The List - Updated

We are moving and grooving....the truck sold yesterday, and the piano should go today or tomorrow.  We are gonna push and see if we can see everything this weekend, and then not have to do a sale the following week! We can go see friends instead and say good bye!

SUN	MON	TUE	WED	THURS	FRI	SAT
8	9	10 Living room Take down curtains Pack Games closet Kids Things to sell out of room Computers for School cleaned Ms. Christy	11 Living room Windows Walls Steam carpets Wash curtains Pack Pantry Take out for garage sale SELL TRUCK	12 Set up prices for Garage Sale Post Office Forwarding mail Call Ben again!	13 Set up prices for Garage Sale	14 Garage Sale All Day
15 Hall Closet Packed Clean Linen Closet Packed Clean	16 Dining/lvg Curtains Washed Packed Take all curtains down Wash/pack	17 Outside Windows Paint	18 Paint holes And Foyer Call AT&T Water PG&E Insurance Verizon Wells Fargo	19 Set up prices for Garage Sale Only if needed Mow Lawn! Sell Lawn Mower	20 Garage Sale	21 Garage Sale Dump
22 Boys room Cleaned out Girls room Cleaned Out	23 Kid’s Room Walls washed Floors waxed Sleep in living room Laundry Pack Clothes	24 Kitchen Packed Cleaned Clean Fridge Laundry Room Packed Cleaned	25 Bathrooms Cleaned Packed Do Laundry Pantry Packed Cleaned Take yellow drapes down/wash pack	26 Our  Bed broke down Clean m/bedroom All in living room Pack up Computer Wax hallway	27 Boxes in Truck Take down Table Clear out wood floor Scrub & wax Pack Van SHOTS	28 Wash sheets Pack Deflate Beds Load truck w/ Oroville Vacumn Mop Kitchen/Bath last time Sleep in Bakersfield?

my To Do list! run run run away!!!

SUN	MON	TUE	WED	THURS	FRI	SAT
8	9	10 Living room Take down curtains Pack Games closet Kids Things to sell out of room Computers for School cleaned Ms. Christy	11 Living room Windows Walls Steam carpets Wash curtains Pack Pantry Take out for garage sale	12 Set up prices for Garage Sale Post Office Forwarding mail	13 Set up prices for Garage Sale	14 Garage Sale All Day
15 Hall Closet Packed Clean Linen Closet Packed Clean	16 Dining/lvg Curtains Washed Packed Take all curtains down Wash/pack	17 Outside Windows Paint	18 Paint holes And Foyer Call AT&T Water PG&E Insurance Verizon Wells Fargo	19 Set up prices for Garage Sale Mow Lawn!	20 Garage Sale	21 Garage Sale Dump
22 Boys room Cleaned out Girls room Cleaned Out	23 Kid’s Room Walls washed Floors waxed Sleep in living room Laundry Pack Clothes	24 Kitchen Packed Cleaned Clean Fridge Laundry Room Packed Cleaned	25 Bathrooms Cleaned Packed Do Laundry Pantry Packed Cleaned Take yellow drapes down/wash pack	26 Our  Bed broke down Clean m/bedroom All in living room Pack up Computer Wax hallway	27 Boxes in Truck Take down Table Clear out wood floor Scrub & wax Pack Van SHOTS	28 Wash sheets Pack Deflate Beds Load truck w/ Oroville Vacumn Mop Kitchen/Bath last time Sleep in Bakersfield?

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Got some sales to tell you about!!!

I am on a bit of a sabatical from digi-scrapping while we pack, house hunt, finish home school for the year and go and see every historical place or place of significance in California!  But this is the weekend to save big huge stacks of money! I want to tell you about some of the deals of the ladies I am honored to work with:

First off, none other than The Tangie! 

along with her mom, Studio Rebecca! Now hey that is a pretty good combo!

Then the dynamic duo of  The Viva Artistry is also having a 30% sale:

Now you might be able to find more of a discount if you pop over to the Viva's blog! And if it is CU you are looking for, The ViVa's have some fine things to pick up:

There is all kinds of fun to be had this weekend, and my friend Chengie (Studio 68) over at Zig Zag Scraps is joining with the designers there for the BIGGEST sale in the history of Zig Zag Scrap!

All products will be 50% off on Saturday May 7 and 35% off on Sunday May 8th

This is a perfect time to try Studio 68's designs. Because they are funky and fun! The add-on to Chatter box is out and it is so cute!!

There is a ton of fun and savings to be had this weekend! 

Use your paypal wisely and scrap safe!!!

Cut! ACTION!! This wasn't in the scripT??

