Daisy,Daisy

A beautiful Daisy that I took a photo of at the Cols OHIO Park of Roses..OH MY GOSH...if you ever come to Cols, it is a must see place. You can not imagine the acres of Roses there. I hear it is the largest Rose Garden in the country. I don't know about that, but what a sweet smell comes from there. To my friend Donna, Late_Bloomer...this is for you. You have a lot going on this summer, my gosh, so much going on I can not believe it. You take care, do everything you can to get yourself together, and come back to scrapping your wonderful scraps. I talked to Chris yesterday, she is hanging in there with the last of her radiation treatments to get rid of the residual pieces of the tumor..Chris you are one very brave lady to go through all of this. When you explained to me what they do to you for these treatments, I tell you..I don't know if I could hang in there with it. But you are so determined. You sounded so good talking yesterday..Very weak, and I know soon you will be able to eat and food will taste good again. I love you dear friend, and I am still praying for you. Thanks for visiting here, I know it is not easy for you to be on your computer. She sends her love to all who visit here and all who have prayed for her. Well another Monday, gotta start my week. I hear car doors opening and closing..It means four things...My babies are here to start my day and drive me crazy..thanks for looking in. I love you all..Judy(oh yes, the kit I used is Indian Summer by Sooze)

My dear friend Sylvia(Chocoholic) on Flair, made this for me..I have been so busy cleaning my house,scrubbing carpets etc, much to my poor knee's dismay, that I did not see this when she posted it..Sylvia..What can I say..You are not going to believe this, but I have a photo of us crossing Pickets charge at Gettysburg, and for a min I thought this was it, and wondered how you got it..You really came close..How I loved this man,it was the only vacation we ever went on where there were me,Skip and Billy...we were like little kids. We had sooo much fun,when we got home, we made another trip to the aquarium in Cincy, and on the way back Skippy got so sick..he was diagnosed a week later with lung cancer....my heart was broken and it still is. I went every step of the way with him through chemo, hospital stays, but it was not to be..It had progressed to far and within six weeks my sweet brother was gone. He made me promise that I would be with him from beginning of this battle to the end of it. I did that. Just him and I when he passed away. He knew I was there..I miss him so..I miss his personality, I miss his cynicism, I miss his jokes, I miss him telling me about when we were little. I miss his impersonations of SOUTH PARK.. I miss him calling me when a commercial came on our favorite shows.I miss seeing the love he had for his two sons. I miss that he loved Mozart He fairly drove me insane with it, till I loved it as much as he did. He loved the Cincinnati Reds(he painted his bathroom bright red and put up a Reds border) and hoped he would live long enough to see the Bengals win at least one game. He got to see Pete Rose get a standing ovation at the world series three days before he died. No he did not get to go, he was in the hospital. But it made his heart happy to watch it. He told us the day he would pass, and like his Dr said...they just know.. I miss you Skippy, with all my heart and soul, and think of you every single day..
So Sylvia, you have no idea how close you came on this page you did for me. I appreciate the page, I appreciate your friendship. I love when you call to check on me lol..I do so need someone making sure I am behaving..So thanks my friend..I love you....Judy

SIng out Loud

Our little Piper loves to sing..All day everyday, no matter what she is doing, preschool songs,songs from her favorite shows,songs we have taught her. Right now it is Zippey Doo Dah.. I Have a tape, that is very rare to find of Song of the South. I don't think you can even buy it anymore. They love the story's Uncle Remus tells.. The kit is by Fanta, called Dream Fall.

Celebrate

Miss B looking out a window, looking at all that is going on. I would like to think she is glancing at her future, but she is too little to understand that. I used a kit from Scrapbook FLair,Stars and Stripes by PascaleA. She is a beautiful designer and I am so glad to see her back. I hope everyone in the USA has a wonderful 4th..Remember what it is all about, don't forget the history before this country gives it all away ...sigh...tough times..love you all..Judy

Star Spangled Banner

One more for my patriotism week..I had two photos, one of Creekside park and one of Brigette, I extracted her out of her Mommy's living room and put her in the park. I used another background that I found in a kit at Digi Free. The name escapes me at the moment and made an overlay of it over the building. I am pleased!! Thanks for looking in..

Happy Birthday Katy

To sweet Katlin who has had quite the year. One of the bravest and inspiring little ones I have ever known..Happy birthday baby..I hear you had a great party and I know you are gonna have many many many more. I love you... Sunflowers to me are very magical, the way they follow the sun everyday is amazing. I believe it is the hand of God,a special flower for a special little girl..
the kit is Indian Summer by Sooze..

