Super savings!

First i want to say thanks for letting me know that last email is a hoax but still i am happy to post it, if it has a chance to save a life by making others a little more aware of such a thing even POSSIBLY happening! and we all know, ANYTHING is possible! but i am truly glad to know this one didn't really happen to ANY child! :D
Now i want to let you know that i found some REAL BARGAINS, if you like to buy kits VERYYYYY INEXPENSIVE!!!! i would NEVER consider calling a designer's works cheap, but at these prices it sure is hard! lol These kits are full kits and all soo LOVELY!! i hope you check them out for yourself and maybe pick up a BARGAIN! :D
GiselaB Designs
i have been working on a couple of new kits too! WOOHOO! i LOVE when the creativity flows!! lol look for me to share them soon!;)
and last, today, i wanted to pass this on:
John is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, 'If I were any better, I would be twins!'

He was a natural motivator.

If an employee was having a bad day, John was there telling the employee how to look on the positive side of the situation

Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up and asked him, 'I don't get it!

You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?'

He replied, 'Each morning I wake up and say to myself, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or ... you can choose to be in a bad mood

I choose to be in a good mood.'

Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or...I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it.

Every time someone comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or... I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life.

'Yeah, right, it's not that easy,' I protested.

'Yes, it is,' he said. 'Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose how you react to situations. You choose how people affect your mood.

You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live your life.'

I reflected on what he said. Soon hereafter, I left the Tower Industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice about life instead of reacting to it.

Several years later, I heard that he was involved in a serious accident, falling some 60 feet from a communications tower.

After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive care, he was released from the hospital with rods placed in his back.

I saw him about six months after the accident.

When I asked him how he was, he replied, 'If I were any better, I'd be twins...Wanna see my scars?'

I declined to see his wounds, but I did ask him what had gone through his mind as the accident took place.

'The first thing that went through my mind was the well-being of my soon-to-be born daughter,' he replied. 'Then, as I lay on the ground, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or...I could choose to die. I chose to live.'

'Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?' I asked

He continued, '..the paramedics were great.

They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the ER and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got really scared. In their eyes, I read 'he's a dead man'. I knew I needed to take action.'

'What did you do?' I asked.

'Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting questions at me,' said John. 'She asked if I was allergic to anything 'Yes, I replied.' The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, 'Gravity'.'

Over their laughter, I told them, 'I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead.'

He lived, thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude... I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully.

Attitude, after all, is everything .

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.' Matthew 6:34.

After all today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.

Thank you so much for visiting and i hope you have a BEAUTIFUL day where ever you may be :D HUGS!

lost child

Wanted to share this email:
While shopping at

Sam's Club a mother was leaning over looking for meat and turned

around to find her 4 yr. old daughter was missing. I was standing

there right beside her, and she was calling her daughter with no

luck.

I asked a man who worked at Sam's to announce it over the loud

speaker for Katie. He did, and let me say he immediately walked

right past me when I asked and went to a pole where there was a

phone. He made an announcement for all the doors and gates

to be locked, a code something.

So they locked all the doors at once. This took all of 3 minutes
after I asked the guy to do this. They found the little girl 5
minutes later in a bathroom stall. Her head was half shaved, and

she was dressed in her underwear with a bag of clothes, a razor,

and wig sitting on the floor beside her to make her look different.

Whoever this person was, took the little girl, brought her into the

bathroom, shaved half her head, and undressed her in a matter of

less than 10 minutes.. This makes me shake to no end. Please

keep a close eye on your kids when in big places where it's easy for

you to get separated.

It only took a few minutes to do all of that-another 5 minutes and

she would have been out the door. I am still in shock that some

sick person could do this, let alone in a matter of minutes. The

days are over when our little ones could run rampant all over the

place and nothing would happen to them.

The little girl is fine. Thank God for fast workers who didn't take

any chances.

BE SURE TO FORWARD THIS TO EVERYONE, SO THEY KNOW JUST

HOW SICK PEOPLE ARE OUT THERE!!! (This happened at the Sam's

Wholesale Club in Omaha , Nebraska ..)

This message has been added to the story above:

I received this e-mail from one of my friends today. Let me first

tell you that I work at the Sam's club in Lincoln , NE. The code

that was spoken of is called a 'Code Adam'. It is named after John

Walsh's (host of Americas Most Wanted) son Adam who was

kidnapped and murdered many y ears ago. It is used in all Sam's

Clubs,Walmarts, and Wal-mart super centers to locate lost children.

