12 months of October Afternoon!!!

I fell absolutely in love with this kit from www.Scrapbookobsessions.com! I LOVEEEE this OCTOBER AFTERNOON PAPER! IT is adorably cuttteee! The little animals are so precious. YOU can do SO MUCH with it. IT has also got fruit and flowers and fall things You can switch sides and make it spring summery.. It is so versatile. I MADE AN ENTIRE CALENDAR WITH IT!!!! CHECK IT OUT!





I got these pictures just in time... now its raining... :blink:





John had cut out these blocks of wood for me when I was doing all these mini albums at Christmas one
year. I thought THIS would be PERFECT to do a little calendar with. :blink:.
I ran out of the twine when I was tying them together though, so it took me a little longer to get this project made.
because I had to order some more lol but FINALLLYYY here it is: I added extra photos of it hanging
in my foyer and laying outside so you might can see it. It is hard to photograph....









I used Making Memories edge distresser on the October Afternoon Papers Inked the edges with
colorbox Inks. Favorite Findings buttons The Prima flower from the kit I used Glimmer mist
Iridescent Gold then highlighted with the colorbox inks on the Jeni Bowlin Calendar.
I cut out the little Pig to peek out of the flower,

Feb:
I used Vintage pink Glimmer mist Queen and company felt border, Making memories paper clip
creative imaginations twill, Making memories edge distresser colorbox fluid ink chalks I cut the sheep out and
pop dotted them onto the page.




March I took Green heart bling and put them together to make clover. I used some
old stickers cutting them out used the word "lucky" sentiment across the top.
I used one of the strings in the cord of rope to make the stem of my shamrock clover and used
a green marker on it.
I added Happy St Patricks Day ribbon across the bottom since that is one of the things March is
Known for.
I also used Iridescent Gold glimmer mist on this page to represent the pot of Gold your supposed to get if you
catch that leprechaun.


April:
I used vintage pink Glimmer mist I also used Crystal stickles on all of the polka dots to represent Rain drops. also lightly
on the flower.

I cut that little duck out (about 4 times since my neighbor kept making me decapitate the chicken... since he was using his skill saw and scaring me to pieces)

I distressed the paper with the glimmer mist ruffed the edges with the edge distressed inked it added the rain drops, used the MME Buttons that were an add on this month* Inked the Jeni Bowlin calendar And added the little duck.




I used The Threading water punch on this one to make a little border in the center. Inked the edges of it. hand cut those little flowers
I cut down the little alphas that were in our kit this month and over lapped them to make them whimsical.
I used the Iridescent gold glimmer mist. wrinkled up my calendar for a shabby chic look. inked the edges and distress edged it with the MM edger. I pop dotted some of the flowers. (I meant to put bling on the centers of the flowers and just realized I missed that sorry)

June I used a piece of burlap that i pulled loosely i inked my OA paper heavily for contrast I put some ribbon through
the Jenni Bowlin button. used Creme De Chocolate Glimmer mist VERY LIGHTLY then rubbed it with my finger off the calendar to the edges.
then inked the edges of the calendar with my colorbox fluid ink chalks. I cut out the cow and pop dotted him on there


***** ALL THE EDGES OF THE WOOD HAVE BEEN INKED HEAVILY.


THEN YOU TURN THE PROJECT OVERRRRRRRRRRR~~~~~~>>>> TO THE BACK ..... YEAH ITS REVERSIBLE





Celebrate the 4th of July with the loud crowing rooster... I used Queen and company stars and accented it with Crystal Stickles , Stars and stripes ribbon held with staples, iridescent gold Glimmer mist on the calendar and inked the edges with colorbox fluid ink chalks.

August: Suede Glimmer mist, Iridescent Gold glimmer mist offray ribbons, Making memories tiny alphas, October afternoon alphas
I cut the sheep and the apple out of the papers and used the October Afternoon stickers.


September, Latte Glimmer mist, burlap from my stash, I cut out the fruit from the October afternoon Patterned Paper.
October Afternoon stickers


Iridescent gold glimmer mist colorbox fluid ink chalks tangerine stickles, black diamond stickles, bazzill just the edge, prima leaves
burlap, versa mark inks

Nov
Creme De Chocolate glimmer mist, Iridescent Gold Glimmer mist, Lime green stickles, Crystal Stickles wal mart leaves, mm distresser, colorbox fluid ink chalks, versa mark inks, MME buttons, zig writer, maya road twine



MM edge distresser, Colorbox fluid ink chalks, Prima bling, unknown bling (star) crystal stickers bling, All my memories metal embellishment (present) iridescent Gold glimmer mist, Crystal Stickles, maya road twine, versa color inks.