Celebrating Freedom

This is what it is all about...our future is in their hands..the children of today..and if Brigette Ann has her way, it is all Macaroni and Cheese all the way...and for desert Peanut Butter and Jelly..Seriously,everything that is done today, affects these kids tomorrow and all the other tomorrows..I think there is something about that, that the powers that be do not grasp..Let me help you here..don't mess with Miss B...tell global warming to take a hike,put cap and trade under the rug and leave it there, or better yet, just drill baby drill in the richness of our oil fields, I don't see anything about environmentalists being listed in our constitution,who left them in charge anyway...oh yeah, it was Al Gore...sigh...Ok, all done now..love ya all...

Miss Bridgey

I think this is one of my all time favorites I have ever done..well I can toot my own horn can't I !!
Bridgey put on two hats, and without a breath started showing me the sticker she had put on her shirt..(We have stickers everywhere, I mean everywhere) I used a kit called Spring Blossom that I found on the Digi Free..I love that place.. SO here is Miss Sunshine, all prettied up with her hats..Thanks for looking in..

My Brother Bill

One of a few baby Photos I have, and this is my big brother Bill. He took care of me. He would come home from school and change my diaper and take care of me because no one else did. I lost this wonderful man for over 30 years and finally found him. I love him so, he thinks I am gorgeous,he has such guilt over how I had to grow up. I love you Bill, to the moon and back.. The kit I used is Daddy #1 by Jaelop Designs.

Brigette Ann

My little Bridgey, who thinks she is the boss of me and of Mike..She really does boss him around..i have to stop and remind her who he is sometimes..That is your UNCLE Mike and you are not the boss of him..But he has such interesting things in his room for a little girl to get into..Paints, and paper and glue and stickers and all these things you can make stuff with..sometimes he will shut the door in her little face and she is heartbroken..her lip comes out and she is just shattered to tears..But I have to remember, Mike is 43, and I have to overlook the mentally he is only 8 thing...so when he gets tired of Miss Bossy face, he puts her out of his space..Someday she will understand, right now she is devising new ways to get around all of this and boss him around some more..Leaving love to all....judy

God Bless America

There isn't anything I love more than my God, my family and my Country.This has been a difficult year for us, but we are blessed to live in this great country,to have the freedom to worship as we please, to say what we want, and to bear arms if we have to. My heart goes out to those in Iran, who are trying so desperately to have freedom to assemble, and they are getting knocked back for it. We are so fortunate, if we don't like something, we can vote it out,sometimes we learn the hard way and vote them out the second time around,but we have the freedom to do that. My family,it has been a rough year..I have had two surgeries in a year, a court case for Piper that drained the very blood out of us all, but we still have her,she still calls Doug DADDY,a new baby girl, who is trying to get her knees up under her now and crawl, Bailey who is desperately trying to be a teenager lol, and little Bridgey, who is such a joy, such a happy,contented to be bossy little three year old. AND Mikey, who got a good checkup and no new signs of his melanoma..YEA MIKE. And mine and Bob's 45Th anniversary..it has been a good trip the last 45..so much to be thankful for. Some sad things, Bob's sister had breast cancer,my sister disowned me over the anniversary party and wished my daughter ill..but i can overlook that...I think. I have the best of friends, a great family..GOD BLESS AMERICA....and God Bless all who come here...
Love, Judy

Dear Chris

There are no words to say how I feel right now. God Bless you Chris.. If you can not read this, please click on it to enlarge it.

I love photographing the different stuff..Like feet lol...Miss B with her one shoe on and one shoe off . I love the effects I use in PSE-7, the colors get brighter and the page is more animated so to speak, without being animated...just the vibrancy of the colors. What a sad couple of days, Michael Jackson...wow I was floored..I loved his style, he changed the course of music, and dance..I say that because, my daughter danced and we would go to competitions and watch dancer after dancer emulate Michael. The moves, the steps, the glove!! why did everything have to get so weird for him. What a talent, then the weirdness started..it is such a shame. I hope his children can be raised differently than he was, I hope they get a chance to have a normal life. I am saddened by his death, May you be at peace Michael..may you rest in peace.............

