Stamp Creations

Well, I'm so proud of the cards and scrapbook pages that I made yesterday, I just had to take time to share. These cards were made with pictures we took on vacation this year while visiting Washington DC. They were taken in the Botanic Gardens.




The scrapbook pages are from pictures I took while my niece and her family were home from Siapan, before heading to their new assignment in Alaska. We took two days and met them in Galena, Illinois and spent the days shopping and hanging out.


















Isn't my great nephew just the cutest little boy ever. OK, ok, I'm biased, I know.

Today I spent the day at my parents mowing the grass. Almost finished the whole yard before the mower died and decided it wasn't going to run anymore. That's alright, I was tired anyway.


TTFN!

Sad News

Yesterday, 7/25/08, the world new brought us the sad news that Randy Pausch had passed away. If you have not heard of the remarkable man that Randy was, take the time now to familiarize yourself with his Last Lecture. It has value for anyone.

Today my DH and oldest daughter left for a servant event trip with our church's youth. They are traveling to Virginia and right now I'm thinking it would be really nice for the phone to ring and have them tell me they have arrived safe and sound.

To pass the time today, I spent the day scrapbooking and making cards with one of my dear friends. I will post the pages and a few of the cards later, just a little tired tonight to work on it.

Hope you all had a great day! Until next time . . . .

I DID IT!!!

The second week in April I began jogging. I have consistently been jogging now for 9 weeks in an effort to stay healthy, keep fit, and ward off any potential health risk. Just this week I was able to run 2 complete miles without having to stop and walk. Yeah, another goal reached. Last weekend, my dear running friend turned me on to a 3K race that was held today. She encouraged me to sign up and try it just to get a feel for it. So I accepted her invitation and signed up. My goal was to jog the whole thing without stopping and set a pace for myself to see what kind of time I could make. Well, I'm thrilled to report that I met my goal and exceeded the time I thought I would make. I was able to job the whole thing and even found enough energy to sprint the last 100 meters. I finished in 19 minutes and 42 seconds. I was so awe struck that I finished under 20 minutes. I had no idea I could do a 10:35 mile. I was 10th in my age bracket, but I really have no idea how many were in the bracket to begin with. :-) I was so pumped all day today. It feels good to be getting in shape and really starting to see progress with my exercise goals. YEAH 4 ME!!!

Blessings to each of you!

Mom's 71st Birthday

Today was the final performance of High Skate Musical at the Ice Arena. Kelsey was part of the group called Tinsel Town.




















She skated flawlessly. After the show we all came back to our home for a birthday celebration. Grandpa brought the ice princess a beautiful bouquet of flowers for such a wonderful performance.
















We celebrated mom's 71st birthday today. We surprised her with a Wii game system with the Sports pack. So after we ate, we hooked up the game and took turns playing. It was a hoot! Now everyone wants to know when we are going to have time to visit Grandma. Do you really think they want to see Grandma or play the Wii?























Have a great week!
Jackie

I've been obsessing lately about the Cricut Expression cutter that The Pink Stamper highlighted in her blog. This electronic cutter looks awesome in that it will cut letters, shapes, and phrases any size you want. The DH and I discussed how we should each take some fun money from the economic stimulus check coming our way and spend it on ourselves. I'm trying to find some valid feedback on this product from those of you that may have one. Is it worth the money? Does it work as described? Is it durable?

Since I have been thinking so much of my scrapbooking, I had to take time tonight to do a little. Here's a 6X6 page I made of my nephews school pictures.






















Handsome boys aren't they.

Currently reading a book called Outflow: Outward-Focused Living in a Self-Focused World, by Steve Sjogren & Dave Ping for our Sunday morning bible study. Current reading talks about how we can minister by being good listeners. God is really speaking to me about listening instead of talking.

Scripture for today:
Proverbs 25:15 "Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise man's rebuke to a listening ear."

God Bless.

Happy 70th Birthday

Happy 70th Birthday to my Godmother and Aunt, Shirley.


We all celebrated with her at Red Lobster today. It was nice to have Theresa, Kari, and Joy home to celebrate with us.

My cousin Joy and I are the same age and had the privilege of growing up together. Now she lives with her family in Colorado. Here's a picture of the two of us at the party today.












It is great to get together with family and catch-up on one another's lives.

Hope you are having a blessed day!

Presents

Today I received my birthday present from my niece. She sent me this adorable little bag:

Inside the little bag was an adorable little dog stamp. She knows that stamper within me would love it . . . and I do. From the packaging I think she must have purchased it during her vacation in Japan?!?!?

The package also included these new dish clothes & pot scrubber:



















All hand made I might add. She is so incredibly talented. When she said she had shipped my birthday gift, I was almost certain it was something handmade. And anyone that knows me, knows that handmade gifts from the heart are the best!!!

Today was a better day after yesterday. Yesterday started with the news that a classmate of my daughters had passed away. He had fallen ill during track practice the night before and taken to the hospital. He died later than evening, cause of death still unknown. It was a hard morning for my oldest having been at practice with him when he fell ill the night before. Our heartfelt prayers and thoughts remain with his family. Please pray for God's peace for his family, friends, classmates, and fellow athletes.

Let me close with this scripture:
"your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be."
-- Psalm 139:16
May each of us use the time and talents given us here on earth to glorify our Father in heaven.

God's Peace.