the prize if you win bwahahahaha! just kidding.

The challenge is to talk about your greatest fear. and a bonus if you use it on a layout. Well I have actually had my greatest fear happen and I have scrapped it alot... (we had a big temp drop and I haven't felt real good and took my pain meds. I dont feel real good but IM going to try to do this. If It doesn't make sense Im sorry and will redo it. but It needs to be posted today. so here goes lol)
My biggest fear was always the thought of losing my daddy. I have always been a daddys girl. I was the youngest. I came along later and kinda "grew up" when my daddy grew up. I could talk to him. He "got me" He would let me drink some of his beer, He wouldn't get mad if I said pissed, or Bullsh*t (mama still gets mad about that!)I had just said it (that The worst thing that could happen to me was losing my daddy) too not 2 weeks before it actually happened. So I make a habit now to not put things out there in the universe. I think you can suggest things to the devil as your weakness.
I will never forget it either I was standing, up at the trailer talking to Todd Ellis and he asked me what was I gonna do. I was 23 years old going through a divorce from a GREAT BIG mean as a snake ex deputy sheriff that threatened to put my face through a wall if left. I told him that my daddy wouldnt let that happen. That I wasn't scared He said well your daddy cant protect you 24 hours a day. I said well that is my fear what would I do if something ever happened to my daddy and he couldnt be there. 2 weeks later to the day. My daddy (a Deputy Sheriff) pulled over a stolen vehicle and the kid that was driving it stabbed him to death.(You can read the article HERE) It was premeditated (not against my dad personally but to whomever got in his way he would do what he had to do to get away) who knows. what would have happened. so many scenarios go through my head of what coulda happened. what if daddy had not pulled behind him and the guy ran back to his truck. what if daddy had gotten his hands on that gun and shot that kid? Man I have replayed the trial and every situation so many times. I have the transcripts from the 911 call the trial transcripts, the tapes. the newspapers cards letters even a letter from the piece of crapps family asking us to PLEASE drop the charges against him cuz he had a "hard life" ya. seriously.
You dont wanna know what my reply was to them. Not sure if anyone even knows that I did reply to them, but I did. They know what I THINK of it. (I think I even said bullsh*t a time or too also if you wanna know the truth just for dad! probly a gth too!) They know the entire story of what kinda hard life my dad went through and all of us and that I am NOT sorry and I have no pity for him. I did NOT speak for everyone I spoke FOR ME. I said though what I figured MY daddy would have. That he was just gonna try to help him. That he didn't have to do that. What he took from me. What he did. And that NO, I dont drop any charge and NO even IF I COULD I wouldn't. He deserved MORE than what he got. HE gave my dad the WORSE. Not a day goes by I don't miss that man. and all because of Neal Joesph Kircher. Because he was on drugs and had the nerve to escape a drug rehab and stab my father to death and make MY BIGGEST FEAR a reality. so yeah that was my fear and it came true.

so now my fear is to state my fears out loud. I see it too often, Someone scraps a fear and it happens, someone says a fear... it happens. I dont like that kinda stuff. I have the layout about my dad Here it is.

August 28, 1995 12:18 pm
rings through my memory
like a freight train. The day
that changed all of our lives
forever. This kid that was
hard up for a fix escaped
A drug rehab and stole a
vehicle. You happened to
be the first one to spot the
vehicle. When you pulled
over he stabbed you till
your death. That road now
Has your blood on it, but
It also now bears your name.
So much was taken from
Us that day ,From the world,
our family Our community. The
Sheriff’s Department lost a
deputy, many lost a friend,
many Lost an uncle, a grand
father A brother, a husband,
and a Daddy.
You were so much to so many
people.
It is easy to see that that day,
when you died. Part of me
died with you. I had no idea
the road that lay ahead of us.
How much things would change.
You truly were the glue that held
us all together. We all seemed
lost and unsure what to do after
that. SO many would say
Oh I know how you feel I lost
My dad or brother or whatever
they had cancer or heart failure.
It’s not the same. We went through
A trial, a long trial, waiting years
for justice to be served. We
fought the drug rehabs for better
security and more chaperones
For stiffer penalties for drug related
Crimes. We succeeded on a few.
We have endured the fact it happened
3 miles from our home we all loved.
I eventually would move because
It is just too painful. Some ONE
took your life. Killed you. Not
Only did that kid kill my
Daddy that day. He took
Away my sense of security
And yeah He took my GLUE.
Its been 11 years now.
People want to move on
But how can we move on
When we don’t want to forget

What we love so much.

