HAPPY VETERAN'S AND REMEMBRANCE DAY!

I am EVER so thankful for ALL that "have" served, "are" serving and even those who have yet to serve that I am FREE to be ME! This day is to recognize those that HAVE served our country/countries and they are all deep in my heart that is filled with "gratitude" for ALL of the freedoms still intact today!

Speaking of being "thankful", have I told y'all lately just how "thankful" I am for YOU! We're a TEAM ya know! We are working and playing together, all headed in the same direction with some detours here and there, but headed for the GOAL LINE! YUP, we are carrying our ball of memories right over that goal line and into our BEAUTIFULLY created scrapbooks!!! Some of us MUCH sooner than others *red-faced*, but getting there nonetheless!!! Thank you! Thank you for liking my designs enough to download them. Thank you for leaving me comments AND "thank you, thank you" for posting YOUR masterpieces in the Guestbook for ALL of us to see, admire and to be inspired by. MWAH! Y'all are the GREATEST!!!

Thank you to Karyn and Sharon (he, he ... hey, that rhymes!) and to Ms. Vicki for being the FIRST group to upload. I am on pins and needles waiting for the rest of y'all!!!

Last night, I mentioned that I would "whisper" in your ears, so come closer so y'all can hear - *wink* Be prepared. If your EHD's or hard drives are near full, I highly recommend some burning sessions (for your protection anyhow) so that you have PLENTY of room to collect ALL that will be coming your way in SCRAPLAND starting VERY, VERY soon.

I'm feeling like a little kid at Christmas at the moment - jumping up and down on the inside just anticipating ALL of the GOODIES!!! Of course, we MUST not forget about ALL of the FABULOUS sales as well!!! I LOVE shopping a GOOD sale! PHEW! NSD about did me in I tell ya, but I am a HAPPY camper!!! Anyhoo, I shall keep you updated as to the goings on out and about SCRAPLAND that I am involved in and/or that I see or hear about!

Okay, without further ado, tonight's FREEBIE is a matching and/or complimentary set of frames to last night's, only these are in the portrait orientation with "three" openings for either photos, a combination of photos and journaling or something YOU create with your OWN imagination!!! SURPRISE ME! That is MY reward - being able to see what you do with my designs!

Have a WONDERFUL Wednesday everyone. Thank you SO much for ALLLLLLL of the comments on my blog today. I appreciate that you are traveling here since 4-shared is now wishing everyone to be registered to comment. To be perfectly honest with you, it really does NOT take any more time to comment on a blog than it does on 4-shared. How is that you ask? Well, you can start the download and then hit the BACK button taking you back to the blog where you can comment while your goodies are downloading. And, "no", doing so will NOT interrupt your download. Did you know that you can actually leave a blog and 4-shared and it still will not interrupt your download.? I figured that out one day some time ago as I unintentionally closed my windows!!! TADA! Download intact!!! WOO HOO!

Oh, oh, oh , oh, OOOOOOHHHH! I've just finished IM'ing with the LOVELY and TALENTED Teri Mayo and she is looking for a Victorian-type dress that she can use in a scrapkit she is designing in honor of her granddaughter's upcoming baptism (which just happens to also be on Teri's birthday!), so of course it will need to be a commercial-use item. If anybody has seen, has or might know of where one can be located and purchased or downloaded as a freebie, PLEASE contact Teri either on her blog or by e-mail. She and I, both, shall be MOST grateful for your help! THANK YOU darlin's!

Teri Mayo's Blog: http://teristhingomyjigs.blogspot.com

Teri Mayo's E-mail Address: terimayo (at) aol (dot) com

Until we meet again ...

Much love,
Linda :)

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GUEST WHAT???

I mean, GUESS what??? Or, DO I??? LOL! You'll notice above that I've had to remove the slideshow, to my disappointment, and add a "guestbook" as it is the ONLY way for y'all to be able to share YOUR masterpieces with me and ALL of those who come to visit!

All you need to do is click on the SIGN THIS GUESTBOOK and a window will open for you to post your name, your location, to browse for the file you wish to upload and to leave a message, which if you are uploading a layout can be the title of your layout and/or the kit of mine that you have used OR simply a bit about the layout. If you don't have a layout to upload, you are encouraged to introduce yourself by posting your name and your location and a little message if you choose to do so! TADA!!! I get to see your LOVELY work again!!! You don't know HOW much I have missed it!

