4th of July...

Here's some pics from the morning. We all got matching shirts except Steve's didn't fit him:( Boo!!! Ignore my neighbor's trash can in the background. LOL

Pics of the kids at Fiesta Texas. We went to see the fireworks, but only went as far as the parking lot. We did NOT want to fight any crowds so we watched from our tail gate. Then zoomed out of there as soon as it was over to beat all the traffic. There was TONS of people in the parking lot watching as well as along the streets at The Rim and all around that area. We only spent about 20 or so minutes to get out of the traffic, but that's cause we were literally one of the first ones out of the parking lot. I can't imagine how long we would have been stuck there otherwise. Hours, I'm sure.

I hope everyone had a very nice holiday:)

Aaahhh...

After our very busy long weekend, I got a nice little break today. I got to sleep in until like a little after 9am. Steve went and got us breakfast. I got a few house chores done; put some laundry away, made the beds, took out trash and straightened up a bit.

I vowed I would NOT leave the house today. Steve wanted to go to Lowe's or Home Depot...can't remember which one, so he went alone...well, he took V with him and I got a nice little break. I got some scrapping done; 3 LOs!!!

Lift off of 2Peas. In the LO they used some BG doilie paper, but I improvised and cut out some Crate Providence. I really like the way it turned out. Embellies: K&Co. Berry Sweet diecut, flower cut out of some BG June Bug pp, JB journaling spot, Carolyn Gavin diecut bird and butterfly, 7Gypsies cardstock stickers, Circus Rose card pp, Cricut cut sun shape, scalloped circle punch and AC Puffy Thickers number.

Using more of the Cosmo Cricket Early Bird line here. SO LOVING this line!!! Another lift off 2Peas...Bazzill Dotted Swiss, Cosmo Cricket Early Bird pp, Paper Studio music pp, AC Puffy Thickers, HS chip heart. This was also my first try at making some of those little pinwheel embellies. They are VERY easy to make and took no time at all. The centers are brads. Also used some MM Chole's Closet trim and I machine stitched the border on this one.

Another 2Peas lift and still more Cosmo Cricket Early Bird...October Afternoon pp, Cosmo Cricket spinner card, AC Puffy Thickers, MM tiny alphas, HS chip hearts, bakers twine.


Steve also went and gassed up and washed my truck AND did my grocery shopping for this week for me. He totally scored some points today:)

This is a LO I got done last week, but hadn't uploaded...

Pic of V and Laney at Laney's pool birthday party. More Early Bird, some Kraft paper, MS daisies and some AC Puffy Thickers. I hand stitched on this one too:)

So we had a busy, filled, long weekend. Steve was off since Friday. We took off early to Fiesta Texas. We got there about 11am. Boy, was it HOT!!! The water park opens at noon so we wanted to be there before so we could get a good spot in the shade by the water. We waited in line for about 30 minutes and weren't too far behind in line. We got an excellent spot. We were out there until like 4pm.

I don't think Steve put sunscreen on V's face and she was really red at the end of the day:( I put some aloe gel on her after she bathed and gave her some Tylenol. She's much better now:)

So we had dinner at Bill's on the way home and then came home, showered and relaxed. We were all exhausted.

Saturday we said no "outdoor" activities. We got up early, went for breakfast and then took the kids to the first showing of Ice Age at Huebner. It was really funny. We did some shopping afterwards. Oh!!! Have to insert here. I did birthday shopping for Mattie on Friday and got some AWESOME deals for some back to school clothes. I found jeans that were $24.99 for only $6.24!!! I got him 5 pairs. Then I found those cool graphic t's from $12.99 were only $3.24!!! I got him six. So I've got a good start on the school shopping. Yay for me!!!

Yeah, so Saturday I went by 911 (had just been there two days before too;) and then by Scrapbook Cottage, Hobby Lobby, a couple of Targets. Went to lunch and then took in the afternoon show of My Sister's Keeper. Excellent movie. I just finished reading the book last week. Definately a MUST SEE.

