Digital Scrapbooking

I've been playing with some digital scrapbooking. Here are my first little efforts!

Twilight? Seriously?!?!?

Several weeks ago all my friends on Facebook began posting updates about Twilight--the books and the movie. I had no idea what it was about other than vampires. I knew it wouldn't be anything I was interested in, but I said something to a guy friend about going to see the movie. He insisted that it was a teen love story more than a vampire story. I was still rather turned off by it all until I saw one person's update. I have been friends with Candace for at least six years and I have never heard her get excited about reading anything. But now, in just a few weeks I watched as she updated the facebook world about her progress through the series of four books. I was amazed. So I called her and asked about it. She demanded that I read the books. So, reluctantly, I bought the first one, Twilight. It was amazing (and kinda scary) how normal the whole vampire story became. I thought I would be weirded out the whole time about the sci-fi like details, but I wasn't. And now, I am like everyone else I made fun of... posting updates online about my Twilight progress. I am over half way through the last book. Don't get me wrong, I like the books. The stories are so addictive, but I can't wait to be done, because reading series of books becomes like an obsession to me. I have to read them all even if they get in the way of other things I should be doing. So, hopefully I'll be through soon and I can rejoin the real world and leave the vampires and werewolves alone!

So, next subject... I am so thankful for... my great friends. I got to talk to Ginger today. She is home from the hospital and doing well. Brogan is actually sleeping four hours at a time through the night. That would never ever suffice for me, but Ginger says she can get on schedule and sleep with him and she's not overly exhausted... That is such a blessing. I'm also thankful for my students. Last week we went to FCCLA competition. They worked hard preparing their projects for the competition. We did fairly well for a first time. I had four students that placed third in their events and one that got first place. It warmed my heart to see them take such pride in their work. They were already beginning to make plans for their projects next year. That kind of eagerness and those students are the ones that make teaching worthwhile. I am so blessed to be able to work with them. And lastly, in such a time when many people are unsure if they will have a job from month to month, I am thankful that I have a job. It is not without (many) stresses and frustrations, but it is a job that affords me to meet my needs and can be very rewarding. My heart goes out to those who would do anything to have a stable income now.

My list of blessings could go on and on (and should), but I must go for now... Off to read my bible study--finding peace is the lesson for the week. I'm working on it definately!

Weekends...

Why is it that the work week goes by so slowly and the two days off fly by ever so quickly? I love those days off nonetheless. This weekend was a great one for me. Friday night I crashed. Exhausted from a wild week, I came home, took a two hour nap, got up for a couple of hours and was back in bed by ten. I love Friday nights because even though I usually go to bed close to my normal time, there is something amazing about knowing the alarm clock isn't going off the next morning!

Saturday morning I woke up and read some. I have recently gotten addicted to the Twilight series. I'm reading the last one now... It's really good, but I won't make this the unofficial book club discussion. After I read some, I got ready and began my trek to Hattiesburg. Someone told me when I moved to McComb that it was really convenient and close to larger places. That was a very misleading statement. I now know that convenient is a very subjective term because the closest larger town is Hattiesburg... and it's seventy miles from here. But the drive was so worth it. My first stop was at the Studio for a massage. A Mazing! Then my sister so generously left me a key to her apartment for a shower and nap. I skipped the nap though because I was so excited to go see Ginger and her new bundle of joy, Brogan. He was beautiful and she looked great considering the major surgery she had the previous day. I am so thankful they are both doing well.

Then, the great stuff didn't stop there. My friend Vallery was in town all the way from Nashville. We were able to hang out for a while and go to dinner with Joseph, Lori and Scott. It was great. But all good things must end and we had to go our seperate ways. Vallery went to hang with family in Brookhaven, Joe went to hang with family in Magee, and I went back to the conveniently located McComb...

I'm so thankful for the weekends... and for great friends... and family. I don't know what I would do without them.

A new beginning?

Hey! I'm Paige! I'm not sure about the specifics of this blog site, but I think I'll use it for several different venues. First, a couple of great friends gave me a business for Christmas--MaggieP Designs. Crazy gift, huh? They forgot the start-up funds though! LOL! Just Kidding guys. It is an awesome gift and I'm super pumped about it. I just have to get it all together. I hope to use the sight for some business stuff occasionally.

Also, I would like to use the blog as a journal of sorts to myself. In church a few Sundays ago the preacher challenged us to record the things we do each day to grow spiritually. I hope to keep up with that on here and record things for which I am thankful. Maybe I can record any other entertaining stories also... Those always make things fun!

This year has been quite a challenge to me. I moved to a new place, started a new job, and left behind so many great friends and memories. I hope this blog will help me see all the positive things around me when everything else seems so blue! They are everywhere, I know, and I can't wait to use this tool to help shift my focus from the few negative things to all the awesome things that God is doing around me.

Later!