For all the Grandmas out there!!

[omio]

OH MY HECK!
Lindsay turns 14 tomorrow! How can this be happening?

Hey, my DD turns 42 this month so you're just going to have to suck it up, kiddo!! :annoyed: :D :hug:

[AliceAMattison]

I will be on page 1500 too.

I just needed to post that today marks six months since Donn took his last breathe it has been a tough day for me and I keep telling myself it's just another day that the date means nothing whether its 6 months exactly or not he is as much gone today as he was yesterday and will be tomorrow. So I am sitting here wrapped in Donn's jacket just missing him so very much.

Sending you lots of hugs, Caro! :hug::hug::hug::hug::hug::hug::hug::hug::hug::hug: :hug::hug::hug:

[DixieMama]

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d134/bev01/a.jpg
MAMA PQ!!!!!
:party: :love1: :party: :love1: :party: :love1: :party:

Wish I was there to help you blow out your candles, and eat cake!! :love2:
:hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:

Hope you have a fabulous day!!! :drumroll:

And of course....the original image link isn't working. Can't win for losing these days!! :worried:

[AliceAMattison]

Vicki, I can't answer your computer question. But, I wanted to say HI! :wave:

[MsJessica]

Happy Birthday PQ
We are all coming over for afternoon tea!!!

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p192/Valliepix/queen_s_birthday_cake_webphoto_u8au.jpg

I'll be there!


Caro Big hugs and red threads!


Hope everyone is getting off to a great morning/evening/choose-your-appropriate-time-of-day

[omio]

And as recently as yesterday too...:rolleyes:

I slipped in at lunch and posted that, but didn't have time to really rant. I mean can you imagine a major browser not supporting something as important as the A/A button???:annoyed: It makes absolutely no sense to me!

Mac addict though I am, I use Firefox. In defense of Apple, though, this is a function of the website's programming and not Safari's. Websites have to be programmed in a way that "picks up" a browser.

[omio]

Sorry, guys, but I can do nothing except hop and skip through posts so I know absolutely nothing about what's going on. Inky, I did notice your post about being less than happy with one of your sons and thinking you must not have done something right. Whatever it is, it's on him, kiddo.

Best thing my son ever said to me in response to a dumb decision: put his arm around my shoulders and said, "Mom, if you want to feel guilty about anything my sister and I did before we were 18, knock yourself out. After 18, though, it's all on us -- we know what you want us to do whether we do it or not." Kid said that 20 years ago and I can't tell you how often it has eased my mother's guilt about things. :tup:

[AliceAMattison]

DBL

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/3365/thumbs/Enthusiasm3.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327604&cat=all&limit=last7)
Enthusiasm (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327604&cat=all&limit=last7)

[AliceAMattison]

Best thing my son ever said to me in response to a dumb decision: put his arm around my shoulders and said, "Mom, if you want to feel guilty about anything my sister and I did before we were 18, knock yourself out. After 18, though, it's all on us -- we know what you want us to do whether we do it or not." Kid said that 20 years ago and I can't tell you how often it has eased my mother's guilt about things. :tup:


My son said the same thing to me and it has made me feel better about my mother's guilt too.

[kaybutler@mweb.]

I had to come here for this special post..............drumroll................

26,500

:yahoo: :yahoo: :yippee: :yippee: :tup::tup: :party: :party: :drumroll: :drumroll: :yahoo: :yahoo::tup: :tup: :party: :party:

[Muma]

DBLs
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/994/thumbs/DayByDay-600.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327605)
First attempt at 365 (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327605)

and

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/994/thumbs/BragBookPages-600.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327609)
Brag Book Pages (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327609)

thanks for looking

[Rosie G]

Sorry, guys, but I can do nothing except hop and skip through posts so I know absolutely nothing about what's going on. Inky, I did notice your post about being less than happy with one of your sons and thinking you must not have done something right. Whatever it is, it's on him, kiddo.

Best thing my son ever said to me in response to a dumb decision: put his arm around my shoulders and said, "Mom, if you want to feel guilty about anything my sister and I did before we were 18, knock yourself out. After 18, though, it's all on us -- we know what you want us to do whether we do it or not." Kid said that 20 years ago and I can't tell you how often it has eased my mother's guilt about things. :tup:


You have one smart son.

[GrandmaCrys]

You have one smart son.

:yes: :yes: :yes: :D

[DixieMama]

Another hour fighting with CS2...but got it done! :tup:

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/1348/thumbs/shimmerscarletsisters.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327617)
Love U (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327617)

Hi Omi! :wave:

[PQ]

(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((hugs))))))))))))))) )))))))))))))))))))))
((((((((((((((((((((CARO)))))))))))))))))))))))))) )))))))

[PQ]

Hey, my DD turns 42 this month so you're just going to have to suck it up, kiddo!! :annoyed: :D :hug:

:lol::rofl:

[jennilynn10]

Happy Birthday PQ
We are all coming over for afternoon tea!!!

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p192/Valliepix/queen_s_birthday_cake_webphoto_u8au.jpg

Happy Birthday PQ!
All Hail the Queen!!!
I'm coming to the party too - save some food for me!

http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee66/JASONTEN/ICONS/happy-birthday.gif

[jennilynn10]

ok I'm on page 1493 but I just wanted to tell you all!!!!

I'M BEING PUBLISHED!!!!

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/7165/thumbs/SJH_Reflections-of-You.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=309118&ppuser=66596)

So so so excited!!! I haven't taken it down yet, still busy reading the email.

It will be in the same mag as the last one, Somerset Studio!!! Not sure which edition yet.


http://img802.mytextgraphics.com/sparklee/2009/07/30/d087ba3c40e8e37c070edf6301245683.gif (http://www.sparklee.com)

Awesome Layout! You do us Proud!

[Christine]

Don't forget the 2 Crazy Chicks chat tonight. Check out the prize if you win. :D
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/744/thumbs/73_K_RyleesAcres.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327546&ppuser=62565)
WIN!! WIN!! WIN!!! (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327546&cat=500&ppuser=62565)

[Christine]

Happy Birthday to PQ and wahoo to Sands! Haven't been further back than that, but ya know I love ya all!

[GrandmaCrys]

Another hour fighting with CS2...but got it done! :tup:

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/1348/thumbs/shimmerscarletsisters.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327617)
Love U (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327617)

Hi Omi! :wave:

Well worth the struggle, Dix! :D

Don't forget the 2 Crazy Chicks chat tonight. Check out the prize if you win. :D
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/744/thumbs/73_K_RyleesAcres.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327546&ppuser=62565)
WIN!! WIN!! WIN!!! (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327546&cat=500&ppuser=62565)

Win? :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[caraffle]

I have been reading backwards for an hour and am going to give up.

[caraffle]

Just couldn't miss saying Happy Birthday to the Nicest Lady on the WEB. Happy Birthday FRAN!
Happy Birthday PQ
We are all coming over for afternoon tea!!!

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p192/Valliepix/queen_s_birthday_cake_webphoto_u8au.jpg

ok I'm on page 1493 but I just wanted to tell you all!!!!

I'M BEING PUBLISHED!!!!

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/7165/thumbs/SJH_Reflections-of-You.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=309118&ppuser=66596)
Congrats Sands

[quote=LisasMom;713817]Oh PQ!!! That dirty dog Doug!!!! Kick him to the curb with The Snake!!
I found you something better for your birthday anyway!!

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd317/JakesNana/Happy%20Birthday/Keefers_AnimatedHappybirthday33.gif

PS-Send him to Ohio when you're finished with him!! :shocked::shocked:

I had to come here for this special post..............drumroll................

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DBL

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/500/thumbs/BEAUTIFUL-MOMENT.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327500&ppuser=51256)
Beautiful Moment (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327500&ppuser=51256) User: PQ FRAN (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/member.php?uid=51256)

Now that I can say it without feeling murderous..............I have hunted high and low for photos prior to 1990. They are nowhere to be found. SOMEONE GAVE THEM AWAY. GUESS WHO. And why did he think they were his to give?

I so love this

I NEED A BREAK!!!!

I took a nap today and just might stay up all night again just to get something done.

Both girls (3 and 6 years old) are in Dance Camp. Those of you on Facebook may have seen the photos, or my albums of photos AND video on Picasa Web Album. Well, SOME of those photos just NEED to be scrapped...3 year old tap, ballet, and hula to start with. 6 year old jazz, tap, and hula as well.

HOWEVER...DD wants me to come to the end of each class to help her video the little performances, then the very tired youngsters come to Granma's to swim. Usually they either bring along a neighborhood friend or a few from here swim with them. They are tired, stressed and beyond crabby. I spent over $300 at Sam's Club today, mostly snacks and food for when they are here. I am going to insist they take naps after dance the rest of the week.

I WANT TO SCRAP!!!! I can't when they are here and then 8 to 11 I visit the OD and watch TV with him.

The good thing is that I am learning to use the pen and tablet for extractions.

That sound like some very productive time to me.


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MAMA PQ!!!!!
:party: :love1: :party: :love1: :party: :love1: :party:

Wish I was there to help you blow out your candles, and eat cake!! :love2:
:hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:

Hope you have a fabulous day!!! :drumroll:

Hey Shawn, I haven't seen you in ages......how is the new place.

[caraffle]

Still super crazy here. Next week when the girls go to Dance Camp, I should have some time to catch up, till then,
WEE's WOS's and WVS and also whatever Crys and PQ did LOL!!!!

[DixieMama]

I'm loving the new place, Raffie!! Working with a sunrise photo now, to try to knock out the July Weekly freebie challenge in one go!! :rolleyes: But I'm awfully proud of my picture so wanted to share it with y'all :D

Glad to see you posting in here again! Swim must be brutal this season as you're usually in here in the evenings with your glass of wine. ;) Hope the girls & family are well!! :hug:

[PQ]

Still super crazy here. Next week when the girls go to Dance Camp, I should have some time to catch up, till then,
WEE's WOS's and WVS and also whatever Crys and PQ did LOL!!!!


Raffie! You're home!
I have missed you so!!!!! I cannot wait until next week when you can catch up! I will be sure and be here!

[PQ]

Don't forget the 2 Crazy Chicks chat tonight. Check out the prize if you win. :D
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/744/thumbs/73_K_RyleesAcres.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327546&ppuser=62565)

WIN!! WIN!! WIN!!! (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327546&cat=500&ppuser=62565)

Doug said, "What do you want for your birthday?"
I said, "To go to the chat tonight."

[PQ]

Happy Birthday PQ!
All Hail the Queen!!!
I'm coming to the party too - save some food for me!

http://i231.photobucket.com/albums/ee66/JASONTEN/ICONS/happy-birthday.gif


Thank you!

[PQ]

dbl

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ERIN LAYOUT NATURE FAS... (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327625&cat=500&ppuser=51256) User: PQ FRAN (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/member.php?uid=51256)

[Vallie]

I am pages and pages behind, sorry girls, its been one of those weeks (again) I seem to be having far too many of them lately ...I see I missed the party, damn, it looked a hot one too:D

just dropping in a DBL but I will be back tomorrow night, the old boy is off to the footy and I have the home all to myself.
Also have some very exciting news to share, but it can wait until then:wave:

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/500/thumbs/A-black-angel-sang.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327585&ppuser=27233)

It's tomorrow now, what is the exciting news?????? Eh?™

[Vallie]

I will be on page 1500 too.

I just needed to post that today marks six months since Donn took his last breathe it has been a tough day for me and I keep telling myself it's just another day that the date means nothing whether its 6 months exactly or not he is as much gone today as he was yesterday and will be tomorrow. So I am sitting here wrapped in Donn's jacket just missing him so very much.

:hug::hug::hug::hug: :hug::hug::hug::hug:

[Rosie G]

Still super crazy here. Next week when the girls go to Dance Camp, I should have some time to catch up, till then,
WEE's WOS's and WVS and also whatever Crys and PQ did LOL!!!!


:yippee: Raffie is back in da house.

[Rosie G]

I will be on page 1500 too.

I just needed to post that today marks six months since Donn took his last breathe it has been a tough day for me and I keep telling myself it's just another day that the date means nothing whether its 6 months exactly or not he is as much gone today as he was yesterday and will be tomorrow. So I am sitting here wrapped in Donn's jacket just missing him so very much.

:love1: :hug: :hug: :hug: :love1:

[wuvie]

two more
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/7277/thumbs/jolly-card-6.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327669)http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/7277/thumbs/holiday-card-5.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327668)

[Rosie G]

Doug said, "What do you want for your birthday?"
I said, "To go to the chat tonight."


Ummm, not the answer he was looking for, I'll bet. :rofl:

[DixieMama]

Got another one done...just in the nick of time!

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/3365/thumbs/07wfcsunrise.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327674)
Sunrise (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327674)

[GrandmaCrys]

Still super crazy here. Next week when the girls go to Dance Camp, I should have some time to catch up, till then,
WEE's WOS's and WVS and also whatever Crys and PQ did LOL!!!!


Thanks for stopping by, Raffie; nice seeing ya. Hopefully life will allow you to hang with us more next week! :hug: :hug: :hug:

[PQ]

:yippee: raffie is back in da house.

go raffie....go raffie....go raffie....go raffie....go raffie

[Freda]

Happy Birthday PQ
We are all coming over for afternoon tea!!!

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p192/Valliepix/queen_s_birthday_cake_webphoto_u8au.jpg

Have a great Birthday Fran! We love you!

[AliceAMattison]

A DBL and then I'm off to read the thread.

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/7214/thumbs/Christmas_Cookies_Medium_Web_view.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327688&sortby=f&sorttime=9999&way=asc&limit=last7)
Making Christmas Cookies (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327688&sortby=f&sorttime=9999&way=asc&limit=last7)

[MarsOlson]

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[MarsOlson]

ok I'm on page 1493 but I just wanted to tell you all!!!!

I'M BEING PUBLISHED!!!! . . .


http://img109.mytextgraphics.com/pimpwordsmaker/2009/07/30/db62ae39fba2cce120e97deb57c50687.gif

[MarsOlson]

maddy the month before she turned 4
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/994/thumbs/youre-beautiful-madelyn-june09-mo.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327690)
You're Beautiful (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327690)

now to start using some of the photos I've been taking of hannah and david... it's so nice to be getting my own again instead of waiting for the moms to email photos!

