MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR

Here I am way late on updating my blog - Christmas has passed and New Years is right around the corner.
I had an awesome Thanksgiving with my girls and their families here and we had Christmas at Michaeles this year and it was awesome....Nothing like the excitement of little ones to lift the spirits.
This was a very tight year for all of us but the main thing is we are all in good health and together which is a true blessing. We are praying the new year opens up some good things for Michaele and her family!

Speaking of New Year - With the New Year comes a new Digi-Scrapping Site.
Our dear friend and fellow Scrapper Pam (On My Own Designs) has started her own site ' sKrap Happens' and 14 or so of us have been kinda helping work toward the Grand Opening which will be on January 8th. Please mark that date on your calendars :)

I do hope you will come and visit us, join in the fun and games with lots of neat prizes! A whole lot of Wonderful fellow scrappers have worked their fingers off to bring us all back together and we are really looking forward to 3 weeks of plenty of challenges and good times!

Here is the ad and we will keep you posted with the Link for the forum once everything is ready to go.

Please drop by on January 7th to get the link, register and join the fun. Whoopie, Im on countdown... can hardly wait!

http://www.skraphappens.com/



More Info to follow next week! I have to get busy on my freebie for you too!

November Half Over Already

Boy, what a bad blogger I am!

It is with a sad heart that we say good bye to Deco Pages :( Deb has kept the site going for quite awhile now but the time has come to say goodbye... We will miss you Deco Pages.

This makes 3 sites that all my layouts were at have gone! I will be starting all over soon!

And on the Happy side of things - The 'Fab14' will be announcing a new Scrapbooking site soon - Stay tuned.

This is just a quick post - will update later on.

Wow - Its the end of September

I am not sure where my September 1st post went - it looks like it started another blog :( Wish I knew how to get rid of it - maybe Michaele can help tomorrow.

Nothin much new here - we are still traveling a little each week. Went down to Menifee to visit Roger and Marliese and went to the Indian Casinos - We had a great time and a great visit. They just moved down there a couple months ago from Prescott AZ, so nice to have them alot closer !!! Mike and Roger have been friends since they were little guys, lol...it is so much fun listening to the two of them talk about the old days - and times and friends that we found were more common than not (Rogers 1st wife was in my class, lol) Small world.

Bob and Reni moved to Menifee with their daughter till their home is finished then they will move close by there also. We werent able to see them during our trip to see Roger as I didnt have an addy or my cell phone that had her phone # :( Next time...their new home should be ready by the end of October!

Mikes family is going on a cruise - They will all be gone for 5 days - down to Mexico ! That is too far to be away from my cats and home and on a boat :(

Dont think I could deal with that - so we are staying home and will go to the cabin for a few days and to Michaeles for the Weekend for a car show at the Park and Kaylenes Volleyball tournament...they won all 3 games today so they are in first place! Will go early in the morning.

Michaele had a wisdom tooth pulled on Thursday- It seems to be doing ok - thank goodness - they can be a pain!

Bobbi, Rick and the girls went to Knotts Berry Farm today and will be home tomorrow - This is what Bobbi wanted to do for her Birthday Sure sounds like fun!!! Been many years since we went to Knotts or Disneyland - They are tooo dang expensive!!!

Well, the weather is still quite hot and Im loving it - just not ready for Daylight savings time to be over in November, but sure am glad the new TV season is starting this coming Sunday. Reruns Suck!

Dgital Scapping Garden all of a sudden is closed - we went through when the Scrapping Gardendid the same thing....Pam, Jacque, Wendy, Dee, Chunlin, and the rest of the girls are hopefully going to have a new home soon. Pam is trying to buy a store but having a bit of a problem as the contract has been signed and the check sent and no word from the lady....Eeeks, now that is really scarey.

I hpe to have a new scrapping gallery soon - I have a few layouts Ive done but it just doesnt seem the same posting in the forums under the challenges.

We are now at sKrap Happens - stop on by and visit with us.

Here are a few layouts Ive done this month - havent been home much but there are a few.

My September Desktop:


Kori, Ruth and Roz

Kori's 1st day of School:

Kay and Kori - 1st day of School:

June has come too fast!

I completely missed my blog the full month of May - I have been so busy I dont know if Im coming or going!!! Doing lots of layouts over at the Digital Scrapping Garden and loving it there.

We are doing well, getting ready for our camping trip pretty soon...its coming too darn fast tho! Im ready for it but alot of work yet to be done.

The weather has been very mild - this is the first week of real heat. Had 90 today but still have not turned on the swamp or AC, house stays cool. We had to replace our water heater last week, unbelievable - only 10 years old, what a shock that was, as our last water heater lasted over 30 years! Goes to show ya how they make things now days!

Kaylene and Kori will be on summer break officially on Thursday of this week.
Kaylene continues with High SChool volleyball summer league and is still doing
her club Volleyball with the Tehachapi Starlings. The nationals will be in San Diego in two weeks - I know she loves it - but sure dont get to see her as much anymore :( This summer she will spend a week at Volleyball camp in Fresno, it will be her first time away from home (other than nana and papas) so Im sure she
will enjoy it - we will not have any finger nails left by the time she comes home!

Kori is Kori - into mischief and never sitting still - Looks like its gonna be a long summer for Michaele :) Maybe we will bring her over for a few days and take her shopping and to see Gramma Rosie, something differnt for a change :)

Here are a few layouts I did today - well, wont let me upload them, so will just post one of the beautiful rose that bloomed the other day...Joe and Carol gave the plant to me for my birthday last year - isnt is gorgeous! Have to get all my challenge layouts done before mid month due to vacation!!! The whole month is shot!

Hope ya all have a great summer in case I dont get back soon. Hugs and leave me some lovin to let me know youve been her - would make my day!

April is almost over!

OH my Easter has just shot past us once again!!!
Yikes - where has time gone.....seems the days, weeks and months are flying by.

I have been doing my scrapping at Digital Scrap Garden and also playing Mafia Wars and Vampire Wars on facebook. Along with keeping the house clean, shopping, visiting and traveling, there is not much time left over....I still havnt gotton
a freebie up for yu yet :( I'm sorry.

Michaele and I completed the ADSR 5 Challenges and were picked as 2nd runner ups to the Grand Prize.....we have received several coupons for kits from various designers and sites. Thank you all, they are gorgeous and hope I can use them all!.

Expecting company up tomorrow, so lots of cleaning to do since we are only home a couple days a week or so....and will try to put some of my layouts up to keep family updated,,,

Cousin Mary in England is doing ok with all the Volcanic Ash - she is going to Spain for a few weeks to get away from it....what a mess huh!!! I remember when Mt. St. Helens erupted many many years ago - and we were in CA - it was in OR!!! Ash all over everthing and I still have a bottle of the dust/ash that our Salesman Wes Clark brought down for me when I was working for Kelite - long time ago.

Speaking of Kelite I had a call two days ago from a co-workers wife. He went to the hospital on Tuesday, diagnosed with Severe Diabetes, caught Pneumonia and passed away on Thursday - 60 years old - I am still in shock - My buddy Willie, Im so heart broken and sad to say we have not talked or made contact in at least 10 years since we moved up here.

Bad thing about getting older - everyone else does too! God Bless you Willie and watch over your dear wife Ginny, son Willie Jr and daughter Krystal - my heart aches for you all.

Off to find some layouts to post :)