For those who have uploaded in the past, and I have hundreds of them, please feel free to re-upload if you would like to! I would do it for you other than the fact that I don't have every one's name and also it's nice to have your location as well. No worries, only if you wish to do so, but y'all KNOW I'd LOVE it!!! MWAH! Shoot me an e-mail if you have any questions.

I've moved a smaller version of the previous slideshow over to my sidebar, which I will use to house the most current freebies that I am offering.

I'm just a bit tuckered out from battling THE BUGS and dealing with a SLOW moving computer! I spent yesterday with the family mostly and today, I had a NICE relaxing day traveling about SCRAPLAND! YES, I had a LOVELY time of it too!

I think that I shall devote my Monday's to visiting blogs that I frequent as well as NEW ones to introduce myself and leave some love! I learned MANY new things in my ventures out today and my last stop had me in tears, some of sadness and then right into JOY as I read the outpouring of LOVE from our MOST incredible community of scrapbookers here in SCRAPLAND! WOW!

I am not going to elaborate on this TRULY heart-touching outreach into our MOST incredible community, but if you are familiar with the FABULOUSLY talented designer, Summer Driggs, then you most likely already know the situation. If not, Summer explains it all better than I ever could.

Summer was the Friday Feature on Ginger Scrap's blog a couple of months back and that is how "I" found her. I had not much time, but remember being in AWE of her style, bookmarking her and wishing to return when I had a bit of extra time. This is terrible, but I cannot even tell you how I wound up on her blog earlier this evening!!! You know how you click on a link, then another and so on and so forth? I must have done that because I TRULY do not remember how I found Summer's blog again but am EVER so thankful that I have!

Anyhoo, Summer is offering up a GORGEOUS kit and I shall leave you with the link to find out WHY she has created this SPECIAL kit and is sharing it with ALL of SCRAPLAND. You may reach Summer's blog HERE.

I shall now leave you with a set of three acrylic and metal bevel-edged frames as a token of my LOVE for y'all and ALL that y'all do to help make this community of ours that I SO fondly refer to as SCRAPLAND, such a FABULOUS place to hang out in!

I saw several hands raised WAY UP HIGH for the frame I used in the *FESTIVITY* scrapatit in my prior post! Y'all are SOOOOOO sweet! Thank you for your ongoing love, support and encouragement as it is GREATLY appreciated!

Have a LOVELY week everyone and I shall see you back tomorrow when I shall whisper into your ears about some AMAZING Christmas happenings coming up here in SCRAPLAND!!!

Much love,
Linda :)

P.S. This link is going to download LIGHTNING fast as it is under 1MB, so don't blink or you might think it did not download!!! ROFL! Sorry, I could not resist after my HUGE file for last part of *FESTIVITY*!!! By the way, I sure would LOVE to see what y'all do with it! I just KNOW that each of you has SOMETHING special to CELEBRATE!!! WOO HOO! Thank YOU!

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OH ... MY STARS!!! I MEAN ... STAR!!!

Hi y'all!!!

Hope to find you all SCRAPPING HAPPILY or HAPPILY SCRAPPING and having a WONDERFULLY relaxing weekend thus far!!! My day has been rather calm and it even included an unannounced visit from two of my sons who are also roomies!!! It was a VERY pleasant surprise actually as I've been working away at nailing the virus that keeps lurking about trying to invade my computer at any moment while working on some designing and a LITTLE goody for y'all this evening!

And what exactly did those boys want while visiting or should I ask, what was the REAL purpose of their visit??? LOL! Well, Luke headed straight for Robert's laptop after squeezing his mama a wee bit and when Matt, the oldest, finally found his way to where I was (need you ask??? he, he ...) and gave me some LONG overdue lovin' while chuckling at the word "scrappy" on my computer screen, he asked if they could borrow the crock pot!!! Hmmmm .... guess what's going on their Christmas gift list??? Uh, huh!

I must say to all Moms EVERYWHERE, it TRULY pays to treat your boys equally in the sharing of domestic duties. I cannot tell you just HOW proud I am of ALL four of my boys who can cook, clean (well, only if they HAVE to) and EVEN do their own laundry (they HAVE to)!!! They did not understand it growing up, but guess what??? NOW they DO! WOO HOO!!! They are actually able to take care of their very OWN home! PHEW! *big grin*

Matt and Luke are making a pot roast and asked for directions! SO sweet. I explained to Matt how to thicken the liquid if he so chooses to do so (he asked) and then away they both went ... into the night! LOL! Luke is also picking John up from work for us so Robert doesn't have to make the trip again as he usually hangs out with his brothers on the weekend until he needs to come home and hit the hay. John is SO funny, he also disappears over to their house during his three days off from work!!! I LOVE it! They are only five minutes away!!! If we need each other at any time ... TADA!