I did some other scrap shopping last week, but I'm too lazy to upload all the pics, but I found some AC paper packs at BL for only $8. I got Metropolitan and A La Carte, but I also saw Play. I REALLY want Amplified or Moda Bella. They had some really cool AC stickers too for only $1.

I'm going to upload some 4th pics on a seperate post. Being lazy again:) So to be continued...

Current LO count...

I have completed 55 LOs this year so far. Just keeping track:)

A Whole Lot of Sweating Going On...

Oh, my!!! is it ever HOT!!! We have had a couple of days that feel like our AC isn't working right, but it's just cause it's so darn hot:(

Well since my little "episode" last week, I have finally started feeling back to my old self again. It took a few days, but I feel great now:) I only two the meds the doctor prescribed for 2 days. They were keeping me up at night. I wasn't getting to sleep until like 1:30am!!!

I also felt that I really didn't need them. The thing that was bothering me was the headaches and I don't see how an antidepressant was going to help that. I really didn't want to be taking something I don't think I need. So that is that. In the event that I should need them (though I can't imagine why), I already have them, but for now...I am good:)

So today was the last day of summer school for Mattie. He also retested today. We will see how that goes. He said it was easy. We should be getting the results like mid July.

Aaahhh...so no more early mornings. I will be super happy if the kids let me sleep in until 8:30 am. Estatic if I can sleep in until 9am;)

This past weekend we went to go see the new Transformers movie. It was WAY cool!!! Even the kids loved it. Steve also took the kids to the pool in the evening for a couple of hours. They are there again right now. These couple of hours of peace and quiet sure do help. I haven't had a break from them since summer began.

About two weekends ago, we had a little gathering of our graduating class. Not too many people went, but it was a nice time. I'll upload pics of that later.

Today I got my grocery shopping done early; before it got too hot. I hate going out in this horrible heat:( I also gassed up at Walmart. Gas had been $2.49 and today it was $2.33. Woo hoo!!!

I've gotten to do a little scrapping, so here's my latest LOs. I'm finally feeling the mojo again;)



This one I got done a couple weeks back, just kept forgetting to upload. I'm not too happy with it, but there it is:) For one, I totally glued down that lined paper the wrong way. It wasn't supposed to stick out so much nor be so straight. Ah, well...Moving on... Oh...the pics are from V's Field Day this past year and this was inspired by a 2Peas LO. The background paper is Friendly Forest. Striped pp is Scenic Route and the lined is MM, I believe. JB ticket, K&Co. diecuts and felt flower.

This one was a lift off of my friend Gina's blog. Mine did not turn out so great:( It's hard to replicate her FAB style...but I tried. Pics on this one are from Field Day too...obviously...LOL...Textured cardstock background, AC polka dot and grid pp and Prima Rock Star (lime) pp. T's $ spot journaling tags, Paper Studio cardstock alpha stickers and Martha Stewart felt banner.

This one was a 2Peas lift and I love this one. Lots of Crate on here with the exception of the Whimsies card and the MME Wild Word and MM tiny alphas.


Another lift off Gina's blog. This one turned out pretty good. K&Co. Berry Sweet paper (thanks for the inspiration, Gina cause I have not know what to do with that paper since I got it forever ago;)...Creative Imaginations diecut tag, 7Gypsies cardstock stickers, MLS tiny alphas, Doodlebug Paper Frills, adhesive gems, Sizzix cut butterfly, MM tiny alphas and AC Puffy Thickers. This is a pic of V on Father's Day swining on a tire swing in my BILs backyard of the new house. She LOVES to swing:)

I worked on this one today. I was quite time consuming, but I am so in LOVE with it!!! :) This was a lift off of 2Peas. I used a shaped paper to trace onto some Cosmo Early Bird; SO loving this line!!! Then I glued it onto kraft paper and trimmed around to leave an edge. All the paper edges are distressed with my HS edge distresser. I made all my flower embellies using my scalloped circle punches, pop dots and buttons. The little leaves are Cricut cut and the daisies are Martha Stewart. Just picked these up today at BL especially for this LO:) I hand stitched the border on this cause I knew I wouldn't be able to manuver with the machine and I didn't want to wreck it and I SO needed the stitching on here. MLS and MM tiny alphas for the title and date. The pic is of V and Stevie on Father's Day in my BILs front yard of the new house.

