I need your help!

This request goes out to all of you who love my kids. Aunts, uncles, grandmas, friends. This book is made of envelopes just perfect for letters. I would like it if you could write a 8 1/2 x 11 letter to my children (together) so that I can put these letters in the envies. I will give this album to my children when they are older and will appreciate it. Eventually  they will each have their own as soon as I find another album like this. But for now I will just put them in here. PLEASE!!!??? I know most of you think my scrapping addiction is ridiculous and futile but you have NO idea how much this will me to the future Chris and Taylor. I would love to have letters from people who loved me because, to be honest, some of those people who loved me I barley know/knew. Think about it. What if you found letters your great grandmother sent to your grandmother and from those letters you can feel how much they loved each other? What a gift would that be.....Can you give that gift to my kids, and their kids?

Fun Thursday

We had so much fun at the museum! Lots of new things and even a new kids discovery room with water falls and trees to climb! We were in that room forever!

Took this pic of a 'black smith's" shop they have set up. They have rein-acted or set up our town way back when. with little shops and even boardwalks.

Day OFF!

So nice to wake up on a Thursday and NOT have to get ready as fast as I can! LOL. Kids and I stayed up a little later than normal playing board games and laughing. Today we are headed to the museum then grocery shopping. Was hoping for a pic-nic, but it looks like snow or rain. Yuck.

Went to a mini class at my friends last night. We were given a magazine add and the same paper and embellishments to make a page. We were to use the add as inspiration. There were all types of scrappers there and we were only aloud the basic tools, trimmer, scissors and her sizzix punch alphabet. I had a lot of fun and it was even nice not scrapping with a certain THEME in mind. At the end I did add a title cuz the page and pics were forming in my mind. Its going to be about me, about how independent I have become. Sure there are certain things I can't do but heck I can lay a vinyl floor, so there isn't too much!! LOL....Going to have Chris help me do a photo shoot of me to see if I can get some shots I have planned in my head for it!

Here is the ADD:

Here is my page.

woke up this morning with a horrible pain in my muscle. I hate when I sleep wrong on my arm and it hurts all the next day. Thank goodness my hip doesn't hurt this morning. Its been killing me for the past week. Last night it hurt so bad I could have cried. It hasn't hurt this bad for YEARS! ugh....

Well on to more stress full things like drinking my peppermint tea!! TA TA!!

yah

K~ lost my keys today within a split second of opening the car doors. Ran inside to get new checks and boom GONE. Looked for ten minutes everywhere I could have laid them from the car to my desk. Couldn't find them. The kids went out and searched the car. Then just about the time I gave up hope I put my hand in my jacket pocket and there they were. What kind of brain did God give me? Most of the important stuff is stuck in there but these little details just can't seem to stick. Wonder if their is an on line tutorial on how to keep your insides organized?

Loving the sci fi channel right now. They are finally playing my all time favorite show. The LONGEST running sci fi series EVER. DR WHO. Totally British totally odd, totally loving being able to watch it again. While living in Ceour d' Alene years ago my family and I got hooked on this show. It played on the PBS channel there due to the Canadian influence (Thank you Oh Canada!) I have slowly bought episodes over the past few years, the show being canceled quite a few years back. BBC has brought it back! New Dr and new travelers! Totally stoked. They are playing the 2005 season now in America! Making my life I tell ya!

Morning!

First day of the rest of my life. Started a 6 weeks loser competition.  A bunch of us ladies are on a mission a mission to loose. Course all I might end up losing is my mind. Wish me luck with that.

Boys are off for spring break this week and I am off Thursday and Friday. Plan on fun spring things to do IF the weather stays good.

Not much else to report!!

More on taylor

k, picked him up from school and asked him if all the girls ran around with him. No, not all the girls. Just one. Kylee. She likes him cuz she thinks he's a rock star.

Reatreat album posted

I posted an album of snapshots of the retreat last weekend!

Album

My kid

Taylor did his  hair all wacky again. He is so on this kick that I just let him do it. This morning i go into the bathroom and he is working on getting his hair JUST right. He turns to me and says "All the girls will be running around with me because I have the best hair, huh mom?" whatever kid.

Did these cards at the retreat last weekend with Lois. Copied them from a certain stamp companies consultant newsletter. Great opportunities at Stampin UP! If you are interested contact Janelle.

I did it!

I crossed TWO things off my list from earlier! I got the flower stamps at the coop (good thing too, there was only two left), and scrapped this pic of Sister-in-law Danelle. I took this pic at the retreat last weekend and printed it out right away! Couldn't wait to scrap it!

 

The scanned colors look a little off but its great in real life.

Read Ali Edwards blog today. She is a life artist, and dang it so am I. I create art from my life, from the boys lives, from EVERY extraordinary day. I am a life artist. What are you?

