My Image Your Image

My Image Your Image

This is some of the most glorious nature shots I have seen in a long time. I was blown away by the detailed shots that show the beauty that God blesses us with daily that we often take for granted.

Friday 7/28 Blog Prompt - Digital Scrapbook Place

Friday 7/28 Blog Prompt - Digital Scrapbook Place: "Here's one from Laura Lou!

'What advice would you give your much younger self if you could?'"

So much of what I experienced as my younger self makes me my older (and hopefully wiser) self now....but I would definitely say finish college. If I had done that then I wouldn't be struggling to do it now. Other than that, I can see the lessons I learned in each thing that happened to me or that I did and I really wouldnt change much.

Thurs 7/27 Blog Prompt - Digital Scrapbook Place

Thurs 7/27 Blog Prompt - Digital Scrapbook Place: "Tag!! We're it! Stacey42 tagged us with an Internet meme! Copy and paste this into your blog and answer the questions, if you want to play along!

1. Have you ever been searched by the cops? yes


2. Do you close your eyes on a roller coaster? yes


3. When's the last time you've been sledding? NEVER


4. Would you rather sleep with someone else, or alone? someone else


5. Do you believe in ghosts? yes

6. Do you consider yourself creative? yes


7. Do you think O.J. killed his wife? yes


8. Jennifer Aniston or Angelina Jolie? (silly, I know ... but very 'now') Angelina Jolie


9. Can you honestly say you know ANYTHING about politics? yes! I am a very INFORMED voter


10. Do you know how to play poker? basics


11. Have you ever been awake for 48 hours straight? yes
!

12. What's your favorite commercial? Starbucks commercial about Glen


13. Who was your first love? Scott

14. If you're driving in the middle of the night, and no one is around you, do you run a red light? Yes


15. Do you have a secret that no one knows but you? yes


16. Boston Red Sox or New York Yankees? Yankees


17. Have you ever been Ice Skating? Yes


18. How often do you remember your dreams? often


19. What's the one thing on your mind? WHEN I AM HAVING THIS BABY!!!


20. Do you always wear your seat belt? yes cause I have auto seatbelts

21. What talent do you wish you had? I wish I could sing


22. Do you like Sushi? no


23. What do you wear to bed? hubby's tshirt
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24. Do you truly hate anyone? yes
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25. If you could sleep with one famous person, who would it be? Tyrese Gibson


26. Do you know anyone in jail? yes


27. What food do you find disgusting? beans


28. Have you ever made fun of your friends behind their back? no I laugh right in front of their faces!!


29. Have you ever been punched in the face? yes


30. Do you believe in angels and demons? yes
"

I been SO busy

Haven't been able to blog as I would like. I started a new class on Tuesday...lets hope Marketing is easier on my brain than Finance was!!

I have been working on a new (my first full kit). I have hand drawn some elements and I am Very Pleased with how they have turned out. The whole kit will be available soon so keep checking back.....

I have also been keeping busy with my Monday Noon Crop & Swap at SBP. Every Monday at Noon EST I give away a quick page just for attending the crop. Lots of fun and sometimes other prizes to be had.....please drop in...I would love to see you there

My work on DT at DigiMoms is going great. We have a WONDERFUL Mega kit coming up for August so check it out.

Wed 7/12 Blog Prompt - Digital Scrapbook Place

Wed 7/12 Blog Prompt - Digital Scrapbook Place

im checking ebay for prices on a Wacom tablet..I want one SO bad. Maybe an Ipod Nano (ebay of course) I rarely spend money on things for myself so I definitely deserve it.

Mon 7/10 Blog Prompt - Digital Scrapbook Place

Mon 7/10 Blog Prompt - Digital Scrapbook Place: "Summer: Sunny, warm, picnics, outdoors, sunshine, hot, sticky, sweltering, insects, bugs, camping, swimming, lakes, boating, summer, corn, carnivals, festivals, parades, beach, fun, celebrate, biking, hiking, campfires, pools, outdoors, watermelon, sand castles, ice cream.
"

sweet summer corn on the cob...is there any taste like that...slathered with butter and salt....or icy crisp watermelon...sweet and juicy.....sunny days are here again.

