Carol's random babble

I use MyMemories digital scrapbooking software . There is a free downloads section on the website, and here's the May blog train , with more free stuff. The downloads have two options: formatted for MyMemories, or a general download that you can use in other programs. It would be great if people used the software, but you can still have the downloads (you just have to sign up for a free account). And you can download a trial version to try it out. If you decide to buy MyMemories, I have a discount code: STMMMS22597. The buyer gets a $10 discount and yes, I would get paid. But still, try it out for free and download the free stuff you can from the website and the blog train. *May's Blog Train ends May 31st* The color palette Each link below takes you directly to the exact page for each designer's Blog Train entry and opens in a new tab. Kathryn Estry Designs ADB Designs Designs by Lisa Minor AngelWingScraps FranB Designs Hap

My paternal grandparents: Alfred Snyder and Gladys Wartburg Snyder    I used to blog regularly but like many of my favorite activities, it became less and less important.  But I got an email about a sale on the digital scrapbooking software I use and decided to dust off my old blog. To celebrate the software's 10th anniversary, My Memories scrapbooking software Suite 9 (latest version) is $10 through May 14. That's 75% off. That's hard to beat. You can try it for free (export is disabled). But honestly, it's worth getting. The website also has a free section where you can download a variety of images. Beginning the 16th of each month through the end of the month, there's a blog train with a couple of dozen designers who have created free items from a common color palette. Each week they offer two freebies. This week's options: So, at the very least, check out the website and all the free stuff. And maybe I'll start blogging again, now that I've rediscov

Or, it's time to buy a new bra (or two). So we're having a little heat wave here in Iowa. And of course, I choose Friday afternoon for my time to go running errands around town. Which meant that when I got home, I was sweating up a storm. I changed into what I like to call pajamas (on Friday, that was a T-shirt and shorts) and hung my bra up on the hook on the back of the bathroom door, like I always do. Saturday night I went grocery shopping after work (which was around 1 a.m.) because I hadn't taken the time to do it before and my choices were looking kind of slim. So I did my grocery shopping, kicking myself for not doing it during the day when there are actual cashiers available and I don't have to do the whole thing myself. Side note - when there are cashiers available, it goes something like this: I do my grocery shopping, picking up each item and putting it in the cart. I go to the cash register and unload the cart. The cashier rings up the items and

Wow. My last post was in November 2017. I'm not even going to try to recap the past 14 months in this post. A quick update, though. I won a free pass to Rootstech Feb. 27-March2 in Salt Lake City. I have family in the area who offered to let me stay with them, and a very kind person has offered to pay for my plane tickets. My next dilemma - and it's a big one - is which sessions to attend. I'm getting overwhelmed with choices. There are more than 300 sessions from Wednesday through Saturday, and I can't decide. So I'm going to throw this out there (if anybody's reading this) and say I will attend two sessions picked by someone else. The schedule is posted here . The two sessions must be on Thursday, Feb. 28. One morning session and one afternoon session. If there are multiple submissions, I will go with the most popular. If there's only one, I'll go to that one. Each person who comments can pick one morning session and one afternoon session.

Some news here! First, My Memories has upgraded to version 9. There are a whole bunch of new features: New Project Types Social Media - Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, Google Plus Print Products - Canvas, Metal, Posters, Mug, Mousepad, Water Bottle Photo Enhancements Color Pop - Make a photo Black and White except for an area you select in Color HSB - Hue Saturation Brightness Adjustments Right-Click photos in the Photo Gallery to see details (width, height, dpi, path, etc) Right-Click to sort photos in Photo Gallery by Date vs Name Text Enhancements Copy & Paste Text Styles from one Text Box to another Copy & Paste Text without Style or Paste Special with Style Text on a Shape or Line can now have Text Styles Adjust Text Style while Text is Attached to Shape or Line Set any Text Box Style to Default Text Style Background Enhancements Set Background to Gradient Colors Zoom Background In or Out Nudge Background in Eight Directions for Precise

I'm still trying to get the hang of the Pathway experience. Of my two classes, I'm doing better in the religion course. I've got a lot of the general studies assignments that I haven't completed. The best I can hope for is 50 percent of the grade when I do turn them in, so I'm not sure I can even pass at this point. But I'm still going to try. Let's take Lesson 2 for example. This is a beginning lesson on The Learning Model & The Honor Code. The Learning Model embraces five principles: Principle One: Learners and teachers at BYU-Idaho exercise faith in the Lord Jesus Christ as a principle of action and power. Principle Two: Learners and teachers at BYU-Idaho understand that true teaching  is done by and with the Holy Ghost. Principle Three: Learners and teachers at BYU-Idaho lay hold upon the word of God - as found in the holy scriptures and in the words of the prophets - in all disciplines. Principle Four: Learners and teachers at BYU-Idaho act