The War is ON!!

My sisters are up to no good again!!! I have to
find a way to keep those two APART!
After reading my blog last week, which I am sure they
had a blast reading it and thinking of ways to make my
life a bit more miserable than it already is.... but I promise
I will not BORE you all with those little teenage problems...the
only thing I am going to say on that subject is... if you have
small children... Love them dearly now, cause I can PROMISE
you that when they become teenagers something takes hold
of their brain and you will not even believe you gave birth
to that child.
The scoop this weekend is this... Kim wants to have Thanksgiving
with her in laws this year, go figure, she never wanted
to do that any other year!!! So yesterday on the way
to our scrap meeting Lisa nonchalantly tells me this and
we are not have Thanksgiving on THANKSGIVING but we
are going to have it Wednesday instead!!!!!!!!!!! What are
these people thinking!!!! I think they both have lost their
damn minds!!!!! My heart just stopped and my brain
went into thinking mode, how am I gonna swing a dinner
on Thanksgiving! Have I told you that they are EVIL!!! LOL
Lisa and I are making our Christmas cards together, she has
a bit more time than me,lol... so she did Thanksgiving cards this
year, wanna see hers???? Oh I think your gonna love it!!!



Funny huh????
The Orchard Knolls is the seafood place where we
usually get our clams!
Then last night after everything finally settles down
here and I get all the screaming out of my system
for one day, I finally get on my computer and head
over to SBM.. Only to almost bust a rib laughing at this
layout by Melanie! I have to show ya all, and I think
my sisters will get a kick out of it as well!!! Thanks Mel,
you ended my night in laughter... I soooo needed that! LOL



I love it and I sure hope to see my
name as the winner!!!!! At this point of the game I am
not sure who is gonna win, I am really not looking
forward to clams that's for sure! And the grilled cheese
sandwiches for Christmas are a bit extreme for me, as
my dear sisters offered to bring Turkey soup for the
sandwiches!!! The nerve, I tell ya! Actually, they better be
kidding, or I am not going to be a happy camper this
year!!!! Can someone adopt me just for the holidays???
I promise I won't bring any baggage, I will leave
it all at home!!! LOL
Now with all this talk about turkey I decide to make my own...
in digi form of course...LOL I know there are others out there
that are more nicer and I was going to do a whole kit, but I
am really sick of doing the browns and oranges. I am in the
greens and reds mode at the moment....LOL I did finish my kit
for the train and I really LOVE the way it came out. My next
adventure is doing something like a blue Christmas.....but I
haven't even started it yet, just in the thinking mode! But for
now I got this turkey if ya want it, I think its fitting with all
the turkey talk lately...lol
Here is the preview:



Click HERE to download it.

My dear friend Jazz is BACK!!! YIPPIE....she's not DEAD!!!! LOL
(private joke, some will get it and laugh)
others just ignore that ok?? LOL
She has some AWESOME wordart up in her store. I am sorry
to say, I haven't done a layout with any of it,
(preparing myself for the wet noodle)
I tried!!! I swear!!! But I will! I promise!!! Everything just needs to
click, and NOTHING was clicking for me last week. I tried several
layouts, but nothing seemed to come together. It will come back
to me, don't know when, but it will.... But you got to see this
word art.... Here are some previews....







I love the teenage ones, and even though I have them, I don't
wish to be taking pictures of them right now, I don't want to
remember these times, I hope they go away and I totally forget
they even existed, so that is why you do not see too many of
my kids now....maybe later when they get their BRAINS back!
Love the Christmas ones too and they will go perfect with all your
holiday layouts!
Click HERE to get all her wonderful wordart!

I know this is a long post and you all must be so BORED by
now but please just bear with me for a few more minutes.
My dear friend Renee, whom you all might remember, started
me on this blog adventure has given me the Sweety Award...



how sweet is that! Thanks so much Renee! Now I am suppose
to give this to 7 peeps.... This is the hard part... I went blog hunting
last night to see who doesn't have this award, cause I figured I
would give it to the people that I visit regularly and don't have it..
There are 2 peeps that I visit daily that don't have it and I think
they are really sweeties. So, I give this to... Eila and Melanie!