Here is another look at it hanging on a wall IT is hard to photo graph this all hanging so as to see it good....


The Other side:




This was really fun to make. I loved the little animals (how cute are they) and have so many more ideas floating around to do with this. Off to go create!! Happy Tuesday!

October Afternoon

I love these papers by October Afternoon. I have been knee deep in this kit this month. I am loving all of the little farm animals and cannot get enough of them.
I apologize in advance for these photos. I have tried to get better photos and there is a glare every way I have tried. SO, I took more than one so You can see it for all of its worth It is on the BLING by Bazzill Cardstock See the sheen on the back ground paper. LOVEEEE THAT! ALso the Bazzill Just the edge I added all that sparkly to it. I will show ya!

First: I inked the edges with Color box fluid ink chalks in chestnut roan (one of my most favorite of all time colors I cant live without this Those and the Tim Holtz Distress inks do not leave my side)

THEN: I went over with Ranger Stickles in Tangerine. IT IS ALOT easier to ink it FIRST PRIOR to Stickling or GLittering.. Just a tip there for ya.

(you will see this on the bottom of the layout)


Remember those awesome punches and stuff my Mother in Love got me a lil bit back? Well some will make their debut today on this layout

see them there at the top?





I am having sooo much fun with this kit but.. I am waiting on something in the mail to go with it so I can finish what I am working on. (PRAYING TOMORROW IT WILL BE HERE!)

Im working on an altered project. Here is a peek for now I will let you see the rest when it comes in the mail and I can finish it up. Im kinda stuck till it gets here.

its all scrappy

IM busy scrappin... I have glitter all in my hair.. so.. ughmm

im ok..I will be posting some good stuff soon. so just be ready.. to feast your eyes
Im in heaveeeeeen with this kit. There was a mix up and I got mine a little later so Im bookin it tryin to get my stuff done. and I also ran out of some of the twine but Im doing a BIGGG altered thing too. OK back at it.


toodlessss

xoxoxoxox

HAPPY WORLD CARD MAKING DAY!!

HEY YALL!! IS everyone making cards for WORLD CARD MAKING DAY? DO YOU HAVE A BIG STACK FORMING? ARE YOU AT A CROP? IN YOUR PJ'S WATCHING MOVIES WHILE YOU SCRAP? WHATS THE SCOOP? WHATS THE STORY? let me know... Inquiring minds haha! I thought I would add this to give you some more inspiration!
Here is a tutorial I did for Scrapbook Obsessions a while back. This was originally taught to me by a friend of mine at our local scrapbook store. I have kinda put a few variations on it and made it my own (actually I forgot some of the steps she showed) but it is pretty much the same thing. (THANK YOU STEF YOU ROCK!) It is really fun to get your children involved in also! They love making cards! It is fun to see what they come up with. Bella loves to make her teacher cards. (HOW SWEET IS THAT?)
I always need ideas for a quick gift to give teachers, friends or family. This has been a life saver gift for me on many occasions! SO come on lets have some fun!!
Its not hard, so get you some supplies and join in.

I have broken it down in easy easy steps, so even a beginner can play along! It is very inexpensive to make also. You can buy packs of these 6 x 6 page protectors at Hobby Lobby and there are about 10 in a pack.) really inexpensive (under 5 dollars and they go on sale cheaper than that) I am always making cards with leftovers. So this is another one of those inexpensive projects! SCORE! (Mostly leftovers from various kits)


I used Patterned paper from Fancy pants
card stock
rub ons
chipboard shapes
buttons
stickers
color box fluid ink chalks

1) 6 x 6 page protector




take a 6x6 page protector and cut the part that you put into the album off just after the seam.


Cut a piece of double sided paper to 8 1/2 x 5 1/2.


