Beautiful Day

Such a beautiful day, woke up and it was nice and crisp outside.  So funny how summer use to be my favorite time of year.  Absolutely LOVED the heat (not so crazy about the humidity though).  Yet now, I find myself becoming more partial to the fall.  Still can not stand cold weather, but am enjoying the cooler, crisp weather so much.  You know what this weather says to me?  BONFIRE!  We have a few every year in our back yard.  It has been a New Year's Eve tradition for 3 years now....bonfire & fireworks and lots of friends!

I started back in karate last night, Tang Soo Do to be exact.  Didn't realize I had been out of it for so long (9 or 10 months).  I had been having back problems off & on.  So I finally put my dobok (uniform) on and walk into the living room.  My 4 yo looks at me and says "Your still a green belt?"  (15 yo & husband are both Red 2's- 4 levels above me).  

My new friend Erica invited me to join Creative Impressions yahoo group.  She saw my post about giving scrapbook supplies for donations and asked for her help to spread the word.  She wasted no time!  Thank you so much Erica.  I have gotten so many emails and questions!  

     I do have tons of stuff.  I spent over $1000 in the spring on supplies as I was going to make          up some scrapbooks while I recovered from my surgery to sell to make up for income lost          while I recovered.  Well, the one surgery turned into 4 and well, needless to say it was a              rougher than expected recovery & I didn't touch it.  I have tons of stuff just sitting around            and I am totally into digi-scrapping now (and LOVING it!).

    My WONDERFUL husband is retiring from the U.S. Navy soon and we are having his                   retirement ceremony in November.  We are having his ceremony at the D-Day Museum in          New Orleans (he is stationed down there).  Very excited as we will have the Picayune                    NJROTC doing the flags (our oldest is in it :) ) and hopefully will have the Navy Band playing.    DH has found a beautiful shadowbox that we are about to order.  It's shaped as a ship's wheel,    very fitting seeing that he is a Quartermaster (navigation).  Then we will have a lot of things        to get that go in it.

    Now I still have to plan the reception.  Nothing fancy, just very nice.  I haven't been with DH       for all of career, but I am no less proud of him.  He will have put in 24 years of service and           sacrificing.  I am so grateful for him, not only as my husband, but as someone willing to give       so much of himself to guarentee my freedom.

    So here I am trying to raise some money to cover the cost.  I had a bit saved, but we had to         use it to evacuate for Gustav.  I have TONS of scrapbooking supplies that I won't use now             seeing I am totally hooked onto the digital!  I am a very generous person and figured since I       was asking for donations, that I would reward anyone who made a donation with                           scrapbooking items or bareEssentuals makeup.  Our schedule is very busy and don't have             time to post it all on ebay (as well as hate the fees between them & paypal).  

    Make me an offer!  I will post some pictures of specific items and let me know what you               would be willing to donate for it.  Most of the items are new, some used in very good                   condition.  And if some don't mind, I add extra bits of stuff (lg. paper scraps & misc.                      embellishments) as extra thank yous.  Not looking to get rich and know I won't make my             money back.  Just make a reasonable offer is all I ask (keep in mind I have to pay postage :) )

I have a LO to finish up tonight for a new budding digital designer  http://sillybeansscraps.blogspot.com/  friend of mine.  I am taking Thursday off from work, so that will definitely give me sometime to organize and post pictures.  Thank you so much for all the interest, it is very much appreciated!

Oh, I also want to say that I will give you my work address.  I will not post my address on , well, for common sense reasons.  LOL  Anyone who asks, I will also send you my work & cell numbers.  It can be a bit scary to send money to someone online, but I promise you I AM LEGIT! Matter of fact, I am tami3476 on ebay for years now with good rating.  Am avoiding ebay for time and fee reasons.  And as always, you can email me at msac4@bellsouth.net.  Thank you, thank you, thank you!

by the way:

Tami Romer

   c/o Mississippi Auto Carriers

307 N Main St.

Picayune, MS  39466