[kaybutler@mweb.]

:drumroll::drumroll: :drumroll::drumroll::drumroll: :drumroll::drumroll: :drumroll::drumroll: :drumroll:
http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee285/GrannytoEight/Birthdays/TFR6D1.gif http://i233.photobucket.com/albums/ee285/GrannytoEight/Birthdays/cake-1.gif
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PEEKU
:yippee::yippee: :yahoo::yahoo: :tup::tup::tup: :love3::love3::love3:

From me too PQ !!! I made you a gorgeous chocolate mousse cake like Meryl and Howard's !!:tup::tup::drumroll::drumroll::drumroll: ..only very very very special people get kick-a$$ cakes like this on their birthdays !! Love Ya !!! :hug::hug: I:love1:PQ ™

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd19/kaybutler/P1090157Small.jpg

[Leslie]

From me too PQ !!! I made you a gorgeous chocolate mousse cake like Meryl and Howard's !!:tup::tup::drumroll::drumroll::drumroll: ..only very very very special people get kick-a$$ cakes like this on their birthdays !! Love Ya !!! :hug::hug: I:love1:PQ ™

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd19/kaybutler/P1090157Small.jpg

Gees you can cook! My cakes don't look anything like that!! :)

[MarsOlson]

I've had non stop company all month but I'm enjoying the grandkids the most! I thought I could catch up a bit while they are having an afternoon nap, this heat here is so draining especially when they aren't used to it. Record highs all over the province.

Today Daniel is coming home too! I haven't seen my baby boy for 3 months. :)

[evergreen100]

:shocked:....I wasn't going to mention that...but since you brought it up....:think::yikes:
Looks to me like he's already done that:eek::eek::o

Enjoy those little kids and the big one too Mars:)

Morning Leslie, you OK today??

We have Grandparents day at the girls' school today, it is always an uplifting day for us, the delight on the kids faces when they see us arrive makes us feel so thankful for our grandchildren.

[PQ]

Have a great Birthday Fran! We love you!

http://img108.mytextgraphics.com/overlappingtextlive/2009/07/30/0e26ed610765b2a17c8c2be3fcbc6b35.gif

From me too PQ !!! I made you a gorgeous chocolate mousse cake like Meryl and Howard's !!:tup::tup::drumroll::drumroll::drumroll: ..only very very very special people get kick-a$$ cakes like this on their birthdays !! Love Ya !!! :hug::hug: I:love1:PQ ™

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd19/kaybutler/P1090157Small.jpg

Gees you can cook! My cakes don't look anything like that!! :)

I've had non stop company all month but I'm enjoying the grandkids the most! I thought I could catch up a bit while they are having an afternoon nap, this heat here is so draining especially when they aren't used to it. Record highs all over the province.

Today Daniel is coming home too! I haven't seen my baby boy for 3 months. :)

[quote=caraffle;714085]Just couldn't miss saying Happy Birthday to the Nicest Lady on the WEB. Happy Birthday FRAN!


I am having THE best day!!!!! Thank you all! I :love1: the GT.

[DixieMama]

http://img109.mytextgraphics.com/pimpwordsmaker/2009/07/30/db62ae39fba2cce120e97deb57c50687.gif

Love how you used the 'pimp' site for Sands!! ;)

Gees you can cook! My cakes don't look anything like that!! :)

Y'all can have the cake, I just want the CHOCOLATE!!!! :p

[PQ]

Doug asked me what kind of cake I want and I said, "I do not want cake. I just want cream cheese icing with pecans from Albertson's"

[scamptx]

http://img108.mytextgraphics.com/overlappingtextlive/2009/07/30/0e26ed610765b2a17c8c2be3fcbc6b35.gif

Are you still partying, Fran? Keep it up!!!

[sammdc]

I've had non stop company all month but I'm enjoying the grandkids the most! I thought I could catch up a bit while they are having an afternoon nap, this heat here is so draining especially when they aren't used to it. Record highs all over the province.

Today Daniel is coming home too! I haven't seen my baby boy for 3 months. :)

sounds wonderful Mars that Daniel is coming home I still have 3 days to wait for Jacy to get home will be glad to have her back in Australia

[scamptx]

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/4997/thumbs/Nicole_s-Good-Life.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327711)
Nicole's Good Life (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327711)A dbl...

[sammdc]

thanks for the hugs every one

[scamptx]

Oh my, oh my, oh my!! Scandalous I tell you!! Just scandalous!! :eek::annoyed::shocked::yikes:

I read this post and instead of "scanalous" I read scandelicious...:shocked: :shocked:

[scamptx]

Mac addict though I am, I use Firefox. In defense of Apple, though, this is a function of the website's programming and not Safari's. Websites have to be programmed in a way that "picks up" a browser.

That was on my list of questions to ask you...:D

So we really need to let Margie know to let the website folks know so that every one will know that we know they want us to have what we want so they want to make the A/A work with Safari ...:rolleyes:

[AliceAMattison]

:yes: :yes: :yes: :D

Crys, I LOVE your new Avatar!

[DixieMama]

I really am a slacker.... :rolleyes:

I finally got around to reading my emails that have accumulated over the last few days...

They were 90% DSP & 10% junk...

Of that 90%, 95% of THOSE were wonderful comments on my recent pages. :love2: But a few of them I feel I should actually comment on:

FROM GRANDMACRYS: on my Christmas Eve layout

"Good girl or suck-up? :think: :think: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:"

:annoyed: Actually, no, just selfish. I didn't feel that it was fair, for the 3rd year in a row, for me to have to pack up 3 kids, load the van, cook a bunch of food, wait for Hubby to roll in at God-knew-what time, and THEN have to make the 3 1/2 hour drive to my SIL's house, UNload van, hang out til God-knew-when, help clean up, REload the van, wrestle 3 VERY tired & cranky kids and one VERY tired and cranky husband BACK into the van, drive 3 1/2 hours home in the dark, wrestle tired & cranky kids & husband into bed, UNload van, put away perishables that got shoved off on me, 'set up' gifts & stockings, and lay down for all of 2 hours before being woke up at the butt-crack of dawn to high-pitched squealing & screetching. Nobody else in his family has small kids, or has to drive as far as we did. I put my foot down in the most diplomatic way possible -- through guilt-trip. :D I just made it look as if I was making a huge sacrifice. :lol:

FROM GRANDMACRYS: on my Love U layout

"WOW!! Dix, you always seem to get the PERFECT shots!!"

Actually, I must confess that Summer took this photo. :o She's great, isn't she? :love2:

FROM ROSIEGO: on my Sunrise layout

"Can I come stay there? I don't mind getting up early."

Yes m'am!! As a matter of fact, ALL are welcome to come. :D Not much bedspace, but since Hubby isn't home most of the time, you can have mine & I'll take the couch! ;) I also have airmattresses, tents & sleeping bags available for use as well! So come one, come all!!! Y'all can do the sunrise thing...I've been there done that now, and may even make a t-shirt!! :lol:

Thank you, everyone, for your wonderful comments. You've turned a cruddy week into a better one. :hug: :love1:

[GrandmaCrys]

Tina's kit is so cute for making birthday cards for those young DGSs! :D

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/2624/thumbs/GrandmaCrys_s-7-30-09-Tristan-6-Birthday-Card.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327718)
Tristan 6 Birthday - C... (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327718)

[Ineke]

Looks to me like he's already done that:eek::eek::o




Looks like you just gave away your Miss Innocent and Sweet crown with that statement - even I wouldnt have said that!:yikes:

[Ineke]

I have decided I might just keep my mouth shut when DS comes home with his floozie. Thanks for all the wise advice and you are all correct I wont achieve anything by telling him she is not right for him - he has always had a fascination with the undesirables - so it is to be expected that he would find a GF like that as well. Hopefully he will realise before it is too late.

[wuvie]

Ok it took my ALL day, but I got my 10 cards done :yippee::yippee:
These are the last four
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/7277/thumbs/snow-card-7.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327721) http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/7277/thumbs/stamps-card-9.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327722) http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/7277/thumbs/wish-card-8.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327724) http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/7277/thumbs/winter-card-10.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327725)

I wasn't to neglectful today, I got laundry done, pasta salad and brownies made, swept floor, and changed cat litter. So I count this as a good day. :yes:

[wuvie]

I have decided I might just keep my mouth shut when DS comes home with his floozie. Thanks for all the wise advice and you are all correct I wont achieve anything by telling him she is not right for him - he has always had a fascination with the undesirables - so it is to be expected that he would find a GF like that as well. Hopefully he will realise before it is too late.

I found that keeping my mouth shut and being "sickly" sweet always seem to work best. ;)

[sanra]

One for Kay... What great fun this month.


http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/4918/thumbs/Loving_you_is_easy.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=274010&ppuser=1832)

Loving you is Easy (http://<A href="http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=274010&amp;ppuser=1832">http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=274010&amp;ppuser=1832</A>)


http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/2610/thumbs/Holiday-Joy1.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327726&ppuser=96294)

Holiday Joy (http://<A href="http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327726&amp;cat=all&amp;limit=last7">http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327726&amp;cat=all&amp;limit=last7</A>)

[caraffle]

go raffie....go raffie....go raffie....go raffie....go raffie

go where!!!!!

[GrandmaCrys]

Grannies, I need help!!!

Christine has a poll up for her next challenge kit and I need you to help me stuff the Ballot Box!!!

Christine's Poll (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/showthread.php?t=39384)

You all know how long I've wanted and waited for a granddaughter and now I've got one - so I need you to vote for Little Lucy, please!!!

Debilou says to tell you all if you vote for my choice, she'll send Christmas cards to everyone (have you seen how many she's made? :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :applause: :applause: :applause:) AND she'll also send pretty wrapped chocolates Melissa taught her how to make so prettily! :lol: :lol:

So come on, rally round and help this granny out!

[GrandmaCrys]

go where!!!!!


She means go to Chris's poll and vote!!!
:help: :help: :help:

[GrandmaCrys]

Oh! But you have to vote for Little Lucy, or else don't go!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[caraffle]

:eek:I just got back from taking Andrea to get her Senior Portraits done. So wierd....when I got mine, they came into homeroom and said, that we needed to comb our hair!!
Andrea got her hair cut on Monday, Eyebrows waxed tuesday, Nails done Wed and Makeup done today before we went. This photography studio was so expensive!!!!!! I know we won't be able to afford more than one or two so I came home and took some of her with her really good makeup. I will post them later.
BTW, they charge $395 for a 12 x 12 photo collage !!!!!!!!!!:eek::eek::eek::eek:

[Christine]

Wahoo guess what is done!

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/744/thumbs/73_K_DoodlesForChristmas.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327730)
The Goodie BAG is DONE... (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327730)

[sanra]

Happy Birthday Fran....................

http://images.zwani.com/graphics/happy_birthday/images/4eer.gif

[photo bug]

Is there a chat tonight, or is everyone gone to the laptop scrap?

[LauraLou]

So we really need to let Margie know to let the website folks know so that every one will know that we know they want us to have what we want so they want to make the A/A work with Safari ...:rolleyes:

Huh?:doh::doh:

[DixieMama]

Grannies, I need help!!!

Christine has a poll up for her next challenge kit and I need you to help me stuff the Ballot Box!!!

Christine's Poll (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/showthread.php?t=39384)

You all know how long I've wanted and waited for a granddaughter and now I've got one - so I need you to vote for Little Lucy, please!!!

Debilou says to tell you all if you vote for my choice, she'll send Christmas cards to everyone (have you seen how many she's made? :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :applause: :applause: :applause:) AND she'll also send pretty wrapped chocolates Melissa taught her how to make so prettily! :lol: :lol:

So come on, rally round and help this granny out!

Ok ok ok calm down calm down calm down....

you had me at "chocolates"

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[debilou]

Grannies, I need help!!!

Christine has a poll up for her next challenge kit and I need you to help me stuff the Ballot Box!!!

Christine's Poll (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/showthread.php?t=39384)

You all know how long I've wanted and waited for a granddaughter and now I've got one - so I need you to vote for Little Lucy, please!!!

Debilou says to tell you all if you vote for my choice, she'll send Christmas cards to everyone (have you seen how many she's made? :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :applause: :applause: :applause:) AND she'll also send pretty wrapped chocolates Melissa taught her how to make so prettily! :lol: :lol:

So come on, rally round and help this granny out!

Crys, You have to tell me this BEFORE YOU VOTE!!!

I already voted... for another item....

sorry...

and, who said I would said card to everyone... YIKES:help::help::help::help:

Crys... what are you doing to me... :help::help:

[debilou]

oops, I voted for a "funky One".. sorry, Crys...

I'll send you every single Christmas card I made... really...

[DixieMama]

Huh?:doh::doh:

Me, Scamp & possibly Omi (not to mention the unknown numbers of people who prefer Safari as their web-browser) are a little perturbed that when posting or replying to threads in the advanced window, WE don't get the A/A EXTRA advanced toggle option for our posts. It's because DSP has not factored in the programming needs of Safari within its site scripting......or something to that effect....:think::doh::confused:

Aw, heck...ask Omi....she knows...... :lol:

[debilou]

She means go to Chris's poll and vote!!!
:help: :help: :help:

not to Debi's house I hope...:help::help::help:

[DixieMama]

oops, I voted for a "funky One".. sorry, Crys...

I'll send you every single Christmas card I made... really...

:( :( :( but what about my chocolate with the pretty wrapper??? :( :( :(

[LauraLou]

http://img108.mytextgraphics.com/overlappingtextlive/2009/07/30/0e26ed610765b2a17c8c2be3fcbc6b35.gif

Stealing this to express my wishes for your birthday, too, PQ.