Round one end, you can use a dinner plate or a bowl and trace around the edge of it then cut. Ink the edges


SCORE at 2 and 1/2 and at 3 inches from the rounded edge.



slide down inside the page protector. Place a velcro sticky on the rounded edge of card stock and one on the matching side of the page protector to hold it closed.
You can decorate with a piece of Fiber or twill (cute little frilly ball hangy fiber as I have here) Jewels, buttons etc.

To go around the edge.


THEN make 4 general occasion cards.
Here are the ones that I made:











I am working on a few more things that I HOPEE to get posted today. I really love this little tutorial and since IT IS "WORLD CARD MAKING DAY." I thought it would be fun to share This "TUTORIAL FROM THE PAST" again with you guys. I really do enjoy writing tutorials. I miss doing that. Makes me realize how much I miss it. There are a lot of New scrappers out there that have not seen these. I also have had some requests for some of these as well.
Hope you have a great Saturday and LET ME KNOW, ARE YOU MAKING CARDS TODAY? where are you scrappin? Are you going to a crop today? What are you up to today? You know I am home bound these days due to the MS so I love to hear about these things lol SO I CAN LIVE VICARIOUSLY THROUGH YOU GUYS!!! SHARE PHOTOSSSSS PLEASEEEEE!!!
HUGS PEACE AND SCRAPPY LOVE MY FRIENDS!!!!
I will have moreee scrappy stuff for you guys laterr!

World Card Making Day

The Scrapbooking/Stamping/crafting/papercrafting/cardmaking (did I cover it all?) Industry is all abuzz with news Of WORLD CARD MAKING DAY tomorrow.
In respect of this I put together 2 simple little cards using some of the scraps I had left from last months Spread Your Wings kit from WWW.SCRAPBOOKOBSESSIONS.COM These are really simple simple non complicated cards that any skill level could make.



That is what I like about making cards. It is a fun sentiment to give to someone. They enjoy it and I enjoy giving it to them to brighten their day.

This card didn't take that long to make. I will be making a ton more cards to donate to the Fall Festival at Bella's School. This is one of their BIGGEST fund raisers. All of the proceeds go to keeping the costs down so these children get the best education they can.
IF you could see the things these children are doing you would be amazed. It just has me in awe. Just love that we are apart of this place. :)IT blesses the parents as well as the children.

Here is another Card. I thought this would make a good Wedding, Anniversary, Valentines, You could use it for so much,



The inside of these cards are blank. With a white insert so you can put your own sentiment. SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? Get started making cards today! Replenish your stash and start making others smile. Just to say hi, or maybe you have birthdays or want to get started on the upcoming holidays. :)
I will have some tutorials up soon. Tomorrow I am going to be making MORE CARDS and showing you some more ideas of things you can do to celebrate WORLD CARD MAKING DAY.
SO do you have big plans? Will you be making cards? TELL ME HERE IN THE REPLIES. I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.

Also TODAY the 4th quarter edition of STAMPING* STATIONERY* AND SCRAPBOOKING at Hobby LOBBY should hit the shelves. It is the Fall Halloween THanksgiving and Christmas Edition. YOU SHOULD NOTE THERE IS A 40% coupon on the BACK COVER OF THE MAGAZINE ALSO!! BE sure to use YOUR COUPON!! ( See if you recognize the little girly on pages 9, 10, 16 and 43)

update and IMPORTANT NEWS

So I have not updated my blog lately, sorry blog. I have just been chillin, Scrappin, and relaxin. The shingles love me and IM not talkin' bout the kind on the roof. I take so much valtrex my dr writes in bigggg letters on my scripts SHE HAS SHINGLESSSSSSSSSSS. (cuz you knowwwwwwww the pharmacist look at us funny when we get those scripts filled) I wanna say NOOOO I DONT HAVE what the commecials say this is FOR!!!! but I REFRAIN.
Someone sent me a link to DOOCE's blog where she did a video where she had shingles recently and she says shingles with "spirit fingers." she does it in a rather scary way. Totally cracked me up to tears.
I get them where I have them on one side, Then they go to the other side. THat is what has happened. NOW they are on the OTHER side. Lucky me. so I can't turn to the left too well. Oh well complaining is not making it better.

It has been crazy. Bella has been having homework like crazy It is wild the things she is doing and only in first grade. She is using words that just amaze me. I keep saying I am going to have to go back to college just to help her with her homework.

