Sunday, December 26, 2010

In a blink of a eye....

It's all over....let the clean up begin...well maybe not yet....so this SNOW should have come 2 days ago....but mother nature had other plans...My Christmas photos are all ordered..going to pick them up in a bit...then maybe do a little shopping...trying to pass the time till Nicole gives us the call...Here are just a few photos from yesterday...


Friday, December 24, 2010

Christmas Eve....


and are you ready???? I think I am....just a few more gifts to wrap this morning...I have been working on my 25 days in december album...Pretty much upto date gotta do yesterday still and then today...Still no baby news I was really hoping to have some of they new baby in my album but I guess shes not ready to come out yet....thinking about baking some cookies for Santa or maybe just stay in the basement and keep on scrapin...Have a great day.

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Last day......

Finally..the last day of school/work then it's time to celebrate, hurry up, relax, wait, eat, shop,and wrap. All of this in just 2 days...I am feeling strong...I can do this....Last night the kids came over for dinner...Gabe and Aubrey are growing so fast and if I do say so myself they are pretty cute...Oh course I grab my camera and just start taking pictures....after taking about a dozen of so I said..." every single photo I take have some sort of dog body part in it".....oh well to me the best way to get a good photo ya gotta get down on the ground with the kids and well that's where to dogs hang out too....dog hair, baby drool that's what you will have at our house....Still waiting on Nicole to call us with any kind of baby news...well gotta get ready for work until later here are a few pictures from last night...






Have a great day...

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Today.....

Today is the first day of winter...this means the days will becoming longer and longer.....Today Ashley is coming HOME from Walt Disney World.....Today still no baby news from Nicole.....Today photos of KING doing what KING does everyday....sits outside like it is summer and it's only 30 something outside...after all he is a HUSKY and HUSKYS love the COLD weather so today this is for you KING Winter is here....


Sunday, December 19, 2010

Calling all Reindeer

This is one of the things I finished up on today...King looks like he wants to sample the reindeer food..


My baking is almost finished...still need to make nut tassies, chocolate crinkle cookies, thumbprints, and maybe some chocolate chip....how many more days do we have????

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Forrest all grown up


Dear Forrest,
When you came to us you were this little ball of fur...now look at you you have become such a good looking shepard boy....We always knew you would make a good Seeing Eye Dog....sweet, condfinted, easing going, soft hearted , all the qualites needed to make a good Seeing eye Dog...Brian your tainer is very please with your training and you shold go into this next class in Janunary...maybe a college student, maybe a lawyer, maybe a homemaker with grandkids...where ever you go you will be a great help to them...Miss ya buddy Love Mom


Wednesday, December 15, 2010

It's the 15 so here is my challenge

Over at The Momentsscrap a books,photos,papercrafting,stamping, blog I do a challenge each 15 of the month. This month I did a brown paper lunch bag and turn it into a Christmas Gift Bag...nothing special not too fancy just something to put some homemade goodies in for my co-workers...So go check them out lots of great challengs all month long to keep you inspired.
Trying to keep up with everything...baking, gifts, scrapbooking and my 25 days in december album...so far keeping up still need to do some baking...
well thats it for today.

Friday, December 10, 2010

I just had to stop....


WOW this is just a crazy busy time of the year....sometimes I think I pass myself sometimes..yesterday I was going out to dinner with some of my scrapy friends when I backed out of the driveway and started to drive away I saw KING looking out the window...I just had to stop the JEEP get out and take his picture...I think I am going to scrap this photo and title it Looking for SANTA......so sometimes in all this crazyness it's nice to slow down and notice the small things in life....have a great day...

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

A face only a mother would KISS


On Sunday we had a little get together for Gramm for her birthday...Here is a picture of Aubrey enjoying her cupcake.....gotta a busy day today...back to work/school then HOME to start baking...thats it for today tomorrow starts my 25 day in december..see ya then..

Monday, November 29, 2010

Count down for the BIG day...

All the pages are ready to go....I will start my 25 days in december on Wednesday. I love doing this album each year..looking back at the past years is so much fun...watching the grandkids grow each year and seeing all the different dogs that have touched my life sometimes brings a tear to my eye...ok so here is a look at my album before the whole things gets started.....

Sunday, November 28, 2010

Let the baking season begin...

Yep today is the day...the tree is up....and I can pretty much say the decorating is done...I could add a few more lights to the outside but it's pretty cold outside so whats out might be it for this year...We went for our tree yesterday and it was just me and the hubby and we took the 2 Huskies they loved it..well onto the baking...I have a bunch of cookie tins that need filling so today I plan on baking but first I had to do a layout for some DT work here it is...it's not Christmas but thats ok because its still FALL even though its COLD....Update on my 25 days in December....
its all complete and waiting for Wednesday the first day of December..This year I am doing 2 of them...2 totally different ones...one for me and making one for my Mom as her Christmas gift...mostly it will be filled with the dogs and grandkids...possibly a new baby from Nicole....gotta get upstairs and start that baking....

