Stamping & Scrapbooking 2

As I was reading other blogs, like I try to do every day. I came across a great blog or website that shows you maps (designs) for scrapbook pages of various sizes, or cards of various sizes. It doesn't tell you what stamps or paper to use. It just gives you a way to use your own creativity, but it helps you in that it gives you a basic layout. http://www.pagemaps.com/ I always need a little help, and this is great. You can even save the layout if you want to view it again. I think I will also post this site on the side of my blog.

My son, Jonah, who is my only son, is off for college, tomorrow. He starts the day after labor day, September 4th. He is driving back. He has to be in Crown Point, IN, which is an hour away from Chicago. He will start his senior year. His graduation will be in May of 2008. This is a picture of Jonah & a dear friend of ours. I am glad that he will be in his senior year, but I will miss him again. School has not started for me, yet. I am a teacher for a private school. It will start the day after labor day. I may post again before I start school, but the end of summer 2007 is near.

Ribbon Swap

I joined a ribbon swap. I sent 10 yards of ribbon with a self-addressed stamped envelope to Washington State. The ribbon was cut into yard segments. There were 25 people in the swap, five groups of five. I get 10 yards sent back to me. I can't wait to see all my ribbon. I am still wanting to hook up the scanner, so I could scan some cards and pictures. I would put them on my blog.

Stamping & Scrapbooking

I added 2 new links to my blog. Both of them are about stamping and scrapbooking. I make more cards then I do scrapbook pages. I love my blog. I visit these sites about once a week. I like The Scrapbook Lounge. They show you how to make many things.

Montana's Sky

Montana is the "Big Sky Country." Unfortunately, most of this summer, it has been covered with smoke. It has also covered our cars with ash. This has been a bad fire season, with many fires still raging. We have not been in any danger where we live, but the skies sure have been hazy 24 hours a day with smoke. If you are interested in knowing more. I found a great website, with information being updated frequently. The address is http://www.inciweb.org/state/27/ . It tells you where the fire is, how much the fire is contained, and how many arces have burned. You do need to realize that Montana is mostly rural that means that the fires have not done a lot of property damage. It also means that very few lives have been lost, unfortunately, most of them were the fire fighters, themselves.

So Sick

I have been so sick since Sunday. I saw the Doctor, yesterday, with a multitude of symptoms. Anyway. I won't drone on about it. I am feeling a lot better today.

I am a teacher at a private school. I have not been able to get my room ready, because I have been so sick. School starts 2 weeks from today, scary. Most of the other teachers have been already working hard for weeks.

Funny Things Kids Say

These are quotes from kids at my church.
Charity (about 4 or 5 years old: "I haven't seen you in a while."
Jonah (my son): "I haven't seen you in a while either."
Later that day.
Jonah: "Chairty, I haven't seen you in a while"
Charity: "Me, neither!"

This happened when I was in the nursery, with kids about one year olds to three year olds. A boy handed me a hula hoop.
Jonathan: "Do it!"
Me: I can do it on my arm really well.
I demonstrated.
Jonathan: "No, do it on your skirt."

Blogging

I love to read blogs and make comments on others blogs. Even when Mindy is having a bad day, she is still worth reading. As well as, my interesting cousins in Jordan. If you want to read those blogs, see the links on my page. I have also gotten interested in many people's blogs that make things, stamping, scrapbooking, cards, crafts. The blog has so many interesting people that post so many interesting things. My favorites file, called blogging, has grown to about 17 blogs from just 2 blogs. I try to check them every day, or at least every other day. Only 3 more weeks until I start teaching school again. I am not ready. If anyone of you know blogs from other teachers, please let me know. I would love to read them. Yesterday, I got together with a girlfriend, we made about 7 stamped cards each, and watched a funny video by a Christian comedian. I was a lot of fun. If I could figure out how to use my scanner, I would display my cards on my blog. Any way, everybody blog!

David Letterman Show

Tonight, David Letterman had a funny, interesting thing on his show. http://www.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow/video_player/index/php/925658.phtml
It was great!

One of the most interesting things that I have seen all day.

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Montana State Fair

We had fun at the fair. LOL, too much great tasting food. The exhibits were great. I didn't ride on any rides though, a very unusual thing.

More Fun, shorter slide shows

This one is funny, I don't exactly like the song, but I love the funny pictures. This is a pretty short one.

http://www.greetingflix.com/GreetingFlix/Recipient_View.aspx?ID=a3bc7jhd48213498fdljsdfj&To=julie_1964@hotmail.com&ForFrnd=Y&OID=2134

This one has pictures of Jim, Jonah, and I. It is a little more serious.

http://www.greetingflix.com/GreetingFlix/Recipient_View.aspx?ID=a3bc7jhd48213398fdljsdfj&To=julie_1964@hotmail.com&ForFrnd=Y&OID=2133

Click on this link to see a new slideshow

http://www.onetruemedia.com/shared?p=34e369df7c3cf3990012f2&skin_id=407&utm_source=otm&utm_medium=text_url

A very cool slide show, lots of family and friends are pictured here. I also put some funny stuff at the end. LOL, it was fun and free to create. You can also add your own music. This one is really long, but worth it. If you don't like the music, just turn it off.

State Fair, Fun, Friends, and Lots of Laughter

Lol, I went to the state fair, with Jonah & Hubby and a friend of Jonah's. While we were there we were joined by 2 girl friends of mine. Any way, we were getting a funnel cake with lots of powdered sugar on it. My friends decided to have a powdered sugar fight, they got powdered sugar all over each other (clothes, hair, shoes). It was fun, I laughed and they laughed.

So then we went to wal-mart, and it was very late. My feet were hurting me, so my friend decided to have me drive one of the carts. They really don't move very fast. We got to the soda aisle. I needed some, so I got off of the cart and had to reach way back and pull one off the shelf. I knocked another 12 pack off of the shelf and onto the floor. Cans went everywhere. It was embarrassing, but also funny. I was laughing too hard, so my friend tried to clean it up. I tried to make a fast get away in my cart, but the battery went out. My friend push, pulled, and dragged that driving cart up to the front of the store. I was laughing way too hard. We get to the cashier aisle. The lady asks my friend what was going on, she procedes to tell her of our adventures, which is now making me laugh even harder. While I am laughing, she is buying her groceries. She drops her ice cream on the ground. A man hits me in the back with his T.V. ladden shopping cart. At least he didn't hurt me, but it sure made me laugh all the more. I am laughing even while writing this story. Lol, it was so funny!