[Christine]

well hmmmm I wonder why little lucy just jumped up in my poll? :think: :think:

[debilou]

:( :( :( but what about my chocolate with the pretty wrapper??? :( :( :(

help me, someone, crys is after me..

will Lauren's chat ever START...:help::help::help:

[GrandmaCrys]

:( :( :( but what about my chocolate with the pretty wrapper??? :( :( :(

Relax, Dix, she's just kidding! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

:yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: I got my 6 cards done!!! :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/7277/thumbs/GrandmaCrys_s-CIJ-2009-Christmas-Card-5.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327732)
CIJ 2009 Christmas Car... (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327732)

[jennilynn10]

:love1::love1::love1: :hug::hug::hug: :love1::love1::love1: :hug::hug::hug: :love1::love1::love1:

WE LOVE YOU CARO!!

:love1::love1::love1: :hug::hug::hug: :love1::love1::love1: :hug::hug::hug: :love1::love1::love1:

From me too Caro :hug: :hug: :hug:

[GrandmaCrys]

:yippee: :yippee: :yippee: I got my Prep a Plopper done, too! :D :yippee: :yippee: :yippee:

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/2621/thumbs/GrandmaCrys_s-7-30-09-CIJ-2009-Prep-a-Plopper.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327752&ppuser=34323)
CIJ 2009 Prep a Ploppe... (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327752&cat=500&ppuser=34323)

[cherebus]

When I first open CS2, I have no problems with pulling in .png files. Then, after working on the layout a bit, if I need to pull in more .png's, I get some stupid error message saying something about "cannot parse file". WHY can it parse EARLIER, but not LATER??? It's the same freaking file type from the same freaking folder, and even the same freaking designer!! :mad: :mad: :annoyed: :annoyed: The kicker is that I did not have this problem before I reformatted the HD.

And Googling brought up NOTHING for me. Even the Adobe 'support' page (HA!) was no help because they don't even LIST CS2 on their support anymore. Not all of us have the cash needed to upgrade. And my little laptop wouldn't be able to run CS3 or 4 anyway.

Sorry to vent...I'll quit now. :o

Dixie I have this same issue with CS2 on my laptop. I never had this problem with my desktop which has XP on it. I just assumed it was a Vista/CS2 issue. It is very frustrating and I have been unable to find anything that fixes the issue yet. So in all honesty I tend to not scrap when I got visiting family even if I do have my laptop with me.

[Fulltime RVer]

Happy Birthday, Fran!!! I almost missed it!

[Fulltime RVer]

We are in Cortez, CO. Had a lively thunderstorm about 8pm and now it is cooler and drizzly - good for sleeping. I slept a long time this afternoon so shouldn't be tired, but can barely keep my eyes open. zzzzzzzzzz

[JaeDee]

Ladies, I found 2 more recipe card tonight. Here are the clues. Christmas yet to come: favorite song and gifts keep giving

worth the looking I promise

[wuvie]

Got my plopper done too!! :yippee:
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/7277/thumbs/smile-plopper.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327768)
Smile Plopper (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327768)

[jennilynn10]

DBL :) I was playing with some of Robyn's new actions.

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/6775/thumbs/Dylan-3-Fedora.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327761&ppuser=38948)
Dylan 3 Fedoras (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327761&cat=500&ppuser=38948)

[PQ]

So, I thought I had had a pretty nice birthday so far today...........then I found this posted by Lauren on my last layout (the one of child #3 in her Madrigal dress)

A..M..A..Z..I..N..G!!!!!!!!!!!- what more can I say - remind me to put this in the hall of fame after the challenge is over. Ive chosen this layout as my pick of the pack for today

I'm sorry, I must leave now so I can do my happy dance while I squeal with delight.

[DixieMama]

So, I thought I had had a pretty nice birthday so far today...........then I found this posted by Lauren on my last layout (the one of child #3 in her Madrigal dress)

A..M..A..Z..I..N..G!!!!!!!!!!!- what more can I say - remind me to put this in the hall of fame after the challenge is over. Ive chosen this layout as my pick of the pack for today

I'm sorry, I must leave now so I can do my happy dance while I squeal with delight.

Bia should be video-taping this moment for all of us to share WITH you!! :tup: :rofl:

:tup: :tup: :tup: :tup: :tup: :yippee: :yippee: :yippee: :yippee: :yippee: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

[DixieMama]

Relax, Dix, she's just kidding! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

:yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: I got my 6 cards done!!! :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/7277/thumbs/GrandmaCrys_s-CIJ-2009-Christmas-Card-5.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327732)
CIJ 2009 Christmas Car... (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327732)

:worried: kidding doesn't feed the CRAVING.....if you know what I mean :worried:

off to raid the NutterButters....:rolleyes: boring.....ol'......NutterButters.......

[sands_healy]

That was on my list of questions to ask you...:D

So we really need to let Margie know to let the website folks know so that every one will know that we know they want us to have what we want so they want to make the A/A work with Safari ...:rolleyes:

Ummmm maybe......:think::think::think:

So, I thought I had had a pretty nice birthday so far today...........then I found this posted by Lauren on my last layout (the one of child #3 in her Madrigal dress)

A..M..A..Z..I..N..G!!!!!!!!!!!- what more can I say - remind me to put this in the hall of fame after the challenge is over. Ive chosen this layout as my pick of the pack for today

I'm sorry, I must leave now so I can do my happy dance while I squeal with delight.

Wahoo Fran!!!! Awesome work!!!!

[PQ]

:eek:I just got back from taking Andrea to get her Senior Portraits done. So wierd....when I got mine, they came into homeroom and said, that we needed to comb our hair!!
Andrea got her hair cut on Monday, Eyebrows waxed tuesday, Nails done Wed and Makeup done today before we went. This photography studio was so expensive!!!!!! I know we won't be able to afford more than one or two so I came home and took some of her with her really good makeup. I will post them later.
BTW, they charge $395 for a 12 x 12 photo collage !!!!!!!!!!:eek::eek::eek::eek:

I would not be able to force myself to write the check. Are they all that high? I am going to call and try to schedule Andrew's soon..........I'll let you know how the prices are here.

[PQ]

Happy Birthday Fran....................

http://images.zwani.com/graphics/happy_birthday/images/4eer.gif

Thank you! It has been a wonderful day!

[PQ]

Me, Scamp & possibly Omi (not to mention the unknown numbers of people who prefer Safari as their web-browser) are a little perturbed that when posting or replying to threads in the advanced window, WE don't get the A/A EXTRA advanced toggle option for our posts. It's because DSP has not factored in the programming needs of Safari within its site scripting......or something to that effect....:think::doh::confused:

Aw, heck...ask Omi....she knows...... :lol:

Now I know why I cannot use the A/A when I am on my apple laptop.

[sammdc]

woohoo I made it to 24000 posts
oh and I talked to essee last night and she still sounds terrible very croaky voice and coughing

[sammdc]

So, I thought I had had a pretty nice birthday so far today...........then I found this posted by Lauren on my last layout (the one of child #3 in her Madrigal dress)

A..M..A..Z..I..N..G!!!!!!!!!!!- what more can I say - remind me to put this in the hall of fame after the challenge is over. Ive chosen this layout as my pick of the pack for today

I'm sorry, I must leave now so I can do my happy dance while I squeal with delight.

woohoo congrats Fran so very much deserved:applause::applause::yippee::yippee:

[sands_healy]

http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/1985/21d41512441ebae8fc6f980.gif (http://www.glitterkiss.com)

[bendipez]

Okay, I'm late and I stole from Mars...HAPPY BIRTHDAYhttp://img108.mytextgraphics.com/overlappingtextlive/2009/07/30/0e26ed610765b2a17c8c2be3fcbc6b35.gif

[MarsOlson]

http://img701.mytextgraphics.com/glittergraphictext/2009/07/31/9f9b915aec3ef3b47394948269d62ae6.gif

[PQ]

http://img701.mytextgraphics.com/glittergraphictext/2009/07/31/9f9b915aec3ef3b47394948269d62ae6.gif

I am so excited........I know I will never sleep tonight!

[Ineke]

So, I thought I had had a pretty nice birthday so far today...........then I found this posted by Lauren on my last layout (the one of child #3 in her Madrigal dress)

A..M..A..Z..I..N..G!!!!!!!!!!!- what more can I say - remind me to put this in the hall of fame after the challenge is over. Ive chosen this layout as my pick of the pack for today

I'm sorry, I must leave now so I can do my happy dance while I squeal with delight.


Congrats Fran it is a fabulous layout -well deserved!!:yahoo::yahoo::yahoo:

[Vallie]

Congrats on HOF PQ!!!

:yippee::yippee::yippee: :drumroll::drumroll::drumroll: :party::party::party:

[Muma]

Congrats on your HOF Fran ... its so well deserved.
Congrats Samm on 24000 .... man I have a long way to go before I hit that number.

Here is a quick DBL from me
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/994/thumbs/Ravishing-600.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327786)
Ravishing (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327786)

thanks for looking

[Vallie]

Congrats on 24,000 Caro!!!

:yippee::yippee::yippee: :drumroll::drumroll::drumroll: :party::party::party:

[hoozieg]

Finally!!!!! I'm back online!

The service we had set up a few weeks ago gave up - DH thinks the Transceiver is bad. So last Friday we moved our bed up to the new house, then he left for a week long conference...not knowing I'd be living up here without any connection. I did everything he suggested by phone...even asking the guy doing our finish grade to take out a tree so our "line of sight" was clear. Did absolutely NO Good! POOR TREE!!

So out of things to try and the provider is no help at all (how does he stay in business?) - DH thought about our cell service - maybe we could get good internet through the cell phone system. [Frankly, I didn't know you could do that without a Blackberry or iPhone. Sure enough! A little more expensive, but faster and much more reliable. I just set it up and guess where I came first! :yahoo:

Hope things are going well for everyone...no way to catch up. SO, SO glad to be back! I was having withdrawals! :lol:

[LisasMom]

Grannies, I need help!!!

Christine has a poll up for her next challenge kit and I need you to help me stuff the Ballot Box!!!

Christine's Poll (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/showthread.php?t=39384)

You all know how long I've wanted and waited for a granddaughter and now I've got one - so I need you to vote for Little Lucy, please!!!

Debilou says to tell you all if you vote for my choice, she'll send Christmas cards to everyone (have you seen how many she's made? :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :applause: :applause: :applause:) AND she'll also send pretty wrapped chocolates Melissa taught her how to make so prettily! :lol: :lol:

So come on, rally round and help this granny out!

done; so who needs my address to send cards and candy?? :love2:

[Ineke]

A friend of mine sent me some pictures of this wonderful little village in Holland which is completely surrounded by canals - I just had to scrap it! and if I ever get a chance to go and visit Holland again this village will be top of my list!

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/500/thumbs/holland-village.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327797&ppuser=44859)
Dutch Village (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327797&ppuser=44859)

[LisasMom]

I found that keeping my mouth shut and being "sickly" sweet always seem to work best. ;)

Ahhhh, the old reverse-reverse psychology!! Talk her up to him and how great she is/will be, how wonderful for him to settle down and start having kids, yadda, yadda, and pretty soon he is seeing more and more and more why he DOESN'T want her!!

Slick thinkin' Wuvie!! :tup::tup:

[jennilynn10]

Hey, my DD turns 42 this month so you're just going to have to suck it up, kiddo!! :annoyed: :D :hug:

Okay, you got me :) :hug:

[baflien]

http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/1985/21d41512441ebae8fc6f980.gif (http://www.glitterkiss.com)

http://img701.mytextgraphics.com/glittergraphictext/2009/07/31/9f9b915aec3ef3b47394948269d62ae6.gif

Finally!!!!! I'm back online!

The service we had set up a few weeks ago gave up - DH thinks the Transceiver is bad. So last Friday we moved our bed up to the new house, then he left for a week long conference...not knowing I'd be living up here without any connection. I did everything he suggested by phone...even asking the guy doing our finish grade to take out a tree so our "line of sight" was clear. Did absolutely NO Good! POOR TREE!!

So out of things to try and the provider is no help at all (how does he stay in business?) - DH thought about our cell service - maybe we could get good internet through the cell phone system. [Frankly, I didn't know you could do that without a Blackberry or iPhone. Sure enough! A little more expensive, but faster and much more reliable. I just set it up and guess where I came first! :yahoo:

Hope things are going well for everyone...no way to catch up. SO, SO glad to be back! I was having withdrawals! :lol:

Welcome back!!!

[PQ]

Finally!!!!! I'm back online!

The service we had set up a few weeks ago gave up - DH thinks the Transceiver is bad. So last Friday we moved our bed up to the new house, then he left for a week long conference...not knowing I'd be living up here without any connection. I did everything he suggested by phone...even asking the guy doing our finish grade to take out a tree so our "line of sight" was clear. Did absolutely NO Good! POOR TREE!!

So out of things to try and the provider is no help at all (how does he stay in business?) - DH thought about our cell service - maybe we could get good internet through the cell phone system. [Frankly, I didn't know you could do that without a Blackberry or iPhone. Sure enough! A little more expensive, but faster and much more reliable. I just set it up and guess where I came first! :yahoo:

Hope things are going well for everyone...no way to catch up. SO, SO glad to be back! I was having withdrawals! :lol:

Hi Hoozie! I 've missed you!

[Leslie]

Congrats on HOF PQ!!!

:yippee::yippee::yippee: :drumroll::drumroll::drumroll: :party::party::party:

Woo hoooooo!!!!!!!!!! :love3: :drumroll:

[Vallie]

Yay, Suz is back!! :yippee: :yippee: :yippee: Have you moved into the new abode permanently now?

