How Much Hotter Will It Get???

That kind of sounds like the name of a game show:) It has been so humid the last couple of days which makes it feel alot hotter:(

The first official day of summer break, I took the kids to the park nearby. It was a nice, cloudy and very breezy day that day so it worked out nicely. We even caught some teeny tiny drizzles while we were there. We also took a little walk on the trail. We wanted to go to the little "pond" to check out the frogs, but with the lack of rain, I guess it had dried up...no frogs, no pond:(

I started moving my stuff from my bedroom into the front playroom that afternoon. I spent the entire next day getting everything situated. That was alot of work. Really made me realize who much stuff I have;) But...it's finally done:)

This is my part of the room. I am sharing it with Victoria's "toys" or at least some of them:) I definately like it better this way as opposed to having everything in my bedroom.

This is Victoria's side to the room. We have two tall bookshelves with some book, videos, DVDs, board games and video games. Then the small unit with the TV and game systems, VCR and DVD player. Her two chairs, her easel and two small trucks (not in view) with some toys in them:)Here's her new "bedroom". She spent hours back here the first day playing with her toys. Her two "bin" units are back here now. There is ALOT of floor space back here for her to play. I'm going to get a BIG area rug for her space back here cause we still have that horrible commercial carpeting that our landlord put in when we were still renting. We SO need to get that out. But for the meantime, I'm gonna cover it so she has somewhere comfy to lay and play:)



I went over to my mom's for a bit yesterday. Went to M's and bought two large frames with my 50% off coupons. I want to make some large LOs to put in them and put up on my scraproom wall:) Went by Dollar Tree and found these:

These are the same Paper Studio ones Hobby Lobby has for $3.99!!! Such a steal. They had like 4 or 5 others that I didn't get. Two that reminded me of like the MAMBI Urban ones; the Cheetah print lines, and some baby boy and girl ones, very cute, but I wouldn't use them.

Found this at J's. I'd seen this before, but then got a better look from a pic a friend posted on our private site so I went back and got it..with a 40% off coupon too:)

For any locals out there. I am selling my Crop In Style rolling tote. It's only been used once. I was using it for storage under my desk, but really didn't have much in there. With the move, I didn't have the space anymore so I figured I'd pass this on to someone who might use it more. I am asking $40 cash. It's in EXCELLENT condition. Leave me a comment here with a way to contact you or email me at shopgirlaudi@yahoo.com:) So over the last week or so, Steve has slowly been working out back to get the yard ready for the pool. He cut the grass, trimmed some branches off some trees, power washed our patio and furniture and got the ground ready. He built a shade cover for over the pool cause we couldn't find anything to fit over it. It came out pretty good. So today he started actually setting up the pool. He got up early and started packing down the sand. He laid out the liners and the pool is up and is filling up with water as we speak:) I know the kids are going to love it and spend alot of time back there:) I'll share photos the first chance I get:)

My little cousin is in town from El Paso where he works as a border patrol. My aunt said they were bbqing today at their house so I am waiting for the call so we can head out there. A few weeks back I was asked to be the godmother for the baby (he is 9months now) along with my other cousin, his brother. I am really excited about it:)

More to share later. Have a great Sunday:)

School's Out!!!

Victoria had been dying to shout this on the last day of school. We walked about half way across the parking lot when she remembered and HAD to yell it out...She's so silly:) Ms. Brossard said she was really going to miss Victoria. I'm so glad she has that effect on her teachers. Her teacher last year just loved her also:) We've been pretty lucky to get the most amazing teachers:)

I can hardly believe that today was the last day of school. This past school year just flew by. It seems like only yesterday we were getting ready for the first day. Next year I will be the mother of a 2nd grader and an 8th grader!!! Time sure does fly:(

So much for staying up late. Victoria always makes such a big deal about having to go to bed early during the school year. By 10pm tonight, she was out like a light...LOL

So this afternoon I got the call...FINALLY...my truck was ready!!! I was going to go pick it up tomorrow, but just went ahead and picked it up this evening since they were open until like 8 or 8:30.

When I arrived there I noticed they had NOT cleaned it up and detailed it like they had said, but I was just not willing to argue the point. They kept my truck for TWO weeks. I was not about to go and come back again to have it detailed. I was just super happy to have it back.

