Well, I got a little side-tracked on my research, but in a good way.  I think a cousin found the right man to be our 4X great grandfather.  I don't have all the pieces to prove it but I'm so close I can taste it.  John Winter married Martha Paulding in 1804in Billinghay, Lincolnshire, England.  This couple has been the boulder in the pathway that we haven't been able to move.  So, I'm not holding my breath, but maybe...

In the meantime, I saw this quirky little kit the other day and got hit with a blast from the past.  It reminded me of Mrs. Pelling, my second grade teacher, who introduced me to Mrs. Piggle Wiggle in the fall of 1961.  I was 6.  Mrs. Pelling was a huge influence on me and helped me fall in love with school and learning.  Thank you, Mrs. Pelling!

Mrs. Pelling at Richman Elementary School in Fullerton, California introduced me to Mrs. Piggle Wiggle at the beginning of my second-grade year in 1961.  She lived in an upside-down house and my 6 year-old mind built a picture of her that looked remarkably like the Granny with her pet pig below.  Today my mind sees an energetic, lively 60-something woman who smiles without end.  She would surely have something to say about the hot tempers and whiny voices.  I wonder - are her pig’s other social graces as impeccable as his table manners?

Jumpstart Designs Quarantine Craziness

Jumpstart Designs Jumpstart Your Layout Feb 2020

Fonts:  Title – AR Hermann, journaling 1942 Report

Photo Credits Photo Credits: 65579633@Sayurik and 22670578@Nataliya Vasilyeva both from Dreamstime.com, book cover under fair use clause MacDonald, Betty. Illustrated by Richard Bennett. J.B. Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1947.

There's a huge sale at Pickleberry Pop for international Scrapbook Day. 

 

  I think it's pumpkin time and I might just sleep tonight.  Bye for now!

I know, I know - I've been gone a long time.  A lot has happened.  My father-in-law passed away and my mother-in-law came to live us for awhile.  My son's fiance' was diagnosed with MS.  Then my mother-in-law moved home and my husband went with her.  She remarried and he turned out to be a con man. A divorce.  Then my mother-in-law recently passed away.  And now there is COVID 19.  But I love working from home and could easily do that until I retire with great joy!  Love working in my jammies.

So, I haven't done a lot of scrapbooking or genealogy.  But I'm back now - hopefully for good.
That said, there's a great sale going on at Pickleberry Pop.  The Big Berry Deal sale

 

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Here are some layouts I did with some of the fabulous kits.

These three are of one of my favorite cities - Venice.  Add my love of history and love of costume and this is a hands down winner for me.  I used Lorie M.'s Beautiful Blooms.

 Yeah, I'm a mom and mom's just can't resist scrapbooking about their kids - at least if they're a scrapbooker.  My boys loved Easter almost as much as Christmas when they were little.  Miss Fish's Blooms in Bloom 4 Templates and Sweet Digi's Easter Time made this one a snap.  They also made the layout below so easy.

And this one is about my soon-to-be-daughter.  MS has turned us upside down and inside out, but we are with her all the way in this fight.  Chunlin Design's Through Thick and Thin was the perfect choice for this layout about our feelings for her.

I'll be back in a day or so to tell about a discovery I made in my quest to find  my ancestors, probably with a layout or two about them, as well.  Until then - Stay Home!  Stay Safe!  Stay Well!