Friday, July 17, 2009

Never a Dull Moment

Yup, so I was sitting on my computer typing along after watching the eliminations on So You Think You Can Dance when Boom! All was black. The lights went out after a night of serious thunderstorms. Now I am a bit of a baby when it comes to the dark.

Imagine me as a kid. I used to feel like someone was following me down the stairs so I would always run as fast as I could to the bottom. I would also spend hours not being able to fall asleep because I would see shadows that looked like skulls or wallpaper patterns that reminded me of a million eyes.

So here I am in the pitch black with my two kids upstairs sleeping in their beds and DH out with friends. EEK! Did you know that cellphones make great flashlights? It was all I could find. Come to find out later that all the other ones were in Steve's car from our little camping out trip.

I muddled through and I think I learned that the dark is not so scary. We had a big snuggle fest in our bed because the kids, of course, woke up!

Oh, the joys of this summer! It has allowed me time to experiment with scrapbooking though. I have been playing with white space and simplier designs. Just shaking it up a bit! Here is a recent one:





I can't stop scrapping Fourth of July pics because I caught some great shots and I love Webster's!

Hey, speaking of no dull moments, only 10 more days until CHA! I cannot wait!

16 comments:

  1. Gorgeous page, Stacey!
    I am a big fan of white space, if you didn't know. lol
    Shhh...don't tell me who got booted from SYTYCD, I have it DVR'd.
    Have a great, black-out free weekend!

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  2. Glad you made it through the night and have your lights back so you could share this fabulous layout. I have a very similar idea in my head for a sketch assignment I have due. Seeing your layout lets me know that it could work and look SUPER!

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  3. Great page Stacey! I am a bit afraid of the dark too!

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  4. So cool! Love how you made the stripes!!!

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  5. glad you made it through the dark. i don't like it either so i have my lamp on my desk in the living room blugged into battery backup which gives me time to find a flashlight or light a lamp. and love your loooo!!!

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  6. Great LO stacey! Love it heaps!

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  7. ooh, I love your page and I had to giggle on your childhood story. I still don't like having my blinds open at night thinking some strange face will be looking back in on me! hahahaha --- you must be getting the round of storms we've had all week. we had some monstrous thunder and lightning about midnight last night and supposed to get another brutal round tonight! hope you got those flashlights out of the car!

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  8. VERY CUTEEEE PAGE! and YESSS I have used my cell phone several time as a flash light. We get freak thunderstorms here (having one now ughhhhh!!!!) all the time. I always have my phone in my pocket or on my person someeeewhere. and have had to use it to find my way. Bella thinks it is wayyyyy coool! I still think I need to upgrade to the I PHONE. Then I wouldnt be bored as well. (I just have a boring old razor.

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  9. Awesome layout - I love the stars & layers.

    Glad you survived & have the lights back on. I'm one that has a flashlight hidden in several places around the house that only I know where it is so hubby/sons wouldn't walk off with it because I'm a big chicken too - mostly because I'm so clumsy that I'm likely to break my neck walking around in the dark & trip over one of our cats or the dogs lol

    Can't wait to meet you in person at CHA can you believe it's almost time to go? I hear it was in the high 90's at 10 am today are you ready for that?

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  10. wonderful, wonderful layout! and i LOVE it when the power goes out! LOL!

    have a blast at cha!

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  11. Cute layout! Love Webster's too!

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  12. You are so adorable and I too am not a big fan of the dark either!!!!! Love the LO and all the wonderful details!!!!! Have fun at CHA and think of me!!!!!! We stayed an extra day at the beach and will be heading home tomorrow....yuck...back to reality!!!! :)

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  13. Great LO! It is more space than you normally leave. Good for you for shaking it up! Love it!

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  14. beautiful page! I am a big white space user myself. I wish I could make more complx LO's but there you are! It looks fantastic!

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