Remember and say Thank You

I just want to say THANK YOU to all our veterans, past-present-future for the freedoms I enjoy. There have been many that have touched my life personally and there is no way I could name them all, but here are a few. I love you all.
Pete Tate
Jim Hill
Jeff Hill
Marvin Barchers
Mike Moreno
Carl Adkins
James Adkins
Charles Adkins
Bill Barnett
Jerry Bennett
Breezy Hoadley
Ken Rodgers
Mike Needham
Jerry Andrews
Joe Levengood
Judy Deaver
Janet & Scotty Williams
I created this page using freebies I got from a collaboration kit I found called Poppies to Remember by Snowraven, Kyra and Miss Edna! Thanx for sharing and again a big THANK YOU to all our veterans. Later....Mat

Blog Award I Created

I created this blog award for some of the most amazing sites I visit. I used several kits by CJS! Later...Mat

Thanx Carol!!

What a wonderful friend we have in Angelscrapper (Ms Carol)!! Look at my new blog header she made for me with all my precious furbabies and my man! I just adore it. Nice surprise this morning so I took the time to make a quick Thank you page for her. The "girls" helped me so I had to put a furbaby twist to it. Thanx a million Friend, I love you. Mat

I'm Still Here

Man, I took off a week to move in and get all the utilities, etc transferred. What a rushed time, yet I felt so distanced from all with no internet for a week. When I finally got back to work to my computer there, I had 194 messages to weed through. LOL!
We are still not finished emptying CRAP out of the duplex, but are a lot closer than we were. The temperature is finally beginning to cooperate a little too. We are pretty much settled into a routine now at the new house. It is finally beginning to look like home. Still have 2 rooms to unpack and set up, but finally got my computer all set up last evening. Got one of the new garage doors installed. After the other one is replaced, we can start looking for a house painter for the outside. Finished the flooring except for 2 closets and the 2 baths. We have not EVEN thought about starting on the 4th bedroom or the 3rd bath.
The "girls" are loving all the space and all the new and exciting places to hide. They sure do "talk" a lot more now (I think they are trying to find each other!) They have toys in each and every room now!!!
I took some photos along and hopefully will be able to make a few more pages later, but put this one together this morning using CJS' Goodbye Summer kit. I adore the frames, makes a great quickpage for popping in photos. Thanx a lot Carol for your generosity in sharing your talent.
Well, over to the duplex now, finished with what I wanted to do here today, you know, made the bed, vacuumed the rugs, mopped the floors, took my shower and made a scrap page. Now to bring over a couple more loads to stack into a room to unpack during the evenings this coming week. LOL!
Thanx a lot for the visits friends and leaving all the encouraging words and most of all the hugs, love and the Mint Juleps. Love you all....Later, Mat

Ike is Visiting

Good morning all, Ike is trying to invade our area as I type this. We are experiencing some much needed rain right now, nothing really heavy yet or windy, but "they" are predicting a lot more is on our way. We have battened down the hatches and just enjoying a lazy wet day for now. Plans for moving in are on hold until the rains cease. So after much loving from the girls this morning (amongst all the family phone calls) I decided to make a couple of pages of the babies with a cute freebie overlay from TeriMayo. Hope you enjoy them. Thanx for visiting and I will be checking in later if we do not lose power later on today. Have a terrific weekend, later...Luv, Mat

Happy Birthday Sandra Marie

Stopped long enough to make a quick page to wish my Aussie friend, Sandra Marie a very happy day. We are still trying to decide on flooring. Hopefully it will go in this weekend. I will be moving over the kitchen stuff as that part of the house is finished. Have a terrific weekend and I promise to keep in touch and VISIT with all you wonderful ladies when this is finished. I so miss my relaxation time of scrapping pages. I used a freebie called Hibiscus by Jayaprem for this page. Happy Birthday Sandra Marie. Luv y'all!! Mat

Get Well Katlin

I just had to slow down long enough to send my best wishes to Katlin. She is the 7 year old granddaughter of my friend Donna, the niece of my friend Tina, and daughter of my friend Renee. She just had a brain tumor removed and is recovering in the hospital in NJ. I wanted to scrap a page for her to show my support and to let her know that she and her family are all in my prayers for a positive outcome on the results and a speedy recovery for Katlin. Love to all of you. I used Carol's kit she made especially for this brave little angel. You can find it at CJS' site and it's called Patience Kit for Katlin. Thanx Carol for your generosity and caring for Katlin!