A Quick Update and a couple of Digi's

Hey there...

Well - I was able to do a few Digi LOs this week, including the S2L Challenge of using Orange/Pink on a LO and I thought I would just type out a quick update!

A couple of weeks ago, I got a super last minute Custom card order... the gal found me via my Etsy store and wanted a custom birthday card for her hubby! (His b'day was in a matter of days!) All she told me was he loves Blue, and they like to Scuba Dive together... she also included a personal message for me to include on the inside of the card (which will remain personal) but here is the finished product:

They loved it and are in fact planning on framing it! Yeah! I love a happy customer!!!

Kaye had an INCREDIBLE time at Camp... powerful and fun and just as I had hoped, she came home stirred up and more in love with God! He really helped to make stronger connections with her friends there as well! I was not raised in church or believing in a God who cares and is personally interested... I did not have church camp or friends who would help me to stand up for what is right... I can not imagine the advantage that she has! It's amazing to me how she is growing up and who she is becoming! She came back last Thursday - and Bunko ended early - so I didn't miss too much of her sharing the first time around! (and no... I didn't win anything at Bunko!?) On Friday - we literally laid around ALL DAY and talked, read together a bit, and watched tv... a total 'Jammie Day' as we used to call them! It was WONDERFUL!

We are about 1/2 through The Shack... right where my hubby is too... we read it while he is at work and then he reads it on his own! I am so glad to have heard back from some of you saying that you plan to read it, or are reading it! I am serious when I say I would LOVE to talk with you when you are done and hear what your thoughts are! It's one of those books that you really do need to digest! I know it is fiction - and yet there is enough truth in it that it gives you plenty to really think about...

I am in need of a hair cut and color... seriously in need! I have been in need for too long already, but I can't seem to make up my mind! I am, as most if not all of you know by now, rather cheap - and I am not one to spend $$$ on having my hair colored, etc. I usually do it myself - but I have really liked going darker lately and that just fades too fast when I do it myself. So - I am having a bit of a dilemma! I want to have it done - but I refuse to spend $100... and I have a lot of hair - so that is probably not a crazy amount anyway?! But - to me - it is?! I also have been considering bangs?! I am not sure... my daughter suggested it and I keep feeling like it may be time!? I haven't had bangs forEVER?! It's one of those things you really can't change your mind on - and inevitably, I will want to change my mind once they are cut?! So - I am waiting another week even though I shouldn't - and then I will probably just go in and say something horrifyingly scary like, "I don't care - do whatever you want!" ??? (See? This is why I am waiting?!)

This weekend we are off to spend time with my sister... people in the past have often assumed we were twins. We never thought we looked THAT much alike - but we are definitely kindred spirits! We used to live right across the street from each other and even when we weren't living THAT close - we still saw or talked to each other every day. However, it's been months since we've been able to chat in person so this weekend is way past due! We are staying up in the mountains at a rented lodge... I can't wait!

Anyway - I am doing good... the past couple of weeks I have really felt like I was 'off' a bit... just not as motivated with my workouts and a bit discouraged in not seeing more of an outward change after all this work... however, I know it is working and I am mostly spinning in circles because I have a lack of routine - and I know myself enough to know that I do not thrive without routine! So - hopefully - now that I have pinpointed what it is - I will get myself back on track and will find some motivation to push through! I worked on a Digi 'LO' to post on my SP page once I reach the 40 pound loss... last week, I was at 38... it would be GWEAT if I could post it to my page this week... we'll see! I will give you a little sneak peak here... (hoping that won't jinx my weigh in on Thursday?!):

They have some icons for certain pounds lost to post on your page - but you know, I thought this was more my style!!! I saved this LO so that when I lose more weight - yes, even one pound at a time, I can update the image to reveal the correct amount of weightloss! I love this digi kit - it's called Promise by Shabby Princess!

Here are the other Digi LOs I have completed this week:

I am still gathering photo's and e-mails/letters from various friends (hint, hint Chuck!) for my Friendship Lunch Box Album... I have about half of the peoples' responses! It just sort of feels funny to bother people about writing something nice about me... LOL! But - the album will be so cute! I finally broke down and ordered the papers... I tried to talk myself out of the hard to find paper - but alas, I couldn't!? I had already fallen in love?! So - hopefully I will be able to start actual work on that project soon! I mailed out our SWAP pages from S2L today, too!

