emotional....

got a call from the funeral home yesterday...letting us know that our thumbies are in....the girls are really excited...to get them...we ordered them almost 6 weeks ago....I will post a picture tomorrow.......Did a page last night...another one for the challenges over at tallyscrapper , this one you had to draw your own sketch..then make the page http://www.tallyscrapper.com/scrapbook_gallery_challenge.php?challenge_id=378 for some reason...when I did this page...the photo's kept making me...so emotional??? I don't know why exactly??...... finally caught a picture of tonee' and Chris....her boyfriend...oops..I mean friend..it's so cute..'cause I think sommer has a little crush on him....

mornin' sunshine....

don't you just love mornings??? nope..me neither.....last night I finished 3 layouts for challenges over at tallyscrapper...so if you get a chance...go enter one yourself...or go and give me some love!!! this first one is for the challenge "play with overlays" http://www.tallyscrapper.com/scrapbook_gallery_challenge.php?challenge_id=379 here is a close up....it's hard to photograph...a clear page!!
this one is for the "lay it on me" challenge http://www.tallyscrapper.com/scrapbook_gallery_challenge.php?challenge_id=375 you had to use layers...erin gave me that piece of a tape measure...and then I took a page out of a seed catalog I got in the mail.

and this one is for the "funky fresh sketch" challenge.... http://www.tallyscrapper.com/scrapbook_gallery_challenge.php?challenge_id=377 you gotta love a sketch somebody else does the work for ya..plus I got to use some of the new scenic route....

well not much going on on this end....hope you all have a great weekend...

weigh in...

finally pushed my own rear back to weight watchers...and lost a couple more pounds yeah...so I am down 14 pounds total....this is my slowest weight loss ever...but as long as it's coming off.... Tomorrow I think that me and sommer are going to hit the movies...haven't done that in awhile...and me and sommer love scary!! so when I see the trailer for "the strangers" oh yeah... http://movies.aol.com/movie/the-strangers-2008/26543/synopsis it looks so good and it's based on a true story.... Lock the doors. Assume you're safe.The horrifying events that took place in the Hoyt family's vacation home at 1801 Clark Road on February 11, 2005, are still not entirely known.Champagne. Rose petals. Candlelight. It was supposed to be a night of celebration for Kristen McKay (Liv Tyler) and James Hoyt (Scott Speedman). But after leaving a friend's wedding reception and returning to the house, everything had collapsed for the happy couple.Then came a 4 a.m. knock on the door and a haunting voice.Is Tamara here? goo...don't answer the door..... can't wait!!

I got a ATC card in the mail from Tami over at TallyScrapper....so I made her one that is already on it's way back to her....I think its cute!! and for this next picture...I will use one of jeniece's fav sayings....Hello lover!!!
need to finish up a couple...more pages for the design team...but first...I need to do some dang dishes!!! that stinks.....

check this out....

ran into scrappy chic yesterday....and was so excited to see the new dot n go....it's so nice to have a dispenser for those glue dots....plus I used my 40% off coupon...oh yeah..don't you love...coupon day!!! look what else I picked up from Scrappy Chic.... Okay brace yourself!!! for some magic!! these rubons look 7 gypsie-ish..but they're from cherry arte...and they rock!!!! I've already used two rows of numbers on my newest layouts.....I love numbers....put me at my table with some numbers and polka dots...and I am a happy scrapper!!
this is my first one for the DT...used some flocked paper from doodlebug,flocked alphas from prima and the buttons are new from scenic route...I love the mustard color...

another one for the DT used making memories paper, american crafts alpha stickers..and those yummy number rubons...

In my DT kit...I got some of these heidi swapp chipboard pieces...and when I punched everything out...I noticed the negative circle piece...

cut it out....

and had instant circles...perfectly shaped and spaced....I thought you could even paint the insides...that would be cool!!

our garden

well here is a picture of the compher garden this year.....one tomat'er plant...thought it would be fun to just have one growing on the back porch...hopefully the chickens don't eat it!!me and sommer were just having fun playin' in the dirt
we only got one tray of flowers, and I let sommer pick them out...so nothing matches...they're all different...but hey that's how we roll...

and then sommer wanted to put together her own basket....alot of the baskets are from flowers people sent at Eds funeral, so we feel the love...

it was a hot one....but I have to admit the warmth feels good

sommer took this gorgeous picture of herself....(she's getting good at this) so I decided to do one of her....the scan is awful because of that butterfly...

just found out that the design team kits are in at Scrappy Chic....so you know where I am headed........

to late for us.....

dad told me today that they just started a new program at the landfill where if anybody has to work alone they have a GPS program...and if there is no movement after so long, they send somebody out......so that is good thing...just a little late for Ed.......But still now nobody will be left alone......Today had the family over for a mini cookout....it was a gorgeous day...so hot!! I even got a little sunburn... dad cooked "ed's" favorite thing....cabbage wrapped in bacon....
and we also had our first watermelon of the summer...lil' mikey was eatin' up..all he wanted was cheese and watermelon...