Is it time to blog yet?

Been a bit remiss in typing here, mostly layouts and projects. Haven't really had much to say. Here are a few thoughts running through my head.

Loving American Idol! Totally sucked me in

  Cant believe my son Taylor did his hair like Ty from Extreme Home Makeover . Yeah I LIKE Ty!! So Very MUCH!

I have so much creative energy flowing but cant seem to find the time to sit and do it!

Have a pic of Danelle at home I am dying to scrap.

HATE tailgaters!! IF you are in the habit of doing that STOP! It makes us people in the front HOPE a dog runs into the road so we have to make a sudden stop. If my air bags go off you are paying for my new car.

HAVE to get to the coop after work so I can pick up the mm flower stamps I am drooling over before they run out.

Hope Chris doesn't whine about his homework.

Tired of winter, i want to start raking my yard and clearing flower beds!

Need to do a deposit!

That's if folks, sorry not very deep or even rational

JUST FINISHED PAM'S!!!

Just got it today and just sat down and DID it!!

My entry in Darla's CJ

Well here it is and I LOVE it! So much better than I had planned!!

 

Had a blast at the retreat!

Home and ready for bed ya'll, and its only 6:53 pm. Gonna curl up on the couch and watch a movie with the boys. Here are a few I did at the retreat!

Lots of snow fell friday night and we were hoping to get snowed in so we would not be able to drive home this afternoon but the roads were fine. Here are some pics of the veiw off the porches of the cabin.

  this was the NEXT day!

Its friday for me!

So excited! Last minute decided to go to a retreat tomorrow. It actually starts today but couldn't get off work till tomorrow. Lots of Scrappin and Spa'in. They are having spa night and I cant wait! Hope to get a project done that I have been working on for my mother's bday and a few pages I have planned for awhile! Looking forward to some me time!

Only 28 more days till my baby turns six. Have NO idea what to get him for his birthday. He is growing so fast!

Here is a pic from one of my past shoots. Its another one of my friends little boy. LOVE this kids eyes!

Some from lunch

 

another photo of the day

Just one of my friends kiddos. He is the only one on my computer that has his own file! He is sooo dang cute and most of the time a will participant in my endeavors to get the perfect shot. I can usually bribe him with the opportunity to take pics of me that I immediately delete! Good kid with many quirks!

Darla and tiff

Had fun on this shoot, just had a HORRIBLE time with camera shake!! I have to learn to stop that! soo many shots wasted with camera shake. Any one with any clues other than let your breath OUT before you shoot??!!!

More Here

Card

This is a card for a card swap I am in. Its a trifold.

used CTMH stamps.

NIGHT? or DAY?

K this is what the photo started out like....

Now its like THIS!!!!!

Yep this is one of mine. AMAZING that my new camera plus the addition of Photoshop can produce this!!

Drag Queen?

Ok drag queen, or helpless blood donor?

The story

Blake, my coworker, is a big blood donor. Its a good thing. Today he received his 3 gallon pin AND a pedicure. Really....

He wears these flip flops EVERY day. Rain, snow, sleet, or hail. Nothing keeps these babies off his feet. The nurse at the red cross threatened him with pink nail polish if he wore them again to give blood. Guess we can all see how that turned out!!

Fun with Taylor this morning

He was so cute today in his red hoodie and blue eyes! He let me take some shots without a frown!! LOL Not exactly a smile though either! More Here.

Photo of the day

This cutie patutie is one of my friends sons. He just came into the office one day and I happened to have my camera and he was sitting so nice in front of our plate glass door I HAD to get some shots in. Not perfect but I like it!

{Doodles}

K ~ been taking a doodling tutorial from this talented lady. Here are my doodles that I have embellished to great extent mostly because well my swirls just looked a little bland. The problem now is trying them on a layout. Want to BADLY! LOL......

Not too much of a person for doodling. Now my sister even when she doodles is amazing. Her art and even the cute stuff she doodles on card envelopes makes me green with envy. Now if she could just design her own scrap booking paper, she'd make a killing!

This one took my breath away!

I just took this today. He got a new shirt from his dad and wanted a picture in it sooo bad! I am so shocked at how old he looks! completely made me cry!  Here are some more.

To see more of tracy

Tracy's album

Photo of the day

Really like this one of Chris. Different angle and lighting than usual! Fun little experiment!

Wonderful weekend!

It was a good one. My brother was in town visiting and me and his girlfriend got to SHOP all day with out my kids!! My dad and brother took them for the day to do GUY things. We had a fantastic time and wore ourselves out!! Today was spent walking the doggie in wonderful sunny weather, playing board games and reading with the kids. Even threw in a bit of scrapping!! Hope ya'lls weekend was great!!!

You HAVE to see this!!!

Play the movie on this blog!! Laughed sooo hard!!!