And the Winner Is….. April 4, 2007

Thanks so much to everyone for sharing their “smiles” for the week.  Some of them were very touching and others had me rolling with laughter!  I thought about picking a favorite to post here, but gosh!  There were so many great ones that I couldn’t pick a fave.  So if you wanna smile, take a minute to read through those comments.  They’re wonderful!

I also want to thank those of you who so kindly commented on the song I posted yesterday.  Isn’t that song AMAZING?!?!  I wish I’d had a better recording of it to put on here for y’all, but that’s really all I had.  But if you’d like to buy the original recording of the song, just go to the website for Christ for the Nations Institute and look for the cd with “Revelation Song” on it.  I think the name of the cd is “Glorious” but I could be wrong about that.

And now for the winner of the RAK.  I put everybody’s name into a hat and my 3yr old Beau drew a name.  And the winner is…..TILDA!  Tilda, email your addy to me and I’ll get a fun RAK out to you.  :)  Thanks again, everyone, for sharing your smiles with me.  I had such a great time reading all of them!  And be sure to check back often.  You never know when I’ll be offering another fun RAK.  :)

Here It Is…. April 3, 2007

Okay, in my last post I told you about a song that I’m really excited about.  Well, I finally figured out how to add it here for you.  I think you need Windows Media Player to listen to it, but I could be wrong.  I’ve never uploaded a song here before, so I’m hoping this works. 

 When listening, please keep in mind a few things:  This is a practice cd of our worship team at my church.  It is the first time we’d done the song together, so it’s pretty rusty and has some talking in it.  Also, I was really bad sick that day and am obviously congested on the recording.  I think you can even hear me coughing at one point.  lol  Finally, we don’t have great recording capabilities at our church, so it’s really not that great of a recording.  Yeah, yeah, I know…excuses, excuses.  They really are all true though.  rofl  But I’m so excited about this song that I had to share it with you and this is the only way I know how to do that.  lol  Hope y’all like it!

Revelation Song -  http://media.switchpod.com/users/ohsohappy6/04_Track_4.wma

Terrific Tuesdays! April 3, 2007

Here’s something fun for you!  Moments 2 Remember is starting something new called “Terrific Tuesdays.”  Each Tuesday, a new series of challenges will be posted and members can earn prizes and charms.  The charms are for your siggie lines and they are so cool!  I’m hosting the Lyrics Challenge.  Y’all come join in the fun!  Here’s the link:  http://www.moments-2-remember.com/messageboard/index.php?sid=c6d07a840d344935e94354cf73365f5e  You can also find a link to M2R in the right side menu under “My Design Teams.” 

In other scrappy news, I’ve been paper scrapping like crazy.  I don’t know what’s gotten into me.  lol  I’ve done probably 10 paper pages in the last three days.  WOW!  I’ve even got one on my table that I’m working on right now.  I’m a little stumped with this one though.  It’s for the “Technique Challenge” at M2R and the technique is to use cardstock only.  Sounds easy enough, right?  Wrong.  I’ve become so accustomed to using patterned paper as a design element, that I can’t seem to function without it.  *sigh*  That’s okay though.  I like a good challenge and I refuse to let it beat me.  lol

Oh, another something fun!  Easter is right around the corner and we have big things planned at our church.  I’m really excited about it.  Our pastor, Keith Dickens, is a very creative and forward thinking man.  He’s always surprising us with new ideas and the crazy thing is that they work.  lol  The goal is to love people.  You’d think that would be so easy, but surprisingly it’s not.  I think that so many people go through their whole lives not knowing love and when they finally see it, they don’t know how to respond to it.  But love is not just a quick word…love is long-term.  Love is something you give unconditionally with every breath.  When people taste love, they want more.  That’s how we’re made.  We’re made to love and be loved.  So our pastor finds creative ways to show love to people and it’s amazing to see how beautifully people respond to that.  And since Easter is the one time of year that some people go to church, we’re ready to love BIG TIME!  lol 

