Rakscraps Blog Challenge

1. What colors do you use the most when you scrap?
It really depends on the pictures I am scrapping. I have used everything from orange, to purple to tan. I have realized lately that when I am buying kits my eyes are attracted to cooler colors.

2. What is your favorite kit theme? (like boys, girls, heritage, special event, etc)
Definately a toss up between boys and girls kits.

3. What are your favorite elements to use when you scrap?
I love using ribbons and bows and I have been on a flower kick lately.

4. Describe your style (even if you don't think you have one!)
I think I would describe my style as "clean and simple" I don't like things over crowed when I do (but love it on others).

5. If you could have one kit made especially for you, what would it be for?
I have HUNDREDS of photos from our Christmas in Hawaii from 2004. A lot of them were taken while we were all wearing out coordinating "Christmas Hawaiian" shirts which have a lot of red & green in them. The Christmas kits just don't have the Hawaiian spirit and all the Hawaiian/Beach kits are typically too bright. See the photo below so you can see an example

my new fav LO of Gabrielle and I in Hawaii.

I just LOVE working with Gina's designs. Everything on the LO is from her.

I guess THIS is my last one, I thought this posted earlier this weekend but I was wrong. This is Gabrielle's Newborn picture. How beautiful is she at 12 hours! Backgound my Gina Miller from her Beautiful Florals, Doodle from Dawn's Doodles by Hunibuni, font 2Peas Blueberry Pie & At Last Greeting

Last upload for the night ... here is my hair the night I got it cut. Not the best pic since I took it myself.

Reworked a layout I did a few weeks ago. It was a scraplift and at first I couldn't figure out how to make the curved dotted line. I figured it out though!! My 1st layout with Tabatha Reed's My World kit. Great colors it is available at www.digiscrappin.biz

My first Layout with Anita's stuff. I am SO excited to be on her Creative Team. This is her Playful Posies kit available at www.NDISB.com

My Sunshine ... Gabrielle this past October in her newest (at the time) Gymboree dress. My World Kit by Tabatha Reed. I SO love creating layouts with her kits.

My 1st Tag

The wonderful Anita tagged me ... It is my 1st so it is exciting for me.

1. What were you doing 10 years ago?
I was in my junior year of High School (man I feel a lot younger now)

2. What were you doing 1 year ago?
Just about the same thing that I am doing this year, except last year I was seperated not divorced.

3. Five snacks you enjoy:
Dorito's, sharp cheddar cheese, french fries, apples & carmel, cake

4. Five songs to which you know all the lyrics:
Beautiful One by ByTheTree, Heart of Worship by Micheal W. Smith, She Let Herself Go by George Strait, Butterfly Kisses by Bob Carlisle, and just for fun .... A Sailor Went to Sea

5. Five bad habits:
Posting on my favorite message boards (LOL - it is bad because I do it at work!) staying up TOO late, slacking on dishes, slacking on laundry, eating fast food

6. Five things you like doing:
digi scrapping, shopping, reading, taking pics of my kids, collecting digi scrapping kits

7. Five things you would never wear, buy or get again:
A-line swing dress (come on they look like a tent), stir-up pants, tappered leg jeans, high heeled shoes (not since I broke my foot), anything strapless

8. Five favorite toys:
My new digital camera, PSP 8, can't think of anything else LOL

9. Five people I want tagged - My F&F Girls
Katie
Amy
Yvette
Amber Lynn
Aimee

ER Last Night

Did anyone watch ER last night with the ALS patient?

I watched it and it was really emotional for me. My mother has ALS as does her older brother. By Uncle is already on a vent but we hardly ever see him. Like MAYBE once a year. After seeing the episode last night my parents were talking and have decided to get paperwork drawn up saying that my mom doesn't want to be on a vent when it comes to that point. They have already had problems with the doctor in the ER trying to "push" procedure on them so after seeing that last night on the show it is really prompting them to put stuff in writing. We will of course all sit down as a family and talk everything out in the near future, but it is still hard to think about it.

Shows like this really accurate display ALS patients and are like a looking glass for us to see what the future will hold for my mom (since we really don't see my uncle). She was diagnosed 4 years ago and it has not rapidly progressed, and my uncle was diagnosed in 1992 but he is in the end stages. She still talks, drives, walks functions basically like you and I with some modifications to make it easier for her. For example during long distances she uses either forearm crutches or her motorized chair.

I am kind of rambling here, but I wanted to share with my friends how I was feeling today.

On a totally differnt note ... ScrapMommies is up and running again! YAHOO! Now to figure out which LO's I need to post to get my Kit from last month.

My layout from the block party crop at Scrapbook Bytes this past weekend.

Small Dot Paper by A Wolff
Large Dot Paper by Tania Cordova
Both from the January '06 RAKScraps Mega Kit