A new gadget has entered my mind and I have not been able to sleep. HERE
It is so far out of our budget that I need to just get it out of my head. It would be nice. Kinda like the LAPTOP for scrapbooking. I sat up one night trying to win one. As much as Im in the bed it would be nice. but 300 bucks??? COME ONNN! IT will take all your cricut cartridges and put them in one place and you can draw with it and link them together. It is the size of a video tape. When your finished you just plug it in and print. OMG it is the coolest thing I have ever seen. well next to laptop computers and sliced bread. but omgosh this thing rocks. since I am in the bed so much and have to be in dr offices so much I thought it would be awesome to be able to design with. Then get home print out... but..
I figure the price HAS GOT to come down. I just cannot SEE 300 dollars for this thing omgosh. BUT THEY SOLD OUT OF THEM ON HSN IN 24 hours :O are you kidding me?
You get 2 cartridges that YOU ONLY GET if you buy the Gypsy. OMGOSH this thing is SOOOO AWESOME.
HERE IS a Video with it ACTUALLY MAKING A LAYOUT.
(she has some cartridges on there I want too haha)


In other BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY news. THIS IS SOOO COOL!!!

My BUD MY PAL MY friend MERRY is walking YAY MERRY!!! in the MS WALK HEYYYY MERRRY :::BIG WAVE::: IM SO PROUD OF YOUUUUU!!!!!! andddd SHE NEEEDS SPONSORSSSS Her goal is to raise 500.00
so please read this and help her. SHE SUFFERS FROM THIS DISEASE as I DO.

This is a very courageous thing for her to do I am so proud of Merry. I am going to keep posting about this and hopefully she will SURPASS her goal and raise this money for the MS FOUNDATION. WE need all the research we can get.
I know personally that I wanna be able to see Bella bug grow up,and become the woman I know that she will. I want to be a really old lady. Like old old. METHUSELAH old.
I did a page about our experience with MS for the point blank challenge that you can see on this blog post It is not fun for the millions out there that have to deal with this crapp. I am blessed to have a supportive husband to help take care of me. There are so many out there that do not have this. I know that I am blessed even though we have this awful disease in our life. It could always be worse.
so if you would forgo a starbucks... help Merry I WOULD LOVE YOU FOREVER she is gonna walk for herself and for all those like us that suffer from this horrible illness...and also because I CAN'T walk in this.. Thanks so much Merry!. LOVE YOUUUS MERRY!! I AM SO PROUD OF YOU!!! KEEP UP THE FIGHT! I GOT YOUR BACK DAY TO DAY!

LOTS to catch up on!

OK so I know I haven't updated sorry, been working on a layout and its been driving me mad!! I got these rub ons out of my scrap booking stash. They were not expensive. I will not put here the name brand but It is not an expensive one and NO THEY DON'T smell like pop corn. YA. My bud Jing Jing that I am on the Scrapbook Obsession's Design Team came up with that theory. (AND IT IS SOOOOOO TRUE!!!) She had figured out that when rub ons ( for just example the Jenni Bowlin ones the little ones and the Cosmo Cricket ones) are really good rub ons, They smell like popcorn!!! SERIOUSLY!

Well I wanted to do this layout with a countdown in the swirliess on the side... yeah.. ::SIGH:: I was going to have them fading down the swirls like they were time fading off in a "Alice in Wonderland" kinda mesmerizing way,,, well THAT DIDNT HAPPEN ! IT was good in "THEORY"

I actually did a layout before, that I wrote tiny "The Night Before Christmas story" all around the flourishes and That is what gave me the idea
so I lifted myself, so to speak HERE IT IS.. see the tiny writing? That was her Cinderella doll she got from Grandma that year. she was so happy. Her first BARBIE. (the big head barbie cinderella.)
So that is what I was "TRYING" TO SORTA DO

OK SO BACK TO THE OFFENDING RUB ONS...

(THAT DIDN'T SMELL LIKE POPCORN) I had to rub and rub and rub. my hands were cramping!! OH! but they were soooo perfect for this page!!! Well, so I THOUGHT! grrrr, They tore off the top layers of my papers and made a mess of things. I was so upset.
So what was I to do? I was just upset. I summonsed my facebook pals and twitter audience my brain was just stalled HELP HELP! SCRAPPER DOWN SCRAPPER DOWN! 911 RUB ON DAMAGE DETECTED CALL FOR BACK UP! SEND IN THE REINFORCEMENTS!! well here they came with all these ideas and solutions (who knew!) THANKS YALL!!

