After our crazy cold weather the week before the Super Bowl I’ve decided my “northern” friends are tougher than I am.  There was way to much ice and snow for me.  School was canceled 4 days in a row. Even though that no longer makes me crazy (my daughter is easy at home) it was just the idea we couldn’t get out that made us stir crazy. Cold to me is in the 40’s F and that week we were in the “teens”. You see I don’t like coats.  I don’t like bundling  up. The favorite feature in my truck is not the stereo or moon roof it’s the heated seats!  I like short sleeves and flip flops. This is the farthest north I’ve ever lived and have no intention of going any farther. In fact the Florida Keys are sounding fantastic right about now.

We don’t have snow plows … Read More

I know a lot of people that define themselves by what kind of scrapbooking they do, I know I used to be one of them.  I was a decorative scrapbooker and pages took me hours to complete.  That was OK because at that time in my life in the mid 90’s that is what I needed. It was my brief monthly reprieve from raising 4 small children. It was how I “unwound”.

Now that I’ve been around a while as a seasoned scrapper I prefer not to label myself.  Yes, I love digital and it is now the primary focus of my memory keeping but I also had many traditional pictures not yet in albums.  I used expandable Picfolios to do mine and my husbands growing up years thru our college years.  I am using traditional albums still for my kids school years and up to a couple months ago … Read More