I have my Scrap Link this Thursday and will bring ,y lunchbox to work on a bit! Plus - I really do need to make a few new items for my stores! I think I will make 12x LOs to list for sale as well! I haven't done that and need to add something new to the storefront!

Until next time... which really, who can know when that will be?

It is, after all, the lazy days of summer!!!
Scrap on!
~Karrilee~

Boise, Bunko, my Baby... and a Must Read Book!

I know, I know... it's a cheesy title - but you know how I am with those things! LOL!

Boise...

Well - first off - here are the pages I did while I was IN Boise...

(It was nice to scrap with you girls!)

OK - I scrapped all of my photo's (well, ALMOST all!?) and am all caught up again on our 2008 Family Album... I need to transfer it though because I already have too many pages?! I may need one of those 3 Ring Binders that Chuck is in love with?! Anyway - here are my pages... (yes - I kno w... you will recognize the photo's from my other post! LOL! Just pretend, ok?!)

Bunko...

Tonight is Bunko night... I guess I have been doing this new lifestyle/way of eating deal long enough that Bunko Night no longer envokes fear and anxiety... sure - it still offers up a ton of temptation - but I am learning what I can handle and how to make better choices... so it is not as stressful! I have lost 38 pounds since February... I long for those weigh in weeks where I lost 4 and 6 pounds... but lately it has been 1-2 pounds a week... I know this is good - and will make it easier to keep it off... but a great loss would really be a welcomed change! LOL! Last night we went out with friends and had dinner (Applebee's) and then they came over and we played Mexican Train... I believe we played 3 rounds... and I lost every one of them! LOL! At least Robbin didn't win! tee hee!!! Hopefully tonight - we will both win a prize!!!

My Baby...

She is due home tonight... in route as I type... she called or texted (is that a word?!) me every day... she had an AMAZING time and I can't wait to hear all about it in person! I almost called in to cancel Bunko so I could be the one to pick her up! I know... I pick her up from school and get the full days events in the car and by the time Daddy gets home - she is out of words... I dont' want that to happen with camp... but - Dave assured me that she will have PLENTY to share about and I have already heard the majority of it anyway... so he encouraged me to go... and who couldn't use a bit of Bunko Time?! I have missed Kaye but it was nice to have the quiet house for a few days! Of course - we had a Cat Issue right before she left - so that was not fun! Our family pet, who is GREAT and has NEVER sprayed or had an accident in the house - decided that he all of a sudden needed to mark Kaye's room the night before Camp!? Yeah... ok - so he has had a few air ball incidents... and he sheds terribly... but he does not scratch the furniture or pee anywhere or anything - up until Sunday night that is!? So - he sprayed or peed in Kaye's room on her FURRY chair, and all over her clothes that were 'ready to be' packed for Camp! Nice! Yeah - um - how do you get out THAT smell in an hour?! Nice... her room is STILL airing out?! Yuck!? Anyway - she will be home tonight and I can't WAIT to spend the day with her tomorrow... do I have plans with her, you ask? Of course...

And that brings us to, lastly,

A Must Read Book...

I finally got my hands on The Shack! I had been, as I stated last week, waiting for EVER to get this from the library - the wait list was ridiculous and I was already knowing we would be buying it soon... and then it was handed to me and I was able to sit down and start it on Sunday evening... I finished it after dropping Kayelyn off for Camp on Monday morning!

OH

MY

GOODNESS?!

There are no words... (and you know {Denice} for me, that is saying somethin'!) This book is AMAZING!!! It is a simple quick read - a fiction story of sorts... but it is so deep and so TRUE... and so incredible! If you have not heard of it - run out and buy it... if you have heard of it - and haven't read it yet... seriously - what are you waiting for?! Get your hands on it and then talk to me! I would LOVE to know your thoughts!!! (If you can't get your hands on it - tell me, I will get them on it FOR you!!!)

OK - I am off to get ready for Bunko... Wish me luck!

(I need a coffee I think!? LOL!?)

~Karrilee~

Happy Birthday America!!!

I know, I know...

This is old - but it is still one of my favorite layouts/photo's from the 4th of July!

