Ladystamper

The last two weeks have been a blur for me. I had no idea all the 'stuff' you had to do when someone died. I am so very grateful for all the wonderful family and friends that have been there to guide me, advise me, make me laugh, and to lend me a shoulder to cry on. It has not been easy, but I can't imagine making it at all with out all these wonderful people! I have stacks and stacks of beautiful cards from friends all over the country....and some from people I don't even know! It is amazing to me the outpouring of love that has come to my family. Thank you!! Here is a picture of my parents and my siblings. I can't remember when we have every been all together at MY house. It was a treat. This last week, we were in Arizona for the burial of my husband. I decided to bury him in Taylor, AZ because my ancestors settled that part of Arizona and several of them are buried in that same cemetery. Besides, when and if the kids and I move that way, we will be able to vi...

Sunday, my best friend died. My sweetheart of 20 years died suddenly from diabetes. We didn't know he had diabetes. It came quick and took him from me. Brad was more than just my husband, he was my best friend. I relied so very much on his strength to guide me and my children through this life. I admit I feel a bit lost without him, already. I had planned on much, much more time with him. Brad and I met on January 28th, 1989. We were both at a nightclub for under age night with our friends that had dragged us there. We were both ready to leave when we were talked into one more dance. That dance changed our lives. We hit it off right away and danced the rest of the night. In face, we were together from then on. I remember that after that night, I waited all day for his call. It was love right away for me. I felt something I had never felt before and knew that he was the one for me. We dated for six months before Brad went to Texas to go to school. We talked a lot on the phone, and I...

This week was a busy one for me with a sick husband, "teenagers", and field days. The weather has been awesome for the outside time. Cloudy, with a hint of wind and fairly cool. I can't complain! This week our blogger challenge was a sketch. I tried to paste it here but got frustrated so...you don't get to see it. But you do get to see my cards! I did two because I really enjoyed the sketch. It was for a long card and I still had some of these long notes in my envelope drawer, just dying to be used! This first one is made with baja breeze paper (but I'll use that long note envelope), cut to 6-1/2 square and folded. I stamped the butterfly from Good Friend (available now!) with Baja breeze in the background, layered a strip of DSP and Chocolate chip and then added the focal point with dimensionals. The hardest part of this little card was cutting out that cool frame around the quote. I hear myself thinking the things my customers say...."I want a punch for eve...

April first was Ethan's field day and he did great! He was in a lot of events but I think his best one was the tug of war. He had the great honor of being the anchor for his class team! They did amazingly well! There was an uneven number of teams so their class ended up having to pull three times instead of only two. They were beat! They ended up with second place. I think they did great! This is how Ethan looked after all his pulling. Pretty tuckered out!

No, that isn't a math thing...I'm talking about my siblings and myself. We are all R's. Rebecca, Robert (Rob), Rachel and Rhea. My parents and also R's. Robert and Reba. I always thought that was kind of fun. When we went to Jester's for my dad's birthday, they got a good laugh out of all of us R's. Especially when my brother in law "Roger" said his name. You can imagine... I scrapped these photos Tuesday night and kept looking at them....do they need more? But I decided to just go with them as they were. The background paper is from Cosmo Cricket and I love the rugged simplicity of it. The only problem is...I am SO used to using Stampin' Up! paper and being able to coordinate my colors....it is hard with other papers. The closest color I could find to go with this was Barely Banana and Chocolate chip. I think it works. I added some Rusty Pickly rick rack...honeslty just because my mother HATES rick rack. Even saying the word makes her cringe....

This week is field day for the elementary and Jr high schools here. I love field day! It is always an adventure. The kids sign up to compete in different 'events' such as the three legged race, 440yd , 100yd dash, wheel barrow, mash relay, and the coveted balloon toss. Ben had field day on Monday but his teacher didn't tell me so I missed it. :o( I hear he had a hard time picking a class to participate in so....there it is. Sarah had her field day yesterday and she did great! She is our athletic one. She did the wheelbarrow, mash relay, balloon toss and the cross country. I think she stressed about that last one all day. It was a LONG run....like 1/2 a mile or so, and by the time the event came, the light drizzly rain and cloud coverage had decided to leave. So, she had to run in the fresh hot sun. Sarah does not do well with the heat. She gets overheated really easy. So, between that and her stress about the race, she was 'done' after she ran. I was SO impressed th...