scraparoni a huge hit

well scraphunger went off with a big bang, it was great but the one who stoll the show was scraparoni, he was a huge hit. we all took our photos with him and as him and we enjoyed doing it. yea scraparoni....now as i dont have the final tally on the amount collected as of yet i can say that we collected 1 3/4 more barrels than last year and they were heaped to the top more. as the parking lot filled with cars i felt overwhelmed with happieness. just to know that we are helping more this year i am so happy. the joy from that is far more than i can ever explain. and it is true as i am proof that you dont have to have alot to care for your fellow man. just have the passion to care and find the way to do so. well i will say goodbye for now and as soon as i get the tally i will let everyone know.   Dream a Dream for it may be the change inwhich all surrounds.....

update with a smile

hello world, 8 more days till scraphunger. ive just gotten 3 more donations oh its going to be a great function. i can see it now. all the hungry familys recieving what they need. i am so happy. i cant explain to everyone just how fantastic it makes me feel to know that we are helping others even though we dont have lots ourselves. its proof that to help others you dont have to have alot just the heart and true passion to want others to have it a little easier. and by all pulling toghather it can be acomplished. well i am having during the function a wheel o prize and to do this i needed a wheel and my hubby has made one that is just perfect. also there will be scraparoni, he will be there to stand behind and have your photo taken as. simular to those at the fair. so everyone can have a souviner photo and become scraparoni, that cute little scrapbooking,cardemaking,crafting noodle....well things are plugging right along, im gonna close for now and get some painting on the bannors done. ill write more as the time apporches. take care to all.  good-bye for now..

life update

so much has been going on, its just 12 days till scraphunger and everything is falling into place, its going to be filled with lots of things to do and more are attending which means that we will be helping to feed way more this year and thats the goal helping feed those in need. although every road is not clear of negative we have bypassed this with a smile, just cant please those whom feel they need to be the center of it all even though they never wanted to be untill someone else steps in. but we move on alls well and i am truly blessed by those whom are doing what they can to help make this dream come alive. we will feed many this year. i even have ladies whom i ment at crops ive been to over the past year, they are coming to support me. THANK YOU.....well next thing is my son cliff and his girlfriend are having their child toghather and its a boy, the ultrasound shows a handsome young man already. you can see his features hes going to be a cutie. i am doing the baby shower so have to get the invites done this week. busy busy busy sometimes not enough time in the day then sometimes to much time in the day cant ever be happy.  i have been given the chance to have my poetry added into our local newspaper and with each poem printed i will get paid, i am so excited. i have another poem being printed in a book by eber&wein which they sell the books at barnes and noble and amazon.com. the book is patience and grace and my poems name is firemans grace..  well heres the update on my hectic life hopefully it wont take me months to write again but before i close theres one more bit of good news i have had a write up about scraphunger in the creating keepsakes magazine and because of it there have been ladies from everywhere intersted in starting their own scraphunger that also is my dream to get help everywhere its needed  yea for this...  by for now blogger world, if anyone ever sees this...

baby news

hello out there, well in the midst of all the new baby girls being born into the family there is finally a little boy yes i said a BOY, my 2nd child my son cliff and his girlfriend angie found out today that the baby which is due in november 2011 is a boy, i knew it and told him i had a feeling. the name he has picked out is very neat although im unsure how to spell it i will try if im wrong i will let everyone know in my next writing. so here it goes.   Dauntea Alexander  im almost sure ive spelt the 1st name right. well everyone hope theres smiles everywhere. with loads of love following. goodbye till next time..

