A New Look!! Plus a Template.............free of course.

I am always so envious of the cute blogs out there and fully admit to being jealous of those who can do all the coding etc.  I am not one of those people, lol.  I did try looking at the code and try to figure out the sizes etc in order to do mine but it was just not happening, literally looked like a foreign language to me.  I went to the Graffiti Chicks blog and bought their Blog it Your Way templates, picked my kit (Fly with Me by Ellie Lash) and off I went.  Pretty happy with the way it turned out I already know what I would like to change.  I miss having my slide show of my layouts on the side and would love to add some pretties down the side. Maybe I will make that my summer project.............customizing my blog or should I say learning how.

Science Fair..........this has been a thorn in my side for the last few weeks.  The boy has known about it for well over a month and with many arguments it was finished on time.  He finally decided on a topic as I made him sit with me as we perused the web for ideas appropriate for his age.  Topic picked and off to buy materials for the experiments we went, thankfully not too expensive.  Write ups and experiments were done Sunday, he completed the backboard and got it all put together on Wednesday night.  Did I mention that it was due Thursday?  Loaded it up in the car Thursday and off we went to bring it in.  He presented it yesterday and said felt confident.  The boy got B+ and A's on it!!  While I am happy for him as he did work hard, it kind of blows me telling him he can't wait last minute and expect a good mark.

Now on to hockey.  We are nearing the end of the season and the boys still have a chance at making the playoffs, it's slim but they are still in it.  B~man plays defence and they are short right now with three of his defensice linemates out with injuries, needless to say it translated to a lot of ice last night.  It was every other shift as we only had 3 and they pulled a forward back to make it 4.  The whole team played awesome and it showed with a 3-1 victory over the first place team!  A night off Friday to be a kid, go to the dance and sleep at a buddies house and back in the rink tonight and again on Sunday.

Well I still have nothing accomplished in terms of getting ready to go away. I'm feeling a mental health day coming next week so I can get organized, right now Thursday is looking good.. but it may be Wednesday.

Our vacation begins!!

I have a template for you again tonight :)  Hope you like it and look it's got room for two pictures this time, lol.  You can click below to get the link.

Download: Random Circles
enjoy!!

March Break Countdown.....freebie template too :)

First of all I want to say thank you ladies for the comments about selling my rings. There was a company that was buying gold in town this past weekend and I did a bunch of my stuff in just to see. By 'stuff' I'm talking old necklaces, bracelets, odd earrings, little gold rings that I no longer wear and never will. Any way with the price of gold I walked out with $300!! I still have my wedding rings as I'm not handing over diamonds to only be paid for gold, kwim? To answer a couple questions, I did consider having them redone but the cost is unbelievable as all they can use is the diamond, so all new gold and setting.............way too much. I did consider keeping them for my son but really, what they are going to be for him? I guess he could put them away and one day give them to his wife or daughter. Who knows, it's not urgent and I may be over it in a couple weeks, lol.

March Break countdown is on!!!!! 11 days until departure and I am sooo ready. Well I really wish I was ready in terms of being prepared and organized but the time I thought I had has quickly disappeared. So next week will be burning the candle at both ends to get all my stuff done. Am thinking of a mental health day to get everything ready.........doesn't sound too good does it? A day off to prepare for some rest and relaxation. Oh well we'll see what I get accomplished, I am one of those last minute kind of people in some things. I won't be able to sleep and will get it all done in a matter of a couple hours.

Here is a template for you. I'm sorry that they all are one photo templates but that is what I seem to scrap with most. My goal is to create some multiple photo ones. You can click on the image or below to download. Enjoy!!

Download: Middle of the Road

Ramblings and a new template freebie

So is it wrong of me to want to sell my wedding rings? I mean they are just sitting in a little jewelery box doing nothing. I considered having my engagement ring reset and wearing it on my right hand but I don't think I could look at it without remembering. Unfortunately right now I'm looking at who he has become and not what he was. If I could see who he was then the memories would be different. Sorry if this is cryptic and not making much sense. The sad thing is I don't even want top dollar, just a fair amount. Honestly this is my way of recouping some of what I am owed and I'm sure deep down a way to get back at him :( I know not very nice of me is it?

