Understanding and a Freebie!

Hi all!
Well another week has flown by and I was hoping to be able to post more freebies during the week but well what can I say, time got away from me.

I'm still working on making a full scrapbook for my daughter's graduation and its going slow but it's going! Geez who would have ever thought that it would take so long to share memories, then again it took time to make them so it's just as important to take the time to make a really nice scrapbook right???

I was going through some older pictures and found these from a couple of years ago....
you know how it is when you were a teenager and well, parents just don't understand.. lol!!! By the way that was a really good song way way way back in the 80's and it still rings true, for past and present kids (and parents hahaha). I had my moments too, growing up I didn't think my mother would ever "get me" and now I am experiencing the same thing with my own children... geez it's life re-lived I'm just on the other end of spectrum this time.




I love the crazy look on my kids faces! It's pretty much how I feel sometimes when it seems like they are talking in circles... but even though they think "I don't understand", I really do!!!! Yep been there, done that, got the t-shirt! lol....


I've made the layout using the sister term but made 2 wordarts, one for sisters and one for brothers, so I hope it works for someone out there.


Click the samples and they will lead you to my 4shared. While you are there please leave some love... I'd really appreciate it!

Here's the goodies:



WAIT WAIT WAIT..... I JUST REALIZED (3 DAYS LATER) I MIS-SPELLED BROTHER (DANG! Yes I know they can be a bother but lol if you downloaded the bad one I apologize)... I FIXED IT SO PLEASE RE-DOWNLOAD THE CORRECT SPELLED ONE ABOVE!!!!

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I always try my best to give credit where credit is due and I hope you do the same.
My LO was made using:
Naturel Scrap Kit Created by Happy-Scrap

May God bless you with someone in your life who can "understand" just who you really are!

God's blessings be with you!

Siblings and a Freebie!

Hi everyone... hahaha I type as if I have a ton of people stopping by here... but whatever I'll continue to talk as if I have a ton of new friends and hopefully one day I will have at least more than a few hahaha...
Well I made it through Ministry Day last Saturday and now it's time to put that behind me and move forward with other everyday life issues.

It's hard to believe that March is already in it's final weeks... whew where does time go???? It's getting closer and closer to the end of the school year which causes my stomach to jump and twist! Why? Well, my darling daughter will be graduating from High School and will begin a new chapter in her life... I wonder, will she still need me as much as she did in the past, she and my son have always been my #1 job (even if they think differently at times), it was something both my husband and I decided when I was pregnant for her 18 years ago... I would stay at home and I would live my vocation as wife and mother to the best of my ability.... Okay so I haven't been the best in the world, but I do try and that's all that matters... when I fall I get back up and try again.... parenthood is afterall a growth process!!!

My son is a completly different child compared to my daughter and when the two of them stick together (instead of fighting) they really can conquer the world (don't tell them I told you that, there might be an uprising in the house LOL).


Romantic Scrap Kit by: DitaB
Template by: Andrea Gold


I want to put together something that encompasses both of their lives for their graduations (oh my son graduates Jr. High one day before my daughter, did I fail to mention that above?) so I thought I would start with some "Sibling" layouts....
in the process I hope to give you my wordart. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do making them. Please let me know if you do snag them as I'm beginning to wonder if they are even any good.

Below you will find the links to my 4shared so just click on the Tag and it will lead you there.

May you too have a shoulder to lean on that will give you strength...
God bless you today and always!



P.s. I'm not sure why when you go to file share that it only shows up as a black box, but I promise it's there ;o)!

Here's the Freebie for today:

Amazed and a Freebie!

Have you ever been amazed at just how much you really love your signifigant other... even after being together for so many years I still am amazed at how much I love and need my husband.
We have been happily married for 18 years now and are still very much in love with each other. Just this last August we went to San Damiano Retreat House to "get away" with one another and to just be still with God for those few days that we were there. If you are ever looking for a great retreat house and live near Danville I suggest that you go and see the Franciscan Friars up there on the hill or you can go just for a day to walk the beautiful grounds that they have there! I'll post a few pictures of our trip there so you can see how beautiful it is.

I know that there are others out there so I thought I would offer you my word art that I used to make this scrap page. Please leave a comment telling me a bit of your Amazing love while your here.
For the following layout I used Piccolina's Kit Japanese Garden and Kaelira's Template

Here's my love of my life....(of course I love my kidlets too!)




Now on to my 2nd freebie!
Click the sample to download it from my 4shared
As always please give credit where credit is due

I hope you enjoy it!




May you always be amazed at how much love is surrounding you every day!

Ministry Day and a Freebie!

Well I'm taking the leap!!! After a couple of years of dinking on my computer with PSP, and downloading Hundreds of wonderful freebies (shamelessly I'm addicted thanks to all the talented ladies out there!) Well I thought I would try my hand at offering a freebie as well. Although I don't have the ability to do kits as I haven't learned how, I do know how to do Word Art, another addiction of mine. I am able to convey my feelings as well as my Faith to others that I work with and for by making Word Art for prayer services and environment when needed.
I actually had this finished a week or two ago because I had been asked by a dear Sister (yep a nun) if I would be able to do the environment for the presenters rooms and the roundtable discussion for our Annual Ministry Day gathering. What's Ministry Day?? Here's a brief run down before I post my pics and my freebie....

Ministry Day is the Annual Adult Faith Formation Conference of the Diocese of Stockton. The Conference provides professional development opportunity for all parish ministers and a day of spiritual enrichment and growth in faith for all Catholics. As a diocese we gather around our Bishop to celebrate who we are and to affirm our commitment to carry out our mission as the local Church. It is a must for all who take their baptismal call seriously. (I borrowed this from our Diocesan Website, glad they had it posted... whew... lol..)

Okay so here's what I came up with for the roundtable decorations, the Mass being celebrated for the day is the Conversion of St. Paul so I thought I would carry that theme into the environment... this is what I came up with:



I made this (LO? layout?) using
Bel Vidotti Scraps
and a few rocks from Granny


Well here's my try at a freebie!
If you happen to snag it can you let me know...
I don't know if anyone even stops by here to listen to my rants, prayers or reflections.... so it'd be kinda nice to find out ;o)

Here's it is...


Click the sample above to be taken to my 4shared
Please send others to download it themselves
and please give credit where credit is due

Thanks!
I hope you liked it and I pray that you Run as to Win for Christ today!

Troubles

Is it just me or is Digifree bugged????
Everytime I go there I have issues with my internet explorer trying to open up 50 million windows, okay so I'm exaggerating but I have to shut down my computer hot and re-boot to get rid of all of them! I'm going to stay away for a few days and see what happpens, if there is anyone out there having problems can you let me know?? I don't want to think it's my computer.