Lately I have had just my cup running over with stress and so tired of being sick we have had some deaths in my inner network of friends and family so I just have been at this point in life where you want to stand on that mountain and SCREAM I HAVE HAD ENOUGH I CANT TAKE ANYMOREEEEEEEEEEE!!!
Ya so I have just stepped away from everything and have just been scrap booking a lot and attending these scrap booking video chats and forum board things. Well through twitter and through facebook, I have met some really fun and cool people that have taught me SOOOOO MUCH.
(REMOVABLE TAPE??? I had no idea)
and I had totally forgotten about my highly coveted item UNDU!!!
Can you EVEN FIND THIS STUFF ANYMORE? I Need a 5 gallon bucket of it!
Just a tiny droplet of it and omgosh the offending (NON POPCORN SMELLING) rub on was gone!! JUST LIKE THAT!! The pieces of the paper that were missing.. eeehhh not so much.
BUT, I could cover that up and voila' THE PAGE WAS SAVED!

It was hard to photograph this page with all the sparkly on it.
I used AMERICAN CRAFTS pp, Doodlebug sugared cardstock, LOTSSSSSSSSS of stickles, Maya road stars and the little swooshy things (nike swooshes) basic grey alphas, versa mark inks, Heidi swapp flowers, all kinda buttons, Bazzill just the edge dotted, Heidi swapp chipboard clock, Hobby lobby bling, off ray eyelash sparkly fibers.. I needed lots of bling for this to say NEW YEARSSS.



So I want to tell you about some places out there. SOOOOO much FUN!!
Yall all know about www.Scrapbookobsessions.com
I am on the design team for them. LOVE THEM SOOO MUCH. THEIR KIT THIS MONTH IS OCTOBER AFTERNOON THE FARM LIFE! PERFECT FOR FALL!!! IT IS PACKEDDDD!! THEY HAVE THE ADD ONS IT IS HOT HOT HOT and it is going to BE G O N E so you better snatch it up while you can folks!

YOu can order it HERE
The add ons are OMG AWESOMEEEEE! (THE JENNI BOWLIN RUB ONS SMELL LIKE POPCORN!!!! I HAVE SOME YUMMMM)


THere is a 2 week yes you heard me 2 WEEK CROP GOING ON at www.scrapadilly.com
(I am still in first grade because I AM SUCH a perfectionist yes my kindergarten layout is that new years layout roflmbo)


Also, I want to tell you about a new place for the fabulous Amy Coon. It's called THE PAPER LIFE. This is just the cutest place. so much fun! she does these videos. and interviews people. she has giveaways, pod casts,really sooo much fun. you should check it out.
The first interview is with Leslie Ashe we all know and just love her to piecess! Love me some Leslie! like my sis! Yall check this place out. SHe has critique of products (which we know is just enabling, my hubby thanks her for that tremendously!!) ::I can see Amy run hiding:: it really is fun she is so cute and so fun you should check it out!
www.thepaperlife.com (paperlife also has a chat room and we are some scary chatters!!!)


I also want to tell you about UNKIT LIVE. It is a video Chat with Miss sudie. (JUST LOVE HER) she is so much fun. She does demonstrations, tutorials, product demonstrations (haha bloopers and all, she is sooo funny yall) all kinda fun things. She shows it on video and we will chat with her in the chat room on USTREAM LIVE. She can see what we are saying while we watch her. Very interactive. Very fun. Here is the link to the blog. You can see the tapings she will ask us questions we answer them. It gets kinda funny at times. We have a lot of fun! SHe is really fun!



I will tell you about some more fun things next time I have been finding out soooooo many fun things and fun places around the web out there IF you want to follow me on twitter I list them on there so you can attend. DEAL?
Twitter@Nancywithajones

HOLY WOW my Mother in love ROCKS.

