Still

My daughter is STILL coughing. I am STILL unpacking from convention. I am STILL inspired to create.
Cough and all, Kelsey is off to swim camp today. Don't worry, we got the Dr's. OK. Since she does not have excecise induced asthma the excercise is actually good for her lungs. Not too good for my nerves! It's a week long day camp. She'll be working on technique, learning how to focus (imagine that, she' 8!) and breathing exercises. I spoke with the coach prior to camp and apparently asthma is "popular" this year. The staff will be adding some focus on breathing using Yoga exercises. I already know I will be hearing Ohhhmmmm in my sleep.lol
So far so good...no phone calls. I felt bad leaving her with that cough..I also found myself saying to complete strangers it's ok...she's not contagious...it's just asthma. Then thinking to myself..what the hell JUST asthma?? Buttt I didn't want anyone to think I was sending a contagious child to camp.
I've still got a little leftover MoJo from convention. Hubby compared convention to Disney for scrapbookers. I think he was right! I finished this page yesterday and I'm off to make some cards now. Funny that I bought a ton of new stuff and instead of using something new...I dug out some of the Basic Grey I bought at convention LAST year. lol The flowers? Yeah,they are at least 2 years old and yes I tried to use them ALL on this one page. I was thinking that I hadn't used them in 2 years, might well get rid of them!!


I unpacked my last bag of loot too. Now to get it put all away. I want to savor it though. ALL of my LSS's have closed in the last year. Even my not so local LSS in NJ is closing! This stuff has to last me until the next big event! I even bought some Spellbinder stuff...I don't even have a machine! A friend gave me her old Sizzix so I've got to figure out how to use it with the Spellbinders. I MUST have nesties!!

Sigh of Relief

Finally a sigh of relief. My daughters cough is not completely gone but is starting to subside!! I really need to move, I think The Hudson Valley is really The Asthma Belt!! Anyway I finally started unpacking my stuff from convention. I had a really great time and came home with some cool stuff. Here is some of my Basic Grey loot. I can't wait to play with it!!

Here are some of my class kits, still in the bag UNFINISHED!! That was my only complaint about the classes there was just NOT enough time to finish the projects. The rest is still packed but I'll be sure to post more soon. Plus I need to put it away slowly so the hubby doesn't see how much more I came home with. LOL

I went to a couple of crops while I was there. The space is limited so I brought a bunch of card kits with me. Basic Grey of course. This card kit is the only project I finished while I was there!! I'm going to a friends tomorrow and plan on bringing my unfinished class projects. Wish me luck on getting them done. We usually chat more than we scrap! Plus I will be bringing my daughter with me. Not quite ready to let her out of my site and she likes to scrap too. So yeah, I'm not getting anything done tomorrow either. LOL At least it's a day out with friends!

Back from Valley Forge

Well I'm back from the Creating Keepsakes Convention. I had a fabulous time and even was in a class taught by Susan Opel, excuse me Susan R Opel. Unfortunately I came home to this.

I'm not sure if I've mentioned it here before but my daughter has asthma. Since she started swimming last year (she doesn't have exercise induced asthma)she has done fabulous. We had hoped the exercise was helping and praying that she was growing out of it. She has even been off Singulair since last summer and has only had to use her machine a few times, mostly in the spring and fall....however in the last month we have been to the Dr. 3 times for her cough and yes....I'm still scratching my head about how she can swim like a fish but can't breath while lying in bed?!

Right before I went away I had her to the Dr and she seemed to be on the mend (again)...you of course have figured out by now that things went really down hill while I was away. The cough got worse and she's just not moving air through her lungs...god I hate writing that as much as I hated hearing it. She is now on a TON of meds that I know will help but I still can't stop looking at my counter covered with meds and think WOW I'm going to put all that into an 8 year old!!!

Soooo I have tons of projects and goodies to share with you but those pics are going to have wait another day or two. You know I hit that Basic Grey booth hard!! Wisteria, Lemonade and June Bug oh my!! Don't forget Eskimo Kisses...sigh. I took this picture of Kelsey right before I left.



and look what I found...