Somedays

Miss B, does she not look cute....yeh right...she is, but so percosious..she is beginning to miss Mommy and Daddy. They are on a business trip right now. Miss Linda, I thank you from the bottom of my heart for the blog background..You just change at will my dear. Your work is so fabulous. So what is new with me...My friend Miss Gerri called me and ask if anything was wrong, I had not posted anything on my blog in a few days, nope, just little girls taking up my time. Scrapbook Flair added a lot of new changes and one of them was a music player on your home page...think I could get it to work...hell no...double hell no...I am so frustrated I can not stand it so I GIVE UP...no music on there for me I guess..I have done everything I know to do, with lots of instruction from a friend on there, Miss Maggie..I thank her for her time..I followed all she told me to do, and I am at a complete loss. It should not be that hard, it is easier to get music on my blog than it is on Flair. I will just stick to scrapping I think and forget the music..

Fathers Day

The girls took Daddy to the Bear Store, and got him the bear that wears a shirt that says, Worlds Best Dad...Bridgey didn't want Daddy to have breakfast in bed...she wanted to put it on the floor.The mind of this 3 year old somtimes..of course wile at the bear store, they had to get some little thing for themselves...

Something a little different for Pipey..and yes, I am in a better mood today...wow did I go on a rant or what..The kit I used for this photo is by Jael at jaelop Designs, the blinky is on here. It is called Sweetheart. She is so talented. Took a long walk at the gardens late yesterday..believe it or not, I am hardly limping this morning, but was I tired..Hope everyone has a great fathers day. Thanks for looking in on a much calmer me...I did the effects in PSE-7..

The ABCs of it

There has been a challenge on Flair of the A B C's. It has gone on for weeks, and it is a challenge that I have really enjoyed doing. I thought it was all over. Then I saw where the challenge owner, Gina, wanted a compilation of all the pages anyone had done..so this was my entry and I won 2ND place with it. I thank you Gina, for hosting some of the best challenges on Flair. I could not put on all the pages I posted each week, not and do it the way I intended..but Piper is all about spelling now, wants to know how everything is spelled..so it was appropriate that I put her on the page..as I mostly always do with one of the kids. I know that you have all seen most of the pages as I have posted them on here. Speaking of challenges, life gives us many, some we can roll with and some just make you stop and scratch your head and roll your eyes. This has happened to my daughter with her father in law..family issues that she is not guilty of, and it has gone on so long now that he wants her to apologize to the other person, who was at fault..that is the scratching of the head issue...The plain fact is, he does not like my daughter, never has, so it is easy to blame one for things that are your own fault..I expect a phone call...yeah, I am ready for it, told you you didn't want to know all of this..sigh, but I just had too..it has upset me too. My girl is outspoken,she has had a rough two years with Piper's situation, so don't mess with her right now..and she is pms ing..so to speak, tread Ron at your own risk...but be very carful not to rile the daughters mother..cause I am ready too....

ICE CREAM

I try to always do new things, try new techniques..experiment with the photos..Keeps the brain alive so to speak. This little angel wanted to go to Dairy Queen yesterday . It was a hot hot humid day, and perfect for ice cream. I caught her all engrossed in her vanilla twist with sprinkles. No cones for this one, she wears it, all over her self. She is quite the little personality, getting so head strong. I guess not getting, she just is headstrong. She curled up with me during a storm yesterday and would not move, not an inch..lol...she was terrified, I didn't like it much either. I have been watching the Iran thing on Fox News. Wow, what a opportunity for those people to have freedom..we as a nation need to support them, no, not with troops, but with encouragement..Yeah I know most of them hate us...but a revolution is happening in our midst, and we and our LEADERS need to acknowledge it, and Korea, with there missile that they are going to fire towards Hawaii, we need to acknowledge it..Come on people in congress, WAKE UP National Health Care...yeah, why in the world would any sensible person want to start something, that number one does not work and number two is way to expensive in a country that owes so much to CHINA...PEOPLE, raise up your voice and do not let this congress go wild. And Miss BOXER MAM....and I say Mam because that is respectful, and it is the way I was taught in real live and in the military...grow UP...how dare you talk down to a four star general because he called you Mam...I could think of other things he could have called you, but his training would never allow him to be as desrespectful to you, as you were to him...Who in the world do you think you are ..you have been in the Senate way way to long..wake up people in Calif, wake up...I have already been notified by my insurance which is Medigold, that my coverage will be a thing of the past..Hey Chris Dodd, I got this for you, remember when you add the depending on your age is whether you can have a procedure done or not on to this bill, ( I hear it is already on there)remember, voters will be thinking...hmmm he is old, not much use to us anymore...lets get a young one in his seat...yeh...I am liking that one..OK, my rant is nearly done..you don't want to know what else I am ticked about..believe me, you don't want to know....Have a great weekend...Judy