Mikey took the kids around the yard...on the four wheeler....lil' mikey didn't want to get off.....

I just realized that I have no pictures of me or the girls from today.....or a picture of Tonee's new boyfriend shhhh....(she says they're just friends) but he's so cute...and seems like such a nice guy....Okay..so I finally did a couple pages...this is the one I started at the crop on friday night....Sandi gave me a mesh from a bag of oranges...and challenged me to use it...so you can't see it real good cause it's a similiar color of the paper..but it's under the green mesh...and Carla had her typewriter...there so I got to play with the typewriter..again..just made me realize how much I miss mine....and it may have to be my birthday gift to myself....I thought I wouldn't miss it....but Ido...

this is just a simple...one on some yummy kraft paper....and using the circle overlay from sandi again....that she gave me...this one says "staci loves getting published" she's so cute!! and then Alison..gave me this lil' scanner thing off her magazine she bought....and I told her I would use it on a page....

so sweet!!!

When I showed up to the crop last night.....it was so cool to see the issue of somerset memories...on the rack!! even though there were only like 2 or 3 of them left...because my awesome friends.....bought them out...and they're so funny...they had me autograph their copies....you ladies are crazy!!! but I love each and every one of you!! And as far as posting what I got done last night....there is nothing posted because I did nothing....!! not one thing....everybody else was going to town.....me...notta!! but the weather is gorgeous.....and I am hoping to do a little outside scrappin' nothing more inspirational......

I can't wait til' tonight!!

I've been sick, babysat the neice and nephew for 2 days in a row......and I can sleep in tomorrow....So I am looking forward to a late night of croppin' with the peeps!! speaking of peeps...look what erin shared with me the other day.....it's some woodgrain contact paper....how awesome would that be ?? put on a cover of a mini book?? something else she brought to my attention is this awesome paper from cosmo cricket...I think it's called be happy?? I love busy paper...and this line is not only busy..(yum) it's loud too....and all bright colors...which I am lovin' right now!!!

so while at erins I started this mini book....that I won from Miki's crop...and it's one of those 7 gypsies books that usually have rings on both ends....so it opens kinda funny......which when I put it together....I thought I wanted it to open more traditional......but it already had holes punched in both ends......

so erin thought that I could just add more holes.....and act like you meant it to be that way!! So I embraced my holes (jeniece no comment)........let's all embrace our holes.....(okay I will just stop now)

so I will probably work on this tonight....plus I have a challenge to do at Tallyscrapper......peace.....

out sick....

I woke up yesterday......feeling a little froggy!!! and thought I was getting sick......and last night it hit me.....yep..yep...definetly sick!! but hoping it passes quick I've got to crop with the peeps tomorrow night!! as soon as sommer gets on that bus...I am back to bed!!!

listen to this.....

I wanted share this phone call I got yesterday.....Hello? ...is this Staci? yeah.."Staci this is your brother Larry" What the....?? I knew I had some brothers or sisters out there some where from my biological father.....who sadly I found out passed away a few years ago.....but I guess the kids just found out about the little secret baby born back in 1971.....he said they just found out about me Sunday....came across my birth certificate in their dad's garage....Wow!! The good thing is that he sounds really open....he wants all of us to meet..."all of us" oh yeah..their are 3 sisters and 3 brothers...all older than me..I think most are in their 50's.......and maybe one in their 40's.....he just had such a great attitude...If I never heard from him again.....I would still feel like alot of questions had been answered...I can stop wondering about my bio-father....and it's good to know that they came looking for me.......but I would love to see if we look similiar...he kept saying that I sounded just like his other sister.....so we shall see what happens... Okay today is weigh in day at WW....and since knowing I didn't have to weigh in last week....I kinda was naughty.....so I feel like I need the meeting.....but don't want to get discouraged by a bad weigh in...so I am going to use my get out of jail free card........but I feel pumped up and ready to get back on track....so hoping next week ....I WILL have a loss!!

the other day I came across this stamp online....and lets just say it gave me that tingley feeling.....I mean come on look at it!! it's magical.....So then I find out that you can only get it with the studio calico kit!! so on friday or saturday.. I remember that my friend alison gets the kits..(jealous) so I ask her if she will bring hers to the next crop so I can play with it (the stamp)....
well look what is waiting at my front door yesterday.........she surprised me with the entire kit!! including the magical stamp.....how spoiled am i?? I really don't know how I have been blessed with these friends......

and then last night....I get a surprise visit...from Mrs Jeniece...just doing some girl talk....and then she says oh yeah...look what I got you!! shut up.....2 presents in one day......is there something I don't know about....?? look at these making memories red alphas.....I think she said it's some special edition at michaels..??? I am probably going to put a hurtin' on those today at erins....and speaking of awesome friends.....I think the entire gang is getting together to crop on friday night!!!! can't wait!!!

did my first page in my 30six mini book.....sommer took this picture "way to close" ...but when I looked at it and saw my wrinkles...and age spots....I thought that would be a good first entry.......come on those are well earned laugh lines....and I wouldn't change one of them.....

and then I added another mini page...after I ripped up my box from studio calico.......

look at that stamp.....I'm in love!! finally got to use my prima alpha tape too...

and here's my first layout with the Studio calico kit....lovin' that kraft paper

and another one I did the other day....of us meeting stacy

mmmmmmmm.........

