HOLIDAY SPARKLE #7 AND DAYS 2 AND 3 OF PHOTOS
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Well, the 'ol gray mare just AIN'T what she used to be!!! ROTFLMBO! I could not even make it to post my Day 2 photo on my blog last night, but I did get it posted twice on Facebook!!! LOL! I was whooped big time I tell ya! I sat here trying so hard to write up my post for my blog and then I wanted to change this and to change that, so instead, I turned off my light and went to sleep!!! He, he ...
I have SO much to prepare for this month and I definitely DO push my self a bit too hard at times and being down with the flu is just NOT one of those times to do so as SO many of you have SO nicely put it to me - REST! Okay, I rested!!! I actually slept TEN hours last night and that is four hours more than what I am accustomed to, although it did tell me that I needed it!
Today I leave you with *Holiday Sparkle, #7* and there will be one more part before I retire this SPARKLING menagerie!!! I have SO much to share with you, but I wish to wait until my head is clear so that I know I am making some sort of sense!!! I am feeling really loopy and I've been dealing with a near non-stop headache, so I shall leave the important announcements for another time when I can jump and up and down with excitement while writing my post!!! LOL!
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for ALL of your continued comments of encouragement, LOVE and get-well's!!! I feel ALL warm and fuzzy inside - y'all are just TOOO sweet! And you just HAVE to know how much LOVE heals, eh? Uh, huh, it SURELY does! MWAH!
Very quickly, to those who are not following 2009 Project 365, I TOTALLY understand where y'all are coming from, believe me and NO, Terri, I don't consider it being "lazy"! We all have different ideas on how we wish to accomplish our scrapping goals and I tend to agree with those that already have TONS of photos to scrap, like ME!!!
I think this was primarily started as a means by which to see how ones year has evolved and that concept, I think, is pretty darn cool! I tend to focus SO much on what I haven't scrapped that I am missing out on FUN ways to preserve today and tomorrow's memories, so I am thinking that for me this year, I am going to TRY, key word - TRY, my best to keep up and journal as I go so that at the end of each week, I can actually scrap about a week's worth of events rather than trying to recall them all at the end of a year! This is worth my honest effort and then at the end of the year, I can evaluate what I've done and whether or not I like the end results. Something tells me that I am REALLY going to like them!!! WOO HOO! And guess what? You get to follow me along on my journey as I I have added a slide show on the upper portion of my sidebar where I will be posting each day's photos. On facebook, I am actually adding some journaling so I will use that journaling as prompts for my final journaling as I scrap at the end of each week .... or two .... or .... he, he ....
I am making up for yesterday, so here are my photos for Day 2 and Day 3!
I have SO much to prepare for this month and I definitely DO push my self a bit too hard at times and being down with the flu is just NOT one of those times to do so as SO many of you have SO nicely put it to me - REST! Okay, I rested!!! I actually slept TEN hours last night and that is four hours more than what I am accustomed to, although it did tell me that I needed it!
Today I leave you with *Holiday Sparkle, #7* and there will be one more part before I retire this SPARKLING menagerie!!! I have SO much to share with you, but I wish to wait until my head is clear so that I know I am making some sort of sense!!! I am feeling really loopy and I've been dealing with a near non-stop headache, so I shall leave the important announcements for another time when I can jump and up and down with excitement while writing my post!!! LOL!
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for ALL of your continued comments of encouragement, LOVE and get-well's!!! I feel ALL warm and fuzzy inside - y'all are just TOOO sweet! And you just HAVE to know how much LOVE heals, eh? Uh, huh, it SURELY does! MWAH!
Very quickly, to those who are not following 2009 Project 365, I TOTALLY understand where y'all are coming from, believe me and NO, Terri, I don't consider it being "lazy"! We all have different ideas on how we wish to accomplish our scrapping goals and I tend to agree with those that already have TONS of photos to scrap, like ME!!!
I think this was primarily started as a means by which to see how ones year has evolved and that concept, I think, is pretty darn cool! I tend to focus SO much on what I haven't scrapped that I am missing out on FUN ways to preserve today and tomorrow's memories, so I am thinking that for me this year, I am going to TRY, key word - TRY, my best to keep up and journal as I go so that at the end of each week, I can actually scrap about a week's worth of events rather than trying to recall them all at the end of a year! This is worth my honest effort and then at the end of the year, I can evaluate what I've done and whether or not I like the end results. Something tells me that I am REALLY going to like them!!! WOO HOO! And guess what? You get to follow me along on my journey as I I have added a slide show on the upper portion of my sidebar where I will be posting each day's photos. On facebook, I am actually adding some journaling so I will use that journaling as prompts for my final journaling as I scrap at the end of each week .... or two .... or .... he, he ....
