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I plugged the numbers into random number generator and it picked:

Sharonda said...
Send the goodies my way!!! LOLOL I hope your having a wonderful week!
9:23 AM

Congrats Sharonda (send me your info), thanks for the comments everyone...I am sure it will be another one this summer!


I started creating this morning (felt good), new dare for Friday. Okay...let's see tomorrow is Friday for me, we are going out of town for the holiday weekend, had to get a new printer, old one just stopped working and I just purchased new ink (bummer) and missed the premiere of Hung on HBO...thoughts,lol. I must admit it has me intrigued. I am pumped to finally see Transformers 2 this weekend! I couldn't go see it without my babies so off we go on Saturday.

Next week, I thought I would do a post dedicated to photography and my experience with being behind the lens. I have a few emails about my camera and lens, so thought it would be fun to do a post about it. If you have questions you want me to answer leave a comment or send me an email and I will answer them here! :)

I can't believe July is here already, I say let the adventures begin! I love summer, wow had more to write about then I initially thought...

p.s.- hi, to new readers coming from craft gossip, I am the featured blog of the week, thanks Francine!

what mine is your's, well sort of....

quick post and to the point today. ;) I am cleaning out my supplies again and if you would like a chance @ it, leave me a comment about whatever you like. :) I know...scary because I don't have a picture but don't worry, promise it is good stuff. I just need some space, my desk is a mess! I will post the winner tomorrow 12pm EST...
xo

right now.

I had a really nice relaxing weekend. My sister and I went down to Solomon's Island on Saturday....such a gorgeous place off of the Patuxent River in Southern Maryland. We just walked around, talked, relaxed by the water and I snapped some photos. It was really nice and looking forward to exploring more this summer.

On Friday I went to GASC in Chantilly and found some really good scrapbook deals. I will have a post of it later at the Master's blog (eta: post is here). I love finding deals especially on scrap supplies! I couldn't help but take a picture of this fabulous fabric even though I rarely use what I have in my collection so I kept it moving.... Hopefully I can scrap tonight, didn't do anything with the goodies I found at the show.



Let's see...didn't look at TrueBlood last night because the BET Awards went over but I plan to get on that tonight! The awards show, took me back....BBD, Guy, the OJays!!! I loved it, my sister and me were dancing so hard and singing to the top of our longs...good times. :) Tyrese and TreSonzs had some extra swagger, love them men and yeah Johnny too but they did a great job in tribute to the OJays.

My babies are coming back today, so excited! Also excited for a four day work week and a trip to South Carolina to see our family. Our garden is growing!! It is so cute, not sure one of the squash plants is going to make it....crossing fingers. I need to take a picture, the hot weather last week was really good for it!

Off to listen to some MJ, have a good one! xo

dareness.

We have some fun new things planned for the dares, can't wait to share but some of the new things include getting in on the awesomeness that is social networking! You can follow us here now:
twitter
facebook
flickr
and always here The Dares
We are so excited to bring back the eff in the dares, hope you will be as well, exciting new things in the works...for real! So we are taking a break this week to work on the up and coming.



It saddens my heart so with Michael Jackson's passing yesterday. I can still remember watching at the age of six perform on the 25th Anniversary of Motown, the moonwalk blew us all away. No one was badder than Michael and he knocked down the doors for so many to succeed, hello Thriller was the first African American video on MTV. I can remember like it was yesterday, everyone rocking the red leather pleather jackets he wore in the video. Kids everywhere trying to learn how to do the moonwalk and rocking the glittery glove. My sister, cousins and I used to pretend we were the Jackson 5. How excited to see his new work and video on Bad....it was sick! I was OBSESSED with the Jackson 5 cartoon and watched everything the Jacksons made appearances and performances on tv. Iconic and legend doesn't seem to explain his affect on a nation, generation or community...wow. Well I wanted to list some of my favorite songs, they are many but here are a few. I hope you will share yours as well. Just goes to show that each day is a gift, treasure it and your loved ones...
I'll Be There
Dangerous
Smooth Criminal
Never Can Say Goodbye
Bad
Thriller
PYT
The Girl is Mine
Man in the Mirror
Scream
Billie Jean
Human Nature
Dirty Diana
Break of Dawn
Whatever Happens
Invincible
Unbreakable
Remember the Time

midweek thoughts

So I have been slowly scrapping this week with my "idle" time...lol. It has been a slow process, mostly in the mornings because that is when I miss s2 the most. Thankfully my sister and I pass the evenings with workouts,vegging out in front of our shows and chatting. When I talked to s2 yesterday, I was a little bummed and my mommy was like, "Veronica what are you going to do when they grow up, they will leave you eventually..." Gasp, I know but I so don't want to think about that right now, lol. But I know they are in good hands and loving their special time with their nana!

Any hoo, this is the mini I mention earlier in the week, close up below. I lifted myself from a previous dare layout I did. It is okay to repeat things that you like in the creative process. I believe that totally, you have to inspire yourself too in all this...right?! I don't think I will ever get tired of using my Heidi Swapp stamps,all photos in this mini are of Saadiq and Synai that are just random shots I took when they were young. I am just piecing each hand made page together and I will go back and add the journaling last. The later part of the mini will have more current photos in it of them as well. Lots of Sassafras, I love their product and think it is perfect for kids' projects, Hambly, American Crafts and Jenni Bowlin.


Things have been a little out of sorts in the DMV because the fatal metro accident on Monday. My sister rides the metro daily and thank God she was not on the section of the red line that crashed. We live off of the green line, but during her daily commute she does have to transfer for a bit to the red line but it is in the city close to her destination and the accident happen in the Maryland. It is so easy to take for granted the normal daily grind of things,these people were just going along with their commute when this happened, so sad. I do believe we have a good public transportation system, one of the biggest in the nation,but hopefully this will be a learning experience for wmata to upgrade and make the system even better to keep people safe. We use it often especially during events when it is torture to park downtown. My heart hurts for the loved ones lost....