OK so I finally got my first two 12X12 Premade Christmas Scrapbook Pages finished. They are absolutely beautiful. I used designer Cardstock, my Cricut Expression, Designer Die Cuts, and many other Christmas items to create these pages.
You can see more pictures of this and purchase it if you like to at
Well now that I got through the Thanksgiving Holiday gaining probably 10lbs it is time for me to get back to my Scrapbooking. Since Christmas is just around the corner, I will be doing many Christmas Themed items, such as Premade Scrapbook Pages, Scrapbook Albums, Die Cuts, and many other things.
I should have my first set of Premade Scrapbook Pages on here in just a few days.
Also do not forget to check out my listings at my eBay store:
Halloween is just around the corner, and I have been busy making Halloween Scrapbook Albums. I have to admit that next to Baby Albums, Halloween Albums has been so much fun to make. Finding ways to be creative with each page was a challenge, but I so enjoyed it.
This album is an 8x8 and it was made with a Lightweight Extra Thin Chipborad that holds 12 pictures of your little Ghost, Goblins, and Witches.
Each page has a Foam 3D Colored Photo Mat and loaded with Cute Name Brand Embellishments and 3D Embellishments. Most of the pages are textured, and this album is held together with 2 rings with Ribbons attached.
I have talked to Steven everyday and I have asked him to ask Kay where do I take his documents too so he can be added to her HUD application, but as of yet they still have not given me an answer.
Steven brought the truck home and we, my husband and I, took him and Ty back over to TyAnne’s house. We got to see where they lived. The house is cute on the outside, but the inside and the yard has a long way to go before I would live in it.
Steven’s drive shaft broke on his truck today while they were moving his stuff from our home to the house in Harrison. My husband and I went up to Piercetown where he broke down at and a neighbor stopped by to help out and they took off his drive shaft. The neighbor whom is also a mechanic told my son to keep his hubs locked in on his 4 wheel drive and he would be able to drive the truck until it got fixed, but he would need to always use his emergency break, and scotch the tires with something. So they went on to Harrison with his things.
I told Steven to bring his Truck back to the house tomorrow to park here so it can be worked on and get fixed. I told him I would give him a ride back to Harrison to their house. So he is suppose to have it here by 2pm.
Well I just got done talking with the kids, and I have agreed to let Steven move in with TyAnne and her mom in their Harrison home. He is only going to take his bed, clothes, meds, and other personal stuff, but he is leaving everything else here for now. They are going to try to get their own place after Steven finds a job, so I told them there is no need for him to move all his stuff twice. They agreed to this. Kay needs Steven birth certificate and social security number so he can be added to her HUD application. I told TyAnne and Steven to tell Kay to tell me where to take this information too and I will give it to the HUD office for her. I am not about to give this information to anyone, my husband has been a victim of identity theft, and I would not give it to Kay any way. Not after TyAnne telling me that her mom has gotten a credit card in TyAnne’s name before and they were unable to pay it off after maxing it out.
Steven got up this morning and went right over to TyAnne’s moms house in Mt Sherman. He is going to stay the night at Ty’s moms house there in Mt Sherman tonight, but come home sometime Sunday afternoon with Ty. He still seems to be upset that Ty is moving in with her mom in Harrison now instead of in August when originally planned. They are suppose to talk out things and then talk to me tomorrow about them.
Things finally kind of/sort of calmed down and I went this evening and picked up Steven. TyAnne is still at her mom’s house out at Mt Sherman, and he will go out there tomorrow morning and help them finish up moving into their house in Harrison. He is on pins and needles wanting to see TyAnne. But it is sooo late and he will just have to wait. Right now he is talking to her on the phone.
The drama continues today with them all, my son, Ty, and Kay. I have already explained a million times why I thought Ty was lying to my son about being pregnant. What is so hard to understand this. You would think I committed the all mighty sin by assuming she was lying and calling her a liar. My son went to my mother’s house today down there in Bauxite, Arkansas from his dad house. They (being my son, Ty, and Kay) have now brought my mother into this whole ordeal.
What I find amusing is that Kay is trying to manipulate my mother by telling my mother certain things that she knows for a fact are untrue about me and/or Steven. My mother has not told me exactly what things were said, I think it is because I am already pissed and she knows if I blow up it will be bad. All she said is not to worry she knows Kay is nothing but a lying manipulator, and that I am not the one lying or trying to manipulate Steven or anyone. Will this madness/drama ever end??