We are sadly so used to celebrating the 4th at the beach - that we have failed, yet again, to make any real plans for today?! LOL?! We have not been to the beach over the 4th of July for a few years now, mind you - and yet - in our brains, that is what we do on the 4th?!

Yeah - we are pretty much losers... with, apparently, no friends?! LOL!?

We ARE having a Family BBQ at my Mom's today with my family - and that will be nice...

we may end up going to the fairgrounds to watch the fireworks - but my husband, as unAmerican as he is, is not really all that into the fireworks phenomenon?!

I know?! Ya'll can pray for him!?

Well - this past week was gloriously lazy... I spent a lot of time with my little one - just hanging out, watching movies (We went to see Prince Caspian - very good! - and we rented Fools Gold {ok}, Jumper {pretty good} and Fantastic Four {ok - but hokey!}... we also all watched Batman the Beginning again... LOVE that movie - it is SO good... now Kaye wants to see the new one coming to the theaters... but I think it looks a bit too dark - we'll see?!), we have played several rounds of Mexican Train, we've watched hours of tennis, and just actually sat and talked for hours... she has been very attentive and talkative lately - and I am drinking it up while I can!

All of this, however, means that I have not done anything Scrap related?! I have a huge stack of Boise photo's to scrap and I have seriously neglected my online stores! I really need to get busy with those again... plus, I have another custom order of 8 books in the works! Yay! I am praying that this little job will help finance a NEW wardrobe for me in the Fall!

This week, my lovely teen will be off to GC Summer camp (GC = Generation Church - which is our Youth Group!) She is SO excited... her first experience at camp was for Winter Camp in February... at the same place - but summer is a whole different game there! She will have a blast! When she came home from Winter Camp - she had really had a powerful time with God there and really grew tremendously in her faith... and it was for the first time - definitely HER faith! Ya know how it is - you raise them up and show them the way - but there has to come a moment when they choose it on their own and go ahead and dive in... she has done that little by little through the years - but Winter Camp really changed her... she came home transformed and I have faith and anticipation that Summer Camp will do more of the same!

While she is gone - I will have 4 entire days all to myself... I am planning on scrapping those Boise pix and maybe working a bit on my LunchBox Album... go figure - the paper line that I fell in love with and must have for it is not really available anywhere... I can find the paper kit and will purchase that... but buying the individual sheets is proving to be difficult... but I am already committed to it - so I will work around whatever I can find!

I have stayed faithful to my workout schedule so far over the summer and have continued to lose about a pound a week... although I am happy to announce that I lost 2 pounds while in Boise - which is amazing considering the Moscato and the Cheesecake Factory, and the cookies Darcie made... not to mention my 'birthday' pie! LOL! Ya gotta love a safe neighborhood to walk in - not to mention a nice workout room at the pool!

I have finished a few books this week as well... and I am super excited to dig into The Shack!!! Have any of you read it?! It is like this phenomenon... there has been so much hype about it - I am feeling a little rush just to start it! I will let you know what I think! It seems like, if the hype is true, it will be another one of those books that we buy in bulk to give away! We tend to do that every few years... I think the last one we did that with was Blue Like Jazz... or maybe it was the Dream Giver. Anyway - I will let ya know what I think - I am sure I will read it all in one setting... maybe during one of those 4 'free' days?!

Anyway - have a safe and happy 4th of July!

"Stand Beside Her, and Guide Her..."

God Bless America!

Scrap On!
~Karrilee~

Tagged

Yeah - um - thanks Denice?! LOL?! I suppose this is ONE way to get me to update more than once every week or two?! AND apparently - you think I use too many words or something - so these questions are conveniently rather cut and dry... or so one would think? LOL! Here goes:

What was I doing 10 years ago...
OK - you TOTALLY know I could go pull out my scrapbook from ten years ago and I could tell you almost to the day what I was doing - but I don't think that that is REALLY what you mean?! 10 years ago - let's see... my daughter was only 3 so we were in that fun stage of the Terrible Twos! Yeah - that's right... she went through them a little late. I was a stay at home Mom, living in the same house we live in now... my dh was working at the same place as well - we were attending a different church and super involved there... I'm sure I was sadly a tad bit religious - but praise God that is over now! I know I was probably just starting to get into stamping and card making... I know I was all caught up then too. Yeah - I know! Don't hate me because I'm Beauti... wait - ... you know what I mean!

