Warning: releasing steam

ok instead of using this as a sounding board, i will just keep this short@%#*
Life can be such a pisser... oh i could use worse language but wont... new car needs a new transmission, when we were only told it needed "servicing" (not replacing!!!!) We could handle belts & such in the 'servicing' process but sheesh!!!!oh and i HAVE to mention that the subaru has yet ANOTHER flat tire!! hubby just fixed one last week and we discovered another one Sunday when we came home with the explorer! so DH took it to get fixed or replaced and he can't pick up a NEW one til tomorrow, they couldnt fix it... SIGH!! why does it keep raining & pouring here? i need a HUGE umbrella ( or crying towel)
we called the guy we bought it from and becuz he wants to be fair about, will offer back $300. to help offset the cost of the transmission.
not a happy camper today, at all :(

New(er) Car, layout & Holiday freebie!

We finally got a new car yesterday! a '92 Ford Explorer! Power seats, steering, windows, has A/C AND a RADIO!! lol even a cassette player lol i really like it and it's something we NEED out here. the elements (sun & wind & roads ) out here are just tooo tooo harsh on my little 4 cylinder subaru ( a '93)! she's come from PA (back in '95) to chicago (met my sweetie in '99 ) and brought us all the way out here, 3 years ago, it's time for her to rest! and i am soo glad we didnt have to trade her in too! The explorer was $1500.00 and we got it for 1200.00 YAY! :) Heck our little subaru has twice the mileage than the explorer too! lol yea, our subaru has over 200,000! like i said, she needs a rest! lol
here's pix of our new(er) car:


i LOVE the bumper sticker on it already! Now if it said swapmeets, i would be set LOL

ALSO on the newsfront,lol, i made a layout to enter a contest
here scroll down to sat. May 26 entry for rules!
here's my entry:

there will be a 1st, 2nd, AND 3rd prizes WOOHOO!
ok NOW onto our freebie! There's a preview of one of my oldies but goodies! :) i hope you like it! To update you, the name of it has been changed to THE PATRIOT! i didnt want it limited to the use of only the Fourth of July when its PERFECT for Labor & Memorial & Veteren's all, as well! So please take a moment and remember our Vets who served and those serving right this very minute! I, take this time to thank each one of them & God Bless them all!

here are the links for the entire kit!!
here
and
here
oh and one more thing, a bit depressing to me, cuz i thought my time, freebies & blog was WORTH SOMETHING but not according to this place:

My blog is worth $0.00.
How much is your blog worth?

oh well! telle est la vie or such is life! :)
Thanks for visiting!!! Have a BEAUTIFUL day! :)

another layout!

This layout features Tracy Drane's On the Edge template and stuff i made :)
i hope you like it!

fonts used were:Planet Benson2, SWGothi, Heavy Heap
thanks for looking!and again, thanks, Tracy!;)
Have a safe & happy holiday weekend!! :)

Finally a freebie!

it must be something like Freebie Friday or something lol well, i still haven't made time to upload much for sharing but i came across this little beauty and thought it was perfect for now! :)

Isn't it GORGEOUS!!! it's a cactus flower! i took a picture and extracted it for YOU to use! lol
you could either right click and save as or download here:
http://www.4shared.com/file/16645021/afb6502a/Untitled-1.html
Sending my wishes to you, for a safe & WONDERFUL holiday weekend!
thanks for visiting! :)

another new kit :)

just wanted to post this new one called Summer Posies :)

credits go to Roberta D'Achille for her AWESOME actions!
i started to work on organizing my dover publications file, whew!!! what a job! lol so much i am really not sure where to put, but i will figure it out!
Not much else is going on here other than ORGANIZE & BACK UP! lol verry tedious but important! :)
have a WONDERFUL day and thank you for visiting :)

May 22

Almost June already! hard to believe!
well, i been trying to get my mojo back and been playing in photoshop. :)
been trying to come up with treasure hunt kits to hide for June.
this is what i came up with so far :) lemme know what ya think, ok?