hello everyone

well, i finally have time to sit down and write. heres the run down of the days that seem to go bye so fast that they smear into each other, for fear once you blink the many hours have passed. and so it goes right? well as you all know a friend and myself went to a crop in lincoln city, i complained about the service there and the bed but what i didnt have time to really talk about was the crop itself. first let me say that the ladie whom not only ran the crop but also is the owner of stacys scrap shack did a WONDERFUL job. dispite the fact that she was very busy. it came off as a great crop. the make n take was very cute and usefull. the surroundings were calm. the ladies whom also attended were very nice and helpful if asked. you did not even have to leave your cropping to purchase something you needed as they would take the need and pick it up for you. now myself being a fellow crop hostess i must say it was worth the trip. THANK YOU STACY.  well i came home to not only the regular duties but a phone call from a friend that id went to school with, wow to think back all those years hahaha, anyways, she starts radiation treatments for bone cancer. horrible that nasty c word. cant there finally be a cure? so i went down and spent the weekend with her. with prayers and hope overseen with love these treatments will work. so tonight is bunco, so much fun the group of ladies are a blast. i have a yudu machine from cricut its a home screen printing machine ive made each ladie a shirt thats an peace sign which says peace love bunco with a flower very cute. anyways id better get off here and get 3 more done for tonight than the whole group has one. so this was a long rundown of the past week or two. till next time.wear a smile, love one another and send your prayers above for those in need. take care.

back from the crop

hello, hello everyone. well my friend and i went to the crop in lincoln city this past weekend and we had fun this was my friends first ever crop so she was unsure what to think. i meet some very nice ladies. and was able to speak with them about the condo crops i do and the scraphunger so with all the blessings i will see new faces at both. in my next blog i will tell everyone about my condo crops. oh they are lots of fun. i was lucky enough to get some cards done that was my goal. the time went to fast though. everyone runs their crops diffrent so my friend was unsure what to think. the main bummer about the time was the rudeness from the checkin and check out people. we will not be staying there again even if its conveinant its not worth the headache. and the beds are horribly hard. live and learn right? well all in all we had a great visit and got some things done. and the day was nice all day saterday thats a huge plus. well time for bed so gonna go goodnight everyone till the next time.....have a wonderful night...

HELP

hello everyone in blog land,  well ive been so busy putting toghather ideals for scraphunger and im looking for make n take ideals and help. if theres anyone out there that has any id be so appreciative. please PLEASE pass them my way. this is the big 5 year mark and its going to be the best. we have a huge mark to pass as last scraphunger we collected 1,009.2 pounds of food in 12 hours so we have to run past that. our community needs all the help we can gather and scraphunger is here to do that. well the 4th of july is coming up and scraphunger has a small but a float just the same. and this year thanx to jimmy rodgers at the disintive carpets for the donation of a very nice golf cart called the lexus. scraphunger will be rolling in style. YEA!!!!! well, i need to get things done, so hope everyone has a wonderful day. and ill be looking forward to any artistic talent ideals.  thank you....

my life update

GOOD MORNING my blogging friends,  the weekend flew past and here we are on a slumberly monday morning. hope everyones weekend went great. i received the pound of stamps that i won and they are great. there are so many stamps i have ideals for. so im sending a HUGE thanx to the wonderful viva las vegas stamp store... while in vegas you must visit them you will be amazed. another wonderful item received this weekend was the new cricut expressions 2. for those of you whom dont know what the cricut is let me tell you. its a fantastic machine that cuts lots and lots of fun things from cartridges that you can purchase. they hold hundreds of things to choose from. now the new machine has no dials its all on a lcd screen. it comes preloaded with 4 cartridges and i must say the items on it are soo cute. its truly an awsome machine. my husband surprised me with the order as it was their 5th anniversary limited edition.these machines help in all areas of design. scrapbooking, cardmaking, home decor and lots more. if youve never tryed one well...whatcha waiting for? try it youll be hooked. ok, gotta get my scrapbooking room cleaned but once i enter i may need jaws of life to get me out. oh before i close let me tell you that everyone who knows me knows that i love, love, love poetry. well my son found that there is going to be a poetry reading this wensday. wow so much fun ill be there. ok everyone, gonna close but remember keep your head up, wear a smile and care for thy neigbor.  have a wonderful day..

