Kathy's Coffee Stop

National Marrow Donor Registry Drive

2008-09-17T09:04:00.000-07:00

National Marrow Donor Registry Drive

The National Marrow Donor Registry pairs potential donors up with patients who need life-saving bone marrow transplants. However, there aren't nearly enough potential donors. Usually there is a $52 testing fee associated with the HLA testing to be registered in the Registry, but until September 22 the fees will be sponsored through Nascar. If you have ever thought of registering, or even if this is the first you have ever heard of it, please go read the information and seriously consider becoming a registered donor today.

First go to www. marrow. org

On the right side of the screen, under the cord blood box is a box that says "Events" Click on the link that says "Nascar Foundation Drive." About 3/4 of the way down that page, you will click on "join online now." Then finish filling in the paperwork and the Promo Code will automatically generate.
I know it is a couple of extra clicks, but please don't let that deter you from joining!

I have been a bad blogger & a freebie

2008-06-29T21:18:00.000-07:00

It's been awhile, and for that I apologize. I tend to do that a lot in my life. I will start doing something and then just stop...I guess I do a lot of things just to see if I can. I used to make birdhouses, it was something I was really good at. I made 6 or 7 of them, gave them to family and then quit making them. I guess part of it could be that I have to be in just the right mood too.

I also moved one of my sisters here from Georgia, that makes 3 of us that live here now. It's nice to have them so close again. Now we just have to see what the youngest is going to do.

We went camping last week out at Cloud 9 Ranch...It was fabulous! So peaceful, I wish we could have stayed longer. Here are some photos from our trip...

I could have stayed here forever, believe me I considered staying.lol

My youngest son inspired & helped create todays freebie. He is always outside finding bugs, spiders, snakes, all kinds of things.lol He knows more about these things than anyone I know, which makes me very proud as a mom.

This is an earth snake he found one day while at my sisters house.

Here is todays freebie...A mini kit called Mud & Bugs
You can download it HERE
Please leave me some love if you DL.=)

CanDesigns is having a sale!!!

2008-03-30T11:56:00.000-07:00

Me

2008-03-13T06:43:00.000-07:00

Part of my journey has been to be ok with how I look and get more photos of me...I don't want my kids and grandkids to have to wonder what I looked like.

I am getting better... I usually don't let people take pictures of me, especially if I don't have my hair done and make up on...If I did see pictures of me un made up I deleted them.
These were taken the other day, and I am happy with them...I was having a bad hair day and had no make up on... lol but I am ok with that, it's the "real" me.

I am not 100% comfortable with this... But I am letting others see it, and that is a huge step for me.

This is my girl Maggie...I had to throw this one in here too...=) This is what she does after our walks...lol Good thing the bed is a king.=P

Here is a LO I did with one of the photos...

Papers and flower Love actually by Mónica Guerra Leiria
Brackets Bracket me baby by CznyDesigns
Luck word art by me (Kathy-PSPR)
Staple All tied up By CanDesigns

Fabulous Day!

2008-03-10T20:41:00.000-07:00

I have had a great day, I have not felt this good in a very long time.
I have been eating better & exercising now for about 2 weeks, I have not lost a lot of weight but I know I have lost inches and am starting to gain a lot of muscle. I am just feeling so much better about myself. I am happy and so energized...and I am sleeping better.=)

I made this LO the other day for the ADSR challenge #5...lol I had so much fun making this and love the way it turned out!=)

(Image is linked)

Credits: "Interview with a Bunn"

Q. How do you feel when you get turned on?

A. I get really hot and steamy.

Q. How often do you get turned on?

A. At least twice a day, sometimes more.

Q. What time of day are most turned on?

A. In the mornings.

Q. What do you normally have in you?

A. A dark, strong French.

Background,doodles,Glitter Splat - Girly Girl By CanDesigns

Antique word bubbles - By Kris Myers

WA,Charm - Mermaids Heart By CanDesigns

OOOPS!!