OK so the door bell rang and I knew I was getting something from my Mother in Love but HAD NOW EARTHLY IDEA IT WAS CHRISTMAS. HOLY WOW. BEJESHSHHSHS!I have had a really rough last few weeks and to say this was a ughmmm pick me up OMWORDDDDD.
Leave it to my mother in lowe I tell you. SHe knows I have had so much happening and My Dr's fussing at me to GET MY STRESS DOWN! Well what does that? SCRAPBOOKING. haha


I had her on this mission. I have been wanting this particular Martha Stewart Punch That I really liked. I had her, My mom, My s.i.l. everyone on the look out. I am unable to get out shopping and I KNOWWW I can order offline but I know they are out and about so thought if they found a good deal grab it... (everyone keeps saying OH we found it here and it was so and so much cheaper than it was online for x amount plus shipping see what I mean?)

SO ANYWAY.. I emailed a photo of said punches its a 2 set and put them on the grand hunt. Well of course because we are in the south THEY HAVE NOT ARRIVED here yet.
not EVEN a tab for them yet here, Everyone is looking for them. Well, MY M.I.L. In the quest for looking for that. DID though find THIS:


SO TO SAY MY HEART ALMOST STOPPPED... ughmmm yeah. This box was FULLL OF STUFF. SHe said well IT WAS ALL ON SALE. and Christmas and your birthday is coming and you have had a rough week and I never know what to get you, I know you like this stuff.

YEAH... omg.

heres more photos:


I think an angel just got her wings in heaven? Did you hear it?

Holy wow I have just been sitting here staring at all of it. Im just in AWE.

I don't know what to do first.

Lets see there's:
3 sets of clear stamps
2 edge border punches
8 decorative punches
5 packs of ribbon
4 packs of chipboard
1 package of chipboard/ sticker assortment
some other miscellaneous leaves and die cut embellies
mini album

OH and IT ALLL smellls like maaaaaa! (HOMEEEEEEEEEE)





And then I cry because I have the BEST MOTHER IN LOVE IN THE ENTIRE WORLD. I told her to be sure and put some stickers in there for Bella. SHe had a box in there FULLLL of little stickers for her. HOW SWEET IS THAT!! ANd of course Bella bug will love these punches also! SHe loves to scrapbook with me! SHe was so happy to see the cup cake and the princess crown.


Ya there was ribbon and chipboard and a mini album and all sorts of stuff in there I just am sitting here in awe. YA speechless IF YOU CAN BELIEVE IT!! YA MEEEEE SPEECHLESS! I just am staring at all this I want to touch it and roll around in it.


ITS ALL SOOO BEAUTIFUL. I KNOW yall think Im nuts I KNOW YOU DO. yall just dont understand. Im just in awe.
That she could do something this sweet and this wonderful FOR MEEEEEE! I love this woman so much.
OH AND SHE BEST NOT be gettin' nothing else for Christmas cuz OMG!(I know how she is) I can't think about how much is in this box! OFF to make her something totally incredible!!!

THANK YOU SOOO MUCH MA I LOVE YOU MORE THAN YOU WILL EVER BEGIN TO KNOW. I hope I can be a wonderful M.I.L and Nana like you some day!!!
::TEARS TEARS TEARS::

Spread ya wings kitty...

Don't think that the kitty will but oh well I can try...
I did this layout real quick today. This is with the SCRAPBOOK OBSESSIONS SEPTEMBER KIT where I am on the DESIGN TEAM. LOVE THE 3 Bugs In A Rug spread your wings collection. so perfect for all these kitty pictures I have of Bella and Tinker~Fred.



My paper trimmer kept getting hung up when I was cutting my cardstock. I guess it is getting time to switch out.
Oh well. It was fun Scrapbooking a messy face little girl trying to catch that cat hahahaha. Poor thing. (you decide which one the poor thing is for Bella or Tinker~Fred) I hope you have a great Weekend!)

Ahhh Reminiscing the good old days

Watching Paula Dean cook good ol country style veggies and watching people garden makes me home sick. I know to some this just sounds BIZARRE. IF you saw how we grew up you would probably slap me right now and say GIRL RUN! You have it better. But sometimes looking back you wonder.

The innocence today of Bella being SOOOOO upset when she came home with an ICE CREAM STICKY BOOK BAG. (she insisted on saving her ice cream she got at lunch for her afternoon break and stuck it in her book bag. ( yeah I had to sneak off to the back and laugh so she wouldn't see me) WHAT? I comforted her. I held her so tight while she shed the great big crocodile tears. I KNOW HOW tenderhearted this child is. We rescued what we could of what was left but, she learned her lesson. Bless its heart. I felt so bad. but That was funny. This kid brings me so much joy. Totally cracks me up!

