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Ya Gotta See This Wedding Video

This is adorable!   Check it out!  Thanks, Mimi, for pointing us to this one; I've already watched it twice!

Thumpin' Thursday

This week's song selection goes back to 1969 by The Doors called "Touch Me".  The lead singer is Jim Morrison not to be confused with Van Morrison who sang "Brown-Eyed Girl" or James Morrison of "Wonderful World" fame.  By 1971, Jim Morrison was gone.  Sad.  You can also check out "Wonderful World" below.

Layouts from last weekend

I attended a crop last Saturday, met some new scrapbookers, and have a wonderful and productive time.  It was sunny outside, which we could see out the windows of the the store, Scrapbooks Etc.  It was HOT outside, but it didn't matter to us because we were in good company, doing something we enjoyed, and we were in air conditioning!  LOL

Here are the layouts I finished:

Off for some sun and fun!

Wow, is it hot here!  Up into the 90s today.  I love the sunshine and clear skies, but I'm totally satisfied with high temps in the low 80s!  Hot or not, I'm thrilled that the weekend is here! 

I'm up early tomorrow and out the door.   I want to walk before it gets hot, then back home to pack for a day of scrapbooking.  AND I have a couple of layouts to post from this last week.

I worked on this one last weekend at Kim's; then finished it at home.  I sprayed the flowers with Glimmer Mist.

This second one I finished last night for this week's Scrapping the Music challenge!  Lots of cutwork, but I love the way it turned out:

Greetings!

I'm digging myself out from under a day of scrapping followed by an evening of art journaling, a day of work, an evening birthday celebration (happy birthday again, DH), a full email inbox, another day of work, a trip to the gym, and HELLO!  I'm here now.  LOL  I'll bet everyone thought I was sitting with my feet propped up, reading a good book, and eating bon bons.  Not happening here, but I may head out to the freezer for a fudge bar.

Here's another layout completed last weekend; I love the colors, the sleepy-eyed boy, just everything about it!  I have one more that's almost finished!  Maybe I'll get it done tonight.  Maybe...

The sloooowest scrapper

That would be me.  Six hours at the crop, and I only have one done.  But I'm good with it!

Scrapping Contest!!

Hey blog readers!  We took a couple days to spend with our number one grandson, but we're back in the swing of things now.  Okay, maybe just one more night's sleep, and we'll be good.  LOL  We had a good time.  Seriously, daughter, we did!  ;)

If you're scrapbookers, head on over to the Dixie Pieces Forum and read about the contest that starts on August 1st (links below).  You can sign up until 11:59pm PDT on July 31st.  BUT, but, but ... the sooner you sign up, the sooner you're eligible to earn points offered in July but added to your contest points total!  Go read about the contest, sign up, and then check the chatter thread frequently to see what pops up!

Oh!  And if you sign up, tell 'em Sherry sent ya.  I'm not eligible for points, but that's okay.  You, on the other hand, ARE eligible for points.  Hurry over and sign up.  Then post it on your blog like I did.  When someone signs up for the contest and mentions that he or she read it on  your blog, YOU get your first contest point!  Cool!

If you have questions, post them in the chatter thread. 

More doodling.

It was a bit cooler here today, thank goodness.  We were out early, ran our errands after church, did the grocery shopping, and then back home to knock a few items off the task list.  Had some time to do another doodling layout! 

Dixie Pieces July Kit is Up!

If you love pink and brown, you'll love the Pink Chocolate kit!  Yum!  Lots of great layouts and cards in the designers' gallery, too.

Time Well Spent

Living in the Pacific NW has been a little warm this weekend!  It's sunny, beautiful and in the high 80s.  And most homes do not have air conditioning, including ours.  We've discussed it but it hardly seems worth the expense and maintenance for 10-15 days a year.  We did, however, research and finally purchase a whole-house fan.  The idea is that, when the air outside is cooler than the air inside, we can pull the inside air out whil pulling the cooler air in.  We think this will meet our needs.  DH finished installing it at noon today, and we'll try it out tonight.  He said the attic was pretty comfortable this morning until about 11am when it hit 80 degrees in there.  But he was so close to done that he wanted to finish. 

Last night we countered the heat by going to the theater to see The Proposal.  Not only was it nice and cool in the theater, but the movie we chose was very entertaining!  I recommend it if you're ready for some fun.

Today I'm scrapbooking.  I wanted to play with some doodling on my pages, and this is my first attempt.  I like the leaves but have mixed feelings about the border.  ;)  Most product is from the July Dixie Pieces kit