On the way home, I stopped at a car wash and cleaned it up and then came home and dried it and vacuumed the inside and Febreezed it and cleaned all the windows:) Yay, yay!!! I'm so happy to have my truck back:)

Hmmm...not much else to share. I have not gotten my scrappy mojo back yet. It must be on vacation somewhere. The other day I did make a little chipboard autograph book for Mattie. He wanted to take one to school to have his friends sign and get phone numbers so I made him a quick one yesterday. I used some chipboard I had, Karen Foster papers and cardstock stickers and some binder rings. I'll ask him back for it so I can take a quick pic to share. It's nothing major, but it's the most "scrapping" I've done since Scrapapalooza:(

Guess that's about it for today. I guess I'll get to bed too since everyone else is already asleep. I hope the kids don't wake up early tomorrow. It's the first day we get to actually sleep in. Crossing my fingers;)

Monday...Thursday...Saturday...:(

So I called the guy who sold me the car (Darwin) yesterday afternoon to get an update, as they had not called me. The guy who answered (Matt)said the guy (Darwin) wasn't in yet, but he was going to see what he could find out and call me back. Well...noone called me back:(

I called in to the main dealer this morning and the guy who I dropped the car off with last week (Steve) tells me that the guy who sold me the car (Darwin) took it to get fixed...???!!! So he says call over there and find out what's going on or call him back if I can't get any answers.

So I call the other place and the guy who answers the phone (David) asks me if I'm the one waiting on the Chevy truck. I guess they'd already gotten the "heads up" that I was going to be calling...Hmmm...Anyway, he tells me the part hasn't come in yet!!! OMG!!! That pissed me off!!! And when exactly were they going to call and let me know???!!! So he says that parts usually come in on Mondays or Thursdays, but since Monday was a holiday, it might come in today or else it could be next Monday or Thursday or Saturday...Uh...how many days are left???!!!

So I asked how long he thought it was going to take and he says..."Well, we are kind of at the mercy of the dealer. Whenever they decided to send us the part"...Ugh!!! Well, at least I have something to drive in the meantime, but I just want my truck back already!!! I hate the inconvenience of it all:(

Nothing else to share. Just my morning drama. Oh...it's actually kind of cool today. Weird, but it is. Nice and breezy and not at all uncomfortable. Gotta enjoy this while it lasts:)

Not much going on...

The weather is just SO hot. I can't imagine what summer is going to be like:(

This past week...last Thursday to be exact, I had to take my truck in to the dealer. They were going to work on a brake light and detail it for me. So we go in and the guy says they may have to send it to Chevy...which they ended up doing. So we have to get shuttled back home and they keep my truck:( I get a call back on Friday that a part needed to be replaced and it won't be in until this Tuesday...Waaahhh, but the guy who sold me the car says I can go in and he'll hook me up with something to drive in the meantime. Yay!!! So I go in on Saturday and they put me in a 2006 La Crosse. It drives SO smooth:)

So we had a long weekend with the Memorial Day holiday and all. The kids were off on Monday. Sunday the kids spent the day at the inlaws and we took a drive up to Austin to hit the Archiver's sale. Wasn't much of a sale, but I got some cool things I'd been wanting:

Also hit some BLs stores there to see if I could find any different BG goodies. This is what I found:)On Monday we hit the first show and took the kids to see the new Indiana Jones movie. It was really good. We also bought our swimming pool. We should be setting it up pretty soon. The kids only go to school until the 4th of June so we are aiming to get it up by then:)

So not much else to tell. If I think of something else super interesting I need to share, I'll come back and update;)

Baby, It's HOT out here!!!

OMG!!! The heat index yesterday was like 102 and today is pretty much the same...at least it's not humid though. I can't imagine how hot we are going to get this summer:(

I went by Big Lots yesterday to get Mattie a posterboard for a school project and guess what I found??? ...

Some pretty cool BG goodies and some Inkadinkadoo stamps:) They also had the BG ribbon pack in Color Me Silly (didn't get that though). I hit two other BL stores yesterday evening, but they had nada:( I'd love to find someone who's come across some different themes at theirs cause the packs have multiples and I could swap/trade some out to get something else.