Music to my Heart

All the overlays are from Scrapbook factory, the frames and background are freebies. As are the flowers..I must get better about writing all this down, I change things so fast and furiously that I can not keep up..Bridgey and Baby Grace..I did print out this photo and framed it. But not with the effects on it,as hubby put it, I just like the photo not all that other stuff.. Speaking of stuff, I wonder sometimes why it happens and all at one time...Piper is bulking at going on her visits, nothing we can do about it, but it is frustrating to try and explain to her why she has to go..He thinks we are making it up..some people just stick there heads in the sand and never bring themselves to reality. No I know I should not be writing about any of this, but I can not help it. She is afraid of him for whatever reason and she is not talking, only that she is afraid. He thinks that at five, she does no have that kind of vocabulary...I got news for him, this child is way to wise for this world of 5 year olds. She is not making a connection to him, and it is hard to explain to her what that connection is, Doug is her Daddy, and that is all she will listen too..I guess I had better not go any further , but know that I get so frustrated with all of this. Doug, you are the best Dad I have ever seen, you take care of your family, you love them and they always know that. You have been in Pipeys life since day one and she knows that. OK enough on this one...thanks for looking in on my memories.

Hold on tight

I love this photo,I am printing it and framing the photo not the layout. I want an 11X14, thank goodness I have a printer that will handle that. I finally got the blog working again, and simply by uninstalling Explorer 8. Thanks Miss Carol, I kinda wondered if that was the problem. Everything is working now. I have not posted in a while, I have been so busy with the kids. The knee is working..I am really trying to do everything the Dr told me to do. I am stretching the quad muscle, and working the quad on the weights. I did not get to walk yesterday as it was just too humid and heat and I just do not get along. I do not sweat, never have, and for that I really suffer. The knee is still painful, but not anything I can not handle. If I had known how this was going to work itself out, I might have suffered with the torn cartilage, well maybe.. The girls have enjoyed walking with me to Gerri's house..I never know what state of Pajama's she is in when she comes to the door..lol...Gerri is a night owl, and sleeps in, very late. Hey, you go girl, wish I could do that. the kit is one by Jaelop, I love her work..

My Brother,My friend

Bay and Piper playing in the yard and Mommy is snapping away. I am wondering if anyone else is having a problem with their blogs. I get on here and I can not see my slide shows, or hear my music. My friend Gerri says they are there, then why can I not hear and see them??? could it have anything to do with the Explorer 8...hmmm, I wonder..Also I get thrown off more blogs than I can get on with this error that comes up like a few weeks back. If anyone is having the same problems, let me know..Miss Linda, thank you so much for the new background. You must go into business, you and carol are wiz's at this. Wow it is just breathtaking. Guess you can't tell I love it. Now to figure out how to get some new music...change is good, so I love going with change. The background is a Jaelop designs background, word art by random thoughts..Miss Linda again. I so love using her work..bye for now...

To the Moon and Back

Miss Brigette Ann and her brother Bay..I love this photo. I used a background from Jaelop Designs. The quote was a freebie.

Hope for a Cure

My daughters beautiful Lillie's. The kit was a collab kit called Hope for a Cure by Missy's Bits. So many people in my life have had or have this terrible disease. I know what it is to fight for your life, I understand what it means for other people when they say..I am going to beat this. I have lost loved ones,brother,cousin,I know those who fought,my son who had melanoma and is several years free now,my cousin with colon cancer and skin cancer who is an inspiration to me,she beat them both,but lost her brother to Colon cancer. Breast cancer, a cousin who beat it, a sister who beat it, friends who are fighting it, My dear Chris, little Katlin, my husbands sister who fights it ..a friend Nancy who is going through radiation now.. and Claudia who lives with it every day.My prayers to all who are fighting, my best to them all....My love to those who lost..My hope for those who face it now. I had it,I won it, but I face it one blood test at a time...Will there never be a cure...that is why we HOPE FOR A CURE..I love you all...Judy

SURPRISE

Miss P, hanging upside down with the help of brother. I had to use this photo or else..Ever have one you felt that way about lol...I had it on a variety of backgrounds, but I was determined to use it,something had to work. I have had the border for a long time and knew someday it would be used..the word art SURPRISE is Miss Linda's and I added the rest. Thanks for looking in on Miss I AM HANGING UPSIDE DOWN and having so much fun...

