me

it has been a long time.  have to put some photos up on my blog so i can show you what i have been up to.  My camara does not work so cant really take photos of my projects. 

Bats

So I painted tp holders for the kids to make bats.  They loved them.  The K class cut out the wings, helped staple, placed on the eyes, ears, and teeth.  Hope you like my recycle project.  I love it. 

Cricut circle weekley chalange

Hi all So it has been a very long time since I have updated my blog.  This is what i made.  A house from mini monster.  I love it.  I just have to find a one eye one horn flying purple people eater.  I love what i did .  Hope you like it too. 

CARD SWAP PARTICIPANTS on Flowerdisco's scrap hut

So I am doing this card swap on Flowerdisco's Scrap Hut.  His is going to be soooooo much fun.  Right now I am overwhelmed.  For on reason.  I cant start at this moment.  I have Work Camp starting on Friday.  I so have to get readdy.  I cant wait.  I so love Agnes.  She is so sweet.  thanks i cant wait to start.  maybe i will be able to do something on thursday.   

Summer Craft Challenge (craft Junki too)

Ok, one of my favorite blogs is having a summer challenge.  Tracy from Craft Junkie too is having her first summer craft challenge that she started on Tuesday, but ends today at noon.  Could I wait till the last minute.  I got it done.  We went to Yogi bear camp ground and did a scavenger hunt.  SO I am doing an album on the photos we took (well my 5 year old took).  I only used 2 cartridges with this Camp out and don jaun.  Love both of them I also used the gypsy for this.  All the paper is from my scrap bin.  yeah me.  I did pop dot the mountain, and the bear, and inked all the edges.  I hope you like.  Thanks for the challenge Tracy cause it is making my scrapbook.  Happy scraping. 

my pink stamper

today i just sent my pink stamper my deisgn for her design team.  I hope she love it.  I love it.  I can't wait to post it on here.  I have been very busy so have not had lots of time for crafting, but just love doing it over the last 2 day.  well have a great day and KEEP SCRAPING.

NSD Challenge #8 - "Love My Color" my pink stamper

Just used walk in my garden for the flowers.  LOVE IT.  This is all the pink i have.  so i  hope it is what i was to do. 

NSD Challenge #7 - "Hey Dad!"

this is a fathers day card i made for my dad.  I used camp out. and pop doted it.  I love the way it turned out.  The fishing pool is cut at 2 inches and the hut at 4.5 and the frame at 6.  I just think it looks great.  I am having so much fun doing theses, but I don't think i will get them all done by midnight.

NSD Challenge #6 - "Kids Craft, Too"

I made this for my son and put it in the mail to come back home in a day.  He just loves getting mail, but never gets any.  So now he will.  i used Don Jaun and cars.  I only took 30 minutes to put together after i had everything cut out.  I cut it out at 4 inches which i feel is the smallest you can cut these out do to small pieces.  Love the way it turned out.  My son is tow-rific.

NSD Challenge #5 - "Teacher Appreciation Days" my pink stamper

Made this card using alphalicious cartridge, and the butterflys are from walk in my garden.  We are going to give them to my sons teachers.  He wrote a note in them.  I love them. 

NSD Challenge #4 - "I Like You the Least" my pink stamper

Love this card.  I got the 50 states cart 2 years ago and have NEVER used it.  found it in clearnece for 20 bucks.  I cut the flowers from the Tennessee and Texas flowers.  Wish you could see the dimension of it.  Love this card. 

NSD Challenge #3 - "Thinking Outside the Box" my pink stamper

Think outside the box.  So i had the left overs of another robot which i just got out of the trash.  I then cut out the other pieces for the inside of her.

NSD Challenge #2 my pink stamper

In this challenge we are to use our scraps.  I have TONS of scraps, so I made this grad card for a friend of ours.  I wish you could see the dimension on it.  It is sooooo cool.  I used every day paper dolls.  I love this cart.  I also used peachykean stamps.  love them.  Paper is a old stack for walmart(i think it was a scrap). 

NSD Challenge #1 my pink stamper

So here is my card for the first challenge.  I love the robots cart.  So i made it for my mom.  All paper is from Michaels.  the flower paper is form the $1.00 section at  target from 2 summers ago.  I love how it turned out.  