Five things on today's to do list...
1. Read more of the library book that I am reading at the same time as my hubby... goal #1 - PASS his bookmark! (Sad - I know - but I must finish first for many reasons - mostly though it's because I am a poor book-sharer! LOL!)
2. Go see Matinee to avoid 100 degree heat... (saw Prince Caspian - which was pretty good!)
3. Make Custom Birthday card for customer and get ready to be shipped (turned out pretty sweet - even if I DO say so myself?!)
4. Watch Wimbledon (nice!) &
5. Update this blog thanks to Denice and her Tagging me! (Don't forget to actually go and read my Boise update with all the pix too though!)

Snacks I enjoy...
Right now I am LOVING the Special K Bliss bars - I LOVE the Orange choc and Rasp choc ones! Lovin' the Skinny Dippers (Choc Caramel) from Skinny Cow. Snap Peas and Sweet Red Peppers are yummy to snack on when I want something crunchy - and I am always in love with fresh pineapple, strawberries, and red grapes together! YUM! (When I am not being 'good' - Mint or Peanut Butter Oreos... or cheesecake... oooo- or now - those Avocado Spring Rolls! LOL?!)

Things I would do if I was a millionaire...
I would tell my husband to quit his job immediately and we would go to live in Italy for at least a few months... we would definitely travel... invest for our daughters education and future... buy a house maybe... a new Hybrid car... a new camera! LOL! ...definitely pray about where to give some serious chunks of money... put some away for Retirement as well... sadly - I am sure even with a Million Dollars - the money would go way faster than you would think?! (It always does, doesn't it?!)

Places I have lived...
Pretty much all within a 10-12 mile radius!? LOL! I was born and raised here and have never moved away from my hometown!?

I am SERIOUSLY resisting the urge to add more things to this Tag... it seems so... so... short?! LOL!?

Now it's my turn to tag some bloggers. Let me know when you've posted your answers so I can check them out.

Go ahead ladies, update and then tag someone else:
http://thescrappinsunflower.blogspot.com
http://three-monkeys.blogspot.com
http://www.kdedid.blogspot.com

Oh I finally did get that pile of Boise Pix... so - hopefully this week I will be scrappin' happy getting all caught up again! I was happy to get a fun Custom Order for a b'day card via my Etsy store this afternoon - it was a rush job and that made for a nice little creative adrenaline tonight! I am off to unwind...
Scrap On!
~Karrilee~

Back from Boise...

OK - so I totally know that I have sort of dropped the ball on the blogging deal... I am blaming it on summer. Why not?! It COULD be true?! Basically - I have just been busy and have also been trying to be on this computer LESS now that my dd is home with me. I am fully aware that my days spent lounging around with her are limited... she is, after all - officially a teenager and whether I remain 'cool' throughout her teen years or not, either way - there will come a day when she will have a job, or move away, or (gasp?) not want to hang with me so much?! So - I am paying closer attention to opportunities to spend with her... and that my friend, sadly effects you - my blog reader?! LOL!? Just call me Bucket, I guess?! At least I am not as bad as Kori?! tee hee?!