This past week was also the last week of our Blog Hop Challenge. It sure was a lot of fun. We are planning on doing another one real soon:)

Well, I've got 30 minutes before the kids should be heading back home, so I'm going to go get started on dinner and see if I can start on another LO. Gotta strike while the mojo is HOT;) Have a great night:)

Blog Hop Mini Challenge...Points go to Julie!!! Yay!!!

Word Scramble

All the following words are scrapbook related. Be the first to correctly unscramble all the words to get the points. Only post once, please:)

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Ready, Set...Unscramble:)

Julie is our winner!!! Congrats, Julie!!! You get the points:)

Update on my "Situation"...

Well, my test results came in and I went to the Dr. yesterday morning. All the blood tests were fine. I'm in perfect health in that aspect, BUT...he said my "episode" was caused by stress/anxiety/tension and prescribed an anti depressant; low dose, but nonetheless.

I'm not quite sure how to feel about it. I've been feeling pretty bummed out about it. So if I wasn't depressed before, I sure feel like it now:( It kind of makes me feel "inadequate"...like I can't handle everyday life stress because I certainly don't have an overly stressful life. At least I don't feel like I do. My life is pretty chill. I'm well "taken care" of. I thought I was doing well, then, what seems like out of nowhere, this comes up.

Since the "episode", before the results, I'd been tired, not much of an appetite, don't really feel like doing anything. Just don't feel like myself. THAT bums me out... A LOT.

Right before this, I feel like I was on a huge "up". I was getting all sorts of stuff done. My diet was going great. I was working out everyday. I was happy...then it kind of all crashed:( I don't like feeling like this. I just want to be myself again.

I am thinking maybe this is some sort of "test" from God. I know I am not being punished for anything. I know that everything happens for a reason and I am trying to understand this and take what I need to from it. I am trying very hard to hold tight to my Faith and turning to HIM to give me the Strength to get through this. For whatever reason this needs to happen, I accept it...as difficult as it may be. This sort of thing runs in my family so that is a HUGE factor.

So that night was most likely a tension migraine. It can mimic the symptoms of a stroke which is a lot of what I was feeling.

Today was not a good day. I woke up with a headache. Not a really bad one. Nothing like that day, but still no fun. I took an Ibuprofen as soon as I got up. Just one, thinking it would do the trick. Laid down for a bit...didn't work. Took the other...Nothing...Laid around alot in between my daily chores.

After I picked up Mattie I took my first dose of the med. It said to try it out to see how you react to it before you drive and stuff so I decided to take it then since I don't have any running around to do after I pick him up. I fell asleep for about 2 hours. Not sure if that was the med or just the headache or a combo...who knows. I'll try again tomorrow, but I'm thinking it's best to take it later in the day so I can avoid having to drive "just in case". I can take it in the am or pm so I think that's the best option.

Steve brought me all sorts of stuff when he got home for my headache and the pain I'd had in my neck for quite a while. I see where the neck pain was coming from now; the migraines...which I didn't even know I was having:(

So I took some Excedrin Migraine that he brought me and that took care the headache...FINALLY. I feel a bit of improvement. Thank God. I'll take any bit of improvement right now.

So that is what is going on right now. A bit of a rough patch, but praying to get through it.

For Father's Day we just went out to breakfast with Steve's parents. Stevie came in for the day, so we were all together. Went to a movie and out to eat. Just chilled at home. Couldn't really do much running around with my constantly needing to lay or sit:( I have some pics to share that I will upload later. Hope everyone has a good night:)

Scary, Scary Stuff:(

So this has been a kind of rough, scary weekend. I was pretty excited about getting to sleep in on Friday since there is no summer school on that day, but it just didn't work out that way.

I had a normal, oridinary day on Thursday. Did my usual routine and such. Worked out in the evening, came and sat at the computer for a while then went to shower for the night. As I am about half way through my shower, I start to see some "light" spots. I proceed and so does the light spots and blurred vision. By the time I get out of the shower, I can hardly see. My vision is SUPER blurred. I kept trying to focus in the mirror, but it was almost impossible.

I came back to the computer to let Lal know and she suggested I go tell Steve about it, so I did. He was already asleep so wasn't really paying the best attention to me. I decided to just go to bed and see if I could just sleep it off. By this point, I have almost developed somewhat of a headache. Not a painful headache, but a dull headache like "inside" my head. That is the best way I can think of to describe it.

I went to lay down and I just have to be super grateful that V was with me cause if I'd yelled for Steve, he would have never heard me:( I was laying on my back and my arm started to feel numb and tingly, so I had V run for Steve. He couldn't find any aspirin so he brought me two Ibuprofen. I took them and told him to sit with me for a while "just in case".

So I lay back down. After this I kind of lost perception of time. Everything kind of happened fast, but in slow motion...if that makes any sense. I remember that at one point I grabbed my throat cause I remember Steve asking me why I did it. I was having a little trouble swallowing. I got like this one sharp pain in my chest; closer to my left side near my arm. I started getting like the sensation that I was like "floating" and my whole body started going numb; like that tingling feeling ALL over. I got the overwhelming feeling like I was going to pass out even though I was laying down; flat on my back. This totally freaked me out so I told Steve we had to go to the ER. I think the all over tingling thing lasted like 5-10 minutes. REALLY scary. All the way to the ER, the fainting sensation kind of came and went, but not as strong as the first time. I felt really strange. The best way I can think to describe it is like I was "buzzing". For lack of a better description. I felt like I had to try really hard to "put my words together" when I was trying to talk....like when you are buzzing, you know??? We left to the ER about midnight.

We had quite a wait in the ER; like 1 1/2 hours. But once we finally made it back, it went rather quickly. They put me on a BP monitor and heart monitor. My BP was normal. They did a CT scan and it came back normal. The most they could tell me was that MAYBE it was cause by a migraine (which I have never suffered from before)...sigh... I think the whole "episode" from start to finish, lasted about 2 hours.

We got out of there like at 4:30. Poor Steve had to go to work an hour later. I slept unitl like 8am when V called and woke me up. (we took her with us to the ER and Steve's mom picked her up from there about 1:30). So I couldn't fall back to sleep and headed out to our family doctor over by my mom's house. I went in and had blood work done.

Went back to my mom's and just laid around all day. Felt drained, tired and still not myself. Real "out of it". Had to drive myself back home and about half way, started feeling faint again. No blurred vision, just the "felt like passing out" sensation. Made it home...barely, and came straight to the couch where I stayed for the next few hours. Got up and had a bit to eat, showered and went right back to bed.

I had some trouble falling asleep. Probably fear more than anything kept me awake, but once I got to sleep, I slept straight until like 9am the next day. Still feeling very "out of it" this day. Had to lay and take a nap every few hours. Still had that verge of a buzz feeling sort of.

We did manage to go to the class of 90 gathering and it was nice. We were there for a few hours and I managed OK.

Sunday was Father's Day. We met Steve's parents for breakfast. They went and picked up Stevie from Natalia then we all met up to eat. It was kind of a non-stop day which wasn't too good for me. We took the kids to the movies and out to eat. Felt very tired, short, small dizzy "spells" on and off. I keep getting that feeling like I want to pass out. More noticeable when the truck starts to tremble for some reason. Really strange feeling, but that's what I'm noticing. Showered and went to bed almost as soon as we got home. Didn't sleep as well as the night before either.

Today Steve took off and he dropped Mattie off at school this morning. (THANKS:)...Went and picked up a copy of my CT report for the doctor. The blood work results were supposed to come in today or tomorrow, but I called in this am and she said they would probably get in this afternoon, so to call back tomorrow morning. So I'll probably have to make the drive out there tomorrow and I'm kind of scared. Haven't been driving these last couple of days. I hope it'll be OK...

So that's been my super eventful weekend. Not so much in a good way. Hoping the results will come in tomorrow and shed some light on all this. Prayers would be greatly appreciated. Hope everyone has a good night:)

Blog Hop Challenge #4-Final Challenge

For our final Blog Hop challenge will be using a color challenge. For this challenge you are required to use the following colors and ONLY the colors listed. Papers and embellies should all be of the required colors. The colors are:

hot pink, black, turquoise, lime green and white

These are the only requirements for this week's challenge. Please limit your colors to the ones listed and keep the shades as close as possible to the description. If you have any questions, please ask:)

Have fun:)

I'm Melting...

Literally that's how I felt yesterday. It was SO hot. We didn't do much; just stayed around the house. I did run to do our grocery shopping, but that's about it. Steve did some yard work outside. Later in the afternoon, I went out to spray paint some frames. OMG!!! I was only out there like 10 minutes and I felt like I was melting into a puddle...Poor Steve:( I made him his fave dinner though; spaghetti and meatsauce and garlic toast:P

So I worked on my frame wall when my frames dried. I really like how it turned out. I'm thiking of a small mirror wall or a small wall with just crosses. Not sure yet.

So not much has been going on around here. Mattie is doing summer school so I'm still having to get up early. I can't stay up too late cause I'll pay in the am. On the upside; since we get up early, V is tired early too. Not like last summer where she was up until like 1am. She's been asleep by 11 at the latest. Let's see how it all goes in July when noone has to go anywhere.

I spent Friday over at my mom's. Took her to run an errand. We went by M's and the JCPenny Home store. Picked up new pillows for our bed.

Saturday afternoon, after Steve got off work, we took the kids to go see Imagine That. WAY cute movie. We all LOVED it. Eddie Murphy is SO funny:) We went out to eat at Jim's and Steve took me by 911 and M's. So a little shopping;)...


SO LOVING the new MM Vintage Findings from M's. I'm SO in love!!! ;) Also found this cool new EK Success border punch. It does bigger scallops. It's also supposed to kind of emboss a little edge on it, but it's pretty sublte. I like it a lot. I've only tried it out on a scrap paper, but it looks fun...Possibilites...:)

The MM ledger pad and the LYB journal books I picked up at 911. Lal just got these in the mail last week and I'd just seen them on Friday and I wanted them SO and lo and behold, 911 got them and I scored!!! I debated the school journal book, but ended up putting it back. STILL might go back and get it though. I was planning on picking up some JB letter stickers I had seen last time and totally forgot so I can go look for both. Oh, and I hit my free $10 again, so I can use that;)

A quick LO I worked on like last week. Totally forgot about this one. It's a pic of V on Field Day. I got the idea for this one off of 2Peas, I'm pretty sure:) Papers are AC except for the stripes which is Scenic Route. JB ticket, MM chip shapes and T's $ spot journaling tag.

Another lift, but I'm just not too crazy about how this one turned out:( I've had this one in progress, sitting on my desk for a while. The other night I felt inspired, but then I just wasn't too happy with the outcome. Anywho...there it is...The pic of is V on Polar Express Day this past year. Everytime I see this pic it makes me laugh cause I notice how short the sleeves are on her robe. It's a little hard to tell cause it's the same color as her pj sleeves. Right after I saw this pic, I went and checked the size on it and it was like a 5T or something...LOL...SO went out and got her a new one at T's...hee hee
It's Monday which means "house cleaning day" so that's what I'm up to today. I'm about 3/4 of te way done. All caught up on laundry and put away. In the middle of vacumming (I know I'm not spelling that right, it looks SO wrong...LOL). Not too much left to do. Gotta pick up Mattie in a bit and start lunch.

We are on our 3rd week of our Blog Hop challenge. It has been a lot of fun:) Hope everyone is staying cool indoors...Oh, Lal also told me last night that they all got season passes to Fiesta Texas. YAY!!! Happy dance...happy dance...Now we can all go together. Fun times to come. Woo hoo!!!