Stampin Up Soft Summer

Hi Friends! Gosh yesterday was such a long day. We attended my daughter's college orientation for 11 hours not including the drive. Although the day was long, it was worth it. It was quite educational. It's funny how they kept emphasizing to the parents to "let go" and that everything is now "private"; that we, as parents, now need authorization from our child to access any of their records. Even the "financial" aspect of their records are off limits. Hello. . .we're the one paying for their education but we can't pay for anything directly. We have to funnel the money into our child's "bank account" and they will pay for any fees themselves. It's hard for parents because as parents, we are handing thousands of dollars to our child, not knowing what they are doing with the money.

I've always wondered when I hear of students who have been kicked out of college and all the while their parent were paying for their tuition and dorm without ever knowing their child isn't even attending college. I now know how this can happen. While at the orientation, you can see parents' mouth dropping when we were told that we have absolutely no access to our child's records whatsoever without explicit consent from our child.

***update: I forgot to add the direct payment from the child only applies if using a "debit, check or credit card" payment. . .parent's can still make a payment directly if using a check. LOL! If you read this before the update, you must have thought the school was unreasonable. Debit/check/credit card payments are paid through the child's school account that parents aren't suppose to have access to.

I already knew this but luckily, my daughter isn't the "private" type. She doesn't restrict us on anything but I can see as she gets older, she'll want to have more privacy and I'm fine with it. I want my daughter to handle her responsibilities herself and be a capable person. The sooner she learns to be responsible with her financial affairs, the better she'll be in the future. . .of course, with our guidance. The girl doesn't even know how to write a check. LOL!

Anyway. . .now to my card. Does the card look cluttered? A little bit, huh? I decided to use my SU Soft Summer stamp set. I had stamped the flower images on to my background. I also stamped a different flower image, cut it out and layered the image to create a 3D appearance to the image. You can't really see it but I added mini beads to the center of the flowers.

Hey. . I want to discuss Internet Explorer 8. I hate IE8 . . "Blogger" also hates IE8. Did you know it's IE8 that is causing the "abort" messages when you visit a blog site. . .it doesn't like the "followers" widget box so I removed it. It also prevents me from scrolling down when I'm moving my pictures while editing. I tried to return to IE7 but because I already have a much more current version (IE8) so it won't allow me to go back to an older version. Uggggh!




I want to change to Firefox but I would have to rebuild my "favorites" if I switch over completely. I do have Firefox and use it once in a while. I guess I'll have to use Firefox whenever I view blogs and edit my postings.

Anyway. . .enough of my babbling. Hope you all have a wonderful day!

Card Details:

Stamps: SU Soft Summer
Paper: SU Tempting Turqouise, Lavender Lace
Ink: SU Markers, Tempting Turqouise
Accessories: Mini beads, grosgrain ribbons, buttons, Nestabilities, Embroidery floss