BETH - the name of the ONLINE backup service I am using is MOZY. They are really helping to give me peace of mind as I am in the same place as you. I jet from one project to the next and have not been able to burn for some time, SO to alleviate my stressful feelings in the possibility of an EHD failing at some point, I am backing my files up as I type. I have to tell you, almost embarassed to, but Mozy is at this moment backing up my entire 250 GB EHD as it just MAGICALLY filled itself one day!!! ROFL! Mozy gives you 2 GB's of FREE back up to give it a try and I pay the $4.95/mo for UNLIMITED back up! Such a deal for a GOOD night's sleep, eh? LOL! *wink*

I am working on burning a little each day, that is until I started having virus attacks and problems with my burning software! All things for a purpose as we all have SO much to learn and every obstacle will teach us something new if we allow it to, right??? Uh, huh!

Anyhoo, a little head's up - I have been backing my system up now for two months. If you just have some basic files to back up, they go quickly, however, I am backing up EVERYTHING on my EHD which houses photos, scrapkits and ALL of my designs. You have an option to speed up the backing up process which will slow your computer so I'm like right in the middle I think.

One more IMPORTANT tidbit. I am not going to say that my ISP tech is the ONLY tech and that he knows it ALL, but you might wish to check around with some computer geeks before investing in a HUMONGOUS EHD. Personally, I will NOT buy one over 250 GB's. I was informed that the larger they are, the higher and easier the probability there is of files being lost. YUP, they just disappear. Get reallocated or something like that - not sure exactly how to explain it but I can see the mathematical logic of it in my head! LOL! Not only that, it is SO much easier to fill one of those babies up and not even think about burning to CD or DVD. I, personally, think it would behoove all of us to have two or three methods of backup going on in the event of some mishap. I was sitting here just last night thinking about how we are SO trusting technology, yet we can lose everything in an instant so it really pays us to stay informed as to what our options are. I will not promote anything as we all have different needs and what may work for me may not work for you. Do your research and then you will be able to make a wise decision, tailor-made for YOU!

If you have any more questions, please feel free to e-mail me!

Gosh, I have rambled on a GOOD one tonight, eh? Without further ado, tonight's FREEBIE is *FESTIVITY*, Scrapatit #1!!! I think this one is VERY versatile and can be used for ANY and ALL stars in our lives! I, of course, have to find a photo or photos to scrap when I make y'all a scrapatit and I just happened to remember that my number two son, Mark's school colors were blue and yellow! PERFECTO!

I have to share with you that as I was saving the preview file of my scrap for y'all to see, I got a wee bit teary-eyed reflecting on this MOST special occasion in this young mans life. One day, I just may write that book that SO many have told me I should. My children have overcome some HUGE obstacles and I am SO very proud of each and every one of them. I may not always agree with EVERYTHING they think or do, but they all have tender hearts, are well-mannered where it counts and I SO believe that they will rise above their circumstances! Yup, I LOVES them deeply and they TRULY are my GREATEST achievement in life - *big sigh*

QUESTION. DO y'all like the frame in the scrapatit??? I made if from the acrylic journaling matte included in my Part Two of *FESTIVITY*. I have made several with different matting on the inner edge. RAISE those hands if you'd like them and I will post them for you tomorrow!!!

Off to battle the BUGS and finish up Part Four of *Chance Of Rain*!

Bon Scrapatit!

XOXO,
Linda :)

My SHINING STAR, Mark, receiving his diploma. Mark attended an alternative
high school program that put him on Independent Study, which was familiar to him
after having been homeschooled from kindergarten through fifth grade. He finished
a semester early which was AMAZING to me with all that we had going on. Mark
has just recently passed his first phase of testing for the California Highway Patrol.
Mark has ALWAYS been the "peacemaker" in our family and has ALWAYS wanted
to be involved in public service. I hope and pray he gets his heart's desire! SOOO,
any of you LOVELY ladies living here in California, study this face and if for SOME
reason you should ever encounter a CHP (he, he ...) and you see this SWEET face, tell him that you know his mama!!! This reminds me of a CHP story of my own I need to share with y'all someday!

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