What a surprise!

I was pleasantly surprised to find that not one but two of my Swirly sisters gave me a blogger award this week. It took me some time to post since I am in the midst of studying for Therapeutics II exam, finishing a Personal Finance project, and writing a Literature Evaluation on a drug study for etidronate. Sounds like a lot of fun, doesn't it?

Thank you, Darien and Tina, for passing this Sweet Blogger award on to me. Please visit Darien here and Tina here to check out their beautiful work.

As I accept this award I need to do a few things:

1. Give a list of ten things that make me happy.

2. A trivia of five things about me.

3. Share the award with only 5 people and ask them to do the same.

4. Link the blogs I choose and the blog of the ones who gave me the award.

So, here goes:

10 Things that make me happy are sunshine, smiles, laughter, scrapbooking, finding a great buy, ice-cold Mountain Dew, my kids, my family, my puppy, and reading a good book.
 
5 things about me: I am pursuing a Doctor of Pharmacy degree, I only drive one speed--fast!, I love to watch American Idol and Biggest Loser, Mountain Dew is my weakness and I was kidnapped in the Philippines as a baby.
 
So now that you know all of that I will share this award with Sheri (my sister and scrappin' partner), Cheryl, Diana, Robin, and Manda K, my Swirly sisters.

Round Robin Round #2: Wishing for Spring

Doing some house cleaning today and thinking of spring. I can't wait to start a garden and plant flowers in my flower beds and flower pots. The sunshine is making me think that spring weather will be here soon. I can not wait! So, here is a scrap page that expresses my thoughts today. I did this for the Round Robin challenge at Swirlydoos. Part of the challenge was to scrap something I have never scrapped before so I scrapped a wish of mine and used a picture of a butterfly to express this. I have never scrapped a photo of a butterfly either. This is a lift of Angelica's layout which was the Layout of the Week in March. I just added the paper weaving in the background and lifted her idea for all the butterflies and flowers. Here ya go!

Have a great day!

Spring is almost here!

Wow, the weather is amazing today. It is currently 60 degrees outside! Love it. This is making me feel a little better about our spring break trip to the Grand Canyon. Only 5 more days until we leave for a 9 day camping trip across America with the main stop being 4 days at the Grand Canyon. I am a little worried about the cool night air but really look forward to all the beautiful sights as we hike the Grand Canyon. I foresee a huge scrap album after this trip!

Round Robin Challenge #2

Speaking of the Round Robin Challenge, it is now the beginning of round two and I go first. No pressure! I guess I better start thinking about what to do. An added twist this time is to scrap something you have never scrapped before. So, I woke up this morning with all these ideas and now I need to figure out which one I can do successfully.

Round Robin Challenge

Over at Swirlydoos there was a Round Robin Challenge. It is the scrapper's version of the children's game "Telephone." The first person in the group creates a layout and the second person has a week to "lift" this layout. Then, the third person must "lift" the second person and so on. I was the third person in my group and here is my "lift." Go to Swirlydoos and check out the other layouts.

This is my little niece a few years ago during one of the many weekends my sis spent with me scrappin'. Have I ever mentioned how much I love scrappin' weekends with my sis? So glad she got me into this obsession! What better way to spend time together!