Carol's random babble

Well, kiddos, today is not a good day for me. I was up late and up again early. My brain is reeling with concern over a friend and replaying a weird incident from last night, so I'm all fuzzy-headed and not in the mood for scrapbooking. So today's project is a random thing I've already done ... let's look and see what we have: It's my great-grandparents, Walter and Augusta Burrell. I did this one back on April 22. I really like vintage-looking stuff. I think this was from a speed scrap on the MyMemories Facebook page . They do the speed scraps every Sunday, and occasionally at other times. They give you a few instructions (six or so) with time in between each one. Then people post what they've done. It's a good way to get inspiration. MyMemories has a YouTube channel , as well, with instructions on how to achieve certain effects. Don't forget to enter the giveaway !

So, I was up past 1 a.m. and woke up at 4:30 a.m. - this isn't going well. I am concerned about a friend, and also had a weird experience at the gas station last night. I tried using my (prepaid) credit card, but it wouldn't go. The cashier said do certain things - I told Donna what the cashier said, Donna didn't do it exactly (got lost in translation, I guess), so the card didn't run. I told Donna to go ahead and get the gas. I walked up to the cashier to pay with my card - she ran somebody else's total. Ours was $20 - the other was $47. The guy didn't have cash on him, so we couldn't have him just give me the cash. The cashier called her manager - he said she couldn't reverse the charge, but she kept insisting she had done it before. In the end, she ran my card for our gas and gave me $47 from the till. Okay, so we left - I'm not out anything except that if I want to put the $47 back on my card it will cost me $4.64 extra. However, the guy with t...

So, I've been playing around a little with my new version of MyMemories digital scrapbooking software. I made a new timeline cover for my Facebook page, as well as a new profile photo. Timeline cover (not full size) Profile photo (full size) Most of the embellishments and paper came from a kit called Santa. MyMemories keeps track of your downloads, so you don't purchase the same kit twice. You can download them again, as well, if you get a new computer or have to reformat your current one (something I do from time to time). So the giveaway ends at 12:01 EST on Nov. 30, which means there is today and tomorrow to enter. No entries yet at the time I am posting this, so your chances are good. Good luck! a Rafflecopter giveaway

As I promised, here is the giveaway! One winner will receive a code for downloading version 4 of My Memories digital scrapbooking software. There are not too many entries and none are mandatory, so it should be fairly easy to enter. a Rafflecopter giveaway Now, I also want to show off what I did this morning. I did a short album of a few photos from Thanksgiving dinner at my mom's and sister's new apartment. My kids weren't feeling well, so they stayed home. Two of Donna's kids were there - Suzanna and Richard, and Suzanna's boyfriend, Chad. I mostly used the Thankful Mini Kit, but I also used embellishments from a couple of other kits. I'll be working on some stuff during the giveaway to show some of the kits and things you can do with My Memories digital scrapbooking software. Good luck!

If you are into scrapbooking and haven't gone digital yet, here's an opportunity to try MyMemories digital scrapbooking software. I've been using it for months and really like it. Now version 4 is here, with a lot of new features. And today, Cyber Monday, you can get a discount! To get the full version 4 at 50% off, use code CyberV4full ($39.97 value). To get the upgrade at 50% off, use code CyberV4up ($19.97 value). I have a My Memories affiliate code. I'm not sure if it works with the discount, but just in case: STMMMS22597. The discount code goes in the box in the middle of the page when you check out. I'm going to do a giveaway starting tomorrow and only until the end of the month. I don't have it set up yet, but I'll do that tonight after work or tomorrow morning. In the meantime, here's some of my work with MyMemories digital scrapbooking software version 3 (I only just now downloaded version 4 and haven't installed it yet). A pag...

Election Day! Americans complain about government, but many neglect their basic right and civic duty to vote. I've seen multiple postings on Facebook trying to convince people one way or the other, which usually alienates the audience. I've seen an ecard and posts which say, if you don't vote, you lose the right to complain about government. No, you can still complain - freedom of speech and so on. But we'll all think you are a whiny baby who should try to fix things instead of just talking about it. (Joking! I complain about a lot of things.) Anyway, my point in posting is to say - vote if you can. I just walked over to my polling place (no car) with my 19-year-old daughter, who voted for the very first time. We hadn't discussed beforehand who we were voting for, but we talked about it a little on the walk home. I voted for the maximum of everything possible - one in the races where one is appropriate, and the maximum for the nonpartisan races where more ...