VOTE FOR ME!! Week 2 of Queen Of The Crop

So, week one of The Queen of the Crop 2007 has passed and voting for week 2 has started. Please take a moment to view all the wonderful entries and then vote for your favorite one (which should be mine ;-).

You know the drill, it's $2.00 to vote, but portions will be donated to a charity of the winner's choice. All the rules and regs are below in another post. I hope you will vote and support a well deserving charity. THANKS!!

It's a great and fun contest, come on!!! Join in on the fun!! It'll be great! Most important, VOTE FOR ME!!!! Here is my week 2 entry:

credits: Background, text overlay, butterflies, hearts from Sausan's Valentino Valentina ElementsJournaling blocks from Taran's Writer's Blocks 1Pearl button and Red Button from Jessica and Krista's Bohemian Peddler ElementsPaper heart from Jessica Bolt's Delight in Photographs

Journaling reads: My true wish and passion in life is LOVE. I love to love. I love to be loved. I love everything about love. Seems silly, I know. I know too many people who fall out of love too easily. Not enough people fall into love. We take love for granted. We think it will never go away. We think we don't have to work at it. We think that we love enough, but the truth is....we don't love enough. The romantic times of the old would be so pleasing to me. I'd love to see men dressed dapper and women always wearing a dress and looking feminine. Nothing wrong with how we look now, I just think it would be LOVELY.

Remember, I'm scrapping for THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY!

It's National Scrapbooking Day!

My Digital Muse is having a wonderful contest for their digital photographers. Now, I've not participated too much w/this awesome site, but have lurked for a LONG time and just had to get in on this challenge.

We were given 20 riddles to solve and then shoot photos of those items. Each item then had to be submitted in order to receive a prize. I think I got all the riddles right, and my photos are not the greatest, and I didn't take too much time doing this, so they're not my best - but I had a great time and realize that I really need to participate more at My Digital Muse.

Take some time and visit this cool site. Maybe you'll want to be involved too! Visit My Digital Muse today!

Here are the riddles and then pictures of my answers:

1. What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?

2. What's black and white and red all over?

3.What goes around the world but stays in a corner?

4. I have holes in my top and bottom, my left and right, and in the middle. But I still hold water. What am I?

5. I run over fields and woods all day. Under the bed at night I sit not alone. My tongue hangs out, up and to the rear, awaiting to be filled in the morning. What am I?

6. What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
7. I'm the part of the bird that's not in the sky. I can swim in the ocean and yet remain dry. What am I?
8. Pronounced as one letter, And written with three, Two letters there are, And two only in me. I'm double, I'm single, I'm black, blue, and gray, I'm read from both ends, And the same either way. What am I?
9. My life can be measured in hours; I serve by being devoured. Thin, I am quick; fat, I am slow. Wind is my foe. What am I?
10. Poke your fingers in my eyes and I will open wide my jaws. Linen cloth, quills, or paper, my greedy lust devours them all. What am I?
11.What goes up the chimney down, but can't go down the chimney up?
12. I am the beginning of sorrow, and the end of sickness. You cannot express happiness without me, yet I am in the midst of crosses. I am always in risk, yet never in danger. You may find me in the sun, but I am never out of darkness.
13. I run, yet I have no legs. What am I?
14. What kind of room has no windows or doors?
15. What has a foot on each side and one in the middle?
16. What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?

17. I'm where yesterday follows today, and tomorrow's in the middle. What am I?
18. From the beginning of eternity. To the end of time and space. To the beginning of every end.And the end of every place. What am I?
19. In a marble hall white as milk. Lined with skin as soft as silk. Within a fountain crystal-clear.A golden apple doth appear. No doors there are to this stronghold, Yet thieves break in to steal its gold.
20. Weight in my belly, Trees on my back, Nails in my ribs, Feet do I lack. What am I?

It's time to VOTE! Time for you to make your $2.00 donation for the American Cancer Society and vote for me to become QUEEN OF THE CROP 2007 from Scrapbookgraphics.com.

Even if you're not a scrapbooker and you don't need the goodies that come along with your vote, please take this tiny time in your day and vote for me. If you visit the site and read more about the contest, you'll see that The American Cancer Society is one of many charities being supported, but I'd like you to donate your $2.00 to my layout.