Fall Festival

Today was the Fall Festival at Jackson Creek Christian Academy. OMGOSH it was soooooo much fun! It was bigger I think than last year. I know their were more people there. I could NOT keep up with Bella. AT ALL. John tried. Mama tried. Thank GOD it is a small place. We know most everyone. David and Diane our neighbors came so they helped us out too keep locating her. I have come to a lot of Realizations too. Things I have never noticed. Or maybe I am just getting old. (SHUT UP WINDALE. I know he is going I BEEN TELLING YOU THAT!!! yeah yeah yeah.) but man everything is SO LOUD. (maybe its this medication.) but OMGOSH. Loud is like louder than it used to be! and makes me cranky. haha.
and ANOTHER THING, when your in a wheelchair you are at BUTT LEVEL. THIS IS NOT pleasant. now if we were say in east Texas lookin at alot of hot guys in wranglers... nother story. anyway what was I talking about?
OH yeah. SO anyway. People don't pay attention. They walk right in front of you. trippin over you, back into you, its not like i can just step out of the way! MAN people are rude!
I would be trying to take photos of Bella playing a game, walk RIGHT IN front of me so I have sooooooo many pictures that look like this:

That was my chief complaint. Drove me nuts. I was trying to watch the karate demonstration. I was on the side of the little booth where the country store was (in the shade so I wouldn't die from heat stroke.. every time I would move, this chick would move right in front of me. I would have to unlock the wheels move the chair up then back and forth and over, then.. she moves again back over. so I unlock my wheels move back.. SHE MOVES AGAIN. I finally say screw it. so frustrating. Ya know.. I used to be the SAME WAY I never thought about it till now though and I know they don't either. its actually pretty funny. No one notices these things until it is them. You also don't realize how unwheelchair friendly places are either. but, That is a whole nuther post.
so here are my NOT SO GREAT because they are all from wheelchair angle photos..
JOhn did take some of them so he did get some better ones. I will try to explain them as we go.
Bella and her boy Brayden doing the cake walk.

Mama, Tara, Brayden and Bella doing cake walk (note NONE OF US won cakes rofl. We could have bought a cake for as many times as they did cake walk and none of us won a cake it was kinda funny)

Mama and Bella cake walkin'


some of the jellys and things in the country store.

auctioneer.

THis was the dude catchin the bids at the auction OMGOSH it was sooooo funny. He was keepin um goin buddy. We had people bidding that didnt know they were bidding. These people that were talking they talk with their hands. THey dont know it but they bid twice on a basket and helped up it a substantial amount hahahaha!

He was really good with that auction. IT was soooo much fun! The ALABAMA (Bama roll tide) Basket SOLD FOR 295.00 The Auburn Basket sold for right at 100.00 They also auctioned off some day passes to disney for 400.00!


Barbie the pony was there again. Again Bella wouldnt ride her. She was all pumped and wanted to ride and then when she got back there chickened out. I dunno what it is about this pony that she wont ride her. She rode the other horse before. I just do not understand it.

Bella and Grandmama rode the hay ride


she spun the pickle wheel.

popped a balloon.

And went fishing.

David and Diane (our neighbors) Met us there for lunch. In time for the auction.


We were all plum tuckered by the time we left.

I believe the school raised a nice sum of money, everyone had fun and fall has DEFINITELY been celebrated. Bella had a great time, SHe came home with a TON OF STUFF! (so did mama haha) John decided he would just make us a cake he gave up on tryin to win one in the cake walk hahahaha!
Hope you all have a great weekend.

ITS FRIDAY!