2008-03-10T09:59:00.000-07:00

Thank you to everyone who has downloaded my wordart and left love! Y'all are the best!=)
Here is the "Love wordart" again in .PNG format...I am sorry to all of you who could not use it.
I am new at this and did not realize.
All of my files from now on will be saved in .PNG format.
Thank you to Karla for pointing it out.=)
You can download the Love wordart HERE

(the link should be working now, 4-shared is getting bombarded this week so it may take some time)

St. Paddy's day Freebie

2008-03-06T17:38:00.001-08:00

I can't even tell you how overwhelmed I was with the amount of love and support I got with my last freebie...I am still in awe.
With much encouragement and shoving at times...;) lol My favorite designer & best friend ever (CanDesigns) =) has given me the inspiration for this freebie with her new kit "Shawn Patrick" found only at Stone Accents Studio

St.Paddy's day wordart can be downloaded HERE... Enjoy and please leave me some love...makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.=)
(Saved in .png format)

Trash to Treasure

2008-02-23T17:01:00.001-08:00

This is the LO I made for the Trash to Treasure hunt at DST... 15 hrs and about a gazillion downloads later, I am done...Wow! It was crazy and a bit hectic at times, but really a lot of fun and oh my was the booty ever bountiful!!!=) I have got so many new goodies and discovered a lot of designers I have never heard of.

It is days like this when I am glad my husband is a truck driver...lol He would have had a fit.=)

Here are my credits for this LO...

Wrap Cord - April Staker
Cord - Cari Lopez
Buckle Ribbon - ljcrcohet
Camo Card - Kathryn Estry
Jumbo Brad - Ruby Rynne
Fuzzy Swirl - Scrap Kitten
Hinges - Tina Wilson
String Tie, Saftey Pin - Dawn Wilson
Screw - Catriona MacGregor
Frame,Swirl - Broken Jar Creations
Brn.Ribbon - Kuoha Designs Ink: "Define Me"
Grn. Glitter Swirl - Lliella Designs
Button - Sassy
Stick Pin - Kris Myers
Brn.Doodle - Lynn Griffon
Background Paper - MadScraper "Contemporary Retro"
Paper Strips - Kuoha Designs Ink: "Define Me"
Lliella Designs: "Treasured"
Lynn Griffon
Artisan Guild: "Avant Garden"
Dawn Wilson: "Raspberry Cocoa"
April Staker: "Joshua"
Cari Lopez: "Exotic Bag" Album Cover
Christy Sturm: "Green floral Rust Paper"
Heather Manning: "It's a Bloom"
JIC Creations: "Dreaming of Spring"
Lynne Simmons: "Treasure Hunt BG"
Pamela Gibson: "My Blue Jeans"
Scrap Kitten: "Trash to Treasure"
Tina Williams: "Trash to Treasures"

Quote:
Love is like a friendship caught on fire.
In the beginning a flame, very pretty,
often hot and fierce, but still only light and
flickering. As love grows older, our hearts
mature and our love becomes as coals,
deep-burning and unquenchable.
~Bruce Lee

Wordart Freebie

2008-02-21T15:31:00.000-08:00

Since I started scrapping I have gotten so many wonderful freebies...I thought it was time I started giving back.
I hope y'all enjoy this wordart, leave me some love and let me know what you think and what kind of word art you would like to see in the future, and I may just surprise ya.=)

You can download the wordart HERE

Thank you for stopping by...Hope to see you again.

Tranquility

2008-02-19T19:18:00.001-08:00

This is a LO I made today for the newsletter challenge at SAS
Credits: Kit "Finbar" CanDesigns
Background paper "Kathys Getaway" CanDesigns
Block Template- By Droopette

I LOVE these lyrics by John Lennon~

Imagine by John Lennon

Imagine there's no Heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world

You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one

I can't wait till summer and I can visit my favorite places again...I miss the feeling I get from being so close to nature, the sounds and textures are so soothing to me.

My Friend

2008-02-16T11:50:00.001-08:00

This is a page I made of my Mother in Law and Niece with a kit called "Kathy's Getaway" By CanDesigns @ SAS... It was a freebie in this months SAS newsletter.

When I first saw this kit I cried...Happy tears. Even though Candee and I have never "met" she is one of my best friends, she is a wonderful person and she always knows what to say. Anyone who has had the honor of knowing her will know what I mean. I wish for once I could truly express what her friendship means to me.

A Special Friend

Author Unknown

I'd like to be the sort of friend that you have been to me;
I'd like to be the help that you've been always glad to be;
I'd like to mean as much to you each minute of the day
As you have meant, old friend of mine, to me along the way.
I'd like to do the big things and the splendid things for you,
To brush the gray from out your skies and leave them only blue;
I'd like to say the kindly things that I so oft have heard,
And feel that I could rouse your soul the way that mine you've stirred.
I'd like to give you back the joy that you have given me,
Yet that were wishing you a need I hope will never be;
I'd like to make you feel as rich as I, who travel on
Undaunted in the darkest hours with you to lean upon.
I'm wishing at this time that I could but repay
A portion of the gladness that you've strewn along my way;
And could I have one wish, this only would it be:
I'd like to be the sort of friend that you have been to me.

