Funeral Arrangements

Hello everyone...it's Jeniece again. Staci will be back blogging sometime next week. She told me last night she is planning on blogging on Friday...we will see. I told her to take her time. I wanted to post the funeral arrangements for all of her local scrappin' buddies who want to be there for her. The viewing is tomorrow Wednesday Oct. 31st from 3-9 and the funeral is Thursday at 10 am. Here's the address: Ford Chapel 23620 N.Huron River Drive Rockwood, MI 48173. There will be a family and friends dinner following the funeral. The church where Ed and Staci attend are giving the dinner, but there are only about 25 members. They are asking if friends would like to bring food for the dinner to bring it on Wednesday to Staci's work and they will take it to the dinner on Thursday. Her work is CJ's Towing in New Boston and the number there is 734-654-6500. Thanks again to everyone for all of your prayers, comments and donations!

Update

Hello it's Jeniece again...I wanted to post an update for all of you. Staci is overwhelmed by all you comments, prayers and donations. Last I checked you all have donated almost $700 dollars to help Staci and her family. Staci is very grateful for everything. She told me yesterday she logged on to her blog for the first time since the news and it was very helpful to read all of your sweet comments.
Today Staci is making all of the funeral arrangements for Ed, which is proving to be very hard. The autopsy results are "pending" they told her it may take up to ten weeks to pinpoint the exact cause of death. She was very disappointed because she felt like she could have some closure knowing what happened.
So many of you have said "if there is anything I can do to help please let me know." Staci is not the type of person to ask for anything. Her local scrappin' buddies have been bringing her groceries. She still needs all the prayer she can get. If you can please donate through the pay pal button at the top of the blog...this is very helpful to Staci. Every little bit helps. Nothing we can do will take away the pain and loss she is feeling right now, but we can help her not have to worry about other things. A huge THANK you to everyone!

Sad day at the Compher home...

Hello everyone, this is Jeniece Staci's friend. As you may know last night Staci's husband of 14 years suddenly passed away. I know Staci has so many online friends and fans who want to help at this time. I have added a donation button to this blog if you would like to help with all of the unexpected expenses. I know so many of you love Staci as much as I do and want to help.

calender girl challenge

Over at Tally Scrapper they're doing a challenge...where you do a page "Cflattop Style" which is soooo......Cool!!!

you can check out all the awesome "talented" ladies layouts here... http://www.tallyscrapper.com/scrapbook_gallery_challenge.php?category_id=35&challenge_id=135&view_page=1

even Sandi...has one in there..and its gorgeous!!

and I found out I was tagged 2 more times...by Mary and Marie...for 7 more random things about me....I don't know if I have 7 more but I am going to give it a try....

#1. I was on the Flag Corp in high school, and I loved it.!! I encourged my 2 friends to join the next year...helped them with the routines...taught them everything I knew...and guess what?? they made the team...and I did'nt!! yikes...that hurt...

#2. My only dream as a teenager was to get married have baby girls, and work part time a small party store!!! big dreams huh?? well they all came true!!

#3. I am completely obsessed with scrapbooking.....I know you are surprised by that one...but I can't imagine life without it...or the friends I made with it......but I scrap almost everyday.......I love it..

#4. I used to have a 3 legged cat "little bit" who was my heart...he was hit by a car.......and killed 2 years ago...and thinkin' of him can still bring me to tears.....I miss him all the time.....he loved to be carried around on your hip like a baby.....even before he lost his leg.....

#5. I went by the wrong last name for 12 years, before my parents informed me that, that I wasn't a LaClair.....I was a Reynolds...., now that can mess a kid up!! But my dad adopted me 4 years later...so I went back to being a LaClair....and then a couple more years later married...Ed...and became a Compher....which I plan on keeping!!and then I went and gave Tonee' 2 last names...Compher-LaClair...and she hates it!!

#6. born and raised...and still live in Monroe, Michigan..

#7. me...my mom...and my grandma are all 20 years apart.....36-56-76

Okay.....I don't know if I have anymore random facts in me....my life is not that exciting!! hee,hee...but I am hopin to get my scrap on ....tomorrow...trying to get with jeniece, and allison...and do some late night...stay up til 2 in the morning type of croppin'...and at jenieces its BYOT (bring your own table) she's so funny!!!

So hopefully I will have some new pages to post...plus I would like to do a couple cards?? I just became a Card angel....where you send cards to people who are going through treatment for cancer....so I would like to do a few homemade cards.....for my lady!!

I've been tagged...again!!!

Okay I have been tagged by Carla!!!

Jobs I have had:
Cashier at a Scrapbook Store

Cashier at a Scrap Yard

Cashier at a Party Store

Cashier at Kmart

(yikes thats alot of cashier...)