Hmmm...not much else going on around here. We did a movie over the weekend. Took the kids to see Narnia Prince Caspian. EXCELLENT movie. I LOVE, LOVE the Naria movies to far:) Went by M's for a little shopping and found some really cute shabby chic decor for 60% off!!!

Ooo, I also picked up the little mini albums kit from the Berry Sweet line. I had been waiting for that. Unfortunately the paper we picked up in the morning didn't have the M's ad/coupon in it and I paid full price for it. When I got home I checked the paper Steve brought home for the office and lo and behold...there was a coupon:( I can't wait to start on the mini albums though. They are just TOO stink' cute!!! ;)

No new LOs to share. I haven't gotten much scrapping done as of late. I have an early appointment tomorrow morning at the car dealer to get a light fixed on the car and have it detailed:) I gotta head out there as soon as I drop the kids off at school. It didn't occur to me when I made the appointment that I'd have to rush over there. I was just thinking that the earlier the appointment, I wouldn't run the risk of getting back late to pick up the kids. Just gotta make sure I get up a little earlier so that we can run a little ahead of schedule:)

TGIF and a BIG "happy dance";)

Today was a big day for me. I went car shopping and at 36 years old, I bought my first car:) OK...I did only start driving last summer, so I guess that's not too bad. It's not a brand new car, but it's a step up from the van I was driving before. Take a look:

It's a 2001 Chevy Blazer:) Victoria keeps commenting on how "shiny" it is...LOL. She was SUPER excited and thanked me like a bajillion times. You'd have thought I bought HER the car...LOL

More news...so there was this cat hanging out in our backyard. I was feeding it every now and then; when I'd catch it outside. The last time I went grocery shopping I picked up some cans of food for it. So the last week or so, I had been feeding her more regularly. Well, this past week "my" kitty started bringing me some nice little "presents"...ah ha...The first day she brought me a squirrel. Yesterday she brought me a bird. I am not liking the gifts so much:( I'd much prefer she bring me some nice patterned paper;) ...Victoria informed me that "she can't do that, Mom"...oh, well...

So now I'm not sure how I stand on the whole kitty thing. I'm REALLY not liking having to go out there and dispose of small animal remains....Can you say, "Eeewww"???

OK...I have been on a scrapping role lately. Even after completing the 7 or so LOs on our Scrapapalooza day;) I got some more done over this last week AND I didn't even do any scrap shopping this week!!! Are you surprised??? LOL So here's what else I got done:

This is a lift off one of the LOs Lal did on our scrap day. I used some pics of V at Sea World:) Ppaer are MME; Everyday Tango and Magnolia, I believe. The black/white polka dot is MM. Used 7 Gypsies A La Card stickers and Doodlebug Simply Sweet cardstock alphas. The butterfly is cut out of a Paper Studio paper:)This was also a LO Lal worked on. It was a lift off of 2Peas. MME Bohemain papers, Doodlebug Paper Frill, Paper Studio notebook pp, Sizzix cut chipboard scalloped frame, MM shimmer alphas and tiny alphas, Paper Studio cardstock alphas, HS chipboard heart, Bazzill eyelet edged cardstock, crown rubon and Primas from M's:)

This is the girl version to my previous LO:) All the same as above except for an HS chipboard crown instead of the rubon.
Another lift of a lift:) Creative Imaginations pp, MM Love Story, textured cardstock on back. Daisy D's postcard, MM pebble clip, HS blooms, 7 Gypsies A La Card sticker and a dimensional sticker I got in a swap:)All MME Tres Jolie pp and "title" diecut, DCWV scalloped edged cardstock, Sizzix cut stems and Primas from M's.Last one...Elijah's school pic from this year. I think he looks so grown up in it and so handsome:) It reminded me of the Kenny Chesney song "Don't Blink"...thus the title:) All pp are Wild Saffron backed by textured cardstock, MME "title" diecut and Chatterbox chipboard alphas.And here's a pic of my Mother's Day goodies I got to pick out. LOVE the Berry Sweet line:) TFL and have a great weekend:)

Happy Mother's Day!!!

Hope everyone had a nice, enjoyable, relaxing day.

