All about my Family

So the post before this one explains why I haven't been around a lot lately. My wonderful Grandmother passed away recently and we drove out to be with my family and attend the funeral. So I wanted to share some pics of my family, my brother and his kids and my dad and his wife and my Grandma of course. So here we go.

I lived with My Grandma and Grandpa for all of my summers and breaks from school to work in their beauty salon from about 11 to 16 years old. I treasure those memories as both of them are gone now. As always happens family spreads across the country and it becomes hard to be able to see eachother as often as you should. These pictures of my DD and Grandma were taken the last time I saw her which was 5 long years ago. I now treasure these pictures even more than before, and only wish I had some newer ones with her to show. Below are 3 pictures of DD and my Beloved Grandmother.

Pictures of my Brother and his Lovely Family:

And a picture of us:

A picture of my Uncle Teddy and me. I LOVE THIS PICTURE and will treasure it always!!! He is so special and such a sweet sweet gentle soul, there's no one like him in the world!

My Grandmother left each of her granddaughters one of her rings and I am so happy about this, I will wear mine with so much pride and love knowing that I always have some of her with me. Mine is in getting sized and cleaned and having the claws replaced right now and I can't wait to get it back! The picture below is mine and my cousin Danielle's hands. The blue ring is mine and the brown is Danielle's. My first heirloom and it is more special than you can know.

Speaking of my cousin Danielle, I didn't even recognize her at first, how's that for being gone too long? LOL! Here we are at dinner together:

And here's a picture of my brother and I at dinner, wow do we ever look alike!!!

And this one's especially for my dad, lol, he was wondering when there would be some pics of him on my blog. So here are my brother and I with my dad at dinner...wow we all look so alike!!!

And a picture of my Dad and Stepmom and DD:

I am so glad I got to see my family again, it's so hard when you live what seems like so far way. It's easy to look at these photos and forget why I was there in the first place, but now it's all coming back. I don't think it will ever stop hurting and the tears have come again as I remember so I will sign off for now. But I hope that you enjoyed meeting my family as they are so special to me. Love you all!!!!

Sorry I've been MIA

We have had a rough 3 weeks in my family. We were on vacation when DH learned that his Grandmother had passed away so we hopped in our car to get there and help out.

Only a few days after getting back we learned that my Grandmother was gravely ill and the next day she passed away too. So we were away again for quite the long road trip. We just got back last night. We had been planning on getting out to see my Grandmother in September...how things can change in the blink of an eye. I miss her terribly and am so saddened I didn't get that one last trip in to see her as I so desperately wanted. Please, if you are putting off that last trip, spare no expense and get there, regrets are hard to live with!!!

I hope to be back at all of this real soon. Until then take care and let everyone you love know that you love them; take the time it takes to show them and spare no time or expense for that one last visit, it could mean the world to you in the future!!! Now go hug and kiss your family...call your far off relatives...because life is so short!

I love you forever Grandma!!! May your days be filled with happiness in Heaven!!! Till we meet again...

HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!!!!!!!

Hey everyone,

Happy Canada Day! I LOVE Canada day! Today we are going to the local fesitivities as one of our local parks. It will be so much fun! And tonight...fireworks!!! YIPPEE!

Since I have been spending wayyyy to much time on the computer I spent the afternoon with DH shopping and making a cool fountain for our deck. He had seen this one at a great garden store, it had a bamboo spigot and what looked like a steel garden pot with a few water plants in it. Soooo yesterday we went to take a look, we ended up buying the spigot but wanted to shop around for a pot that matched better than a steel one. We found exactly what we wanted at Home Depot! Of course since there were other sizes I had to buy them just so that if we put flowers out on the deck next summer the pots would match (ROFL yeah I'm like that). Well we got it all home and set it up, looked awesome! So then we decided we needed some plants to go with it, to match the pots I had bought ahead of time, lol. So off we went back to Home Depot to get some more. Becuase of the look of the fountain I didn't want flowers or anything that wouldn't "match" and that would take away form the look so we bought tropical house plants (yes houseplants outside and I even have garden decorations inside but that's a different story, lol). And I am LOVIN how it all turned out!

Now we need the new patio furniture that we have been eyeing...next year though. LOL! So wanna see pictures? I warn you it is a simple little arrangement but it reflects my taste and what I love to see in and around my home. So here are a few pictures. ;)

This is my little tropical corner in the prairies! I love it and the sound it makes is so relaxing! And those pots when I found them were so perfect and matched the bamboo of the spigot much better than a steel one! Now you can see why I stocked up, lol!

Well I hope everyone has a GREAT weekend and to all my fellow Canadians, HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!

New Kit 35% off at Digital Candy for ONE WEEK!!!

My last post was about the week long sale starting tomorrow (June 30th) at Digital Candy. And in honor of that sale which is intended for July 1st for Canadians and July 4th for Americans I have released a new and special kit Canadian Days! I just love this kit and had so much fun making it! I really had to stop myself or it would have become a 1 person megakit in no time, lol.

Check it out in My Store at Digital Candy. Have a great weekened everyone and to all my Canadian neighbors HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!!!!!

SALE SALE SALE!!!