[bendipez]

Another picture from garlic festival....maybe tomorrow I'll show you what they were cooking...:lol::lol:
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/500/thumbs/whats_cookin_450x450.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327807&ppuser=82827)
what's cookin (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327807&ppuser=82827)

[jennilynn10]

2 questions:

1. what do you do if you bought a kit at full price, then it comes up as IOTW & you really want to add your LO to that gallery because it's one of your favorites??? have you ever re-posted that layout?

and

2. have to ever found an almost exact scraplift of your layout that's not credited ~ and you're almost positive it's a scraplift because 1) it's the same kit 2) the layout is very, very, very similiar to yours and 3) yours was posted first??? and then what if you found these layouts posted next to each other in the gallery and it's becomes very awkward????

well, anyway. . . DBL

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/1348/thumbs/sara-scarlet-ribbons-small.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327809&ppuser=38948)
My Sweet Angel Sara (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327809&cat=500&ppuser=38948)

[Vallie]

I guess it is okay to add it to the IOTW challenge. I uploaded a layout in the general gallery once, and then about 2 weeks later the designer was featuring that kit so I just moved it to that challenge gallery, no problem.
I dont know about the other, do you think it is just a coincidence that they used the same kit and all. Is it in the same challenge? Did you use any special techniques that they would have had to copy to get the same look too? If they did, that would be a hint. Anyone we know? :lol:

[jennilynn10]

I guess it is okay to add it to the IOTW challenge. I uploaded a layout in the general gallery once, and then about 2 weeks later the designer was featuring that kit so I just moved it to that challenge gallery, no problem.
I dont know about the other, do you think it is just a coincidence that they used the same kit and all. Is it in the same challenge? Did you use any special techniques that they would have had to copy to get the same look too? If they did, that would be a hint. Anyone we know? :lol:

take a look around the IOTW gallery Vallie ;) I'm curious what you think. Maybe it's not a scraplift at all. And anyway, if it is, maybe I should just be flattered.

[dagwood]

Grannies, I need help!!!

Christine has a poll up for her next challenge kit and I need you to help me stuff the Ballot Box!!!

Christine's Poll (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/showthread.php?t=39384)

You all know how long I've wanted and waited for a granddaughter and now I've got one - so I need you to vote for Little Lucy, please!!!

Debilou says to tell you all if you vote for my choice, she'll send Christmas cards to everyone (have you seen how many she's made? :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :applause: :applause: :applause:) AND she'll also send pretty wrapped chocolates Melissa taught her how to make so prettily! :lol: :lol:

So come on, rally round and help this granny out!

I went and stacked the votes for you!:yippee::yippee: besides I may need that kit myself one day:pray::pray:

[dagwood]

A friend of mine sent me some pictures of this wonderful little village in Holland which is completely surrounded by canals - I just had to scrap it! and if I ever get a chance to go and visit Holland again this village will be top of my list!

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/500/thumbs/holland-village.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327797&ppuser=44859)
Dutch Village (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327797&ppuser=44859)

I got the same e-mail Inks, and now I want to go there!!!...I think it would be amazing to step back in time and get away from the rat race for awhile!

[dagwood]

Congrats on HOF PQ!!!

:yippee::yippee::yippee: :drumroll::drumroll::drumroll: :party::party::party:

and from me too!:yippee::yippee::yippee:

[Vallie]

Well, I think I know the one you mean. Yes it is very similar. If I were using that kit I am sure I would not have come up with the same arrangement as you did and that someone else did is very surprising! Maybe they looked up in the shop where it says to see layouts using this kit and saw yours. They may not be aware that they should credit you but they loved your design enough to be influenced by it.

[Vallie]

What's the big surprise Dags??? I have to go to work now ......

[jennilynn10]

Check this out - I live in such an absurd city:

"Tiger escapes magic act, ends up on Vegas streets
The Associated Press
10:32 p.m. July 30, 2009

LAS VEGAS — Police in Las Vegas say a tamed tiger that escaped from a magic act has been captured.

Police say the residents in the city's northwest section reported seeing the tiger wandering their streets Thursday night.

Police Lt. Les Lane says the cat belongs to Fernando's Brothers magic act. He says the cat got loose, but "they got it back into custody."

The cat was found in a resident's backyard.

Animal Control and Metro Police are investigating the incident."

I sure am glad that wasn't my neighborhood. Those animals are trained and very intelligent, but that doesn't mean that they are tame. It would be quite a shock to find a tiger roaming your backyard!!!

[scamptx]

Grannies, I need help!!!

Christine has a poll up for her next challenge kit and I need you to help me stuff the Ballot Box!!!

Christine's Poll (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/showthread.php?t=39384)

You all know how long I've wanted and waited for a granddaughter and now I've got one - so I need you to vote for Little Lucy, please!!!

Debilou says to tell you all if you vote for my choice, she'll send Christmas cards to everyone (have you seen how many she's made? :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :applause: :applause: :applause:) AND she'll also send pretty wrapped chocolates Melissa taught her how to make so prettily! :lol: :lol:

So come on, rally round and help this granny out!

Stuffing that ballot box! :lol: :lol: Looks like Lucy's in the lead!

[jennilynn10]

Stuffing that ballot box! :lol: :lol: Looks like Lucy's in the lead!

I stuff my vote into the Lucy box too. In fact, I've already added it to my shopping cart. :yes:

[evergreen100]

I voted ;)

[sands_healy]

2 questions:

1. what do you do if you bought a kit at full price, then it comes up as IOTW & you really want to add your LO to that gallery because it's one of your favorites??? have you ever re-posted that layout?

and

2. have to ever found an almost exact scraplift of your layout that's not credited ~ and you're almost positive it's a scraplift because 1) it's the same kit 2) the layout is very, very, very similiar to yours and 3) yours was posted first??? and then what if you found these layouts posted next to each other in the gallery and it's becomes very awkward????

well, anyway. . . DBL


Jenni, read the rules of the IOTW challenge, I'm sure it says a new LO, I'm not sure, but I do know that if you move your LO across to the IOTW challenge gallery, it will fall in the same date range of when you uploaded it.... so it may just fall in between other IOTW kits and get lost.

On the second question, yes I've often seen something that looks like a lift of someone else. Generally if its a newbie, they don't know to credit a lift, till someone tells them.

[scamptx]

Now I know why I cannot use the A/A when I am on my apple laptop.

Download Firefox for those occasions...;)

[scamptx]

http://img701.mytextgraphics.com/glittergraphictext/2009/07/31/9f9b915aec3ef3b47394948269d62ae6.gif

What a fantastic (and well deserved!) birthday present!

[scamptx]

Here's another puzzler for you computer geekies lurking about. I can't find a quick answer on google for this one either...

Seems I don't get email from gmail. A granny had sent me something that I never got, so whilst chatting on Yahoo, we experimented. I got the email she sent from another address, but not the gmail. I just figured it was a glitch and thought no more about it.

Now I have reached the conclusion that it's gmail because I'm getting emails sent to a group of us, but when one of the group replies to all, I don't receive the email and she has a gmail address. I only realized it when I'd get the next "replied to all" from someone and see the message in the history.

Any one else have issues with gmail?

[jennilynn10]

Jenni, read the rules of the IOTW challenge, I'm sure it says a new LO, I'm not sure, but I do know that if you move your LO across to the IOTW challenge gallery, it will fall in the same date range of when you uploaded it.... so it may just fall in between other IOTW kits and get lost.

On the second question, yes I've often seen something that looks like a lift of someone else. Generally if its a newbie, they don't know to credit a lift, till someone tells them.

IOTW doesn't expressly state that it must be a new LO. Anyway, I'm not actually entering the challenge for the draw. I just wanted to upload it to be able to share it again since that kit is being used. I love that kit & I happen to like this layout I did with it (I wouldn't bother with most of my layouts). I didn't just move it, b/c like you say Sands, it would just get lost with older IOTW layouts. I re-uploaded a new one.

AS for the scraplift, I'm regretting I mentioned it. I don't want to make it into it sounding like me having a hissy fit. I just felt awkward when I re-loaded my layout and it ended up almost right next to a layout that looked like very much like my original. Make sense? :doh: (oh - and it's not a newbie. She joined about the same time as me.) Anyway, I mentioned it because I felt awkward - like maybe she would think I copied her idea since in th IOTW gallery mine is posted after even tho I originally did the layout last December. is any one following this? really it's all sounding very silly to me now as I write it down. Please just forget I mentioned it.

[sands_healy]

AS for the scraplift, I'm regretting I mentioned it. I don't want to make it into it sounding like me having a hissy fit.

I would feel the same as you Jenni, had it been one of my LO's.......

[AliceAMattison]

Grannies, I need help!!!

Christine has a poll up for her next challenge kit and I need you to help me stuff the Ballot Box!!!

Christine's Poll (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/showthread.php?t=39384)

You all know how long I've wanted and waited for a granddaughter and now I've got one - so I need you to vote for Little Lucy, please!!!

Debilou says to tell you all if you vote for my choice, she'll send Christmas cards to everyone (have you seen how many she's made? :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :applause: :applause: :applause:) AND she'll also send pretty wrapped chocolates Melissa taught her how to make so prettily! :lol: :lol:

So come on, rally round and help this granny out!

I've done my part, Crys!

http://img701.mytextgraphics.com/glittergraphictext/2009/07/31/9f9b915aec3ef3b47394948269d62ae6.gif


Congrats from me too! I borrowed this from Mars

[scamptx]

Hey, Karen--remember this?

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/6698/thumbs/People-Watching.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327841)
People-Watching (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327841)

Gotta run--I'm going to be late to the day job. :yikes:

[AliceAMattison]

Congratulations, Caro, on 24,000 Posts! :yippee: :yippee: :yippee: :yippee: :yippee: :yippee:

[dagwood]

What's the big surprise Dags??? I have to go to work now ......


http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/500/thumbs/first-baby-plopper_edited-1.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327842&ppuser=27233)
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/500/thumbs/second-baby-plopper.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327843&ppuser=27233)
:yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee::y ippee::yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee::yip pee::yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee::yippe e::yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee: :yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee::y ippee::yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee::yip pee::yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee::yippe e::yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee: :yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee::y ippee::yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee::yip pee::yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee::yippe e::yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee: :yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee::y ippee::yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee::yip pee::yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee::yippee::yippe e::yippee:
we are past the 12 week stage so I am now allowed to tell everyone

[dagwood]

how lucky for me the shop has been having a sale on, I have been hitting the baby kits big time:yes:

[kaybutler@mweb.]

ok I'm on page 1493 but I just wanted to tell you all!!!!

I'M BEING PUBLISHED!!!!



http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd19/kaybutler/SmileyHighFive.gif http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd19/kaybutler/SmileyHighFive.gifhttp://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd19/kaybutler/SmileyHighFive.gif YAY YOU !!!!!http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd19/kaybutler/SmileyHighFive.gifhttp://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd19/kaybutler/SmileyHighFive.gifhttp://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd19/kaybutler/SmileyHighFive.gif
That is one fabulous LO and SUCH a classy magazine to be published in !! WTG !!! :hug:

[dagwood]

Hey, Karen--remember this?

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/6698/thumbs/People-Watching.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327841)
People-Watching (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327841)

Gotta run--I'm going to be late to the day job. :yikes:

one of my most favourite past times is people watching, and making up little stories to go with them!! Sorry that damn day job is getting in your way! I know that feeling very well! Its the end of the tax year and work is crazy at the moment,I cann't wait for it to slow down a bit so I can spend a bit more time here.

[kaybutler@mweb.]

Kay, you've been nominated in the weekly wonders thread.... :

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/showthread.php?t=39285&page=3

:yippee::yippee::yippee: Thanks for the heads-up Sands !!!

[debilou]

http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/1985/21d41512441ebae8fc6f980.gif (http://www.glitterkiss.com)

Congrats!!!!:yippee::santa1::snowman::santa:

[PQ]

Congratulations Dags!

[kaybutler@mweb.]

And, I'm pretty sure *that* word is derived from a combination of "pain in the" and "a$$"!! :shocked: :shocked: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:



http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd19/kaybutler/smiley.gifhttp://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd19/kaybutler/smiley.gifhttp://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd19/kaybutler/smiley.gifhttp://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd19/kaybutler/smiley.gif

[PQ]

Would one of ya'll please come to Montana and hog tie me so I cannot buy anything else! I need an intervention!

[AliceAMattison]

Oh, what wonderful exciting news, Daggs! Nothing like a new baby to make us grannies happy!

[debilou]

Would one of ya'll please come to Montana and hog tie me so I cannot buy anything else! I need an intervention!

Just mail me your credit card..

I'll take care of it for you, no problem...:love3::love3::love3:

[ebears]

I will be on page 1500 too.

I just needed to post that today marks six months since Donn took his last breathe it has been a tough day for me and I keep telling myself it's just another day that the date means nothing whether its 6 months exactly or not he is as much gone today as he was yesterday and will be tomorrow. So I am sitting here wrapped in Donn's jacket just missing him so very much.

Wrapping you in red threads - hang in there Caro.

[sands_healy]

http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/8362/b0386fa9320d0aed418d1e8.gif (http://www.glitterkiss.com)

Congrats Daggs.... so it was YOU they were hinting about at the Down Under Crop!

[kaybutler@mweb.]

Doug asked me what kind of cake I want and I said, "I do not want cake. I just want cream cheese icing with pecans from Albertson's"

NOW she tells us she does'nt want cake !!! :yikes: :yikes: :worried: :worried: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[kaybutler@mweb.]

Looks to me like he's already done that:eek::eek::o

Looks like you just gave away your Miss Innocent and Sweet crown with that statement - even I wouldnt have said that!:yikes:

:shocked::shocked: :rofl::rofl::rofl:

Here we all thought her a bit prudish
but our slender green bean was so rudish..
she noticed the baker
was a bit of a shaker
and the thoughts in her head were not goodish !!:shocked::shocked:

[sands_healy]

:shocked::shocked: :rofl::rofl::rofl:

Here we all thought her a bit prudish
but our slender green bean was so rudish..
she noticed the baker
was a bit of a shaker
and the thoughts in her head were not goodish !!:shocked::shocked:

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl: Kay!!!! You are so quick!!!

[wuvie]

:love3: http://img701.mytextgraphics.com/glittergraphictext/2009/07/31/9f9b915aec3ef3b47394948269d62ae6.gif


Grats PQ!! :hug:

[kaybutler@mweb.]

I read this post and instead of "scanalous" I read scandelicious...:shocked: :shocked:

:tup::tup: great descriptive word that !!! Got to remember it !!!! :lol::rofl::rofl:(wish I'd seen it before I wrote EGs limerick..it is sooo apt !!:lol::lol::lol:)

[kaybutler@mweb.]

Ok it took my ALL day, but I got my 10 cards done :yippee::yippee:



:tup::tup::tup:Well done Wuvie..Sheesh ..it would've taken me all day to do ONE !!!:shocked: You are a star !!

[kaybutler@mweb.]