Movies I could watch over & over:
Sixth Sense
Titanic
The polar express
Christmas Vacation

The Secret TV shows that I watch:
cold case
48 hours murder mystery
Project Runway
kid nation

Places I have lived:
Only Michigan

Favorite Foods:
chinese
taco salad

spagetti o's with hotdogs cut up in it!!!

beanie weanies

Favorite colors:
brown
green

orange

Places I would love to be now:
Scrapbooking with my peeps
on the beach...in my thong( now you know I am kidding)
in bed

Names I like but would not use for my children:
Elliott
Fisher
Fawn
Reign

Reagan

there I did it!! that was fun!!

here are 2 more layouts.....hope to do some croppin' this weekend......

beautiful sunset..........

Did you all see that sunset last night....??? I was on the computer, and sommer said mom look at the sky!!!and it was so beautiful....orange, blue & purples....it looked like the sky was on fire.....and of course I grabbed the camera
here are 2 more pages...the first one i did for the DT at Tally Scrapper, and the 2nd one is the last one from last weekend.

I have to work tonight.....wonder if anything new came in???

I can't wait till the halloween scenic route comes in!!

FIGGY PUDDING!!

I worked last night at Scrappy Chic....and had to put out the new christmas line from basic grey.."figgy pudding" I just could'nt resist some of these papers....there are so many...love double sided papers!! plus there are fibers,chipboard,"brown" rubons.....and stamps!! I also had to get some of the new Rusty pickle "chocalate kisses" and "french market"........now I need to get scrappin' it!!!yesterday was my moms 56th birthday!!
so the family got together to celebrate her...and we were trying to get a group shot ....but lil' Mikey was not going to stop eating his cake....for the pic...in the pic is my mom, dad,my uncle and my grandma...oh and don't forget lil mikey!!

by the time I took this pic.....the sugar buzz had begun!!

and a couple more pages....from this weekend..

well gotta run the kids to the dentist today...and then get some groceries....then the plan is to do a quicky house cleanin' and then scrap!!

I am not feeling great!!

I am still not feeling great....but it's really just all a head cold!! But I have to show you the card...Ed got me for sweetest day.....It's so funny!! and then to top it off at my weekend crop.....in front a crop room full of scrappers.....he had a dozen roses sent delivered!! Every couple of years the crop falls on sweetest day....and he always sends flowers...when we can't be together!! I tell you what....I love this crazy man!!!! but all the girls at the crop were teasing...me asking how I was gonna pay for those flowers...later!! hee, hee!! done!!!

and speaking of the crop.....it was so much fun...we finished up about 10pm saturday!! and I got a total of 5 layouts done......here are 2 of them..I will post more tomorrow!!

Happy Sweetest Day!!!

Happy Sweetest day everybody!!!

Just wanted to check in.....between croppin' yesterday ....I got 2 pages done......!! It's been great seeing everybody...we had a yummy dinner of mosticolli, salad, breadsticks.....and pumpkin roll!!!!

as soon as I got there.....I kept sneezing!! yuck I know....then the nose started running.......and by the time...we were ready to go...my throat hurt!! I can't get sick.......!! So I am going to pick up some...kind of drug...cause...I just can't get sick......!! I got some croppin' to do!!

well hope to be able to post some pics....again soon...my camera comes back tomorrow!!!

PS-on my 7 random facts list....when I said farts make me giggle....I didn't mean my own......I meant other peoples.....so let me clarify...that I do not fart and then giggle at myself...!!!! ha,ha!!

all packed up......

I am all packed up and ready to go croppin' tonight!!! I hope to get a second wind....cause I did'nt sleep last night at all.......but I am really excited...!!! and my goal for the weekend....is probably 4 layouts....and 6 cards....(okay just kidding on the cards....) , but I still have no camera...which stinks....so no pics..but maybe I can get my friend jj to take a few for me..


I found out that I was tagged by ms grace http://msgrace-thegiftofgrace.blogspot.com/ and I need to list 7 random facts.....about myself......so here we go...hmmmm...

1. I am very sarcastic (sometimes you can't really be sure...if I am being sarcastic....so maybe I am not to good at it)
2. I can be a smart ass.....(that could be under the sarcastic)
3. I worry.....way too..much, about things that never even happen
4. I am the worse housekeeper I know.....
5. Farts make me giggle (I know.....it's so wrong)
6. Family Guy is my favorite TV show to watch with my husband(sometimes I laugh so hard......I almost pmp!!!)
7. I am not a natural blonde!!!(what...I know you are completely shocked....ha,ha!! I have been dying my hair blonde for about 22 years now)

that was fun now I need to figure out who to tag???? watch out ladies!!


