Prices

Am I the only one who thinks the pricing is way out of line on this product (as beautiful as it may be)

You're Worst Nightmare!

I'm finally up and running! Oh no.. it's not MY worst nightmare... it's YOUR worst nightmare! hehe
I have updated the playlist with three songs!
I have my data all moved and the wireless going.. well sort of... I can access the laptop from the PC and the Internet from the PC and all the externals from the PC and I can access the Internet with the laptop... but the PC doesn't seem to want to let it in... I have checked everything I can think of from file sharing to the firewall and just can't figure it out... alas... oh and the router I switched out for the one I gave my mom... I don't think it's as powerful... The only time I seem to be able to get the laptop to connect to it is when it's sitting on the desk next to the PC... LOL a lot of good that does eh?

So, this is a long weekend for many... and Wednesday is my moms 70th... Hopefully I'll have some photos to share next week.. heck.. I haven't even shared the photos from the peach festival last month. I have lots of catching up to do!

If you don't hear from me before then... Have a SUPER weekend!

Lost

It's one thing not to have my computer, it's a totally different thing to have my computer but none of my data.... that's where I have found myself now and for most of the past week... Remember that 1.5 terebyte external I bought? Well, I had some difficulty formatting it then once I finally got it formatted I started moving the data... v e r y slowly because my pc is rather antiquated and has gen 1 usb... aka: s l o w ! Needless to say, I was getting frustrated... So I took all three externals to a place in town to transfer the data. $60.00 seemed reasonable. I was told it would probably take a day... that was Friday morning. I'm still waiting for the call that they are finished. I don't think they're open on week ends... I know they're closed on Sundays. (the owners are LDS)So, can you imagine how lost I am with out my photos, scrapping supplies, brushes, textures, actions etc!

With that said, Rye is spending the week with us as DD and SIL are on a cruise. He's so darned cute! On Friday night he caught this frog in our front yard. I can't wait to scrap it!

FRIDAY!

Wow where does the time go!?
My poor computer is huffing and puffing... I'm trying to format my new 1.5 terabyte external storage! Oh yes I said terabyte... yes I know that 1 terabyte = about 1000 gigabytes.... I'm tired of adding storage!Unfortunately I think my computer has stalled at 73% and it has been going for about 20 hours... YIKES!
I am off to Napa today to help my mom with her yard sale.... DH has gone fishing... or should I say he went with the office boys who are fishing... her went drinking I think! LOL
OK yes it WAS time to change the music... don't you just love the oldies! Always makes me want to dance... It's a good thing I don't drink, I would probably be a Karaoke queen! LOL I bet my mom was glad when we got off our road trip and she didn't have to listen to me sing anymore! I honestly think she took some extra long turns at the wheel just for that reason!
Have a great weekend y'all!

Deep Inside

One of the other participants in the Transformations program this year at the Center for Health in ST Helena was a beautiful vibrant 17 year old, Christina. For the most part Christina was a fun happy person, always smiling and chatting. I noticed when Christina didn't think anybody was looking, I could see a deep sadness with in her. I knew this sadness, this was the same sadness I had last year while attending the program and I can so relate to her. My heart was breaking for her. While I was looking through the photos I took I happened upon one that I think really captured that look... Christina, if you are reading this... you are BEAUTIFUL inside AND out! you have embarked on a wonderful journey, your mom, as the rest of us are here to lend support, if you will let us.... we love you sweetie... be strong! Your life depends on it!
Oh my.. I added the word art to buy me time to think about journaling and I think I just wrote it!

credits
Papers - Venetian Verdigris by Lauren Bavin
available at DSP
Under Moonlite Skies by Lauren Bavin
also available at DSP
Butterfly: Midnight Rose by Lauren Bavin
available at DSP
Word Art- Special You (Autism Awareness)
by Tina Chambers available at DSP
in Freebie section

Will It Blend? - iPhone

Marketing Mavericks!

You might want to scroll down to the ipod on the right and click pause so you can give this video your full attention!