We were planning to crop yesterday, but I started having trouble with my van the other day; kept stalling so I didn't want to take a chance and go too far and have the van give out on me. So we made alternate plans...

Yesterday Lal and I spent the day together. She came over about noon and we cropped all day. I got 7 LOs done and Lal got like 13 done!!! We made a little trip to the Big Lots on Bandera and got some really cool goodies; MM shimmer alphas stickers and some Marcella by Kay chipboard letters all for $1!!! Then Lal treated me to some Mickey D's...LOVE those fries;) and we came home and ate and watched part of the movie Dan in Real Life that we rented the other day. It's a really good movie; funny:)

Lal stayed until about 11pm, so we got in a full day. It was TONS of fun. I'm going to consider that my Mother's Day since today everyone was so naughty:(

We did breakfast at Denny's where the service was not very good:( After that we did a little shopping around. I went to two different Big Lots, but they didn't have anything:( Then we went by M's where I got to spend on some goodies:) They were just putting out the K&Co. Berry Sweet line I had been waiting for them to get!!! I got the 12x12 specialty pad, chipboard adhesions, borders, glitter alphas and stickers, die cuts flowers, felt flowers and some other goodies:) I can not wait to scrap with those!!!

I also got a new charm from James Avery for my charm bracelet...oh and another box of Primas (one I didn't have:)

We went for lunch at Culver's where Mom's got a free sundae today. Too bad I don't like their custard...so Steve ate it...LOL...I got me some Ben & Jerry's Cherry Garcia at the corner store. MY FAVE!!! ;)

So here are all my new LOs to share:

This is Mattie's school pic from this year. I never know what to do with the school portraits, but I like the way this turned out. I got the idea off a LO I saw on 2 Peas, I think:) Papers are Rusty Pickle School Daze, Bazzill Edge cardstock and Lil' Davis chipboard letters.This is Victoria at our last yard sale. Steve always buy her snacks and drinks to sell. She LOVES it!!! Of course, she always ends up eating alot of it...LOL. This LO was inspired by a LO from Gina's blog. Thanks, Gina...of course yours is WAY better:) Papers are Sassafras Lass, AC and MME, Jenni Bowlin artisan mini paper and Lil' Davis chipboard letters.

This one is a lift off of 2 Peas. I just fell in love with the LO and this pic was PERFECT:) The pink solid paper is MME. Either Everyday Tango or Magnolia...can't remember which one. I used some Basic Grey rubons on it. The text paper behind the pic is MME Adore. Also used a sheet from the Noteworthy journaling pad, Petaloo flowers, Amy Butler die cuts, Make it Possible gold glitter chipboard letters, May Arts lace, Basic Grey Hang Ten ribbon and a chipboard "flourish" I bought at 911 some time back. Not sure who makes it, but I "colored" it with some gold paint.Pics of me and V in a photo booth at Fiesta Texas last year:) Papers are MM Garden Party, French Twist buttons, HS chipboard hearts, alphas and crown, Sweet Treats ribbon and MM tiny alphas.Love the funky look of this one. Papers are Elsie Roxie. Chipboard flower, arrow and "title" Friends are MAMBI, used some random buttons. The frame around the pic was one that Lal printed on the computer with some Doodle font. I LOVE it. She sent me the font some time back, but I guess the idea just never occured to me. I'll definately be doing this again.
Another lift off of 2 Peas. The papers in the original LO were Indian Summer which I SO want, but I improvised:) I used some Daisy D's Attic Heirloom, BG Infuse, MME Wild Asparagus and some DCWV "text" paper. Also used May Arts lace, MME die cut, HG paper flower, Prima journaling sheet and MM Love Story buttons. The large butterflies are cut with one of my Cuttlebug dies. The smaller ones I used my Martha Stewart punches. I covered a shipping tag in some random paper and used some black ric rac as well. The birds on the branch I cut using my Wishblade. I got the image of this really cool site that had tons of nice stuff.Last one:)...Pic of V at the pumpkin patch last year. Paper are BG Mellow, die cuts are Daisy D's. I used my Fiskars Threading Water punch on the green cardstock, May Arts lace, MME die cut "title", a couple of the Prima flowers I got at M's, Foofa La button and Imaginisce crotched bloom. TFL. I'm off to enjoy some peace and quiet now that the kids are in bed:)

Where Have I Been???..

