Friday Photos...sort of

As most of you know, Friday is the day I use to share photos. Well, since I don't have a lot of new photos yet, I had to improvise. I'm sharing 2 new digital scrapbook layouts! The photos used on these pages were taken from my Photobucket account. They were initially uploaded to Photobucket so I could email them. Therefore, they were reduced in size and are no longer print quality. I am hoping that they will look okay in my scrapbook pages since I don't use a full size picture. Hoping...but not sure right now. Anyway, at least I have them to look at since I no longer have the originals. And today I'm sharing them with you! Enjoy! (Just don't click on them so you can view larger...they are really blurry!)

Like bargains? You're gonna love this post!

Do you love bargains? I sure do! Before our computer crash, I had lots of links to some great bargain sites. Of course, now I can't remember most of them. However, I did happen to find a link to one of them - Money Saving Mom. This is an awesome site if you are a bargain hunter like me! Sorry I don't have time to tell you more about it, but I'm off to Target for some FREE mayo and chocolate bars after I request a sample of my favorite toothpaste...all courtesy of Money Saving Mom! Hurry and find out what bargains are waiting for you at http://www.moneysavingmom.com/ . Don't worry...you can thank me later!

Sweet Music To My Ears

Tonight, McKinney Boyd High School Band will present their Spring Concert. All of the bands - Honors Band, Symphonic I, and Symphonic II - will be performing. Emily was one of the fortunate few incoming 9th graders to make Symphonic I band. She has worked extremely hard this year and has greatly improved her talent. We are so proud of her!

P.S. I told you that you'd be seeing more of my digital scrapbook creations! It's seriously addicting!

Fear not...the blog has NOT been abandoned!

Well, it has been a sad, sad few weeks around here...for me anyway.

After my case of spring fever writer's block, we went on our camping trip to Petit Jean State Park in Arkansas. It was wonderful...everyone had a great time! We can't wait to go back again. The waterfall was magnificent and I did take LOTS of pictures as promised. In fact, over that 5 day trip, I took over 160 pictures! And that was after I deleted some!

However, the most horrible, dreaded thing that I could ever imagine happening, happened. Our computer crashed. I lost FOUR YEARS worth of pictures!!!! All of Abby's infancy pictures, all of our special occasions...including our camping trip, everything...gone! I literally cried and mourned the loss of my pictures for several days. I am still devastated just thinking about it. But I suppose time has a way of healing old wounds...and the loss of pictures...by creating new memories. This past weekend, I got out my camera for the first time since the crash. It was Perry's birthday and also Memorial Day. Although I still cry inside for the irreplaceable photos, I look forward to creating more. Below is one I took yesterday of Abby playing in her pool. Oh, and now I have a new obsession...digital scrapbooking! I'm sure you will be seeing lots of my creations in the near future! Ha, ha!