Tuesday, July 25, 2006

Off to CKU!!

These past few days I have been busy preparing myself for CKU, gathering pictures, supplies for the classes, etc. etc. For those of you wondering, CKU stands for Creating Keepsakes University! I am heading to Atlanta GA to join some of my TLC friends and others to have a week of intense Scrapbooking Classes with the best and elite of the industry. I had the wonderful opportunity to attend a CKU here in Orlando last year with my upline Jan Pepe and I LOVED IT!!!! It was totally the best experience and I came home with sooooo much STUFF!! Its just a blast, plus our DORM (Group of Ladies) won the Singing Contest! Yes we sang and WON!!! So you know we did something right, LOL.

In any case, our DORM this year has entered the Singing Contest and we were nominated to perform among other competitors, so I will have to let you know how we do this year! So keep your fingers crossed for me and my DORM. For more information on CKU go to www.creatingkeepsakes.com you will see the link to CKU on the left! This year I am participating in CKU Albums I believe it is even more intricate and intense than last year the goal is to come home with 2 completed Albums, so I am siked! I was planning on uploading some pictures from last years CKU but Blogger is having issues and is not allowing uploads at this moment and I really have to get going and get ready for my upcoming trip, it's a 7hr. drive from here. So I will catch you all when I come back on the 30th!!!

Thursday, July 20, 2006

10 things I learned in high school "not" on the curriculum

  1. How to cut class
  2. How to cut class and get away with it for 90 days
  3. How to forge my deans signature for the hall pass
  4. How to kiss a boy
  5. What an important fact "fashion" was
  6. The true meaning of "Peer Pressure"
  7. Being with the "IN" crowd
  8. That I was pretty
  9. What a broken heart felt like
  10. Pay back!

Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Crazy & Busy day..............

  1. Make breakfast for my boys and their friends that are sleeping over
  2. Wash some loads of clothing
  3. Enter some orders from TLC in my database
  4. Call potential recruits
  5. Call some of the customers regarding their orders
  6. Work on CKU homework
  7. Go to the post office
  8. Stop at the Dollar store (4yr. old request)
  9. Get lunch together
  10. Run out to get some additional items for dinner at the store (forgot to do that while out the first time)
  11. Cook dinner for this large crowd of eight tonight (6 of them being males) talk about being hungry.......LOL!!
  12. Go to Walmart with my 18 yr old
  13. Stop at Blockbuster to rent a game for the kids tonight
  14. 12 midnight Put my feet up with a nice cup of hot tea!

Sunday, July 16, 2006

10 Unforgettable Moments in My Life- Blog prompt

  1. Getting my ears pierced at age 16
  2. The day I married my soulmate
  3. November 10, 1987 - The birth of my 1st born son
  4. 1987/1988 - The year that Louie joined the Air Force and we moved from NYC to Georgia and really became independent adults.
  5. September 29, 1990 - The birth of my second son while his Daddy was away in Saudi Arabia fighting in the Gulf War. Louie did not see our son until 8 months later.
  6. 1995 the year we got the keys to our very own 1st home here in Florida
  7. February 23, 1998 - The day an F4 Tornado destroyed our home
  8. The news of my 3rd pregnancy(while planning to have my tubes tied)
  9. 9/11/01 - The day of my 1st prenatal visit and the morning of the Twin Towers Tragedy
  10. February 6, 2002 - Azriel's premature birth at only 26 weeks into the pregnancy 3 months too early, weighing only 1 1b & 8 oz and measuring 12 inches long and no promises for the future.
  11. April 17, 2002 - The day we brought Azriel home from the hospital after 72 days in NICU

I know the Blog prompt was for 10 but I had to edit my post and mention the birth of my second son since it was a very difficult time for us as a family and one that I will never forget.

Thursday, July 13, 2006

Digital Scrapooking


I am so proud to say that Top Line Creations is the first Direct Sales Scrapbooking Company to launch and tap into the Digital Scrapbooking market. I received the LifeTimez software the other day and began to play with it immediately. I have never scrapbooked digitally before and by the look of these pages you can see that even those with no experience can use this software. It is just so easy and I love it!!!! Now all those photos I have that I have not done anything with can find a beautiful home and I can share them easier with family and friends. For more information on this software you can go to my website at www.simplescrappin.com or visit my TLC website at www.topline-creations.com/scrapmania. Here are a few pages that I did using this awesome new software!!!



Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Where has the Summer gone?

Wow time sure flies when you are having fun! Summer is certainly a great fun time and I have been quite busy this year around. My fun and crazy (I mean that with love) cousins came in to visit with us and we had such a great time.

We also had a 4th of July BBQ with our closest friends and family and it was a nice time for everyone. We really enjoyed having everyone over. Here are some pictures of both my family visiting and also the 4th of July. Since I haven't posted in almost a month I figured I would go ahead and make up for some lost time on this post.


Here are my cousins from PR, Pennsylvania and New York City.

From left to right (Nirma - PR, Bky - PA, Helen - NY and Bky's sons Christian & Danny)





*** 4th of July FUN!! ***

Angela & Angel having fun at the pool!


Azriel enjoying the spa............



Our friends Angel & Marie



My uncle David & his lovely wife Wanda



Me and my cousin Ephraim & his wife Nancy!



Our friend Miguel with his son Sammy!


My mom relaxing by the pool

My lovely hubby!