Flood 1-7-2007

Well, I did get a pic taken before midnight for my 7th PAD, and I have my pic taken for the 8th also, however, I was unable to upload them and I have to leave for work here pretty quickly.  The reason that I didn’t get them uploaded is because we were Evacuated from our Apt last night due to flooding.  The Puyallup River which is about a mile from us crested over the levies and they were afraid that the levies were gonna break and if that happen they estimated that Fife, (where I live and work) would be under 8 ft of water.  I got the call at work that they were evacuating residences, and I couldn’t get ahold of Marc, so I told my boss that I needed to go home to secure our apt.  Well, by the time we had everything unplugged and packed up to go, fire trucks were coming through the apt complexes saying to evacuate.  So, I called work and told them I wasn’t coming back, (basically I couldn’t get back, as roads were in huge traffic jams and roads were closed.  The apt complex just over the fence from us was already flooded to floor boards of vehicles.  We took both our vehicles and headed for higher ground and a nice warm motel room, where we proceeded to order Chinese Take out and a few wine coolers…yep roughing it!!!  So while I had our puters I just never got around to getting them uploaded and I am giving me that!!!  I will update tomorrow with the 7th, 8th and 9th’s PAD then.  and yes the 7th and 8th will be some pics that hopefully came out ok, it was pretty dark out, of the flood!!! 

PAD January 6, 2009

Well, I have 5 more minutes before I have to rush out the door, and I almost forgot to take my pic…eek…so this is a really quick set up and pic taken!!!  It is of all the tri pods we will take on the Rock Boat IX.  We have Marc’s Big Sony one, his small Sony one, we have my Zila Pod and a cheap small one for my point and shoot.  Why so many you ask…well each venue is different, don’t know if we will have a good spot to put the table ones…so better prepared than not, and last year one of ours broke … eek!!!

 

How many tripods did the Rock Boaters need!!??!!

ALOT!!!!

PAD January 05, 2009

Day 5 of the PAD project!!! YAY...I remembered to do this before I went to work cause who knows what time I will be home and it might be after midnight so I didn't want to miss a day so soon!!! As many know, Marc and I have made a little tradition of going on the Rock Boat every year and we leave in just 10 days ... EEK...not sure I will be ready so much to do soooo little time!!! Well, this year we want to go snorkeling and since I wear glasses, and glasses and snorkel mask don't match, Marc purchased me a snorkel mask that has my prescription in it!!! We went to a local dive store and figured out exactly what I needed, and while theirs were twice...yep...twice the price including shipping, we went on the net and ordered it...well then he said you need a breathing snorkel thingy...so he went to the dive shop to price and get some ideals of what would work good, and the best was like 40 some bucks, medium price was in the 30 range and cheapest was still like 27 bucks...so online again and we found the medium price one for 8 bucks....yep 8 bucks, and while I want businesses to stay in business, especially in todays economy, I also don't want to be gouged!!! So Marc bought me the 8 buck one I think he did pay a little shipping and handling...but not 20 dollars worth!!! So here is my PAD for today:

Snorkel Mask & Breathing Thingy for the

Rock Boat IX

ADSR 4 ~ Ready Set Go!!!

And we are off!!! We had our first challenge given out early this morning at midnight and Amber and I worked on getting ours done and we did it...actually Amber finished before me, but waited so we could upload them together into the site as Team 31!!! YAY Scrappy Chicks!!! Check out our Scrappy Chicks Blog to see our LO's or go over to NDISB and check them out!!! I just loved Amber's...she scrapped about halloween with a pic of her 3 boys walking down the street with Jerrod pulling her littlest one in a wagon and you gotta love that cute little elephant butt!!! She also put a small pic of each of their faces, and did an awesome job with her tears and her journaling...get this she made her journaling like a spider web and it's glitter ... just way cool!!! Her title is also glitter...she is just sooo talented!!! My train of thought everytime I thought of the challenge, which was to tear a photo in three, was separation and that brought me to my divorce, so for symbolic reasoning I took an old pic of our home we owned and tore it in three and proceeded from there and then added some pretty private journaling on it, so I didn't put it in the write up. While it didn't say anything that was outrageous, it was just private. The site that challenged us (Hummie's World) had an awesome tutorial on paper tearing, go check it out, it's really cool!!!