Robotz

This is so much fun to do.  I got the idea on a blog to do nuts ablot you.  I wish i new were.  but thank you.  We are giving the caregivers of your Mops (mothers of preschoolers) group a thank you gift.  I took photos of the kids and them in there rooms.  Then made this frame for them.  I hope they like it.  What do you think? 
Hugs

Dawn

Hi all it has been a while since I have posted anything.  Today i had to make a card for a batchelorette  party.  So Robyn at the Pink Stamper put out this challenge so here is mine.  It works so well for the card.  I used my G and it worked great.  The purse is from wild card,  Flowers from WIMG, and GW has the bottom of the card where i threaded the ribbon through.  So i hope you all like it.  I love it.  Here are some photos.

So I hope this has the pink, green, and black that is needed.  Can i say i loved making it.  and i now love pearl stuff in a bottle of h2o.  I only wish you could see the shine.

The Empty Egg

The Empty Egg

Jeremy was born with a twisted body and a slow mind. At the age of 12 he was still in second grade, seemingly unable to learn.

His teacher, Doris Miller, often became exasperated with him. He would squirm in his seat, drool, and make grunting noises. At other times, he spoke clearly and distinctly, as if a spot of light had penetrated the darkness of his brain. Most of the time, however, Jeremy just irritated his teacher.

One day she called his parents and asked them to come in for a consultation.

As the Forresters entered the empty classroom, Doris said to them, "Jeremy really belongs in a special school. It isn't fair to him to be with younger children who don't have learning problems. Why, there is a five year gap between his age and that of the other students."

Mrs. Forrester cried softly into a tissue, while her husband spoke. "Miss Miller," he said, "there is no school of that kind nearby. It would be a terrible shock for Jeremy if we had to take him out of this school. We know he really likes it here."

Doris sat for a long time after they had left, Staring at the snow outside the window. Its coldness seemed to seep into her soul. She wanted to sympathize with the Forresters. After all, their only child had a terminal illness. But it wasn't fair to keep him in her class. She had 18 other youngsters to teach, and Jeremy was a distraction. Furthermore, he would never learn to read and write. Why waste any more time trying?

As she pondered the situation, guilt washed over her. Here I am complaining when my problems are nothing compared to that poor family, she thought. Lord, please help me to be more patient with Jeremy. From that day on, she tried hard to ignore Jeremy's noises and his blank stares.

Then one day, he limped to her desk, dragging his bad leg behind him.

"I love you, Miss Miller," he exclaimed, loud enough for the whole class to hear. The other students snickered, and Doris ' face turned red. She stammered, "Wh-why that's very nice, Jeremy. N-now please take your seat."

Spring came, and the children talked excitedly about the coming of Easter. Doris told them the story of Jesus, and then to emphasize the idea of new life springing forth, she gave each of the children a large plastic egg. "Now," she said to them, "I want you to take this home and bring it back tomorrow with something inside that shows new life. Do you understand?"

"Yes, Miss Miller," the children responded enthusiastically- all except for Jeremy.

He listened intently; his eyes never left her face. He did not even make his usual noises. Had he understood what she had said about Jesus' death and resurrection? Did he understand the assignment? Perhaps she should call his parents and explain the project to them.

That evening, Doris ' kitchen sink stopped up. She called the landlord and waited an hour for him to come by and unclog it. After that, she still had to shop for groceries, iron a blouse, and prepare a vocabulary test for the next day. She completely forgot about phoning Jeremy's parents.

The next morning, 19 children came to school, laughing and talking as they placed their eggs in the large wicker basket on Miss Miller's desk.

After they completed their math lesson, it was time to open the eggs.

In the first egg, Doris found a flower. "Oh yes, a flower is certainly a sign of new life," she said. "When plants peek through the ground, we know that spring is here." A small girl in the first row waved her arm. "That's my egg, Miss Miller," she called out.

The next egg contained a plastic butterfly, which looked very real. Doris held it up. "We all know that a caterpillar changes and grows into a beautiful butterfly. Yes, that's new life, too." Little

Judy smiled proudly and said, "Miss Miller, that one is mine."

Next, Doris found a rock with moss on it. She explained that moss, too, showed life. Billy spoke up from the back of the classroom, "My daddy helped me," he beamed.

