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Slice of Life: 3/25

I was really enjoying my delusion.

My little girl is such a sweet, helpful, kind and thoughtful young woman. My little girl who was always smiling, with her bright blue eyes, big crooked grin. She was not going to be taken over by the emotional, mercurial, angry, daemons of adolescence. Damn it. She. Was. Not.

What an outburst! It would have been comical if it weren't so heartfelt.

Around here the children are expected to participate. In this case it was the simple request to unload and re-load the dishwasher. Holy smokes. The reaction at 3:30PM from my daughter who had slept until noon - with no mama-intervention, was not expected. At. All.

Look out family, we're in for a bumpy ride!

Slice of Life: 3/24

Itchy ears, watery eyes, filled up head, scratchy throat: the nasty cold that is going around has claimed it's second victim in our house. First Cole, now me. What are the chances it'll stop there?

I didn't think so either.

Just when I thought I was going to make it through a whole season without a cold!

Layout: My Interpretation

When given the make a project kit challenge, I just collected a bunch of pretty paper and embellishments with little thought to the photos I have on hand. As always, I left it to chance and that I would "figure something out". And, I'm thrilled to say, I did. I have joined the challenge blog: The Four and a couple of weeks back I took the photo on the layout as a result of their fourth challenge. I really like the photo and completely forgot that I had made a print:

Cardstock: Bazzill; Printed Paper: My Minds Eye; Flowers: Bazzill; Buttons: Basic Grey; Rub Ons: My Minds Eye; Floss: Bazzill; Font: Cambria

I think it turned out pretty well.

Now, I have to come up with a second layout to complete the challenge. Wonder what other photos I have lying around!

Slice of Life: 3/23

Today was spectacular. Bright sunshine, not a cloud in the sky. Though still a bit crisp. Winter still has a grip on our little town on the northern shore of Lake Ontario.

We were in the truck and Cole, in the passenger seat, was scouting for snow. He could find none.

Then we happened upon a gaggle of geese trying to cross the road. Cole responded with: "that's it, the first sign on spring: no snow and a ton of goose shit."

If he weren't so right, I might have taken exception to the language of his observation.

Another CZ sighting

It looks like Cathy Zielske's current state of unemployment is not raining on her creative parade! My favourite scrapbooker can be found at Creative Therapy this week as their guest artist. Head on over and see her response to Catalyst Fifty-four: What’s something you wish you could do? (Something you know how but are too afraid to try.)

I'm also looking forward to the start of her new BPS course, I originally went on about here. I did sign up the millisecond I was available and am anxiously anticipating the start of class on May 14th. So much so, after reading the materials list, I headed right over to scrapbook.com to get the course materials.

THAT was a slippery slope and I can officially declare I am officially off the "Use Your Stash" bandwagon as a whole box of stash should be arriving by the end of the week. My how I love shopping for scrapping goodness!

At any rate, I'm blathering. You have to head over to Creative Therapy to see CZ's completely black and white layout. As always, breathtaking. CZ rocks!

Layout: G

Carstock: Bazzill; Printed Paper: Creative Imaginations, Heidi Grace Designs; Ribbon: K&Company; Flower: Heidi Swapp; Bling: Chatter Box; Brads: Making Memories; Ink: Color Box Fluid Chalk; Font: Angelina; Sketch: Feeling Scrappy

 

 

Page Kit Challenge

There was a challenge put forth among a group of scrappy friends; the challenge is to put together a page kit then within a week, use those materials to put together two pages without using anything but what you originally collected for your kit.

Here is my kit:

A bit of My Minds Eye, a bit of Bazzill, some Basic Grey, Fluid chalk and away we go. I wonder how this will turn out? I have until March 29th to complete the assignment. Do you want to do it with me? Show me your page kits!

Slice of Life: 3/22

Caden had the game of his life this morning.

He was moved to forward, which is a big change for him. On the bright side, the change meant he could only do what the coach told him (and Mr. S., the forward coach knows what he's talking about). As a result, Caden held his wing and was very tough. Had the "pass of the season" the dad's were all saying; it really was good!

What a huge smile on Caden's face, in spite of the loss.

They did not make it into the finals, but Caden was all smiles.

Shutter Sisters: Picture of Hope

I have added the Shutter Sisters button to my sidebar on my Lemons2Lemonade blog because I cannot figure out how to add it here! But I can bring attention to the new Shutter Sister mission with a post all it's own.

Shutter Sisters is all about photography and telling stories through photos, it is also about HOPE. As that is the word they have chosen for an incredible adventure being taken by two of their members.

Read more about it here: Picture of Hope Assignment

Go grab your own button: here there are four designs from which to choose!

I have been a member of this community for a while now, almost since they started, and have really enjoyed their journey.

Slice of Life: 3/21

Overheard:

Claire: "Cole, you're pushing all of my buttons."
Caden: "Claire, do you have an off button?"

Stomp, stomp, stomp, SLAM.

Alrighty then.