My Mind's Eye

Got lots of really fun My Mind's Eye products in my design team kit from Memorable Seasons this month. There isn't a piece of paper in the whole kit that I did not like. Here is some stuff I made.

updates

I have not been as good a blogger as I used to be. You would think that having the children grown would make life less hectic and I'd have more leisure time. It seems that I am always busy. So, how is everyone? Well, I'll tell you.

Allison has begun teaching school at Colleyville Heritage High School. She teaches physics, a geology/meterology/oceanography class and a TAKS class for kids who didn't pass their science portion the first time. She is tired and busy but enjoying the kids and the work. She likes attending their sport events and making herself part of the campus life.

Karen lost her job back in January and has not found another job but enjoyed staying home with Seth all summer. She and Joe are about to celebrate their first wedding anniversary this month and are expecting a little girl in December. Stella Grace is due December 10 but she is already over 4 lbs and the doctor has said he will not let her get as big as Seth did who weighed in at 10 lbs when he was born. Maybe we will have a November baby, instead. They are also house hunting.

Seth has started kindergarten. He is doing well and gets a sticker at the end of each day just about as often as he doesn't so I think that averages out to an average kid, don't you think? He is riding his bike without training wheels, is sounding out simple words and has lost two teeth in the last week. He is also playing fall tball and looking forward to meeting his baby sister.

Curtis and I are doing fine. We are just working and enjoying the kids.

Meeting Dr Amy

Amy and I have been chatting for several years since we "met" at the CKMB. I have loved watching her 4 gorgeous curly headed boys grow up through her pictures and beautiful scrapbook pages. She and I seem to have many things in common as our families grew up. We both love scrapbooking and we have both begun learning photography. We learned early in the relationship that she lived near Curtis' parents in Alabama and talked about meeting someday. Because I was unable to go with Curtis the last couple of times he made the trip, it never happened until now. On Wednesday, Curtis and I made the trip from Sylacauga to Inverness to meet Amy for lunch at Chili's near her office. Everyone seemed to think that 40 mile drive was a big deal but it wasn't any further than I drive to work most days. Besides that, we were in the middle of nowhere and there just wasn't any place except fast food between the two towns. It was just another opportunity for my ears to pop as we drove through the mountains again and watched the beautiful scenery go by. It was a delightful lunch. Amy was very sweet and I enjoyed the conversation very much.

I have met so many wonderful people through this hobby of mine. It is exciting to say that I have friends all over the world. Even though I have never actually met many of them, I have come to know them through pictures and stories on their scrapbook pages. The internet is an amazing place, isn't it?

September Guest Design Team at Memorable Seasons

It is time to choose a guest design team member for September at Memorable Seasons. Since September brings Grandparent's day, please post a layout with Grandparents as the theme into the regular gallery and link it to this thread so we know who to choose from. Good luck!

do it anyway

Found here and confiscated for my own use.

"People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.

If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway.

If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.

The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway.

For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway."

by Dr. Kent M. Keith (often falsely attributed to Mother Teresa)
The last line is not one from Dr. Keith's original Paradoxical Commandments
it seems to have been added by.... anonymous.

Joscie visits the UT campus

Flat Joscie has arrived

I am so excited to be hosting flat Joscie here in Bedford, Texas. She arrived on Tuesday afternoon from Canada on the same day I got my design team kit from Memorable Seasons. My mailman rang my doorbell and announced that I had hit the jackpot since I had two big boxes. :)

To read all about Flat Joscie, see my friend Joscie Cutchens blog. She has been all over since she began her journey. Her travel diary is over 3 inches thick. I still even had time to read all the places she has been yet.

Flat Joscie went to work with me on Wednesday and kept Tom Thumb and me company in the office. She just hung out here at the house on Thursday but left yesterday (Friday) for Austin with Allison. Allison and Ryan and Ryan's parents are moving Ryan out of his apartment and back to Grapevine. I will be back when I have pictures from that adventure. I plan to pack in as many "Texasy" things as I can over the next couple of weeks.