Friends With Flair~A Little Summer, A Little Winter

I did a summer layout of my little surfer dude for week 1 of The Throwdown Challenge at Memorable Seasons...here is the result~

In the bottom right corner you will see a little "Unity Goodness!" in the form of Beach Days & Sun Rays, one of my FAVORITE Unity sets, since I am a beach girl!

And then we move on to a little Winter Wonderland! The first layout, or the "Winter" portion is a sketch from "valerie salmon, got sketch"?  I love working with sketches when I am feeling crafty but not very clever! So this first LO does not have any Unity (shame on me!)

But, NEVER FEAR! As we move on to the "Wonderland" page, I made up for it with these two cute as pie SNOWMEN from the January 2011 Kit of the Month! C'mon, does it really get any cuter than this?!?!?!

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I really appreciate each and every comment and visit, it really makes my day! 

Have a great weekend, I am ENJOYING my day off today in honor of the late, great Abraham Lincoln! Gearing up for a BIG girls night out tomorrow night. It would have been my mom's 71st birthday and is also the anniversary of my aunt's death, so my sisters and my cousins (and I) will be having dinner in Atlantic City and spending the night in order to be together and keep ourselves from getting too sad :(

I really believe they would want us to be celebrating and spending time TOGETHER instead of being sad.  

Enjoy whatever the weekend has in store for you!




P.S. if  you are NOT a Unity Kit of the Month member, WHAT are you waiting for?!?! Seriously?!

Happy

Happy Mother's Day!

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Is it normal?

for a family that was once very grounded and very close to fall apart after a tragedy? I think the answer is yes, but it still doesn't help to make it feel better or right. My mom died a year and a half ago and my family is feeling the ripple, the after effects. How much worse does it have to get before it starts to get better? I wish I knew.
So many strange things are going on right now, things I never thought would happen....fights and angry words and hurt feelings. Some of it involves me and some of it doesn't. I have that nagging pit in my stomach, you know that feeling...the one you had after your first love ditched you, or you caught your boyfried cheating or your best friend betrayed you. I miss my family that once was, my family that will never be the same.
I think it feels better to have it out there, in writing, out loud (so to speak)...even if no one ever reads this, it feels good to type it. The only one that could make me feel better is my mom and that's not possible anymore. So for now, I will just put it out there into cyberspace.
So now I will end this depressing post with a little something cheery. A new magnet I made tonight for my Etsy shop. My therapy.



xx, Nora Anne