So... last time I blogged it was the last day of school and we had yet to have the Family Reunion... our daughter did in fact punk it up a bit just for fun- but much to her dismay - the only person who noticed was Grandma - and all she noticed was that Kaye was wearing make-up?! (Which - she HAS been wearing for some time now?! LOL?!) We had a great time actually - no awkwardness or anything... well - except when my husband casually invited one of his cousins and her whole family to 'stop by' and see our house? OK - um - we have been married for almost 16 years and no one has EVER been invited over... there is always so much going on - and it is always either at his parents' house or at their church... I had the pesky little thought that maybe I should clean my house (as it had been over a week since I really had done much of anything) on that Friday... but I was sitting outside in the sun, reading my book and enjoying my new patio furniture and I just thought "Well - that can't be God - his family has NEVER come by here?!" Yeah - um - it was God?! So - I (think I) maintained calmness until we got into our car to leave... it was after 11 and the next day was Saturday - which meant I had to cook and make a huge salad all morning - and get ready myself ... all of that was planned for and time had been allotted - but what I HADN'T planned for was the frenzied cleaning and picking up - not just upstairs - but EVERYWHERE - because they would want the tour!? Now - honestly - if I had any sort of relationship with these people - I wouldn't have cared. I mean - I am fairly laid back, and while the house DID need a bit of attention, it's never really THAT bad?! Still - I was feeling MIGHTY pms-y and HE seemed annoyed with ME because I wouldn't sit outside on the patio furniture with him in the morning to enjoy a relaxing cup of coffee?! Um... no!? I did that YESTERDAY which is why I am now running around trying to pick up and boil noodles and tear romaine, and put on make-up and (OH CRAP!?) clean up my scrap area?! LOL!? Dave DID clue in and even though the chaos made no sense to him, he did really pitch in with the salad and helped me out! Whew?! I was actually ready when we were supposed to be ready... um - and no - the family never did come by! At least not on Saturday - when I was ready for them?! No - instead, he invites them over AGAIN on Sunday after lunch... whatever!? SATURDAY - all the beds were made and the dishes put away - but on Sunday!? Forget it?! LOL?! Still - they did stop by and they were gracious and nice and we had a good visit! Which - of course, proved his point that I didn't need to stress in the first place?! Overall though - the Reunion was a success! Kaye really hit it off with a couple of the girls that are a bit older than her... and of course, we got a TON of photo's!!! I'm thinking I may to a digi book of the Reunion via Shutterfly... would be a good gift for Dave's Mom maybe?! We'll see?!

So - after THAT... I had a great little lunch out with some girlfriends on my birthday last week - we went to The Taj - a super yummy authentic Indian food restaurant here in town! That is always fun! And then, of course, on Thursday we packed the car and headed to Boise! (Thanks, yet AGAIN, Chuck - for housing us and entertaining us for the weekend!) It was so fun to walk in to the house and find Na and Bucket there scrapping some rockin' (of not over-stamped) cards... no - can you really over-stamp something?! Well - even Na did that, back in the day! LOL! I managed to get two layouts done (WITH Journaling) and still haven't taken photo's of those yet... so that will have to wait! Pork stopped in to celebrate her birthday! Damn girl - you look GREAT for 45!!?! tee hee!

Friday instead of doing Bagels (again - sorry girls?) we relaxed and did very little!? LOL?! I think Dave and I went for a walk and used the workout room... and later we all went to the Pool...

... did we do anything else?! I can't remember?!

Oh yeah - I think you introduced me to this little game:

Saturday, of course - was the Market!

So fun... crowded - and the guys seemed to like to race right through it

- but it was still fun!

Kaye scored at Urban Outfitters... um - on shoes and jeans - nothing else... though it's hard to tell with that store?! Apparently you can score 365 different ways!? We ate at Johnny Macs which was an experience... we went to church and shopped int he bookstore there... and then BBQ'd at home... Darcie and I ran to a lss and looked around real quick... and on Sunday we went to the Mall - where Kaye scored some great deals AGAIN! THEN - we went to The Cheesecake Factory! YUM! I kept hearing Chuck talk about this place over and over... and had never been able to go... and so we worked it so it was a girls lunch date and that was cheaper - and we split an order of the (insert heavenly music here) Avocado Spring Rolls... OH MY GOODNESS?! These are INCREDIBLE!!! Darcie and I also split a pasta dish and we all four split a Raspberry Lemon Cream Cheesecake... yummy - and just enough! Next stop - Archivers. OK - so - I was (as everyone said I would be) a bit disappointed! It was not that impressive!? I am glad I went though... just so I can say I have seen it! I DID find the paper I want to use for my Lunch Box album there... but only ONE sheet?! I will have to have my lss order it in for me!? More waiting... and you KNOW how I love to wait?!!?

So - on Monday the boys went golfing EARLY and that left all the girls home to relax... Darcie and went out for a little bit... Where did we go, you ask?! Well since Chuck is so Ooober organized and on top of things - and I am so very important to her - she WAY made up for completely forgetting my birthday (which was the day before I came to visit her?! LOL!) ...aahh - but make up for it she did! She bought me this little beauty:

I have a hard time picking favorites - so I bought six scents to burn and so far, love them all! LOL! This matches my living room perfectly and is placed in a spot that really helps it to scent the whole house! I LOVE it! Thanks again Chuck! You should forget my birthday more often! So - by Monday afternoon - we were loaded back into the car and headed back for Yak!