above is Mother's Day kit, better late than never lol
for use of her actions, i thank Roberta D'Achille!! LOVE her style!

the above & below both have no real names yet :) but credits for above go to:
atomic cupcake actions
bannerwoman bows & strings
Harry's edges - Edge and Frame Galaxy package available @ http://thepluginsite.com
LOVE LOVE LOVE these people :) lol

credits go to:
bannerwoman
atomic cupcake, i told you i REALLY LOVe these people lol :)
then i have this little number that isn't my style but i sure made it lol, not sure what i am going to do with it though lol

credits go to:
Roberta D'Achille
floral brushes from DeviantArts
wrapped frame is inspired by tut found atIkeagoddess
i dont want to forget to post, i made this layout completely with freebies i got from Bob's i LOVE her blog!

See the things i can do when i can find everything.... ah the benefits of all this work is paying off! lol
ok i am off to the new puter to organize my dover publications folders lol what a job in itself... and no i still havent dealt with the missing files.... so much to do.... lol
HUGs! have a WONDERFUL day! and thank you for visiting with me! :)

May 20th

i took the whole weekend off from computer work :) lol yea, i hear ya, it won't get done that way, i know, i know lol oh well, i will put in a good day tomorrow, in the meantime, we got a LOT done around here in getting organized! a what a beautiful weekend, i actually got a little sun too! lol
today was especially nice, a little more laid back (even tho we got quite a bit done). We had the 60's station on almost all day & i showed DH how to do the 'Sloopy' (yes i am showing me age here lol) and he showed me the 'Stroll' and then we danced a slow one together, while making dinner... how romantic, huh? He is WONDERFUL!
As soon as we upload our pix from the camera i may share a nice little pic of the porch again, if it turned out lol
oh well, i hope you enjoyed your weekend where you are!! its time to take out the dogs!!
as always, thanx so much for visiting me! HUGS :)

Work, work, work!

Most of my time spent with the computer lately seems to be with organizing my cd's (finally lol) what a job tho!! sheesh! And then i find some of the files copied onto the new puter are empty but when i put those same cd's into my son's puter, there the files are! sigh! time to check our settings again i guess!
Sometimes i dont feel like i will ever get it done and caught up with myself lol
And then there is the time i am TRYING to NOT download for 24 hrs so my stupid satelite internet broadband have time enough to reset! and let me tell ya, it has been TOUGH to NOT go get those downloads out there lol!! so hard that i caught myself getting about 4 megs total after the second download this morning and had to stop myself LOL ... Not too addicting, this stuff they call digi scrappin'! lol
anyways, i havent forgotten anyone, nor do i hope to be forgotten, so i thought i'd pop in and say hi! just been crazy week!
have a WONDERFUL day! and thanks for stopping by!:) i promise to have a freebie soon!

another layout!

i meant to have a Mother's day freebie up but i wasnt too happy with the preview so i apologize and will come up with something :)
Here's a layout i did with a template (thank you for sharing your talent!)i found at
Scrappy Pony Designs

credits:
template-Scrappy Pony Designs
xashee Spring kit
fonts: jokerman & Mistral
xashee build a bird
i LOVED the idea of the little clipboard soo much, i had to try it out right away lol
Also this weekend i got lucky! lol i wasnt referring to THAT!! lol i mean i found a deal on books and got 3... one was Anne Geddes Down in the Garden book!
and OH MY GOODNESS if you havent seen this book, it is a MUST! it is FULL of the most incredible baby photos like on the cover!! a few double page fold outs too!!

the other books i picked up ( 3 for $5.00) were Suzanne Somers "The Sexy Years" and
Memory Makers "Scrapbooking Your Favorite Family Memories". This one is over 500 pages and FULL of ideas and patterns!
ALL WONDERFUL books and what a deal!!!!
Thanks so much for stopping by and i hope your day is AWESOME! :)