Steven called me just a little while a go and told me that he was moving in with TyAnne and her mom in Harrison because they were having a baby. I said, what?, and told him I did not think they were having a baby, and what was he talking about? Steven told me that Ty called him and said that she is leaking from her breast and that they were going to have a baby. I asked him when did she tell him this and he told me that she just called and they talked about it. I told him I was not sure what he was talking about, but I took TyAnne to the Health Department last week and they said because she was on a heavy period that she was not pregnant and she was leaking from her breast because she was having to much caffeine. I told him I did not know what games were being played but that TyAnne was either lying to him or just playing around, because I just took her to the Health Department and they said she was NOT pregnant. We hung the phone up and a few minutes or so later the phone rung again and this time it was TyAnne. She asked me if I was sitting down, and I said yeah why? She said because you are going to be a grandmother. I said what, how? She begin to laugh and I could her mother ask what she was laughing about and she told her I said what, how? Her mother then got on the phone with me and said uh what do you mean how? If I have to tell you how then we need to have a talk she said laughing. I laughed then and said I did not mean like that how, I mean I took her last week in and they said she was not pregnant. Kay then informed me that TyAnne had told her that too but she took her back and insisted on a pregnancy test be done, because she had her period for the first few months when she was pregnant with both of her girls, and Ty’s test came back positive. We laughed in stunned shock, and I told Ty congrats. I told them Steven had called me and told me the same thing but I did not believe it and I told him that, and I told them about him telling me he was going to move in with them and that I had told him we would talk about when he got home.
About 30 minutes if that long later the phone rung again, and Steven was pissed at me for telling him she was not pregnant when she was. I told him that I only said that because he did not tell me she had gone back to the doctor and had gotten a pregnancy test done. I was only going off of what I knew. He told me he did not care what I said, that he was moving in with them. This of course pissed me off and I told him NO he was not until we could talk more about when he came home. He asked what more is there to talk about? I told him I was not discussing this over the phone, and he got made at me and hung up on me. I know I should not have raised my voice like that but we all do things in the heat of the moment we later regret.
A little while later the phone rang again and this time it was Kay trying to figure out what was going on. She said that Ty was told by Steven that I had said something to the degree of that Ty was a liar that she was not pregnant, and that was not going to let him move in with Ty or something like this. I am so pissed right now that I might not be remembering word for word what was said. Anyway, I remember telling Kay that is not what I said, I told her that I had told Steven Ty was not pregnant and that I did not know why she would lie about it, but if she told him that she was pregnant then she was either lying or joking around with him because I had taken her to the clinic the week before. I explained to Kay that I said all this without being told that she had went back and had gotten a pregnancy test done since I had taken her. I also told Kay that I had told Steven we would talk about all this and figure things out when he got home, that is when he begin with the threats to me about he was moving out no matter what I said, and that is when I told him NO he was not, not until we talked about it all when he got home. I told her I had no problem with him moving in with them, but it would have to be after he came home a gave me a week or two to get things situated here so he could move out.
Ty had decided to stay with her mom and help out with the packing and moving until Steven comes home. So now David and I have some alone time together. I will be picking Steven up in a couple of weeks.
Steven is going to stay a week or so with his dad, he told me that his dad needed him and he did not want to leave him after they bury his grandma today, but he also said he wanted to come home too so he could be with TyAnne he misses her.
David and I decided we were going to go and float the river today, we have not done this since we moved here in 2006. Therefore we wanted to float the river just the two of us, so I made arrangements for Ty to stay the day with her mother. However, before we went I had to take Ty to the Health Department on the way to have her breast checked out. She said she was like leaking small fluid from her breast, I asked her if she thought she was pregnant, but she informed me that she was currently on her period. I told her I have known of cases that some women still have their period the first month or two of their pregnancy. Anyway I dropped her off, and when I came back to pick her up she told me that they told her she was not pregnant because she was having a heavy period, and that the leaking of fluid from her breast was due to her having too much caffeine. So I bought her some decaffeinated tea for the house. On the way to her mother’s house to drop her off she asked me not to say anything to her mother about this. I told her I would never tell her mother anything unless you told me first it was OK to tell her or talk to her mother about things. She is 20 years old, she is an adult so I am not doing noting wrong by keeping my mouth shut.