Okay...on a sad note- if you know me you know that I love my chickens....and one of them was hit by a car on wednesday!! Sommer was so upset......., and then....we ate chicken..for dinner that same night....and she just could'nt eat it!!! she cracks me up...sometimes!!

CM Holiday Inn Weekend Crop

yay....!! just found out that I am going to a weekend crop.....!! this one is just fri & sat.....but it's with my Creative Memories peeps...who I haven't seen in about 2 months so I am really looking forward to catching up.....I had to work last night....and came across this new book, my Ali Edwards.....I can't stop reading it...usually if I get an idea book....I flip through..looking at just the layouts.....but this one is a different kind of book.....it's a little deeper..and it talks about letting go of some of those scrapbook rules...that we get stuck on sometimes......

they also got the new CK,Scrapbook etc...Scrapbook Trends...and the Fast & Fabulous idea book from Scrapbook Trends....and I have a layout in there....so it was cool to see a copy early!!! And I have to show you this new paper...that is gorgeous.....its from creative imaginations....and I am showing 2 sheets...its just front and back!!
the colors are so awesome...and then a ledger look on the back

and this one is my fav...

it just caught my eye.....the swirls...on the ledger paper

and then the back it even more beautiful!!!

and then I had to do a card for the DT over at Tally Scrapper....I am just not the card person....but I was pretty happy how it turned out!!

something else kinda cool....is one of my layouts using SEI was featured over at Aussie Scrap Source

http://aussiescrapsource.typepad.com/aussie_scrap_source/2007/10/weekend-inspi-2.html

check this out.....

if you get a chance.....you need to check this out http://twopeasinabucket.kaboose.com/cg_display.asp?g=1&seed_id=25294 every month the garden girls over at two peas pick someone from the gallery who's layout caught their eye......and then the scraplift it....It's called Member Inspiration....I was lifted by Rebecca Trump....so check out her take...on my layouts....It was really cool to see her layout...which turned out awesome....

Mrs. Carla sent me this group shot from our weekend retreat...notice me hiding in the back!!!

and then of course I had to scrap it....once I turned into a mini pic......I am so hooked on the mini's
and another one using the Urban lily again!!!

A "surprise" pub!!

Yesterday I got a package from the UK.....wasn't sure what it was..it had some goodies in it...and a copy of a mag "papercraft essentials" so as I was digging through the stuff...I found a note that said I was picked as an online fav...and this was my thank you......which was awesome by its self....but as I flipped through the mag...look what I found on page 12!!! down in the bottom right hand corner....2 of my layouts....I had done those for the DT at Scrappy Chic.....
so that kinda made my day....it's a lil' pub....but it was a fun surprise!!
and here is a blurry pic(ugh)...of some of the free stuff they sent me....

well before work yesterday...I did finish another layout with the tallyscrapper kit!! I really wasn't sure what to do with this brick wall paper.....but I am pretty happy with how it turned out!!

It was funny at work last night....I met this lady....(sarah) who let me know that she reads my blog which is awesome cause.......I love to hear that somebody is reading it!! we didn't get to talk much.....her hubby was in the car....but I really love meeting all these scrappers....and I hope to get better with remembering names of the customers...I am so bad at names........

......see this is what happens.....

I am learning that this is what happens when you work at a scrapbook store!!! You're first to see the new stuff.....and how can you not buy it!!! and these pics do no justice...remember I am still using sommers lil camera....so the colors are not great..but we just got the new My minds eye in....it's gorgeous...I think I bought one of each sheet.....lots of polka dots...I wish you could see the colors...there are pinks,browns...greens...and we also got in the new urban lily.....I have always been a fan of urban lily.....and this line is my favorite one ever!!

and again....the colors don't show up good!! I want my camera back.....but all the papers are really bright fun colors....and even though I have to cut them to my 8.5X11 size....they work...
I also got 3 pages done......the first 2 are for the DT over at Tally Scrapper......was so much fun working with this kit...getting to be a guest design team member has only made me want to be on their regular DT...even more!!

and here is one I did using some of the new Urban lily I got from Scrappy Chic.....a couple of people have left comments that it doesn't look like me...??? I don't know if its the bright paper...or that there isn't a b&w pic...???

well better go get something done around here.....house is a mess..and I have to work tonight!!!

Tally Scrapper Rocks!!!

