Sugar Shoppe ~ ASDS October Collab Kit October 1, 2008

The ASDS Collaberation team have done it again!!!  We have a gorgeous, HUGE mega kit to share again this month.  It’s called Sugar Shoppe and the previews I’ve seen are just amazing.  The link to my part is under my preview.  I have 3 zip files in the 4 shared link.  Then make sure to scroll down to find the blog train and pick up all the other pieces….

Pick up my part of Sugar Shoppe here

Now, continue the train ride and see the rest of the kit…

A Zone for Digiscraps
Adventures in Scrapland
Andrea Whitt <<<>>
Angel
Ann (mumsy)
Arvita Elam
BeaconScraps
Blind Sight Designs
Brooke & Joni of Ahhh Scrap!
Burkhart Scrapzone (Michaele)
Buzybee (Penny)
by God’s design
Carolyn Ritter
Charlie
City Scribe Scraps
Creative Digital Scraps by Chiara
Deanna at Flower Scraps
Deb aka The Scrappin Cop
Debbie
Doodle’s Designs
Erika {aka PinkuPixie}
jeanniebs designs
Jody of Munchkyn Scraps
Judith of Just Another Scrap
Kalo Designs
Kathy Goldstein Designs The Scrap Loft
Krystal of Scraps Sealed with a Kiss
Late Night Scraps
Lei
Linda’s Dream Designs
Lynn of Heavenly Crafts
Mags at MagsGraphics
Manda at Disaster In Designs
Mandy at Scraps With Spunkitude
Mardesia at Crafter’s Boutique
Marie
Melanie aka Sweetasmel
Melonie @ Designs By Mel
Merrilee
MJ at My Sweet Tater
Monica at Random Inspirations
Nadine at Scrappinmamma’s Digitals
Nora
pandabeardesigns
Rachness
Scrappy Cats at Moving ON
Shabby Tagger
Shannon of ScrappyShannon
Shel at Shel Belle Scraps
Silver Fae (aka Karen J)
Stacey Crossley
Stephanie
Teri at TerisThingOMyJigs
Three Bright Lights Design
Xandra

New Freebie Kit… September 30, 2008

Sadly, I’ve had this kit finished for a few weeks now but I’m just now getting around to sharing it.  I stay so busy with work and taking care of my family.  I’m also supposed to start selling my goodies soon and I’ve been working on two awsome kits and getting ready to start another one.  I’ll have more info on that later.  So for now, I have put together a baby girl kit since I made a baby boy kit last month.  Think link to 4 shared is under the preview

Go here to pick up the 5 zip files.

When it rains…it pours! September 21, 2008

Wow, so much crap has been happening lately.  Sometimes I feel like my head is spinning.  Scrapping usually calms me but I’ve not had time to create much.  My grandmother had to have major surgery Friday and I’ve been worried to death about her.  He had to have a mastectomy (second one), lymph nodes removed and a tumor removed from her shoulder blade.  Luckily, she pulled through the surgery well but she was put in ICU for close observation because she was having chest pains after the surgery.  She’s doing better now and out of ICU so hopefullyro it’s uphill from here. 
Another issue I have going on right now…I had a copper IUD put in 5 months ago to prevent any more suprises, lol.  Well, it came out Friday night and I’m devestated about it.  Here I was thinking I had 10 years to decide if we were going to have another baby and the thing just came out!  Now I have to call my doctor’s office tomorrow (because they’re not open on the weekends) and try to get in to see them.  I hope it didn’t cause any damage coming out, sorry if TMI, but I can’t help but worry.  I think I can get another one but I’m not real sure.  But of course I’ll have to go through that pain again.  I’m so upset!!!!! 
Marie (my oldest in 2nd grade) will start an after school tutoring program tomorrow.  I hate the idea of making her go to school until 5 in the evening BUT she just does not care about school this year.  I can finally get her to do her homework but she doesn’t do it to remember it to pass her tests.  I was proud of her Friday though, she did excellent on her spelling test this week.  She made 102 on it!  I was tickled to death with that grade but she got a 50 on her vocabulary test and a 70 (which is passing) on her reading test.  I was going over her vocab test with her and asked her why did she put the answers that she did.  Her answer to me was this, “Well, Mommy, that’s what Jordan was saying to write.”  So my child was cheating and failed.  She cheated once last year on a test and I thought we had an understanding that you can’t do that but I guess she was tempted and did it again.  I can’t help but wonder what the other girl made on her test, lol.  I told Marie not to do that anymore.  She knew those words and definitions better than that.  For example, she put the word Cattle for the definition…not working; damaged – and the word safety for the definition…cows, bulls, and steers raised for their milk, meat and hides.  Kinda funny when you think about it but the big 50/F on her paper looks really bad.  Oh well, I just hope tutoring helps her.  I want her to do good in school and at least try.  All of her friends will be going to a different school next year and if she fails she’ll be staying at Givens Elementary.  She just said to me one day…”I don’t care mommy, I’ll make new friends.”  What can you say to that?!  She just doesn’t care.  So, tutoring here she comes. 
Well, I gotta run and get ready for work.  I hope this evening isn’t as busy as yesterday evening.  There were soooooo many people at Walmart yesterday.