I don’t know if y’all know this, but I’m a singer.  I sang professionally for a long time and now I sing on the worship team at my church.  Music is a huge part of my life and I can’t imagine being without it.  Well, Easter Sunday, I’m going to be singing a song that is totally where my heart is.  The name of the song is “Revelation Song” and it comes from verses in the book of Revelation.  Most people think of that book as “hellfire and damnation.”  Yeah, there’s a lot of that in there.  But there’s also a lot more in Revelation.  The whole book is a crescendo of praise.  It starts out quiet and then it gets louder and louder.  By the end of the book, it’s a big praise-fest.  lol  I love that!  I’m going to try to get the song uploaded here on my blog somehow so that y’all can hear it.  It’s just beautiful!

There’s still time to get your name in the drawing for an RAK.  Just leave a comment telling me something that made you smile big last week.  I’ll be drawing a name tomorrow!  Be sure to check back.  :)  And thanks for letting me ramble. 

A Wonderful Weekend! April 1, 2007

Y’all I had such a wonderful weekend!  Friday night, my mom and I went to see Louisiana College’s production of “The Importance of Being Earnest.”  OMGosh, it was so great!  Two of my friends were performing in it and it’s one of my fave plays, so I had really been looking forward to it.  My mom and I laughed (very loudly) through the whole thing.  Wonderful production!!!

Saturday, I scrapbooked all day.  I only stopped scrapping long enough to have lunch with my parents and brother, then I came back home and scrapped some more.  Create My Keepsake was having an online crop, so of course I had to play along.  I didn’t win anything, but had fun trying.  lol  Saturday night, my mother and I attended a gallery viewing and Follies.  If you’ve never been to a follies, I highly recommend it.  I’m always surprised by the talent.  This one was for the Central Louisiana Healthcare & Arts Council.  Several people in the local medical community (doctors, nurses, etc) performed.  We saw pianists, vocalists, comedians and more.  It was just great!  Before the Follies, there was a gallery viewing of artwork made by the local medical community.  Again, I was surprised by the talent displayed.  I don’t get to dress up and have fun like that very often, so I really enjoyed the night.

 I thought I’d share a few pages with you that I made Saturday.  The card you see was given to my friend who played “Ms. Prism” in the play Friday night.  I thought that since she gave such a stellar performance, she surely deserved a card.  :)  For full credits on any of these, just click the thumbnail image in the right side toolbar.  Hope you like them!

If you’re interested in reading the journaling on the “Allowed” page, it’s also included with the credits.  These pages were so much fun to make!

Y’all, I gotta tell you… I’ve had soooo much fun reading all of your comments on my last post.  Some of them made me roll with laughter and other made me say “Awwwww!!!!”  If you have a minute, go through and read some of them.  They are so great!  Oh, and the one with the link in it…you gotta click that link!!!  I laughed so hard that I had tears in my eyes with that one!  There’s still time to leave your comment if you haven’t yet.  I’ll be drawing a winner later this week.  :)  Check y’all later!

Gotta Share the Joy! March 29, 2007

Y’all, I just have to share my happy news!!!  And for those of you who know me, I can just hear what you’re saying.  “Oh Lord, she’s pregnant again?!”  lol  Nope!  Not pregnant and very happy to not be pregnant.  :)  No, this news is very different and just as exciting to me. 

 1.  I’ve been named Design Team Coordinator for Dragonflaire Studios, United States side!!!  Woohoo!!!!  The lovely & talented Francine will be heading up the European side.  I can’t begin to tell y’all how excited I am about this.  Maggie Lamarre is a very talented designer and a super lady…I’m honored to be a part of her team.  The new forum at Dragonflaire will be up soon.  We will also be offering some amazing classes soon.  So much in the works!  So exciting!

2.  Rodney got a job working for Coca-Cola as their warehouse manager!!!  Yay, Rodney!!!  I’m so proud of him!  He’s an excellent manager and his employees always love him and work very hard for him, so Coca-Cola will be very pleased.  And this is such a great company that we are just thrilled that he’ll be working for them.  The pay is great, the benefits are even better.  Woohoo!  The only problem is that the job is two hours away from our home and we definitely do not want to leave this area.  So we’ll move to the other side of our parish (Louisiana has parishes rather than counties).  That way the kids can still go to the same schools, we won’t have to move away from our family or our church family, & Rodney will be a little closer to his work.  So now we’re house hunting.  Fun!!!