I am just realizing (looking at my blog) that I have not updated all month. It's not like I haven't been sitting here. VERY peculiar:)

Anyway, it does seem like the month went by SUPER fast. Summer is just around the corner. V is very excited about that and keeps counting the days until school is over:) I can't believe she'll be in the second grade next year and next year will be Mattie's last year in middle school!!! He'll be a Freshman the following year. OMG!!! Freaking out here!!! :)

So Fiesta has come and gone. We did one night of Oyster Bake. It was nice; ideal weather...except towards the end of the night it got pretty windy and dirt was blowing around and I got the worst allergy headache:(

We dropped an easy $100 plus there. With tickets, parking and food and drink...We met up with some friends and had a good time:)

I have spent the last two days doing yard work. Not very good for my allergies, but it hasn't affected me very much at all...Plus:) I trimmed down the hedges in front ALOT. It has made a HUGE difference. Cleaned up the courtyard. Gotta work on that soon too. Get the fountain in and those pavers out and the river rock and some plants in there too:)

Hopefully we'll be getting some nice weather so I can work out there in the mornings or early evenings. We had some really nice ones this past week. We REALLY need some rain though. I've been watering up front like every other morning after I get the kids off to school. Running the sprinkler for about an hour and a half.

We have decided that this year we are not getting Fiesta Texas season passes. We didn't use them too much last year. So we are putting in one of those metal framed pools instead. The kids will get more use out of that since they can use it EVERYDAY:) Plus we really want to limit our driving with gas prices being so outrageous.

Funny thing yesterday though. I went out in the morning and gas was $3.43 at this one gas station by my house that usually has the cheapest gas, then in the afternoon, I went by there again and the price had gone DOWN to $3.39!!! That is a first. I have not seen gas go DOWN in a while. I was tempted to fill up, but I was still a little over half a tank. No telling what the price will be today or tomorrow or ten minutes from now for that matter:)

I've also been doing some serious shopping. I SO Need to cut that out. I'd post pics, but seeing it makes it more REAL...LOL...I'll just list things I can think of off the top of my head...hee hee

Lots of really cool stuff at M's. Got two Prima paper pads (96 sheets each), 3 bottles of Primas and 3 "boxes"...YES, they have Prima stuff!!! I got all my stuff with a 40% off coupon. Can't beat that. Got lots of cool AC felt, chipboard canisters and rubons at BL for $2!!! At 911 the other night I picked up some of the Pink Paislee (they still had some:) and two of the Fancy Pants 12x12 chipboards. Hit HL and got BG paper packs; Sultry, Archaic and Periphery for 1/2 off!!! Also got the new Cogsmo line from Cosmo Cricket. Stocked up on adhesive and got a new punch. Oh...and I got two of the new Martha Stewart border punches at M's too; the lace doilie one and the zig zag embossing one. I tried them out earlier and they are WAY cool.

I've been getting some scrapping done too. Maybe not as much to justify my spending...but still:) I set a goal of completing 100 LOs for the year. I am at 43 so far. Not bad;) Here's some of my lastest...

OK...Think I'll close with this overload of LOs. TFL :)

Mid-week Update...

Last week was kind of rough. My computer went out and I couldn't figure out what was wrong with it. I was so worried about losing all my pics. I kept meaning to back them up to disc and just kept putting it off:( Boy was I wishing I'd done it...boo hoo.

We took it in to Best Buy and got it fixed (THANKFULLY). So $200 later plus another $130 for an external hard drive to back up all my pics, I am back:) SUCH a relief to know all my pics were saved. I have over 3 yrs worth of pics on here; birthdays, vacations, First Day of School...you name it. Anyway...

I think the whole computer situation totally threw me off. I'd been on a scrapping roll, but after that, I hadn't been able to get back into the grove of things until today:) I got this one done...