We had some ice cream in the freezer but "it just not that same mama" SO I will have to send daddy to the store if she will do really good studying today. That face it was just so pitiful. I felt so bad for her.

I thought we talked about Ice and melting.. and Alabama and heat... she musta missed that conversation too somewhere along with Tinker~Fred and girls not liking tomatoes or soemthing.
Anyway. If your bored. or just glutten for punishment. You can go back and read this OLD POST of days gone by.
YES I KNOW its not July 4th. But it does talk about some of my old family memories growing up of the HUGEEEEEEE family reunions. Has some old distorted photos that will make your eyes fall out trying to see too :)

point blank challenge

I completed this layout for a challenge at the Pointe Blank Period challenge blog.

We were supposed to Journal about what we feel holds us back from being a better person in life. use a black and white photo Use a dominant bright color with a splash of blue.

I have been working on this since The debut of the blog. Has taken me this long to get it all down. I keep walkin' by this page and changin something or moving it around. I know Im horrible that way.

This page has a lot of symbolism on it I guess because it represents so much about me. A lot about what our family has gone through in the last several years.



The cardboard represents the Myelin shaft which in (ms patients) is deteriorated.
I used Tattered ANGELS spray which I COVERED the entire layout with Like My friends and family COVER ME and MY FAMILY with prayer.
I have THE BEE on here because BEE venom was used for long time in MS THERAPY.
I have FAITH The lord is gonna watch
over me He wouldn't have given me Bella without letting me stay to raise this child. My journaling is withered and worn kinda like me and my spine (the cardboard) Every day I struggle to stay out of that chair so I put that at the top of the picture. The reality is my legs feel like pins and bees are stinging them and I have to take those shots so I put the pins through the flowers and used the reality on top of the flower 3 flowers 3 buttons 3 a lot because of the holy trinity.

3 meaning me john and bella will get through this. orange is my power color and blue is calming.

Pink makes me feel pretty and Im just not pretty anymore. an arrow pointing to I do not look the same.

The bottle cap of the Last Smirnoff I got to drink. Orange cap.
SO LOTS OF SENTIMENT on this page. EVERYTHING MEANSSS SOMETHING


The Journaling reads:

I cover up a lot of the pain with a joke,
to make others more comfortable. I make
fun of my self more than anyone. I know
because of this disease I have lost a lot
of opportunity along the Way. A lot of it
long before I even knew the name of what
was causing my problems. My Dr says that a
lesion doesn’t become that size on your brain
stem over night. I have been mis diagnosed
for a long time. I get really angry because
now the medications I have to take are a lot
stronger and they make me very sick but they have
saved my life and have kept me here.
It is a love hate drug. The shingles and staph
come with it sometimes are worse.

I Do not look the same.
I don’t recognize me anymore. My brain sometimes
won’t function. Hey, we have to play charades (first
Word, sounds like… to make a sentence.)

A lot of the
dreams that I worked for, pretty much went away.
So heck yes I get angry. I get angry at myself and at this
disease! A LOT! BUT I TRY to NOT LET it hold me back.
I try to KICK ITS BUTT. I Channel my anger other ways.
Some days if it were not for my computer, or scrap booking I wouldn’t have an outlet or connection with the outside world for any of my energy. Yes there are times when I am doing better and can leave this chair behind. But on days like these I remember why I want my memories down, those little “instructions” in life one never knows what tomorrow brings.

I am blessed with an amazing loving hunk husband a gorgeous and smart funny daughter and if you try to argue I will run you down with my wheel chair so don't even try.
Today I fight to stay out of this chair. Why?
I have a lot to fight for. I see it with these two here in front of me every single day.

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This photo was taken this past year at the fall festival. I have come along way since then. Still got a longggg way to go. Thank goodness for Garrrrry my physical therapist (that I cursed so bad for the longest) and my friends that helped me through the hard times. Also my sweet loving husband that has been here through it all. That I love dearly. He never signed on for all this. The look of disbelief when they said this is what I had was on both of our faces. We had no clue what we were in store for. Thank you all for your continued prayers. Yall know me. This is nothin I can't handle smiling :) COULD ALWAYSSS BE WORSE!!!

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!!