I Like Your Style....

We are on week #2 of the Summer of Scraplovin' challenge over at ScrapLove.com, and this weeks was another challenge I thought I was never gonna complete!! Summer weeks are B-U-S-Y!! It is due today, and I finished it TODAY....PHEW!!

Thsi week we had to find 3 very NON-scrappy items and use them on a layout. Took me forever to think of something, but once I did, it seemed to flow. Especially since I had JUST taken these pics of Sadie last weekend (you probably recognize them from an earlier post, LOL!)!!

She is getting ready to enter Kindergarten in a few weeks, and seems to be growing up quickly. The journaling is on the tag that is tucked behind the lower photo and is a note to her telling her much I like her inside and out.

Since we've been playing with new hairstyles for her to wear to school, that is where the inspiration for the design of this layout came from.

Non-Scrappy items....1) Comb (behind the title). 2) Bobby pin (tied with ribbons on top photo). 3) Section snipped from an elastic headband (across the star at the bottom corner of the page)

Thanks for lookin!

I GOT IT!!!

I GOT THE JOB!!!!

They called yesterday with the job offer. I am so excited....beyond words!! and BONUS, they offered me more than what any of the other places I had interviewed with said they'd pay me....YES!!

Oh, I am so thankful that Heavenly Father's hand was guiding this whole thing. I know this is where I am supposed to work for a long long time.

It is practically BRAND NEW...in fact, it hasn't even been open a year. It was opened in conjunction with the closing of another facility that had been here for YEARS, so many of the staff came over from that hospital.

I will be working in Postpartum (LOVE IT) full-time on night shift 7p-7a. It is 3 nights a week. I feel so blessed. My children (all of them) will be in school all day, so ono the days I work, I'll work at night when they are alseep (and DH is home) then I can sleep for 6 hours while they are at school (which is more than I am getting now, LOL), and we can be together in the afternoons.

I am going in tomorrow to do paperwork and drug screen and a physical and get the background check going....once all that clears, I can start. They said probably Aug 11th.....which also happens to be the first day of school. I'll be working 8-4 that week for orientation. After that, the nurse educator will get me set up with a schedule.

Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers!!!

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....

I bet you're wondering why I am whispering

(could you tell I was whispering?)

LOL!! Well, it is because the final challenge for the ScrappyFun contest was to make a layout that has a title that starts with "I Secretly....". Well, my title doesn't EXACTLY say that....but pretty much, and I think it counts (I HOPE IT DOES!). I was at a loss for MANY days over this one....but then it came to me...let me know what you think!

M&M Inspiration....

Ok....so the fun has finally begun over at The Summer of Scraplovin' contest!! For our first challenge, we were given a collage of 20 different photos and told to take inspiration from there however we saw fit.

Well, I took two pieces of inspiration then went with it! One of the collage photos was of some brightly colored m&m's all lined up in rows....LOVED IT! Then the photos in the collage were a mix of b/w and color shots, so I used that too.

I used my scalloped scissors to make the "ball chains"...and I had a little fun with my favorite white pen!

Too grown up!!....

Sigh....my baby is growing up, and there is nothing I can do to stop it. Not that I really want to stop it entirely, but I wouldn't mind if it would just SLOW DOWN a bit!!! She will be starting all day kindergarten in 3 weeks, she got her ears pierced a couple weekends ago, and she doesn't look like a baby/toddler/preschooler anymore. She looks like (and IS) a big girl.....well, a little, big girl, but you get my point. I have been reading some girly hair-do blogs to get ready for doing her hair each morning for school....and we've been practicing. (She Does Hair is my favorite - love her styles!) With her hair all done up, she REALLY looks older. I took these pics last weekend....we were heading out to my sisters bridal shower. I guess I'll end this post the same way it started....with a.....sigh. :)

Update on the job interview....

I thought it went really well....felt very positive about it, loved the facility. VERY nice people interviewed me. They said they'd call sometime this week either way. So as I sit on pins and needles waiting....HOPING....PRAYING, right? Well, on Tuesday I about fell out of my chair when the phone rang and it was THEM.......!!!

I bet you are wondering what they said. Because I was totally curious!! You know how that happens....the phone rings and before you answer you are wondering what will they say.....oh, I guess I am off track ,LOL.....JUST KIDDING!!

She called to tell me that they hadn't quite finished up interviews, so it would probably be next week before they'd make a decision and make the official calls. While I was bummed that it wasn't *THE* call....I was glad they took the time to call and let me know that.....at least I am "in the loop". So, we will keep on hoping!!

I also got called to interview at another fantastic facility this week. It was for a Labor and Delivery position. Again, I think the interview went well....I wish I could get some feedback from the interviewers even if I dont get the job, so I would know if there is anything I could improve on for next time. Anyhow, I have never worked L&D before, but I have always wanted to (in fact when I first graduated, it was my area of choice, but I didn't get hired there). If they will have me, I'd love to learn!! So, I'll be waiting for a call back from them next week too!!! EEK....so that means if you happen to call me next week....I'll probably be RIGHT by the phone, LOL!!

I really feel so blessed to have my nursing degree, and to live in a place with wonderful hospitals and facilities to work at....SO MANY OPTIONS... it is great!

Peek-A-Boo, I see you!....

OK, so I found a really cool challenge over at the ScrapAttack Blog...a Peek-A-Boo Page!! This is something new for me. Basically what you do is to cut out part of the background so that you can see through the page. Here is my attempt at it. For the layout design, I used a sketch from Shawna over at Busy Bee....then I made it my own with a couple of changes and I added the peek-a-boo part. Because of the cutouts, I had a bit of trouble taking a photo that really shows off the peek-a-boo. Didn't look right when I scanned it....and when I took pics outside, the photo on the layout got funny glares and such. Hopefully I have shown enough shots that you get the idea. For the journaling, I used the lyrics from the primary song "Families Can Be Together Forever".

Photos taken outside (funny glare on the picture)



Scanned with a piece of white cardstock behind the peek-a-boo.


Thanks for looking!

I took a walk down memory lane....

Well, it is week 4/5 of the contest over at ScrappyFun! This week (really it was 2 weeks) we had 3 options to choose from.....We could make a mini album, or a set of 6 cards, or two layouts. I chose two layouts. I scrapped older photos of my kids, and it was fun to look at them again all little and chubby.

Devastatingly Handsome: A funny about this layout....after I was all done with it and went to scan it, the dimensions werent right. I thought my scanner was freaking out worse than usual (notice the lovely scan line in the image). After a little investigating, I realized that the off white paper I had chosen for my background was NOT 8.5 x 11. It must have been a scrap of a 12 x 12 I had trimmed on before....I had to add a piece of black behind it to make up the difference, LOL!! Thank goodness it still looks alright.

Your Smile Brightens My Day: This layout is more whimsical than my usual style, but I think I like it!!

Don't forget to click on the images for a larger view. Thanks for looking!! Let me know what you think!

No Chatterbox call-back for me...

Ah, well. Better luck next time, I suppose.

Summer of ScrapLovin' 2008!....

WooHoo!! Time for another contest!! You know me....I LOVE a good contest!! This one is WAY COOL too. I know because I participated in it last year. It is over at http://www.scraplove.com/ , and it starts up July 13th. You do have to sign up by the 7th, so if you'd like to join the fun....THERE IS STILL TIME!! This is not a contest you can get voted out of either...once you join, you are in for the whole ride!! I am looking forward to the first assignment next week! Hope to see you there too!!