LOL: Scrapbook Smackdown!

Oh, you must double click to see these cute elephants tied with embroidery floss.

The way to breathe & smell the flowers is to have scrapbooking time.  

Summarily

Luke & Noah's team, USC Trojans in the Corona American Little League majors team are 9 wins, 0 losses!  It's never happened to any of their teams in six something years!

We are birthday girls!

A Few Layouts & A Special Photo

I could translate how busy I am until the end of time--oh, I may just do that!
Lorin had to put Storm BEHIND his laptop as she usually sat on his chest.  This is what we do in the mornings, a  hot cup of java, laptops, fine music & the best company.
This is a carved rubber image Frank designed for his Art class.  Wow, talented boy that one!
It makes me melancholy to reminisce about my Mom.  And here is a precious photo of my Mom.  She was a cheerleader for Baldwin High School on Maui in 1947-8!  Her sister tells me what a beauty she was in her youth, and as a child I did compare her to Jackie Onassis because my Mom had this timeless simple yet elegant beauty like Jackie O.  My Mom became a RN, but was swept away by a soldier she married.  Her marraige lasted 17 tough years.  She had six children.  After her divorce, my Mom reinvented her life by going back to work as an LVN.  She worked some 20 years caring for the elderly, what amazing inner strength she had.   Mom is 80 now, dementia has taken most of her mind & she has been having seizures and falling quite a bit.  This is a bitter time for me living on the other side of the Pacific unable to help care for her.  May the Lord's grace cover a multitude of sadnss, human frailties & misunderstandings. His grace usually does.  

At the Creative Table a Bit

I realized I was cranky because I have not been scrapbooking, so I took care of that today.  I ignored the housework!

Happy Birthday Lacette!

March 18:

No matter what age, Lacette gets younger & younger.  Sharing the day was a hoot.  I loved that the employees greeted Lacette with a special "Happy Birthday!" all day long.  Our boys are soooo fun & handsome to hang with!  The last time I was at Disneyland was about oh, nine years ago??

Girly girls.  You know how we are about the castle & prince!
LOL.  I seriously believe in self portraits!  And when there is more than two in a photo it's always spontaneous & fun.  

At the Happiest Place on Earth:  so much fun--and where does the time go?   Lacette & Michael.  L&M may seriously be the happiest kin I know.  

Opening Day-Corona American Little League

Luke & Noah are on the same team!  Luke the senior will have to show Noah the junior how it is done!  
Two classmates, above is Chad & below is Andrew with Noah.  Sharing the 2009 Spring Season!

A snap of the banner as the team began a walk around the field.  We played a game at 5 p.m.; Luke expressed this:  "I LOVE playing a game on Opening Day!"  Noah got a singe with 2 RBI's, Luke hit a double, pitched well and received the game ball.  They did win by the way!  

A Few Layouts

Still have a few pages of my Christmas Journal album to do~ !  And, I was in the mood to just do some good ole' pages as doing the Art Journal tends to tense me up somewhat as I am unfamiliar with the medium.  A few new scrap artist's, including Dina Wakley who is teaching my online class uses paint quite a bit.  I love the look it brings to the pages.  

Cheerfulness Vs. Obamanomics

I may be in denial trying to be cheerful in these tanking economic times, my country--the Constitution transformed. . .

Birthday Layout & Art Journal 102/#2

So baseball has taken over & who knows how much art will come off the table now!  Lorin's birthday layout was a must & and moving along with the Art Journal class.  

I need to redo this.  Sigh*

Art Journal 102

Hot off the messy table. . .and it was a whole new world to me!  To think, my sister plays with acrylics like breathing.  

Vegas Baby!

Oh the decadence of the Bellagio. . .an inspiring Chinese celebration of the Year of the Ox. Love these lanterns, love, love.

Visiting my high school girlfriend who came to Vegas to see family. She was delightfully sweet.

The Italian blown glass in the lobby of the Bellagio--drop dead inspiring.

Stormy beautiful for our ride home.

A laugh with 8 seconds left to cross the street!

It meant everything to me to spend time with Audrey, throw in Lacette--wow, what a lucky girl am I. Just having friends to hold you up when the going gets tough. Linked. Sharing life.

My Valentine

Never take for granted.

Ideas Swarmin' In My Head

Still working on my Shimelle's December Journal! Lots more to go!

As the Nation moves into unchartered waters of a European/socialism government and Capitalism is being lied about and undermined, I refuse to be part of the ignorant masses. Expressing this in my scrap pages, is, after all, liberating. I am passionate about American policies. I detest the Obama-worship that mainstream media shovels daily (and so many people jump on the bandwagon because 1) they love the 'cool factor'--afterall Hollywood says it's so, 2) liberalness 'sounds' spiritual compared to those money mongrel Capitalists) with no real editorial integrity. One man to be the end to all? Socialism nor Marxism has ever been successful in any part of the world. What dangerous path we tread. Personally, I plan to be pointed, to have clarity on issues so I can counter heresay & to engage with fact. It takes sincere investingating on policies to know what & why one believes the way one chooses.

June of 1973, I am a senior in high school (this was taken the day after graduation by Audrey). My Mom I believe is at my present age 53-ish and Randy is on leave from the Air Force. Beautiful photo.

This man is my loving man & my loving man is designing a new scrap studio for me.