quote of the day

If you judge people you have no time to love them

~ Mother Theresa

Queen of the Crop

I participated in an on line crop over at Scrapbook Playground this weekend. Got lots and lots of layouts done. Every layout done got your name in a drawing for a gift certificate to the store. There were 20 challenges plus a couple of bonuses. I did ten plus one bonus. And... tada! my name was drawn so I am queen of the crop. Woohoo! It was fun. I challenge myself to just scrap. I didn't worry about the perfect design or whether it was publishable. I just had fun. Here are a few. Lovely Girl was a challenge to use the colors red, pink, purple, orange, yellow, green, blue, brown, black and white. Sisters was to use 3 different pp from 3 different manufacturers. Pedro was to scrap an animal. Pool Fun was to use blue and green. Living on Sunshine was to use bright summer colors, bling and ribbon.

Sunday Sandwiches

Yesterday was our monthly Lunch at Mom's. My sibs and I take turns fixing the main course and everyone else brings something to share. This month was Lex's turn. The email he sent out this week said that after much deliberation, he had decided we were having Sunday Sandwiches. I laughed out loud. Soon all of us were emailing back and forth with our childhood memories of Sunday lunches. Kathy joked that the only fresh vegetables we ever got were lettuce and tomato on our sandwiches. Lex said they were not truly Sunday Sandwiches unless they were on thin white Mrs. Bairds bread that had been taken out of the freezer the night before. Someone else mentioned the Miracle Whip and Fritos. Of course, we then had to explain to our spouses and our children just what Sunday Sandwiches were. As soon as I got my sandwich made yesterday, I snapped a picture. My nephew, Trey asked me if it was a particularly pretty sandwich since I was taking its picture. It was definitely a stellar example of a Sunday Sandwich. It had roast beef, lettuce, tomato, and horse radish sauce on wheat bread. We never had roast beef or horse radish sauce or wheat bread when we were kids but some concessions have to be made for our healthier lifestyle, don't they. So, who is curious about what a Sunday Sandwich is? Here is a layout I made today to explain it. I hope I haven't made you hungry.

I get up at 4 am

This page is about my job. I was inspired by Kelz' article in CK magazine. I took my camera to work and took pictures during the day. Click on the picture to read the journaling. I really am glad that I have this job. It pays well so that we are comfortable. It gave me the freedom to do things with my kids when they were in school. I got to go on field trips and see school plays and pick them up from school occasionally. I have every weekend and holiday off. When I worked in the stores, I was there every weekend and every holiday. Those jobs are very important and I totally respect those who do them but I am really happy where I'm at.

I still have one more MMM page to share but will save it for another day.

We Share

This was my favorite of my MMM layouts. It just felt fun to me. This picture was taken on my Mom's 70th birthday.

Mad, another MMM layout

This is my darling Seth, the drama king, in another layout I did for MMM. The stars are chipboard cut with a cuttlebug by my friend Marcella. Everything else is Heidi Swapp tape.

I am not a Master and 10 reasons i love u.

Memory Maker Masters were announced today. Congratulations to all of those ladies. A couple of them are from North Texas. That is pretty cool. Since I didn't win, I thought I'd share my four layouts with you. I'll share the first one today.

This is my darling Curtis, the sometimes grumpy, sometimes annoying, sometimes hilarious love of my life. We will be married 30 years in December. He still makes me laugh everyday. Sometimes, he makes me laugh even when I don't want to. (See the previous sentence that includes the words grumpy and annoying.) I still love to see him come through the door each night. I love the gray in his beard and in what little hair he has left. I even love that middle age spread. This is my simple tribute to him. Click on the picture to read the list.