Hot off the Press!!! Come read all about it!! (6/21/07)

Ok…so I did figure out how to make a video into something I could upload here but alas I didn’t find my video from my very first horse show…We are in major upheaval because of all the moving so I”m sure it will surface…and if it does I’ll put it up someday…

My nudge for Hot off the Press today was about memories…Well… reading Tara’s response made me well up with tears so when I headed over here to blog about mine…I was and am determined to find something to entertain you with that might bring you a smile!! (P.S. Tara don’t take that wrong your post was ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL!!!) It just shocked me that it got to me as much as it did! I mean hello…I don’t know you THAT well YET!

While I totally agree that “once someone passes every memory is special” (so eloquently stated by Tara), on the other hand I feel just as passionate about the memories of the living! A little background…I am a talker (not that you don’t already know that I mean come on…if you read this blog you’d have to be pretty dense to not already know that one!) Ok…well growing up was no different than now and I was labeled Mouth of the South…one of those fond nicknames you just wish weren’t true or that no one would ever really HEAR (I have a few of those…like turd bird…what kind of a name is that!!! Yep…my nickname from my grandpa growing up!!) I digress…sorry…When I was little I used to crawl into my grandma’s bed at night or in the morning with a sweet little plea of “Mawmaw can we talk a bit?” Of course I’m the baby girl so did she ever turn me down? Nope…never…not even after learning these sessions really had very little to do with “can WE talk a bit” as much as they resonated loud and clear “can I talk a bit”!! Well years passd and yep I continued to talk…and still do…She is just the best, she just sits and listens (of course I’m learning that, that is just something mothers do, and she is a mother after all ) Well all those little talks have become a jumbling mass of wonderful memories spent with a wonderful woman…well..Now I’m a mom…and yes I listen…but much to my delight not too long ago I get a call from Grandma to tell me a little tid bit… You see Monkey (yes that is another one of those nick names you wish just weren’t used!) was visiting her. An evening comes…Grandma is snuggled in bed watching T.V. when in trots miss thing chiming those all to familiar words…”Mawmaw, can we talk a bit”! Can you believe it!! I mean I know she is my little girl…but wow!! And AS usual…Mawmaw not only listens but reports…it was actually more of a “can I talk” proposition!! Way to go Savannah Banana! You’re carrying on a tradition that I have grown to hold dear to my heart, I wonder what you will think of them when you are older and ummm..wiser…ok..so that was a little dream on my end…I like to think of myself as a little wiser and who knows…I may be so thanks in part to all those little chats!! Here is to ya Grandma and just think 15 days to go and you will be within arms reach on a regular basis for us (family) to benefit from many many more of those “Mawmaw can we talk a bit” sessions :):) Hmmm…that makes ya wonder…what does Grandma get out of these chats? Anything? That is one to remember to ask!!!

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Collections, Challenges, updates…golly lots!!!

Ok…so first up…a royal kick in my butt!!!! I’m a horrid host!! JUST horrible! Over at The Digi Shoppe I started The Backstage Pass Challenge, a challenge all about your camera and pictures!!! This month I started out with playing with Shutter Speed, and no if you don’t have a manual camera you aren’t out of luck! For you point and shooter camera guys all you have to do is play with your sports setting for quick shutter speeds, and night setting for SLOW shutter speeds… IF you head over to the challenge I put up some interesting links for info on the subject! And here we are over half way through the month!! Take those pictures! Get them scrapped and leave us a link!!! There are shoppe points to those of you that participate!! I wanna see you playing with that setting and see what you can come up with!!! And keep in mind…This will be a monthly thing so come join us!! Anytime!!!

I also nudge all you Bloggers out there with my Hot off The Press for the day! And today’s nudge was to talk about your collections (non scrap related) I know that was a horrible little rule to throw in there, I mean we are all scrap addicts and I don’t know about you but my collection of supplies is growing WAY faster than I can scrap!! Ohhh, I’m breaking my own rule…

My real collection…hmmm..would have to be a toss up…Frogs and Horses…Horses were my first love so I’ll tackle that…I started riding when I was really young! I even have a video of me at my first Dressage show… I think I was like 4 or 5 maybe..mom can correct me on that, I’m sure she remembers!! I just know I was on a Monstrous horse and my little legs didn’t even come 1/4 of the way down the side of the horse’s tummy!!! tooooo funny!! This little speck up there trying to do my show! Well needless to say we exited the ring way more times than you are supposed to at the totally WRONG parts of the ring but I finished and yes the wonderful mommy has a video..hmmm….wonder if I could get it up here for kicks…gotta give that a try!!! it is just toooo funny!! (I’ll update the post if I can figure it out!!) Well that was my beginnings! And I’m hooked….hooked enough to not only own snowglobes, figures, jewelry, pictures…I even worked at a horse farm for a bit!! I have several of Nene Thomas’s prints such as this one:

Click on the preview to check out her other work (it isn’t all horses! She does some amazing fantasy stuff!)

This is one of a series she was doing, one for each month…and I have all of them so far!! :):) The detail is wonderful!! Now of course all my little nick knacks are (much to my husband’s disappointment) sitting in boxes in HIS garage!! I have sooo many I don’t have enough shelves to display them all!!! And of course not only do I have the year round nick knacks I even have horse ornaments!! Yep…told you addict!! I’ll snap some pics of those at Christmas so you’ll have to wait on those!!

On life…really short and sweet…PAINT!! I’m living eating and breathing PAINT!!! Ok..so I’m throwing in some scrapping here and there but we do have a house that has to be DONE in TWO WEEKS!!! So paint I will!!! :):) Off to get some work done ya’ll!! See ya round.

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The Digi Shoppe! Go check out the new stuff…and SALES EVERYONE!!

Here is Cori’s latest “Boy Toy” and it is ONLY $3 through the 24th! Click away and go grab it…she also has a few other amazing products on sale till the 24th so get over and see what she has for ya!

I’m a sucker for glitter lately!! And MissHuniBuni has provided!! Check out her Glitter Glam Circles and they are a bargain at only $1.00!!!! Click away as usual!