Monday, November 22, 2010

Waiting on Santa....


I did this layout this morning...Its an older photo of my dog Boomer...doing what he does best.....sleep in front of the fireplace.....Its a simple layout but it has a special meaning to me...My kids bought and gave me Boomer on Christmas morning back in 2006.....in October 2006 I lost my Golden Alvie to cancer he was only 5..so my kids knew I needed a Golden in the house so they searched alot of breeders and found Boomer...He is my Special Christmas gift that keeps on giving year after year.....

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Busy end to the weekend

I am just finishing up packing for my class today..I am teaching my version of
the 25 days in December...a daily count down to the BIG day....I can hardly wait to get teaching this class....at last count I had 10 plus in the class.....hope I don't forget anything...Now on to some scrapin I was able to find time yesterday morning to do a layout...I wanted to use some of that older Christmas paper I have laying around so I thought I would do one of my daughter Nicole and her baby bump...since she is due around Christmas..




well that's it for today I gotta get done packing and off to the scrapbook store...

Friday, November 19, 2010

And it has begun...

The Christmas Season is in full swing here in Alburtis....Looking at my calendar the next few weeks is crazy and then add the possibly of Nicky (my daughter) having her baby adds to the excitment.....Oh well I am working on getting the house all decorated so that the baking can begin...I am preping for my 25 days in Decmeber class at Insipered Treasures on Sunday...this should be fun....Saturday is a shopping day going over to Animals In Distress to walk some of the dogs and then home for dinner....oh add some scrapin time also in the morning...Oh my scrapin weekend was great got lots done..hopping to get photos tomorrow so I can show ya what I got done...some really cute things if I do say so myself....ok now off to play with my new Imagine gotta start using that bad boy...

Sunday, November 14, 2010

Lots and lots of challenges

Hello and Happy Sunday morning...I am still at my weekend but I wanted to show you my challenge for this month...On the 15th of each month I will be bringing you a impromtu challenge over at The Moments. This weekend is the grand opening so go check them out I am sure you will find lots and lots of fun challenges to do...
Here is mine...I wanted to do something Christmas so I looked around the house and found this photo frame...and the best thing after Christmas I can just take off the fabric and its back to my photos...Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

Thursday, November 11, 2010

All packed and ready to go...

The Camp weekend is almost here...I JEEP is all packed and I am ready to go...I am going down to help load the tables and stuff to take to camp and then Friday morning it will be scrapin time all weekend...We plan on doing Christmas this weekend. I save bags, boxes, jars, all kind of things...I have pulled all those things out and hopefuly will decorate them for Christmas gift giving....I'll be sure to take some photos and show ya how the things turned out...so Have a great weekend and I'll see yall on Sunday.

Monday, November 8, 2010

Todays Sunset

While I was standing at the sink doing dishes I saw this glow on the back fence...went to the front window and this is what I saw...stop and enjoy the beauty around us..

Sunday, November 7, 2010

This morning the paper is pretty full

Of SALES adds...Looks like all the stores want us to start our Christmas shopping..
Now on to other stuff...Go check out ..This morning Pat accounced her new DT and I am please to tell you that I have been picked to help out with a challenge on the 15th of each month..Go take a look around. Next weekend is the BIG grand opening so go now and see whats new and look for all the challenges starting the weekend...

Friday, November 5, 2010

Friday already...November too !!!

What the heck It's already November...and Friday that's OK...that means its time for the weekend and more time to scrap......I was checking my normal blogs this morning and Frosted Designs had a Friday challenge using large photos...So I have a bunch of photos that I wanted to get up in frames for the kids but never did but not to fret I knew I would find a use for them someday...and today is that day...THANK YOU Frosted Designs...my problem is which large photo to use...cant do too many with the dogs....grandkids get upset.....and the dogs get upset if I do too many of those darn grandkids....so let just say I am going to be doing a few of each photos with and without FUR!!!!!Ok enough on to the layouts......I'll post the rest later today

Thursday, November 4, 2010

A beachy layout on this rainy day...

I thought I would do a summer beach layout this morning on this chilly, rainy November morning.. It is challenge 22 over at Sketches in Thyme. Sure does look like Gabe was having a great time at the beach on this summer day...Great sketch to work with I had lots of fun playing with all the old stash I had to make this layout.

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Here is a look at a class I will be teaching at Inspired Treasures on November 21. Come join me in making this daily album for the month of December.The idea behind this album is to have the whole album complete with pages and places to put your photos as the month moves along. The class will be a workshop with me giving you lots of ideas to make this one of a kind album to record all those special memories..



Cold enough for ICE

Yep November 2, 2010 cold enough for ice in the dogs water...I guess thats just the start of whats to come....The Huskys are LOVIN it....time to get the hats and gloves out....better find the snow shovles while I'm at it too....
Nothing too much going on here the kids were down for dinner last night...they sure are growing..little Aubrey is starting to move.....watch out Gabe....all the dogs LOVE the kids playing out in the yard in the leaves last night here are just a few photos...notice something about all the photos.....yep a dog.....