I used the MME Tres Jolie pad I got at HL recently. I am SO loving MME papers as of late. I used my Sizzix stem die yet AGAIN. Tres Jolie die cut and Prima daisies and MM In Bloom mini brads. The pic is of Victoria on the disc swing in the front yard. She LOVES that thing. She always has. We got those disc swings for Mattie and Stevie when they were a little younger than V and ever since V was old enough, she's loved to swing on it. When we moved here we set it up on the tree in the front yard. She's spent countless hours swinging away or having someone push her:) TFL

Twofer Tuesday...Except it's Wednesday:)

I got some scrapping done today. I was still in the shabby chic mood from yesterday so I lifted this one off of 2Peas. I had to go by 911 last night to get some of the BG Sugared papers that I needed and didn't get the last time;) So here it is:

As stated above, the papers are Basic Grey Sugared. I used a piece of some corrugated paper I bought at M's and inked with Tim Holtz Old Paper. All the inking was in Old Paper:) Used a 7 Gypsies card, MME Tres Jolie die cut, some Rusty Pickle buttons, May Arts lace, some other lace I got at J's and Glimmer Mist on my butterfly. The butterfly is Sizzix cut from chipboard. The flourish...not sure who makes that. It was in a baggie I had others in as well:( I used one of my stacking daisy punches and my retro flower punch on some Daisy D's paper to make my flower up top. White staples to hold down the lace. I think that about does it for that one.I whipped this one up later in the evening. Didn't take long at all. This one was inspired by an chipboard wall hanging someone made on 2 Peas as well. I finally used one of my sheets of MM Love...I still have two more of that one;) Jenni Bowlin bingo card, MM Vintage Hip Favoirte Findings flower, Sizzix cut flourish on the bottom, Plain Jane on top, MM paint in Asphalt on both, Paper Studio flourish rubon and some adhesive gems around the photo:) The pic was taken on the 30th of March. V lost another tooth:)

I went by HL today to get me a pearlized looking Scribbles. I used it for the butterfly antenna on the first LO and then ran to Hancock Fabrics next door real quick. I was looking for some of those like stick pins...not sure if that's what you call them...Like the Heidi Grace ones. I want some with large little "tops" in black and cream, but no luck:( I did however find a Bag of Lace for only $1.50!!! It has 10 yds. of lace; 2 yds of 5 different ones. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it. I think I might go back for some more:)

That was my day. Not much else. Add to more LOs to my goal. I think this puts me at like 28 or 29...not too sure. Gotta go check my ticker;)

Shabby Chic Challenge...

This week's challenge theme was Country. We had to do Shabby Chic. Yay!!! I love Shabby Chic. I got some of it together last night and worked on it today. It is a lift off Spinnvild on sb.com. She has an awesome gallery:) Here it is:

The pic isn't so great since it was pretty cloudy and hard to get a good one.

I used stitching, tearing, sanding and crumpling. I also did distress inking and crackle paint. My products were lace, buttons, flowers...and I forget what the last one was:)

The papers are Basic Grey Blitzen solid pp, Miss Elizabeth's light blue flowered pp, MM Chelsea's Place stamped edge pp and MME Wild Asparagus flowered pp. Also used...Bazzill paper flower, Imaginisce bloom, Marcella by Kay pearl brad, Melissa Frances vintage key hole, Scenic Route chipboard bird, Life's Journey metal accent, MAMBI Coastal accent, Sizzix cut vines, gingham ribbon and lace. TFL

Horton Hears a Who...

A must see!!! We got an early start this am and went to see the first showing. Too cute!!! We all enjoyed it:)



Yesterday Lal and I spent the day together and went shopping. We took the kids. It went rather well. Mikey was really good the whole time and even fell asleep a couple of times for a while. We went to HL (didn't buy much there), J's...didn't buy anything there, Target...bought the MM Garden Party epoxies and blooms, then went to Walmart. I had to do my grocery shopping so Lal went with me. So much nicer than going alone:)



Oh, we also hit the HL on Bandera. I got a really cool journaling stamp; 1/2 off, some Colorbok chalk inks and some bling I was going to use for a challenge, but didn't get around to it.



