New Gypsy Files
Just added some new Gypsy files for download (on the right).
Read more...Saturday, July 3, 2010
What Happened to June?
Things have been crazy and sometimes I just don't think about blogging. Our first floor is mostly back to normal after the flood. The flooring is all tile now. I am done with carpet. We finished baseboards and paint touch-up, moved things around, threw a lot of stuff away, and generally started over. It looks nice.
My daughter graduated from college and is home looking for a job. It is nice to have her back.
We took another trip to Disney in June (me and the kids). We went for the Star Wars Weekends and had a great time though it was soooooo hot and humid. Don't have another trip planned, which is not normal for me. I am thinking about it though.
Getting back into scrapbooking. Was doing a lot of card making for a while. Trying really hard not to go on a spree at WalMart for the new Lite Cricut cartridges.
Things are pretty quiet this summer. I am the only one in the house actually working this summer.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
What a week!! Nashville Flood of 2010
We were one of the thousands of victims of the Nashville May Day Flood of 2010. Our damage was not catastrophic but we had the first floor flooded, which ruined the carpet and required buckets, pumping, squeegie, etc. to get the water out. We had fabulous volunteers come and help us get 1000 sqft of carpet out and pulled to the curb. Then Servpro came to do the treatments and fans and dehumidifiers. Hopefully there will not be too much damage to belongings and furniture when we start assessing it.
While I have family relatively close, none of them helped us. We thankfully live in East Nashville where volunteers had already organized by the time the rain stopped. We would have been in bad shape without this help. We donated items to their work but it could never repay the assistance they provided to us. Families in my neighborhood lost everything and barely escaped with their lives (rescued by boats). While I am disappointed my family could not help, these volunteers continue to be outstanding in the assistance to strangers.
Finally, happy Mother's Day. My step mom lives here and once they returned from a visit to Florida, they were here helping up clean, sweep, scrape, reorganize, and take to the trash. Cooked us a much-need fresh meal and great company getting us out side the house. There is still a lot of work to do but we are OK and the rest is just stuff. Having hugs and support close makes a huge difference.
Saturday, May 1, 2010
MPS NSD Challenge #3
This challenge was to do/use something we don't normally do. I used Core'dinations Whitewash paper, ran it through the Cuttlebug, and sanded the embossing so the purple came through the whitewash side.
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National Scrapbooking Day
I am going to try to participate in some of the challenges for NSD. Here is a submission for My Pink Stamper's Challenge #1. My scrapbook layout featuring my mother and why I began scrapping.
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Sunday, April 25, 2010
So Much Going On (sort of)
Hello all. I haven't posted anything in a while. Been a bit busy. I just got home from a weekend scrapbooking retreat in Bon Aqua, Tennessee. There were almost 30 ladies there from around middle Tennessee. We had a great time. Except for the tornado warnings all day Saturday, the weather was great and so was the facility, the food, the company... I got some projects finished and started working on wedding photos to finally (after 27 years) start our wedding album.
Lots of scrapping opportunities coming up and a chance to make more new friends. My daughter is graduating from college soon and we are adding on a weekend in Gatlinburg. Should be relaxing and can't wait to go to the Scrapbook Superstore if my family lets me.
Welcome retreat friends if you are coming to partake of my Gypsy and Design Studio files. I will try to get more files posted in the next week. I have so many and I am not sure if anyone would like any of them.
That's it for now. TTFN.
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