This is how it works. If by some means you have been separated

with your child tell the nearest employee! The employee will page a

'Code Adam' (missing child in the store) over the intercom system

followed by a description of the child (height, weight, hair color,

age, name etc).

When that page goes out all the exits are immediately guarded,

and/or locked in some cases, also every employee will stop whatever

they are d oing no matter what it is and help look for the missing

child. This will continue until the child is found.

If the child is not found within a reasonable time then the police

are notified and the store will conduct an isle by isle search. So
if ever you are separated from your child now you know

what to do.

Missing children pictures hang by the exits of all Wal-mart and

Sam's Club stores, please take a few minutes to look these over as

you leave, you just might have seen one of the children

on them and

you might be the one to give their parents hope and give the police

a new lead in finding them.

Thank you.

Sincerely, Rudy Magee Sam's Club #6413

Even if you do not have little kids, pass this one on to everyone

you can think of. You never know who you might save by sharing this info!

just checking in

Just wanted to check in and apologize for neglecting you and my blog but after moving furniture and all the clean up, well, i have just been too pooped to party! lol
i would also like to know what you think of the President being on Deal or No Deal AND our presidential candidates showing up on WWE wrestling? Other than that i still have some more organizing ( and planting) to do today. and that's after THREE loads of wash yesterday and TONS more clean up (inside AND out!)lol It's WONDERFUL getting furniture to help me do that finally!!
Thanks soo much for your visit today and have a BEAUTIFUL day! HUGS :D

Another Beautiful day in Paradise

Hi Ladies! How is your week going? i hope it's going well for you!
Yesterday DH dropped DS off at work and our ford explorer died! It took DH about 2 1/2 hours before he made it to work. Found out it was some wire that broke behind a plastic piece, so he didn't even see it! Costs about $40. for DH to have it found and fixed! Thankfully it was not too costly because he is having the brakes checked out today but this bill we EXPECTED! lol
We are still working on getting this house organized, not that it EVER was, but we DO keep trying. LOL
It all started with moving in that hutch! lol oh yes, i did mean to mention that it was found THROUGH the swapmeet, as a couple of vendors there have a shop elsewhere, where the hutch was. AND the guys were soo nice, after we told them about one we were going to get for $75.00, they said they had one and would match the price!!!! How cool is that!?!!! Thanks Rick and Dusty!! i really LOVE it and know that i will be switching up the things that i put in for display! lol That's probably half the fun! lol EVERYTHING i have in there (even my china!!) was bought at the swapmeet, CHEAP!! and i think it all looks sooooooooo pretty having a nice place to display them!
Last night, we went through a TON of books, which to keep and which to find a new home! lol My sister told me that my one niece donates them to the library and gets a tax write off for it!! That is something I would have NEVER thought, to donate to the Library?!! lol i would have thought they had enough and why would they want mine?! LOL Although i am not sure ALL the libraries do that, we are going to try! i HATE seeing a good book (and too many books are good!! lol) in the dump!! i have heard of Paperback swaps too that i will be looking into, if the library doesn't want our donation! We ALWAYS get our books for such a GREAT deal and have been accumulating quite a few!
Before i leave off here i want to share something i found cute and funny! i hope you do too! :D
Flour and Water

How come when you mix water and flour together you get glue?..

but
then you add eggs
and sugar... and you get cake?


Where did the glue go ?

NEED AN ANSWER?

You know darned well where it went!

That's what makes the cake stick to your BUTT


Now that you've smiled at least once, it's your turn to spread the silliness


We all need a good laugh, keep on smiling

Thank you so very much for visiting and i hope you have a WONDERFUL day!! HUGS!! :D

Not done yet!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SON! YOU KNOW YOU ARE MISSED AND VERYY LOVED! HUGS!!!!
Hi ladies!
Well, DH FINALLY got my pictures off the camera lol and although we are pretty much DONE with the hutch, moving (and finding a new place) for plants and other little things around is still VERY MUCH going on! lol what a job!!


Well worth the wait AND the work though, don't you think?
This weekend was actually record breaking temperatures, one local city getting as hot as 102 degrees ALREADY! lol Got to love the desert! lol
Today is going to be another BEAUTY but then tomorrow about 20 degrees cooler and BELOW the average for a couple of days!! sure hope it is the last of the chilly mornings though! i LOVE the spring and summer, even fall but NOT the cold!! Funny how much i loved playing in the snow when i was younger! LOVED climbing snow mounds and making snowmen and snowforts! lol Too cold for me now! lol
But there is still LOTS of snow on the higher mountains, here is a picture that was taken this weekend, from the swapmeet.

