Photo a Day, etc.

Well, this week I fell off the photo wagon; didn't take any photos this week! Not to fear, it's okay. I can just journal or find some old pics or something off the web. I want to find a groundhog photo for Monday. Don't know for sure what i might do for other days.

Always glad it's the weekend. I'm still learning to use my new toy - my Canon EOS 50D. Been reading up on it, but now need to play with it. I think i need to get a good photo editing program. Any suggestions? I keep reading many scrappers use Photoshop.

For some strange reason tonight, we've had our electricity blink off 4 times! Kinda strange since there's no storm. Wonder if it is the winds?

Oh, i get to start LOM very soon! Online class with Stacey Julian on how to organize and scrap 'unchronologically'. I'm looking forward to it. I hope i can keep up and that it will be fun. I've never done an online class before. I'll post how it goes and what i learn. That should be fun, too!

Enjoy the windy weekend. I'm thinking the groudhog was wrong in his prediction. I don't think we have 6 more weeks of winter. DARN!

Miss Me?

I'm sure not, because not too many read my blog! That's okay, for it's a kind of journal for me anyway. But if i have a few readers, good!

Right now, i'm hoping, wishing and praying for an ice day tomorrow which would equate to NO SCHOOL, or at least late beginning.

Got a new camera for Christmas - a Canon EOS 50D! Pretty big kahuna camera that i'm slowly learning how to use. I'm excited and hoping i'll soon be taking better pictures in no time.

Because i'm feeling a bit lite headed now for some reason, i'm off. But i'll be back . . .

Happy New Year (a bit late)!

2009 - can't believe it's here! 2010 is just around the corner!!

This year has had its ups and downs, maybe more downs than i'd like, but God is good!
I'm hopeful that 2009 will be better, even if a bit better. I am blessed and need to keep that at the forefront of my mind.

Soon i'll be starting my LOM class with stacey j. @ BPS! So excited about that. Also going to do the 365 Project, I believe started by Becky Higgins. At least CK was selling a kit to go along with the concept. It's already sold out. I had planned to do it without it, but saw the kit on her sight, and kinda wish i had tried to get it. Though I hear so many wanted it that the site crashed the day it went on sale. It's doable without her kit, but the kit is so cool. I'm on day behind on my pictures, so gotta get caught up tomorrow.

That's all the news for now. I am wondering, though, where is winter????

Love my new quote!

Look to the right; a bit lower. There you go! I found this cool quote while reading Stacey Julian's blog and love what it says because it is SO true! That's why i'm about to go and try once again to clean and organize my stuff a bit better than it is now in hopes i can scrap better, too! Oh, and i also signed up to take her Library of Memories class starting in January. I'm excited!!

I hope since it is a web class, that i'll do the work for the class and not procrastinate. It cost too much to do that!



Off to clean my scrap room . . .

Grownup Christmas list

Hello! To try to catch up on my goings on since last post, i decided to post a list of what's been happening since then. So here goes:

*Aaron did great in his first drama performance at school in "A Wonderful Life" based on the birth of Jesus.
* Caleb and Aaron both sang great in their Christmas choir performance.
*Thankfully didn't receive too many fattening goody gifts from the students!
*Left for the White House on the 23rd to visit my brother, his family, and my aunt and uncle (Dad's sister) who came in from Florida to be with us for Christmas!
*Enjoyed Christmas with my brother and our families - playing Wii games all the day long! We even tried to do the Dance Revolution game - quite interesting!
*My niece Brianna got an ear pierced! Long story, but she was brave even though it hurt some.
*Despite the age differences, the boys got along well with my nieces. Very thankful for that!
*Got to see two of my highschool friends - Mary and Reve. It was so good to see them both and got pictures to prove it!
*Will be home 4 days before heading out again to Lubbock. Long trip for the short time we'll be there, but you know family . . . .
*Now, trying to decide on which Canon camera to buy (digital SLR)

That pretty much wraps it up for now. Plan to scrap tomorrow with friends and clean the remaining days before leaving again.
Back with another post soon.

Life, music and scrapbooking . . .

Thought i'd stop in quickly and share the latest in my life, music and scrapping.

Life is good, busy this time of year. Just one more week of school then out for 2 weeks! So glad to be a teacher!! Don't be jealous, because you could be a teacher, too, if you wanted to! :)

Music - liking a few of the new Christmas tunes i've heard - "I Need A Silent Night" by Amy Grant, "Christmas is Just Around the Corner" by Barry Manilow, "2000 Decembers Ago" by Joy Williams, and of course enjoying traditional ones as well.

Scrapping - I'm really thinking of taking a few of Big Picture Scrapbooking online classes coming up. One on organization by Wendy Smedley and Library of Memories by Stacey Julian. They both start at the beginning of 2009 and are pretty 'big' classes. If i have to choose, i'll choose the latter one for I've read the book and fell in love with the concept. I have also read Wendy's book, but if push comes to shove, i can wait on that one, hoping they would offer it again. I haven't scrapped since the last scrapathon i attended, but i'll be going to another SBFF crop this weekend, where i plan to do my cards. If time allows after that, then i'll scrap some. I always say i'll scrap during my break, but i always end up doing something else. I think that's because my scraproom is a MESS!

So that you have me - in a nutshell - right now in my life. Nothing WOW or AWESOME, but just me!

Until next time, America!

I haven't been around because

I haven't been feeling up to par of late. If it's not one thing, it's another. This will be short and sweet for now, but i hope to be back again this week to post more. Until then . . . trying to find some relief for this stuffy nose.