Finally!

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I am so happy the weekend is finally here! Going back to work this week really kicked my butt!

I am going to spend the weekend reading, watching TV, catching up on CT stuff and sleeping. There may be time to work in some fajitas. lol!

The Story of Me part 22

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**Harmony's time with Pat is ending. Are you guys tired of this story or would you like for me to keep sharing ?)**


Pat was just finishing up her conversation with Mary Harrison when she turned to see Harmony walking into the house. The girl was upset and crying so hard that no sounds were leaving her body but it shook with the force of her sadness. Without hesitation, Pat dropped the phone and ran to Harmony engulfing the child in her arms.

“What happened? What happened? Are you hurt.” Pat was crying tears of her own without even knowing what it was that had upset or hurt the little girl she loved more than life itself.

“I’m sorry. I didn’t listen to you. I should have stayed in the yard, but I didn’t listen.” Harmony sobbed.

Pat relaxed the hold she had on the girl but didn’t let go completely. “You left the yard? Were you riding your bike?”

Shaking her head, “I did. I just wanted them to be my friends. I thought they would play with me if they saw I had a bike.” Harmony said between sobs.

Pat became scared again. “Who is they? Did someone hurt you? Harmony, baby, are you hurt?”

“They took my bike. I didn’t listen and now my bike is gone.” Harmony cried harder as she begged Pat for forgiveness. “I’m sorry. Pleae don’t be mad at me. I’ll listen from now on. I promise.”

Pat pulled the crying child in closer to her and held her as tightly as she could. “Oh baby girl, I’m not angry with you. I could never be angry with you. I love you so much. You know that don’t you?”

Harmony was crying too hard to answer, but she nodded her head as she tightened the hold she had on Pat.

“Listen to me,” Pat said as she pushed Harmony back so she could look into the little girls beautiful face. “I know you loved that bike, but it’s you that I love. We can get you another bike, but I can never get another you. You’re safe and that’s all that matters to me.” Pat moved her hands to Harmony’s face and rubbed some tears away. “If anything ever happened to you I would die. Do you hear me? I would just die.”

Harmony threw herself against Pat again and hugged her tightly. “I love you too and I promise I’ll be good from now on. Just don’t leave me, please, don’t leave me.”

Pat felt her heart breaking for the beautiful little girl in her arms. The child who had known more sadness in her short lifetime than most adults. The child who had never done anything wrong or bad. The child she wanted to protect with everything she had.

Suddenly the heartbreak she felt became a little too real. Pat was overcome with emotions as she thought about the things that could have happened to Harmony when her bike was taken. They could have hurt her or even taken her away too. Pat wanted to keep hugging the crying child. She wanted to let her know that she would never be left alone again, but there was a tightness in her chest that kept her from holding on. Slowly Pat started sliding down onto the floor.

Harmony pulled back because she thought her weight was causing Pat to slip and she didn’t want the lady to fall. That was when she saw the gray pallor that had taken over Pat’s skin and the cold sweat that had broken out along her hairline. “Grandma Pat?”

Pat tried to comfort the girl by holding her hand, but the pressure in her chest was getting tighter and it was hard to make the words come out. “Go to the phone…..call 911 like….like I taught you….”

Harmony ran for the phone and somehow managed to call for help.

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I'm cold and tired!

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It was cold today and it's getting even colder!

School was fun, but I'm really tired. I'm not even sure how or why I'm awake now!

One of my students made an amazing discovering about me today and announced it to the class -

"Hey, I just realized that everyone in here has black hair except for you. Your hair is kind of yellow."

That was when I reminded him about the book I had read earlier in the school year...the book that was about me when I was a little girl...and they used to call me.....Goldilocks. lol!

Oh yeah, I went there!

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The January challenges are up at Stuff to Scrap and I completed my layout for the song lyric challenge. This month you have to use lyrics from the Selena Gomez song "Love You Like A Love Song". You know that stupid song that you don't really like, but can't help singing every time you hear it?

Well, I decided to embrace the song and my newly outed Russell Brand crush. Yeah, I went there...

I showed my layout to OCG and he was speechless! That's right...it's so awesome that he was speechless....and then he wasn't....

OCG: That's what you did today?

Me: Yep, don't you like it?

OCG: Your last day of vacation and you did that?

Me: I watched some TV too.

He was back to speechless after that!

Yep, it was a good day!

Now, tomorrow...

You can laugh, everyone else has...

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I opened up to OCG today about a secret celebrity crush I have and you probably heard him laughing at me from wherever you are. His first comment was, "How much did you drink last night?" and the comment he ended the conversation with was, "You need help."

I admitted to not always being attracted to this person. As a matter of fact, I always thought he looked like he needed a shower and I never really considered him funny. Even I was shocked when I first started looking at him in a different light! Do you want to know who I'm talking about? Well, I'll tell you but I'm going to bed as soon as I post this so if you're going to laugh at me too, please do it quietly so you don't wake me up. lol!

I admitted to having a crush on ...

Russell Brand

I can't explain it really other than to say I love a guy with an accent and I started thinking differently about this guy last summer after I read what he wrote for Amy Winelhouse after she passed away. Did you read it? It's on his blog. I read it and remember thinking, "Wow, who knew he actually had deep thoughts." lol! That was when my little crush started.

Now, he's getting divorced and I feel sorry for him cause I just know he's all sad and heartbroken. I could cheer him up!

OCG was watching TV and I was sitting beside him playing on the computer when I ran across yet another update on "the divorce". I looked at the pic they had of him and commented on Russell's sexiness. That's when OCG asked how much I had to drink as we were bringing in the new year.

I tried to explain the difference between good looks and sexiness. While I might not find Russell that good looking (He's no George Clooney!) I do find him to be a sexy man. well, I never should have gone there!

OCG: So, George Clooney is good looking, but Russell Brand is sexy?

ME: Right.

OCG: What am I?

ME: What do you mean?

OCG: Am I good looking or am I sexy?

ME: You....you have a good personality.

That was when he told me I needed help.

I know it was a mean thing to say, but he was laughing at me!

January build A Kit at Stuff to Scrap

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It's a new month and a new year and there are new goodies in the Build a Kit bin at Stuff to Scrap! I love the beautiful soft colors the designers have used this month. They're perfect for scraping baby pics and winter pics and...well, just about anything you can imagine!

Of course, I have to show off a couple of my favorites. First up are the goodies from IvoryKeys Digital Dreams. She has a set of cardstock paper, 14 adorable printed papers and a set of 43 awesome elements. Check out the previews...

Take a look at some layouts I've put together using these adorable mini kits...

Sometimes you don't need a kit. Sometimes you just need a template to give you some inspiration. Shel Belle Scraps has taken care of that with this awesome set of templates. check out the preview...

I used two of these templates with different kits. For this first layout I used the Harvest of Memories kit by Shel Belle Scraps and The Scrappy Kat...

I used Shel Belle Scraps' Take a Hike kit on another template for this layout...

Make sure you visit IvoryKeys Digital Dreams and Shel Belle Scraps for more layout inspiration and go to Stuff to Scrap to buy their build a kit goodies.