Some "Basic" Layouts

I just love this kit! It's Scrapbook Graphics latest collaborative kit and it's just full of great stuff! Cool elements, fab neutral papers, I feel like this is a kit I'll be going back to again and again. Anyway, these are my first two layouts using it!

By way of a weekend update - this weekend was great! We went out to Safford on Sunday to visit our friends Deb and Wes and their kids (the cute red-headed ones I scrap all the time) along with Bob's friend Derek who's visiting Tucson from Salt Lake right now. We went up to Mt. Graham and had a great time cooking out, taking pictures and trying to hit rocks with sticks in a little bit of stick ball (okay, mostly the guys did that LOL).

Then, I had yesterday off because of Columbus Day, but Bob had to work so I had a whole day to myself! I slept in, did a little scrapping, and, of course, went shopping! I also found out that I made it to Round 3 in the Scrapartist Apprentice challenge so I was flying high the whole day! I'm so excited and honored to have gotten this far! I can't wait for the site to come back up so we can see everybody's stuff for the next round - I'm so amazed at all the talent we have in this thing!

This morning, however, was a different story! It was insane! First of all, we planted our winter rye grass last week so it has to be watered several times a day. I always water it for about 5 minutes right before I leave for work. So, this morning I get ready for work, lock the doors, put my stuff in the car and go out to the backyard to water the grass. My new pants don't have pockets, so I set my keys on our table on the patio. I water the grass, I close the gate to the backyard (we have a cement block wall all the way around our yard) and lock the padlock. I get in the car and realize I don't have my keys. They are now locked in the backyard! And, I can't get in the house to get the gate key or to go out the back door to the yard! I ended up having to jump over the gate! Can you imagine? LOL! It was nuts! But, I made it over, got my keys and jumped back over (because I still didn't have a key for the gate) and went to work. Then of course on the way to work, a woman completely runs the red light as I'm waiting to make a left turn and screeches to a halt about two feet from my front bumper! Talk about a close call! I was shaking! By the time I finally got to work, I was quite a mess! But, things have improved since then and I'm rolling along on the case I'm working on, so in the end, all is well - God was definitely watching out for me today! Oh yeah, I also bought a really cute skirt at lunch, so that improved my mood quite a bit LOL! By the way, if you live in Tucson or visit here there's a great little store downtown called Desert Bloom (it's where I got the skirt) that has great funky clothes, jewelry, bags, etc. Definitely a place to stop if you're in town!