The next 5 are my CHILLS group!
Someday I will explain CHILLS...but not today....lol
Smile, Jazz, Eye, Eng and Sue
(Not all have blogs....YET...but I think they still deserve it!)
Love ya guys and I think you are all soo sweet...
yes, even you Eye....LOL (You got me on a good day) LMAO

Well, that is about all I got for today, I need to go food shopping
today since I didn't go last week and we are out of everything.
Plus the wash is gathering dust so I better tackle that today too.
Have a great day everyone and stay save!!!!
Chow for Now!

Traditions or NOT???

Although I love my sisters with all my heart,
they sure have a way with toying with me,
some would say they are the down right EVIL!
They do make me laugh, but this time they
have gone to far! First off, I think there is one
thing you all most know, I am a traditionalist.
(Is that really a word??) For the holidays, I
love the old fashion things, ya know, like
pork and sauerkraut for New Years Day,
Ham on Easter and TURKEY for Thanksgiving!!!
There are 3 big holidays with all take turns with.
Kim gets Easter, Lisa gets Thanksgiving and I
get Christmas. I was informed this weekend that
the main dish for Thanksgiving is going to be
clams.... CLAMS!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG, I can't even tell
my hubby yet, cause he doesn't eat seafood!!!
Now don't get me wrong... I love CLAMS.... in
the summer, for a BBQ picnic, Memorial Day, Labor
Day or even the summer Birthdays. But for
Thanksgiving..... NO WAY!!!!!!!! Then I was told
to make potato salad or pasta salad.... NO WAY!!!!
I make the twice baked potatoes... 20lbs... yeah, way
too much, but they are a hit on the holiday... NOT
a salad!!! Now the tough part, how do I convince
these 2 devils to have a turkey???
I got 2 1/2 weeks to change their minds!!!
I swear they do this just to get my blood pressure
up! And if we have CLAMS on Thanksgiving, we
are having grilled cheese sandwiches on Christmas!!!
Yeah, I say that, but it won't happen... I have to have
the ham and roast beef!! Every year I say I am cutting
back, but that just hasn't happened... YET
But this might be the year to do drastic things!!! LOL
Help me peeps, how do I get Lisa to make a turkey???

Well, I did it... I finished KimB's color challenge at DSO.
I download her swatch every month, but never seem
to find time to do it. All these swatches and nothing
to show for it until this month! Ya know, I don't even
know what the gift is for doing it, actually don't really
care either, I just like to do it for FUN....
it sure got my creative juices flowing and it makes me
practice all the stuff I have to learn! I can't say I am a
pro at this, or even that good, but I am getting there
slowlyyyyy. Want to see it?? "Sure", you say....ok LOL
Here is the preview.



Not too bad, huh? I found the liquify effect and gosh,
I love playing with that!!! I am sure it will come in handy
for alot of things. Give me time, I'll get it down pat!
Anyway you click HERE to get it.


I see 4 shared has done some changes, I for one am
NOT happy with it! You have to sign up to leave a
comment, which really isn't that bad, but then you have
to leave your email address and that to me is a
BIG NO NO.....I don't give out my email address freely
like that! I don't think 4 share is thinking properly, so
until they change that, I am disabling the comments.
I don't need to know all your addresses, and neither
does the whole world!!! So if you like to leave a
comment, and I do LOVE reading them, please leave
it in the comment section here. I know alot of peeps
are NOT going to do that, and it's a shame!
Heck, its was hard for a lot of peeps to leave a
message in 4 share, let alone in the comment section
here. Let's just hope they change it back the old way....
yeah, I see a pattern here, I don't like change....LOL

Before I go, I just want to say a HUGE THANK YOU to
all our Veterans out there. You all sacrifice so much,
so we all can be safe!!! Our Freedom rests on their
shoulders! THANK YOU for all that you have done and
continue to do! So please everyone, take a few
moments to pray for all our soldiers out there!

Well, its time for me to get something else besides
computer work done for today! Have a great day
everyone and stay safe!
Chow for now!!

**amendment** **amendment** **amendment**

I figured out how to just put a name in 4share...
quite simple, I must say...LOL You have to sign
in and go to My account... then to Public Profile...
Where it says name..put what you want to be called and
I also put that name where it says Publisher....
hit save and WALA! I tried it and it works perfectly.
I guess I will enable the comment section and see
how it goes.....
To Vana63.... I know you had a problem regard signing
out of 4 shared.... at the top next to the question
mark is a little red circle...hit that and it
will sign you out.