published poem

Hi everyone, im back so soon because i just received my book where i have a poem published and i am so excited. the book is Best poets of 2010, by Eber&Wein Publishing. i love poetry and i love even more to write poems. i entered a contest one time through this company than was offered the chance to write a poem and have it published. i was ever so happy to do so and here we are. its in the book which is being sold at amazon.com and at Barnes&Noble. heres the poem that made it into this book. i do have another one in the 1st book also which i will write at a diffrent time but for tonight heres this one. hope you all enjoy it.
                                                                    CHANGES
Changes in my life,from the grey in my hair to the wrinkle above my brow. today i was thinking theres so many changes now. from the streets where once laid gravel to the fields where the wild would roam, heavy is my heart to know that away is taken their home. I saw a child playing within a guarded fence, a mother watching closely her expressions very tense. all due to many changes not as safe as it use to be. this is all within my heart so truly sad to me. Out in front of a building stands a man whoms dripping wet, he reaches down into the trash to see what he can get, cause changes came he lost his job, his home his children his love. He now lays his head on a cardboard box and sends his prayers above. you now must look to your neighbor with heart and soul be true, reach out your hand and tell them through all these changes , i'll be here for you...

mothers day and a great win

hi there everyone, well i know i havent wrote for a long time the days just arent long enough. ive been very busy. 1st let me ask that everyone please send prayers to a friend of mine her name is debi she has just found out that she has cervical, breast and spin cancer. yes the big C word. for those of us that has dealt with that in any way you know that its a huge battle and a true blessing to have as many prayers as possible. thank you to all for any you will send her way. now to move on to a more positive note. I WON.... havent said that much in my days. dont know how many of you have been to the viva las vegas stamp store in las vegas or on the internet but they are filled with many wonderful stamps. like a large amount of stamps of all kinds, anything you may need you will find there. and the niceness when your there is great. its all in all a fantastic place. anyways, they had something going on where you got the chance to win a pound of rubber (stamps) and guess what.. i WON, YEAH i am so happy about that. cant wait to see whats all there. i will have some to share with everyone at the scraphunger event. now last but not least, how was everyones mothers day? mine was great. all my children came over. my hubby cooked dinner for me. the kids helped cook their dinner and they even all cleaned up. it was a nice day. hope all you mothers out there had a day filled with lots of love and happieness. goodbye everyone till next time.

scraphunger

hey everyone, well ive been looking for ideals to help make the 5th scraphunger great as in finding those whom will run make n takes and any ideals for a fun day. so during my trip to lincoln city this past monday and tuesday i went to the scrapbook store which is called  Stacys Scrap Shack  located in the small mall by joanns and i believe safeway? going towards the casino. while there i talked about the up coming scraphunger in october. stacy offered her and her design team to come and bring some great ideals for make n takes. for those who have never been in her store let me tell you the walls are filled with artistic talent. i gracously excepted her offer and am so happy to let everyone know that we have something by her to look forward to. i am pluggin away at putting toghather a fun day and i am still looking for ideals along with 2 others for make n takes so anyone whom wants to have input please do so. well im off and running so ill say goodbye to all. have a wonderful day everyone..

scraphunger

well as you all may already know this is the 5th year for scraphunger and i am working on making it the best yet. i am in the process of looking for those talented ones whom would like to share thier talent by running a make n take table. throughout the day id like to have at least 4 make n takes. there will also be a table where those that are interested can make a card or how ever many they would like to send to the troops. i also support our local DHS lifestory program which by collecting scrapbooking items and pages throughout the day they are then given to the DHS office and they put toghather lifestory albums for the children in foster care. subway provides lunch. i am also looking at adding other things throughout the day, anyone with ideals they would like to share im all ears.....ive also tossed around the ideal of having chilcare for the parents that can only attend if they have some so at this point its a thought but it sounds like a good one so we will see. well anyways, i am looking forward to hearing from you all. the input and ideals will be great. im closing for now. hope everyone has a wonderful love filled day drenched within sunshined smiles.

