Digital Candy Site is down...Back u now...Downloader antsy still

Just a little heads up. The Digital Candy website is currently down. It will be back ASAP so bookmark and come back later to download the QPs, they will be available until 3/28!

EDITED: This is now a download link for 4Shared below for you to grab the QPs. Sorry Folks...technology has a mind of it's own sometimes!

For my family that is getting this off the wall message in their e-mail. Kiss Kiss...love you bunches!

My Kind of Rocket- Digital Candy's Blog hop

Digital Candy's Design team has done it again! They have created a kit that is OUT OF THIS WORLD! The Rocket left launch Pad Digital Candy at "T-minus midnight" and has now reached my docking station. You just joined me from Docking Station Melissa at Fairytales Studio Scraps. To make sure you have completed the full mission you can head on over to Ground Control - Digital Candy - to find a complete list of all of the Docking Stations.After completing your mission you will have a complete space themed kit and matching quick page album which is great for any space enthusiast. Here's a peek at the entire kit:

Here's my portion to the kit:



**Sorry Link has EXPIRED**

If you missed the kit and would still like to have it, you can pick up the full kit over at our Digital Candy Shoppe

Interested in more fun & super SWEET treats? Head on over to Digital Candy and check out all of the out of this world challenges, freebies & of course the designers in the Shoppe!

Oh and here's what I did with my QPs:


This is my hubby. It's he a cutie too :)

Updates and Blog Hop Sneak Peek

Wow it's been almost a month since I posted! So much has happened in that month too. Kirsten is at a brand new school. It is led that a mile from her old school. We are loving her new school. The owner is a retired nurse. She is all about providing health snacks and great learning opportunities for the kiddies. Just since the 1st of March Kirsten has had 3 homework assignments, planted cabbage in a little garden, made a pine cone birdhouse, went on nature walks and probably so much more that they haven't shared with us. They have a main topic for each month that they focus on and this month it is Nature. Kirsten had no problems adjusting and loves her new school.

Jake just got back from his 1 wk trip to Chicago for a work conference. I played single mom for the week while still working too. I had to take leave for my evening hours but otherwise I worked full time. It was a little rough at time esp since I was battling sinusitis this week too.

For my fellow scrappers, you will want to check in again on 3/17 as I will have some QPs freebies in my site as well as link you to Digital Candy's Blog hop. The kit you will be getting is huge and awesome! Here's a sneak peak:

And some new layouts:

I love this one. In case you can't read the journaling it basically saids that Kirsten told me out of the blue that "Your're my Angel".

3 yr old for borrow and some new Layout

Can someone please take my 3 yr old and teach her to listen then given her back? Kirsten's school has requested that we have Kirsten "tested". When I called and asked why the daycare owner informed me that Kirsten is not listening and yells and acts disruptively when placed in the time out chair. She has been having issues listening at home but nothing that I would call extreme. Of course after that info came home from school that same evening I noticed a change in her attitude and she started exhibited what they were seeing at school. I usually send her to her room and tell her she must sit on her bed, calm down and stop fussing or crying before she comes out. She usually takes anywhere from a few seconds to a minute to do that and then she's brand new again. School is concerned whether or not these are behaviors she can control or not. She also started stuttering a times about a month ago. Her main problem with the stuttering is "I" so she started saying "Kirsten" instead. This weekend she was trying to start a sentence with When and after ten attempts and only getting as far was "Wh..". She very frustratingly said, "I can't say what I need to say, I can't do anything". My heart just broke when I heard that. She is an extremely smart girl and excels at learning new things. Her daycare has even confirmed they don't think her issues have anything to do with her intelligence and ability to learn. So I put a call in to the Leon County School Board on Thursday and I'm still awaiting a call back to get her tested to see if we are missing something or if she may do better in a different type of school. I really wonder whether part of her behavior is her getting bored with things at school since she picks up things really fast. That of course doesn't explain the stuttering. The behavior thing is so weird because it seems like at home she changed over night. Daycare did mention they are having to separate her from the other children during some strutured times like coming in and handwashing because otherwise she runs around the room and is very disruptive which doesn't allow the teachers to get things done. I really just want to know what is going on and how we can help her get back to being nice Kirsten.

