Diary of a Grateful Mommy

Killer Guitar Solo from George Cintron – Music Of Led Zeppelin

gratefulmommy — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:38:39 +0000

I was lucky enough to see the Music of Led Zeppelin show featuring the Northwest Indiana Symphony on Feb 9, 2010. What an awesome show! Check out this YouTube video I posted of the great guitar solo from the concet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv4j9k28Ef4

I am sick of being LIED TO…

gratefulmommy — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 14:46:04 +0000

You know who you are and what you do to people…. You hurt them for your own gain. You will hurt me no more. I am DONE….

And on that note, I will list what I am feeling grateful for, so I can snap out of this pissed off mood….

I am grateful for:

* My beautiful daughter
* Memories of my son
* My hard working husband
* My mom for always helping me out with my daughter
* TRUE friends
* My warm house
* Food in my fridge
* No war in my backyard
* A view of beautiful snowfall from my window while I type this
* My kitties
* The ability to read, write, think, walk, love
* the feeling of ambition
* the information I have gathered on my ancestors online
* living in the United States
* a full house for my January Scrapbook Retreat!

Searching for my ancestors….

gratefulmommy — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:29:07 +0000

I have been wanting to find out more about my family history and where I really come from, so after seeing many commercials on TV about ancestry.com, I decided to take the geneology plunge… Luckily for me, many others from my mother’s family have already compiled information that I can gather easily…. I found out that my grandfather’s mother’s side has been in the country (settled in Maryland) since 1654, only 34 years after the Mayflower came here!! It is fascinating to me!

My Italian side is harder to find out, but I am anxiously awaiting a packet of info from my grandfather’s brother. I did happen to find some photos of the ships that some of my Di Napoli relatives sailed from Naples to Ellis Island on.

I never was interested in history in school, but now I wish I would have paid more attention. I am really enjoying uncovering the hidden treasures of my family history. I purchased the Family Tree 2010 Platinum edition and am anxiously awaiting the arrival of it, so I can really dive in to this!

My 2009 Christmas Cards – “Wandering Words” by Stampin’ Up!

gratefulmommy — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:18:35 +0000

Rubber stamped and heat embossed Christmas cards using Stampin’ Up! stamps, inks and cardstock.

Barns in Indiana – Photographs

gratefulmommy — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:00:47 +0000

I have a fascination with taking photos of barns for some reason, so I have decided to include a few of my photos in this blog post. All of my photos shown are available at http://studiolprints.etsy.com

Photos Featured in the Etsy Treasury!

gratefulmommy — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:56:47 +0000

I am so excited and grateful that 2 different people featured a photo from my Veteran’s Collection in the Etsy Treasury this week! This makes me so happy!

Here are the photos that were featured:

http://studiolprints.etsy.com

Helicopter of War

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My New ETSY SHOP! – “Studio L Prints” – Photography

gratefulmommy — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:02:23 +0000

I have loved taking photographs for years and I finally took the plunge and put some of my photos on Etsy. Just click on the banner above to go to my new Etsy Store.

Please add me to your favorites, I will be adding more photos frequently.

Something new in my life…..

gratefulmommy — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:51:51 +0000

Ah, yes it has been a while since I last posted. A lot has developed since then!

I recently became a wedding officiant and have done several ceremonies thusfar. I am in NO WAY representing myself as a “Reverend” or anything of the sort and I won’t perform any ceremonies in a church setting. I just thought it would be a great way to unite people who love eachother and do not want all the “hoopla”.

My hubby has been very supportive and acts as my “assistant”. It is the greatest feeling to unite two people in love! Basically anyone can get ordained online for next to nothing, which amazes me, and it is all totally legal!

Here is a link to my website:

Below are some photos from the wedding I did last weekend on the beach:

A Digital Recipe Page

gratefulmommy — Wed, 13 May 2009 19:07:02 +0000

I am creating a digital family recipe book, with all of my relatives “famous” recipes. I am so excited that I actually have a few photos of them in the kitchen, so it should be pretty cool when I am done with it. I just want my daughter to have something from her heritage to hold dear and pass on after I am long gone. I am truly grateful for these photos and recipes, and I hope my daughter will be as well….

This page was created with Creative Memories Recipe Digital Kit.

A few Digi Pages…

gratefulmommy — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:31:44 +0000

I am still trying to get the hang of Digital Scrapbooking… Here are a few pages I made over the last couple of days with the Creative Memories Storybook program. Most of the elements I used are not Creative Memories. I gathered tons of freebies online! The nice thing about this program, is you can incorporate other elements from outside sources, and add them to it.

The first two pages are from the scrapbook retreat I did in April, and the other one is just my daughter playing outside on one of the first nice days we had earlier this month…