Dave had an extra day off of work which was nice, and Kaye started Interns at church - which she LOVES... so - we are all settled back into home... it was great to go and spend time and get a mini vacation in... but it is always nice to come home too!

I have my crop night tonight - which I ordered prints from our Boise trip - but they have yet to arrive - so I have NOTHING to work on... I WAS going to work on cards... but another thing I was introduced to while in Boise was Mexican Train... and we are now addicted... Kayelyn and I play ALL the time and even now, it is set up on the dining room table so we can play! I told Kaye we could play it tonight at my scrap group! LOL?! gee... thanks Darc' more new addictions... Moscato AND Mexican train... nice!?!!

Summer's Official Arrival...

Yes - it is true! Today was my daughters' last day of school... (and last day of Middle School!) She went in for TWO hours... basically to sign yearbooks the whole time... so tomorrow will be our first actual official, we-get-to-sleep-in, boy-I-hope-I-CAN, lay-around-the-house-in-our-jammy day! Now, you would think that the last day of school would have a gorgeous sunny sky, short wearing type of feel to it, wouldn't you? Well - not here... not today! We were featured in jeans and sweatshirts... it was SNOWING over the pass today?! Is this not JUNE in the freakin' DESERT!? Whatever... it's over... so that is good! I know I can't really complain when you think of the wacky weather that is wreaking havoc elsewhere in the States... a bit of a chinook wind in June is fine, really... I'll take that and stop whining! Yesterday, rather than go on the Field Trip for her entire 7th grade class to a close-by town to go swimming - she and two of her bff's skipped the trip - and all the drama - and stayed in town and swam at a friends house! It was low key and nice and required no sweaty bus trip out of town, no Plastic/Girl drama, and no boys! LOL! What's not to love?!

So, it's been pointed out to me that I have been MIA here for a bit... NINE days if you ask Chuck! I was sort of waiting for Kay to respond to winning the RAK but apparently she is busy making SWAP pages or something?! I have no real exciting stories to share or even many new projects really... just life stuff happening: wrapping up the school year, working in the garden, scrapping a little, getting the patio summer-ready...

Here are a few shots of the garden:

It's a small garden - but we have it packed full! We went out and bought some new patio furniture over the weekend... My Honey built the coffee table and we wanted some comfy stylish rod iron chairs to go with it... got rid of the big glass top table since we rarely ate at it - and we wanted a more casual conversation spot instead! I am happy with it and can see us really using this little space (and enjoying the garden) all the more now!

Here are a few samples of the finished project for the Ranch:

I did order and get those concert and birthday pictures and did some old school scrappin' with them... here are those Layouts:

I am still going strong with SparkPeople... I weigh in on Thursday but I am fairly confident I will have met my first major goal in weight loss! I think my reward will be a new tennis racket! I am still wanting to learn how to play! Well - I know the rules and love the game... but making my body obey my head is still an issue! LOL! I KNOW that I need to follow through with my swing - but seem to constantly stop as soon as the ball connects with the strings?! This, I know, lends itself to my - um - problems!? LOL! But still - even though I know it is in my head, I seem to think that if I get a nicer racket, instead of the old yard sale Chris Everet Wood racket, then my game will automatically improve!? I know it is probably not true, but the other benefit of getting a newer racket, is maybe I will actually USE it and get some lessons - or at least get out and practice what I know a bit more!? I need to set another 'short term' goal... I think I will set it at 25 pounds... and hopefully by then I will be ready for some new clothes! That will be my reward then, I think!

Anyway - this weekend is my husband's family reunion. I adore my immediate in-laws... I really do! I am blessed and get along great with his parents and all his siblings and their spouses and kids... and really, I also get along with most if not all of the others - but my first experience at one of these Family Reunions was not a good one... I am sure it didn't help that he comes from a long lineage of Christians and we were living together, unmarried and all... however, it was - let's just say - not a welcome committee that cornered me in the kitchen!? Anyway - we have come a long way since then - AND we've been married now for nearly 16 years! LOL! - but still, I get a bit anxious. I am sure it will be fine... it always is!? Our daughter is now old enough to realize that this is sort of a strange gathering... and, well - she is like my sister and is already planning her punk fashion statement just for the shock value and sheer joy of seeing the reactions?! LOL!? And - even though I know I probably SHOULD stop her... (and my hubby probably WILL), ya gotta love her spunk, man!

