Tales from the dark side

Hey all!
Im visiting my parents for thanksgiving and took a quick minute to hop online.

Currently im all moved into my new apartment, though im still unpacking, likely will for a while. However we wont have internet untilll the second at the very earliest. Im currently trying to find the installation disks for windows OR linux for my laptop so that i can get online. OR get a wireless card for my PC. Either way, im still not looking at getting internet for a while.

I just wanted to wish all a Happy Thanksgiving. Hopefully you remember what the reason is for the holiday. To count your blessings and remember the wonderful things you have in your life. Friends, family… The importaint things, imporatint reasons. Much better then things hehe.

Have a wonderful holiday. Ill see you soon.

Job Search

So ive kinda decided to give up being a photographer for the moment. Not forever to be sure, just for the moment. Money needs must be met and we have having trouble making ends meet. Isnt that the story of the world. So ive decided to go to work. Not its not like that is a pleasent choice for me. While i dont mind working and so far ive been good at everything i have done. It would be nice to be able to persue my personal dreams.

I have worked a bit over the past 4 years. I have had two jobs since Brennan was born. I always liked to be home with my kids, but i also view work as a way to take a break. As funny as that might sound.  But sometiems finaical needs must be met before you can do what you want.

As i told Tony the other night. The needs come before the wants. And sometimes you have to do things you dont wnat to do, in order to do the things you do want to do.

Have a good day.

Scrap Pages

I made thease a week or so ago. I havent done much in the past couple of days due to moving.. well and i got sucked into a story that a lady i have been talking to has written. Shes pretty good. Anyway i made thease a big ago and just havent gotten around to posting.

Above pages were made with this site i found called Scrapblog. I thought it was awesome at first and made a ton of pages. Which i really like. BUT they do NOT let you use your own png images. Which all transparent images i have are pngs. So while all the pages are awesome. I dont like not being able to use all the pages i have downloaded. So i kinda used them all out lol.

So instead, im searching for some software i like, and have been using 3 different programs lol. But i like being able to use the stuff i have saved. I have 8 gigs of it, i ought to be using it!

My kind of Christmas

Well, Sadly this will be my last real post before my move. I have several set up to post at different times, but this is the last post I myself will be writing for the blog untill December ( hopefully the 2nd or Third, the cable is being put in on the first)

So before i go, i wanted to show off some new pages i made out of Jodi’s Christmas kit, called My kind of Christmas. Its availbe to Buy on her blog now!

Here are some LO i made using the kit, They are last years christmas photos.

As you can see, ive had alot of fun creating Christmas layouts and i hope you will too!

And its not just a preview of a new kit of course. I had to make a few freebies to go with. Actually i had a bunch of them hehe. I know the preview looks kinda crummy, i had to throw it together in under 2 minutes hehe. It has one quickpage ( main background) 3 frames, two are simple ribbon frames, red and gold, and one made out of 2 papers and some ribbons, and 3 Christmas Word-arts, Merry and Bright, and two different Merry Christmas’s.

Please enjoy this collection! The preview is the download link.

Ok so we have things sorted out with moving. We are moving toamrrow. I mean seriously tomarrow. Tony is going to take a load of our stuff to the condo, pick up a load of their stuff take it to their new place, which is a half mile down the road. Then come back here and do a circle. Because the Condo is 10 miles up the highway lol. Which means, after tomarrow, ill be offline. The net wont go on in our place untill the first. Im DVRing as much as i can, im going to hook it up in my new place so i have some TV untill the 1st. Although if we turn it in right away, we wont have to pay the full months bills lol.

So thats it. This weekend ill be gone. No net for the rest of the month. Which means… Im just so freckking stressed… Oh well, its almost over right? Please let it be over…

WW

I get so busy that i dont do my photo MEMES the past couple of weeks. SO Here i remembered one!

Have to add this Scrapbook page i made earlier.

Made with a kit called HatDotty by BOOLAND Designs

Just a couple more days

Only a few more days untill we are moving. Tis has been so stressful on me, and on top of moving, ive been trying to find a job. Tony works well in the summer, but not so much in the wintertime. And he isnt interested in looking for a job for the next couple months, so i need to. While i dont mind working in the least. Im super frustrated right now.

Im over tired. i only got about 3 hours of sleep all night long and i was taking a pre employment screening test and failed. How in the hell can you fail a test. I was trying to be fully honest with the answers, but im wondering if in my over tired, frazzled state, if i entered in a few wrong ones. BEtween that and the kids making messes that i have to jump to respond too… I failed the damn test. How in the hell can i fail a basic is this wrong or not test? Sigh. I cant retest either… It makes me really frustrated… We dont have alot of time, one of us really needs to get a job within the next 2 weeks or we are finacially screwed… My photography is so random that i cant count that as income. My job history is so screwed up. Huge gaps of 1-2 years… I dont work much.

Yeah im having a really bad day… 2 days of not getting much sleep is really wearing on me… We have till Sunday to be out. The other people still arent out of the condo. The stress is overwhelming… And seriously, if you walked in my house, you could bearly tell we were moving, although ive been working my ass off packing. You also wont find anyone other then me worried about the move…

Ugh. I need to go to bed and its only 6 pm… I hate moving.

Friendship Quotes And Digital Mats.

I made a collection of 6 friendship quotes for you to use.

Im terrible at jornaling so i tend to try and find quotes to use in my scrapbook pages. Plus its a fun quiock way to dress up your page.

QUOTES HERE

And my other new freebie is PhotoMats that go with Jodis Kit Ground Level Located at Throwing some Scraps Around.

DOWNLOAD HERE

Be sure to check out my Layouts made with jodis lovely Kit HERE. And visit her site for freebies and more kits!

Ground Level

I feel so guilty. Jodi sent me this beautiful kit called Ground Level. It is just full of greens and browns. Perfect for my boys who are always outside and into things.  Right away i sent to making a few layouts with her lovely kit and then i ended up so caught up in everything im doing to move i totally forgot to post them!

This kit is available through Shop Crafty Scraps in two downloads. One for elements and one for papers.

So here are my layouts with Jodis lovely Ground Level.

I went for a girly approch to making something that would contrast with Abagails pink dress.

And in turnabout, created one that was more boyish for my own Conner.  So you see, Jodis kits are so versatile!

For a freebie for you, i created some photo mats to match Jodis kit.

DOWNLOAD HERE

All photomats are for personal use only.  Please enjoy my freebie downloads and check out Jodis blog and her kits in stores now!

New Me

I am obsessed with self portraits. Its not vantiy so much as i love taking photos and my kids hate the camera. So everyone else is my subject. But me, im always willing lol.

So here is me fresh out of the shower, makeup applied. Me on a good day lol.

I think my black heart necklace ( on black velvet ribbon no less, ) would have made  the photo rather then my chain. Ahh well. I like the first one best.