~Faith~

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord. Psalm 121:1-2... recently I have been submitting some of my layouts to a certain Christian scrapbooking site... I liked the products they sold and hey they published some of my layouts =) But recently they underwent a new design format that I found really disturbing... their new symbol is a crossfire of a gun site... and the whole theme for their forum is now military based... hmmm...I liked the cute nonviolent purple cross they had before =) I really do not associate my scrapbooking with anything violent whatsoever...and when I wrote to them to tell them my concern... I got a really bizarre response justifying their new symbol...so after praying about it...I have decided not to visit that site anymore...which makes me kinda sad...not because they have published my pages...but because I like putting my faith onto my layouts and this gave me the opportunity to share that...for doing so is not always welcome in the world of mainstream scrapbooking...who knew scrapbooking could test ones faith~

2007 Page Count...276

2007 Card Count...160

~Color~

My color for today is blue...I did not make the Design Team I submitted a page for... I did not make SOY... and I did not make MMM ...I keep telling myself that I do NOT scrapbook because I want the fame and fortune....but I admit a little validation in what I do would be nice...so right now my validation is coming from my family who love and appreciate the layouts and albums and cards that I have been creating...and bottom line they are the ones that I am scrapbooking for...so that makes my color for today turn into a bright blue =)

2007 Page Count...256
2007 Card Count...140

~Refreshed~

We are just back from a 2 week vacation... Michael had a conference in Salt Lake City... so I went along for the ride =) Jim flew in for the weekend and he and I hit the local roller coaster park... what else? Then Michael and I headed off on a road trip... We went to Moab... hiked to Delicate Arch... my knee will never be the same... then headed off to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon where we saw lots of wildlife and some amazing vistas like the one here... then we went to Flagstaff where we spent our honeymoon almost 29 years ago and then to Tucson to meet up with Jim again and get pampered at La Paloma...fun times...and I ~only~ took 800 pictures =) Now comes the process of printing them out and scrapbooking them...not much new on the scrapbooking front...tho I came back to a mailbox message to try out for the Design Team from the one place that has published some of my layouts...maybe God has something new and refreshing on the horizon =)
2007 Page Count...254
2007 Card Count...140