When we got back Mikey totally started freakin' out. I guess he had to make up for lost time:) He was totally freakin' over Squirt (our pet turtle)...:(



After we had dinner last night. I went by 911. Hadn't been there in a while. I was totally in withdrawls. Luckily I had over $50 left in store credit. Unfortunately, I spent most of it:( I have about $9 left...that's still something:)



I got some of each of the new BG lines; Cupcake, Archaic, Sultry, Sugared and Boxer. A few sheets of some new Cosmo Cricket papers, some MM with butterflies on it. Some of the new Sassafras Lass. Some Crate Static and diecuts...I believe that's what it's called. Oh...and these really cool, awesome chipboards by Tattered Angels. SO in love with them and so worth the $10.99!!! :) Oh, I also got a Maureen Frances vintage keyhole for a LO I am going to be working on for challenge this week. This week is week 8; our last challenge week.



So I came home and worked on a LO this afternoon. We ended our day out kind of earlier than usual so I had some "extra" time. Did a couple of loads of laundry too;) Here is my LO:

I started to work on this the other day, but I needed the MM Garden Party blooms that I bought yesterday:) It's a lift off 2 Peas. The paper is MM Noteworthy as is the little journaling page. I cut the letters for my title with my Cricut using the Plantin Schoolbook cart. Blooms are Heidi Swapp and Bazzill blooms, buttons are French Twist. Also used the MM Garden Party epoxies. My butterflies are made using a Cuttlebug Cut/Emboss die I got a while back at HL. I so LOVE that die!!! The pic is from Easter. The bunny is from a few years back. Victoria just grabbed it to pose with, but I LOVE how the pic turned out:)

Victoria also lost another tooth today. It had been loose for a bit and she just yanked it right out this afternoon. I think she's really looking forward to gettting some $$$ from the Tooth Fairy because she's saving up to buy the My Sims game for the Wii:)

I made chili for dinner and it was so yummy. Tomorrow is my day 7 back on my exercise/workout routine. No more "breaks" for a while. I am trying to do 21 days straight to get back on track. So far I have lost 4 1/2 lbs. Not bad for a week. Hopefully I can keep that up for the next two so that I can at least get 15 off within that period. After which I'll only have a few more lbs to lose and I am set for the summer;)

TGIF!!!

It's Friday!!! This has been a long week. I'm glad it's the weekend.

Today was a rather gloomy day. I don't think the sun came through once today. We are supposed to be getting some much needed rain, but nothing as of yet and it's a little past 6:30 in the evening.

I did a little scrapping today. I "put together" one LO. Still needs a few more elements. One of which I need to shop for first:)

The other was inspired by a LO I saw on sb.com. I always have trouble scrapping portraits or professional photos. I had been struggling with something to do with V's class pic from last year. I knew I wanted to scrap it and not just frame it like we did for the boys. When I saw this LO I was totally inspired.

The LO is pretty simple; not alot of embellies, but I really like the way it came out:) I used some old Daisy D's school line papers and cardstock stickers. The A+ is BG Recess chipboard...and that's about it;) I am at LO 26!!! :) TFL

Number 25...

I set a goal at the beginning of the year to do at least 100 LOs this year. I did number 25 today:) I'm on a roll. I just did one yesterday. That's a big deal. Here it is:

I used MM Garden party on this one. Some of the blooms are Heidi Swapp and some are Bazzill Bitty blooms...I think they are the bitty ones. The ones in the little bucket thingie;) Chipboard letters are DCWV All Dressed Up. I got those at M's on clearance for $2!!! Prima Pop Up bird and French Twist buttons. I used my Sizzix stem die again on some DCWV adhesive backed mat stack sheet. Also used that for the scalloped circle. Used my XL punch for that and my Whale of a Punch circle for the center. The flourishes are one of my Autumn Leaves clear stamp sets. That's about it:) TFL

Happy Hump Day;)

So it's half way through the week. Hooray!!! The kids went back to school on Monday. Double Hooray!!! :) Spring Break is officially over;)

I went to HL on Monday for the 1/2 off sale and they had NEW paper!!! I got a new MME 180 sheet pad of Tres Jolie. LOVE it!!! Also some new Elsie; Emma and Josie. They didn't have both of one of the packs. Can't remember which, so I still need to get the second one of that one. They only had the paper packs out so far. I hope they are getting the other embellies like they did for the Riley and Lola lines; the Trinkets, chipboards, stamps, etc. I'm gonna get out the HL at Crossroads this weekend. Lal and I are going to do some shopping on Saturday:)

Not much else going on around here. The weather has been pretty warm again. I think it's going into the 80s tomorrow. Whew!!!