PAD January 4, 2009

Well with all the snow we had over the Christmas holidays and cancelled parties, we finally went and met the my kids at Red Robin to celebrate. Maddy was sooo good at the restraurant and loved having "one more Christmas" this time with Grammie and Marc!!! Well, in order for Maddy to take a picture with Grammie, the kids had to bribe her with a jelly bean. *sigh* but hey I got my PAD :D

Christmas with Maddy

ADSR ~ Season 4

Amber and I have teamed up to form the Scrappy Chicks for the Amazing Digi Scrapbook Race ~ Season 4. Well, for some it is Season 4, for Amber and I it is our first...EEK!!! Well, Amber made us this really cool Blinkie and set us up with a really cool blog site (blinkie below is hopefully clickable...LOL!!!) ... Thanks Amber, your the Greatest!!!! Did you notice the Pink :D

So wish us luck, with Amber busy running after her three busy boys, and Marc and I getting ready for our cruise on the Rock Boat...this should be interesting to say the least!!! We got our first Challenge tonight at it is at Hummies go take a peak at what we are putting our thinking caps too!!!

PAD January 3, 2009

YAY 3 DAYS DONE!!!!

Well my hope today for my PAD was to get a picture of Marc and I for our Rock Boat IX Calling Card...but we were both pretty busy. He went with his Mom to get his door on his car fixed, her Christmas gift to him, (I think it is more for me thought :D), the dealership ended up ordering the wrong part so they will have to take his car in again next weekend I would imagine :( , and I had to finish up the kids Christmas stuff, so we were both pretty busy. So finally, I ran in and took some pics of the Caterillar I bought for Maddy for Christmas...isn't he cute!!!!

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Featured on NDISB's Home Page!!!

Well, I woke up this morning and was checking my emails to find an email from NDISB, saying that my LO "Spring Proverb" with this months awesome Guild Membership kit is being featured on their Home Page along with 4 others they spotted. I was just thrilled to say the least!!! You see I didn't submit it, I only posted it for others to see it cause the kit is just so georgeous!!! So it was just a thrill to have my work noticed in this way. Two other of my Team mates from the Guild are also being featured as part of the five LO's, they are Fran 54 with her beautiful LO "I'll be home for Christmas" and Sayo aka Bunnynose with her georgeous "One Holiday Afternoon" is that baby sleeping just not the most precious thing you ever saw and Sayo has showcased it sooo well in this LO!!! Awesome Job Ladies and Congrats!!!!
Here is mine so that you know which one to look for in the rotating ones on their home page if you go check it out!!!

SPRING PROVERB

CREDITS: January 2009 "Whispers in an Oriental Garden" Guild Membership Kit

PAD January 02, 2009

With the dusting this morning I was able to go get my PAD early today :D YAY!!! Here it is:

NOOOOO!!! No More Snow Falling on the Ground!!!

No More Snow Falling on the Ground!!!

UGGGGGH!!!! I woke up this morning at 9am (stayed up to 3am...eek) and looked at our window in the bathroom which is that can't see in or out type glass and thought...gosh it looks mighty white out there...

Don't mind the messy window sill...it's the glass I am trying to show you :D

I opened the window and what does appear, no not 8 tiny reindeer but UGGGGH...More Snow!!!!

First pic I took outside our walk way to our apt door

The past snow we had, what a week ago, was all nice and melted, and now we have not much really just a dusting, but you know I called the weatherman and told him...No More Snow Falling on the Ground...well at least until January 16 when we will be in warm sunny Ft Laurderdale waiting for the 17th to board the Rock Boat for Warm Tropical weather of the Caribbean and that it must be melted off and gone for the year by the 24th so that we can come home to go to work...hmmmm must rethink that last part!!!

(side note: Kami aka Ziggle Designs over at Scrap Orchard came out with a kit, cutest little kit, called "10 Little Monkeys" well I have been singing that in my head for a few days now, cause I really want to use it in a LO, just trying to figure out what I want to do, Well when I saw the snow I immediately started singing...No More Snow Falling on the Ground and kinda made up my own little lyrics to it...well kinda!!! Thus the name of this post, ok so more information than you need!!!)

This is the kit...isn't it just tooo cute...it's available at Scrap Orchard

PAD January 01,2009

I have decided to try and give this PAD a try and at least take a pic a day...Well with 2 minutes left of New Years, I finally got a few. (Well I did take a few at midnight, but I didn't count those cause they didn't really turn out, cause I was trying to use my new Point and Shoot, do Marc Camcorder and take arials of Marc's fireworks with my Rebel...eek three cameras at once...not a feat I pulled off at all!!!) Anyways here is my PAD 2009_0101 (and no they won't all be self portraits!!!):

Happy New Year!!!