Couple digis...

Had a few minutes so I threw these together of Kaylin...
Kits are So Cute by Chriscrap's Designs and Owl Luv u Forever by Emily Powers.

New digi page

Threw this together while I'm waiting on hubby to get home. We're heading to my mom's for dinner tonight. The pictures were taken in the woods behind our house...quite literally our backyard.

I'm still sick. I decided the stress at the bank was getting too much and put in my 2 weeks notice. My last day is Aug. 30. I am going to be looking for another job...out of necessity not desire. Being so sick does not make one interested in money making whatsoever. I'm hoping for a job at a grocery store or something easy like that....just worried how my legs will hold out as they don't seem to like me standing or walking too much right now.

We're headed to Indiana the end of September for a visit. That will be nice. Probably the last time I'll see my family there until after the baby is born.

Moment captured

So I tried to get my creative juices flowing again...I don't think that worked out too well here...but it's acceptable. I love this picture I took while out visiting my friends in California. It's a picture of Joe taking a picture of Loretta. I just think it's so fun...especially when I remember back to how I slid back off of the log I was sitting on and was basically laying down to take this shot. Really good memories.
They'll be home in July. I can't wait! They're planning on coming down for a visit. Hopefully I'll be able to squeeze them into my busy friggin work schedule! It's been nuts! I work part-time people! How many part-timers do you know who get overtime? It's ridiculous. And to top that off, I got the stomach flu on top of morning sickness and landed myself in the ER with dehydration! I had to call off of work 3 days for that. I wish I could have been healthy and enjoyed that time off!
There's so much I would like to get done before the baby comes...and you can say, sure...you still have 7 months to go...no big deal, plenty of time. But when you feel crappy and exhausted and work half of your life away...it doesn't leave much time for doing the fun things. Hopefully things will slow down soon...but there's no sight of that for awhile...
On a plus side, I didn't get to go to the Memory Works retreat, but one of the nice ladies who did had a drawing for some goodies for us poor schmucks! Well, I won! Yippee! I can't wait to get my goodies! Thanks, Betsy!

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Nothing much to say. Been busy busy with the merger at work and life in general...I found time at some point to throw these together and since I'm archiving everything on here for my future reference...here they be.

For a challenge...

Elena is hosting a great chat and challenge session over at the Memory Works forum. She gave us an ad and we were to construct a layout based on it. Here's the ad in case anyone wants to play along...haha.



Also, Megan's mom recently posted this on her blog...if anyone can help, we definitely appreciate it!

If we could ask a favor, those of you who are so inclined, could you look me up on Facebook (Vicki Nurnberger nurnberv@gmail.com) and look for the add on called "Fund my Phone". This is the phone that Megan has for emergencies and for texting her friends. We pay by the minute on there, and we have been using quite a few of mom and dad's minutes this month already. If you go there, they will ask you to view a couple ads. For every 4 ads watched, Megan earns a minute on her phone. It would be great, and she'll be able to use it for talking with her friends too.

Another chihuahua scrap...

My sister asked me to do another chihuahua page for her of her other new mama. How could I resist when she sent me such a cute photo? Kit is Cotton Candy by Mandy Mystiques.

On a sadder front, my niece, Megan, was diagnosed with leukemia on Friday (May 9th). She's being strong so far. She had a lumbar puncture done yesterday for her first round of chemo. I'm still in shock, as is the whole family. She lives in Minnesota, so I can't get to visit her quickly. We're hoping for July... Please keep her in your prayers...

More Pups

Just scrapping another picture of my sister's puppies. Nothing too exciting.
I have friends coming over this afternoon to scrapbook the day away. Can't wait!

Puppies, Puppies, Puppies!

My sister's a chihuahua breeder...she had 3 pregnant chihuahuas...now she has 3 mommas! Glory had one pup, Daisy had 6!! (sadly 1 died), and Mulan had 3. This is my first page of many I'm surely going to make for her. If you'd like to see pictures of the puppies individually, you can view my sisters website here.

Megan & Grace

My darling nieces, Megan and Grace. They live in Minnesota, so I don't get to see them too often. I took these pictures while I was home in Indiana at the beginning of the month. God was smiling on our trips, and they just happened to coincide with each other. Always exciting when something unplanned works out so well. Hopefully we'll be able to plan a trip to meet up again like that soon.
In other news...in just over a week (April 29th) I'll be heading to California for a visit with my friends. They're traveling nurses. They just started doing that last fall. First they were in Texas, and I unfortunately didn't get to visit them there. This time they're in California, and I can't miss an opportunity like this. It worked out so well because her mom is going out to see them, but didn't really want to fly alone. I can't wait. VACATION!
Scrapping got cancelled this afternoon...but I went ahead and scrapped a bit anyways. I did this for a journaling challenge at Memory Works. They wanted us to focus on journaling in the layout. So I found this great picture of my grandma reading to us kids like she did pretty much every day and it all stemmed from there.

The paper is by Fancy Pants, rubon is Basic Grey and photo corners are American Crafts.

More challenges...some good news today...

This one was a "scraplift" challenge. We were given the name of a Digital Candy member and were told to go into their gallery and choose one of their layouts to lift. This round it was LoriJ. She has tons of beautiful stuff, but I finally decided to use her Beautiful Girls layout.

