More Animations

I am still loving creating animations. Most of the animations within the tags are Lori's creations - the tag and the way it is put together is mine. You can see Lori's creations at Doodles from my Noodle She makes the most delightful things for me to play with in PSP! Thanks Lori for your unending generosity!

Life and it's ups and downs

Life is such a trip! Easiest way to put it! I am playing with government forms and lovely government yuck is the only way to put it. Why do they ask the same question 47 times in 47 different ways? Are they trying to catch me? Are they just bored? Who thinks up these forms????? Never mind legal ease - I need a psychiatrist just to answer a question!

Making difficult decisons lately - and hurting about all of them. Left my prayer chain at church - just felt it a burden. And praying should never be a burden. Also told the pastor that I am unable to continue doing the presentation at the moment for Sunday Celebration Services. Just feel lost and confused and need to step back from responsibilities for a while and decide what's best for me. If I sit still - Yes God I am listening - and actually listen to what He says - Maybe I'll get it! Because lately I'm feeling overwhelmed with responsibilites and have no time for me. Praying for peace, decision making and help with guidance in this red tape nonsense.

Ups, downs, in betweens, etc - it's all out there and in here too - I just need to find the right track for me and get on it!

The Generosity of Children

My heart is full - so full it's about to burst. Our church, small in size - but HUGE in heart - invited a group of children from a Florida based christian school up her for a mission trip. They were to work on needs in the community. One need was a member of our church who is having a baby, and needed to redo a room to have space for the baby. Another member a single mother with three boys needed some repair work to her home done - her roof, insulation and siding. And my family - of which I didn't know this was going to happen - got a new deck and a new wheelchair ramp for me! I am thrilled beyond words. These children did almost all of the work - of course, at their age - teenagers - they are not permitted to use electric tools. But they ripped our old porch and stairs/ramp and helped nail down and measure the boards. They were friendly, open, very sweet and worked very hard. Our church also had them to services on Sunday and to a dinner after church. They say they want to come back as they we very welcomed here and enjoyed the friendship and fellowship. I hope they do and I would love to go to visit them as well in Florida. Our church has some pictures of the event at www.disciplespoint.org - enjoy! God's Blessings on those lovely children!

My crazy husband and sister-in-law!

Well you be the judge. I think they are crazy. My husband shaved his head a bit ago, and now likes the look. Actually, don't tell him, but so do I! And now with my sister-in-law going to have surgery on her arm and hand, she did it again (yes, she has done this in the past). This time at least it makes sense, since working with her hair with her arms after surgery is going to be a problem - but they are still crazy!

Here they both are:



And here is Kathy alone:



And here is Harry alone:



Like I said, you be the judge - crazy or not?

Blinkies! I finally learned how to make them!

I am thrilled beyond words - I finally learned how to make blinkies. Thanks to Jazzl for her tutorial. And thanks to Lori for her blanks. Here are my first attempts at blinkies. You can see Lori's great stuff at her blog Doodles from my Noodle

This first one is from the tutorial from Jazzl - I need to get her link.




The next two are from blinkie templates by Lori - her site link is above. Thanks Lori for the inspirations for me to make these.

The Merry Maines - A Shaggy Cat Story

I just read the most incredible cat book! While I wholeheartedly have enjoyed the Warrior Series - this book is more from the home and hearth. It touched me deep within my heart of hearts. I adore cats and have always felt that they are communicating. The Merry Maines - A Shaggy Cat Story - put the words out there for the cats and for the cat lovers as well. I deeply appreciated the cat knowledge as well as the sheer fun of the story. Bad guys, good guys, and that was just within the cattery! If you have a love of cats, books, mystery, fun, anything you will find it in this book. A sheer pleasure from the first page. I can't wait for the sequel to see what the gang has been up to! I give it 5 PAWS UP!!!!



You can go to Amazon - Garnet Quinn to get the book. In some places they have spelled her name as Gartnet Quinn.


Now, I'll tell you a little secret.....shhhhhh....don't tell anyone.....I know the author!!! Garnet Quinn - great lady - and an all around Cat Lover Extraordinaire!!!

I'm back and trying to post faithfully. Two New Layouts!

Hi there Merry Christmas Eve! I love today, relaxing and all the family around. Well usually. I am missing Dad today. He is in SC and I am in TN - not far but too far for my needs and wants today.

Well I've got two layouts to share today. The first one is from my friend over at Scrapping 'Til Dawn. She makes the greatest layouts for me to play with in PSP. I haven't visited her in a while, but I did these pay few days and grabbed some new things. I can't wait to share them layouts. The template for this one is called Broken Arm. She is doing a Boo-Boo series! I LOVE IT! I moved some things around from her original template, to make it work for what I wanted to do with the little boy for the tag. I know she is happy when people make it there own - and I love working with her stuff! So easy and fun to play! Here is the first one:



And the second one I have lost the link to her site. As soon as I find it, I'll update this page. She makes layouts only for tags. So this one was just in my heart as soon as I saw it! Hope it makes you smile too!



That's it for today! And I wish you all a very Merry Christmas!