Yep, just when I thought I was getting back into the creative mode, my computer dies! My hard drive bit the dust and not very nicely. Of course my backup is over 3 months old, so I’ve lost a bunch of stuff. Thankfully nothing life-altering important, but lots of effort involved in what was lost. So now I’m just using my hubby’s computer to check email until my hard drive replacement arrives (and ugh, it was delayed until Halloween – not much of a good omen, eh?). I am creating cards (I’m *determined* to get Halloween cards out) and I’m taking pictures, but I don’t have my image software loaded, so posting will have to wait.

Much thanks goes out to my blog followers for your patience!

We made it to Hawaii! We found a house and are almost done with the process of buying it. Hopefully before too long we’ll be moved in. Unfortunately until we do get moved in, I am without stamping supplies. I must say it is driving me BONKERS! I haven’t stamped since the middle of December, but I keep up with reading other blogs and my mojo is ready to explode my head! The good news is that I have many projects that I worked on since I stopped blogging in October so I will have items to post – probably once a week so they will last til I get my supplies again!

For those of you who like this kinda thing, I am posting a picture of me and my girls. See I really do exist, I’m not invisible, lol. If you are interested in other pictures, I have an account at Flickr.

Thanks for your patience!

Well our move date hasn’t changed in a few weeks, so I guess it is safe to finally publish it. We will be moving to Hawaii on January 5th! I am so excited! This will be a great experience for my young girls. This isn’t a permanent move – just 2 years. But I must say, now that the cold has come, I am so looking forward to warm weather year-round!

I have so much to do between now and then. Since I still haven’t completely unpacked from moving into our current house (which happened a couple years ago), there are things that I *know* we can get rid of. And since we will be coming back to this same house after Hawaii, I don’t want to get rid of everything, so I need to determine what goes with us and what gets stored.

I have been in a stamping slump ever since I realized I will only be able to bring a fraction of my stuff with me. So, as of today, I am officially on break! My blog will be neglected, but only until after we move. Of course, I’ll always be found on SCS!

Wow – these past couple of hours have been quite, um, interesting. Tonight is the beginning of the VSN challenge weekend over at SCS. Being the procrastinator that I am, I am frantically trying to finish the last couple of challenges. One of which I chose to use baby powder. Not having used it on my children, I was apparently unaware of how the bottle works. So, instead of simply peeling the sticker from the holey lid, I pried the lid off…and well…I’m sure science was involved in this:

And if that wasn’t bad enough, SCS is down. VSN was supposed to start at 7pm ET…that was about the same time SCS went down. It is now 8:15 pm I know the powers-that-be are trying as hard as they can to get it working, but I feel for the coordinators of VSN. (((hugs))) to Vicki and PS.

I’ve decided to start a blog! I really didn’t think I ever would, but there are things I want to accomplish, and it seems like a blog is a good way to get started. So here is my first post, short and to the point – pretty much just like me

I chose the name for this blog to help me remember the fun side of creating. I plan to get back into scrapbooking, and this reminder will be needed as I always get bogged down in the little details that my girls really don’t care about. Also, I hope to begin submitting my work to magazines and design teams – the reminder will be helpful in keeping my focus.

Thank you for visiting!