Pollyanna

This weeks digi dare
http://www.digidares.com
is hosted by Tangie and as is the norm for her-a thought provoking challenge. The challenge asks that a conversation be recorded somehow and that part of that conversation be used for the title. So as I say good by to one of the few teachers I have felt close to, I thought back over the conversations that we and others have had about her-with her. This is a woman who believes, as I do, in the goodness, worth, and amazing ability of our students. Many teachers really concentrate on the misbehaviour of their students, and forget why they decided to teach-or maybe they just decided to teach for a different reason than I did. Don't misunderstand, I do believe that students must be held accountable, but I see them as a positive in my life-rather than a negative burden. My Pollyanna, as her tears illustrates also believes in the possibilities and she will miss the opportunity to be a part of the wonders of education.
So this little represetation highlights one of those first conversations-the one in which the other teachers came close to mocking this wonderful person by labeling her a Pollyanna-and of course, in those first few days, when I was just getting to know my co-workers, I immediately felt a bond with this wonderful Pollyanna-because I knew I wasnt the only one! But now, I question my ability to keep my focus on the goodness as the Pollyannas of the educational system retire...
Credits-Impressions of Whimsy-available at Scrapbook Graphics (I used mostly Studio Berna)
Mask-KPertiet

Along with being a new CT at Scrappity Doo Dah-I have also decided to explore the quirkier side of things-I think I would like to journal some of my memories in this format-hmmm maybe... anyway this is what I worked on today

Imagine-What I think may be the most powerful word in the dictionary

Supplies
background paper, girl & house-AnnaBV
alpha-Faith True
All other elements
Tangie- some from each of the following, Artopia, May Mystery case, opera house, imagination

Oh my I have been busy-I did all of the challenges at Scrappity Doo Dah! I think I started them yesterday or the day before and finished them today-now I need to go over to Bouquet of Pixels and get some of those done-at least another page for my CT work anyway. It was over 100 in the backyard today and I was able to get in the pool and swim 50 laps-well if you count a lap as once down the pool!

Last night I was in a PARADE!! That was so much fun! Although my eyes are closed-this pic really sums up the fun and excitement of the whole experience





Now for the goings on over at DigiScrapAddicts-it is time for round 3 of the SYTYCD! 8 of my favorites from rounds 1 & 2 have moved on to round 3 and from the looks of it I am going to have new favorites from this round-my download file is just about to burst!!
Now, I think it is time for me to learn how to put some blinkies on this site~~

The templates for all of the month pages are from Jen Caputo from Scrapbook Graphics-In April I used Lorie Davisons Bouncing Bunnies kit, In March I used Damanynti's Purple Rain from Sunflower Scraps, and in February I used materials from a blog train I followed-sorry I cant be any more specific than that
Good Morning All
Life has been busy-well no busier than any other year, this year, I have just had to finally deal with some of my teeth-three of them are now gone and all I have to do is heal! Of course I had to succumb to the endless annoyance and then just downright pain... so in order to keep up here I will post March & April! As far as my roamings about the internet, I seem to be slowly moving away from SplitcoastStampers and spending a lot of my time at ScrapbookGraphics-with so many sites, it is fun to just roam the internet-I am still doing ct work for Bouquet of Pixels and I have a guest spot in August for a template designer at another site...
Places that are quite useful to visit-just to keep up with the ever-growing world of digi scrapbooking...
DigiscrapAddicts-the enabler is a must read and the SYTYCD is great fun to explore
DigiShopTalk-is a busy site, but there is always an interesting conversation going on
ScrapbookGraphics has great conversations and lots of phenonamal artsy challenges
Bouquet of Pixels has 7 great challenges a month
Scrappity-Do-Dah has some great games and challenges
GoDigitalScrapbooking has great challenges and awesome speed scraps
PickleBerryPop-great challenges, a fun name and some great challenges besides I love that name
Sunflower Scraps-awesome Russian designers
Digital-Crea-awesome French designers

Last weekend was VSBN on splitcoast so lots of challenges! One of them asked us to scrap a page that would help us with who we were if we were to wake up with no memory! I was even further inspired by 1busymomof2 and followed her lead and made a list as long as I am old-so 50 things about me, I also used 40 different verbs to put it together and finished it up with 10 She believe statements. I changed from I to she from a challenge by Jessica Sprague-sometimes it amazes me how many different ways I might be inspired to do any one project!

So here is the page. And here is the list-since most of us dont have xray eyes to read such tiny print-which will of course be much larger when this will be printed 12x12~

1. She knows right from wrong because she is the daughter of Loren & June Pfeffer.
2. She gave birth to Loren Andrew and Shawn Steven Pfeffer.
3. She married Dennis Verley May 5, 1995-but she kept her own last name.
4. She kisses her dachshunds each and every day.
5. She scrapbooks so memories stay alive.
6. She decorates with a Shabby Chic flair, mix is much better than match.
7. She captures moments in the pictures she takes, so they can tell the story.
8. She teaches according to the needs of her students.
9. She experiences frustration with the negative side of the world.
10. She pushes her students to the edge and then reels them back.
11.She expects the best effort.
12. She adores Hershey’s chocolate, and Sees candy with chocolate sprinkles.
13.She mists herself with sweet & spicy perfume.
14. She eats when her stomach and her soul feel hunger.
15. She swims when the temperture rises above 100.
16. She wears sweatshirts when the temperature drops below 65.
17. She rides a bike to work and she feels better for having done it.
18. She laughs out loud and acts silly whenever the opportunity presents itself.
19. She makes her students smile and realize the possibilities.
20. She detests people who always see the glass half empty, who refuse to SEE what it is good.
21. She believes our loved ones never leave us as long as we keep their memories alive within us.
22. She realizes that bad things happen for good reasons, but that it can be very difficult to find the good because of the pain.
23. She loves the mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.
31. She ponders the the way things are.
32. She remembers the way it was. the best, the worst, the neutral.
33. She finds peace & contentment in the moment.
34. She delights in the ,magic of kind acts.
35. She tackles problems head on, sometimes to her detriment.
36. She misses her sister.
37. She determines the path she travels-for better or for worse.
38. She discovers new things everyday.
39. She adapts to new situations easily.
40. She believes in the success of her sons.
41. She believes that her sons are who they are because of who she is.
42. She believes that she is who she is because of who her parents are.
43. She believes that we can ALL succeed, but it takes hard work
and some won’t do it.
44. She believes that blue skies out number grey skies.
45. She believes in her laughter.
46. She believes she has a right to enjoy her world.
47. She believes that she still has far to go.
48. She believes that we must all enjoy the journey.
49. She believes in the delicate scent of the daffodil to brighten the day.
50. She believes in the power of the misty ocean breeze.

I thought I could do this on a daily basis-well-not so much as you can see-What I can and will enjoy doing is posting when I have something I feel is worthy of a post. I did document and scrap January-in retrospect it was an awesome month-hopefully Feb will be just as wonderful

here are the pages I put together