Sorry ...

I was not able to do as good of a job as I would have liked, blogging this week. A few things came up that took up my time.

My son, Michael, began a new job as a private investigator. He has done this kind of work before, ,has a degree in criminal justice and a law enforcement background.

He was sent to Dallas for two weeks training and his experience with the airlines was less than acceptable. His plane from Albany, initially, was delayed due to mechanical problems with the plane. That caused him to miss his connecting flight in Atlanta. He finally made it to Dallas and connected with the guys who were meeting him. His return trip was a real nightmare. Again, there were mechanical problems with the plane in Dallas! BTW, these were on US Air, so BEWARE if you are flying that airline. He was supposed to have a DIRECT flight (one stop) to Albany, leaving at 3pm Dallas time and arriving 10pm Albany. All sounds great, right? WRONG! With all the glitches, he ended up on a CONTINENTAL flight to Cincinatti, around 11pm, after sitting in the airport for 8 hours. US Air did give him a voucher for a hotel room. Another flight brought him home to Albany at 10am the following day. Needless to say, I had to leave work and pick him up. The SURPRISE though, he ACTUALLY got his luggage, in Albany, when he arrived.

During Michael's time in Dallas, I had the ""privilege of babysitting my lovely granddaughter, after work, a few times. Well, APPARENTLY she was really missin' her daddy. This normally, delightful little girl (for ME anyway), was like the monster from hell. I was ready to pull my hair out!

I am working on being TOTALLY back in the swing of things here at TSG by the middle to end of July. Be watching for new designs in my store and a HUGE SALE!!!!!

I am off work the week of the 21st, my birthday is the 24th, and I am ready to ROCK AND ROLL.

Have a great week!

Getting Back into the Swing of Things

There are still some "glitches" in my life, but things seem to be getting under control. I had to spend time today, killing the algea in my "green" pool. NOT NICE! I am hoping that I will be able to vacuum it tomorrow evening, and have lovely BLUE water for the holiday weekend. Our weather outlook is looking good for a change. We have had so much rain, AND humidity, that it really made a mess of my pool. I hate to see my electric bill this month ... that filter has been running 24/7 in an attempt to keep the algae bugs away.

In the meantime, (did I mention I have not been sleeping too well????) I have been able to put together some kits. Today I placed a new MINI-KIT in the store. It was inspired by, of all things, LIPSTICK. When I saw this palette, my mind immediately thought ...cosmetics. I would love to see some layouts of your little girls playing dress-up, or your "tweens" primping! How sweet would that be?!

Here is a preview of the mini, which you can get on sale for $2.00 in my store.


Well, it is late, and I need to get my trash out for the morning. HAPPY SCRAPPIN'

Hello Again

Things have been very busy in my life with personal "issues", lately, so I am glad I had made a commitment to this blog. I have been somewhat "absent" from the scrapping world, but I did find some time to create a 4th of JULY freebie for you. You can see the preview AFTER you read my "story" for today.

I want to talk a bit about TOU's. I awoke this morning in the middle of a dream about scrapping. Apparently, though, I was semi-awake, cause I was thinking about sharing this story with you today. When I began digi scrapping, I decided it was very necessary to ORGANIZE my kits, etc. At that time, I downloaded a lot of designer freebies, but really had no idea what to do with them except create layouts. Of course, I was very happy to do that, having tons of photos of my new granddaughter. WELL, in the midst of all this "organizing", I decided all those "read me" and "tou" files had no IMPORTANCE, and thus, DELETED them all. I had never heard of PIRACY, nor did I understand COPYWRITING. So, as my learning curve grew, I discovered organizing AND giving credit was an on-going process. I now actually have a folder which contains ALL tou's from my fav designers, as well as MY OWN, for immediate reference. The designers put so much creativity, time and effort, into their creations, they should ALWAYS be credited in YOUR layouts, kit designs, etc. Hope this story brought you a few laughs and some information you may not have been aware of.

As promised, here is the preview for your FREEBIE!





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New Update on Ragan!!

Just wanted to make sure you all saw Michelle's message today on the TSG Forum regarding Ragan....

"I wanted to take a minute to say thank you to all of you. Ragan has made a wonderful recovery, and is home now. She still is not back 100% of course, but as long as she's out of danger I am a happy camper

I really appreciate all of your parayers and loving messages. You all are the best!"

We are SO happy for you all, Michelle. Please continue to keep Ragan in your prayers and thoughts as she is still fighting the cancer.

Coming very soon ......

Woohoooo finally finished the previews and description. Need to get zipped up and in the store. Hopefully I'll get a little time this evening to work on that. Be sure to keep your eyes open for it!

It's been fun blogging with you this week. I'll miss "chatting" with you each day. However, I'm always blogging away on my own blog, so please do stop by from time to time and leave me a comment. I'm working on trying to get on a better schedule with my design stuff, freebies, etc. BUT after vacation I'm sure! LOL

Hugs to all!

TGIF!!!!!!!!!!

Woohoooo this girlie is glad it's Friday! Yesterday was awful (translate boss had me crying at my desk for over an hour... WOW I haven't had a boss make me cry in many many years... what's up with that????) and I'm glad to be on a nice fresh day with the sun out and knowing the weekend is ahead.

I want to thank all of you for the wonderful comments about my daughter's layout and stone. Carolyn, I'm so glad it inspired you to scrap your precious angel. Please let me know if I can help. Actually send me a PM with some details and maybe I'll put together a special kit for your angel. Ok?

Someone asked about Myrtle Beach and the Pavilion. They moved most of the Pavilion rides out to Broadway on the Beach and now are building condos where the old Pavilion was. I wouldn't be surprised if they are all built and open when we get down there.

I'm still working on the preview for Freedom Rings and the description, etc. I never realized when I started designing how much work getting the actual kit together was. The design part is the easiest part... believe me!

Don't forget there is still a coupon you can use in my store between now and Sunday night ....

Use Coupon Code GLO_BlogSpec_189 for 25% off your order in my store between today and Sunday, June 23rd.

I have to get back to work, but I'll check back in later if I get a chance.

Hugs!

Sneak Peek .....

Shhh.... I'm supposed to be working... but wanted to post a peek at the whole album. I haven't finished the previews for the kit yet. What do you guys think of the name? I think Jody has a big prize coming shortly! :)

OH and what fabulous news about Ragan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so happy for her and Michelle!