I am My Mother's Daughter

I decided not to do alot of embellishments on this one...it's all about the journalling, babeeee!

Another Scrapbook Getaway Tradition

It just wouldn't be the same without an "unfortunate" event...
as the tradition goes...there's always an injury of some sort that takes place before a Stampin Memories SB Getaway.
Let's see...one time, it was a back spasm, another time I was recovering from a cyst removal on my leg, another time (and this was the best yet), I had driven over my own foot.


One time, I was wracked over the coals by someone who called me a "cold heartless, MEAN-o-pausal witch with no forgiveness in her heart.
(which didn't leave a bruise but caused other bodies parts to implode)

THIS week is true to the tradition.
The same said foot suffered an unidentifiable injury...could be a broken bone around the pinkie toe area or just bruised. How do ya like the colors of bruising so far? The colors are by far the best in between the pinkie toe, however, I wanted to spare you the details of what could be lurking in there since my a.m. shower so you'll have to take my word on that.

Did I have it x-rayed you ask? Who the hell has time? I have door prizes to shop for, goodie bags to put together, a mom who's having surgery, and bathrooms that need cleaning, floors that need mopping, and an out-of-town guest arriving!

So ice packs (ie; frozen lima beans) and Pink M & M's are the best I can do!

sCRAPbook Supplies and how they grow....

It's amazing how the things we love just seem to take over our lives.
No area of space in one's home is safe from another plastic drawer organizer.
Can you imagine an Iris Cart in the bathroom (not with toiletries I daresay)?
Well, what could be handier? A few moments alone with the sound of the fan hiding the noise while you peruse all those metal hinges, eyelets and other treasured embellishments.. ha!
Personally, I started to purge the organizers while organizing. Does that make sense?
Well, when you notice the center of the plastic organizers sagging badly in the center, which prevents proper drawer function, it's time to move up to storage furniture.

Replacing one of those dreaded plastic drawer organizer isn't as simple as one might think. In one drawer was every checkbook register and carbon check I have written since 1982! What do you DO with those? Professionals say retention is 7 years. I should contact those Professionals and demand an award of some kind.
Whattaya think?

Anyhoot...after I am done today, this is what my office might look like...




or
NOT!

Thinking of You-Silhouette Papers

Just goes to show, I can't stamp and hold a cell phone...
sorry the image is "smoooshed" (like lips on glass) but I still love these papers...ya?

Dahlia Folds

I'm not good at multi-tasking...
hmmmmm must've lost that gene when I gained the Customer Service gene!
Anyhoot, was trying to watch a movie, listen to my iPOD and do this card...
some of the folds suffered greatly and I am sure the origamist (is that a word?) who designed it will have alot of nightmares seeing my version.

So using CTMH's new Paper Garden papers, I experimented anyways.
I'm making a bunch of cards for my mother-in-law who will be doing chemo for the next few months.
I love this paper and I know she will too!

SUPER Mother/Daughter Day!

It's a GREAT day when your 21 year old actually LIKES your playlist...(well...maybe not ALL of them, but we can compromise on the fast/fwd button)

Haley's iPOD shuffle was dead from her trip, so we shared earphones
(normally that would be an ewwww thing, but what the hell...we're related)





It's a SUPER day when a group of moms and daughters of a common bond can get together for an annual Mother/Daughter Brunch.
We've had to skip some years, but hey anything more than 5 years can be considered a tradition.
My generation of girls all went to school together except one.
So we started it with just us and our Moms...then our kids (omygod!) started getting old enough to attend.

So here we are this year at the Cliffhouse in Folsom, Ca.
(My oldest niece Nikki far left planned this year's)

Beautiful day and a group of beautiful women don't ya think?

So here are the group shots of each family;
Here are the Moms (1st generation)
From left Joan Churches, Mom, Rose Petkovich
For some reason we didn't get a shot of my generation or the 3rd generation together...
(I think we had too many in the ladies room!)

Debbie Young and her daughters Lindsay and Lauren (missing today is her mom and other daughter Jennifer)
All of Patti's Moms!
Patti had all 3 of our moms to call her own. In fact, she actually stayed with us for a while.
She claims it was great to have sisters....the walls & doors in our house would disagree.


The Churches
Lisa, Joan and Lucia
I think they look fabulous!
Petkovich Girls!
Elizabeth, Deb, Rose and Micheyl
(we missed having Rose's sister Claire and her daughter Judy!)



My (Jurich) Family
Nikki, Me, Mom and Haley
missing today is my sister Pam and her daughter Natalie

It's amazing how a group of us can meet up, drink up and catch up like it was just yesterday we met last...
I LOVE our Annual Mother Daughter Brunches!

Guess.....

What do Barbra Streisand, The Monkees, Cher, Rod Stewart, Boz Scaggs, Trisha Yearwood and her hubby Garth, The Bee Gees, Bread, The Tokens, and ME all have in common?


Bliss


and that's just the short list!
(guess which color I got!)

I'm done...she's twenty ONE!

Time flies...
it truly does...
can't say anything more.
Here's Haley's traditional birthday photo on our deck.


and here is her first official "tini"!

Youth Scrapper

We definitely don't age discriminate at Stampin Memories SB Getaway!
While we do have age "guidelines" for registration (it IS a mommy's weekend away afterall), it's been fun to watch our regulars' children grow up even if it's only in the photos they scrap while attending. We were use to seeing Eryn come and go just to visit or say hi while she was young(er), but Eryn has been coming as a guest for a few years now. Her keen eye for color and design has been inherited from her mom Cari (who is seen in the post below winning bag #1!)
More about Cari later!

An Accomplished Scrapbooker

For the next few weeks (or up until the next SB Getaway featured previously), I would love to share what fun perspectives we have at the Bradley House.
When I look at this picture of Anne, (and if you are a scrapbooker you'll appreciate the humor) I see not the frustration of attempting to master the Disney Cricut cartridge...not the endless wasted scraps, not the long, really long list of the paths of how she found success for the desired result, not her bloodshot eyes, not her tongue lagging from dehydration... what I do see is the dedication and commitment (not to be confused with a person who needs to be committed) of a person totally into making a truly memorable page of a treasured moment.
Some say "KISS" (Keep It Simple, Stupid!) Well, if that is your prospective of scrapbooking or cardmaking, ok. fine. really. no really!
But don't sit near Anne.


Go ahead and sit near the "unknown scrapper"...she's usually half bagged anyhoot



Better yet...sit near me.
I usually don't get very much done unless you count dolling out the door prizes!



oh...and in case you want to see Anne's finished layout (minus the "minnie" title)