OK, enough of that. Happy thoughts!! No wallowing in self pity and anger (although it does feel good to get it out, lol). Honestly I do have a lot to be happy about, I have a roof over my head, a working vehicle, a good job that most days I absolutely love, a fantastic son, healthy and loving parents, a brother I just adore and two of the cutest most sweetest nieces you could ever ask for. I have also just had my cancerversary, 5 years ago on Feb. 13 I got the official diagnosis and here I am with my risk rate going down each year **yippee**

On to the template. As you will see I am playing around with colours that I want to use when making my templates. I haven't quite found a combo that I want to stick with so you will see different ones I'm sure. You can click on the image to download or click below. :)

Download: Top Shelf

More Snow?!

I love the look of the white stuff, especially around Christmas but enough already! Now I realize we have not been hit anywhere near some places but I have had enough!! Yes I am aware that I have already stated that a couple times, lol. We had more dropped on us early this morning and supposedly a couple more inches are coming tomorrow. Sunday is supposed to be 45 and rain, what a mess!

A busy weekend for us with hockey practice tonight with games on Saturday and Sunday. Speaking of games, b~man had a fantastic game the other night. He scored a goal, blocked a couple really hard shots (has the bruises to prove it), owned the boards and skated his little heart out. The whole team played really well and the proof was on the scoreboard, it was a one goal win but against a top team. Hope the boys remember that when they play their game it's amazing what they can accomplish. Saturday's game is making me nervous as it was ugly last time we played this particular team. Cross fingers it doesn't end up that way again.

Countdown for vacation has begun!! We leave in 16 days!! Bring on the sun and some warm weather PLEASE. I am so excited and it's just that we are going away, first vacation in 7 years and the first one with just b~man and I.

I will be back tomorrow with another template :) So until then have a good one!

Rest and Relaxation

I am so ready for some R & R and good old fashioned fun. All motivation has left me in terms of getting things done around the house. I'm talking making myself do laundry is quite a chore, we won't even discuss the dust that has taken over (note to self, do not buy dark furniture again). Seriously, I come home from work and want to do nothing but play on the computer or watch tv...........not good.

Need a spark, some fun, sun and laughs. Soon March Break will be upon us and I will be taking my first vacation in 7 years! Yep, the boy and I heading out to Florida for the week. It will be his first time flying so I of course booked a window seat for both ways for him :). No Disney because he has informed me he is too old (phooey) but we are going to hit both Universal Parks and I'm working on SeaWorld. His requests, are you ready? Breakfast at an IHOP and one at Denny's, lol. Seriously, my boy loves IHOP and I have a feeling if there is one close to our resort we will be there more than once during the week.

Also doing a 'me' vacation when we get back. I was tossing something around and kept finding ways to do it and then find a reason why I couldn't. In discussing the possibility with my massage therapist (who is a fab listener and all round wonderful person) I saw that I needed to do something spontaneous and completely out of character for me. I needed to quit being safe and take a chance...........I booked my flight to DigiScrap-alooza that Scrap Orchard is having. I am so excited at getting to meet the ladies whom I have conversed with, shared with, and laughed with for the past 3 years. Sharing a room with my two favourite cohorts will be a blast and I imagine lots of laughing.

I posted earlier this month (my only post of the year so far, lol) about template freebies and want to say thank you to the person who left me such a wonderful comment. Here is what I am intending as the first of more templates.

The template is 12 x 12 and includes, PSD, TIFF and PNGs files. You can download it here: Little Bits or click on the image.
Have a wonderful day and enjoy!!

I keep saying this........................

I suck, what can I say? I always have these wonderful intentions of keeping my blog up to date and I fail miserably. I honestly don't think about it and I really don't have much to say, a boring person I am.

Again, I will try to blog more often and I will offer some freebie templates if people are still interested in them, maybe a couple alphas here and there.

I'm off to see if I can learn how to customize my blog on my own.............wish me luck!

A Few Thoughts and Finally a Template

So much for me getting back at blogging. I have great intentions but then it all falls by the wayside. Part of it is time and part of it is my fear of not having anything to write about.

I'm not funny, witty or into deep thoughts at least not in my writing. Really I am quite uneventful and plain. Just being real here, lol. I go to work, spend 3-4 days/evening in an arena and hang out at home.

Here is a template I've had kicking around for some time if there is anyone still out there who was following me and would like it.


You can click on the image or here to download.

Thanks and have a great day!!