Here's a few recent layouts:





If you want the designer info check out the credits here.

Creative Team Calls

If you are a scrapbooker come join me on two of my favoriate creative teams. My two fave desingers are having calls. I'm am having a blast designing layouts for both of these awesome team. Come join me and play with some awesome kits for FREE!

Pic and LO of Kirsten from Today

I did a Speed Scrap today with Christie Lemmons @ EnchantedStudioscraps.com. I took this pic today :)

Journaling: You love to help with chores. We have yetto assign you your very own chores though that will be coming soon. Today you were helping Mommy and Daddy fold up clothes. You did an excellent job laying your panties out. I gave you your panties and socks andsaid “go throw them in you drawer. You marched off only to come back in a few moments to ask ”I can throw them”? Ihad gotten onto you only moments earlier for throwing socks around. So I told you yes you could toss them in the drawer. So off you went again. A few moments went by and then you call us to come see what a good job you did and this is what we found. You told us “I put them in a circle”.And let usknow you needed more in order to finish yourcircle. You love to keep things interesting.

My Inkubook Arrived

I got my Inkubook! It turned out AWESOME! Here's a few pics of it although they really don't do it justice at all. If you wanna get your own check out inkubook.com

What a week!

If you don't have the best virus protection...invest in some! I have been battling viruses this week and they are NOT fun. They bypassed my AVG virus software. My SWEET baby brother is working on it for me. So last week was one of the most stressful weeks I have had in a while. I found myself taking lots of Tylenol in hopes that it might provide some sort of relief. I went back into my last training session for my new job on Monday-Wednesday, This wasn't really stressful at all but learning something new is always exhausting. ON Tuesday (right after a call with a patient) and while I was chatting with my preceptor, my Internet went down. Turned out that my modem was FRIED. I had to take off work (totally Internet dependent) and head to Embarq to pick up a new one (totally free...which was one good thing). On Wednesday I started noticing some funny pop ups with my home PC so I did a scan and it found some viruses, I deleted them and scanned again and they seems to accumulate again and again. So my bro is working his magic and hopefully it will be as good as new soon.

Here's a few of my recent pages:

This is front cover of my 1st photobook with my scrapbook pages which I should be receiving any day now :)

If you wanna see any closer to read the journaling go to my Enchanted Gallery.

Welcome to 2009!

It's 2009 already! WOW the year flew by. Kirsten is growing up so fast! For New Years Eve we hung around the house (I hate to travel any on this day of the year because of all the people that drink & drive). We made a fire in the fire pit we have and roasted sausage dogs and marshmallows on clothes hangers. We had a blast. For the 1st we again hung around the house, did some grocery shopping, and had dinner at Steak & Shake (complete with shakes of course). On 1/3 we went to Wild Adventures for the 1st time in 2009. We did make it there the end of December too. It's a good thing we went to as they are now closed until mid 3/09. We got our annual passes and Kirsten got her very 1st pass as we have to pay now that she is 3.

For my scrapping friends, there is a new forum in town. Check it out here: http://enchantedstudioscraps.com/forums/index.php

The forum is open now complete with great conversations and awesome challenges. It's gonna be my new home since Danielle Corbitt, Christie Lemmon, and Steel City Scraps are all setting up shops there. The store will be opening mid Jan 2009.

I am working on having my very 1st photo book printed with my scrapbook pages. I'm excited that i will finally have a book with my digital pages to share. I'm ordering my book from http://www.inkubook.com/

Our Christmas

We had a nice Christmas morning at home. Kirsten didn't wake us up until almost 9 am. She loved all her gifts. We went to my brother's house for X-Mas Dinner. Jake and I went to see "Seven Pounds" on X-Mas Even day since Kirsten was in daycare until 3pm and we were both off. Today she was at school again and we did our after X-Mas shopping and saw "Four Christmases". Both movies were pretty good.

My Present

Kirsten and all her presents.

Kirsten and her new V-Smile handheld.

Kirsten riding her new bike for the 1st time.

In our PJs that Santa dropped on our door step on X-Mas Eve

Our Redneck X-Mas Dinner party at my brother's house. The menu ended up being just turkey and dressing.