Oh! But you have to vote for Little Lucy, or else don't go!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

:yippee::yippee::yippee: Little Lucy is waaay ahead !!!! (looking forward to my chokkies !!!:tup::tup:)

[kaybutler@mweb.]

:eek:I just got back from taking Andrea to get her Senior Portraits done. So wierd....when I got mine, they came into homeroom and said, that we needed to comb our hair!!
Andrea got her hair cut on Monday, Eyebrows waxed tuesday, Nails done Wed and Makeup done today before we went. This photography studio was so expensive!!!!!! I know we won't be able to afford more than one or two so I came home and took some of her with her really good makeup. I will post them later.
BTW, they charge $395 for a 12 x 12 photo collage !!!!!!!!!!:eek::eek::eek::eek:

I would not be able to force myself to write the check. Are they all that high? I am going to call and try to schedule Andrew's soon..........I'll let you know how the prices are here.

:shocked::shocked::eek:OMG !! You GUYS !!!! You are both such amazing photographers I can't even wrap my brain around the fact that you are paying out $$$$$$$$$$$s for someone ele to do this !!!!:shocked::shocked::yikes::yikes:

[kaybutler@mweb.]

So, I thought I had had a pretty nice birthday so far today...........then I found this posted by Lauren on my last layout (the one of child #3 in her Madrigal dress)

A..M..A..Z..I..N..G!!!!!!!!!!!- what more can I say - remind me to put this in the hall of fame after the challenge is over. Ive chosen this layout as my pick of the pack for today

I'm sorry, I must leave now so I can do my happy dance while I squeal with delight.

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd19/kaybutler/Smiley_juchu.gifhttp://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd19/kaybutler/Smiley_juchu.gifhttp://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd19/kaybutler/Smiley_juchu.gifCONGRATULATIONS PQ !!!http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd19/kaybutler/Smiley_juchu.gifhttp://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd19/kaybutler/Smiley_juchu.gifhttp://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd19/kaybutler/Smiley_juchu.gif

Happy dance from me too !! That is one Exquisite page !!!

http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd19/kaybutler/1318753hrho4qy6r8.gif http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd19/kaybutler/1318753hrho4qy6r8.gif http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd19/kaybutler/1318753hrho4qy6r8.gif

[kaybutler@mweb.]

Finally!!!!! I'm back online!

The service we had set up a few weeks ago gave up - DH thinks the Transceiver is bad. So last Friday we moved our bed up to the new house, then he left for a week long conference...not knowing I'd be living up here without any connection. I did everything he suggested by phone...even asking the guy doing our finish grade to take out a tree so our "line of sight" was clear. Did absolutely NO Good! POOR TREE!!

So out of things to try and the provider is no help at all (how does he stay in business?) - DH thought about our cell service - maybe we could get good internet through the cell phone system. [Frankly, I didn't know you could do that without a Blackberry or iPhone. Sure enough! A little more expensive, but faster and much more reliable. I just set it up and guess where I came first! :yahoo:

Hope things are going well for everyone...no way to catch up. SO, SO glad to be back! I was having withdrawals! :lol:

Suzie !!! How great to see you..and reporting in from your very own abode !! :tup::tup::hug::love3::love3:Come back soo and tell us EVERYthing !!

[wuvie]

http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/8362/b0386fa9320d0aed418d1e8.gif (http://www.glitterkiss.com)

Congrats Daggs.... so it was YOU they were hinting about at the Down Under Crop!



:yippee: :yippee: :yippee: :hug: :hug: :hug: :yippee: :yippee: :yippee:

Grats Draggs!!!

[wuvie]

Finally!!!!! I'm back online!

The service we had set up a few weeks ago gave up - DH thinks the Transceiver is bad. So last Friday we moved our bed up to the new house, then he left for a week long conference...not knowing I'd be living up here without any connection. I did everything he suggested by phone...even asking the guy doing our finish grade to take out a tree so our "line of sight" was clear. Did absolutely NO Good! POOR TREE!!

So out of things to try and the provider is no help at all (how does he stay in business?) - DH thought about our cell service - maybe we could get good internet through the cell phone system. [Frankly, I didn't know you could do that without a Blackberry or iPhone. Sure enough! A little more expensive, but faster and much more reliable. I just set it up and guess where I came first! :yahoo:

Hope things are going well for everyone...no way to catch up. SO, SO glad to be back! I was having withdrawals! :lol:


Welcome Back!! :hug: :hug: :hug:

How is the new house coming along?

[wuvie]

:shocked::shocked: :rofl::rofl::rofl:

Here we all thought her a bit prudish
but our slender green bean was so rudish..
she noticed the baker
was a bit of a shaker
and the thoughts in her head were not goodish !!:shocked::shocked:

Ok I just woke the hubby up and scared the cats with all my snorting! :o :eek: :rofl:

I must learn how to snort quietly :think:

[diturpin]

A dbl

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/994/thumbs/DET089---Sweet-Savannah.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327551&ppuser=37627)
Sweet Savannah (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327551&cat=500&ppuser=37627)

Hoozie - Glad you back on the net!

[DixieMama]

http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/1985/21d41512441ebae8fc6f980.gif (http://www.glitterkiss.com)

:yahoo: :yippee: :yahoo: :yippee: :yahoo:

http://img701.mytextgraphics.com/glittergraphictext/2009/07/31/9f9b915aec3ef3b47394948269d62ae6.gif

:yahoo: :applause: :yahoo: :applause: :yahoo:

Finally!!!!! I'm back online!

The service we had set up a few weeks ago gave up - DH thinks the Transceiver is bad. So last Friday we moved our bed up to the new house, then he left for a week long conference...not knowing I'd be living up here without any connection. I did everything he suggested by phone...even asking the guy doing our finish grade to take out a tree so our "line of sight" was clear. Did absolutely NO Good! POOR TREE!!

So out of things to try and the provider is no help at all (how does he stay in business?) - DH thought about our cell service - maybe we could get good internet through the cell phone system. [Frankly, I didn't know you could do that without a Blackberry or iPhone. Sure enough! A little more expensive, but faster and much more reliable. I just set it up and guess where I came first! :yahoo:

Hope things are going well for everyone...no way to catch up. SO, SO glad to be back! I was having withdrawals! :lol:

Just double-check your wireless plan's data usage rates. Our provider here would only allow 5gb/month, then charged $0.05/mb after that. Lord knows some of us go through MORE than 5gb/month just on this site alone! ;) I DO know of another option that was just brought to my attention on Monday, if you'd like to know more, PM me :D

Glad you're in the new place finally! :hug:

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/500/thumbs/first-baby-plopper_edited-1.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327842&ppuser=27233)
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/500/thumbs/second-baby-plopper.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327843&ppuser=27233)
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we are past the 12 week stage so I am now allowed to tell everyone

:drumroll: :yahoo: :drumroll: :yahoo: :drumroll:

Ok I just woke the hubby up and scared the cats with all my snorting! :o :eek: :rofl:

I must learn how to snort quietly :think:

No such possibility!! ;)

[lizzanne]

I've been trying for most of the morning to get ONE ...yes just one LO done....lol.
Then to only have troubles getting it into the gallery. DSP lost connection?? Page not found??
Grrr...anyways. Prior to that I did manage to see a few of the great LO's done by most of you and they are all fantastic.
I do wish I could find the mojo to join in more often.
PQ....love love love (always have) your LO's. Congrats On HOF!

Sat here way to long, have a new part time job starting today just to fill in some of my time?? OMG...what was I thinking?
TTFN....hugs all!

[DixieMama]

Feel better soon, Essee!! :hug:

I'm off to give Robyn's Graphically Challenged tutorial a go. Talk about squeezing in my deadlines! :lol:

:wave: :love1: :hug:

[kaybutler@mweb.]

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we are past the 12 week stage so I am now allowed to tell everyone

how lucky for me the shop has been having a sale on, I have been hitting the baby kits big time:yes:


http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/8362/b0386fa9320d0aed418d1e8.gif (http://www.glitterkiss.com)

Congrats Daggs.... so it was YOU they were hinting about at the Down Under Crop!

http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll254/lorenia_26/CONGRATULATIONS/5d508a9db9fe8cd653132a3eee67f16e.gif

How exciting !!!! A NEW BABY BEAN FOR US !!!! :yippee::yippee::yippee::drumroll::drumroll::drumr oll::drumroll:

[GrandmaCrys]

I've had non stop company all month but I'm enjoying the grandkids the most! I thought I could catch up a bit while they are having an afternoon nap, this heat here is so draining especially when they aren't used to it. Record highs all over the province.

Today Daniel is coming home too! I haven't seen my baby boy for 3 months. :)

:yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

Looks to me like he's already done that:eek::eek::o

Enjoy those little kids and the big one too Mars:)

Morning Leslie, you OK today??

We have Grandparents day at the girls' school today, it is always an uplifting day for us, the delight on the kids faces when they see us arrive makes us feel so thankful for our grandchildren.

I can't wait till I get to start attending these! :D

Crys, I LOVE your new Avatar!

Thanks, Alice! :hug: :hug:

well hmmmm I wonder why little lucy just jumped up in my poll? :think: :think:

It is a mystery, isn't it? ;)


DBL :) I was playing with some of Robyn's new actions.

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/6775/thumbs/Dylan-3-Fedora.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327761&ppuser=38948)
Dylan 3 Fedoras (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327761&cat=500&ppuser=38948)

I have got some of Robyn's actions on my WishList. I really do need to go ahead and buy them and use them! ;)

So, I thought I had had a pretty nice birthday so far today...........then I found this posted by Lauren on my last layout (the one of child #3 in her Madrigal dress)

A..M..A..Z..I..N..G!!!!!!!!!!!- what more can I say - remind me to put this in the hall of fame after the challenge is over. Ive chosen this layout as my pick of the pack for today

I'm sorry, I must leave now so I can do my happy dance while I squeal with delight.

So deserved, PQ! Congrats!!!:party: :yippee: :party: :yippee: :party: :yippee: :party: :yippee: :party: :yippee:


woohoo I made it to 24000 posts
oh and I talked to essee last night and she still sounds terrible very croaky voice and coughing

:yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

Finally!!!!! I'm back online!

The service we had set up a few weeks ago gave up - DH thinks the Transceiver is bad. So last Friday we moved our bed up to the new house, then he left for a week long conference...not knowing I'd be living up here without any connection. I did everything he suggested by phone...even asking the guy doing our finish grade to take out a tree so our "line of sight" was clear. Did absolutely NO Good! POOR TREE!!

So out of things to try and the provider is no help at all (how does he stay in business?) - DH thought about our cell service - maybe we could get good internet through the cell phone system. [Frankly, I didn't know you could do that without a Blackberry or iPhone. Sure enough! A little more expensive, but faster and much more reliable. I just set it up and guess where I came first! :yahoo:

Hope things are going well for everyone...no way to catch up. SO, SO glad to be back! I was having withdrawals! :lol:

We were having withdrawals too, Suz! So glad you're back! :yippee: :yippee: :yippee: :yippee: :yippee: :yippee: :yippee:

done; so who needs my address to send cards and candy?? :love2:

ummmmmmmmmmmmm...........:think: :think:..................errrrrrrrrrr............: think:.........that would be debilou! :D

[dagwood]

think your going to get sick of my baby ploppers very quickly, but there is some wonderful new baby kits in the store and I just have to have them all

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/826/thumbs/fourth-plopper.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327853&ppuser=27233)
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/826/thumbs/third-baby-plopper.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327854&ppuser=27233)
actually I do need a heap of baby ploppers as not only is my youngest son (25) and his girlfriend having a baby on 9th February, a summer baby for us downunders, but Heaths mummy is also due to have her second baby on 24th December, a little Christmas gift for Heath, and my second youngest brother and his wife as also expecting my 22nd neice or nephew in October, so I am going to be surround in baby's at the end of the year. None of these mums are at all interested in knowing the --- of their child before the birth, so I will have to scrap both in pink and blue:yippee::yippee:

[sands_healy]

actually I do need a heap of baby ploppers as not only is my youngest son (25) and his girlfriend having a baby on 9th February, a summer baby for us downunders, but Heaths mummy is also due to have her second baby on 24th December, a little Christmas gift for Heath, and my second youngest brother and his wife as also expecting my 22nd neice or nephew in October, so I am going to be surround in baby's at the end of the year. None of these mums are at all interested in knowing the --- of their child before the birth, so I will have to scrap both in pink and blue:yippee::yippee:

22nd???:shocked::shocked::yikes::yikes:

[dagwood]

yep:wave:....were a big family...just don't ask me to tell you all their birthday dates off by heart, some days I am lucky to remember all their names, but I never forget a face:lol:

[GrandmaCrys]

http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/8362/b0386fa9320d0aed418d1e8.gif (http://www.glitterkiss.com)

Congrats Daggs.... so it was YOU they were hinting about at the Down Under Crop!

Love the graphic, Sands! I also love that Daggs is gonna be a two timer! :D :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:


:shocked::shocked: :rofl::rofl::rofl:

Here we all thought her a bit prudish
but our slender green bean was so rudish..
she noticed the baker
was a bit of a shaker
and the thoughts in her head were not goodish !!:shocked::shocked:

Kay!!!!!!! This has to be THE best one yet!!! I'm still giggling all over the place. You are so gosh-darned clever!!!

[sands_healy]

yep:wave:....were a big family...just don't ask me to tell you all their birthday dates off by heart, some days I am lucky to remember all their names, but I never forget a face:lol:

Your family sounds like mine :rofl::rofl: I have no full blood brothers or sisters, but 11 half!

[GrandmaCrys]

:yippee::yippee::yippee: Little Lucy is waaay ahead !!!! (looking forward to my chokkies !!!:tup::tup:)

:yippee: :yippee: :yippee: :yippee: :yippee: :yippee: :yippee: :yippee: :yippee: Thanks to all my best friends for helping stuff the ballot box. And a special gigantic thank you to debilou, who must be missing due to printing cards and wrapping treats!!

