Scrapping the Music - Cinderella

I haven't done a Scrapping the Music challenge in ages, even though I check their blog weekly. This weeks song is by one of my favorite artists, Steven Curtis Chapman... and I had the perfect photo for it. Since this week was so full with end of school year stuff, and getting ready for vacation, I opted for a quick digital layout. I wish I could remember where I got this free template from. It made up really quick and easy!

Congratulations Cheryl!

High School finals are finished, and for one of my kids, High School is over! Yesterday was Cheryl's graduation. It was almost 100F on the field. With all those kids in black robes, it's a good think that the ceremony was only a little over an hour, or the kids would be dropping from heat stroke. There were over 600 kids in her graduating class (and only one beach ball). Can you see her? LOL!



Here she is!

Presenting the graduating class of 2008!

Cheryl and Chris.

Say Cheese!!!

Happy Father's Day!

We had a nice Father's Day yesterday. My hubby went surfing in the morning, then came home and made us breakfast! LOL! He likes eggs for breakfast, and I don't cook eggs for breakfast. In the afternoon, we had lunch at my folks house. Here is my dad with his Father's Day present. Now when he falls asleep in the chair outside, he won't fall out. We had to cut our visit short, since my son and daughter are still studying for finals. It's the last week of school!

I can't believe that I didn't take any photos of my hubby on Father's day. I'm such a bad scrapper! I'll have to take extra photos of him when we take our vacation next week.

I hope everyone had a great Father's Day!

Half-Marathon Training - Week #5

I made all my goals last week. Yahoo!!! Here are the training goals for this week.
Here is my schedule for this week:
SUN - off
MON - 11 miles
TUE - off
WED - 40-60 min
THU - off
FRI - 40-60 min
SAT - 25 min

Half-Marathon Training - Week #4

It's only the third week, and I missed a day!
Bad me!
Here is my schedule for this week:
SUN - off
MON - 7 x 800m
TUE - off
WED - 40-60 min
THU - off
FRI - 40-60 min
SAT - 25 min

Wildlife...

I didn't take this photo, because I wasn't running with my camera yesterday. But, look at what I found stretched across my path... a >3.5' gopher snake. It was blocking all but a few inches of the path. I tried throwing rocks at it to get it to move, but I kept missing... LOL! They really are harmless. I finally ended up stepping over its tail.

Supposedly, rattlesnakes are on the rise. I haven't seen one yet this year, but I'm keeping my eyes peeled!

Soccer!

The last tournament of the season, found Mission in the bottom on the pool. The first game was a loss against Hacienda Hts, 0-2. The second game was a tie against Diamond Bar 1-1. The third game was Mission Viejo against Mission Viejo. Both teams were tied for last... the winner would go on to play in the finals. Well, the game ended in a 3-3 tie. So, both teams didn't make playoffs.


Oh, well... But here's the big news! We have another left-midfielder in the family!!! The coach decided to try Chris at left-mid (the same position that his sister plays). He did great! With all the running he does, he didn't even get tired. Look at him stretch his legs in the photo! And being in the midfield made him feel more apart of the game.

Chris has decided after this weekend to play soccer again in the fall, as a mid-fielder! So, soccer is not over for the Moore family as we thought. Cheryl is even going to play again this fall in AYSO U19, and her adult coed league.

Prom Night!

Last night was Prom Night, and here's my pretty girl!
Here is how prom went:
1pm - start getting ready
4:15pm - leave for friend's house
4:30pm - meet up with 25 friends
5pm - limo pick up
limo driver gets lost
6:15pm - arrive at downtown disney for dinner (reservations were for 6pm)
8:30pm - dinner is finished (prom started at 8pm)
limo driver gets lost
10pm - arrive at Long Beach Convention Center (prom doors closed at 9:30)
beg teacher to let them into the prom
12:00 - prom over
limo driver gets lost getting back to the freeway
1am - say goodnight to friends
1:30am - Home at Last!

Cheryl said that they didn't have enough money to tip the limo driver. I told her that's just as well... doesn't sound like he deserved one. (Who could possibly get lost going to downtown Disney???)

I asked if she had a good time, she said it was a real adventure. She's not sure if she had fun yet... I told her give it time. It'll be a great story someday. During the telling of the story, Cheryl kept mentioning a boy named Alfonso. Hmmm... I'm waiting to hear more about Alfonso....

Half-Marathon Training - Week #3

I'm still following Galloway's half-marathon training plan. It's been only two weeks, and frankly I'm getting bored... and FAT! Well, okay, not FAT... but I have put on some weight around my middle (you know muffin top area). The mileage on Galloway's plan is less than I have been doing on my own. The good news is that my knee problems have all cleared up. So, maybe Galloway's plan is doing some good after all.
I made all my goals last week.
Here is my schedule for this week:
SUN - off
MON - 9.5 miles
TUE - off
WED - 40-60 min
THU - off
FRI - 40-60 min
SAT - 25 min

I think it's time for another "Run to Woodsfield" map.
Since Galloway cut my mileage down, I'm not making as much progress as I wanted. I'm still out in the New Mexico desert, west of Santa Fe.

Diamond Border Punch

One more crafting share... When I bought the Threading Water Punch two days ago, I also got this punch: the Diamond Border Punch. I have a weakness for gadgets (be they scrapping gadgets, kitchen gadgets, or whatever...) One round border punch and one sharp border punch, perfect! That's all I'll ever need. I tried this punch out, and tried punching both sides like I did for the Threading Water punch. I had to cut the strip just a touch wider (15/16" wide). I love the results! It looks like lace.
Here's a graduation card that I made for my neice.

Threading Water Border Punch

You know how scalloped borders are the height of scrapping style? You can purchase scalloped border sheet paper, scalloped border strips in different colors, cut your own (completely undesirable), or punch it by hand with a corner punch.

BUT what if you could make pretty scalloped borders quickly and easily. This little tool is taking the scrapping world by storm. I got mine from Michael's yesterday. The young man at the counter, stopped and looked at the punch I was buying. He said that he sold 4 within the last 4 hours, and he wanted to see what it was.



This will give you an idea about the size. It's very easy to use... just line up the edge and punch. After you punched it once, slide the paper over and line up the punched pattern to the silhouette on the punch base, and keep punching.



Here's a cute idea that I heard about from an MB. If you cut a paper strip 7/8" wide, punch one side, then punch the other, you get a cute circle border.







I used it right away for the border on this layout. I had some trouble getting the corners to line up nice, so I had to cover the corners with die-cut circles. I'm sure with trial and error, I'll get the corner measurement correct.



And best of all this little tool cost me $8.11 at Micheal's using my 50% off coupon. I just love a deal!