Okay, that’s it.  Two very fun announcements about my life.  I’m so darned happy that I just have to share the love.  So now that I’m smiling really big, I’d like to see one of my friends out there smile really big too.  Leave a comment on this post and on Wednesday I’ll draw a winner for an RAK from me.  :)  But wait, let’s make a little bit interesting.  In your comment, tell me about something that made you smile really big this week.  It can be something simple like bubbles or something big like a new job.  Fun!  Can’t wait to hear what made you smile!  :)

How Much Is Too Much? March 29, 2007

I found a really fun, inspirational scrappy blog.  Of course, most of you have probably already seen it, but it’s new to me and I’m all happy about it.  lol  The site is called “How Much Is Too Much” and it’s all about using tons of yummy stuff on our pages.  What I especially love is that it encourages me to actually USE all these supplies that I have.  Up to this point, my trend has been to hang on to stuff until it’s no longer my style then purge and give it all away.  What a waste of money!  So I really love that this site encourages using my stuff rather than leaving it sit where it is. 

The challenge this week is to use 30 ribbons on a single page.  Sound impossible?  Surprisingly, it was very easy.  Let me go ahead and confess this now, so it’ll be out of the way:  I am a ribbon addict.  There I said it.  I can’t get enough of yummy ribbon.  I have rolls, spools, cards, bags, boxes, wads of ribbon.  Ribbon is all over the place in my scraproom.  When I go to a crop, three of my bags are nothing but ribbon.  I love ribbon!  So this challenge was right up my alley!  Here’s my page:

What’s truly amazing is that every single bit of the ribbon on here is from my scrap piles.  It feels so good to finally have it on a page!  For full credits, click on the thumbnail image in the right side menu.  Wanna join in the fun?  Check it out here:  http://hmitm.blogspot.com/ .  If you do join in the fun, would you post a link here so that I can see it too?  Thanks!

I still have a couple of big announcements to make, so please check back in later.  I’m so excited!!!

Sweetness…Pure Sweetness March 28, 2007

Ah, Spring!  It’s all around.  The flowers are blooming (well, mine aren’t…black thumb and all), the birds are singing, the weather is perfect.  I love Spring!  Around this time of year, I start getting all mushy and lovey-dovey.  My poor kids get smothered in kisses and everybody around me has to listen to “I love you…I really love you” over and over.  This is a very happy time of year for me. 

This morning, I’m thinking about love.  I’m probably going to be thinking about love quite a bit over the next couple of months, so if love ain’t your thing, you are probably going to get really sick of me.  lol  Last night, Rodney and I pulled out the Bible and reviewed “love” with the kids.  We talked about what love is, how we can show it, etc.  A couple of them got pretty nervous when we talked about honoring your father and mother and how that shows love.  They’ve been a bit disrespectful lately and they knew it.  lol

So anyway, while on the subject of love…I just gotta share this with you.  I told you about the wedding I went to Sunday afternoon, right?  They are just the sweetest couple and I couldn’t wait to scrap a page of them.  So here it is….

Not your typical wedding page, right?  Well, it wasn’t your typical wedding.  The title of this page, “All You Need is Love,” is the song that was played while she walked down the aisle.  Love that!!!  “love, love, love….love, love, love”  That song has been in my head all morning.  lol  For full credits on the page, just click on the thumbnail image in the right side toolbar.

Here’s another sweet kinda love.   My Daddy, one of the greatest men on the planet, loves kids.  He’s crazy about all kids.  He’s the kind of man that thinks every single baby is beautiful….and we all know that some babies are just plain ugly.  lol  He thinks all kids have a great potential inside them (well, I can’t argue with that one).  My Daddy really knows how to love.  Of course, he’s a wonderful PaPa to my kids, but he’s also great with other people’s kids.  In this pic, he was playing at the park with my friend Jackie’s dd.  Isn’t this just the sweetest?!?!?!