To those of you suffering through extreme heat, they just announced on the radio that the Chicagoland area has just experienced the COOLEST July on record!
:yes: :yes: :yes: :cool:

[GrandmaCrys]

think your going to get sick of my baby ploppers very quickly, but there is some wonderful new baby kits in the store and I just have to have them all

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/826/thumbs/fourth-plopper.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327853&ppuser=27233)
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/826/thumbs/third-baby-plopper.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327854&ppuser=27233)
actually I do need a heap of baby ploppers as not only is my youngest son (25) and his girlfriend having a baby on 9th February, a summer baby for us downunders, but Heaths mummy is also due to have her second baby on 24th December, a little Christmas gift for Heath, and my second youngest brother and his wife as also expecting my 22nd neice or nephew in October, so I am going to be surround in baby's at the end of the year. None of these mums are at all interested in knowing the --- of their child before the birth, so I will have to scrap both in pink and blue:yippee::yippee:


Nope! :no: :no: :no: We will NOT get sick of your Ploppers. How wonderful (in my opinion) that they new babies will be mysteries. And making both girl and boy Ploppers should come in handy, as surely they won't all come out the same gender! :D

Your family sounds so like my generation of my dad's family, Daggs. He was one of 11 and there are so many cousins, I couldn't even begin to name them or remember them all. There was even one Aunt who had a *first marriage* that nobody talked about, which rendered 3 children, whom I've never met!

My dad was 3rd youngest, so lots of my cousins are actually the ages to have been Aunts and Uncles. Very confusing to a young child! :eek:

[debilou]

:yippee: :yippee: :yippee: :yippee: :yippee: :yippee: :yippee: :yippee: :yippee: Thanks to all my best friends for helping stuff the ballot box. And a special gigantic thank you to debilou, who must be missing due to printing cards and wrapping treats!!

To those of you suffering through extreme heat, they just announced on the radio that the Chicagoland area has just experienced the COOLEST July on record!
:yes: :yes: :yes: :cool:
Including me CRYS!! Your BFFFFFFFFF!!!!:love3::love3::love3::love3:

[DixieMama]

Only had to restart CS2 twice for this one! Quick by comparison to the last few days! :rolleyes:

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/6698/thumbs/gc709agedangel.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327871&ppuser=78734)
Aged Angel (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327871&cat=500&ppuser=78734)

[kaybutler@mweb.]

I've been trying for most of the morning to get ONE ...yes just one LO done....lol.
Then to only have troubles getting it into the gallery. DSP lost connection?? Page not found??
Grrr...anyways. Prior to that I did manage to see a few of the great LO's done by most of you and they are all fantastic.
I do wish I could find the mojo to join in more often.
PQ....love love love (always have) your LO's. Congrats On HOF!

Sat here way to long, have a new part time job starting today just to fill in some of my time?? OMG...what was I thinking?
TTFN....hugs all!

:hug::hug::hug: YAY Leaky Liz !!!! So good to see you again !!!:yippee::yippee::yippee:

[GrandmaCrys]

:yikes: :yikes: Where is everyone?

[GrandmaCrys]

:wave: :wave: Hi, Kay!

[debilou]

:yikes: :yikes: Where is everyone?

Well, Crys, I'm having to explain why I'm your BFF on the Gundi thread to everyone there...

why don't you check that one OUT!!!!

[Vallie]

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/500/thumbs/first-baby-plopper_edited-1.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327842&ppuser=27233)
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/500/thumbs/second-baby-plopper.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327843&ppuser=27233)
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we are past the 12 week stage so I am now allowed to tell everyone

:drumroll::drumroll::drumroll: :party::party::party: :drumroll::drumroll::drumroll: :party::party::party:

Congrats Dags!!!!:santa::santa1::snowman::snowman:

[PQ]

:yikes: :yikes: Where is everyone?

I am here and I am still giddy with delight!

[PQ]

:yippee: :yippee: :yippee: :yippee: :yippee: :yippee: :yippee: :yippee: :yippee: Thanks to all my best friends for helping stuff the ballot box. And a special gigantic thank you to debilou, who must be missing due to printing cards and wrapping treats!!

To those of you suffering through extreme heat, they just announced on the radio that the Chicagoland area has just experienced the COOLEST July on record!
:yes: :yes: :yes: :cool:


I had a doctor's appointment this morning. I went to my car and turned around and went straight back into the house and got a jacket. It was 52 degrees F.

They said on the radio that this is one of the coolest summers on record for Montana. The wheat and corn crops are not growing and ripening correctly because of the cold. (We did have 4 hot days). The crops need a certain amount of heat to grow.

[GrandmaCrys]

So, Tristan had tooth #2 loosen up the last time we were there. About a week later, he lost it. Being the good Grandma that I am, I wanted to send him something from the *Tooth Fairy*.

My Hallmark program had nothing under "Special Days" for the Tooth Fairy. (What's up with that, any way? :annoyed: :annoyed: That's a special day!)

So, I grabbed one of Carole's fairies and some greenery for the front page and created my own scene and made up some WA about loosing a tooth. Then I went searching the internet and found a *Certificate* from the Tooth Fairy, certifiying that so and so had lost a tooth on such and such a date. I thought it was pretty cute! :D Even did the very back page *created by, blah, blah* with a little tooth in the middle, sort of a la Hallmark.

Come to find out...when he got the Certificate in the mail, he told his Mom he didn't like it very much! :yikes: :yikes:

When questioned he said he didn't like that the Tooth Fairy was a girl! :eek: :eek: Mommy patiently told him she and Teagan are girls, and asked if he likes them? :yes: :yes:

So, here I was thinking I was going to have to invent the *Tooth Troll* for the next lost tooth, but after talking to his mom earlier today, I guess not. :worried: :worried:

Seems the certificate is now being kept at the bottom of his bed in his *Treasure Box* where all his important stuff resides! :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:

[GrandmaCrys]

Well, Crys, I'm having to explain why I'm your BFF on the Gundi thread to everyone there...

why don't you check that one OUT!!!!

So, *just because* is not a sufficient reason? :p

I am here and I am still giddy with delight!

:yippee: :yippee: :yippee: :yippee: I like the giddy side of you! :yes:

I had a doctor's appointment this morning. I went to my car and turned around and went straight back into the house and got a jacket. It was 52 degrees F.

They said on the radio that this is one of the coolest summers on record for Montana. The wheat and corn crops are not growing and ripening correctly because of the cold. (We did have 4 hot days). The crops need a certain amount of heat to grow.

:cool: :cool: :cool: or maybe, rather :snowman: :snowman: :snowman: Burrrrrrrr!!

Chicago did NOT have one single 90° day in July!:eek: :eek: Global warming?

[PQ]

think your going to get sick of my baby ploppers very quickly, but there is some wonderful new baby kits in the store and I just have to have them all

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/826/thumbs/fourth-plopper.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327853&ppuser=27233)
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/826/thumbs/third-baby-plopper.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327854&ppuser=27233)
actually I do need a heap of baby ploppers as not only is my youngest son (25) and his girlfriend having a baby on 9th February, a summer baby for us downunders, but Heaths mummy is also due to have her second baby on 24th December, a little Christmas gift for Heath, and my second youngest brother and his wife as also expecting my 22nd neice or nephew in October, so I am going to be surround in baby's at the end of the year. None of these mums are at all interested in knowing the --- of their child before the birth, so I will have to scrap both in pink and blue:yippee::yippee:

We would NEVER get tired of ANYTHING associated with babies!

Did I tell ya'll that Ryan (oldest son) called and he and Annie are expecting their third? Everybody think blue thoughts because baby 1 is Ella and baby 2 is Olivia.....we need a boy!

[PQ]

:yikes: :yikes: Where is everyone?

Here I am!!!! *PQ is frantically jumping up and down, waving arms* Don't you see me?

[PQ]

I've been trying for most of the morning to get ONE ...yes just one LO done....lol.
Then to only have troubles getting it into the gallery. DSP lost connection?? Page not found??
Grrr...anyways. Prior to that I did manage to see a few of the great LO's done by most of you and they are all fantastic.
I do wish I could find the mojo to join in more often.
PQ....love love love (always have) your LO's. Congrats On HOF!

Sat here way to long, have a new part time job starting today just to fill in some of my time?? OMG...what was I thinking?
TTFN....hugs all!

Thank you thank you thank you. I am typing this from my current location........that would be CLOUD 9.

[JaeDee]

Congrats on the baby news Dags!

[PQ]

So, Tristan had tooth #2 loosen up the last time we were there. About a week later, he lost it. Being the good Grandma that I am, I wanted to send him something from the *Tooth Fairy*.

My Hallmark program had nothing under "Special Days" for the Tooth Fairy. (What's up with that, any way? :annoyed: :annoyed: That's a special day!)

So, I grabbed one of Carole's fairies and some greenery for the front page and created my own scene and made up some WA about loosing a tooth. Then I went searching the internet and found a *Certificate* from the Tooth Fairy, certifiying that so and so had lost a tooth on such and such a date. I thought it was pretty cute! :D Even did the very back page *created by, blah, blah* with a little tooth in the middle, sort of a la Hallmark.

Come to find out...when he got the Certificate in the mail, he told his Mom he didn't like it very much! :yikes: :yikes:

When questioned he said he didn't like that the Tooth Fairy was a girl! :eek: :eek: Mommy patiently told him she and Teagan are girls, and asked if he likes them? :yes: :yes:

So, here I was thinking I was going to have to invent the *Tooth Troll* for the next lost tooth, but after talking to his mom earlier today, I guess not. :worried: :worried:

Seems the certificate is now being kept at the bottom of his bed in his *Treasure Box* where all his important stuff resides! :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:




I think the thought of the tooth troll is totally hysterical! You have GOT to make a tooth trool! What a hoot!!!!

[PQ]

Chicago did NOT have one single 90° day in July!:eek: :eek: Global warming?

They said we were getting our cold weather from Canada. So here is what I have to say:

HEY CANADA!!!! YOO HOO!!!! CANADA!!!! YOU CAN KEEP YOUR STINKIN' COLD AIR UP THERE!!!! DON'T BE SENDING IT DOWN TO MONTANA 'CAUSE I WANT TO GO SWIMMING!

[GrandmaCrys]

We would NEVER get tired of ANYTHING associated with babies!

Did I tell ya'll that Ryan (oldest son) called and he and Annie are expecting their third? Everybody think blue thoughts because baby 1 is Ella and baby 2 is Olivia.....we need a boy!

:yahoo: :yippee: :yahoo: :yippee: :yahoo: :yippee: :yahoo: BLUE THOUGHTS ABOUND! :yippee: :yahoo: :yippee: :yahoo: :yippee: :yahoo: :yippee: Here I am!!!! *PQ is frantically jumping up and down, waving arms* Don't you see me?

I see you!!! :D :hug: :hug: but I had to look really high up in the sky!

[GrandmaCrys]

:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:
HEY, EVERYONE! I JUST LEARNED THAT DEBILOU HAS DECIDED TO GIVE EVERYONE TWO ROUNDS OF TREATS AT THE SA GTG AND NOT ONLY SEND CHRISTMAS CARDS TO EVERYONE ON THIS THREAD, BUT BIRTHDAY CARDS, TOO!! ISN'T SHE JUST THE BEST? LET'S GIVE HER A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE!!
:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

Better watch out, debilou, or you're going to be sending Easter, Thanksgiving, Halloween and Just Thinking of You cards to everyone, too!

[debilou]

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HEY, EVERYONE! I JUST LEARNED THAT DEBILOU HAS DECIDED TO GIVE EVERYONE TWO ROUNDS OF TREATS AT THE SA GTG AND NOT ONLY SEND CHRISTMAS CARDS TO EVERYONE ON THIS THREAD, BUT BIRTHDAY CARDS, TOO!! ISN'T SHE JUST THE BEST? LET'S GIVE HER A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE!!
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Better watch out, debilou, or you're going to be sending Easter, Thanksgiving, Halloween and Just Thinking of You cards to everyone, too!
Crys, why do you keep telling such tall tales about me... just because I didn't know to vote your way... :help::help::help::help::help::help:

[caraffle]

I would not be able to force myself to write the check. Are they all that high? I am going to call and try to schedule Andrew's soon..........I'll let you know how the prices are here.

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2 questions:

1. what do you do if you bought a kit at full price, then it comes up as IOTW & you really want to add your LO to that gallery because it's one of your favorites??? have you ever re-posted that layout?

and

2. have to ever found an almost exact scraplift of your layout that's not credited ~ and you're almost positive it's a scraplift because 1) it's the same kit 2) the layout is very, very, very similiar to yours and 3) yours was posted first??? and then what if you found these layouts posted next to each other in the gallery and it's becomes very awkward????

well, anyway. . . DBL

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/1348/thumbs/sara-scarlet-ribbons-small.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327809&ppuser=38948)
My Sweet Angel Sara (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327809&cat=500&ppuser=38948)

This has probably happened to us all. One of my Mentees from the past got a comment on one of her LOs that said 'great lift'. she hadn't lifted and was 'miffed' We went looking and sure enough, found a LO that was similarily done with the same kit. She had not seen it....... so don't automatically think that it was stollen. Conversly, one LO of mine, had been added to favorites (of a member) but no comment was left on my LO! Then a week later, there was a carbon copy of mine in the gallery! I never said anything but it did bother me.

http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/8362/b0386fa9320d0aed418d1e8.gif (http://www.glitterkiss.com)

Congrats Daggs.... so it was YOU they were hinting about at the Down Under Crop!

:shocked::shocked::eek:OMG !! You GUYS !!!! You are both such amazing photographers I can't even wrap my brain around the fact that you are paying out $$$$$$$$$$$s for someone ele to do this !!!!:shocked::shocked::yikes::yikes:

Thanks for the compliment but the school requires that we get the photos at a specific place......to be sure, I will only be buying a cap and gown shot and a drape shot. I have already started taking her casual shots.

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HEY, EVERYONE! I JUST LEARNED THAT DEBILOU HAS DECIDED TO GIVE EVERYONE TWO ROUNDS OF TREATS AT THE SA GTG AND NOT ONLY SEND CHRISTMAS CARDS TO EVERYONE ON THIS THREAD, BUT BIRTHDAY CARDS, TOO!! ISN'T SHE JUST THE BEST? LET'S GIVE HER A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE!!
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Better watch out, debilou, or you're going to be sending Easter, Thanksgiving, Halloween and Just Thinking of You cards to everyone, too!