Now, I'd also love to hear what you think about this particular layout. Does it make you think about your moods and how you feel about yourself? Does it make you feel all warm and fuzzy or do you just feel weird reading it and seeing these pictures? I can take it, drop me a comment, I lvoe to hear what you have to say! Thanks for stopping by and of course, THANKS for supporting THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY and voting for me to become THE QUEEN OF THE CROP 2007

I'll be making an update sometime this weekend, my DS turns the big 13 this weekend...my baby is really growing up! I'll have some new layouts, lots of funny thoughts and of course some more very important information from The American Cancer Society's website.

See ya!

Five Myths About Colon Cancer

Many times, colorectal cancer can be prevented; still, it's the second most common cause of cancer death among men and women in the United States.

Don't let these 5 common myths stop you from getting the lifesaving tests you need, when you need them.

Myth: Colorectal cancer is a man’s disease.
Truth: Colorectal cancer is just as common among women as men. This year, about 150,000 Americans will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer, and more than 55,000 will die from the disease.

Myth: Colon cancer cannot be prevented.
Truth: In many cases colon cancer can be prevented. Colon cancer almost always starts with a small growth called a polyp. If the polyp is found early, doctors can remove it and stop colon cancer before it starts.

Myth: African Americans are not at risk for colon cancer.
Truth: African-American men and women are diagnosed with and die from colon cancer at higher rates than men and women of any other US racial or ethnic group.

Myth: Age doesn’t matter when it comes to getting colon cancer.
Truth: More than 90% of colon cancer cases occur in people age 50 and older. For this reason, the American Cancer Society recommends you start getting tested for the disease at age 50. People who are at increased risk for colon cancer -- for example, those with a family history of the disease -- may need to begin testing at a younger age. You should talk to your doctor about your specific situation and when you should begin getting tested.

Myth: It’s better not to get tested for colon cancer because it’s deadly anyway.
Truth: Colon cancer is often highly treatable. If colon cancer is found early and treated, the 5-year survival rate is 90%. But because many people are not getting tested, only 39% of cases are diagnosed at this early stage when treatment is so successful.

To find out if you are at an increased risk for colon cancer, please read "Colorectal Cancer: Early Detection."

Revision date: 02/13/2006
This information was brought to you from the American Cancer Society website

I've got a job!!

Yep, I'm gonna be back to working full time again. No sense in not working and making money while I wait around for our IVF to work.....Why not work, make money, save money, save more money and prepare for those lovely little ones when I can? As Ellen Degeneres would say, "Am I right, Ladies?"

So, I start tomorrow as a buyer for insight. It's an entry level position, but one that can really be used as a stepping stone to further a career in the procurement industry. Not so sure if I want to grow my career, but getting back into the working world (and wearing cute shoes and nice new clothes!) is something that i think will help me in dealing with any disappointments in the IVF arena and also helps me feel like I'm contributing a little more than usual at home. It will be 5 years this June since I've worked full time! Wow, time has flown by!

So far the family seems OK with it. Today, I took most of the day to get the house ready for me to not be around all the time! Clean, laundry, straightening up, etc. And, I was able to go out and buy myself an awesome new pair of shoes - well, 2 awesome new pairs...I actually bought 3 pair, but I'm gonna return one of them.....during my lunch hour tomorrow! I will be working less than 1/2 mile from the local mall here, so I can definitely do shopping during a lunch break.

The other great benefit of this Insight location, is that it is less than 5 miles from my home. Isn't that great? I won't have to worry about getting home at a certain time, it's close to schools and grocery stores, etc. I can get a lot done during lunch, so I won't feel too overwhelmed by only having nights and weekends to do chores.

I don't get why I fret so much over getting things done. When I worked full time and had a child in daycare, I was so much more efficient with my time and didn't seem to be too overwhelmed. I mean I was overwhelmed just by life itself at the time, but doing all that needed to be done was easy enough. This should be easy too! Especially with helpful and supportive family this time around!

The only thing I think I will miss, is the fact that I can scrap all day now and I can take pictures all day too! I have been getting together with my Sister and Neice to do shopping or go to places and that will be missed in a BIG way, but we will always have holidays and weekends to do things. I'll get used to everything. And, I'll have more to blog about too!