Can you tell I'm excited?!LOL! Ok so I have some awesome news to tell you all but I can't ... not yet...but don't fret I will soon!!! And in honor of July 1st for Canadians and July 4th for Americans Digital Candy is having a HUGE WEEK LONG SALE!!!!!! You gotta check it out! I have a new kit just for Canadians coming out especially for this, so take a peek for it on Saturday June 30th when the sale starts (or hey, go there now and look at the rest of my designs and make your list and check it twice for the upcoming sale, lol).

Digital Candy is going so well! There are so many cool new members and everyone is really so sweet! So if you don't have a digi-home or just need a second or third home you have to get over there! There is so much help for everyone no matter what their skill level and everyone is always there to lend a helping hand with anyone's questions (includin me) so it's wayyy cool! And the gallery is rockin! So check it out and don't forget to pop back there for the week long sale!

In other non-digi news I went for my tests yesterday. Can I just say that there is NO WAY Barium is a good thing to drink! ROFL! It was so heavy and so gross that I was this close to losing it! Good thing you can't eat or even drink before hand...now I know the real reason! Hopefully I will have the results back soon and can get everything all fixed up.

Today is Kelsey's last day of school. Can I say I feel like such a cool mom...I bought her a disposable camera (I wouldn't give her my camera...are you crazy?! LOL!) to take with her on her last day so she can take shots of all her friends and stuff and then of course...scrap. She got a Bratz scrapping kit for her birthday so these shots will be perfect. She loves to scrap and draw, that's my girl! :)

Well I hope everyone has a great weekend! I know I will, today is my last day before having 2 weeks holidays from my IRL job and I can't wait!!!!! YAY more scrapping and designing time! Woo-hoo! Alright everyone, enjoy your weekend and your families!

New products!!!

Well I have finished the first 2 in my new line of Punished products, lol! I love that name, rofl! They are items that have been more than grunged up and more than distressed they have been punished. So the first 2 are primary papers packs; Punished Plaid and Punished Polka Dot. I love how they turned out and I am sooo into primary bright colors right now. Must be because it's summer! I think I also forgot to share my Primary Funk Doodle style funky flowers, they go really well with these papers, gee is it too late to change their name? Naw I like primary funk, lol. (I actually name all my papers but I don't get to actually name them like that in the zips or else no one would know what's what, lol, little known tidbit, rofl.)

So here they are:

So it's the start of another week, ugh I hate Mondays if they are not holidays! ROFL! BUT this is my last week of work before a 2 week holiday so I can handle that I guess. I can't wait to sleep in and be lazy!!!

So what else is new? Not much, just wanted to share with you my new products which of course can be found at both of my stores Digital Candy & The Digiscrapshak. Later chickies!

Just Chattin'

Well, this week has flown by! I am so glad it's Friday, I can't wait for a relaxing weekend...do those exist? LOL! Not much planned for us. I have testing to do at the Dr's on Wednesday. I am so sick of avoiding raw vegetables and fruits because of the horrific pain I get in my stomach so I finally asked for them to figure it out instead of just avoiding those foods all together. It makes it so hard to lose weight, plus I miss my salad! Within the past week another issue has come up, I keep feeling full as soon as I start eating and I have to force myself to eat even just a little bit. UGH! I hope they figure this out, although I could stand to lose a few pounds so this might actually be a good thing, lol! I think I've figured it out though, I stumbled across something on the internet after adding this other issue and it sounds totally like what could be happening. Although DH says I'm a hypochondriac and I am no Dr. so I could be wayyy off! ROFL! I guess we will have to wait and see.

I am also totally sick of my hair! It's in between curly and straight and I have to curl or straighten it to leave the house and look somewhat decent. So I am thinking either a perm or straighten it...still unsure though. I am so scared I will look like a poodle or have my hair move in just one solid chunk. I used to have beautiful natural curly hair and worked in a beauty salon, people would come in and say they wanted their perm to look just like my hair, not anymore, where we live now the air is so dry that I can't get it curly to save my life. It's getting pretty long and I don't want to cut it but it's in my way all the time and I HATE it when it's windy (which here is all the time) it tickles my nose and cheeks when it blows around, I know weirdo, lol! So I am going to call my hairdresser and see what she says and hopefully get something done this weekend. (Although I have been saying this since last week, I am SUCH a procrastinator!) I think it also has to do with getting old, it's getting thinner than it used to be and my oh my I have a few gray hairs!!! Aaak!

Vacation is coming up in 1 week, by this time next week I will be on my first day of vacation! YAY! NO work!!! Ok, digi work but that's fun for me ;) I hope to get alot done while I am off but if I don't have projects started and I do get time off I can't seem to start something new, I need to be in the middle of creativeness (not a word I know) to be able to jump back in and get it done. We don't really have any plans, we spent our vacation $$$ going to Vegas a few months ago so we will probably end of just doing day trips around home. The ONE thing I do want to do is go to the zoo. I have only been one time before and was so sick I could not enjoy it so I am excited for that.

Oh I forgot to tell you that dd lost ANOTHER tooth this week! My goodness she is gonna be toothless soon. I think that's 4 in 2 weeks! WOW! So now that I have mentioned my baby can I say it saddens me that she just turned 9?! She is not my baby anymore, and she's my only one, pout!

I just finished reading Dean Koontz's new book The Good Guy, it was good but didn't capture me like some others have. And right now I am reading an old one of his called Night Chills, I am only a little way in and this one's not capturing my attention either. Hmmm....maybe it's my mood lately.

Anyway, that's about it to be caught up since last time I blogged. Hope everyone has a great weekend!!! Later gators!