I have been reading backwards and am so lost.... what is this all about!

[debilou]

Well, I personally think... well that maybe the summer heat.. has gotten to our poor, poor Grandma Crys...

We should all taken a moment... and just say a prayer for her.. ok...

[ReneT]

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HEY, EVERYONE! I JUST LEARNED THAT DEBILOU HAS DECIDED TO GIVE EVERYONE TWO ROUNDS OF TREATS AT THE SA GTG AND NOT ONLY SEND CHRISTMAS CARDS TO EVERYONE ON THIS THREAD, BUT BIRTHDAY CARDS, TOO!! ISN'T SHE JUST THE BEST? LET'S GIVE HER A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE!!
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Better watch out, debilou, or you're going to be sending Easter, Thanksgiving, Halloween and Just Thinking of You cards to everyone, too!

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YAY 2 ROUNDS OF TREATS. THANKS DEBI! NOW I'M MORE EXCITED THAN EVER FOR THE GTG!!!!

[yvspeck]

Hi everyone... We are home, had a great trip, visit with DD and family and are thinking we should have stayed in Minnesota... Much cooler there :yes::yes::yes:... It was 100 degrees here at 10 AM this morning.. Anyone want to fry eggs on the car hood?.. So what did I miss while I was gone? Anything exciting?:D...Hope to get caught up soon with home and maybe have time to hang around with you all a bit.... But until then
Biggest hugs, Kim

[debilou]

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YAY 2 ROUNDS OF TREATS. THANKS DEBI! NOW I'M MORE EXCITED THAN EVER FOR THE GTG!!!!

No really, Grandma Crys is telling a tall TALE! I never said that... really...

she's just upset, because I didn't vote for the Baby Tegan kit... how was I supposed to know...

YIKES, hide me... :help::help::help:

[debilou]

Hi everyone... We are home, had a great trip, visit with DD and family and are thinking we should have stayed in Minnesota... Much cooler there :yes::yes::yes:... It was 100 degrees here at 10 AM this morning.. Anyone want to fry eggs on the car hood?.. So what did I miss while I was gone? Anything exciting?:D...Hope to get caught up soon with home and maybe have time to hang around with you all a bit.... But until then
Biggest hugs, Kim
Glad you are back safe and sound Kim!:love3:

[jennilynn10]

This has probably happened to us all. One of my Mentees from the past got a comment on one of her LOs that said 'great lift'. she hadn't lifted and was 'miffed' We went looking and sure enough, found a LO that was similarily done with the same kit. She had not seen it....... so don't automatically think that it was stollen. Conversly, one LO of mine, had been added to favorites (of a member) but no comment was left on my LO! Then a week later, there was a carbon copy of mine in the gallery! I never said anything but it did bother me.

I wouldn't have thought anything if it hadn't been such a close, practically a "carbon copy" of mine. I'm not that quick to jump to conclusions like that and didn't "automatically" think anything. As you may recall, I even asked for a second opinion. Like I said before, I only mentioned it because when I re-loaded my original layout, the 2 layouts were almost side by side and I felt awkward about it. I'm sorry I mentioned the whole thing at all because I don't want people to think I'm that upset about it. It's really no big deal. But thanks anyway for your advice.

[suvgal]

Need to get busy and get ready for Adobe. Hope to meet some of you there.
Here's a DBL of the grandkids at the CT Science Center. Had a great day!



http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/2624/thumbs/exploring-red-planet_edited.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327925)
EXPLORING THE RED PLAN... (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327925)

[caraffle]

Me, sage advice?!?!?!?!?!? Is that your way of saying that I am old........
speaking of which, not one person has said Happy Birthday ---- are you all mad at me for not coming around for a few weeks?

[kaybutler@mweb.]

:wave: :wave: Hi, Kay!

:wave::wave: Hi Crys !! Sorry I missed you..was trying to extract a wispy little pigtail :worried::worried::help:

[kaybutler@mweb.]

Hi everyone... We are home, had a great trip, visit with DD and family and are thinking we should have stayed in Minnesota... Much cooler there :yes::yes::yes:... It was 100 degrees here at 10 AM this morning.. Anyone want to fry eggs on the car hood?.. So what did I miss while I was gone? Anything exciting?:D...Hope to get caught up soon with home and maybe have time to hang around with you all a bit.... But until then
Biggest hugs, Kim

:hug::yippee::yippee::yahoo::yahoo::tup::tup: I missed you Ratty !!! Welcome back !!

[kaybutler@mweb.]

Me, sage advice?!?!?!?!?!? Is that your way of saying that I am old........
speaking of which, not one person has said Happy Birthday ---- are you all mad at me for not coming around for a few weeks?

HOPE YOUR DAY IS WONDERFUL RAFFIE !!!

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[Leslie]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CARAFFLE! :love3: :drumroll: :party:
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[Leslie]

Now - nobody stand between me and the cappuccino machine, you hear??

[kaybutler@mweb.]

I got my CAF-E done with an hour to spare !! :tup: Now I am off to bed..it is cold and miserable and nearly midnight !! Good morning Leslie ..I can smell of your cappuccino :love3:

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/4918/thumbs/Rocker_chic2.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327936&ppuser=1832)
Zoe rocks (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327936&cat=500&ppuser=1832)

[Leslie]

Ok I just woke the hubby up and scared the cats with all my snorting! :o :eek: :rofl:

I must learn how to snort quietly :think:

*snort*! Give up now Wuvie, one simply can't snort quietly - it's a mild explosion! Our cats just have to get used to it.

*cackle* :lol:

[Leslie]

Awwww Kay, I had to make it twice! I threw the first one out as it had no crema on the top. Was in too much of a hurry to get it made. I have a perect one sitting on my bedside table.

Pyewacket and laptop on my lap.

[Leslie]

Note to all grans - life is too short to drink a cappuccino that has no crema on the top.

I like to stir the coffee sugar crystals into it, then add the foamed milk to the top.

*blissy_sigh*

[Leslie]

Congrats on 24,000 Caro!!!

:yippee::yippee::yippee: :drumroll::drumroll::drumroll: :party::party::party:

WOO HOO MATEY!! :drumroll:

[jennilynn10]

Me, sage advice?!?!?!?!?!? Is that your way of saying that I am old........
speaking of which, not one person has said Happy Birthday ---- are you all mad at me for not coming around for a few weeks?

Okay, I edited my post so you won't feel old. Heaven forbid! I think we are around the same age ;)

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff294/jennilynn10/Happy-Birthday.jpg

[jennilynn10]

So, Tristan had tooth #2 loosen up the last time we were there. About a week later, he lost it. Being the good Grandma that I am, I wanted to send him something from the *Tooth Fairy*.

My Hallmark program had nothing under "Special Days" for the Tooth Fairy. (What's up with that, any way? :annoyed: :annoyed: That's a special day!)

So, I grabbed one of Carole's fairies and some greenery for the front page and created my own scene and made up some WA about loosing a tooth. Then I went searching the internet and found a *Certificate* from the Tooth Fairy, certifiying that so and so had lost a tooth on such and such a date. I thought it was pretty cute! :D Even did the very back page *created by, blah, blah* with a little tooth in the middle, sort of a la Hallmark.

Come to find out...when he got the Certificate in the mail, he told his Mom he didn't like it very much! :yikes: :yikes:

When questioned he said he didn't like that the Tooth Fairy was a girl! :eek: :eek: Mommy patiently told him she and Teagan are girls, and asked if he likes them? :yes: :yes:

So, here I was thinking I was going to have to invent the *Tooth Troll* for the next lost tooth, but after talking to his mom earlier today, I guess not. :worried: :worried:

Seems the certificate is now being kept at the bottom of his bed in his *Treasure Box* where all his important stuff resides! :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo: :yahoo:




Way to go Grandma :yes: Tooth Fairy Troll :lol: I have a hard enough time explaining how an itty bitty fairy can sneak in and out and get under that pillow without waking up my child! :rofl::rofl::rofl: I like your imagination though, and you could start a whole new line of Hallmark cards!!!

[jennilynn10]

I would feel the same as you Jenni, had it been one of my LO's.......

Thanks for understanding Sands :hug::hug::hug:

[jennilynn10]

CONGRATS DAGGS!!! on your little pink bean & the other expected arrivals!

And CONGRATS PQ too!!!

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[Leslie]

OOOH! I'm such a good customer at colesonline, that I've been given a free delivery for my next order.

Just as well! :)

[jennilynn10]

Drive by Plopper

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/6697/thumbs/hohoho-plopper.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327921&ppuser=38948)
HoHoHo Plopper (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327921&cat=500&ppuser=38948)

[Leslie]

ERICA CHAT IN TWO HOURS!! :popcorn:

[jennilynn10]

OOOH! I'm such a good customer at colesonline, that I've been given a free delivery for my next order.

Just as well! :)

Great news Leslie! Now you can give an extra big tip to that cute delivery boy ;) :D

[Leslie]

ARGH! They are either mostly young or... there was one I wasn't keen on but it's a better one now.

My boys played basketball down at the outside courts, with one of them.

My gosh I love my colesonline!!!!

Pity I forgot to get my order in this week - the funeral took over and I missed the weekend deadline.

How are you today Jennilynn? I have just finished my cappuccino and am going to get another cup of tea in ten minutes when I get Alessandro up to go be the blind man for the day. His brother is also the blind man on Saturdays but only has to work from 11 - 3 for the same money!! He is friends with the owner.

Can everyone understand WHY I like having my boys work on Saturdays???

*snorkle*

I had to read back 4 pages this morning as I was on dial up last night and it simply won't open the GT. Just opens mail, and very slowly will open an occasional website. But not all of them.

[omio]

DBF: This will definitely be funny for anyone who has lived in a southern state in the US but I kind of think the humor is universal. I had heard this before but had never seen the video -- so much funnier when you can see her body language. It's 7 minutes but was a fun break for me just now.

Never Send a Man to the Grocery Story (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YFRUSTiFUs)

[Leslie]

DBF: This will definitely be funny for anyone who has lived in a southern state in the US but I kind of think the humor is universal. I had heard this before but had never seen the video -- so much funnier when you can see her body language. It's 7 minutes but was a fun break for me just now.

Never Send a Man to the Grocery Story (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YFRUSTiFUs)

Look, I don't watch 7 minute long videos.

I WATCHED THIS ONE!!

Oh my Lord. She is GOOD!

Than you omio - that was great! Keep 'em coming matey. :lol: :tup:

[Freda]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CARAFFLE! :love3: :drumroll: :party:
http://m.pimpmyspace.org/pimp/1/0c/0c8cc2af7fd77413284a.jpg
Hope you are having a great day! :party::party::party:

[suvgal]

Here's a DBL I did for the CIJ challenge using a christmas kit for nonchristmas LO. My aunt just happened to be wearing a red blouse on Sunday when we went to visit her.


http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/7277/thumbs/maryK_edited-2.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327351&ppuser=47206)
My Sister Mary (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327351&cat=500&ppuser=47206)

[sammdc]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CARAFFLE! :love3: :drumroll: :party:
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Happy birthday raffie hope you have a very happy one :party::party:

[sammdc]

think your going to get sick of my baby ploppers very quickly, but there is some wonderful new baby kits in the store and I just have to have them all

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/826/thumbs/fourth-plopper.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327853&ppuser=27233)
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/data/826/thumbs/third-baby-plopper.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/forum/../gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327854&ppuser=27233)
actually I do need a heap of baby ploppers as not only is my youngest son (25) and his girlfriend having a baby on 9th February, a summer baby for us downunders, but Heaths mummy is also due to have her second baby on 24th December, a little Christmas gift for Heath, and my second youngest brother and his wife as also expecting my 22nd neice or nephew in October, so I am going to be surround in baby's at the end of the year. None of these mums are at all interested in knowing the --- of their child before the birth, so I will have to scrap both in pink and blue:yippee::yippee:


woohoo daggs that is the best news congrats

[omio]

Hi, everyone.

This just came in my e-mail, and I had to post it here for all of you on the Granny Thread, especially you, Omio and Kay - Surely it was made with you two in mind, maybe by a close relative of yours. You'll notice a resemblance of Granny Wack to your avatar's: :yes:


It almost sounds too simple to be true, but understanding the power of LAUGHTER can change your outlook on life in an instant! Victor Borge said it best...

"Laughter is the shortest distance between two people."

So sit back, relax and turn up your speakers to enjoy our new 3 minute Granny Wack Wisdom movie from a collection of bawdy remarks that quip directly through Bobbie Osborne's character photography.

We hope it makes you laugh OUT LOUD!

Just click here to watch Granny Wack Wisdom Movie: www.GrannyWackMovie.com (http://www.GrannyWackMovie.com)

We welcome you to send this on to friends, family and co-workers who will appreciate a good laugh today!

Reaching out ...

Mary
Founder, Heart Productions & Publishing
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Heart Productions & Publishing, PO Box 56, Newton Jct., NH 03859

Beth, scrolled through and saw that great big OMIO - couldn't resist stopping to read. How funny!! Definitely a relative of Kay's and mine. :tup:

That line about parking diagonally? I'm having it tattooed on my forehead tomorrow. :rofl:

[Leslie]

Erica chat coming up in a few minutes.

Oh crikey, have been having to do D&Ms with my oldest. Sheesh.

[evergreen100]

we are past the 12 week stage so I am now allowed to tell everyone
:yippee::yippee: :yippee::yippee::yippee: :yippee::yippee::yippee:
CONGRATS DAGGS!!! Congrats on ALL the new babies arriving this year...my goodness your Christmas weekends at Echuca will take over the town soon, they"ll have to extend their caravan park!!!!!

:shocked::shocked: :rofl::rofl::rofl:

Here we all thought her a bit prudish
but our slender green bean was so rudish..
she noticed the baker
was a bit of a shaker
and the thoughts in her head were not goodish !!:shocked::shocked:

Puddles EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tears rolling down my face AND my legs:eek:, coffee all over the keyboard and monitor!!!!! This is just the BEST limerick!!!!:rofl::rofl::rofl:. (And my FINGERS said the rude thing, not ME....Im innocent:p)

Hi everyone... We are home,
Welcome Home Kim:hug::hug:


HOPE YOUR DAY IS WONDERFUL RAFFIE !!!