We are going back to Alamogordo.  We have been here  over 3 years, and it is time to recharge our spiritual batteries!  Now, hey, chin up buckaroos, we are flaming excited! We worked hard, laughed and loved here in California! As a family, we have grown so close, especially with the homeschooling, and doing ministry together, as sometimes hey we were the only ones there!
My own walk with God, turned to a gallop, a slow steady walk and a pace that was refreshing and just a blast! I seriously have learned to pray all over again, for my husband, my church, family and people in general.  I also have to say, our marriage is stronger than it has ever been.  We were wise in our financial decisions here, and go home to Alamogordo with no debt, and a truck full of blessings.  Our children screamed with excitement, as they have a church full of friends waiting for their return.  They will be returning to public school with the ability to do their work, they are officially "caught up" and actually a bit ahead of the game! 
Leaving California is hard because my parents are here, and that is Grandpa and Grandma, and being close to them has been a joy.  My throat closes up with that big tear ball thinking about leaving them. But they have taught us to be independent and as my mom says, " we have phones!" She brings it to the point!
The other is my friendship with people who have invested in our lives here also.  We have been blessed by their prayers and ability to laugh right along side us! Churches in the area that have labored beside us, and we have prayed and felt their prayers for us.  They continue to fight the good fight, and are heroes in our eyes!
We pull out of California the 28th to try and make Bakersfield, then to get as far into Arizona as possible that Sunday.  Making it to Casa Grande or Tucson Monday will be our goal, and then to pull into Alamogordo Tuesday.  We have a house (almost positively) waiting, and willing arms to unload our truck that Wednesday!
We will hit the ground running and just keep doing what we love to do, Serve the Living God that has given it all for us.  We will serve in another location, doing different jobs, but we will serve. 
Please, please pray for us these next few weeks as we close everything down here, and get things going in New Mexico.  Specific traveling on the Memorial Day Weekend, and Tony to find a  job.  We are really wanting a Mon-Friday day job with a set schedule.  Of course good pay is nice, but we are sitting pretty darn good and can make it on about minimum! That has got to be a miracle, we did it in California! woot!
I will be posting pics and tell about the adventure in June!

FREE QP on the Blog HOP-with Studio 68 Now open @ ZiG ZaG Scraps!

My very dear friend Chengie, who is just too cute for words and one of the most original artists in both photography and her scrapping skills I have ever met.  She has become a friend that I can giggle with long into the night over IM, and we talked once on the phone. Beyond fun!
Chengie lives in South America! That alone is so cool to me, in a small country, that I had to go and read Wikipedia to know where it was at and learn about this country. Suriname.
Chengie has been giving away freebies, desk tops and more on her fantabulous blog, 68 ways to express yourself  for quite awhile!  She had a few freebie kits here and there, that I enjoyed too. I highly recommend going to her site and signing up to receive her newsletter for special things!
Last month, Studio 68 quietly opened a store at DigiScrap.nl , this was just the beginning!
Today Studio 68 opens at Zig Zag Scraps! To celebrate her team has made a whole bunch of QPs to give away. All made from this fabulous new kit Chatterbox:

Here is a preview of my QP for you:

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I played with Chengie's templates along with Chatterbox, and here is my layout:

 

and one more 

Next stop:

Renate aka joshgirl  for a gorgeous quick page!  
Enjoy and go browse Studio 68, pick up a few things and enjoy!





Enjoy your hop!

Happy Earf Day!

I admit, I do love living on the ol' Terra fir-ma, especially in California! tee hee! Sometimes though, the terra isn't so firma here! But I am already off track.  Back to showing you what you NEED to buy! It is a whole lot, so you might want to pad your paypal! First off, my love for The ViVa Artistry must be so blatant! They have a kit Terra, just perfect for those natural feel layouts. 

I can't get over the textures these woman put on their papers, and their elements just jump on a page and behave.  I extracted a lady from my stash of old pictures, (thank you Alexis) and was pretty happy with the results:

 

I also used Studio Tangie's fonts(SBG) and Paula Kesselring's(Catscrap) burn effect.  

Next up, I knew the pics were not all that great, but Tony had got a giggle from something on the computer, he was laughing so hard, and my camera was right there, I started snapping shot after shot!   Wishing Well Creations has this huge Starter Pack for Project 365, and I kept seeing everyday in my head, with the days, so I used her kit for a regular layout:

This next one is made from a collab between two ladies, that each week, I come to love more and more. I love being on the site CT for The Digi Chicks! The back room shenanigans are hilarious, and put Leah (Mommyish) anywhere and you are sure to have laughter.  Amanda tormented the CT, telling of her kit before we could get it, and Leah dropped a picnic basket element on the post, I was hooked, I knew the story I needed to tell, before the kit was even shown! Amanda Heimann and Mommyish collab called Pretty Picnic:

I had already scrapped the walk across the Golden Gate, but our ghetto picnic in the parking lot had yet to be documented.  This was perfect:

Finally, I guess a good closing for an Earf Day post, a new to me designer.  Seven Days Designs has this adorable kit called Little Gardener. I have to say, I spent a long time, making sure everything was just right for this layout, it was so fun to rearrange.  The colors play well, with so many outdoor photo ideas.

This photo wasn't a good one, so I played with it, changing the levels,and running a few different actions on it, til I got the colors and feel, then cropped it hard! I love the final results, and how they are part of the cluster and the ripped paper, oh I was feeling too inspired having the grass grow up through it!

That's all for today, so go over to The Digi Chick, all this stuff is on sale for just a little bit...get it now while it is less money, then you can buy more? Isn't that cool how that works?  Go, on, click HERE~