David and I had a great canoe trip, and afterwards we picked up Ty from her mothers and we went home. Ty told me she was going to go stay over at her mother house this weekend, because her mom and them had finally found a home in Harrison, and they would soon be moving and she needed to help them pack. Her step-dad and gotten his record all cleared up and he was back out on the road trucking.
Scotie called me last night wanting to know if I could met him Sunday so that he could get Steven and bring him to the hospital where Sue was at. The doctors had called the family and told them to get everyone there ASAP, because they did not think Sue would make it long. So I met Scotie this morning, and I just got the phone call that Steven made there just in time, they arrived at the Hospital at 1pm and Sue died at 2pm. Ty did not go on this trip, Scotie just wanted it to be family. He knew that if his mother did die, that in a few days after he death the will would be read and that his brother would go off the deep end at that point and Scotie is a private person and he did not want others to see this. Kay took offense to this, she told me on the phone that if Ty was going to be family then she would see things like this in the future. Ty was already family to us, but Scotie had not had time to bond with Ty like we have and he knew that what would happen would embarrass him to begin with and he did not want that embarrassment to be worse by having Ty there to witness all this. Kay just could not understand any of this and stated to me that Scotie needed to just “get over it”, that Ty had every right to be there to support Steven. I just left it by saying that I did not have a say so in this matter that was Scotie‘s department.
I was unable to go to Ty’s graduation and I felt so bad for not being able to go, but one of my Migraine’s hit me pretty hard yesterday afternoon forcing me to bed early. However I got to hear all about it today, and it sound like it was wonderful. Ty, and Steven did not stay out that late last night and they did not go partying with others. They hung out with a few friends and then came on home.
Tonight is TyAnne’s graduation. I am looking forward to attending her Graduation. I know that she has worked hard for this, and she is very excited to have her High School years over with. She looks forward to attending North Arkansas College in the fall where she has told my husband and I she wants to maybe pursue a career in Archeology one day. She knows she will have to travel if she does this, because she wants to go on Archeological digs. Steven says he will go where ever she goes. I hope they can do this. Even though it is scary for me to think of them two off somewhere far away, I know as long as they have each other they will be ok.
It is only April 2010 and our World has already had so many devastating Earthquakes. It has so many asking is this NORMAL!?! Scientist say NO!!
I was doing some research online and I came accross some Great Articles. I got the following information at the USGS Website:
China’s tragic magnitude 6.9 earthquake on April 13 and the recent devastating earthquakes in Haiti, Chile, Mexico, and elsewhere have many wondering if this earthquake activity is unusual.
Scientists say 2010 is not showing signs of unusually high earthquake activity. Since 1900, an average of 16 magnitude 7 or greater earthquakes — the size that seismologists define as major — have occurred worldwide each year. Some years have had as few as 6, as in 1986 and 1989, while 1943 had 32, with considerable variability from year to year.
With six major earthquakes striking in the first four months of this year, 2010 is well within the normal range. Furthermore, from April 15, 2009, to April 14, 2010, there have been 18 major earthquakes, a number also well within the expected variation.
“While the number of earthquakes is within the normal range, this does not diminish the fact that there has been extreme devastation and loss of life in heavily populated areas,” said USGS Associate Coordinator for Earthquake Hazards Dr. Michael Blanpied.
What will happen next? Aftershocks will continue in the regions around each of this year’s major earthquakes sites. It is unlikely that any of these aftershocks will be larger than the earthquakes experienced so far, but structures damaged in the previous events could be further damaged and should be treated with caution. Beyond the ongoing aftershock sequences, earthquakes in recent months have not raised the likelihood of future major earthquakes; that likelihood has not decreased, either. Large earthquakes will continue to occur just as they have in the past.
Though the recent earthquakes are not unusual, they are a stark reminder that earthquakes can produce disasters when they strike populated areas — especially areas where the buildings have not been designed to withstand strong shaking. What can you do to prepare? Scientists cannot predict the timing of specific earthquakes. However, families and communities can improve their safety and reduce their losses by taking actions to make their homes, places of work, schools and businesses as earthquake-safe as possible.
