2009 Calendar Scrapbook pages

Here are the pages I completed, some are more done than others, but when you start this and just want to finish(at least when I do). You get to a point where you are just done. Anyway, most of these pages are all creative memories, with a few stickers from other sources, that I don't quite remember. Hope you enjoy!!

Missing In Action - Facebook Addict

Well, between my daughters successful surgery, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and work it's been busy. Then add in the fact that I have become totally addicted to face book, and I have not been very good about updating my blog in the last couple of months. I just finished calendar pages for 2009, which will start off my scrapbook for next year. Then, I am finishing up calendar pages for my 2008 scrapbook. Plus, I went through on PS6, and edited pictures, and put them on disc's so I can get them printed, from August through December. Yikes, that's going to be expensive to get them all printed. With all that said, I need to also get back to my heritage pages, and get more of that done.(now that I re-organized my craft room). I mailed out over a hundred hand made christmas cards as well. Did I take pictures of them? Of course not!!!! Bad girl!!!! Talk to you soon.

Wow! Time Flies Even When You are Not Having Fun

Whew! It's been a whirlwind of activity. Some good, some not so good. First, and most important my granddaughters' both had birthdays this month. It's hard to believe they are now 10 and 12. They are growing into such nice young ladies. Then, the bad news, my daughter found out she has melanoma. This is difficult, because you say skin cancer and people think oh that's not really cancer. This is the real thing, it's cancer. She will always have to be careful, and luckily caught it before it became something they couldn't treat. She is going in next Friday to have more tissue and skin removed to make sure there are not any more cancer cells there.
As a parent, it is difficult to watch your child go through this, you would rather take it on then have them hurt or worry. I wish I could make it better but I can't. I just have to believe she is going to be just fine, and this is the one and only instance she will have. She is doing great and says it is just a bump in the road. What an awesome attitude, I can't believe I have a daughter as wonderful as she is. I truly admire her! That's all for now, I have so much to be thankful for, but I have to get the pumpkin pie out of the oven, I will post later or tomorrow.

Slacking

Well, I have been slacking, for the last 5-6 weeks, I have been sick. I'd start feeling better and get going and then come down with something else. Started off with a Kidney/Bladder infection, then a sinus infection that turned into a cold. Then I think I got the flu! It just seems odd, I am taking vitamins, supplements, etc., and haven't been really ill for at least 3 or 4 years; then BAM!!! Anyway, I did get a few pages of scrapbooks done while at home with the flu. Last Saturday I went to the crop for creative memories with Tracy and my daughter. I put a lot of pictures together with paper, then when I got home all I had to do was put them down and embellish the pages. So, I am hoping by this weekend I will be close to half way done with the heritage album. Although, I will probably need a second album. I am going to put all these pages in a folder and print it out like a book on the creative memories storybook site. Then if anyone wants a copy from our family, they can purchase it there. Anyway, gotta go......

Grandpa Nichols, George J. Nichols

This is a picture of my Grandfather. I never met him, he died when my Dad was 11, in the early 50's. He was born and raised in Westfield, NY. I was told when I was little that he died of a hole in his stomach; I think it was cancer. I am ordering a death certificate to verify the information. He was the son of Charles Nichols and Helen Trump. He married my Grandmother, Leah I. Lanphere, and had 5 children. Alice Nichols (Maring), Harold Nichols, Myron Nichols, Cleon Nichols, and Raymond Nichols.

They lived on a farm on a hill called Oxbow just outside of Westfield, NY. Then the house burned down, although I never heard from what. I want to research this, I am sure there had to have been some sort of report of this in the local newspaper. I've been told my Grandfather was a golden glove boxer, and also worked on the trolly car lines, if I am remembering this correctly. I hope to have time in the near future to verify some of this information.

The page is made out of Creative Memories paper, Eyelets Etc. flowers and Brads, Thickers Brown Letters.

Post Card to Katey Trump

This is a post card to my Aunt Kate Nichols Trump, from Wisconsin. I have to assume it was from William Trump, we have other correspondence from Wisconsin from him. This would be my Grandpa Nichols maternal side of the family. My Dad, and Uncle say somehow we are related to Donald Trump, and based on some of the pictures we have, there is a resemblence; just not sure(or sure we want to be). But, if we are it's kind of cool too. Anyway, this postcard has a picture on the front and only room on the back for the address and stamp, which is a 1cent stamp. There is a month and day stamp from the post office, but not a year. There is another card here that was never sent and from Baton Rouge, Florida. Hope you enjoy, the information...... This page was mostly creative memories, the flowers were from Eyelets, Etc. and I used Stickles between the flowers.

The pockets I put the cards in cause a glare, but I am trying to keep finger prints off of them.

Post Cards from the 40's & 50's

Here are some postcards that I put in photo pockets, because they have writing and postmarks on the back. They have 1 and 2 cent stamps, and are from canandaiua lake, and watkins glenn on the page with the different colors in the background. Then on the black page there is a picture from my Grandmother's brother Jim Lanphere, while he was stationed in Germany during the 2nd world war in 1945. Then there are postcards from Washington DC, while my dad's brother Cleon was there, and he sent these to my dad. There is also a page of little postcards that were never sent of different areas and the memorials in Washington DC. I also, have a page of pictures that were sent to me, when Niagara Falls froze in I believe the early 1900's. Most of the paper and stickers are from creative memories, but there are a few stickers from Kelly Paracci - 2004. Hope you enjoy.....