Well good morning...I just scraped a dead cat off the road (not our cat) it really sucks to be an animal lover....I just couldn't leave him out there in the middle of the road...and watch him get ran over all day....but I wanted his owners to be able to find him....so I put him on the side of the road by our lilac bush..hoping he gets found....I don't recognize him...he could be a stray....if nobody picks him up...my brother is going to love it when I have him come over to bury a cat that isn't even ours.............

I have been trying to scrap since saturday night....and finally last night got to .......and this might have helped.....I've had this bottle of Mikes hard lemonade......since Miki's crop.....Ed would always make me a mikes slushy......so I decided to pick up some ice...break out the "scrapaholic" cup.....and fill that sucker up !! It was so good......not as good as when he made it.....I used to always tell him..nobody makes it like you......which in turn got me out of making it...... check out this other....yummy find.....it's barcode tape...by prima!!! I love it!!
Okay this is the mini book I am working on right now.....(yeah..I know...another mini book) Carla has been working on a mini book.....where you took a picture everyday in Dec....and that got me thinking that I would like to do that.....so starting tomorrow....I've got 2 more weeks of being 36.....so I thought I would do 2 weeks of "a photo a day" until my birthday....so I finished the cover and the starting page.....

so I think it will be fun.....just pics of everyday stuff...maybe funny,sad,boring...who knows.....

get to go hang with erin tomorrow...not sure what I am going to work on....

the JOYFUL scrapper??

Okay...you're going to have to forgive me....but I am so.....excited about the june/july issue of Somerset Memories!!! Okay.....now read that cover.....that's my name(hee,hee) "meet staci compher the joyful scrapper" yep..I almost peed my pants.....I had no idea..that my name was going to be on the cover...but I ain't gonna lie....I love it!!! and then on pages 34-37 they did a Q&A and published like 7 layouts....
and then page 28-33 is my clear acrylic album!!!

and then...to end it perfectly I have a layout on page 79....and check out who's under me....?? on the same page as my bf Jeniece!! how cool is that??

Okay thanks for letting me share....and I expect all my peeps...to go and sell this issue out....ha,ha!!!

Somerset Memories Toot!!!

Toot X 2!! I got an email for 2 more layouts......and again..the layouts they picked are very loved...and new...they're "how many mikes" and "his durango"...so super geeked about that......another thing I am geeked about is I just got my copy of the june/july issue of Somerset Memories....I swear I am driving the girls nuts....with it.....they really don't want to hear another thing.....Okay this is me reading the magazine...yesterday...in the other room this is all you hear "SHUT UP!!!!!.....SHUT UP!!!!" okay by the way that's a good shut up...I am so excited I am going to scan a couple pages to post later......and I know that all my peeps are going to run out and pick up this issue.....More good news is that today is the Yard Sale...at Scrappy Chic...I love digging through other peoples old supplies....just hoping to come across some lost treasures......

and then some more bad news on the Compher farm.....I had this knock on my door yesterday.......with a man standing at my door....with his pickup parked in my driveway...and a big dog in the front seat.....first thing out of his mouth..."my dog got one of your chickens" oh...nooo....he felt awful...kept apologizing...I know that things like this happen........I got tell he really felt like an ass....so I grab the shovel...and start looking for my chickens not knowing what I am going to see..well I can't find any of them......so I am out in the yard like a crazy person..."here...chick..chickk...here...chick..chick" okay no kidding they actually come to that....so all of the sudden out of the tall weeds...I see 2 of my girls come out of the field....and then find another hiding in a corner of the coop.....but I also find a pile of white feathers...and black feathers...so we had 4 missing!!

So of course I start to lose it......these were Ed's chickens.....I am trying to take care of them...and I am sucking at it....I lost 2 last weekend...and now 4 this weekend.....but this morning.....2 more came home....so it looks like we only lost 2 a...rooster and a chicken.....but now I know that the dog...obviously is getting loose and keeps coming back......and I hate that because I struggle with the fact that I like them free in the yard.....just like my cat's I like that they can go outside....but it's like you have to take a chance that something will happen....I don't want our chickens...pinned up.....I love seeing them....all over the yard...but to be honest they're pinned up today....just want to make sure that dog ain't coming back today.......Okay enough blabbing......

Oh, Baby!! is in the houssssseeee!!!

I was so excited to get this yesterday.......it's the new book from Memory Makers...called Oh, Baby! and here's my layout of Mikey on page 79

I love this picture of him standing in the chickens water dish!!!

yesterday there was a change of plans.......the moon bounce plans got canceled...doing the happy dance.....the girls were not thrilled...but sommer is going tonight to the same place for a birthday party so I don't feel too..bad!!!