Well Ty’s Prom last night ended up being one of the biggest nights of hers and Steven’s life. My son “Popped” the question last night to Ty, he asked her to marry him and she said yes. I cried when they came into my room late last night and told me. I think Ty said her mother did the same thing when she called her a few moments after telling me about it. The kids say they are in no hurry to set a date, they are looking at maybe setting a date for a year and half from now like the fall of 2011. I am so proud of them. I cannot wait to have TyAnne as my daughter-in-law, I already love her now as if she was my own daughter.
The kids did not stay out late last night, in fact they were home by 10pm. Most of the other people at the Prom had left for parties and such, but they decided they did not want to go to any, so they came on home. I was proud of them for this, and a little relieved.
So Prom did turn out to be one Magical Night for both TyAnne and Steven!
Well today will be a busy day getting Ty, ready for her Prom. Her parents are coming over in a bit to help out...I am so excited for Ty and Steven. When Steven was in school he did not go to his Prom, well he went but he only stayed a minute and then came home. He did not have a date and he did not want to be there alone when all his friends has dates.
He is due to be home today, he went with Troy to help move Troy's mom into a new home up in Kansas. He said he bought a tie for the prom. All I know is he better be home in plenty of time to get ready.
I am going to do Ty's hair, and her mother is going to do her make-up for her. She is so nervous and excited. I hope the kids have a wonderful and magical time tonight at PROM!!
While Ty has been living with us, her mother or step-father has not offered any financial support to Ty. Ty likes to smoke cigarettes and these do not come cheap. I am the only one right now making an income while my husband is going back to college. So between me and my son we keep him in his chewing tobacco, & we try to keep Ty in cigarettes.
Her prom is coming up next week, and Ty is all excited about her and Steven going to it. We have been talking about hair do’s and dresses. Ty has been talking a lot to her mother about these things too, and since I know it is a mother/daughter thing my husband and I have invited Kay and Kevin (Ty’s step-dad) over that day to spend the day with us getting Ty ready, and having dinner with us. I have already bought Steven his dress pants, shirt, and shoes for the Prom, and he bought himself a tie. I cannot wait to see these two all dressed up for Prom. I will take Steven later this week to buy Ty her corsage.
So when it comes to financial situations we do what we can when it comes to our children no matter their age...or at least David & I do.
Usually I am big on pulling pranks on April's Fools Day, but this year I was not really in the mood. So I let me family have a holiday of peace...lol. Even though I think they were all on pins and needles waiting for me to pull some prank.
However if you are looking for any great April Fool's Day Pranks to pull on your loved ones or friends here are a few I have done in the past:
Toliet Trouble ~ Put a piece of bubblewrap under the toilet seat so when your victim sits, they are surprised by a loud POP!
Forgetfull ~ Tape magnets to the bottom of an empty coffee cup, and attach it to the top of your car. Laugh at all the people who frantically try to get your attention as you drive by.
Tug of War ~ This prank can be pulled on two victims who have bedroom doors directly across the hall from each other. Use a rope to tie both door knobs to each other, with just enough slack to allow one door to open a crack. Then knock loudly on both doors at the same time. The victims will end up in a tug of war trying to get out.
Big Foot ~ Stuff some cotton into the toes of the victim's shoes. They will think their feet grew or their shoes shrank.
Can't See Yourself ~ If the person you are pranking uses a small wall mirror, take a picture facing directly away from the mirror. Crop it on your computer to exactly the same thing you would see in the mirror. Print it out on a large piece of paper, and then tape it to the mirror. Watch as the person franticly tries to see themselves.
Hope you have a great April Fool's Day...Have Fun Pranking, but BE NICE!!
Today I went and met my ex-husband to pick up my son and his girlfriend, Ty. I was told that there was not much change in my ex's mother's condition. They are bringing her home to take care of here there, he said that whe wanted to go home, and I know it will be better for her and them if she is there. The hospital she is in is so far away.
On my drive down, it was a sunny and beautiful with the hint of Spring just around the corner. I did a lot of soul searching today and talking with God. I had a real nice drive down and a nice drive home with the kids. I am glad to have them back home, but my heart goes out to my son and his father for the loss they know is coming. I still pray a miracle will happen, but if not I can live with the peace of knowing Sue will be in Heaven with her husband where there will be no more pain, sadness or tears again for her...just pure happiness and peace.