Then Doris opened the fourth egg. She gasped. The egg was empty. Surely it must be Jeremy's she thought, and of course, he did not understand her instructions. If only she had not forgotten to phone his parents. Because she did not want to embarrass him, she quietly set the egg aside and reached for another.

Suddenly, Jeremy spoke up. "Miss Miller, aren't you going to talk about my egg?"

Flustered, Doris replied, "But Jeremy, your egg is empty." He looked into her eyes and said softly, "Yes, but Jesus' tomb was empty, too."

Time stopped. When she could speak again, Doris asked him, "Do you know why the tomb was empty?" "Oh, yes," Jeremy said, "Jesus was killed and put in there. Then His Father raised Him up."
The recess bell rang. While the children excitedly ran out to the school yard, Doris cried. The cold inside her melted completely away.

Three months later, Jeremy died. Those who paid their respects at the mortuary were surprised to see 19 eggs on top of his casket, all of them empty.
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Happy Easter!
-- Author Unknown--

I am so sad.  Our beloved dog Weezie had to be put to sleep today.  She is my first baby.  She had cancer the size of a soft ball>  I so miss her.  3 times now i have thought i have heard her.  You will so be missed.  Love you Weezier dog.

Its a very sad day here in the McCarty.  Our first child (weezie the bulldog) has 2 VERY large tumors.  She had a seizure last night.  She is doing well, the gave her some fluids and can food.  She love it.  But she cant hold her bowls.  I am so very sad.  She is our first baby.  We got her before we were even married.  I just don't what her to be in any pain.  poor girl. 

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Obsessed with Scrapbooking: Happy Day with SEI and another Giveaway!

Obsessed with Scrapbooking: Happy Day with SEI and another Giveaway!

Ok so i wont have any photos for today.  Max has been sick,  So i want to tell you about one of the best BEST blogs i have read.  Joy is great.  She is having a GREAT giveaway.  You must take a look.  Just hit the link about.  Have a GREAT day.

Hugs
Dawn 

Don't blink Feb 24th

So todays photo is at Mitchell's school.  His whole class made hearts for the wall.  It only took me almost 15 days to take a new photo of it.  I had bible study today, then Mops is making lent dinner.  We still can not find Mitch's library book.  We have looked everywhere.  So I payed for it.  $15.00.  I have no clue were his book is.  He is upset that we can't find it. 

Don't blink Feb 23th

Taco night.  We just love it.  The boys eat 2 each.  So here is what our table looks like.  YUM.  I think we will have taco night once a week. 

BBTB2 challenge

So here is a BBTB2 challenge of the elephant card from EDPDD.  I love this cart.  I did a welcome card of a daddy elephant, mommy elephant, and baby elephant.  All done on my gyspy.  I love my gyspy.  So tell me what you think.  I cut welcome out 3 times in 3 different colors.  I also cut each of the elephants out twice and pop doted them.  Aren't they cute.  The more i look at this card the more i like it.  

Don't blink feb 22

So this morning there was a lot of snow on the ground.  Very pretty, and very heavy.  This is the tree in our front yard.  It was really cool very pretty.  but i am so ready for spring.  I snow blowed the driveway.  I took about 30 minutes.  It is good snow man snow.  I love the snow as long as it is warm.  lol.  Mitchell went to a friends to play and Maxwell and I ran some errors.  When we got home we had to go over to grandpas house cause Max kept saying that Mitch was over there and had to check before he went down for a nap.  Max looked in the house and then said Mitchell at Ry Ry's house and then he was ok.  Here is a beautiful photo of the tree.  Enjoy.   

Don't blink feb 21

So today is Sunday.  I had a shower for Ashton.  It was good.  The cool part of the day was that Grandpa watched the boys while grandma and i went to the shower.  Maxwell took a nap, but Mitchell and grandpa played.  They had so much fun.  It started to snow we are to get 4-14 inches.  We will see.  It is very pretty, but i need spring.  This is a photo of Ashton and Steph at the Shower.  They are so cute. 

don't blink (February 14-20)

So here is post # 2 for today.  It is from February 14th-20th.  I did not take photos for 2 days. I forgot.  But that is ok 'cause i have some GREAT photos from the shedd.  So here is the 20 of Feb.  Yesterday. 