I also came home to an award from my blogging buddy Mandy. She is SUPER talented and I'm honored that she gave ME and award! Again when things calm down I'll get that posted too because now I get to pass that award onto my bloggin buddies. In the meantime check out Mandy's blog. You won't be disappointed, her work is gorgeous!! Thanks again Mandy!

Over at Scrapbooking and Crafting Friends I have posted a challenge in my Basic Grey group. Create a two page LO using Basic Grey and enter it by the end of the month. At the end of the month someone will get a great little prize from me!

CKC Valley Forge

Well this big mess means it's almost time for Convention. I have spent the day packing, unpacking, repacking, organizing and generally turning my house upside down!! I have got myself down to one large black rolling bag, one shoulder bag and one tool bag. Whew.



I just finished cleaning my scrap table off last week and this is what it looks like now. Hooooo Hummmm I'll have to work on it when I got back. You know I'll have more stuff to put away anyway. I'm gonna hit that Embellish it booth hard!!



I leave tomorrow morning and will be cropping by the afternoon WootWoot!! I'm going to bring the laptop with me so maybe I'll "see" you guys...otherwise I'll be back on Sunday.

Making Memories-Vintage Findings

Where have I been? Sometimes I swear I must live under a rock! How did I miss this line completely? I LOVE LOVE LOVE it! Lucky me to find it today AND it was 40% off. Here is what I ended up with. It's got a Jenni Bowlin kind of a vibe to it. Even a bingo card, although I have to wonder how Jenni feels about that! Anyway here is some vintage eye candy.





On the swim front my daughter is finished for the season. I'm sorry (but not sad) to say that she didn't make Jr. Olympics. I'm not sad because she swam her cutie patootie but off and even won a couple of her heats! I'm also not sad because she was just happy to "try out" and left with a smile on her face! On the upside though I won't have to cancel my trip to CKC Valley Forge!!! I am so excited about going!!!

Scrapbooking and Crafting Friends

We are having our first ever 24-Hour Crop over at Scrapbooking and Crafting Friends!

SIGN UP to participate in the 1st 24-Hour Crop! A Full 24 hours of Crafting, getting to know eachother, games, prizes, and more! Midnight to Midnight on Wednesday, July 22nd.

I am hosting a Basic Grey Challenge that you can check out here.

Whirlwind

Whoa where has the time gone? I haven't posted since June and it's already half-way into July! Last time I posted we were fighting off flu and the rain and trying to get ready for our trip to Lake George. We made it to Lake George and had what I like to call Florida weather. Beautiful sunshine everyday but with the knowledge that at some point a storm would come! Sometimes big, sometimes small but they came...everyday. It was ok though we still had a great time. There is something about Lake George that relaxes me, rain or shine.


We returned home from Lake George in time to clean the house (oh yay!) and have a fourth of July party. We live near a golf course and can walk over to the fireworks. It makes for a great party. Kelsey most enjoyed playing with sparklers at the end of the night.



This past weekend we attended a US Swim Meet in New Paltz, New York. What an amazing facility they have!! I've never seen and Olympic size swimming pool up close. Holy intimidating!! The thing is longer than my house. The US Meets are for older more advanced kids. The youngest age group is 10 and under so at 8 we didn't expect her to excel. Well she did and I couldn't be prouder! This photo is of her (she's in the orange cap) doing a 50M Breaststroke and YES half of those kids are boys!! What is it about a girl beating a boy in sports that still makes me scream WooooHoooo!!! She did such a great job that her coaches want to bring her to a last chance meet to try and qualify for...get this... Jr. Olympics!! I couldn't be prouder of her. We know that qualifying for Jr. Olympics is more than likely not attainable (not yet anyway) but the experience alone will be priceless and I'm so happy for her.



Sooo I have no pages or cards today, all this swimming has left me scrap less! I've got plenty of pictures though so I hope to get back on scrap track this week! Ohhh and in the middle of all this? I decided to rip my craft room apart. What was I thinking!!