I learned last night on our evening news that we are in the dog days of summer here. Contrary to "pup"ular (ok bad pun) belief, the dog days of summer have nothing to do with canines and how they suffer in the heat but occurs when Sirius (the dog star) is in conjunction with the sun which ancients believed added to the heat of the sun, bringing sticky sweltering weather.... This period usually last from early July to mid August. Isn't it grand that two years in a row, I am in my third trimester during this period....

African American Barbie Dolls

African American Barbie Dolls

As a girl, Barbies were never at top of my christmas wish list. I had a few but I wasnt crazy about her. I preferred books to dolls and it remained that way for years. UntilI turned 25 and was bit by the collecting bug. My collection has grown to 12 Barbies....

Thurs 5/6 Blog Prompt - Digital Scrapbook Place

Thurs 5/6 Blog Prompt - Digital Scrapbook Place

Choose a character. What was your favorite fairy tale as a child, and which character did you most identify with?

Its not the typical "fair tale' but I LOVED Madeline L'Engle's A Wrinkle In Time and boy did I identify with Meg! She was smart, a loner, and adventurous....I admired her and wanted to be her. I read all the books in that series voraciously....over and over again.

I coudn't wait to introduce my daughters to Meg..........

Wed 7/5 Blog Prompt - Digital Scrapbook Place

Wed 7/5 Blog Prompt - Digital Scrapbook Place

For those of us that stayed up too late watching fireworks, tell us about it! Or whatever you did to celebrate Independence day!

My 4th of July was miserable. My oldest six children are outta town with my mom for the week and this was my first holiday without them. We chatted on webcam and they looked to having so much fun. I wanted to be there with them. I ended up eating chinese with my husband and watching the remake of the Amityville Horror.

All in all I am eagerly awaiting Sunday cause my children will be back home!

Independance

Tuesday's Update
For today let's think about "independence". What does it mean to you? Your family? Your life? Your future?


Independance has been a big deal on my mind this past couple weeks. Going to school has been getting harder and harder. But I realize that it is a choice so that I can express my independance. I recently started two home business in order to gain independance from the financial hardships on our family. My children are all in different stages of independance and its bittersweet to watch them grow and change. They all have their own thoughts and opinions and are not shy about expressing them It makes parenting them a challenge but it also tells me that I am raising THINKERS. That they will be able to use their brains to figure out if the path they are following is the right one with out me being there. In my mind thats the best way to prepare them for the future. My younger children (ages 11 months and 22 months) are doing typical toddler things.

Monday's Update

Write a poem. This was a great exercise. I decided to write a haiku. I always struggle with writing these as try to stay with the japanese rule that these have meaning...not cjust the sentences but life philosphy


digicreating
preserving my memories
scrapbooking is life

I'm a bad bad blogger

Ok real life took over and I haven't blogged in a week or so...however I do have a very good reason...its summer vacation and between cheer practice (my daughter...not me), therapy appointments (Jorrell has reached his 13 months goals!!! YAY!!!) and prenatal visits for me (33 weeks and counting....oh yeah its a GIRL and her name is going to be Zaniyah (za NEE yah) Ylonne Kelis), and my duties at SBP, I feel like the energizer bunny...I haven't really felt like even messing around in PSP until today when the creative bug hit me. Here is the Happy 4th Mini Kit I created. I hope everyone likes and LEAVES a comment if you decided to download!

Wed 6/21 Blog Prompt - Digital Scrapbook Place

Wed 6/21 Blog Prompt - Digital Scrapbook Place: "The tastes of summer"

Since I am in my 32nd week of pregnancy, the tastes of summer are definitely high on my list...first thing that I had a taste for this summer was a lemon shake up...for all the uninitiated...its when you take crushed ice, sugar, a half of lemon in a glass and shake it up....voila lemon shakeup! They sell them at our local flea market. Um Um GOOD! Also bing cherries! I polished off a bag of those last week. Sweet firm peaches, nectarines and plums!Just thinking of them makes my mouth water...can't forget funnel cake and elephant ears...oh and carmel apples...cotton candy (only the blue kind)....french fries with malt vinegar in a paper cup or tray. Italian sausage sandwhiches with mozzarella cheese....oh man I am HUNGRY!!!!

Tues 6/20 Blog Prompt - Digital Scrapbook Place

Tues 6/20 Blog Prompt - Digital Scrapbook Place: "3 ways in which someone can compliment you are...."


