Simply Me

What says Christmas more than Josh Groban?

The Official Pic

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Summer Bounty

Every weekend, I tell myself that *this* is the weekend I'm going to sit down and actually work on a scrapbook layout.  The lack of layouts posted here should be your first clue that this goal rarely happens. It is a shame too.  I have tons of great pictures and even more digital scrapping supplies than any one person could ever use, yet there are no new layouts created.

Except for today that is!! I give to you "Hello Sunshine" a layout about the garden we planted this past summer.

The papers and elements came from The Daily Digi's  monthly kit #30 (June 2011). The kit name is "Sandbox Summer" by Fayette Terlouw at Pickle Berry Pop / the Ettes digital scrapbooking site. You can see what others did with the same kit over at The Daily Digi by clicking HERE.  The layout is courtesy of a template from the "Stuffy Collection" by Simply Tiffiany Studios at Design House Digital.

Let's do a Journal Jar entry...

Remember these?

I figured this would be a good blog entry starter. Kinda get the juices flowing a bit?  Especially since some of my favorite people did leave me comments on yesterday's entry about whether I should continue blogging at all. 

So what was my nicest compliment? That's any easy one. A couple of years ago, while talking with my sister Sandy about the kids she told me "You are a great mom."  

Why does this stick out for me?  Simple!  The mom that Sandy and I had was not a great mom. She had her moments, but when looking at the whole picture?  The sad fact is that her life was more about doing what was best for her than ever about what was best for her children. So much of our childhood was very traumatic because of the decisions she made that were about doing things that made life easier for her. Not better, just easier. 

So, to get such a compliment from my sister, who really knows the difference between a good and a not so good mom?  I floated on that for a very long time. I'm not perfect as a mom, I know that! Ask my kids...they'll be more than happy to tell you how I probably yell too much. Still, having someone else look in and say you're doing a good job at one of the hardest jobs you'll ever have is quite the compliment. 

Thanks Sandy!!

Helllllooooooooooo!!!

I haven't fallen off the face of the earth! I have though questioned whether I want to keep up with this blog or not. I'm going to give it another few weeks and give it another go. If you like stopping by here once in a while?  Let me know. 

Senior Year: Spirit Week Day 4 - Blast from the Past

Today, I give you "70's Sarah":

Senior Year: Spirit Week Day 3 - Famous Couples

Sarah and her friends took couples to mean trio...may I present "Charlie's Angel?" 

Nothing like having to face the wrath of your own child!

I am obviously not a true Harry Potter fan based on the mistakes I made in yesterday's blog post, despite having read all the books (albiet once) and seen all the movies. 

Sarah's house on Pottermore is NOT Gryffindor. The colors of her outfit reflect her HUFFLEPUFF house. I also spelled Gryffindor wrong. I think that annoyed her most :P

My most humble apologies!

Senior Year: Spirit Week Day 2 - Costume Day

She's been looking forward to this one for weeks now! It was originally suppose to be Harry Potter Day but it was revised to be Costume Day. She and some of her friends chose to stick with the Harry Potter theme. Since she was "sorted" into the Griffindor house when she was given access to the newly minted "Pottermore" website, Sarah chose to dress in the Griffindor house colors. Which, unfortunately, are too darn close to Steelers colors for my taste.  Be that as it may, she does look pretty cute in her "house colors".

Already behind on Senior Year Photos

It's my goal this school year to capture as much of Sarah's Senior Year in "film" as possible. I already behind the 8 ball!  

This week is Spirit Week and they have different themes every day for how to dress. Today was "Duck Farmer/Camo" day. She went the Duck Farmer route.