ITS FRIDAY! There are several things Im happy about. Happy its friday of course. Fall festival is this weekend but also THIS:
http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b65198_lost_footage_found_get_sneak_peek_new.html
LOST! I LOVE that show! So they are continuing it for 2009! YAY! HEY little things ok! I have been so nauseated lately with this medication so it doesn't take too much to ammuse me. I did get a couple things made for the AUBURN basket to auction at the Fall festival.
It is a check book holder, 2 little notebooks, and a book marker if your wondering. That is what you do when You are broke and can't go out and buy anything with the team logo on it but want to contribute! I had some Auburn scrapbook paper so it worked out. I wanted to make a Christmas ornament but couldn't find the clear glass ornaments I have. I have no clue what I did with them. THey will turn up probably about what... JULY? Oh well. My mom is coming she is bringing some of the jewelry she makes. She just had a craft fair and has some left over so she is donating it to the country store at Bella's school to sale. Proceeds all go to the school. How much does that rock? YAY MA!
Bella is so looking forward to her coming down this weekend. I am on this medication that makes my nerves so wacked out I hope it goes well. I might need a drink or seven before its over. Too bad I can't do that on this medication huh? oh well

John has taken Rolio helenwheelz to get lowered. We took it to the little fall festival at St Elmo Baptist church and realized it needed to be lowerd, IT was causing me to get leg cramps. so. HE is doing that today so Maybe tomorrow wont be so bad. I hope tomorrow is a pretty day. Tomorrow is a bigg fall festival and much lowder so I dunno how well I am gonna do at it. I will have to see. Praying I can do it. Bella so wants me to go and I want to be there.
so saying prayers crossing fingers and all that stuff. I have a box of brownies we are going to make to fix for the cake walk. (everyone makes something to donate for the cake walk give aways)
Hope you all have a great weekend. Check back by tomorrow for photos maybe. If im not too exhausted if not them maybe sunday.
OH and if you think about it if you would be so kind as to do so.
Cosmo cricket is having a contest. you have to post on their blog and tell them that I sent you. then I can win their 3 new lines. I would love you forever and 2 days if you would just take a second click on the link and tell them I told you to post there. tell them nancy jones @ Nancywithajones@gmail.com sent you! THANK YOU!

More kit yummies

I did another page last night attributing to the friendship Bella and Eva Caroline share. They have been Bff since we moved here wow almost 4 years ago now! Gosh it doesnt seem that long ago. But Nov the 7th it will be. Hard to believe how fast time goes by. They were both such tiny things when we moved here. Both of them being only children and living across the street from one another, was a blessing. They are so cute, they stand in the yard yelling and waving to each other can they come play and scheeming (how do you spell that word?) how they can get their parents to let the other one come over. SO FUNNY. I hope they stay friends forever.
Here is one of the photos from the Fall Festival at St Elmo Baptist Church, I scrapped with This months SCRAPBOOK OBSESSIONS KIT.

I love the colors in this kit. SO beautiful and full of fallness (if that is a word)
We have another fall festival this weekend and I AM SOOOOO looking forward to it. I am praying I get to go.
It is the one at Bella's school. IT was sooooo much fun last year. Bella LOVED IT! We all did!
I have several more projects to get done and today is my "feelin' better than usual" day since I didnt have a shot last night. so Im going to try to get some stuff done. The Topamax is still making my eyes roll around in my head though. (according to a good friend of mine that takes it, this is normal for the first few weeks... just makes no sense to me)Good news is though it will go away thank goodness!!!
Hope you all have a good monday!

Scrappin my kit!

This months kit from scrapbook Obsessions has the Basic grey Ambrosia in it and all I can say is HAVEEEEEEEEEE MERRRRRRRRRRRCY! I am so lovin' all this OOOOORRRRAAANNNGGGE! SO GORGEOUS.
I have to say though, I have been slow scrapping it. I had a Dr visit (Neurologist) on friday and well,
I got a new script called TOPAMAX that has turned me into a drooler.
30 minutes after I took the first one my IQ dropped severely. I think my eyes are rolling around in my head non stop now. I can't remember crapp anymore. WORSE than before I took it and I was pretty bad to start with... I can stare at stuff all day long and not think of what you call it to save me. I still cannot think of that guys name from the movie that said "groovyyy babbeeey" and I know it as well as I know my own name. IT is NOEL Mignion's FAVORITE movie. (see I CAN REMEMBER THAT but what the &^%$ is the name of it!?) I have no clue. GRRRRR I hate this stuff! Making me crazy! I am hoping these side effects will go away soon. I am not hearing good things from others though. anyway....
Scrapping this page I kept looking at this paper and almost falling off my scrap chair from getting dizzy. Ya pretty pathetic huh? John told me he was getting me a seat belt for my scrap chair. Hopefully that will subside after I get used to it.
One of the side effects is weight loss (FINALLY! THANK YOU LORD! THEY FINALLY, PRAISE JESUS!! GIVE ME A MEDICATION, THAT DOESNT MAKE YOU PACK ON THE LBS LIKE A BUFFALO!) but you watch.. I will be the less than .0000000001% that will gain weight or at least not loose weight on it you just watch. WHY? cuz that is just how I roll.
although I have had some good luck lately, at other things... who knows maybe juuuuusst maybe...oh well.