I worked on a LO today using one of the pics I took of V at the Botanical Gardens. The section where they had the old houses was too cool. SO many photo ops, but wouldn't you know it...my second camera battery went dead:( I went through BOTH my batteries during the time we were there. There was a wishing well and a little "barn". So now I def have to go back:)

Lal and I had a little cyber crop this afternoon and this is what I worked on. It actually didn't take me too long either. We worked for an hour and then I spent another maybe 30 minutes on it later in the evening.

This is the second time I have machine stitched on one of my LOs and I am really liking it:) The papers are Daisy D's. One of the Fall in Love lines. I got this kit at HL. The little "diecut" came in the kit too. The flourishes and stems are both Sizzix cut out of chipboard and painted with MM paint in Chocolate. The flowers are Prima and Bazzill. Some of the centers are Prima Center Kisses and the tiny ones are some I got in the Target Dollar Spot quite a while back. The butterfly is an Autumn Leaves stamp. I stamped and cut it out with my Cutterbees. TFL

Happy Easter...

Tomorrow is Easter, so I'm getting a head start:) Happy Easter. I hope everyone enjoys time with their loved ones:)

Today was another gorgeous day. We took the kids to play putt putt golf at this place by Embassy theatres. I can't remember what it's called. We've been there once before. Anyway, the kids and I played a round. I didn't win, but I didn't lose either:) Victoria took first, I took second and Mattie was last. I keep trying to get him to slow down and not rush when he's hitting. He did manage to get a couple of good ones. Even a hole in one!!! So did V:)...not me...sniff, sniff...:)

Did some last minute Easter shopping and came home kind of early. I made spaghetti and meat sauce with garlic toast for dinner. So yummy. I REALLY need to get back on my diet/exercise routine. I did pretty good the week before this one. Right before the kids got out on vaca, but this week has been pretty bad. Monday is a new start:)

I worked on my mini challenge for Sneaky this afternoon. We had to do a LO "starring" ourself:) Had to choose at least two techniques from a given list. I chose distressing and using chipboard. I also used ribbon, so I did THREE:)

My flourishes are Sizzix cut with one of my new Bigz dies. LOVE it!!! Chipboard letters, heart and crown are Heidi Swapp as well as the two larger blooms. All other blooms are Prima. Patterned papers are Basic Grey Blush and Paper Studio (small text piece). My journaling is written on a sheet from the MM Noteworthy journaling pad. Ribbon is DCWV All Dressed Up. Scalloped cardstock is also DCWV. TFL

Spring Break...

This week the kids have been on Spring Break. Mattie spent last weekend at my mom's and V with my inlaws. Both came back on Sunday. Tuesday we met up with Lal and Lij at Crossroads. We hit HL and J's and then went to eat at Jim's.

Afterwards, Lal went with me to do my grocery shopping and we brought the kids back to my house so they could play some games on the Wii. We bought ice cream and made them ice creams sundaes and they had some donuts too:)

I dropped of Lal and Lij at my mom's and Mattie stayed over for a few days. V went back to my inlaws on Wednesday and we picked her up last night. We went out to eat EZ's and went to Target. They redid the whole sb area. I got some MM Avenue and Noteworthy papers. Too cool. They also had the new Fiskars border punch; Threading Water. Too bad I has just ordered it online the other day:( I picked up an MM paint set that I didn't have on clearance (75% off) for $3 something!!!

Today was a gorgeous day. We took V to the Botanical Gardens. I got some really good pics. We had lunch at Jim's on Broadway then picked Mattie up at my mom's. My punches were waiting for me when I got home and I played with them for a bit. Just tried them out. I can't wait to actually use them on a LO:)

Speaking of LOs. Here's my lastest for Sneaky. This week's challenge was a Broadway theme. We had to use a playbill as our inspiration:)

My papers are MME Wild Asparagus and BG Motifica. The diecut tree and quote are MME Signature Suite and the white rubon is MM. TFL