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Happy Birthday Raffie. sorry I missed seeing it listed on the main forum page today.


GrannyCrys, I LOVE your fairy troll story!!! I would love to have seen the card you made...photos by any chance?????

Omio, cant watch the video unfortunately...no speakers, crappy computer.........

Grandparents day yesterday was wonderful!!! The girls all did a bush dance/linedance with their respective class years, then they came and collected us to do the Nutbush, the Macarena, and the Chicken dance with them...this morning, Im feeling muscles I didnt even know I had :eek:. Maddy (who is in her last year of primary school) and her classmates all had to plant a tree with their grandparents. We visited their class rooms and looked at their work, then we sat in the playground and had lunch with them....A lovely lovely day!!!!

[sammdc]

Texas Chili Cook Off


INEXPERIENCED CHILI JUDGE

Notes From An Inexperienced Chili Tester Named FRANK, who was visiting
Texas from the East Coast: "Recently, I was honored to be selected as a
Judge at a chili cook-off. The original person called in sick at the last
Moment and I happened to be standing there at the judge's table asking
Directions to the beer wagon, when the call came.

I was assured by the other two judges (Native Texans) that the chili
Wouldn't be all that spicy, and besides, they told me I could have free
Beer during the tasting. So I accepted."

Here are the scorecards from the event:

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CHILI # 1 MIKE'S MANIAC MOBSTER MONSTER CHILI

JUDGE ONE: A little too heavy on tomato. Amusing kick.

JUDGE TWO: Nice, smooth tomato flavor. Very mild.

FRANK: Holy ----, what the hell is this stuff? You could remove dried
Paint from your driveway. Took me two beers to put the flames out. I hope
that's the worst one. These Texans are crazy.

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CHILI # 2 ARTHUR'S AFTERBURNER CHILI

JUDGE ONE: Smokey, with a hint of pork. Slight Jalapeno tang.

JUDGE TWO: Exciting BBQ flavor, needs more peppers to be taken
Seriously.

FRANK: Keep this out of the reach of children I'm not sure what I am
Supposed to taste besides pain. I had to wave off two people who wanted to
Give me the Heimlich maneuver. They had to rush in more beer when they
Saw the look on my face.
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CHILI # 3 FRED'S FAMOUS BURN DOWN THE BARN CHILI

JUDGE ONE: Excellent firehouse chili! Great kick. Needs more beans.

JUDGE TWO: A beanless chili, a bit salty, good use of peppers.

FRANK: Call the EPA, I've located a uranium spill. My nose feels like I
Have been snorting Drano. Everyone knows the routine by now get me more
Beer before I ignite. Barmaid pounded me on the back; now my backbone is
In the front part of my chest. I'm getting -----faced from all the beer.
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CHILI # 4 BUBBA'S BLACK MAGIC

JUDGE ONE: Black bean chili with almost no spice. Disappointing.

JUDGE TWO: Hint of lime in the black beans. Good side dish for fish or
Other mild foods, not much of a chili.

FRANK: I felt something scraping across my tongue, but was unable to
Taste it, is it possible to burnout taste buds? Sally, the barmaid, was
Standing behind me with fresh refills; that 300 lb. Bitch is starting to
Look HOT, just like this nuclear waste I'm eating. Is chili an
Aphrodisiac?

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CHILI # 5 LINDA'S LEGAL LIP REMOVER

JUDGE ONE: Meaty, strong chili. Cayenne peppers freshly ground, adding
Considerable kick. Very Impressive.

JUDGE TWO: Chili using shredded beef, could use more tomato. Must admit
The cayenne peppers make a strong statement.

FRANK: My ears are ringing, sweat is pouring off my forehead and I can
No longer focus my eyes. I farted and four people behind me needed
Paramedics. The contestant seemed offended when I told her that her chili
Had given me brain damage, Sally saved my tongue from bleeding by pouring
Beer directly on it from a pitcher. I wonder if I'm burning my lips off?
It really pisses me off that the other judges asked me to stop screaming.
Screw those rednecks!
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CHILI # 6 VERA'S VERY VEGETARIAN VARIETY

JUDGE ONE: Thin yet bold vegetarian variety chili. Good balance of spice
And peppers.

JUDGE TWO: The best yet. Aggressive use of peppers, onions, and garlic.
Superb.

FRANK: My intestines are now a straight pipe filled with gaseous,
Sulfuric flames. I ---- myself when I farted and I'm worried it will eat
Through the chair. No one seems inclined to stand behind me except that
Slut Sally. She must be kinkier than I thought. Can't feel my lips
Anymore. I need to wipe my ass with a snow cone!
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CHILI # 7 SUSAN'S SCREAMING SENSATION CHILI

JUDGE ONE: A mediocre chili with too much reliance on canned peppers.

JUDGE TWO: Ho Hum, tastes as if the chef literally threw in a can of
Chili peppers at the last moment. I should take note that I am worried
About Judge Number 3, He appears to be in a bit of distress as he is
Cursing uncontrollably.

FRANK: You could put a grenade in my mouth, pull the pin, and I wouldn't
Feel a damn thing. I've lost sight in one eye, and the world sounds like
It is made of rushing water. My shirt is covered with chili, which slid
unnoticed out of my mouth. My pants are full of lava-like ---- to match my
damn shirt. At least during the autopsy they'll know what killed me. I've
decided to stop breathing; it's too painful. Screw it. I'm not getting
any oxygen anyway. If I need air, I'll just suck it in through the 4-inch
hole in my stomach.
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CHILI # 8 LESTER'S LAST OF THE RED-HOT LOVER'S CHILI

JUDGE ONE: A perfect ending, this is a nice blend chili, safe for all,
not too bold but spicy enough to declare it's existence.

JUDGE TWO: This final entry is a good, balanced chili. Neither mild nor
hot. Sorry to see that most of it was lost when Judge Number 3 passed
out, fell over and pulled the chili pot down on top of himself. Not sure
if he's going to make it. Poor Yank, wonder how he'd have reacted to a
really hot chili?

[LisasMom]

Aww! Jill, your day sounds like the best!!! Don't you just love those kinds of days?!?!? Then you can think about it and relive every little smile over and over! I love it!

Ditto on the birthday Raffie!

And all the babies!!!!!!! Wow!!!!!!! We'll have to open a new gallery just for all the new arrivals! Congrats to all the lucky grannies who actually get to hold and snuggle those little bundles! The rest of us are so blessed that y'all share so freely!!

Glad you're back Kim!

I really didn't mean to start such a commotion with the *shaker*!!!! I just wanted PQ to have a nice boy toy while she was getting over being mad at Doug! Then of course I wanted her to forward him, just *gently used* to Ohio!

Those videos are hilarious! I watched several others of hers and laughed my behind off!

BTW - here's another little funny to keep the ball rolling (so to speak!) -

A man boarded a plane with 6 kids.

After they got settled in their seats a woman sitting across the
aisle from him leaned over to him and asked, "Are all of those kids
yours?"

He replied, "No. I work for a condom company. Those are customer
complaints."

Wish I could think so quickly...............................

[PQ]

hope your day is wonderful raffie !!!


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happy birthday raffie!

[LisasMom]

Erica chat coming up in a few minutes.

Oh crikey, have been having to do D&Ms with my oldest. Sheesh.

What, my dear One, are D&Ms?????? :confused::confused::confused:

[LisasMom]

Another funny --

To those of you who this still applies, we remember, to those of us who don't have this problem anymore..aren't we lucky! lol

This is hysterical - the more you read the funnier it gets!

This is an actual letter from an Austin woman sent to American company
Proctor and Gamble regarding their feminine products. She really gets
rolling after the first paragraph. It's PC Magazine's 2007 editors'
choice for best webmail-award-winning letter

Dear Mr. Thatcher,

I have been a loyal user of your 'Always' maxi pads for over 20 years
and I appreciate many of their features. Why, without the Leak Guard Core
or Dri-Weave absorbency, I'd probably never go horseback riding or salsa
dancing, and I'd certainly steer clear of running up and down the beach
in tight, white shorts. But my favorite feature has to be your
revolutionary Flexi-Wings. Kudos on being the only company smart enough
to realize how crucial it is that maxi pads be aerodynamic. I can't tell you how safe and secure I feel each month knowing there's a little F-16 in my pants.

Have you ever had a menstrual period, Mr. Thatcher? I'm guessing you
haven't. Well, my time of the month is starting right now. As I type, I
can already feel hormonal forces violently surging through my body. Just
a few minutes from now, my body will adjust and I'll be transformed into
what my husband likes to call 'an inbred hillbilly with knife skills.'
Isn't the human body amazing?

As Brand Manager in the Feminine-Hygiene Division, you've no doubt seen
quite a bit of research on what exactly happens during your customer's
monthly visits from 'Aunt Flo'. Therefore, you must know about the
bloating, puffiness, and cramping we endure, and about our intense mood
swings, crying jags, and out-of-control behavior. You surely realize
it's a tough time for most women.

The point is, sir, you of all people must realize that America is just
crawling with homicidal maniacs in Capri pants... Which brings me to the
reason for my letter. Last month, while in the throes of cramping so
painful I wanted to reach inside my body and yank out my uterus, I
opened an Always maxi-pad, and there, printed on the adhesive backing,
were these words: 'Have a Happy Period.'

Are you f------ kidding me? What I mean is, does any part of your tiny
middle-manager brain really think happiness - actual smiling, laughing
happiness, is possible during a menstrual period? Did anything
mentioned above sound the least bit pleasurable? Well, did it, James?

FYI, unless you're some kind of sick S&M freak, there will never be
anything 'happy' about a day in which you have to jack yourself up on
Motrin and Kahlua and lock yourself in your house just so you don't
march down to the local Walgreen's armed with a hunting rifle and a
sketchy plan to end your life in a blaze of glory.

For the love of God, pull your head out of your a$$, man! If you have to
slap a moronic message on a maxi pad, wouldn't it make more sense to say
something that's actually pertinent, like 'Put down the Hammer' or
'Vehicular Manslaughter is Wrong.'

Sir, please inform your Accounting Department that, effective
immediately, there will be an $8 drop in monthly profits, for I have
chosen to take my maxi-pad business elsewhere. And though I will
certainly miss your Flex-Wings, I will not for one minute miss your
brand of condescending bullsh@t. And that's a promise I will keep.

Always. .

Best,

Wendi
Austin , TX

[debilou]

Well, I'm kind of scared because I live in Austin.... and I hope I don't run into this Wendi person in the next couple of days...

she seems a tad bit out of sorts..

but, I do have to say

I"M SO DARN GLAD I HAVEN'T HAD A PERIOD IN THREE YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And, don't have to Deal with that STUFF!!!!!:yippee::party::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[debilou]

Hey, I needed an avatar name... hmm.

[MarsOlson]

last day but I got a lift done for July spotlight! love the kit named for Kay too and this wonderful layout I chose to lift:

http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/500/thumbs/Because_I_am.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=303122&sort=2&ppuser=1832)
Because I am! by Kay (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=303122&sort=2&ppuser=1832)

Here is mine with the kit named for her
http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/data/2621/thumbs/love-you-hannah-july-09-mo.jpg (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327996)
Love You (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=327996)

first day here hannah was pretending to be a little shy and covering her face when I tried to get photos... now she won't stop chattering aaaaall day long and asking if she can take the photos.

[LisasMom]

Me too Debi but then I started spotting a little occasionally. Today when I went for my regular monthly visit to the doctor, I had gained 15 pounds!! I freaked!! I said that I didn't know how that could happen unless I was bloated from this period I'm having. He said I didn't really *gain* 15 pounds, that he needed to check out my heart for congestive heart failure but then he wanted to know more about the period. I told him and again he said that it's not *real* but is a sign to get my uterus checked for cancer. Yikes! That scared me of course! So I go in a few weeks to have some test involving a type of D&C. I go for an echo-cardiogram tomorrow morning and an EKG Monday. Guess these two things put my pain in my legs and hips into a whole new perspective! Oh well, we will just have to see what God has planned! Prayers appreciated!

[LisasMom]

Debi, I love, love, love Austin!! I lived in Round Rock for 5 years in the 80s. Then I came back to my little ole small hometown on the lake in Ohio!!! Lake Travis is gorgeous but it has nothing on Lake Erie! But I loved all the hills and the blue bonnets in Texas!

[GM26]

Me too Debi but then I started spotting a little occasionally. Today when I went for my regular monthly visit to the doctor, I had gained 15 pounds!! I freaked!! I said that I didn't know how that could happen unless I was bloated from this period I'm having. He said I didn't really *gain* 15 pounds, that he needed to check out my heart for congestive heart failure but then he wanted to know more about the period. I told him and again he said that it's not *real* but is a sign to get my uterus checked for cancer. Yikes! That scared me of course! So I go in a few weeks to have some test involving a type of D&C. I go for an echo-cardiogram tomorrow morning and an EKG Monday. Guess these two things put my pain in my legs and hips into a whole new perspective! Oh well, we will just have to see what God has planned! Prayers appreciated!

Hi there LisasMom, good luck with your check ups, I hope all turns out well. My thoughts are with you.

:)

[LisasMom]

DIXIE!!!! Get off of that farm thang!! I went over to check out Facebook and what everyone was doing over there and got 8 farm thangs in a row from you!!!! Got a ton of breeding things from Yolanda's zoo too! Y'all are wasting good chatting or scrapping time on those things!!! What's wrong with you woman!! :rofl::rofl::rofl:

[LisasMom]

Hi Granma! Thanks so much!

[Leslie]

What, my dear One, are D&Ms?????? :confused::confused::confused:

D&Ms are deep and meaningful conversations with your growing up children.

They are never fun. They want your advice and you to be very careful what you say. And they ae usually at night when you are trying to go to sleep. Advise about major amounts of money and about relationships generally.

[GrandmaCrys]

Happy birthday raffie hope you have a very happy one :party::party:

From me too, Raffie! Hope you have a splendiferous day!!! :D :D

:yippee: :party: :yippee: :party: :yippee: :party: :yippee: :party: