What a week!!

So we had the wedding, the rain the hail, the grumpy kids, etc... Today I think the kids played catch-up!! We all went to bed last night and slept STRAIGHT THROUGH!! Now today the kids woke up so grumpy and fighting and a mess. Then they both took super LONG naps!! Both in bad on time tonight, totally catching up!!

I have been scrapping this week a great deal. Though not everyday, but the 3 or 4 days I have scrapped I have done 3 or 4 LO's.

After the Rain!!

Boy did it rain!!! My garden is destroyed, my yard is all mud, little brances everywhere, but thankful that was all!! I am hoping the grass will do better now after the drenching!!

Well the big family wedding is over. I got some FAB pics of the kids! Wil is a great dancer BTW, LOL!! They still are off schedule, but getting better. I cannot believe just how car sick Wil gets, poor baby. The ride up was a breeze, the ride home he could not handle. Note to self: only take him on long car rides between dinner and bed time. That seems to be the best for him. I guess he is just to tired to care if he is sick or not, LOL!!

It felt so good tro scrap!! Wow 5 day with no scrapping (or net, yikes) was really hard. I was so happy to do the challenge on www.amillionmemories.com we had to journal on a pic, and I love doing that. I am not a huge journaler, but I love to make it part of the design. I have tons of LO's with hidden tags with no journaling on them. I just hope that one day when I get around to the journaling on them I remember what was going on, ROFL!!

Marathon

This past weekend I had a scrapping marathon!! My www.thescrappingedge.net DT box came on Saturday!! OMGosh there was so much pretty paper that I just had to scrap until I couldn't scrap anymore!! When all was said and done I did 6 1 page 8 1/2 x11 LO's, 1 2 page 8 1/2 x11 LO, 3 12x12 1 page LO's, and 2 2 page 12x12 LO's!! The funny thing is I am still not tired of the PP in the kit!

Scrapping catch up

Everyone is finally feeling better. Kids were just really tired and sleepiy yesterday. I took advantage of the time and did some scrapping catch up. I was able to get 4 LO's done!! I had so much fun finally getting scrappy!!

Rain yeah!!!

It is finally raining!! It seems like forever since it rained last. My gardne grass and WATER BILL are very thankful!! Kids are being grumpy and lazy today. They want to go out so badly. I hope it is nove tomorrow Bill will be off. I am so hungry right now!! Dinner has been in the crockpot teasing me all day. I am making sweet and sour pork, YUMMMM!!

I have been scrapping today, kinda like the rain for that reason I did my www.amillionmemories.com challenge this week!! It was fun and I love doing family LO's!! I am waiting for paint to dry for the www.thescrappingedge.net challenge I posted.

Happy Scrappy Weekend!!

Bill is off tomorrow and we are spending the day at the beach with the family. I can't wait!! It has been so hot this week, and we FINALLY got some rain!! My water bill is thankful, LOL!!

We are croppin' at http://www.thescrappingedge.net/ this weekend!! We are going on night 2 tonight. I did get 2 LO's done yesterday, and I finished one up just a bit ago. It is very casual, and lot's of fun!!

I can't wait to get started on Beths Challenge on http://www.amillionmemories.com/ it should be a fun one!!

Oh What a Beautiful Mornin'

Yup I was singing that this AM!! Guess what??? The kids went to bed about 8 last night and, and, and, and.......................... YUP THEY DID IT!!!!! They stayed in their own beds all night long!!!!!!!!! Yes of course I had to get up like 3 times to check on them, LOL!! Real live sleep with out little kicks or punches or crying or anything!!

Oh what a beautiful monin' oh what a beautiful day!!

Since Bill was doing some maint. work last night I had quiet ME time for the first time in FOREV-VAH!!! I read mags and scrapped and reveled in it!!

Yup those are my new Elsie Stamps!! LOVE THEM!! Got them from www.amillionmemories.com

Times a FLYIN'

I cannot for the life of me believe it is almost JUNE!! Holy Moly!!! Where is all of the time and days and months going??????

I have been swamped, but I have been loving every minute of it!! I did some AWESOME DT stuff for www.amillionmemories.com I can't wait to reveal on June 1st!! 8 Projects so far. I want to get to 1 more! I gotmy www.thescrappingedge.net kit on Saturday and had to start creating right away!! OMGosh it was AWESOME to work with!! I uploaded so much to the gallery already! I did the page kits by Elannah again this month and they were so much fun!!

So Much Going On!!

It just feels like there is a million things going on right now, and there is not!! I cannot believe how long it takes to get a well baby visit here in VA!! Maybe we should not have picked the popular Dr?? Well My parents came and went and they only came to see us 1 time for a few hours. Really puts things into a new perspective!!

Alexa is having trouble sleeping in her room!! She wakes up all night long and turns on the light ceiling fan and TV. All of a sudden she says she is scared of the dark. A friend suggested a lava lamp!! I think I am going to try and find one today and a princess radio!! Maybe that will work. Her not sleeping is really affecting everyone now and it has been almost a week.

The weather is FAB!!! It has been so beautiful!! Bill myself and the baby were in the yard last night until about 8 last night. We had dessert and coffee out there. What a great feeling!! Things may be tight money wise, but times like that make all the move worth it!! I so want everyone to come visit!!

I am waiting on a ton of scrappy mail!! Cropper Hopper boxes for monograms alphas rubons and stickers!! Both DT packages!! I just got enough pics in the mail to do 30 LO's!! So I should be busy!!

NSD

Well yesterday was National Scrapbooking Day!! I was not as productive as I would have liked to be last night, I was tired. I did get to scrap for about 3 hours last night. I did 3 LO's and 1 card. I was so proud of myself!! I barely shopped!! I did get a few things that were on sale here and there!! I got my Fontworks Elsie polka dot alpha stamps!! I got those from www.amillionmemories.com amd I got my sunhine gift set from www.just4keeps.com !!

Busy Week

I can't believe it is Wednesday night already!! Bill's Dad is down kepping Bill pretty busy. My parents will be down late Saturday (not staying with us!!). I just cannot believe how fast it is going. The baby is teething, and not a happy camper. Alexa is not napping anymore, and adjusting to that has been rough for both of us.


I have been adding seriously to the stash lately!! I haven't even touched a kit I am saving them all and trying to use some "stuff" up!! I don't think I am going to get the Cricut!! I realized I don't use the XPCS that much, I use the QK more. I would have to give up so many trips to the LSS or shopping on www.amillionmemories.com for fun alphas if I got it. I don't think I am ready for that kind of sacrifice!!

Inspiration!!

Well I did my first Effer Dare yesterday!! I have to admit I have been an Effer stalker for a long time, and I had this pic out (my fave of me from a long time ago) and I really needed the inspiration to complete the LO!! Thanks ladies!!

BIG NEWS!!!

How excited am I????????????? Well while I was outside planting my corn in the ground I missed an AWESOME call!! Thank goodness for answering machines!!!!!! Well I got the message from Natalie from www.amillionmemories.com that I made their DT!!! Woo Hoo!!! I am still doing the happy dance!!! The really happy dance!!! AMM ROCKS!!! I have ordered from them as a customer and their super fast and have great CS!! OMGosh do the kits ROCK!!! I cannot believe I made the DT!!!!!!

Bad Blogger

Why can I never get myself to do this?? Well Easter is over, and was so much fun!! The kids had a blast with the egg hunt. We had a BBQ and enjoyed the beautiful day. Very rainy today, thank goodness for Sprout!! I think I will just give a run down on what the kids are upto...

Alexa can spell her name
She is learning to play her V-Smile
Wil is trying to use a fork
He gives kisses
They both love the beach, no fear of the water

I have not been scrapping every day, but have been able to get more then 1 LO done on the days I do scrap. I am lovin' all the new stuff I have been getting!! Alexa is becoming a very good scrapper for a 3 year old!! I have all her papers and stickers and glue set-up for her. She is too cute!!

Well well well

It has been a while since I Bloged!! That is what I was told by David so I thought I better get on that, and here I am 5 days later, LOL!!

The Monday (yes last Monday) Blog challenge was to write about what you can't live without!! Well My life is so full of so many things and amazing people I could not live without!! My hubby, who yes can drive me nuts!! but I could not imagine a day without him. My babues who are my 2 miracles and I just want to smother them forever!! My In-Laws who are such amazing people I am so lucky to have them!! My real life friends. I really feel so sad for people who cannot just pick up a phone and call a great friend!! Heather, I think we talk 2 or 3 times a day. I cannot wait to see that baby!! Robbie, who is like the good brother I never had. There have been so many times I have called him just to vent. He has always been there for all my life emergencies, and I love him so much for that!! David (AKA Poe, or Sir) Not one person on this planet can make me laugh like he can!! He is one of my oldest friends (almost 2/3's of my life), and I have no idea what my life would be without him!! Annie, though we don't talkmuch you are like my friend version of a soul-mate!! No matter what you know what is going on inside me, and I to you!! Here is a {{{BIG HUG}}} for you!!

Then there is my hobby/craft/sanity!! I scrap and have the worlds greatest online scrappy friends a girl could ask for!! We even have a new home to chat about our scrapping!! It is a board full of ladies that love to scrap and chat scrap, and make everyone else around them want to be happy and scrappy too!! Here is the link http://www.mylifetreasures.com/treasurebox/index.php Over the past year so much silliness has happened on these silly boards, and I am just happy for it all to be over and water under the bridge!! Life is GOOD!! I think what makes it so hard is that there is a tendency for people to get so wrapped up in the cyber world that they forget about the Real Life world and friends and that you never know who or what is really on the other side of that post!! I know myself and so many others just want to go to a board to escape the stress and have fun!! I am so happy that we have a new board to do that on!! When I am down or have IRL stuff I pick up the phone and talk to an IRL friend, and I guess I am lucky that I can do that and that I have so many great friends to do that with!!

I have also been so blessed this past year in my scrappy life (LOL)!! I subbed to a fantastic club, and reallyloved the owner so much. She was always great to chat with and her kits were to die for!! SO when I saw her DT call I was all over it. Now I am an Edger!! Amber is the bestest and TSE ROCKS!!! www.thescrappingedge.net is celebrating it's first birthday!! Amber is so awesome that she is giving a gift to all those who sub!! She really is the bestest most generous person ever!!

I also have been so lucky in my life to have the whole bunch at www.just4keeps.com not only is the store awesome!! but the board is full of some of the most wonderful and talented people you will ever meet!! Kathy and Jennifer have really made such a great community there!! I was so lucky to be there March guest designer!! Wow was I thrilled and stunned when I was asked, I was not worthy!!

Ah that brings me to the Willows!! Thank you so much Christina for that wonderful, enabling, fun, enjoyable place!! What a fun, enabling group!! Yes very enabling!! I just wanted to give a {{{big hug}}} to all the WIllows!!

3 Years Ago.....

3 years ago today was one of the bestest days of my entire life!! Exactly 3 years ago today we finally brought our little baby girl home from the hospital!! It was a long Feb and most of March driving back and forth to White Plains Hospital in the snow. We had so much snow that winter. There was only 1 day that I could not make it to the hospital, and thanks to the amazing NICU nurses It was OK. They let me talk to Alexa in her incubator, and they gave me updates every couple of hours. Gosh all of those days just seemed to blend into one... wake up shower spend 10 hours at the NICU, go home cook dinner eat dinner with Bill and go back to the NICU until 1 AM.

Then the day finally came!!! She had no apnea for over 2 weeks and was 4 1/2 pounds and could finally come home!! She was so tiny we had to put a beanie baby in her seat to keep her from shifting, and 3 rolled up receiving blankies. We were so nervouse in the car, LOL!! Looking back it was so funny Bill said "OK we get her home and seal the bubble until she is 40"...."she is staying with mommy and daddy forever!!"

Well that was 3 years ago and right now my peanut is watching Dragon Tales in her Cinderella dress, with the Jasmine hat on.

I did a cute LO of my lil' Princess last night as a DT project for www.thescrappingedge.net

I'm Back!!

OK so I have not Blogged in a bit, but here I am at 11:17PM wide awake bloggin' my heart out, LOL!! I have my iTunes playin' (Far behind by Candlebox on right now). I LOVE this song, I think it is from like 1993, YIKES!!!

Well I am freezing, we were spoiled by the 84 degree weather this past week. Now it is 50 and I feel like I am barefoot in Alaska!! I should just be happy I am not still in NY where they may have SNOW this weekend. I am so over snow, LOL sorry everyone still in snow country.

I got my XPC and am so in LOVE!! I think that is where I have been instead of bloggin'. I suggest anyone on the fence about it go for it!! I did my LO for my swap on GTTLC and so wish it were for me. I may have to lift my own LO!! I have really been taking my time with my LO's lately. I love having my studio and being able to justleave a LO and get back to it.

Naps are good!!

Wow my kids need to nap!! The guys were here putting in the LR carpet this AM, and it took a while, so the kids did not get to nap like usual. BOY O BOY can they show how much they needed that scheduled nap!!!!!!! I am super happy with the carpet though, and it was well worth the lil' grumps!! Alexa will be so heart broken when the furniture comes and she no longer has a ball room!! Poor kid. We have big plans for her on Friday. Bill is off and even though the furniture is coming, someone is taking that kid to Chuckie Cheese!! We went to the LSS on Saturday and I let he pick out her own scrap stuff. She got Chuckie CHeese paper and Dora stickers. Too Stinkin' Cute!!

I got my GD kit in the mail from www.just4keeps.com yesterday. WOW I love these DD Lullabye papers!! Kathy and the ladies at J4K put together a great kit!! I had to rip right into it. I have done a frame and 2 LO's so far.

We had our crop Saturday with www.thescrappingedge.net It was so much fun. I had a great time with the challenges. I did 3 LO's.

Dalis post an awesome ksetch on GTTLC and I had to use it!! I did an LO with the rest of my PP from the AWESOME gift from my Valentine. Thank you so much again Theresa.

TGIF

Well for the first time in the longest Bill will be off tomorrow, so I can actually say TGIF!! It is only 41 degrees right now, BRRRRRR!! Yesterday it went up to 76 degrees. I LOVE VA!! Everyone back up in NY was getting snow ands sleet and ice, while we were eating lunch outside, LOL!! Sorry guys. We were outside all day yesterday, it was fantastic to have my babies playing in their yard. Aunt Flo stopped by and I feel really yicky.

Big scrap news for this weekrnd is the cyber crop at www.thescrappingedge.net I did a LO last night I LOVE!! I did 2 during the day while I was outside, they were OK I like the first of the 2 pages.

Thank you Amy!!

I just wanted to thank Amy for giving me so much help with my blog!! Not only is she doing the really cool monday challenge, but she fixed that cute pic up there, yup the one up there at the top with the title init!! YOU ROCK GIRL!!

Today was filled with highs and lows. First off Alexa once again came all of the way accross the house to say she had to go pee pee, instead of just going in her bathroom!! Yup too late she piddled right next to the potty, she tooktoo long. No I was not mad, I was just tired, and now had to change her clothes. So ofcoures I went back to her bed to sleep (that means not much sleep at all). Bill went in to worklate today, so we had some good family time in the AM. I was able to get some work done which was good.

The mailman came bearing tons of goodies today!! My PINK QK!!! A box full of some fun alterables, the sparkle QK die, and a sweetwater kit!! Then we opened the real mail, YUCK!! The STOOPID Verizon bill!! I have had Verizon trauma before, and todays billwas OUT OF CONTROLL!! I called all pissy, and I got the NICEST most wonderful lady on the phone, she actually really helped me!! My Verizon bill will now be about $30 less a month!!

Well I really have not scrapped much in the past 2 days. I made a PB album from a kit I bought before Christmas. It came out super cute!! I think I am going to send it to my SIL!! Other than that not too much else, 1 LO of my bug.