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I keep meaning to remember to change my font size so that it is not so tiny...I am hoping this does the trick!

I have been absolutely nuts the last two days! Our computer crashed!! Out of nowhere...just shut down while we were on it and never ever ever booted up again! Talk about some very upsetting moments! I have to say...I think that I am addicted to this darn thing...it was very hard to go through the last two days without checking all of my favorite sites and reading my email. But thankfully tonight we went and bought our new computer!! And it is awesome...it is soooooooooo much faster than my old one and way cooler. The only downside is that I have lost all of my email contacts so please everybody....send me an email so that I can update my address book. Thank you so much...I can't stand having an empty book! I am a little worried that we may have lost some of the stuff on our hard drive from the last month because although we bought an external harddrive Drew uses that for his laptop as well and he had been transporting it back and forth to school for the text book that he is writing and well, long story short we hadn't back upped in about a month. He is taking it to the tech person tomorrow to see what if any we can recover. I know that there are a few pictures that I will be devastated to have lost but believe me I have learned my lesson and I will back up this computer daily...twice daily!!

Which reminds me...Michelle...if you are reading this which I hope that you are (smile) please email Stephanie's address to me because I lost that in the crash as well. I need to get something out to her this week. Thanks so much I appreciate it very much.

I am going to get going now because we still need to install some software and try to figure all of this new stuff out. I know that I am going to have a much better morning tomorrow because I can have my coffee and surf the net! Thank Goodness!!

Oh my gosh...I am having the absolute best time over at MMFY! We are having an online crop filled with games and tons of challenges...lots of prizes and may I add that I have won a few!! It is just so much fun over there!! Here is a layout I did for a challenge this morning...I have had these pictures for awhile and hadn't gotten a chance to scrap them but then this challenge fit them perfectly! Love when that happens!!

We are so excited too...we get to stay in Myrtle Beach for the entire week! God bless my husband...he got someone to cover his classes for him (we will pay him of course but it is so worth it) I never thought that he would agree but he surprised me big time. Still working on getting Madeleine to be able to come...I can't imagine taking a vacation without her. Maybe she can work something out with her professors!!

I am going to go on back to my crop now....can't seem to stay away. Come on over and check out all the awesome talent in the gallery!! You won't be disappointed!!

Just feeling a little blue today...we took Maddie back last night. It sure doesn't get any easier saying good bye. I really thought that it would by now but it doesn't. The trip was uneventful. Lots of sunshine and completely dry roads. Far cry from when Drew brought her home last week. We made the round trip in about 4 hours.

Finalized the Myrtle Beach reservations this morning. I am so excited about this trip. It has been a long winter here in NY and I am so ready to wake up to the smell of the ocean. Still hoping that Drew will figure something out for his class on Thursday so we can stay straight through the weekend. I will work on him...help him arrange his schedule...maybe!!

I am sharing with you today the layout that I entered in the contest over at MMFY. This is my mom and Max on Mother's day 2004. This is probably the last picture that I have of her holding Max before she passed away later that year. I miss her still so much and sometimes it just takes my breath away. I am so sad that Max doesn't get to grow up with her. She was such a special grandma. But I know that she is looking down on us and smiling...I know that she is our special guardian angel. But I sure wish she was still here with me right now. Remember to always love your mom's and be thankful if you still have them with you. The journaling reads: You were so little when Grandma Irene passed away. My wish for you is that you will always feel her love...even though. All supplies used for this layout were from the February Big and Juicy Kit from Keep In Touch. Kelly does wonderful kits each month and I am so excited because one of the prizes for the contest was another kit. I can't wait to receive it in the mail. Stop by her store sometime and see all the yummy goodies she has to offer. She is a great lady and I love her to pieces!

I am off to get some scrapping done today. Have a good one everybody!

Madeleine and I decided that we would do a little shopping today...to get some things she needs to take back to school with her tomorrow. Lisa and kelsey came along too. Poor Abby...she just wouldn't or couldn't take the day off from school. Anyways, we shopped, visited the Salvation Army looking for those things in a rough if you know what I mean and then I treated everybody to lunch at Pizza Hut. The funny thing is that Max wanted pizza in the worst way but then when we got there and gave it to him he wouldn't eat any!! Thankfully the manager took his buffet off the tab so I didn't have to pay for him. He is such a stinker sometimes. Right now he and Madeleine are playing guitar hero...you wouldn't believe how good he is getting at it. He is even better than daddy. But ssshhhh...don't tell daddy I said that. I think he is going to be devastated again when Maddie goes back to Rochester tomorrow. Poor little guy. The house will be quiet again.

We have some exciting news too...we are going to Myrtle Beach for spring break. Andrew Thomas' baseball team will be playing in a tournament down there for the week. I am in the process of reserving rooms but have to wait for the cc payment to go through so I can finalize them. I am so excited because we have never been there and i could really use some sunny ocean weather right now!! The only sad thing is that Maddie probably won't be able to go. Her daddy does not think that it would be a good idea for her to miss that many days of school...his words exactly are "we aren't paying $50,000 a year for her to not go to class!" I guess that he is right but it still makes me very sad inside. Maybe we can work something out. I am not giving up hope yet. The hotel is beautiful and I am counting the days down. 31 to be exact!!

Things over at MMFY are getting exciting! I can't wait for the crop this weekend. Seriously anybody if you are at all interested go over there and register so you can join in on all the fun we are going to have. Great talent on that site!!

I am going to leave you with my latest creation. My Abigail...what a beauty she is!! She just doesn't know how beautiful she really is. But maybe that is a good thing!

Have a great evening everybody!! Jenn