My new adventure… September 2, 2008

I have decided to try a scrapper-for-hire business.  I’ve been thinking about it for a long time but somehow couldn’t figure out where to start.  Well, I made myself a website and I’m getting a bunch of friends to test it out for me.  I want to make sure the links work and the pages download right…and then I’m going to advertise on local bulletin boards and such.  I may print some business cards too.  I don’t know what will come of it but I am hoping it will be a hit.  I know a lot of people around here are very interested in what I do but they don’t have the time or patience to learn to do it themselves.  If anyone has any suggestions I would appreciate it.  If you check out my website and find that something doesn’t load right or a link is wrong (or I have a typo…I’m so bad for those sometimes), please let me know   You can visit Scrapbooks by Andrea here…

http://scrapbooksbyandrea.awardspace.com/

Happy scrappin

Shewww….life can be complicated! August 23, 2008

I’ve been working at Walmart since August 8th.  I was hired as a people greeter, but I’ve also worked in the fitting room (answering a 5 line phone and transfering calls and paging over the intercom) and I’ve had to take returns back to where they belong on the floor.  I don’t mind putting up returns, that’s no big deal.  I just have to figure out where everything goes, lol.  I do NOT like that phone.  I don’t really talk on the phone a lot and I’ve never ran a multi-line phone like that.  It would be quite for 10 or 15 minutes and then I’d get 2 and 3 calls all at once.  It was confusing.  I finally got the hang of it near the end of my shift but I don’t want to do that again.  I might sound picky or whatever…but I was a nervous wreck by the time I left that night.  I don’t think it would have been so bad if I knew all the main people BUT it was just my 3rd night there.  I just prefer not to have to do that again at least until I get to know people there better. 
     I had to leave an hour early last night to take Miranda to the hospital.  I hated having to leave but she was misserable.  She wouldn’t eat or sleep and she was pulling at her ears so I figured she had an ear infection.  Sure enough…both ears were infected.  She also has a cold and is trying to cut two teeth.  My baby has been misserable.  Right now she’s playing with Katie so I think she’s starting to feel better.  I hope so.  She hasn’t slept well for two days.  They gave her antibiotics.  Well, gotta run…she’s cryin 4 me again

New CU Freebie – Flower Patch August 11, 2008

I’ve made a new freebie for everyone.  It was made for the color challenge at Digital Scrapbooking dot Org.  I fell inlove with these colors.  They are beautiful!  Here a preview of the kit.  The links to 4Shared are below the preview.  I’d love you see what you create with my kit   If you can, please leave a comment and link to your layout.  It’s not required though.

You can pick this kit up here:
 

Zip 1 – http://www.4shared.com/file/58508816/41e7bee6/AndreaWhitt_FlowerPatch_zip1.html

Zip 2 – http://www.4shared.com/file/58512585/53290e92/AndreaWhitt_FlowerPatch_zip2.html

Zip 3 – http://www.4shared.com/file/58517508/d29f0815/AndreaWhitt_FlowerPatch_zip3.html

Zip 4 – http://www.4shared.com/file/58641134/9c121d23/AndreaWhitt_FlowerPatch_zip4.html

Zip 5 – http://www.4shared.com/file/58645258/4edadf80/AndreaWhitt_FlowerPatch_zip5.html