Thursday, October 21, 2010

Imagine so cool....

I am totally lovin my new Cricket...the updates are slowly coming but still it's a really really cool machine...Here are the latest layouts I did...I know they are kind of the same but I was having fun cutting things with it so I did 2 layouts the same Way just with different pictures and paper...

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Sunday morning

I know its week 3 at Challenge Masters but I finished up on some layouts from week two here is the first one for the This layout I used my new toy the Cricket Imagine the more I play with this new toy the more I LOVE it....
color challenge
Now on to the next layout. again from Challenge Masters week two recipe

Friday, October 15, 2010

A dog filled weekend....

I guess you could say our weekend has gone to the dogs....this morning we are taking all the dogs for a doggie walk a thon at a state park and then tomorrow its off to the coopersburg Halloween parade...the weather is perfect for all these fall activities...now on to some scrapin stuff...Go check out Scrap That Poetry it's time for the new poem. This is my take on the poem..The word SKY stuck with me...I really wanted to do a fun and carefree layout just play so this is what I came up with..Well gotta get all the dog stuff ready and get them all loaded in the JEEP...have a great weekend..

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Lets SLOW dow just a bit...

WOW is all I can say....things lately have been crazy...and ya know the toughest thing was not being able to mention why things were so crazy...Now that Nicoles babyshower is over I can get back to my normal scrapin....So when did it become the middle of October???? I just finiched up my daily Christmas album for this year..the 25 days in Decmeber...I am teaching a class at Inspired Treasures on November 21 as soon as they post the photos I'll show ya how it turned out...Sorry nothing to show you today have to wait for all the post to go live on some of my challenge blogs...So for now have a great Wednesday..

Monday, October 4, 2010

The first Monday in October...

WOW what the heck happened to September....I had a list of things I wanted to do this weekend.....well lets say that list is still pretty long....On top of my list is to get the fall/Halloween decorationg out....thats todays job after work...
Well lets move on to some scrapin things...Yesterday was the first Sunday so that means Challenge masters week one challenges are up...What made you laugh today??
What made me laugh is looking at my daughters photos she sends me...so many of them are self taken of herself this makes me laugh...


and then this from this month at ASTastic...

Monday, September 20, 2010

It's Monday & FALL is almost time

Well its Monday the weekend went so fast...Can you believe FALL starts this week...
I had to go to work early today to feed the little kids...so I will pick a winner from those who left a comment and I will be sending them a little Halloween RAK....
Here are 2 layouts I did this weekend.Thanks for stoping by and I will be back later today to post who wow the Halloween RAK.


Friday, September 17, 2010



Welcome to the Ch{all}enge Masters F{all} into a Ch{all}enge Blog Hop! The challenge Divas have gotten together to create some fantastic Fall themed projects for you to be inspired and enjoy. You should have arrived here from
Suzann's blog . If not, then please head back to Tammy' Blog
We all have a secret word Mine is(mountains) you need to collect them to spell an autumn phrase to be entered to win one of the grand prizes.


I went with a Halloween project. I started with a clipboard wooden house I got at the dollar store, added some Halloween paper then added a chipboard sign in the middle...I used all my old stash...So thanks for stopping by my blog leave me a comment and you just might win a little HALLOWEEN RAK from me...please remember to check back on Monday to see if you won.

We now want to issue you a ch{all}enge. We want to see your fall themed projects! You can upload them to the our Gallery You'll need to sign up to the forum and while you are there we hope you'll have a look at all the great challenges we do every week! You have until midnight on Saturday September 25th to upload your project and then the winner will be announced a few days later! You can win a fantastic prize pack!"
Now off to your next stop in our Blog Hop lets see what Karen G has created for you and don't forget my secret part of the phrase is

Monday, September 13, 2010

Good Monday Morning.

Well it's the first Monday back to the work week....wow where did the weekend go..
I have been a busy little scrapper..tyring to get all my DT stuff done and working on Halloween....in a few weeks I will be going to a friends house to scrap for the whole weekend with my scrapy friends..cant wait.....They all want to work on some holiday canvans...well thats it for today sorry nothing to show this whole back to work really cuts in on my scrapin time....
Have a great day.

Monday, September 6, 2010

Happy Labor Day

I can not believe that this is my last day of summer vacation...back to the real world tomorrow morning...It has been a great summer of scrapin..I was able to get lots of scrapin done this summer..Keeping with the whole Back-2-School theme I did this layout of my daughter with some of her school day photos. I had lots of fun playing with this layout I used some really fun paper Core'dinations color core cardstock. I cut the apple with my Cricket then embossed it using my cuttlebug. Then I lightly sanded it to show the 2 tone color from this really neat paper...
Hope you enjoyed your visit with me check back again.
Have a great Labor day and if your first day of school is tomorrow have a great first day of school..