POKEY PEAS REFUGEES CHALLENGE for July 2014

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Hi ladies! 
So glad I found you. I feared I may "lose" you all in the big cyberworld!
I hope you are all well!

Jen

Oh Nylene to add the pea to my siggie I used the image code, for my layout link I used the direct code. Hope that helps.

Hey all,what are you up to today? I am getting a slow start,made slower by being on this laptop! How did you gals get your pea badge with years over here?

Hello to newbies,I know you will like this challenge and the members,super friendly group and multi talented.

Hey Pat,glad to connect with you again... Are the girls still in gymnastics? I cannot believe how time passes. That should be a lesson to us all!

Cindy,let us know how your project with Maggie goes. Sounds like a busy day.

Ds is on vacation,so not so many lunches to anticipate. I can eat whenever,lol!

Nylene,how is that wonderful chaos at your house? Is the baby doing well?

Hi everyone else.... glad to hear from all of you. Soon Come Pam

Good morning girls, so glad to see so many of us found our way, and I see we even picked up a couple of newbies along the way

I'm Sarah, I'm a British gal currently living in NE Florida. My DH is UK military, and is working with the US Navy. We have been here 2 years, and are due to go home March 2016, but like all things military, this is subject to change We have 2 kids - DD is 15, DS is 12.

I have been extremely Pokey just lately. I did do some scrapping earlier on in the year, and I even got a layout published in Scrapbook Generation's online magazine, but I seem to have ground to a halt again. We had a ton of visitors this spring, which probably disrupted my creative flow But I haven't been totally uncreative - I have made 3 baby quilts this year, I have another top finished and ready for sandwiching and quilting, and another planned... All my friends seem to be reproducing!!! The bonus is, I get lots and lots of baby cuddles. And a peek into the future, as to what being Grandma will be like

I have also been rediscovering activities that I used to do way back, before marriage and kids came along. DD is part of her HS chorus, and I have been very active helping them out, chaperoning and helping out their director, this year. He is an amazing teacher, and very inspirational when it comes to music and choral singing. I used to sing in choirs when I was DD's age, and with moving so much with DH over the years, I never really had a chance to keep it up. I met another parent on a trip, and she invited me to join the Chancel Choir at her church, which happens to be the same denomination as I grew up in, so I felt comfortable right from the start. Through DDs chorus teacher, I applied to a local choral group, and I will audition for that in August Unfortunately, the teacher left the High School at the end of term to move to a school in Orlando - the kids were devastated But I keep in touch with him via email and FaceBook, he has become a really good friend.

I have received some bad news over the past week, regarding my Dad's health. He was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease last week. He has limited strength in his arms, and virtually no strength in his hands, but currently he is still mobile as his legs aren't that badly affected just now. He will see a MND nurse soon, who will be able to help them apply for benefits and any help that is available to them. I am planning on flying home at some point, but want to see how quickly things are happening first. I am seeing changes over a matter of weeks, just via Skype conversations - it's so sad to see him slowly decline. I am glad they managed to visit us in March, and Dad got to see DD sing in her choir - my parents met in a choir, and singing has always been a fundamental part of his life.
Any prayers and good thoughts are most appreciated as they navigate these changes x

 

Thanks Pat... I am waiting to see some of your beautiful pages soon. I will try not to post those mega sizes again,lol!!

Nylene,sounds like a lot of fun and so glad you had some alone time with the new guy!!

Kelly,will you be posting your new stuff? Sounds interesting!

Has anyone noticed that blogs addresses that were blogspot.com they now are blogspot.ca?? Anyone know why?

Hello, everyone! I hope you don't mind if I tag along. I met Nylene on the Stashbusters Challenge thread at 2Peas, and she kindly invited me to drop in on y'all. I definitely qualify as a slow scrapper as I am so inconsistent in my scrapping. Some months are better than others.

My name is Shirley and I live in south Louisiana. My DH and I have been married for 20 years and together we have six children, 16 grandchildren and stepgrandchildren (with a new addition due next February), and one great grandchild. Like Nylene, there's never a dull moment around our house but I can't complain -- it's scrapbook material. We used to travel a lot, but haven't much lately. But again, that's okay since I have so many trips I have yet to scrap. I was a geologist, but I stepped out of the workforce over 10 years ago when my husband and I decided I needed to stay home and homeschool our youngest son through high school. I later homeschooled our oldest grandson in high school as well. It was a wonderful experience!

That's about me in a nutshell. I look forward to getting to know you all and admiring your creations.

I for got to say good morning pokey girls!

Good morning Peas! Hope all is well with everyone! Welcome Shirley nice meeting you! So glad you decided to join us! Have the kids again today! Not sure what we will get into! LOL
Pat-I tried googling why that is happening with the blog url's to no real straight answer. They did add it url's a couple of years ago for location but supposedly they wrote it as blogspot.com.ca I could not find anything for why you are seeing ti now. When I go to your blog I see blogspot.com. Hopefully I will find sometime to scrap this weekend

BTW anyone have any good camera tips for photographing the fireworks??  I think I will stop by Capture 365 today and see if they have any tips.

Good morning!

Cindy,slow shutter speed,tripod and camera set to as fast as you can go on bursts! Soon come Pam

Lens in the range of 28mm-100mm
ISO-200 -400
Aperture-f/11 or f/16
Shutter speed 1-2 sec.

Set up early,check the results on the LCD early!

Also someone once told me to try a remote also,
Less shake.