grandma again.........

hello fellow bloggers, well i just found out that i am going to be a grandma again this time by my 2nd son cliff and his girlfriend angie. this is his 1st child. congrats to him what a lucky baby well loved he or she will be. i am happy for them..    this is going to be my 10th grandchild WOW  LUCKY ME   spoil and send home LOVE do LOVE it.  anyways, heres a poem i wrote just for all my wonderful granchildren ill leave everyone with these words....  Our Child,  to have a child oh what a blessing. an extended rebirth of ourselves. To hold this wee one in our arms releasing a sigh of softness, As we calmly cradle the heavenly heartbeat ever so soft. We look into their eyes, as we give thanks our praise from above. Oh to know you my little one. To hold praise in your eyes. To stand proud for you i will. Oh how my heart sings for you each movement you make. The pinkness in your cheeks, the rumble tumble in a curl. I open my heart little one and all within is yours. I shall hold tight to you, which is precious in all to keep you safe. To empower you with serenity. I do love you, Little one......

collections

i went to an estate sale today as i looked around and listened to the buyers that filled the room i was filled with feelings that brought on the writing that follows....Collections, We have our collections throughout our lives starting with the many pages of artwork drawn for us by our little paccasos. To the never ending shelves filled with those nickknacks we couldnt turn away. As our lives move on, we collect. Collect for ourselves, Collect for our children. The piles grow. Suddenly out from what starts as a beautiful day, comes the darkness, the sadness, where we are no more, or left taken from our familiar surroundings therefore leaving all our collections. All those items we cherished so dearly to be dusted off and put on display for all to pick. Some items which are kept from the heart bare no price. Photos of childhood days cast in beautiful frames. Lacy coverings which draped the tables at a family meal.  Our home fills, one by one, people dredge through baring no mind to the heart in which each item has a string. As each item is removed from its place in hopes of purchase, there becomes an unsettling cloud of crudeness, as the bargain hunters become unhappy as to see a price in which is far to lowly marked already, they do not see this. Lower they say,Lower, as they move from room to room collecting in their arms each memory. Will they build their own? For this i hope. Moving last to the ending of the day, the rooms are bare. Each dream, each happieness in a new home. Appreciate my life i ask. Cherish each item, love it as i did, till your time. Its then dusted off and moved on to anothers Collection.....

scrapbookers

just finished 6 pages in my new granddaughters album, shes only 11 days old and what a beautiful little ladie. big smiles to all grandmas and fellow scrapbookers....

my dream

ive started a program called scraphunger from the most vivid dream id ever had, following it i put toghather a 12 hour scrapbooking/crafting function to collect food to help those in need throughout our community and it worked, the 1st year we collected enough to feed 140 people, 2nd year 246, 3rd year 312 and in 2010 we exceded all the prior years at collecting 1,002.9 pounds. i am sooooo proud of this program it truly proves that anyone can help those in need by doing a little something. this year is the 5th year and im working on making it the best yet. my dream is to have others take the ideal and put it to work in their home towns with hope to battle hunger every where as i truly believe we can do it....my other true passion next to helping those in need is poetry. i have been published in a book of poems and have been asked to contribute to the best poets of 2010. what a wonderful way to express yourselfwith this being said id like to leave everyone with this writing, called reach out,  the unbearable deafing crys from those whom have not enough food for their little ones. you walk by, not venturing your eyes to the sight of those whom truly are in need. are you afraid? afraid as if to look deep would connect a link of unsurity, leaving you empty hearted not knowing what next to do. reach out your hand, extending the true touch, to help your fellow man. within our lifes we to are in need. do not be afraid, do not turn your backs on those whose crys are loud, to help may only require a smile, a simple nod of your head, a reassuring freshness of friendship. do not stand behind your fellow man, stand tall, stand beside.....

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