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Say what?

Happy St. Patrick's Day!!This little guy says the funniest things. I keep little notebooks to jot them down. Or add a note on my iPhone. Or if they're really funny, I'll post them as my status on...

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Our totally untraditional, Americanized, kid-friendly St. Patty's Day

We're not Catholic. And not particularly Irish, though there's probably some back there somewhere. But I just can't pass up a holiday. Nobody at our house likes corned beef or cabbage, so we came up...

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Candy Shoppe love

This kit looked a little feminine (for a houseful of boys!) when I first opened it.  However, every time I think I'm about done with it, another layout pops into my head. LOVE this kit!I played around...

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My littles

One more from SC's Candy Shoppe featuring my little guys. They're the only ones who don't give me grief about taking pictures lately, so almost all my recent layouts have been of Max and Mason. Kind of...

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ZINGed!

This layout got a little crazy. I had a vision in my head - not so sure the result matches the vision. I was going to link this up with Kelly Noel's Challenge on the SC blog (step outside your box to...

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On a Thursday...

I am* WAITING for insurance approval to switch meds. Rituximab is holy cow expensive - $6500 or so per infusion (I will need 2). In the meantime, chemo & prednisone are the routine. Got a DEXA scan...

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Spring Cleaning

Can you tell I'm cleaning off the front of my fridge?? It is definitely a mom fridge, full of schedules, love notes, little hand-drawn pictures and permission slips. Most of the time, I really don't...

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Howdy Pardner!

Matthew and McKelle had a great time Saturday night at Sadie Hawkins. They consented, despite the chilly, rainy weather, to let me take a few pictures of the group.McKelle & her dateMatthew &...

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No photo layout

I'm not sure if I've ever done a layout without photos before, but I like the result! I really wanted to use the monogram side of the Cosmo paper, but the Ms were off the edge and no W at all. Then I...

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Wordless Wednesday (first lost tooth!)

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New month, new decor

St. Patty's decor has come down and I'm starting to put up my Easter and spring stuff.I love Gerbera daisies. My watering can still looks a little sparse - I bought all they had at JoAnn's. Looks like...

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Posting from the infusion center...

I'm here for about 6 hours today getting my first infusion of Rituxan. Hoping and praying this will kick the Wegs into remission!I was happy to hear they had Wifi - something to occupy my time along...

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KP's sketch class - finished week one!

Such a great class with inspirational guest scrappers. I wish I had time to do more layouts for each sketch, but people keep complaining they have no clean clothes to wear and that there is no food in...

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Scrapping as therapy

There are moments when the reality of having a chronic, incurable disease settles over me like a black fog. Many fellow Wegs patients on our support forum advocate counseling/therapy to deal with the...

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More KP Sketches

Sketch #4Ali Edwards Studio AE stamps, Pink Paislee (large) alphas, MM alphas (tiny), Washi tape and some very old Cloud 9 Design raindrops.This is the same sketch! Nicole Magouirk was one of Kelly's...

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A brotherly kiss

This layout and the story surrounding it makes me laugh. There are several pictures that I shot around the same time that I did NOT include on the page, just knowing how things sometimes go on the...

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Just a little behind...

I need more hours in my day...or more days in my week. I was keeping up pretty well with my KP sketch class until the two bigs started Driver's Ed last week and Max started baseball. I'm in the car now...

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Tips for the time crunched scrapper

What's a busy girl to do, when life gets hectic and her creative time is measured in minutes instead of hours? When left to my own devices, I'm a pretty slow scrapper. I fiddle and putter, pull this...

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Tip Two for the Time-Crunched

It's always nice to have a folder or file full of inspiration from others, but hey, YOU are a great designer, too. Tip #2 - Lift yourself!If you've made a page you love, there is no reason you can't...

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Save time - use one line

Tip #3 is to save time by using one line of product. The manufacturer has already gone to all the trouble of making sure all the elements look good together - paper, brads, alphas, stickers, ribbons,...

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