I survived my first day :) August 9, 2008

Yesterday was my first day at work.  I am now the People Greeter at my local WalMart.  I haven’t been trained for that yet.  I spent all day yesterday doing orientation and a bunch of reading and quizes on the computer.  Man…there’s a ton of them.  I hope to finish them up tomorrow so I can start my actual job.  I’m still nervous about it though.  I don’t think it will be too bad, just dread the very beginning and getting the hang of it.  I’m good at smiling and being friendly so that part is down path, lol.  Just gotta check merchandise if the alarm goes off.  I am so glad I got the job though, we need some extra income soooo bad.  Now I can pull some of the weight of finacial burden off my husband.  It’s hard with three kids but we make ends meet the best we can.  Hopefully, it won’t be quite so hard now.  I just miss my babies when I’m working.  But I know I’m helping them too.  The only thing I don’t like about it is that several days next week I have to work 4 till 11 and I’ll go pick Marie and Katie up for school and bring them to my m-i-l and get their homework out for her to help them because I’ll have to get to work.  I’m glad she’s gonna help me with them.  Well, better run.  I’ve been working on a freebie kit for a color challenge at Digital Scrapbooking dot Org.  I love the colors and am having fun playing with them.

3 Newest Layouts August 6, 2008

Adventure layout credits can be found here

Katelynn May credits can be found here

The Taste of Nature layout credits can be found here

Wow, I should blog more often August 6, 2008

I noticed it’s been quite a while since I last blogged so I thought I’d jump in here and do it.  I can’t believe summer is almost over.  It’s been an interesting one for sure.  This year I took my girls to see fireworks for the first time.  They also got to go to the pool and a carnival for the first time.  I guess you could say we’ve had a summer of firsts.  My husband usually tells me I can’t go or comes up with some lame excuse why I can’t but this year I didn’t ask.  I just said we’re going here on this day and took them   They’re too big to be sitting home all summer doing nothing.  They loved the fireworks.  One of Katie’s friends from school showed up and she got to watch the fireworks with us.  One of Marie’s friends was there too and his family sat beside of us.  I hadn’t seen real fireworks in about 8 or 9 years so it was a real treat for me too.  We also watched a tire burn-out earlier that day that was interesting.  My husband would have LOVED that but he didn’t want to go with us.  His mom went.  Two of her brothers had vehicles in the burn out.  They really ’smoked um’ too.  One of uncle Ken’s tired busted because he burned them so long.  Honaker (VA) had a beautiful firework display.  I had never been down there to watch them but I’ll be going every year now.  It was amazing. 
   The carnival was a big hit too.  Katie was just barely 42″ tall but she got to ride all but one of the rides without me.  I couldn’t tell you how many times I had to walk up the steps to slide down this huge slide.  They said she was a bit too short to ride it alone.  I think I lost a couple pounds that day, lol.  But we had tons of fun so it was worth it.
   I’ll have to post the layouts I’ve made of our summer fun.  I am working on an album of just this summer.  Soon, school will be going back and the pool will close.  I found out today what teacher my girls are getting.  Katie will be in Ms. Vanessa Hess’s class.  I’m glad because Marie had her for kindergarten and I really liked her.  Marie will be in Ms. Tracy’s room.  I don’t really know her yet but I haven’t heard any complaints about her, so that’s good, lol.  I dread to see the summer go but I’m excited about school too.  I need that schedule to add structure to my life, I guess you could say.  Maybe I’ll get to do more scrappin and cleaning when they’re in school.  I’m supposed to start working soon though and don’t yet know what my hours will be.  I got the job as exit/greeter at my local walmart.  I really need the money so I’m excited about it.  Well, I’ll quit rambling now and get back to this fall kit I’ve been working on.  I’ll be back in a bit to post some new layouts I’ve made.  I just have to upload them to photo bucket first.  Later

3 More (matching) Layouts May 4, 2008

I have finally been taking the time to scrap again.  It is so hard to do much while playing and taking care of my babies.  I have so many pictures I want to get scrapped and so many ideas floating around in my head but now I’m getting the time to sit here and get them out and show them off.  I downloaded Retrodiva’s free ‘Be Mine’ kit and made a layout of Katelynn with it.  I thought the kit was so gorgeous I just had to use it again so I decided to make one of all three of my girls with the kit.  Here’s the 3 layouts I made…

Sweet Marie

Sweet Katelynn

Sweet Miranda

Aren’t my daughters so beautiful?!  I am so proud of those little boogers, lol.  They are my world!