Just a Couple

Layouts I did yesterday. The first I did quickly yesterday after I was told Cottage Arts needed layouts zippy quick for todays ezine release... this is my friend Thom's youngest child, Owen watching his sisters boating at the lake in Wyoming. no journaling because my friend sends photos and no explanation... and my requests go unanswered...LOL So I'm happy to have the pictures!


credits:
I used the masking technique to blend the photo and layer
blending on the flying creatures
kit: Butterfly Wings2 from Cottage Arts http://tinyurl.com/33uwao

Owen and his Mommy....

credits:
Rustic Floral elements http://tinyurl.com/2ztzzh and paper http://tinyurl.com/2jb5xy by Jackie Eckles available at Little Dreamer Designs
stamped frame:
Dragon Fly Dreams also by Jackie Eckles at Little Dreamer http://tinyurl.com/ypadzn
action:
Peeled and Revealed by Marcie Reckinger at Funky Playground http://tinyurl.com/3d6efj
template:
Peeled and Revealed set 5 by Marcie Reckinger also at Funky Playground http://tinyurl.com/3bugaw
font: thenaughtygrl

Fun, Interesting or Just Plain Stupid?

Do you like to be in the know on all the bizzar happenings in our society? If so you should read this blog..... News of The Wierd Daily... Breaking News Culled for Your Eyebrow-lifting, Sanity-gauging Pleasure by America's Weird-News Anchorman, Chuck Shepherd

Here's a sample of todays post
Civilization in Decline
One place we might be headed, the Safety Police say, is standard equipment in cars (the technology is done) to remind you, when you park, to take your urchin (in the back seat) with you [Ed.: and, let’s see, what else from the News of the Weird’s archive, oh, yes, standard equipment to detect whether there’s a pedestrian that you’ve hit, embedded in your windshield] . . . . .

Can you see me rolling my eyes? Oh yes!

Evolution

I keep trying to do a particular layout and I keep
getting something totally different... I think this is
number 6... ack

Culture

This is another of those photos I took last November. I love the native dress worn in the parade by the Hmong youth... so intricate and so beautiful!



credits:

Punch Love by Doris Castle
available at Scrapbook Graphics...
(some parts recolored)

font - times new roman

Just Some

of my latest work that I have failed to share... betcha thought I wasn't working didn't cha?!

Back At It!

Can you believe it... I have changed the play list and it has only been five days! WooHoo! hehe This play list is dedicated to the other DJS lurking out there!

Omgosh... I so struggled with this layout... It started when I saw a preview of a kit by Doris Castle that she was still developing and I was inspired... since that hadn't happened in a couple of months I sat right down to start my layout... I started by blending two photos... then off to the shop to get that new kit... only it wasn't in the shop yet.... I then thumbed through my recent purchase folders and found this great Kay Miller kit! I needed to strike while the iron was hot... I didn't realize the fire would turn to an obsession. After almost 30 hours straight at my computer, the days began to blur.. did I eat today? did I take my meds? was that yesterday or the day before.... my original inspiration had morphed four times and I now have this! The past 12 hours have been spent fretting about journaling.. I wanted to tell how I know the personal storm I am currently enduring will result in a strong beautiful garden.. but I just couldn't get it out, so I scoured my brushes, quotes and word art.... and come up with this great defiant quote!

thank goodness it's done!





Credits:
Kit: Midnight in the Garden by Kay Miller
available at Kay Miller Designs http://tinyurl.com/2g2bfc
Bubbles: Blowing Bubbles Accent Pack by Lie Fhung
available at Ztampf! http://tinyurl.com/2hgp4q
Word Art: Quotations-Strength by Nancy Rowe Janitz
available at Scrap Artist http://tinyurl.com/2hvbja
Butterfly: Punch Love by Doris Castle
available at SBG: http://tinyurl.com/23e69o

Memories...

Blank Paper
DOES NOT equal
Lack of Thought!

Service Announcement

I would like to take so time out from my vacation blog to share an announcement from our Aussie friends at Designs in Digital...

Carla Gibson, a beloved designer here at Designs In Digital and Oscraps, passed away this morning after a recent brain aneurysm.

We would like to do something for Carla's family so 100% of the proceeds from our Mega Kit that we have in the store, will go to Carla's family to help with the financial burden.

Thank you for showing your support to Carla's family in their time of need.

Our sincere thanks
Designs In Digital Team

preview:

Saddle Sores

This was definately the longest drive of the entire trip. I personally drove 8 hours straight. Moms took the first three. Once I got started I didn't want to stop! Too tierd to give a good account or upload photos. Be prepared to be deluged with info, soon!
~J

Ps wanted to do some chalk art tonight, but its not gonna happen. So, if you're a fan,please imagine you saw it and let me know what I drew!