I couldnt wait to scrap these fall festival photos so I figured since I had this lovely kit from Scrapbook Obsessions I might as well get to it. SO here ya go...


I think she has a few kits left if you are interested.
That is one of Bella's good buddys Mandalyn on the left and yall know Eva Caroline on the right in that photo. (yall saw the photo in an earlier post) How cute are they? Hard to believe they are 5!! It is going by wayyyyyyyyy toooo fast!!!

Fall Festival

We went to the Fall Festival today at St. Elmo Baptist Church. SO much fun! Bella LOVED IT. It was a GGGGGORGEOUS day!
We took Eva Caroline (from across the street) Bellas BFF with us. THey were so cute!
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THey played on the blow up jumpy things

There were alot of different little games there for them to play.

They even had a hay ride
Everyone had a wonderful time.



We are plum tuckered out. It was good to get out though and see Bella have such a good time though. Also to see friends I haven't seen in a while. We also got to see Halloween exploded. The house across the street had gone ALLLL OUT with the halloween decorating. Check this out. Grizwalds dont have NUTTIN on these folks!







Of Course Bella thought it was the coolest thing ever and wants us to do our yard and house the same way... Im thinking NO! YOU dont get the full effect because the blow up things were inflated... but man.. I have never seen so many halloween decorations in one place in my life. We MUST go back Christmas and see what they do for that!!!

woah dude now thats a SALE!

Yall all know that right now with the financial crisis everyone is looking for good deals and to get the most for their money. I know all about this because well as you all know how expensive medication and dr visits are, we are all about budgets and cutting back. So when I tell you about this deal... You KNOW it has to be a good one cuz omg! Sales like this don't come that often!


Ok I just have to tell yall... Treasures To Scrap is having a KILLLER SALE!
70% off patterned papers and assorted embellishments, stamps, and lots of other stuff
50% off all kits!
you can click on new products also and see alot of things that have just come in or shop by manufacturer if it is easier for you. (just look at all those buttons... swoooon and jewels aaaaaaaah)

IM talking she has the stamps from basic grey, Fancy pants, Adorn it, and other manufacturers marked down to 70% OFF! SHe has THE Fancy Pants biggest board sets... 70% OFF
This is an Unbelievable sale and ugh if you have a scrapper in your life and you need to buy christmas gifts... or if you are yourself a scrapper and maybe you want to make your giftst his year... or if you just like cool crafty supplies THIS IS THE PLACE TO DO IT! SO MANY AMAAAAZING deals right now you can get a TON for the same amount you normally pay!!!!!

so CHECK IT OUT! THis wont last long!

Monday ... is a good day.

I have an article published in Scrapbooking.com's magazine on how to alter a pumpkin. It is a fun little project to do with kids as young as 2!! Check it out and show me your punkins :)

I hope to get to go to the pumpkin patch this week with Bella bug and take some photos. They have a big stand set up at the church so cute! The 30th we will be going to the BIG corn maze and pumpkin patch with her class at school. I know she is going to have lots of fun. I can't wait I hope I am able to go!
The weekend before that is the Fall Festival. Everyone is gearing up and getting ready. Bella's class is in charge of the Fishing booth and for the Auburn and ALabama gift baskets to auction. I am going to make some thing to go in them. I dont have any Bama stuff but I DO Have some Auburn papers I can use for altering.
I might make a notebook and some cards or something to go in there.

I scrapped again last night. I scrapped the photo of Bella I took yesterday.



I love these photos. WHY IS IT anytime I take photos of her THAT TONGUE has to be sticking out! In every photo shoot I have at least one of her sticking out her tongue and monkey shining... she is soooo my kid!!!!

