A Sad and Sobering Day

I dropped my friend off at the Avenue S park n' ride after work this morning. We got on the freeway and there was a ton of traffic, obviously due to an accident. She opted to continue up the off ramp side and go up ahead. I opted to head over to the carpool lane, open for anyone during certain hours. We were still blocked but she had a better, closer view of the accident. When she got home, I found out that a young girl had been ejected and her mother was cradling the body, refusing to let her go for the officers. My friend had seen this. I, luckily, did not. CHP had blocked the view by the time I got up to the scene. At this point, I was grateful, as I have seen my fill of fatalities because I drive so many miles.

My point is this. Do not let your child undo their safety belt NO MATTER WHAT while the car is moving. Hug your child daily and let them know how much you love them, even if you are angry at them for whatever reason. DO NOT TEXT WHILE DRIVING. DO NOT TAILGATE. DO NOT SPEED. DO NOT WEAVE IN AND OUT. MOST OF ALL DO NOT DRIVE DRUNK, SICK OR ULTRA-TIRED.

While I do not know what actually caused the accident at this point, it happened and it was terrible. I don't know and cannot know what the mother was going through mentally. I do know what it put my friend through (she is a mother).

I can't tell you how many times I am tail-gated, flipped off on the freeway for only going 75, cut off or whatever due to road rage. Please don't go there. I can easily go through life never seeing another fatality again!

Having fun!!

I have been having so much fun being on the gang with all the Scrap Matters Girls (SMG). They have some awesome layouts and love to leave love on layouts! One of the things we also like to do is push things that are happening on Scrap Matters. An ongoing (usually) challenge monthly is the Quick Page exchange. One kit is offered at a discount, you make a page, make it into a quick page by removing the photos and words and email to the hostess. She zips them all together and...voila...a whole book, completed....all you have to do is supply the photos!

This months kit is "Mod Boy" by Tracie Stroud, a way kewl kit in and of itself. They are making a 2.5X3.5 book for Father's Day. What a great idea!!! So head on over, get the kit and join in the fun. As you can see, the kit is on sale now! (take a peek above!).

Oops

Oops....ScrapMatters' iNSD sale ends tomorrow. Ya gotta go take a peek.

So how was your weekend??

Is everyone happily stocked up on digiscrapping kits? How can you not be with the great sales. And some, like at ScrapMatters will continue throughout the month! I think I got between 25-30 kits!!! Downloading took forever but was well worth it.

I am posting one of my latest layouts. It's my brother-in-law playing with some big boy toys and created to look like the "easy rider" 35th anniversary edition DVD. It was fun to create and simple. Using masks is so easy. Just place the photo in a 2nd layer over the mask, Ctrl + G and voila!

Credits for the layout: Paper: Angel Mine - Ellie LashBorder: Angel Baby - Haynay DesignsMask: Art Masks - Studio Phuong. Enjoy!!

TTFN