Push On

Today we started in th middle of Nebraska, drove all the way across WyomIng and in to Salt Lake City! A wonderful peaceful feeling came over me as we approached the Park City area.A calmness I haven't felt for a long time.I wish I could spend at least a week here, alas, we will press on
Photos to follow

MIA

Oh yes, I have been MIA for a couple of days. I have been at my sisters house in Springfield Mo. On our first full day we took at trip to Branson. We ate lunch at Dick Clark's AB Grill then took a ride on a DUCK! Can't wait to see the photos? Me either... Problem is, I put fresh batteries in the the camera before we left... made sure I had everything I needed in my camera bag... set it on the floor in the middle of the family room so i would be sure to see it on my way out... Which is exactly where I found it when we returned to the house! I have given you links if you're interested. FYI... the food was great and the tour was humorous, informative and had many photos ops... dang! dang! dang! Oh wait! I did take some pictures with my camera phone....

Yesterday we relaxed around my sisters house, I picked my 15 year old niece up from school and took her shopping at the mall. She really wanted this pair of Van's with little green frogs on them, but they were out of her size... she ended up with a pair of Heely's... My sister made a great pork tenderlion dinner, we all loaded up and went to a nearby park so Celeste could practice on her Heely's...

Arrived in Lincoln Nebraska tonight!

Update tomorrow.

Chow

Tri State Drive

Whew! What a day! Three states one day! We left Texas this morning in questionable weather conditions...



It rained so hard we had to pull over a couple of times due to lack of visibility.
We drove all the way through Oklahoma and into Missouri. All the photos I took were taken out the window going 70-75 mph, so quality is lacking... but this is what I have!
In Texas....



More rain in Oklahoma



It's beautiful but does the road ever end?



This lake in oklahoma went on forever... fingers in every direction.. we crossed it three times. Sometimes on one side of the road it would be blue and on the other red, sometimes the other way around... then sometimes you could see the color change in the middle of the lake



In Oklahoma we came across this...



Then a few hundred feet down the road a trooper sat in the divide with is radar gun....a few hundred feet more.. another sign, and another trooper. Imagine if the CHP did this LOL









and that was our second Wednesday!

Missed a Couple

Oh I forgot to let you see the view from our window here in Seagoville... Check it out!



how about a closer look!



Oh yes, it's the Federal Pen.... nice huh?

Off to luch with Auntie Dee and clan...

Rain, Rain and flash flood warnings..

What Day Is It?

First off I have to let ya'll in a a little secret... all day today I thought it was yesterday and I can't even remember what day I thought it was yesterday... did I think yesterday was yesterday and just forgot about it when I woke up and started Friday all over? Or did I think yesterday was Thursday? I have no clue except at some point during the week I lost a day... what a dork!

We woke up this morning in Quanah.... me paniced because I couldn't locate my blackberry. After seaching everywhere, I finally found it in the car, under the seat. DH had left 3 messages. Last night I was sitting in the lobby updating my blog about the time I call DH and thought I had left my phone in the room, so I sent an email to his office so he would get it in the am.... he doesn't use the PC at home. But I figured when he got to work and checked his email he would understand... not realizing it would be 4 days before he went to work. I even left messages on his voice mail at work.... 12 hours with no communication and he went out and bought a brand new car... ACK! I have been talking himm out of this car for over a year now.... this will teach me to go away!

So on the way out of Quanah, I see this



Can you beleive it? Drive through liquor store in the tiny little town!

We head out to Seagoville (Dallas). Our first stop... about 15 miles, in the next town, to by souvineers... lots of yummy pecan items! Then we stopped at a Bowie's Restaurant and had the best service and yummiest soup. Further down the road we saw this:





Camels in Texas? What's up with that?

Then these on the side of the road brought back a childhood memory... maybe I'll share it with you another time.... or better yet... ask me and I'll tell you... it's really rather humorous... about a couple of little girls and these:



We alaso saw some of these.... I have no clue what they are... I just thought they were pretty!



We arrive about 4:30, we get settled (this is when I realized it was NOT Friday but in fact Saturday)My mom calls her sister who comes by to visit:



We went to Denny's for dinner then back to the room.... I gotta tell you.... I'm ready to be home! I miss the comforts of my own home... the solitude I have there... I'm tierd of living out of my suit case... can I get a plane home?

We will stay here again tommorrow the head out to Misourri. I figure we will be there Monday night. My mom wants to stay 4 days max.... I want to stay... uh.... well less than that.... I am sooo home sick

That's it for today... Saturday.....day 5!