I got my kit from Tally Scrapper...for being the guest designer this month.......and as always its amazing!!! Sorry my pics are awful...but my mom borrowed my camera for the weekend...so I am using Sommers Camera....and here are some more goodies....that were in there....lovin' the white heidi swapp polka dots...and the glitz frosting....
and last night....since I ended up not having to close at SC last night......went and cropped over at jenices house late last night...we haven't done one of those in awhile....It was fun..and we both only got one page done...but I was glad to get one done for the DT at http://tallyscrapper.com/ ended up really liking those big rubon letters.....too...

need to get caught up on some laundry......and hopefully scrap a little too......

look at landy poo poo

This is usually what I look at while on the computer, its Landy poo poo.....and the fact that she is sticking her tongue out at me is just a bonus!!! I think it's cause she's lost a few of her chompers.....so her tongue just falls out!! I did get 2 pages done....I was a little scared of this bam pop....paper...but it fit perfect with this old pic of sommer having a slush puppie....
and with this one I used the new We R Memory keepers paper....love this paper.....

the pic...is about 2 years old of the girls at the marsh on haggerty road....
Lovin' this fall weather.....any excuse to bring out the hoodies....and flannels...my 2 favorite fall clothing choices...(I know what you're thinkin' Sexy!!) Ed's a lucky man...hee,hee!!

Scrapbooking & Beyond Toot!!!

I had another layout to post that I did tuesday night of our trip up north.....it was just a pick of my view of driving..."but" it was picked up by Scrapbooking & Beyond....yesterday!! I am so excited...'cause I have never had a pub with them...and I can get this mag...at my corner grocery store!! even.....I did get my round 2 entry for last scrapper standing (dares), I made it through the first cut....which is awesome...hopefully I will move on again....we had to do 7 random facts...#1. born in 1971 #2.love a thunderstorm #3.was almost a guest on Dr. Phil #4.addicted to pop #5.graduated from beauty school #6.always a lil gaurded #7. almost always barefoot...I even hate wearing socks!!! I used the new urban lily paper.....I had to work last night.....still trying to get used to the computers....I am slow as dirt on it...right now...but wednesday was better than monday...and I just hope it gets better....each time!! But it's alot of fun....seeing all the supplies everybody buys.....you get lots of inspiration......!! When I came home..last night....I was telling the hubby...how beat I was ...he just laughed!!

Monkey on my back!!

I had to "babysit" sommers monkey.....while she did homework.........she does this to me alot?? Sommer took the picture...and when I seen it all I could say was why do I have a bottle of bubble bath next to the computer?? Speaking of by the computer...after I scan a page...it usually sits in a pile next to the computer until it gets submitted and put in an album...well all my layouts from the retreat were next to the computer.....and while sommer was on the computer...the layouts fell on the floor...and then she rolled over them with the computer chair.....over and over and over....so about 4 layouts got ruined.....!!! yikes......I was'nt mad cause it was an accident....but I am not going to say it did'nt hurt a little.... I got one more layout request from Somerset Memories.....so yesterday I sent out 9 layouts......it was kinda weird sending that many in one box......but felt good to get them in the mail.

Jeniece and Renee from the scrappy chic design team also had layouts picked up.....so I am hoping we all get in the same issue......
Okay...here's my newest find...that I think is cool!! I'm pretty sure it's not new?? but its these cute stamps from 7 gypsies...we got them in at Scrappy Chic..and they only cost like $3.49??

Look at the cute designs......

I love the numbers.....

and here are the last 3 layouts that I got done at the retreat

Tally Scrapper!!

I am so excited to have been asked to be a guest design team member for October!! The ladies over there are so awesome and creative......if you haven't checked out the site...there is a link on the side of the blog!!! and I can't wait to get my hands on the october kit!!! Also my Scrappy Chic news is that I am going to be working there....part time....(if I can figure out the computers!!!) I am really excited to be around all those supplies and other scrappers........I think it will be fun!! And I finally got a chance to post some pics from the scrapbook retreat.....this is us getting on the highway for our 4 hour drive,the car in front is Carla and Micki...

the goodie bags were awesome.....hambly,love elsie,rusty pickle, 7gypsies.....and my fav...heidi swapp alphas!!! and then kathy gave everyone these cute lil' rhinestone skull and cross bones.....stickers!!
I had to post this pic of micki and carla being goofy!!!

here is the view when you pull in.....

the dining room.....love that the chairs were all different

the kitchen......none of the windows had curtains....

the living room.......and this tall ceiling....gorgeous

this is where I slept......cute log beds....I shared the room with Denise...but I think I may have snored her onto the couch!!!

this is the back view of the house....early saturday morning....the lighted window is the crop room...

and now we are back scrappin' saturday night......here are Micki, jenn and denise....working hard....

in between all the scrappin' we may have had a drink or two...and here are Carla and Kathy........."CHEERS"!!!

Okay....I'm not proud...hee,hee!!! But we had fun!!! not sure what else to say about this pic............ha,ha...makes me laugh!!

this was our view.........there were tons of geese, and some even seen some deer.........

time to pack up..........that was not fun!! but look at all that crap loaded...not sure how they did it...

this is the driveway....it was like in the middle of the woods...

and then I wanted to post a couple more pages.......