 

Ok this is the card i made for Ashtons shower.  I think it turned out great.  I hope that see likes it.  I used Hanna Montana cart for the butterflies.  I just love the way it looks.  

Feburary 

 19, 2010

So we went to the Shedd Aquarium today.  It was so fun.  the boys are playing in the kid zone.  If you ask Max what he saw he will tell you dolphins, snakes, big big snake, small fish, big fish.  He loved it.  Mitchell loved looking at all the fish.  The show was great.  We got to see beluga whales.  I will totaly go again.  We had so much fun.

No photos for the 18th Thursday.  I forgot.  I wanted to but just did not take any.  So This is what we did that day.  Scott was home with the boys.  I went to Mops with no boys.  I was great.  The speaker spoke about self deference.   Then i went home Ryan came over to play with Mitchell.  Scott and i talked the whole day and then that night I went to CE like a always do.      

  This is February 17th,  Mitchell was reading to Maxwell and Max was listening like no tomorrow.  He loves book.  Well the both do.  Good job Mitchell.  You are a great teacher.  You try to teach Maxwell all sorts of new words. 

No photo for the 16th Which was Tuesday.  THat was a crazy day.  Very busy.  I got my hear done.  It took 2 hours there.  the boys were very very good.  So i went back to the scrapbook store and we ate lunch at the train place.  We tried to see daddy at work, but he was at the hospital.  O' well.  Maybe next time.  We went to bed early and the that was that.


 So today i Finished the quilt for Mrs. Davis.  I just need to call her now.  I have to find her phone #.

This quilt is just beautiful.  I love it.  I wish i made it.  I just did the binding that took me over 6 hours to put on.  Ugg.  But it looks great.  Nothing is really happening 'cause it is go cold out. 

Ok so today is v-day.  I just made Scott a card.  We told each other we would not give each other anything.  But no him and the boys got me a necklace with 3 charms 2 boys and a heart.  I love it.  I made this dinner for everyone.  This is what is left after we ate.   Lots of left overs.  Scott went into work and the boys and I watched a movie on TV until 9:30.  It was great.  Happy valentines day everyone.  I love you.  

dont blink (Feb 7-13th)

So I have not up dated this since the 6th.  but that is OK.  We will start with the 13th  and go backwards.   This is the v-day card i made for Scott.  I think it turned out ok.   Not bad.  I think i need more work.  

This is Mitchells class.  I did not want a big photo, but it will be in my book.  This is his v-day party, and hop a thon. Mitchell did 279 hops good for him.  The party was so much fun.  The sad part was one of his class mates was sick.  Not fun.  but she was back on monday.  We did miss her.  

We went to the camper show today February 11 It was great.  We saw tons of campers. The boys loved looking at them all.  We can't wait for camping this year.  The camping thing was by ohare airport so the kids loved seeing all the big jets.  What a great day.  Both of the boys were asleep within 10 minutes of getting in the car.  

No photo for Feb 10th.  which is not a problem because is have tons of the day before.  

(kids playing in the snow.)

What a great day.  the boys played in the snow for over an hour.  They had red cheeks when they come in.  Mitchell was pulling Maxwell on the sled.  What a great big brother.  It is funny though Mitch is only 5 pounds heavier than Max.  Not that Max is big.  He is only in the 20%, but Mitch is very small being in the 1%.  Good team work and brotherly love.  

 

This was taken on Feb 8th at 10pm.  It just started to snow.  We are to get lots of snow.  Or so they say.  I will believe it when I see it.  Hopefully the boys will get out to play. You can see a very light dusting.  Lets see if there is School today.  but wait there is no school 'cause is Martin Luther King day.  Very nice.  The Kids may be able to go out and play in it if we get alot.  fingers crossed. 

  So these are the gifts we will be giving all the kids and teachers in Mitchells class for valentines day.  We did them today because next week will be very busy for us.  That is great, but very tiring too.  I made the vases of these out of heyserys candy bars.  Then put candies in it and cut out some harts.  I found this on the net.  Can't remember where,  but thank you to the lady on the blog that did this.  It was so cool and the teachers loved them.  