Best Friend

The beautiful Rose is from my dear friend Gerri's flowers

I hope you like it Gerri.Same technique was used on this one as the one before it.

pencil sketch and floresesent chalk from PSE-7

my best friend

Mommy went on a camera taking spree yesterday. Man oh man did she get the most gorgeous photos , which will keep me busy for a long time!!Here are the kids playing in the yard. The word art is by my dear friend Linda, from Random Thoughts. I have used it a few times, hey you can use it for most any photo you do..I have another to upload with the quote. The background was a freebie as was the cloud. Edit done on photo in PSE-7...extracted, full photo edit,pencil sketch and floresent chalk effects were used on this one. Thanks for looking in.

One Summer Day

Yeh I can do a straight scrap if I have to...there is a time and place for them and this photo was one of those. Piper on our walk, loving the clover,watching out for the buzzy bees..I am so happy that they love to walk with me..they tolerate my limping and really do try not to run to far ahead of this old knee of mine..I say it is better to those who ask..but Bob is only giving me two weeks before he calls the surgeon and says...OK...now what...lol...I hope it will be better by the time I go back to the dr in July, but...so far it is for shit... I did stay off of it as much as possible today. I think the tendon is still not healed up enough yet. Nothing is ever easy with me ...if it is easy for everyone else, it is not for me sigh....Ok, guess I had better get along to bed..the girls are spending the night and I get to sleep with Piper..who sleeps with Belly Bear, and talks in her sleep...I hope I get a nap tomorrow lol...love ya all who come here, even you sister, even you....

Imagine

The concept of Digital Scrap booking has always fascinated me. You can take a photo that would otherwise be discarded and make a work of art out of it. A camera angle can just make you go...Crap...if not for that angle what a beautiful photo...well with Photoshop and others like it, it can still be turned into what ever you want. I love embellishments, especially the flowers, and with other elements, I think this addition to Pipers scrapbook will be one of my favorites. I used several freebies, and found the quote on Scrapbook.com, then I did the word art in Scrapbook Factory..I will have to learn to do that in PSE...but for now it escapes me. I think I could learn it, but I am still so enamored with creating pages. And I love that I can find the word art in the digi world..Miss Linda of Random thoughts is one of my very favorites. I know I can always match up a quote with a page with her work. So with this photo, with parts missing, I think it turned out savable, I think it turned out actually very beautiful...but then I am judging my own work here and if I don't like it...who will...

Fun Day

Piper and Brigette and I had an adventure yesterday. We went for a walk, very slowly too..we picked flowers(weeds),lots of them, we saw a new kitten, and another neighbor had a new puppy. Bridgey is so scared of all things that move,meow, and bark. Piper, just the opposite..Then we stopped and visited a neighbors flower garden, and they had this incredible swing in their back yard. Piper and Bridgey got a chance to try it out..Then they each were given a pet rock(remember them)!! which they carried everywhere with them. Then we went to the Innis gardens..the rocks got to ride in the stroller with baby sister..It all got to be a little too much for me...I did it, but the pain is almost more than I can tolerate. I walked way behind them,could not keep up..something is still not right with the knee. I am doing everything I was told to do..
I talked to our Chris last evening. It is always a bonus when she ans the phone, most of the time I just leave a message. She is very ill, very weak,was in the hosp with dehydration last week. She has two more weeks of chemo and radiation everyday except the weekends. She can not eat,food tastes terrible and will not stay down. Lots of side effects from the treatments. She says to tell everyone thank you for all the prayers and the pages that have been made for her. The book that Scrapbook Flair made for her is by her side at all times. She takes it with her to treatments. She is so weak that she can not use her laptop to ans any emails or visit any of our blogs. But Chris, yep our CHRIS is a fighter, and she is determined that this is not going to get the best of her..She will see her oncologist today, and I am hoping that her daughter will email me and let me know how she is. Chris, we are all rooting for you,we all love you, and I know that soon you will be back making your beautiful pages again..Love to you girlfriend.... the backgroud is from Kims Scrappping called colors of June

Another beauty from the Lancaster OHIO car show..beautiful old vintage cars like this 1946 Ford. I love editing these and putting effects on them to jazz them up more..Although they really are jazzed up pretty good..Thanks for looking in..