Spring break started today for Jasper School. Tomorrow I am meeting Scotie, Steven’s dad, and the kids are going down there to stay until this weekend. Scotie’s mother, Sue, has been diagnosed with cancer and she does not have much time left to live. Steven wants to see her before her time comes and he wants to introduce Ty to them all. I pray that something will come of Sue’s treatments and she will go into remission, but from my understanding there is practically no chance of this happening. My heart goes out to my son and his father and that side of the family. Just 6 months ago they lost their Father, Steven’s grandfather, to cancer.
The other day I took Ty, her mother, and my son to Harrison for Ty to have a MRI of a lump on or under one of Ty’s breast, and let me tell you this trip was a very educational trip. Kay is a very loud person, who has to be the constant center of attention. She is very deceptive, likes to embellish a lot, and has one heck of a mouth on her. She likes to use the GD word a lot and the “ F ” word a lot. I learned about a lot of Kay’s past sexual relationships she had, was told Ty was a “Truck Stop Bathroom Baby“, that Ty’s father and Kay had hooked up in a Truck Stop bathroom and that is how Ty was conceived. I was told about all the partying they liked to do in Tennessee, about how Kay was raped my a police officer in Tennessee, about how Ty once drank Kay under the table at age 16, and about how any time since the age of 14 when Ty would get to cranky/bitchy she knew it was time for Ty to go get laid because it meant it had been to long since she (Ty) had gotten laid. All of this was told to me in my Van on our trip to and from Harrison, Arkansas in front of my 19 year old son Steven. Needless to say I was in shock and at a loss for words at times. I just laughed as if I thought it amusing when in reality I was trying to hold it all together and not go off on her for talking this way in front of me and my son, and not to be physically ill. No wonder Ty has the problems she has being raised like this. Kay is suppose to be a mother not a best friend and a buddy to party with. I have also noticed how controlling Kay is with Ty and others. Everything has to be Kay’s way, and done when Kay says so. I feel so sorry for Ty, but at least she is living with is us now and probably for the first time in years is experiencing what a real normal family life is suppose to be like.
Today is Valentine’s Day, and Steven got Ty a BIG Heart balloon, a card, a stuffed animal, and a pack of cigarettes. David got me a card and a single rose. We had a great Valentine’s Day. The kids seems to really love one another.
David and I got one another cards, and just spent some quality time together. All in all we all had a great day!
My oldest son turned 21 today. It is hard for me to believe that I have a son that old. Many people say I do not look old enough to have a son that old, but I am 36 yrs old. Yes I started young, but I love my children dearly, and this gives me time to see them grow up and to see my grandkids when that day comes.
Today Ty is moving into our home with me, my husband, and our son Steven. We had a long talk with my son about this, and then we had a long talk with Ty, and her mother about this. Ty will have her own room here, and my husband and I have expressed our wishes to the kids about not having sex under our roof, but they are adults and all I can do is hope the respect our wishes. We also told Steven and Ty that on school nights they cannot be in each other’s room after 10pm, so Ty can get plenty of rest for school. I have some concerns about letting here live here, I have never even let one of Steven’s girlfriends ever stay the night with us before let alone live with us, but from my understanding it’s not big deal for Ty and her family.
According to Ty her mother has been letting the girls boyfriends stay the night at their house since they were 14 in the girls room. Oh and about the whole still being in school at age 20, I found out that while they lived in Tennessee, Ty did not go to school like she was suppose to and her mother did not make her, even though Kay has told me that she did try to make Ty go to school. Anyway the state intervened and Ty and Kay was taking to court and a long story short, Ty was put into Juvenile Hall for a weekend for her past behavior concerning school, and for her current behavior toward the Judge, once released she was on probation, and Ty was monitored and made sure she was attending school. However, her previously not attending school put her back a year or two causing her to be 20 years old when she graduates.
My son Steven Wells started dating this new girl named TyAnne that he has been going on about for weeks. We met her today and she is a pretty young lady who is 20 yrs old, and moved here to Newton County with her mother, step-dad, and her half sister last year from Clarksville, Tennessee. TyAnne is still in high school, but is a Senior at Jasper High School. Not sure why she is still in school at age 20, but I am sure we will find out more about this later on as their relationship grows.
TyAnne told us that she is living with our neighbor Cindy Shat because TyAnne’s counselor thinks she needs to move out of her mother’s home and become more independent, not sure why but I am sure we will find out more about this later on too.
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