So that is all for now.  I will have another post for today, which is February 21 and get caught up  on the rest of the month.  At least my book is done other than the photos.  Happy Sunday you all. 

don't blink day 1-6

So this is what has happen this week.  first on Monday we had movie night.  It was great.  Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs.  I loved the book when i was younger and i loved the movie.  we got to make movie time popcorn.  Yum. 

Tuesday is not to busy for us but this Tuesday was voting day. It was crazy.  they had signs everywhere.  I cant believe it. They wonder why people don't vote for them.  Over whelming.  I hate that they call you 15 times a day.  I am on a do not call list and still get calls all day long.  Do not call means do not call

 

Wednesday was bible study and the mcdonalds.  The boys love it.  it was great.  No photo on the blog, but it will be in the 365 book. 

Next day is Thursday.  I am so excited about it.  We made 103 v-day cards for the retirement home up the block.  It was great  Look at them all.  

Each and every one is different.  all have the same paper, but with 25 moms each card is different.  Each mom made 4 cards and it was great.  We will be taking them to the retirement home on monday afternoon.  I hope they love them.  

So on Friday I was room Mom it Mitchells school.  It was so much fun.  I got some great photos.  I will not post any due to other kids being in it, but it will go in my 365 book.  I feel that i shouldn't put other photos in it cause i dont know who is looking at the photos.  SO i will be very careful about posting photos.      The photo to the right is of all the brad we cut up for Workcamp sub sandwiches.  YUM.  We did over 300 subs.  It was great.  I love the kids.  They were so nice and polite.  I cant wait for work camp.  It will be so much fun.  I can't wait.  

Well that is it for now.  See you next week.  Hopefully I will take photos of the crafts i'm doing on sundae.  we will see. 

Don't blink days 27-2

Ok I have fell off the wagon.  SO here are the post for the last week. 

January 27 a day at chuck e cheese.  yum for the kids.  This is us on a ride like a roller-coaster.  The boys did it 3 times, but for me it was 1 time and then i had to get off before i lost my pizza.  

 
OK so the boys fav dinner right now is TACOS.  Yum.  I think i love them more than they do.  They eat 1-2 tacos it is a good and healthy meal.  It makes it a great night.  I think we had tacos 2 days in a row.  fun.  

So Mitchell got sick and through up on the comforter.  SO we did 10 loads of wash that day.  fun.  not.  but it is part of life.  my life.  He was only not feeling well for 1 1/2 days.  He feels much better now.  This was a good Friday even though we had to do wash.  It got all done in 1 day and less than 2 hours.  But that leads up to Saturday.  I forgot to take a photo of that day.  We went to Ikea, church, and pizza night.  It was great.  We had a great time.  i just forgot to snap a photo today.  

But Friday night was the biggest moon of the year.  So i took lots of photos of it an am going to put it in in place of the photo i should have taken on saturday.  Isn't it beautiful.  This is one of the 100 photos I took of the moon.  Love the beauty of it.  God does a wonderful job.  Thank you GOD.

 

So sundays post is all of the pink stampers challenges.  I had so much fun doing it.  I hope to do more. 

So that is all for now i still have to down load Mondays and Tuesdays photos.  I will do that tomorrow.  I still have to do some bible study and that is much more important. 

the pink stamper challenge #4

OK.  so this is the 4th challenge.  I will not hand this out though until next Friday.  Our Mops (mother of preschoolers) are making v-day cards for the retirement home up the street from me.  Not bad.  We want to make over 150 of them.  This is just an example for the moms so they have some ideas.  So my challenge is not officially done yet.   My boys and I are going to take them to the assistant living home next Friday before v-day.  So here is the photo of the one I did for an example.  this card will fit in an A2 envelope.  Now i just have to get all the moms to do 2 in 30-45 minutes.  Cool.   

My pink stamper challenge #3

So this was seemed to easy.  I had lots of fun.  Very simple.  It was moms b-day on Friday, but we could not see her cause Mitchell was sick.  So i have a gift for her, but no tag for the bag.  Now I do.  I will dress up the bag in a few now.  So here is the tag.  I cut it out of Tags Bags Boxes and More.  I love that cart.  I used CTMH stamps on the front and back.  I love this tag.  It fits in great and makes you think of summer.  So what i need.  I put a long ribbon on it and tied one on the front.  Tell me what you think.  Very simple.

Front of card



back of card