Quick update!

Well, I have not been able to update because my lovely daughter Hannah decided that spilling soda on the tower of my computer was a good idea! LOL
I can laugh now because a friend of mine, PAT had an extra computer sitting at his house (I know, who just has computers lying around?) and he let us have it! He is such a sweetheart!
I scrapped all day long with my Mom today, we had a crop at Tallyscrapper and I was also working on some stuff for another crop! Wow....busy busy busy!
I will do a better blog tomorrow, complete with some pics and hopefully some interesting stuff to say!

Sick babies, kabobs, shucking corn and girlfriends!

Well, my babies are not feeling well today. Hannah woke up this morning with a fever of 102....yep, and then Olivia developed a nice little cough! I am sure the next few days will be good ones!

I had an interview this morning, fingers crossed, it was a tough one! All kinds of weird what would you do questions....I hate those things! LOL...I think I did well, but we shall see!

Yesterday was Memorial Day, and we had a GREAT time! We BBQ'd out back, made steak Kabobs and corn on the cob....mmmmmmmm........

Olivia helped shuck the corn...

Oh, and don't forget the Watermellon!

My friend Pat stopped by with his new girlfriend Jaime....LOVE her! She is soooo sweet, I really hope the two of them last, they seem so good together, and so natural, it's great to see him so happy!

I didn't make it :(

To round 4 of the Gauntlet challenge on Scrapperie....I am a little sad, I really wanted to be a Tres Chic girl! LOL, but hey, it's not the end of the world, and the talent in that gallery is AMAZING!

I will however be participating still in the second chance rounds, still lots of good stuff up for grabs and the challenges Sandi is throwing out there are EXCELLENT!

If you have not checked out Scrapperie yet, you should, it's a great place, really friendly and cool kits!

Here is my layout from the contest

Good luck to all those talented ladies moving on! I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with next!

They don't get much better than that!

Today My father and I took my oldest two, Marissa and Olivia to the Arts festival along the riverfront....we had such a GREAT time!

We saw some really cool art of all kinds, heard some original music, paintings, jewelrey making, ethnic art, food from just about anywhere you can imagine, and games and interactive stuff for the kids!

I think Olivia's favorite part was seeing a local children's theatre group called the Popcorn Hat Players. They were a two person show today and pulled off a very entertaining (and freakin' hillarious) version of sleeping beauty! I got their info so I could take the girls to see them again!

I think Marissa most enjoyed holding the lizard and the bird. The Lizard was for free, the bird was a $3 donation to the Vets....a more than worthy cause in my opinion, so I donated double!

My favorite part? Spending a beautiful day along the riverfront with my Dad and children. Days rarely come as good as that!

Seriously bad movies and dressing my dog.....

Not much went on around here yesterday, in fact, we were sooo bored we decided to dress up poor Juno....

I don't think I need to tell you that she was NOT happy with her little apron....her expression kind of makes that clear! LOL

I had to go to Wal-Mart to get pictures for my round 3 entry in The Gauntlet over at SCRAPPERIE and my husband asked me to pick up this movie he wanted to see...

It is called In the Name of the King. It has a pretty big cast list, so I was thinking it wouldn't be soo bad! The cast included Leelee Sobieski, Claire Forlani, Matthew Lillard, Ray Liota and Burt Reynold.

Boy, I really hope they fired their agents for this one! Wow...never seen a worse movie. Considering they were supposed to be in the time of kinds and queens and knights....none of them had the same accent, and when the "big" battle scene came....and I use the term lightly....they busted out NINJAS!?!?!?!?! WTF!

If your man asks you to sit and watch this with him.....RUN, run hard, run fast, run as far as you can, because I have never in my LIFE seen a movie that SUCKED this bad!

Now, have a GREAT day! LOL

INTERVIEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today Today.....well, it's been interesting.

I got to work this morning and the man I assist got in the shower, next thing you know the fire alarms are flaring and lights flashing...poor old man, I had to rush him out of the shower! There was apparently a small fire in the home, but nothing major, thank goodness everyone was okay!

I came home and got two phone calls back to back....not that unusual, but they were both to set up JOB INTERVIEWS! I am soooo excited! Both were my top choices for jobs, so fingers crossed, hopefully I will get one!

I took and printed my Pics for The Gauntlet Challenge over at SCRAPPERIE....I think I will work on that layout tomorrow.

Today? I did a layout, but what I am most proud of, because I had never done it before, is my lunch bag album! Check it out!

I did it with Hannah's Second Birthday pics....I really LOVE the way it turned out!