Blog layout

i sure seem to LOVE blog hopping lol
Here is a qp from Pillowgirlscraps

i just LOVE finding such creative talent and then finding the designers sharing is the best!!! lol
thank you, Pillowgirl :)

layouts featured :)

oh what a joy it is to share!!! i find a freebie and make a layout and share it back with the freebie owner and the bonus is, i am finding out lol, then i get featured and showcased on THEIR BLOGS!!! HOW COOL IS THAT?! lol
On Mrs. Miles blog i scrapped an awesome picutre on her blog! see it here and scroll down a bit:
http://lalalime.blogspot.com/
and then i made a layout using Tracy's template (which i LOVE!!) and get on her blog here:
http://dranet.blogspot.com/
The layout is of Donna Wheway (owner of Moo2, link found on lower left of my page) and me when we met in Vegas last month!! that was AWESOME too! We only had a few hours to share since traffic getting there was horrendous but oh what a time we had!
We enjoyed brunch as we got to know each other and then off to Siegfried's Secret Garden!
Thanks ladies, for the freebies and sharing them!! and thank you DONNA! i hope we can do that again, maybe for a whole weekend!!! hehe :)
Have a BEAUTIFUL day and thank you for visiting!!

Bad blogger but been busy :)

again i have neglected my poor blog but with very good reason :) we have been real busy around the house before it gets too hot! DH closed in the carport, which we really didnt use for the car lol and put up lattice work and i am totally LOVING the results!

now we have quite a bit of painting to do, probably white to match with the gate not real sure at this point.

we have also been reorganizing the inside and sheds too, getting ready for DH to go back east to get our stuff out of storage, finally!! we have hoped for this month but it looks more like next month which still isn't too hot back there to empty the storage bins! oh it will be WONDERFUL to not pay THAT monthly bill! and since we have lived here about 3 years already, there will be MUCH that we can sell!
i am soooo ready for this, it's time! Actually i will be soo happy when DH is back home safe & sound! :)
Other than that, not too much else is going on... oh well, the new puter well, i have been STILL using DS's puter ( really am upset about HAVING no choice in that vista thing ! ) but it will come to a point of using it when i GET MY CD's ORGANIZED!! lol what we've decided would be the best, in my case, is to upload everything to the new puter, get it all in the organized files, burn off and make a master list yes it's going to be a real pain.. but there is so much i WON'T be using so i dont need to copy it, there are soo many duplicates ( Bless my DH he really tries to get EVERYTHING, so much so, he re burns much LOL) then there are things like my kits, i would like all together, and so since i cannot think of a better way to do this, it's going to take time! but to get it done right will be worth it all! Being able to FIND what i KNOW i have, will be priceless! lol
oh well, enough rambling today i suppose and off to get something done lol
i hope your day is absolutely BEAUTIFUL! and as ALWAYS, thank YOU for visiting :)

Happy National Scrapbook day!

In honor of National Scrapbook day, here is a little (link disabled) i hope you can use :) (see preview below)

hope you enjoy! :)

Terrible blogger & brief movie review

it just dawned on me as, tho i blog hop daily now i havent been blogging! believe me i have just been taking it easy after all we been thru lol... it didnt end there but i wont bring your day down with sharing my sad stories anymore...that's not too cool :)
you sure dont visit to hear me complain lol oh well, i am certainly glad it is spring but the winds are still blowing strong here (gusts up to 60 mph)and its still pretty cool. we did have some warm days over the weekend but then it cooled down again so DH has been putting trellis (lattice) work around our carport so we have a nice spot to enjoy. when its done i will share pix :) it looks wonderful already though and should cut down on some of that wind!!
i chatted with an online friend yesterday and it was so nice to hear a voice lol thanks for calling it was truly fun!!
ok ok, onto the movie we rented this weekend :) DEJA VU was INCREDIBLE!!! cant really tell ya much about it without giving too much away but HIGHLY RECOMMENDED! it was entertaining and a little confusing but not enough to make it unenjoyable and then it allllll makes sense in the end! very cool twist on technology of science :)
well, i am off to have some lunch and then clean a litter box (yay!!! huh? lol) i will be still taking it a bit easy til i get rid of my cough but the cold i had is long gone, thankfully! i hope you have a beautiful day where you are!