I put some Doodlebug Sugar crystals on these letters to make them BLING out.


I added red bling dots to the flower also, and added pop foam dots behind them to lift it up for dimension.

I actually feel pretty decent today. YEAH I KNOW. I was shocked too. I was scared I was dead when I woke up and I wasn't nauseaus and hurting! So it is getting easier finally. They told me around October November I should start getting used to the medication and it get easier. NOW to just get rid of the blame shingles... that is another story. I think they are about gone but scared to say it in fear they will come back worse! I don't take a shot on Sunday nights so I get like a day off. SO ussually I don't feel AS crummy on Mondays. Hard to imagine getting used to this but Oh well We adapt! It could BE SOOOO MUCH WORSE!

I was getting some things ready to mail and forgot that it was Columbus day and the mail doesn't run today. Some kids are out of school today but we are in (I think because we missed some during Hurricane Gustav)

Well I need to get up and go clean something while I feel decent. Take advantage of Feeling better haha. I really really need to go to the school and take some pictures with Bella and her teacher. I just hate to do that to her without planning in advance. (Don't want to get in teachers way) Is hard for me to plan anything though.

Well Im out of here! TOODLES!

Gotta have .... Faith?

Did ya give up on me? Did you think I wasn't gonna post? Well If so I fooled you.
My cord on my camera was giving me some fits so I wasn't able to upload my stuffs.
Ticked me off, but the wonderful hubster fixed it. so now I can show you stuff again :)

Here are some things I have been working on:



This is Scenic Route Appleton! Tracy at Treasures To Scrap sent me a big ol box full of goodies to play with. So you will be seeing some of these this week :) THANK YOU TRACY! LOVE IT! so bright and cheery. This was Bella's last year school photo... over priced and no they didnt brush her hair or wash her face. They let them out on the playground to waller around then brought them in to take photos. Ya.. for the lovely 29.95 you get what 4 pics? No thanks.

This is SEI BLACK ORCHID. SOOOO pretty!!!








This is a little bandaid tin that I painted and cut holes with my big bite. Added ribbon, Prima flowers, metal Faith and ALOT OF BLINGGGGG! I made the mini album out of some chipboard I had laying around. I cut them like luggage tags. Added bible verses to go in the Band aid tin. You know.. so when you have a boo boo you can patch it up with a little verse? GET IT? I knew you did cuz you are just smart that way YOu can find SEI Papers at TREASURES TO SCRAP. (and don't forget they are 35% cheaper than retail EVERYDAY!)

Here are some pics I took this morning of Miss priss all duded up for church.








HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL SUNDAY!

I'll be back.....

Sorry havn't updated. Shingles moved to the OTHER SIDE and on my ear where it is on the nerve it is on is effecting my eye and massive headache. But, I will be back Just got to get rid of headache. Hopefully I can show more cool stuff tomorrow. In the mean time how about checking out some of the links over on the side where it says BLOGS I LOVE. I have some massive talented buds. I need to add some to my list over there and I think I have a few links that don't work anymore. ITS ON THE LIST lol OK sunglasses arent helping I thought that might help me get some work done but its rubbing them and making it worse so BACK TO BED. SORRRY (I tried)
check out those blogs and tell em your favs! IF there are some awesome ones that arent on the list tell me about it. Give me a link and I will check it out!
hugs and hope!

rain rain. whehew!

I LOVE these Websters Pages patterned papers. The papers are so versitile. Great for vintage photos or you can use them with modern style pages. GREAT for altered objects as well. I won these papers from THE DESIGN EXPERIMENT blog from a challenge I completed a couple weeks ago. I have had a blast playing with these papers. BUT IM NOT DONE YET I STILL HAVE SOME LOL. The florals are so pretty and the little bumble bees and butterflies. yumm


I want to take a photo of Bella's Chair that my brother made her from the wood from my Grandmothers House. My neighbor David took this photo of Bella with the chair in her dedication dress. But I need one of Just the chair. I think I can do that though.
THe challenge this month is to do cut work and to scrap an object. SO I thought it would make a good page to go in her album anyway. So many things we have that I want her to knwo where they came from and why they are special to me. I think this is a good way to do that. If you would like to join in on the challenge come on! LOTS OF FUN!