Yep.  This is a paper page.  lol  For full credits, click on the thumbnail image in the right side toolbar.  I had so much fun making this page!  I was thinking about how sweet my Daddy is and I was having a ton of fun playing with the textures on this page.  And LOOK!  I even sewed on the page!!!!  Those who know me know that this is a big deal for me.  I’ve been trying to learn how to sew and really struggle with it.  I’m really proud of me though.  I threaded my own bobbin and re-threaded the machine…and it only took 45 minutes!  I’m getting better!  rofl

 Okay, that’s enough rambling today.  I’ve got an exciting announcement tomorrow, though, so y’all check back if you can.  :)

Woohoo!!!! Something Happy for Me!!! March 26, 2007

Y’all, I’m so excited!!!  My second article at Everyday Digital Scrapbooking was posted today!  It’s about scraplifting.  If y’all wanna check it out, here’s the link:  http://everydaydigitalscrapbooking.blogspot.com/ .  Woohoo!

Here’s a little something fun.  I took this pic of Beau while we were visiting in Oklahoma.  His Daddy was picking on him and he came to me for support.  I was too busy laughing to offer much support to him, poor kid.  This is the look he gave me.  lol

These fun doodles are from Carrie Bombria at http://thebombrias.blogspot.com/index.html .  Y’all check her out.  She’s got a fun blog with a super sweet baby on there.  :)

Whew!  Two blog postings in one day.  What’s happening to me?  Could I really be becoming a blogger?  A real, live blogger?  lol

All You Need is Love…and Peeps March 26, 2007

Date night was a success!  Rodney and I went to Copeland’s, a really nice restaraunt in town.  Some friends had given us a gift certificate for there and we finally got to use it.  Funny thing…they put us way in the back corner.  We were laughing and saying that it was the “cheating corner” reserved just for people who are having affairs and don’t want anyone to know about it.  Then I realized that I didn’t have my wedding rings on.  I had taken them off while washing dishes earlier and forgot to put them back on.   So I guess maybe we were that “cheating” couple.  lol

 Yesterday was a great day too!  We had church all morning, which of course, I love.  Our church is doing a fun thing right now to get kids to bring their friends to church.  They’re giving them all a small box of peeps (you know, the Easter chickies) with a note that says “Bring Your Peeps.”  How cute is that?!  When I got in my car after church, I found this:

My oldest ds, Stephen, had left these in my car for me.  Totally made me smile!

After the 12:15 service at church, we all went over to the adult life center for a WEDDING!  One of our drummers, Grant, married his long-time fiance, Kim.  They’re such a super sweet couple and I am sooo happy for them!  The wedding was just perfect!  It was very small with only a few friends and family in attendance.  Most of the worship team was there, since we love them so much.  :)  I loved the song they played while Kim walked down the aisle.  It was “All You Need is Love” by the Beatles.  They played it again after the ceremony was over.  Kim and Grant are just the sweetest couple and I think they hugged every single person there.  lol  Of course, I gotta share a pic….

Doesn’t that just make you smile?!  Ah, love!  Nothing like it!

Oh Happy Day! March 24, 2007

Woohoo!!!!  I’m going on a date tonight!!!!  Rodney and I hardly ever get to go anywhere alone together.  With this many kids, it’s hard to find a sitter.  lol  But he just informed me that we’re going to dinner and a movie!!!!  Yay!!!!  I’m really excited.  Can you tell?  lol 

And we have a winner for the RAK!  I was going to get my 15yr old son to draw a name, but he’s really really really out of sorts this morning, so Rodney drew a name instead.  And the name he drew is Tammy!  So, Tammy, send me an email with your addy and I’ll get your RAK out to you right away.  :)  Thanks for playing along, y’all!  I had sooooo much fun reading about favorite childhood games.  It brought back so many happy childhood memories.  And I’m so glad to know for certain now that the game my brother and I used to fight over is called “Simon.”  I’m now on a mission to see if I can find one for my own kids.  :)