Smaller download files

It was brought to my attention about my files being
to big to download. This is all a learning
experience for me and I promise to get it
right one of these days....LOL I too, used to have
dial up and still remember how slowwwwww it
took to download stuff.
Gratitude was my first kit I ever made and uploaded.
I must of uploaded it at least 20 times, to get it right...
then I thought, (stupid me) that having it in one huge
file would be easier for everyone, so the 21st time I
put it all together! LOL I am still not sure what
is easier for everyone, cause I personally like
to download everything in one shot....well, I do have
high speed Internet now....lol But for those that don't
I have rezipped up my part of the Gratitude Kit into
3 parts....GO FOR IT.... dial-up peeps.....lol Now for
anyone who has downloaded the other zip file DON'T
download this one too....I promise it's the same, just
smaller files! I think what I will do from now on is have
my stuff, if its kits...in 2 parts....one for elements and one
for papers.... Hope that helps EVERYONE out... I know I
can't please everyone but I hope this will help!
You can download them here:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

Ohhhh, my tooth.... I don't know who is praying for me,
but whoever it is...please keep going....ITS WORKING....
pain finally went away yesterday. YIPPIEEEEEEE....
maybe something just got stuck in the gum or something.
I was soo relieved to wake up and be pain free.....
and I don't have to call that stupid dentist....lol
Anyway.....I am off to do my Christmas Cards with my sister....
Yesterday it took all day just to figure out what I am
doing with it, but now that I know I got a ton of work to do.
So have a wonderful Sunday ya'll!!!!
Chow for now!!!

We DID it!!!!!

Yeahhh, we made Kimmy cry! Mission Accomplished!!!
I gotta say you peeps are the GREATEST!!! Thanks to
everyone who wished Kim a Fantastic Birthday... I think this
will be one birthday she NEVER forgets....hahaha
I also want to say a HUGE thanks to everyone who left a
message for me... I am sooo overwhelmed, you peeps
really shocked the crap out me with over 1,000 downloads.... yeah!!!!
that's a 1st for me! WAHOOO, doing da dance.....lol
Now that that's over with I can concentrate on my layouts,
I got so many done the past few days. I am finally getting
caught up! Saturday I got 4 done over at Scrap Orchard...
that place is pretty cool and with it being National
Scrapbooking Day they had lots of challenges, which
helped me get my butt in gear. lol Then I couldn't stop
so the rest of week I got ALL my Halloween ones done...
ohhhh, they came out really cool... I wanted to play
with the kids and make them kinda different than the
ordinary Halloween layouts....I think I accomplished that
too....LOL wanna see them???
Well, I do post them in the SBM gallery. I like to have
them all in one spot... kwim... but I will post a few
here too...and hey, It's my blog and I can do
whatever I want with it.....hahahaha

The Boys waiting for the Great Pumpkin....couldn't resist this shot!


I LOVE how this one came out!


Batty Brett.... just tooo cute!


Zander with a new friend....lol


Brooke could be Hanna Montana's sister.....lol


I used Jazzy's Halloween Word Art on this one, it fit prefectly!
Jazz has a bunch of good
Halloween Word Art for all your layouts...
You can check it out HERE!


Whatcha think??? Pretty Cool huh???? LOL
(credits for these are all in my gallery)
And I got all these printed out and put in books...
Ohhhh I am on a roll.... lmao
I promised Kim I would do her Color Challenge this month,
so I am in the process of that, plus I am doing the Holly
Jolly Blog train for Xmas and still working on that too...
Sooo I got loads to keep me busy!
I guess I am trying to keep busy so I can stop thinking
about this toothache I am having AGAIN.... I am sooooo
afraid to call that dentist AGAIN!!!! I am praying to God
that it's just a filling that needs to replaced and not have
another pulled. That was the most terrifying feeling,
and I never want to do that again!!!! I take such good
care of my teeth, I don't know what the crap is happening
to them....maybe I am just getting old! LOL I guess
I will give it another few days and hopefully it will stop,
if not......UGHHHHH!

Well that's all I got for now, nothing new has been happening
and I don't have anything going on for the next week or so.
But I'll come up with something I am sure.

Ohhh....Before I go I want to wish a new friend a happy
birthday... I know it was yesterday, but with work and all
I didn't really do any bloggin yesterday.
So Eila............ Hope everything that makes you happy was
yours on your special day... And I hope the coming year
brings you all the best. Happy Belated Birthday!

Now take care everyone and stay safe!!!
Chow for Now!!!