Bellas field trip got postponed till the 30th (WHHHEWWHEWWWW) Im glad as you can tell. Mainly because THEN, maybe I will get to go!!! It was raining today and also I have these blasted shingles. I ahve several that are open and no way I could be around humans with them. All I need is to catch a cold and whamo pneumonia again so. It worked out. John had calls today anyway and he wouldnt have been able to go either. so many kids are out sick so It just worked out. WHEHEW.
That is about it for me today.. Just tired I think from this med and the shingles. Im going to attempt to scrap some more. I have some photos over here I want to get done.
hope you have a great day!

WOW is it MONDAY ALREADY?

I hope everyone had a good weekend. I have some more shingles that have popped up on my ear and neck so I spent alot of time resting and laying around this weekend. I did finally though get the page I had been working on this week with the lovely WEBSTERS PAGES I won from The Design Experiment. Had a great time playing with this paper I love it! Still have some and some photos Im planning on using with it too! You should go check it out. They have a new line that just came out as well that is sooo awesome.

Bella had a "hot date" this weekend. IT was so funny. John came back and told me Friday night that Brayden (his mom Tara works with the company John works with and we have gotten to be good friends with their family, they also live in our subdivision and have helped us out tremendously with Bella since I have been sick. Never can thank them and others that help us out enough! It is hard being this far away from family when things like this happen)
So anyway, Brayden calls JOHN and asks permission to take Bella to McDonalds. NOT just ANY McDonalds. THE GOOD MCDONALDS.
The one that has the video games and stuff! He was so excited John said.He came back here just shaking his head and laughing. HE said oh man she is only 5 I dunno If I can handle this hahahaaa. She was beaming from ear to ear. SHe told me she was gonna fix up CAAAUUUUTE before he (and his mom) picked her up.
SHe woke up at 7 am ready to go hahaha! Dunno what To do with them too but they sure are cute!!! Tara was so sweet she took some pics for me of them playing. I hate Im not able to go and do that much with Bella but Im so fortunate my Hubby and friends do take alot of pics for me so I don't feel like I miss as much. Thank you Tara for taking these pics for me!

The grand opening of AMR's (All Moments Remembered) Brick and Morter store was this weekend. In celebration, they had alot of stuff going on at the site and had a posting contest. Well since I had shingles and couldnt really do alot of anything. I figured hey.. why not. I knew a couple of the girls on there from other places and OMG it was so much fun. I have laughed till I thought I was gonna cry. IT really took my mind off of how bad my neck and ear hurt and also KEPT ME FROM SCRATCHING. (my fingers were too busy)
I was alot better by yesterday just so tired... so I finished my layout I had been working on for several days and after a long power nap (yeah the one I spoke up earlier where I thought it was the next day when I woke up) I jumped on and we all helped each other get some posts. It was great fun. I want to thank those ladies that was a lot of fun and Kept me from clawing my face off lol

In other news... Bella went to church with "Aunt Diane and Uncle David" so we kinda had the day to ourself. Was weird.. lol I actually laid down around lunch woke up and thought it was the next morning. I was so confused. I hate it when that happens.
But, the night before John came back at about 9 pm and told me OH YEAH, Bella told Diane that you had made a frame for the sunday school music teachers baby shower.. "HUH? what teacher? What Baby SHower? what baby??? EEK!!" "So ugh, is she having a boy baby or girl baby? Boy baby.." (soooo figures) If it was a girl? no problem! I could whip something right up but boy? no, got to plan for that I dont have alot of baby boy things. WHat had happened is Bella saw me make the Frame for Jessiah my friend Fran's new grandson with the Reminisce Jungle papers. SHE JUST WAS ADAMANT this frame was for THAT boy baby. I told her we didnt know if that baby had a J name or what that baby's name was gonna be, but that I PROMISE as soon as I find out We will make him a frame together. Well that kinda fixed it a little but boy she was upset with me. Im talkin crocodile tears! So THis week I HAVE GOT to get some baby boy paper and make that baby a frame before Sunday! It was just a prerequisit of what is to come I am sure. Im waiting for the "OH YEAH! I SIGNED YOU UP TO MAKE 400 cookies for the bake sale tomorrow. They have to be done by 7 am and its 9 pm now." Yeah I figure it will happen.
So what about you guys? you ever have your kids do this to you? or Hubby volunteer you for stuff? Share with me your stories.
Hope you have a good monday. TODAY REMINISCE DESIGNS announced some of the winners of their contest. I got an honorable mention. HEY THAT IS BETTER THAN NOTHING HUH! Im excited! Especially with all the pages that I saw I wasn't expecting a thing. All the work I had submitted I had made for other stuff so It wasn't extra work, nothing ventured nothing gained! I was really surprised to see my name up there. I can't wait to see who won! (got my fingers crossed for several folks out there!) They are going to be announcing 3rd, 2nd, then 1st place all week. I know the girls who haven't been named already are probably nervous.
OK! I got to get to work. I have stuff due YIKES!
Have a great day!