Kaye is signing up to do Interns at our church this summer. When she first said that she wanted to do this... I was not as excited as I should have been! The past several years it has cost a couple hundred dollars and they are in class from 8am-9pm 4 days a week - with a long lunch break in between that they need transportation to and from... all summer long!? Yes, I said EIGHT A. M. !?!?! ALL SUMMER LONG?! Now - I know that I am the Grown Up - and I should be encouraging her to step out and do this... but I just didn't have it in me... I didn't tell her she couldn't - but I did tell her she'd better pray and make sure she really wanted to do this! LOL! She prayed -and we found out a couple of days ago that the cost has gone WAY done (only $25) and it is only ONCE a week, from 1pm- 9pm... whew?! MUCH more doable!!! LOL! We get to sleep in (as if I am still able to 'sleep in' anymore anyway?!) The only glitch is that it is on the same day as her Tennis Lessons... we haven't talked with the coach to see if he plans to continue on through the summer or not... or if he is going to switch days... but hopefully it will all work out so she won't have to quit lessons completely!?

So - I am working on gathering some photo's that I have not yet scrapped to bring with me when I go to Boise... It would be nice to have SOMETHING to scrapbook with me when I go... it's hard for me to not do them once I have the photo's printed - so I am waiting to order them until later this week!? LOL!? (And then I will pray that they get here in time?!) Yeah - I know... I have a problem!

Until next time (which hopefully won't be another NINE days - but I promise nothing as it IS now summer break?!)

Scrap Happy!
~Karrilee~

...and the Winner is....

OK - it is time to not only post the Winner of the RAK, but also upload a few photo's of PROOF! I did, in fact, scrap during our online crop! (I usually just chat and not really let anyone else get work done?! It's more funner that way!?!) Still - I TOLD you so!!! LOL!

I finished the book last night and just need to have it bound... (Yes, Denice - it is Zutter, and I do LOVE it! I don't own one though - I use the one at our lss!!!) Once I get it bound and tie all the fun ribbons on it - I will take a photo and upload it here!

I also went out yesterday and took a ton of photo's at a local non-profit Ranch that reaches out to disadvantaged kids in our community... they are a new ministry and asked me to come out during one of their sessions and take some photographs for them to put together a flyer! (I was hoping I got to put the flyer together too, but they already had it lined up!) Anyway - here are a few shots from that outing:

Dave is oout of town this weekend... he went with one of his best friends from high school to go see RUSH at the Gorge... and they camped out overnight and are fishing this morning before returning home! I am so glad he got to do this and I hope that they had a BLAST!!! Kaye and I enjoyed a shopping trip together yesterday - she got me to try on all sorts of things I would never actually buy?! LOL?! But - I did end up buying three new summer tops and one pair of khaki bermuda's - all in that (temporary) smaller size! WoOt!

So... the RAK - well, I put the names (minus Chuck*) in a bowl and drew out a name... and so - the Winner is: Kay (kdedid)!!! (It's like you are psychic or something?!) My daughters' WHOLE first name is Kayelyn... and we are both married to Daves' - but I did only put your name in once! LOL! Congrats - um - maybe I should hold this little RAK prize hostage until you send me the SWAP pages?! I got Denices' - (and she was right - they TOTALLY ROCK!!! You all are gonna LOVE them!)... Mine, of course, are all done as well! Apparently Denice and I are not only BFFs - but we are also both OverAcheivers!? LOL! Go Figure!? So - no pressure, Kay!? LOL!? Get me your mailing address via SparkMail and I will ship these pretty Chipboard Letters off to you!

Now that I finished that Donation Album (which goes to the Ranch!), I have birthday pictures and Carrie Underwood pictures to scrap! So - maybe this afternoon, while I have the house gloriously to myself, I will scrap!? (Oh Darcie - I will bring SOMETHING to work on! I still have that Lunch box album, remember?! I will get to work on that so I have something to do!? LOL!)

Scrap On!
~Karrilee~

*Chuck - you are SO going to have to PROVE this... send me a link to your SparkPage girlie... and if you do - I have a SPECIAL surprise for you!!!