L/O, new-to-me sectional, and I WANT A/C!!!

Debbie Hodge predicted that I would go digital by the end of the year ... and decided to play & see how it was. I loved that there was no mess to clean up and that it was just about pictures & text. I like that. Still, I love touching the pictures & paper & embellishments & crafting. Don't I spend enough time at the computer already?



Yesterday, on Craig's List I found a sectional & called right away. The family was super nice & we were both happy with the transaction. My friend Michelle & her husband took me over to pick up the big couch & YEA! I love the look of sectionals & have been looking for A LONG TIME~ checking Craig's List 3-4 times a day & reading through countless listings of "great couch, beautiful condition, only 50 years old!!!" Finally, I hit the mother lode. Just what I wanted. :) And the best part of all? I can buy/make cute pillows & they won't slide off!!!

This couch is a project-maker though - the wall color & the curtains are very close to the same color as the sofa so we will be painting & getting new curtains. Still cheaper than buying a new couch!



On Memorial Day Scott & the boys played football & then went to help a friend move. He had a little incident with a light fixture & should have had stitches on his leg. A neighbor/nurse fixed his leg with steri-strips so he dodged the ER visit. I was so impressed by our missionaries - they were there on their P-day helping somebody move. Very cool! We have loved Elder Carlson & he loves Jared's smile so he let me take their picture together. He is from Alaska & now is moving on to a ward near Orangeburg. (Elder Adams is standing on the porch in the background.)

And finally, the house... we had drywall put in the basement yesterday - they put it up in 3 hours - the whole basement!!! And our furnace is not working - No A/C & the temps have been miserable. I have been dyingggggg! I am so glad that I was not a pioneer. It isn't really cooling off at night. Thanks for sticking with me through this whole long post.

Uncamping?

Last weekend was craaaaazy-busy for our household & it just happened to coincide with the annual Fathers & Sons campout. We talked to the boys & told them that we will go UnCamping instead. The boys are bike riding a 25-miler in preparation for the super activity this summer. The ride starts at 7:30 a.m. in Simpsonville - so by the time we get set up & cleaned up it would be time to be home.

We are breaking out the Dutch Ovens & making pizza & fruit cobbler & s'mores, playing in the woods, & then driving home late at night & sleeping in our own soft & fluffy beds. Love it! I will try to post some pictures (after we go of course).

We hiked around the lake, through rocks in, walked near the waterfall, almost stepped on a snake, & made our Dutch oven delights. The pizza was a little burned but the cobbler was divine. The kids mostly just wanted to play in the fire. Mission accomplished.

Scrapbooking

I have been (supposedly) participating in a class at Debbie Hodge's web-site. I won a copy of her book & then did nothing for 4 classes! (Don't tell...) Anyways, she had a challenge to use a sketch & make a page about a PLACE. It struck a chord with me so I did two pages. I have resigned myself to the fact that I can't really figure out where to put embellishments on the page. I am trying to let go of perfectionism & just getting some pictures onto the paper. Done, not perfect, but memories preserved just a little bit more.

BTW If you click on the picture, it will zoom up in full size & sharp. Somehow I skewed the image when I was trying to get it right.

I have my snapshots in 3-up albums that hold 300 pictures. Each slot lets you shove extra pictures in so in the end each album probably has about 500 pictures. I have at least 31 albums (yes, I just went & counted) so 31x500 = 15,500 printed pictures !!!!! Holy guacamole! I need to let go of perfectionism & just start slapping pics to paper.

Thanks for sharing this stunning moment with me. (OK, stunning is the wrong word... any other ideas?)

Drama

I don't know if anyone who would know any of the situation reads this post, but can I just say that I HATE DRAMA! No matter how compelling both sides of the argument are, I still don't want to be involved. I endured junior high (middle school) from 1977-1981 and lemme tell ya ONCE WAS ENOUGH! In high school I had some girl friends, but I mostly had boy FRIENDS. They just don't overreact like the girls.

I would have to say that I am probably a little dramatic at times. And I am truly sorry to put my friends through that agony. Thank you for putting up with me!!!

Oh yeah! The real reason for this post was to figure out to do hyperlinks so that I can tell my fellow blogger Liz how to do them. Now I know!