July 5, 2009

We had a busy and tiring day today, but it was a good day! We left the hotel early this morning to get something to eat before church (what happened to our Continental breakfast??). We ended up at a gas station for breakfast, LOL! After we ate, we went to the church where we used to be members more than 25 years ago. My brother still attends there. And it is where mom and dad attended when they were living. Just about all of the faces we knew are gone and have been replaced with a new crop, which is a good thing.

I did not tell Joey that we would be there because I wanted it to be a surprise. When we got to the church his truck was there, but the doors were locked to the church and no lights were on. I finally called after we knocked on both doors and realized that, in deed, no one was there. I said, "Where are you? And why aren't you here with your truck?" or something to that effect. He paused, then said, "Are you at Grace?" which is the name of his church. I told him yes and asked how far away he was. So, he got there in about 10 minutes. In the meantime, the pastor's wife arrived and unlocked the door so we could go in. It was a good service and it was good to see the few faces that we did know. We treated Joey to lunch afterwards at Gold Star Chili, gave him a hello from my sister (in FL) and chit chatted for a few minutes before heading towards WV.

We arrived at our daughter's house at 4:33 (he had predicted 4:38). We went to church with them (the church Tim formerly pastored before we moved last year). It was wonderful to see everyone there again. Tim picked up our blind friend, Anthony, and took him to church with us. Liz fixed pizza for supper after church and then we age brownies and ice cream. Then I played with the kids and read to them.

Tomorrow we will head back to NC. We have traveled many miles this weekend, that is for sure! I will try to figure out how many miles we traveled later. Now, it is time for bed!

Credits: From Sea to Shining Sea by Amanda Thorderson.
Font: Times New Roman

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July 4, 2009

Happy 4th of July to All Americans! God Bless America!

We went to a parade with our daughters and their families today. We have such a hectic schedule coming up the rest of this summer and early fall that we decided to go out of town, especially to see Tim's parents. Since we live so far away from everyone, we decided to make a weekend of it and see our daughters (one traveled from WV to be with us at our oldest daughter's house in Ohio. We don't get to see our oldest daughter very often, so I was glad we took the opportunity to do so. And since we don't get to see Tim's sister very often and she lives kind of close to our oldest daughter, we all met at Frisch's Big Boy for breakfast. We had a good time. We are spending the night in KY (between Tim's dad and mom) and will get up and go to my brother's church in Florence. He does not know we are coming. We wanted to surprise him! I sure pray nothing happens that he ends up not being there! I hope he can eat lunch with us, too. We will see. Then we will travel towards NC, stopping in WV for the night at our daughter's house before continuing the trip on Monday. WHEW! That's alot of traveling in such a short time.

The first page below is all of the girls together at our daughter's house. Good picture, huh? Second and third pages are several pages of our time at the parade this morning.

Credits: Beth Rimmer, "A Star in Blue Jeans Quick Page Album"
Font: Typewriter

July 3, 2009

We are headed north to visit our daughters for the weekend. We will also see Tim's mom and dad. And we will see my brother on Sunday when we visit his church, hopefully. Then we will head to WV Sunday afternoon to go to church with our daughter in Buffalo. I sure hope the humidity remains low through the weekend! It has been gorgeous the last couple of days!

This is a quick page created by Beth Rimmer and it is part of an 8 page album. The album is called, "A Star in Blue Jeans" and is perfect for 4th of July pages or just about anything, really! Click on the preview to go to the kit in Beth's store at Digitals.

Happy 4th to everyone!

BTW, I almost forgot. There is another freebie portion to my "Sweet Summertime" kit ready for you to download if you are interested.

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July 2, 2009

Today I cleaned at the church and then I cleaned at the house. This was the last week I will clean the church because the regular cleaner will be back in town to do it. The extra money was nice, so I will gladly do it again when she needs me to.

Another month means another designer assigned to me at Digitals to do CT work for. This layout was done with one of her kits. She does beautiful work! Beth Rimmer's kit, Gazebo, can be found HERE and it is currently on sale for 30% off! As a matter of fact, lots of her things are on sale! You better check it out! I am looking forward to using lots of her Quick Pages this month for my 365 project, too! So, keep looking and you will see great things this month! Click HERE for her store.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you all have a wonderful 4th of July weekend in America! Remember, our freedom was not free!

July 1, 2009

TOOT! TOOT!
First things first: Gotta toot my own horn today! This layout received Layout of the Day from all of the June 30th's posts at Digitals! WOOHOO! How do you like that, Liz! LOL! Every time I look at this picture, I imagine a mermaid princess going back into the water.

Credits: DeDe Smith, Summer Smilez (this was a free mini kit provided by DeDe for the Designer Elements Challenge for June).
Font: Times New Roman

Below the layout is my Project 365 page for today.............................



OK, you will just have to humor me today. I pulled weeds, etc. You can read about it on the page. Anyway, nothing pretty about weeds or the dead plants I cut down, but that is what I did today, so to pretty the weeds up for my layout, I used this beautiful quick page! TADA! Doesn't that weed picture look much better now?! I saw that smile! :)

Credits: Crystals Designs, Beautiful Dreamer QP
Font: Times New Roman

Thanks for stopping by today! 3 days in a row now! I'm on a roll! BTW, I have some free downloads on my Today's Scrap blog if you are interested. The link is at the top of the page!

June 30, 2009

Well, after today the year is officially half over........already! My how times flies! And speaking of that, where did June go? It just buzzed right by! I got so far behind on my scrapbooking this month! This is strange (for this month, anyway) that I am actually posting 2 days in a row, it seems, anyway! I wish I could say that July looks more promising, but it doesn't! I will be getting ready for VBS the whole month!

Anyway, so much for that! I want to promote the challenges at Digitals today. There are a ton of different challenges to participate in. Something for everyone! And, the more challenges you complete, the more pieces to a terrific mega kit you earn! Today's layout is a small example of the kit I earned last month. This kit is called, "Eclectic Elegance" and you can buy it HERE. But, why buy them when you can get them for free! Know what I mean, Vern?!! :) So, check out the following links and why don't you try and play along this month. There are plenty of freebies in the store and around Digitals that you don't even need to buy anything to start! If you cannot see anything from the links, you may need to register in the forum, the store and the gallery. But it only takes a minute and it is free!

Challenge Forum
Bonus (free) Downloads
Free Samples in the Store
Daily (free) Downloads in the Store

Thanks for stopping by today! And if you have any questions on the challenges, just leave me a comment or PM me once you are registered at Digitals! Go and have some fun! If you want to see my gallery, click HERE.

June 29, 2009

YEAH!!! I have made it 2 days in a row for posting!
Here is a page about my favorite gum. The journaling pretty much says it all.

Credits: Nicola by Sophia Davies

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