Being honest about who I am

2008-02-12T17:38:00.000-08:00

I feel that it's time for me to be honest to myself and get all of my beliefs, ideas, thoughts, feelings out for my own sake. I am on a journey to learn to love myself...My first step is being honest about who I am.

I am so scared I will fail at anything I try, sometimes I think I set myself up for failure. This is something I have been trying to over come for years, I know it my heart I am smart. I know I can succeed, but there is always that fear lingering...I can't make it go away. After years of being told that I will never be anything, a failure I guess it kind of embeds itself deep inside. Trying to get rid of those thoughts has become an impossible feat for me, I can push them aside but not rid myself of them. It has infected every part of me.

I don't believe in god, but I also believe no religion is wrong. Everyone has the right to believe what they want.
I believe everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
I believe in the power of the heart and mind.
I believe in ghosts, I have seen to many to not believe.
I believe there are Spirits/Angels watching over us.
I believe all people are created equal.
I believe love is blind.
I believe in fate and karma.
I believe everyone has a soul mate out there somewhere.
I don't believe money makes a person, take away the material things and what's left?
I don't think anyone is better than anyone else.
I believe being different is ok.
I believe you can't judge people by what they look like.
I believe there are truly good people out there.
I believe if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything!

I would love to say I believe in forgiveness, but I don't. I can let go of some things, but there are many things I never truly forgive.
If I become your friend you will have all of me, I will always be there, I will always listen and hear what you are saying, I will be there waiting to hug you when you do something I think is stupid and get hurt, I will not abandon you, I will respect your beliefs and your feelings...But I will expect the same from you. There are very few people I have met that are willing to give what they get, and because of this I have very few friends. But the friends I do have mean the world to me and have helped me more than you know.

I am not the type of person who needs material things...I would rather have a heart felt card with heart felt journaling than a diamond. I need to be told thank you when I do things for you, I don't want money. If I make you dinner, say thank you...That is all I ask, a simple thank you...If it was good and you liked it, tell me so...If it could have been better, tell me so I can do better next time. I need to hear these things. I don't mind helping, I don't mind going out of my way, if I have plans and you need something I will drop everything for you...All I want is a THANK YOU!
If I am upset, don't leave me...Give me a hug, I would do the same for you.
I am done doing things for people who find it to much of an inconvenience to even say thank you...I have said it a hundred times and keep doing, but I am done. I can't keep doing this to myself.

Kit "Mocha Valentine" by Booland Designs
Found at Stone Accent Studio

Hopeful

2008-02-11T06:37:00.001-08:00

Doctors...They go to school for years, learn how to fix most problems people have...But a lot of the time they are clueless, it is so easy to say "it's over, there is nothing we can do or nothing can be done"... Face it, doctors don't know everything, the majority have no faith in the power of the heart.
The mind and heart are powerful things and miracle's can and do happen every day.

My MIL had her vent tube removed yesterday and is doing well so far...We are full of hope...She is a very strong woman and surrounded by people who love her very much.

If I could catch a rainbow
I would do it just for you
and share with you its beauty
On the days you're feeling blue.

If I could build a mountain
You could call your very own
A place to find serenity,
A place to be alone.

If I could take your troubles
I would toss them in the sea,
But all these things I'm finding
are impossible for me.

I cannot build a mountain
Or catch a rainbow fair,
But let me be what I know best,
A friend who's always there.

Kit used for this LO "Dilly Dilly" By CanDesigns found HERE.

A very sad day

2008-02-04T18:27:00.001-08:00

This is a LO I made for my husband...I miss him so much, he has been gone since the day after Christmas. He was supposed to come home next week for our anniversary, but he is not going to be able to make it.

His mom went into the hospital the a few days ago, we really don't know what happened...She has been having issues breathing but seemed to be getting better...She fell asleep on woke with a low O2 level...She slipped and fell getting out of the shower and hit her head. In the hospital her liver started to shut down, her liver is better... we thought she was getting better...She is in a coma state, no longer breathing on her own and on a respirator. It was by her request that she not be on the respirator for very long, but my father in law is going to leave her on it until my husband can get home to see her. At this point the Doctors are clueless, they have no explanation...I am really hoping things will turn around and she will come out of this.