First and foremost...compliment my children. I put so much effort and thought into helping my children grow and learn. Don't just say they are cute kids (even though they are) comment on their abilities, I take pride in praising my children in areas they are strong in and encouraging them where they are weak. It is definitely my "life's work" nothing gives me more pleasure than to see them succeed.

second compliment my accomplishments. I have worked hard and sacrificed much to get where I am today. I have not always made wise decisions but I chose to deal with the consequences without blaming others. I changed my life when I didnt like the way it was going and I am by gosh darned proud as heck of that!

last but not least compliment my creative spirit...it has taken me until my thirties to truly find an outlet/medium that allowed me to release my creativity....and I LOVE IT....with my digiscrapping I woudl probably be crazy!!!!

Dinner Party

The prompt was what 5 people would you have at your dinner party....I responded to someone's before I wrote mine so I am gonna steal a few of their guests
(thanks Faery-Wings)

GWB would definitely be at my table...NCLB is a pitiful shame and so is the state America is in right now. I am curious as to what he THINKS about when he is alone. Does he think? Or is he SO sure that he is RIGHT...he never second guesses his decision..... Seriously I wonder sometimes.

Jesus Christ....I would like to ask him if what consenting adults do in their bedroom so much more to worry about than the millions of children living below the poverty line in our own country? Does he really care that we are so worked up about homosexuals marrying than the thousands of children being abused, misused and generally neglected in the joke we call foster care system? Should we as a nation be up in arms about what two people in love consider a family than all the children who are being sexually abused by convicted predators that our legal system has failed to keep track of........I would REALLY like his opinion on those issues....

My 29 year old cousin Tahnee who was murdered this past novemeber. I woudl give anything just to have one more dinner with her. She was the sister of my heart and I miss her daily.

I would also like to have her murderer there as well. And ask him if you loved her like you say you did...how could you take her from us? How could you cause so much hurt to so many people? How could you tear a hole in the very fabric of our lives by ending her life? We know you...we welcomed you as family through her...and you do something so vile, so unspeakable, and then to toss her body away as if it was no more than trash......

I seem to have gone on a tangent and I am gonna end here as the pain is still to new..... too raw.......

What is your SCRAPBOOKING history? Did you start with paper or digital?

What is your SCRAPBOOKING history? Did you start with paper or digital?

I actually started out scrapbooking the paper way. However once I figured out that I could turn my love of tags, stats, and other graphic making in PSP into scrapbooking.,.....there was no stopping me. I have been using PSP since version 6. I have both 9 & X right now and have at least sampled most of the other biggies but nothing can compare to my PSP. It is rare for me to find something I can't do with PSP so why bother learning something new...

oooh a meme

No not my baby girl MeMe but a meme from Monday Madness



1. I have a picture of _____ on my computer desktop.
2. There are _____ pictures hanging on my living room walls.
3. My big goal for this week is to _____.
4. I plan to visit _____ blogs this week.
5. The weather we're having right now is _____.
6. I really should _____ more often.


My answers

1. My kiddos
2. Zero
3. Not miss any appointments
4. 25
5. nice...not to hot...not to cold
6. exercise
   

My New Venture

I decided to start selling AVON


http://www.youravon.com/treeves-keaton

I decided to sign up for the E-representative option. Please stop by and order a little something......or even a LOT of stuff.....

Monday 6/12

How did you get started using computers? When did you first get "online". Do you predate the Internet being available to the public or was it always here for you?

My first experience with computers was WAY back in eight grade. Our school got a new lab of 25 Commodore 64! I learned to program in BASIC and thought it was the coolest thing ever....My beginnings as a geek grrl.....

I have been on internet for a long long time.....I remember using free-net back in 92 on my university account. As far as personal usage, I got online with AOL..back in 1995, when you got 6 hours for 20.00 a month and 4.95 for each additional hour. I had 80 and 90 bills sometimes due to that mess....but I hung around with AOHELL until they went to unlimited....I think my first online session after that was something like 15 hours.....

Today's Prompt

"I see a number of teachers are blogging, now and, along with the end of the school year, I wondered if "Who was your favorite or most influential teacher?" might be a timely prompt."

My favorite teacher was Mrs. Bennett. She was my fourth grade teacher and was the first teacher I had that actively encouraged my reading for pleasure. She allowed me to read as much as I liked in class as long as my grades didnt suffer. She would even bring books that her daughter had outgrown for me to read. She passed away some years later and I felt a distinct sense of loss.