PBJ

Good morning and happy Friday!  I hope that you've had a great week and have some terrific plans for the weekend.

I found some unique papers the other day and could not resist buying them.  It's all about peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

In my country, peanut butter does not exist.  When I got married, my husband always kept peanut butter in the house, but I never felt like trying it.  I thought "Blehhh, who could eat that stuff?" and never even fed it to my kids.  My daughter never tried it until she was in college and some friends introduced it to her during Spring Break one year.

She really liked it and asked me why I never gave it to her growing up.  I decided to try it and now I like it too!  I guess that I'm a little bit like the guy from Green Eggs and Ham.

Thanks for visiting my blog today.  Have a wonderful and blessed day and a safe and restful weekend!

Black Friday Shopping

Good morning and happy Tuesday!  I was saddened to hear that with the internet and on-line shopping, Black Friday may become a thing of the past.  Even though we may not buy that much, I really enjoy going out after Thanksgiving (it's now becoming the day of) and shopping for hours.  It's been a family tradition for years and my son and his family are continuing the tradition three time zones away in California.

Here are some photos of me and my daughter riding stuffed animals on Black Friday.

And although I've never made a Black Friday layout (what is taking me so long?), here's a Christmas shopping one.

Thanks for visiting today.  Have an amazing and blessed day!

Wilderness Adventure

Good morning and happy Monday!  I hope that you had a great Thanksgiving weekend.  We went over to the east coast of Florida to our son-in-law's father & step-mother's house for an amazing Thanksgiving dinner.

On our way over, my husband wanted to look for a plot of land that my father bought about 40 years ago when someone went to Venezuela selling pieces of the American Dream, 1/4 acre at a time.  As it turned out, this development never really developed (very common here in Florida) and the only thing there are the sand "streets" they plowed out of the wilderness all those years ago.

We've been paying the taxes on it for years, but none of us has ever seen it.  My husband and his sister went looking for it a few years ago.  Since the "streets" were impassable to anything but a 4WD truck, they started walking in but turned around when they found bear tracks.

This time my husband searched on Google Maps and found that they could drive to about a "block" away from the other end where there are some houses.  We got to the end of the drive-able road and he walked the rest of the way in.  Here's what he found.

Lovely, right?  Someone has dumped some old crates and tires in the front yard!  He said that he did hear a lot of animal sounds coming out of the trees, but no bears.  He decided not to check out the supposed lake at the back of the lot.

Here's the perfect layout for the photos that he took.  I may have to send him back for more ... he only took three!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today.  Have a wonderful and blessed day.

Never a Dull Moment

Happy Tuesday dear friends! Are you getting excited about Thanksgiving and Black Friday? I sure am! As you know, I've been bound to bed/home for the last 5 weeks because of my latest back surgery. My sister and niece were here for a while "babysitting" me. Some days were filled with movies, crafts and visitors. Other days we had soooo much time in our hands that I ended up getting into BIG trouble!

I decided that I wanted a new look and wanted to have straight hair. My niece drove me to Walmart and we went straight to the hair department. A young man advised us to use this amazing product that will make your hair "very straight and very shiny". We were so excited that we did not read directions nor ask for advice from anyone else. We got home and started the process.  Everything was smiles and pictures until my hair started breaking off before we did the last step!!! You could imagine my screams, laughs and tears (all at the same time). When we finally googled the product we discovered that it was for African-American hair and contained lye!!!

This is my sweet husband trying to find something to help me out.  He discovered something called "Gorilla Snot".  He also commented that the product I had used worked great.  All of the hair that had broken off was laying on the floor very straight!

I am glad I had made a layout perfect for these pictures.  It's titled "Hello Gorgeous". 

Here is me yesterday getting another "new look". The nice, wise and patient hairstylist told me that the only way to fix it 100% would be to shave my head entirely but if I didn't mind conditioning it 7 times a day for the next 6 months, this new look will work.  My husband's unsolicited comment was "Time Cures All".

I am convinced that the Lord has done a great thing inside of me regarding my self-esteem. Not only I've enjoyed the laughs every time I remember this event, but I am also  glad that I still feel "beautiful"!!!! Laugh no matter what. Smile when things don't go your way. Give thanks to the Lord even in the midst of your mistakes.  

Remember about our amazing super sale on ALL of our kits. There's plenty available for almost every occasion.

Have a wonderful, blessed and fun day, no matter what! 

Black Friday Kits Sale Starts Today

Good morning! Hope you had a lovely and peaceful weekend. It's hard to believe that Thanksgiving is only 3 days away! I am very excited because it's time to be surrounded with family and friends as well as adventuring the night away on Black Friday with my daughter.

We are happy to announce a Black Friday sale on all scrapbooking kits in stock starting today.  If you buy any four kits, you'll get a fifth one FREE!  That's a 20% savings!!!  And you'll save even more because every additional kit that you buy beyond the first five is $15 each, a 25% savings!!!

We have plenty of different kits available, but the quantities on some are limited.  Click on the Happy Shopper to the left to see what we have. Send me an e-mail listing all of the kits that you'd like to buy.  Even if you've previously purchased a kit for yourself, you might want to think about getting another for a scrapbooking friend.  They make great stocking stuffers!

Avoid the crowds and place your order soon!!!

Thanks for visiting my blog today!  I look forward to hearing from you.  Have a wonderful and blessed day!

Fall Layouts

Good morning and happy Friday!  My goodness, I looked at my calendar yesterday and realized that Thanksgiving (and, of course, Black Friday) were only one week away.  After that we move into Christmas & winter, new and different themes.  I hope that I'm able to catch up!

Here are just four of the Fall themed layout kits that are still available for purchase.  There are others that you can see by clicking on the shopper to the left.

Autumn Leaves

Autumn

Fall

October Fun

This is a great opportunity for you to find a home for all of those Fall photos you've been taking and the Thanksgiving ones that you'll be taking next week.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a wonderful and blessed day!

Autumn Layouts

Good morning and happy Wednesday!  Now that Autumn is is full swing, here are a couple of recent layout kits of mine for the season.  They are Autumn Leaves and Fall Traditions. 

And here I am with my friends Linda & Peggy enjoying one of those Fall traditions, the pumpkin patch.

Thanks for visiting today.  Have a wonderful and blessed day!

Christmas Crop in Cocoa Beach

Good morning and happy Monday!  I hope that all of you had a great weekend.  I spend mine with many friends at a crop in Cocoa Beach sponsored by  Vero Scrapbook & Events.  Barbara Ohalon is truly the "hostess with the mostest".  The theme was Christmas. The prizes, food and decoration were amazing! Look at this picture!  Even my wheelchair is color coordinated!

What happens at Barbara's crop ... stays at Barbara's crop.

And here is just one of the many layouts  I made over the weekend.

Thanks again, Barbara, for a wonderful experience.  And thanks to all of you for visiting my blog today.  Have a wonderful and blessed day.

Children's Activities

Good morning and happy Thursday!  I hope that your week is going well so far.  I am actually feeling well enough to attend a crop in Cocoa Beach this weekend.  Wish me luck!

As a mother and grandmother, I get joy from seeing kids in their various activities and I think that they get joy from seeing us sitting at the side watching them perform.

Here are a couple of recent kits of mine showing two of those activities.

Thanks for visiting my blog today.  Have a wonderful and blessed day!

Three Single Page Layouts

Good morning and happy Wednesday.  I'm getting stronger every day.  I truly appreciate all of the kind words from so many of you.  I was able to spend a couple of hours in my studio yesterday and I made these three single page layouts.

Let's see what I'm able to accomplish today!

Thanks for visiting today.  Have a wonderful and blessed day.