are you ready ?

I just want yall to know I have not laughed this hard in I can't remember. We LOVED looking at your responses. I also felt the hugs and the love from the stories of personal experiences shared. So many people suffer from this illness in so many ways. I just pray some day they will find the cause and stop it from happening. I think that is my biggest wish is that Bella never have to deal with this herself or her kids or their decedents.

IT was a hard choice but omgosh some of the answers were just too funny.
My buddy liz made me spit my drink with HELEN WHEELZ, that is too perfect for me huh? We will call its given name rolio helenwheelz Jones. bwahahaha
I think I am going to (for now) going to have to use the idea of some sort of fabric or cushions to cover it with. Due to insurance hubby told me I cant do anything much to it for a short term then I can paint it whatever color I want hehehehe. THEN MY CREATIVE LICENSE I GUESS will be approved and I CAN GO WILD. Soooo I will be showing yall as we get this bad boy tricked out in all her glory.
SO I will be given them a little happy :)

BUT FOR THE BOX OF GOODIES I HAVE OVER HERE.... we put EVEEEEEEEEEERYONE that gave a suggestions name into this bowl.

Bella stirred them up realllly good she said.

She dug her fingers in and swished around......

and

our

lucky

winner

is.....

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(that's a drumroll if you didn't notice)
do you like the drum roll? OH did I EVER TELL YOU ABOUT THE TIME MY BROTHER got Bella drums for Christmas?
sorry I will get on with it geeez yall are anxious this morning!!
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SCRAPHAPPY NANCYW! YAYYYY! Congrats to you! Email me your address at NancywithaJones@gmail.com so we can get these goodies out to you.


What else is happening today? It world card making day! Everywhere on the net they have card challenges and gallery shows for beautiful cards today.
I hope you and yours get to spend some creative time today making cards for someone.
Bella loves to make cards.. she just recently gave me the "Im sorry for somethin'" card after she wrote with a sharpie on a photo and thought she was dead meat. I know she thinks the reason she is still on earth is that she gave me that card. SEEE they come in sooo handy (hahaha)
so take some time today and make a few cards to have on hand. Ya never know when you might need to send one as a pick me up for someone! (or a peace offering haha)

Bella has a hot date today. HER BOY (Brayden) called John yesterday and asked permission to take her out to McDonalds to the play land. THE GOOD McDonalds playland that had the video games and the and the and the great big swiiiide! John was laughin because it was so cute how he was so excited explaining what all they were gonna do followed with a PWEEEASE can she come wiff us?
How can you say no to that? So Bella has a hot date today with Brayden. Tara just picked her up. I swear Im gonna have to watch that girl. KINDERGARTEN and already got the boys chasing her.

OK well Im off to finish this layout maybe (my hands are not aching today as bad thank you lord) and clean this house before they come put the yellow tape on the door and make us evacuate. Also making some cards today later.ALSO, The ladies over at ALL MOMENTS REMEMBERED have their October kit up this month. Check it out. She is doing her grand opening of her brick and morter store and is doing some fun stuff.
Have a good one and congrats to Nancy W. again! AND THANK YOU ALLLLL SOOOOOOO MUCH
FOR HELPING ME TURN SOMETHING THAT WAS KINDA DEPRESSING INTO SOMETHING POSITIVE AND SMILEY!! YOU GUYS ROCK!! SMOOCHAS AND LOVE
XOXOXOOXOX