A Six Flags 4th of July

After 3 weeks, i finally upload pictures of my fun, fun weekend in San Antonio. My hubby and I decided to go out of town during the 4th of July. Six Flags was a great choice! Rewinding back to being a kid made us realize that age really is just a number! :)

A day in the Market Place of San Antonio was how we spent 4th of July. It reminded me of the marketplace in Manila where souvenirs of all sorts were sold. From hats to blankets to jewelry to art work... it was exactly the same except for the price difference of 45 pesos to a dollar. I avoid calculating the huge difference because i end up buying nothing!



Performers were singing and dancing on a small stage in the middle of the market place. Entertaining indeed but i will have to say that it definitely contributed to this pouring rain! Haha! We were stuck on this very spot for about 20 minutes waiting for the rain to calm down - gladly so did the performers!



Saturday, July5th - we head on over to Six Flags, an amusement park with a wide variety of roller coasters and a water park within the compound. We decided to ride all the dry coasters before hitting the water park. Too bad i couldn't take pictures of the gigantic slides. I've never screamed loud enough that no sound came out since the 185ft free fall ride in Ocean Park, Hong Kong waaaay back in 2004.

Here i am at it with my camera as soon as we enter the park! Lol! Well we just finished breakfast and i didn't want solid things flying around during the ride!


The SuperMan ride - i don't even remember how many loops and turns this coaster had! I sure felt like i flew the whole minute and a half!



Okay so i spun - THE WHOLE TIME! Which explains why i look like this right after! Haha! Tony Hawk is a skateboarding legend, the car (if that is what you call it??) spun around non-stop while it goes in loops and turns and up and down. But i made it!




And more jaw-dropping rides!







There was another ride called the Rattler. I was not able to get a pic of it but my gosh that ride GAVE ME A HEADACHE! It was a very rough ride and the wooden foundation did not help at all! It was so scary i thought the whole thing was going to collapse. The slopes were steep, the curves were so close to the ground you can almost reach out and touch it... what more can you ask for??

I was going to give one of the games a shot, but was worried that if i won - HOW IN THE WORLD WILL I LUG THIS GIGANTIC PRIZE AROUND THE PARK?? Haha! These are so huge it will take up the whole back seat of my car!


And yes even Scooby Doo was there!



The water park was so much fun! But because it was indeed a place to get wet from head to toe, there was no place for a camera! :(

By 9pm my legs were starting to get numb! After almost 12 hours in the park, the age starts to kick in! The day was topped of with a spectacular fireworks display. It lasted about 20 minutes or so with songs to add life to the amazing colors bursting up in the night sky. It was one perfect weekend!

07.15.2008

A friend of mine is celebrating her birthday tomorrow. Someone is about to age another year hehe. But who cares? She doesn't look the number she is about to become! ;)

I made her a personalized hybrid card - the first card i ever made from scratch! Took one shot to print on the right side of the paper! lol! I'm glad she liked it - not to mention the matching color gift card that went with it! :)

Digi brushes: Datestamp - Katie Pertiet, Japanese Foliage - internet
Chipboard Letters: Making Memories Chelsea's Place
Glitter stickers: K&Company
Gemstones: the Paper Studio

July 2

My sister finally received the card i made for her... so glad she loved it! I saw a couple of Jolees stickers on sale and used them on this card.




I also bought her a gift card that came in this outrageously enormous bag. How can i throw away a bag that was only used 10 minutes??

Reese

Finished another digital layout tonight. I actually finished a couple of birthday cards yesterday but since i haven't sent them yet, i will upload them later. :)

Below is a picture of one of my cats - Reese. I took this when he was hiding behind the curtain and the moment was just perfect as he was staring right at me. He has the softest hair and he doesn't shed either. One thing about him though is that he is really scared of humans even to us. My husband rescued him when he was born and just didn't grow to be sociable. The only time we can pet him is when we feed him wet food. Sometimes he eats from our hands but very rare.

The layout below is a scraplift from Jessica Sprague. The digital kit is also by her (Echoes of Asia kit). Journaling reads:

Reese - the scaredy cat... he is the sweetest little thing but he is just too afraid of people. Here he hides behind the curtain, waiting for the right time to run off to another hiding place... forever scared today & always...

A bowling ball and a Honda

What is the connection? Nothing at all... Things are getting back to normal now that my husband is back from all the business trips. One thing is for sure though, I MISS SCRAPBOOKING! lol! I can't squeeze it in during the week coz i'm just too lazy to do anything after work. On the weekends, my hubby and i try to do things outside the house. Someday soon i have to lock myself in my home office and produce one layout!

We went bowling one weekend and i took a pic of these colorful bowling balls. Of course i lost the game, i was concentrating on taking pics (suuuure - as my hubby would say hehe).


I also finally got my car (yay!)... I immediately got attracted to the sporty look of the 2008 model. It was the last one on the lot and we were lucky to drive off with it that same day we saw it. Love the Nav, love the satellite radio, love that smell of leather, love everything about it! :)

Beauty & Eyes

I have been out of my element lately... no inspiration... my husband is in China and he's been away for so long, maybe that's why...

But anyway, i gave digital another shot tonight... i used the template by Jen Caputo and digital elements by Shabby Princess - Sweet Serenity collection.

This pic was taken by my hubby two months ago. Back in March, I was contemplating on getting a DSLR camera. I ended up buying a super zoom instead. I figured the DLSR was too expensive at the time. The image quality is as good as an SLR and it can save in RAW format. I love how this pic turned out - very crisp.

Some people have very expensive gadgets and yet do not have amazing output. But to them it was probably one of their best. So i came up with a conclusion that it is not all about the camera... or the gadgets... what you think is good is because you see it as good... beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. And this is what this layout is about.

Older but Wiser

Another birthday card done tonight... and i finished it in an hour! :) It's almost midnight and i have to snooze soon. I hate to drag myself out of bed tomorrow morning for work. Anyway, i made this card really simple and colorful. It's a birthday - it's gotta be in a happy mood. :)

Materials:
Card kit, vellum quote - Colorbuk
Ribbon, patterned paper - KI Memories
Ric Rac - JoAnn crafts
Aqua gems - Hobby Lobby