I am making up for yesterday, so here are my photos for Day 2 and Day 3!
I mentioned that I LOVE stringing white lights and pine
garland all about the house, including our bedroom, so
here we have a glimpse of the lighted garland atop my
dresser mirror. I really adds a warm glow to the room
and I will have to post a photo I took of my son, John on
New Year's Eve as he was looking into my mirror wearing
his Happy New Year hat. The lighting was VERY sweet
and made for a few nice photos of the baby of my brood!
Since Robert and I have have eleven children between us
and they are all from our previous marriages, I printed and
framed photos of his children and family members to make
a nice little collage for him to gaze upon whenever he needs
a fix! We actually have photos ALL throughout the great
room, but one can NEVER have too many family photos
out and about to admire, now can one? LOL! NO WAY!
Well, believe it or not, I am getting winded and I'm not even talking!!! LOL! That's weird, but I have a bit of congestion and have been drinking LOTS of fluid, mostly Traditional Medicinal's Echinacea Plus nice and hot with honey and lemon as well as water. I hope to be greeting the new week feeling better!
Have a SUPER SUNDAY y'all!!!
Love and hugs,
Linda :)
January 3, 2009 9:36 PM
Thank you! Your blog post will be advertised on the DigiFree Digital Scrapbooking Freebie search engine today (look for timestamp: 03 Jan [LA 09:16pm] - 04 Jan [NY 12:16am, UK 05:16am, OZ 04:16pm] ).
January 3, 2009 10:33 PM
I promised myself I was not going to download any more Christmas / New Years freebies. Well that was before I happened upon your blog. Love the sparkle! LOVE IT!!! So,, of course, here I am stuffing my hard drive even fuller with more stuff (I really need to get some more zip drives). I put your blog in my favorites and will definitely be back often.
Lisette
http://couponqueenofcorning.today.com/
January 4, 2009 2:17 AM
a big, big thank for your lots of freebies you share, I love it and I wish you a wonderful and Happy New Year!
January 4, 2009 3:40 AM
Thank you again, for another gorgeous part to this kit.
January 4, 2009 3:41 AM
thanks, this kit is so elegant. Sure hope you feel better soon. I've been fighting the truck run over me feeling for over 3 weeks now. It seems that these winter/holiday illnesses just want to linger.
January 4, 2009 4:19 AM
Thank you soo much for sharing another wonderful part to your gorgeous kit.:)
Sure hope you get better soon.I had read that there is a really bad flu going around and they say to go to the Doctor cause that is the only way you can get rid of it...which is weird cause they usually say that there isn't anything a Doctor can do for the flu.???? Go figure.:)
Love your pics of the day.How sweet to make an area for Dh's family pics.Bet he loves it!:)
January 4, 2009 4:31 AM
Good morning Sweety!!!!!!!!!
Not much going on here!!!!! LOL
Just busy unzippin & filing my DLs away!!!!!!!! STILL
So glad that you finally got some extra sleep!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TY so very much for another GRAND DL!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HUGE HUGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 4, 2009 5:44 AM
I can't believe there is more!!!
Thank you.
January 4, 2009 7:26 AM
Thank you for sharing more of your Holiday Sparkle with us. I love this kit.
January 4, 2009 7:41 AM
I feel so bad that you're not feeling well! But just LOVE this kit you're sharing! This is totally gorgeous!
January 4, 2009 8:52 AM
I am LOVING this kit! I've used it already! Thank you for adding more to it and sharing it. Hope you get better soon. =)
January 4, 2009 9:13 AM
Thanks Linda, sure hope you feel all better soon! I, too, had the flu - and still have the headache that preceded it! - but have more or less recovered - so there is HOPE!! ((Hugs))
January 4, 2009 9:29 AM
I have made a promise to myself to do the 365 Project. I guess some think it is a lazy way to scrap but for me it means accomplishing some layouts - whether simple or elaborate - I will have 52 double page layouts done at the end and that is a way more than I would normally get done.
I will have a wonderful album for all my family to enjoy which will have events in my life as well as theirs documented. No more procrastinating 'cause I have so many boxes of photos to scrap. Now, I will have one wonderful project completed and will feel great about it.
