Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Argh.... Those Olympics!

Anybody else blame their bloodshot eyes on Michael Phelps and EVERY OTHER Olympic sport and athlete???!!! WAHAHAHA!!! Those DARN Olympics!!! Why do they have to be so addicting and be on SO LATE at night here on the west coast of the USA? Ha ha ha! Guess that's what happens when China happens to be all the way on the other side of the world eh? I admit I've missed a few nights (HAD to catch up on my sleep at SOME point...) but most other evenings I've tortured myself squinting up at the TV through zoned out eyeballs.... needing to see for myself if we got another swimming medal! LOL! Hopefully now that the swimming is over it won't be so bad....

Thank you to everyone who has sent me emails with well-wishes for my mom and the rest of my family. The day before yesterday she really turned a corner, and is now actually 'recovering.' I have to admit, I've been a nervous wreck over the past few weeks.... it's just horrible seeing her in so much pain. I feel hopeful now though that she will actually get better.... and maybe she will get to come home from the hospital by the end of the week. (Maybe. Cross your fingers.)

I wanted to send out a BIG THANK YOU to Pamela and to Lei who gave me awards AGES ago on their blogs (LOL!)... but with all the crazy stuff going on with my mom.... I haven't blogged in forever!!! They both made me feel SO great---I can't thank them enough for the wonderful things they said about me. (Big {{{{HUGS}}}} for you both!!!) Make sure to check out both Pamela and Lei's blogs for all kinds of fun freebies they've been busy making lately!!! Woohoo! They are both very talented AND are very sweet ladies!

And OF COURSE Kim Broedelet has been up to her eyeballs creating great new scrapping gear lately... (I've gotten totally behind...) Kim has a FANTASTIC new CU grab bag out NOW that will be up till Wednesday at midnight at a BIG SALE price!!! Go grab it now while it's cheap!!! (And it's 100% worth it!) So I threw this little layout together last night (with some of her grab bag gear---along with some past Kim goodies) so my kiddos could each have their own 'family tree' to look at. Here is an example of one with my youngest son in the 'ME' spot: (I think you can click the image to see it closer if you want to...)



I thought you might find a use for it too.... so I figured I'd offer it for a while here as a freebie. Hope ya like it.... and make sure you check out Kim's new CU bag... it's wonderful, as usual!



I put 2 versions of the page in the zip file.... one WITH text and one WITHOUT... so you can add your own labels/names if ya like. Here is the download link:

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Thx! C ya later!

22 comments:

Jacki said...

So glad your mom is finally recovering- hope she's not in so much pain anymore!
Thanks for the family tree page- I love it! Glad you're back!

Fran Baity said...

glad to hear your mom is doing better. thanks for the QP share.

Sherrie said...

Thanks for the gorgeous QP! I LOVE IT!!

Kim B said...

Oh GF- so GLAD to hear your mom has turned a corner for the better and is recovering! I'll keep her and you in my prayers! LOVE LOVE LOVE this QP ( will blurb tomorrow- hee hee)Going to make one up for Nathan as he loves the *family history side*.
I didn't get much chance to watch the olympics because of the time zones- but loved watching Michael win his medals
Sending hugs

Anonymous said...

Thankyou for sharing and for the lovely comment on my blog

Charlie xxx

MadameMim said...

I'm so glad I don't have a TV now that the Olympics are on LOL! Or I would't have got a lot of scrapping done! ;)

Best wishes for your mother!

BlueRose said...

I live on the west coast and your right about them being on so late. I love the summer Olympics not to much on the winter...

Love the QP thanks so much !
Hugs Blue

Amy said...

Beth-
I am so glad your mom is doing better. Your family has been in my thoughts a lot lately! I think your mom is great and really admire the relationship you have with her!

What an adorable family tree page!! I love it! You are just so creative! Sometime I'd love to get together and share ideas(which is my way of saying I'd steal all of yours!!) On our recent vacation I finally got a chance to scrapbook using some great kits I found online(including your Rainy Daze-LOVE it) and it was very relaxing!!

Thanks for sharing your creativity with those of us who are a bit challenged in that department!!

-Amy

Pamela said...

I love your Family Tree layout!! What a great idea. I was reading along thinking how I would loove to do that for my little guy (first day of school Monday Yay!! I HAVE to do something special :-)

I read a little further down and you've made one for us tooo!! Yay!!! Thank youuuu Beth.

And thanks so very much for your sweet words. I was just thinking of you today and you stopped by my blog. How cool is that :-)

I'm so glad to hear your mom is doing better. Ya'll take care..Pamela

Maria said...

Thank you! Your blog post will be advertised on the DigiFree Digital Scrapbooking Freebie search engine today (look for timestamp: 20 Aug [LA 12:00am, NY 02:00am, UK 07:00am, OZ 05:00pm] ).

Carole N. said...

Beth, I am so very happy to read that your mother is improving and I pray she will soon be home and feeling much better.

Reading your words and thoughts about your mother reminded me of my sweet mother. I took care of her the last 3 years of her life. She had 15 bone surgeries plus others and lived to be 90. I felt so blessed to have her in my life so long, but I miss her every day.

I am recovering from back surgery so hadn't been here to visit for awhile.

We have been glued to the TV and have enjoyed the Olympics so much.
I hate to see them come to an end.

I love the family tree QPs. Thanks so very much for sharing them with all of us.

Big hugs!

Peggie said...

This is a great QP. Thank you for sharing it.

Saedi said...

So happy to hear that your Mom is doing better! It was great to see you, hope you're all doing well!

Anonymous said...

Thank you so much for this great gift!

Pamela said...

Promise Promise you won't shoot me, cause I know you've been really busy, but I've a little something for you on my blog if you would like to visit when you have time, no rush ok!!! This time, there's no strings attached so maybe you'll forgive me MWUAH!!!

Stacey said...

What a great QP! Thanks for visiting my blog.....glad things are better for your family.

Unknown said...

I am happy to hear your mom is recovering now. I didn't realize it had been such a long ordeal for her. How hard on all of you, especially her!

And on a lighter note, I know what you mean about the addiction of Olympics! But thankfully we have TiVo! So my bloodshot eyes are from the newborn...hmmm, my hubby went to bed an hour ago, but I am still up with a wide awake little angel. Life is good!

Craftymumz Creations said...

this is so awesome! THANK YOU! My kids have several sets of grandparents due to their divorces and remarriages... So thank you for the un-texted one. I appreciate BOTH layouts!

Sharon aka Scrapcat4914 said...

TY so very much for this AWESOME QP!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

Hi Beth..so glad your mom is doing better..you have been in my thoughts and prayers..thank you so much for the great freebies..

Unknown said...

*cough cough*

Kim B said...

hahaha- I saw your comment on Bunny's blog- lol, so of COURSE had to come and see what it was for-ROTF
I'll hand over the glass of water for ya- hahahahaha
HUGS