Yesterday we.....

Me and the hubby took the kids to a local pet store called That Fish place yesterday. We also took Olivia's cute little friend Eve. They had a blast, we visited the reptile room, the touch tank with the sting rays and the flying fish and then into the fish room with all the fresh AND saltwater setups! I took some crappy pics with my cell....cause I forgot my camera AGAIN!

We had SUCH a great time! And no...the cobra is FAKE! But I wanted to see how many of you went WTF! They have cobras? LOL

I went to my Mom's last night and we ended up having a LONG heartfelt talk about all kinds of stuff that has just been crashing down on me, it ended in tears and hugs....it felt good.

I came home and had the same talk with my husband, cause I guess he should know these things too, right? LOL

He was SOOOOO sweet and supportive! I just could not BELIEVE how well he handled my girly snotting and bawling about really trivial stuff and even some accusations I had made to him....he owned what he needed to and promised to try harder....so far so good!

I am such a LUCKY GIRL!

Kick me While I'm Down

I swear, this sign is posted securly on my back! Everything and anything that COULD HAS gone wrong! I know things will look up eventually, but I just am getting tired of living in the storm clouds. I really wish we could just have a few years of calm.....
Anyway, We are gearing up to buy the new National Treasure tomorrow...Sooooo exciting! I loved the first, as did the rest of the family....and we can't wait to see the new one!

ROUND 3!!!!!!!!!!!

I made it to round 3! I can't believe it! I made the cut for Round 2 at Scrapperie's Gauntlet challenge!

The challenge this week was cards, which I am able to say I am just not great at! Not only was it cards, but they could NOT be square, rectangle or circular! Wow...that was TOUGH! But I guess I did good enough....I made it to the next round!

I love that the people that are being eliminated are still able to win prizes in the second chance round...I think that is such a NEAT idea!

Here is the card I made....It opens up, but I scanned it so you can't tell....LOTS of Stickles on this one! LOL

Round 2!!!!!!!!

Well, I made it to round two on the Scrapperie Gauntlet challenge! I am soooo excited! This is the layout, called Simple Pleasures. I really had a tough time coming up with a layout describing me but having nothing to do with me being a mother or wife!

That was such a challenge, this week I had to make a card....I have it almost done, and WOW! I am totally NOT a card maker, so this was a really tough one for me!

I am back home now, which is nice....I miss my parents though...it was kind of nice being with them the past week, I will miss them, and I think the kids will too!

I am still moving my scrappy stuff back to my house from my Mom's....so I don't have my stuff to work on layouts until tomorrow! I wish I could, I am excited to work in my own space again!

Okay, I think it safe to officially say that I have caught the Photography bug. I have been a picture taking fool, and I must say that I LOVE expressing myself through the pictures I am taking. I love that I can take objects and through their placement tell my story. I love that I can see what I am thinking in everyday things....trees, flowers, I see things differently now...I don't quite know how to explain it!I think my new addiction is taking pictures, my second new addiction would be editing them...I am having a GREAT time with this!Here are a few pics I took and edited today...Enjoy! Feel free to tell me what you think, honestly...I am not that sensitive....

HUMP DAY!

I thought this was going to be a GREAT day....yeah, there I go thinking agian!
Things could NOT have gone worse, I have to live with my parents for a week, yep, and while I was gone and the dogs were waiting to go to my friend's house, they ripped up my furniture, my couch is unuseable now...gooood times!
We did get Marissa's room done, painted, bought a new bed, we are currently in the process of cleaning up the mess from the redecorating, too bad she won't get to see it this weekend, I was really looking forward to the look on her face!
I obviously have not gotten ANY scrapping done this week so far...I did do a layout for the Gauntlet challenge over at Scrapperie, but I cannot post it until it has been judged for this round...
Hope everything turns around, until then....well....that's life!

Comment Graphics and Myspace Layouts at pYzam.com

Scrapbooking Hangover

Okay, I have been cropping all weekend and most of the end of last week, I think I have a scrappy hangover! I have NO inspiration at the moment, I have not brought my supplies in from the car and all I want to do is lay down and do nothing!
I am hoping to find some inspiration in The Gauntlet challenge at Scrapperie, wish me luck gals, I would LOVE to be a tres chic girl!
I purchased LOTS of fun stuff yesterday which I cannot WAIT to receive! Some new Prima and some older stuff that will be soooo much fun to work with!
Hopefully some boxes come my way soon ushering with them some inspiration!
Have a great day everyone!