I had to tell our kids tonight how sick their grandma is, it was one of the hardest things I have ever had to do. The older two are writing her letters so there is nothing left unsaid. She is unconscious, but I know she will hear John read her the letters. I am trying to be optimistic, but at the same time I want to try to be as prepared as we can be.

I had not spoken to my mother in law in about a year, we made up and started speaking again about 2 months ago...I am so thankful for that. Some days I feel so guilty for moving... I feel that if we would have been there I could have taken care of her, and maybe this would not have happened...I know we left for a reason, we did what we had to do for our family...But I still feel I should have been there for her.

Gone fishing

2008-02-02T14:31:00.001-08:00

This LO is of Jr's first fish...He was so excited! He had a few bites, was very patient...then it paid off. His very first fish, a nice Rainbow Trout. It put up quite a fight, but he was determined to bring home dinner...lol We got it up, started to remove the hook and it started wiggling...he jumped back, the look on his face was priceless!

When we got home, he helped clean it...I cooked it and he and cousin Brook ate every bite.=) I told him next time he better get a bigger fish so he could share.=)

This page was made with "Rough and Tumble" kit by CanDesigns.

More snow LO's...

2008-02-01T12:30:00.001-08:00

Here is a page I made with CanDesigns new kit "Yummy Goodness" found at http://www.stoneaccentsstudio.com
All the snow we got is melting away pretty quickly...It was nice while it lasted though. I am glad I got some pictures of the kids and dogs, although there are no pictures of my elusive 13yo...As he gets older it's harder and harder to get pictures of him.=) I am going to have to get sneaky...

I created a new blog today... It is for CanDesigns Creative Team, where we can show off all of our LO's in one place and you all can see some of the many possibility's with her kits. You can find it HERE

Here is another LO I did last night. I used CanDesigns new kit "Dilly Dilly" found HERE.

Snow Day!!!

2008-01-31T12:29:00.001-08:00

It was a shock to wake up and see so much white! It is beautiful, the kids and dogs had a blast! Maggie our Great Dane will be 1 year old on the 17th of February and this is the first time she has ever seen snow...lol She went crazy trying to catch all of it.
Britt and Jr made a snow man, and Kenai our Chow/Husky mix ran off with his nose, he thought it was a great snack.=)

This scrap page was made with "Written on the Wall" blog freebie from CanDesigns/Mermaids Haven.

Uncle Rick and Aunt Ulli's Schnitzel

2008-01-29T19:38:00.001-08:00

This is page 2 of my recipe book, Uncle Rick and Aunt Ulli's Schnitzel.
This is a sure fire hit with everyone who has ever tried it. I like to serve it with the Irish Mashed potatoes and a green veggie.
Some people like to do this dish with gravy, but I prefer it with fresh lemon...it gives it just the right flavor. You can also use boneless pork chops instead of the pork loin.

When we moved to Mt.Shasta,Ca. near Uncle Rick and Aunt Ulli, we had dinner together almost every night, it was always wonderful...Big meals and lots of family, sometimes it got a bit hectic...lol but it was never boring!

No matter what my kids have planned, if I am making Schnitzel they are guaranteed to be home.=)

This page was created using "Whimsical nature" by CanDesigns
White notebook paper from "Rough & Tumble" kit by CanDesigns
Both found HERE.

Irish Mashed Potatoes

2008-01-29T10:37:00.000-08:00

I have decided to scrap a recipe book for my kids...and my sister who can't cook...lol
This is page 1.

I made this LO for the SASy Treats Challenge over at Stone Accents Studio . The kit I used is "Rough & Tumble by CanDesigns which can be found HERE.

I love this recipe! It sounds very funky, but it is so yummy. My kids ask for it all of the time, and there are never left overs.=)

My girl and a begining...

2008-01-28T22:17:00.000-08:00

This is my Maggie girl, you see her here doing what she does best.lol She is one big lazy pup.
I made this page with "Bohemian Party" Kit -by CanDesigns ~ Background paper - "Winter Vanilla" By CanDesigns...A fantabulous Designer and very good friend. Her link and the link for Kris Myers, another fab designer is at the top of the page...Go on click the link's, ya know ya wanna....=) hehe

I have never blogged...I really have no clue what I am doing.lol So I am going to wing it and see what happens.=)