Along the way I am sure I will be even more inspired to get at the "backlog" of photos but will not have the regrets that I normally have when I don't get any done 'cause I WILL BE DOING SOMETHING SPECIAL and not procrastinating cause I have so many old photos! Today is today and it needs to be scrapped too!
I hope the enthusiam and inspiration from others continues throughout the next 12 months - people sharing templates and ideas is so inspiring.
Ok I have said enough. So happy you had a long good night's sleep. I know I am way older than you but you amaze me at all you can accomplish. It all takes me so much time. I love your work and your inspiring words.
January 4, 2009 10:13 AM
Thank you, Linda for #7.I hope you are feeling better and get well soom. The flu is no fun.
I tend to focus on what I haven't scrapped instead of what's going on in the now also. I wish I could around that.When I get too much on my plate I usually do nothing, then I am futher behind.Am I a mess or what?lol. I really,really am going to "try" to do this photo a day on a weekly basis.
January 4, 2009 11:27 AM
Thank you so much for today's installment of glitter and glitz!
You keep on resting (yes, you MUST have needed that!) and taking all those good healing things ... hopefully you will be feeling all better in just a few days.
Maybe next year you should consider a flu shot????? :-)
January 4, 2009 12:47 PM
Hey Linda! You are amazingly talented. Yet again, you've shared with us some beautiful items. I love what Lisette said about promising not to download any more Christmas until she saw yours.........I agree. I can't help myself. I love sparkle and I love your stuff. Your photos are wonderful too. Thanks for letting us sneak a peak at your life as well. Don't think I'm going to commit to the 365, but I am going to try to do more scrappin' with my discovery of digi! Feel better, better, better soon.
Love and Blessings.
clc
January 4, 2009 2:02 PM
(((((LINDA))))) Oh my goodness I missed your blog so much.... and all your goody bags too!!! The last couple few weeks I've been off visiting my parents in Arizona (warm warm warm, love it). My LIFE (my computer, hehe) was left behind because all I have is a desktop. And they still have their ancient Windows 95 computer with DIAL-UP, lol. LOOK HOW MUCH I MISSED!!!! Thank you for any and ALL snags I manage to get after this is posted. Your kits truly ARE beautiful! I have to go allllllll the way back to week 4 of your gorgeous WIASW kit even. Beautiful gorgeous fabulous... and any other word that isn't popping into my migrained-mind, LOL. Of course I'll be perusing your chat... you always get a buffaw or giggle out of me.... thank you for that too! HUGZ to you and Happy 2009!
January 4, 2009 3:23 PM
Thank you Linda for all of this kit. It is beautiful. I owe you many many thanks.
January 4, 2009 3:48 PM
Lovely! Thank you very much!
January 4, 2009 3:50 PM
Thanks so much for sharing!
January 4, 2009 4:16 PM
Thanks so much - this kit is so awesome :-D
January 4, 2009 5:03 PM
Beautiful additions; thanks so much for sharing this awesome kit with us!
January 4, 2009 8:26 PM
Thanks for sharing!
January 4, 2009 9:22 PM
Thank you for the goodies! Yeah Project 365!! Take care of yourself!
January 4, 2009 10:57 PM
Linda your poor baby. Your such a trooper attending to your blog and keeping us in you thoughts, by sharing yet another beautiful piece of Holiday Sparkle. Thanks so much, you've gotten so many compliments on this kit because it's so glamorous and pretty. Hope you feel better soon. Hugs -- xoxo! (terri - hawaii)
January 5, 2009 5:37 PM
Thank you so much for this Freebie. I want to let you know that I posted a link to your blog in Creative Busy Hands Scrapbook Freebies Search List, under the Christmas post on Jan. 05, 2009. Please, notice that I've changed my url. Thanks again and Happy New Year.
January 6, 2009 1:40 PM
Linda, thanks so much for this jewel of a kit! You are so sweet, and totally ROCK as a designer! Okay, you know I've been working on helping people scrap their own blogs, and now you have this totally awesome marquee? You've got to tell me how you did it? Is it regular HTML?
Look at my latest post, and you'll see why I'm dying to know...
Here’s to more happy scrapping, and
Hugs from the heart,
Jeanette
Easy Custom Blogs
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January 15, 2009 10:18 AM
Thank you so much for sharing these! I am planning to use all that glitter in my Disney album - you helped make magic!
January 19, 2009 11:02 PM
Beautiful! Thank you!