And this was the candy jar challenge. Mandy Mystiques supplied a mini kit and we had to use every element in it. That wasn't hard, her kits are always fantastic! This is a picture of my little sister's chihuahua, Bobo, smelling "flowers." Funny thing is, those flowers are fake and attached to her flip flops. I just looove this photo.


Now, the good news. I went for my day 21 testing today to see how the Clomid worked. Hooray! I ovulated. It was very painful for me, and apparently that's due to a huge cyst on my ovary. So, now I wait 2 weeks and see if I get my period or a pregnancy test... Wish me luck!

Mom's Wedding

Another challenge over at Digital Candy inspired this fun layout. I had a blast trying to squeeze a bunch of photos into one layout. We were given the template to make our own, and this is my interpretation. I kind of want all of these papers and elements in real life so I can play with them, the colors are just too sweet. The kit is the Promise Collection from Shabby Princess.

Dad & Megan

Just a page I threw together quick. I love this picture my sister took of my niece and my dad at a park in Indiana, so I wanted to scrap it... Kit is Spring Breeze from Andrea Dickinson.

Hershey Park

Last summer my sisters, cousin and 2 of my friends and I all went to Hershey Park on a nice, sunny day. I finally scrapped a bit of it. I do have some paper scraps done of this day, but my first digital ones. Kit is Flower Power by Golden Girls.

Digital challenges

Have I mentioned before that I love the challenges over at Digital Candy? Well, I do. Here are two more entries I did this month.

This one was a challenge to take an ad out of a magazine and use it like a sketch to create your layout.



And this one was a lyric challenge. Using the lyrics from Sarah McLachlan's Ordinary Miracles. Wow. What a song! You can click here to see the video. It's from Charlotte's Web, so maybe you've heard it before...but I hadn't.

April Desktop Calendar

Digital Candy always has some great challenges going on for digital scrapping. It keeps me motivated, so I just love it. Every month they give a kit to make a desktop calendar out of. I really loved how it came out this month, especially since I showcased my pretty kitty, Pebbles.



I'm so excited to be heading home tomorrow. It doesn't seem like it's really going to happen, but I already paid for my tickets, so I guess I had better go. HAHA! My sister from Minnesota whom I haven't seen in almost 2 years will be there also, so it will be like a big reunion. My dad has no idea that I'm coming, so I can't wait to surprise him!

An Easter LO

This Easter was nearly a bust. For years, my little sister has been keeping us all young and entertained with her passionate hunt for the Easter eggs. We were certain she was going to be "too old" this year, but she surprised us and said she wasn't. But Easter morning, she woke up sick. She didn't eat any ham or cranberry sauce at lunch (her favorite Easter treats) and she actually took a nap or two! Very strange behavior for her. She still insisted she'd hunt eggs as long as we hid them inside. So, we did, and she hunted. It was enjoyable until she got to the last few hard ones. Then she was just plain exhausted, so I helped her get the last ones into her basket and then she took another nap. What an Easter to remember! At least I remembered to take a few shots, even though there isn't much excitement to them.

A challenge entry and other random stuff...

There's a challenge at Digital Candy to scrap the music you love. It's to go into a "book about me" when you complete all of them. I missed the first few challenges, only found this site recently. But I thought this was such a neat idea! Here's my take. I have a very diverse taste in music, even though this doesn't make it seem like I do...haha. I just always find myself reaching for the same CDs when nothing else is pleasing me, and these just happen to be the girls...



That also made me remember this tag I made. Well, I've made several, but this is my most recent one. Haven't made one since...don't know when I will make my next...just thought I'd share.

On other news...I went to the doc yesterday morning to see if the Clomid worked...no dice. I have to up my dose...I'm sure I'm going to become such a lovely person to be around soon...I hope it's all worth it!

Through the Years

Scrapping at Jodi's on Sunday was a blast. I only got 3 pages done, though. LOL. I was too busy chattering and helping my friend's with theirs I guess. But, all together we completed 8 pages in 4 hours. So not too shabby. It was the first of many days like that, I hope. But, of course, I haven't taken any photos yet! (Shame on me!!) So, no new paper scraps to share yet. But I did make this cute digi page of me and my sister for a challenge over at Digital Candy. I used a kit from Digital Divas' Design called Country Cottage.



The challenge was to create a "timeline" with your photos. So, I found that pretty simple with my old photos. My sister and I had photos done every year from birth until she turned 18, I think...somewhere around there. Then we started getting lax about it and get them done every so often. Ah well...such is life when you grow up, I guess.

Pups

Well, this morning was such a pretty morning with fresh fallen snow and the sun shining...I couldn't resist snapping pictures before I headed off to work. The dogs were being extra cute, so I took a ton of them. I scrapped a few this afternoon. The kit is from Tatic and called Funny Nature.



Tomorrow afternoon I'm going to a friend's house to scrapbook with no interruptions and room to spread out. I need to pack up some papers and things to work with yet today so I'm all ready to go. I can't wait. It's been too long since I've paper scrapped. Then I'll have to take pictures and get them all uploaded...haha.

1985

More old photos. Yay! Still playing in digi-land. This kit came from petit moineaux and is called Orangeade.



Nothing else of any excitement is going on in these parts...so I guess that's all I'll post today. Oh! I don't think I'll get to my February calendar page in Feb. considering tomorrow's the last chance. I never got any good photos for it, but hopefully I'll figure out something so that I continue with the project.