AND DH's cactus garden is blooming!! He is so THRILLED!!!


i also want to say thank you so very much for ALLLL the WONDERFUL comments left here and on 4shared!! i read them all and appreciate them soo much! they not only let me know you are there LOL but also that you like my kits (or don't in some cases lol) so i know what more to make or what is not going to go over big! so THANK YOU!!! and it REALLY helps the creative juices flow too!!! WOOHOO!! :D
Thanks, also for your visit to my blog!! i LOVE LOVE LOVE sharing this way and getting to know you too!! which is where i am going now!! hehe off to see what you all have been up to this weekend! Get your blogs ready, cause here i come!! WOOHOOO!! lol Have a BEAUTIFUL day! :D

Still Waiting and a freebie!

Hi, how is everyone today? all well, i hope!! everything here is still on hold, waiting for my hutch delivery! DH and i even picked up the bottom part, ourselves, so all they have to deliver is the top (heavier) part! lol Yes, i couldn't hardly wait and already have my china in the bottom half LOL Well, hopefully they will deliver this morning yet and i won't have to wait ALLLLLLLLL day, like i did yesterday. DH talked to the guy and he said he was calling all day and getting a wrong number, so we made sure he has the correct number and here i wait! sigh i do have a couple of numbers for him too and will start using them if it gets to noon today!! lol hey, a lady has to KNOW what's going on with her hutch, no? LOL
oh and one thing i did want to mention is that i PRAY no one was in any way offended with my Mrs. Butterworth bottles from my last post!! i thought they were so clever and artsy and after i posted, it hit me that they might be taken as offensive. if so, please forgive me, it sooo was NOT my intent!
Well, i did have time to play with a kit and hope you like & use it! :D
it's called Sprang Thang because i think it has attitude LOL


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24.0 mgs
Please enjoy it and if you send others here to download, I, THANK YOU!! :D
Special thanks goes to:
Phreephorm Designs/Heather Bostian
KimB.designs
Roberta D'Achille
Bunny S Cates aka SomeBunny
Scrap N Tag
Netmaus' Scraps
I totally appreciate all the commercial use products you create, so playas like me can have fun too!!!! THANK YOU, LADIES!
it is sooo chilly and windy here today and this weekend it suppose to get into the 80's... go figure! lol
i sure hope it's a BEAUTIFUL spring day where you are!! Thank you so much for your visit and i LOVE your comments too!! oh yes, i read them! lol i even catch them on 4shared pages and read them all!! HUGS!!! Have a WONDERFUL day! :D

April Showers bring May flowers

Happy April! sorry for my absence but sometimes life has a way of getting in the way of my scrapping fun. LOL We have been extremely busy with getting this place organized somewhat! DH, DS & i moved out an old upright piano, WHAT A BACKBREAKER!! lol When we moved here, almost 4 years ago, we found an old piano, pool table, entertainment center and car ALL left behind and left on this property for the new tenant or the landlord to deal with. WELL, we got it all LOL and although the piano was in despereate need of a tuning, i still tried to LEARN on it! IMPOSSIBLE to do when it has dead keys on top of alll the out of tune ones! lol so there it sat for about 3 more years until this weekend!! DH bought me a sweet china hutch that is going in the piano's place! WOOHOO! the reason for the hutch, is because we bought my first set of REAL china about a year or two ago and i have NEVER had a place to put them! lol so i do NOW!!! well, as soon as it gets delivered, i will! LOL i can hardly wait! my china is white and green patterned and my new hutch is off white with light green trim! PERFECT! lol funny how patience pays off! lol We even offered the men who will deliver my new hutch, the old piano, FREE and they about told me what i could do with my piano LOL so i am really NOT sure what we can do with it yet! Anyone want it? ROFL YOU pay shipping! lol ok well, maybe that is not an option either!! lol
i hope April is being kind to you! For some, i know it is raining cats & dogs, for days on end! (Sorry sis but it will bring BEAUTIFUL flowers!!)
Does everyone know who Mrs. Butterworth is? The lady bottle of pancake syrup?!! well, check this out, she got a makeover! lol

someone did a FANTASTIC job painting them!! Even giving two of them a collar brooch! lol i couldn't resist them! All three for a dollar and i was told the guy, i guess who did the painting, was asking like $65.00 for the set! crazy!!
i have soo much more to do yet today but i will leave you with some desert pictures i took this weekend!

The desert's first blooms


local rider


Thank you so very much for visiting!! Have a BEAUTIFUL day! HUGS!! :D