Happy Hearts Day!

Wishing everyone a very happy valentine's day!

XOXOXOXOXO

Glass half-full...or 10 things that made me happy this week!

Usually I'm a glass half full kinda person but the past 9 months or so have sometimes made it difficult to see the good things. This week I've made it a mission to seek and find little things that make me smile and or bring me joy. Here they are...

10 things that made me happy this week:
1. Seeing my mom's expression when we surprised her with a 65th birthday party.

2. When Jake brings home empty ziplocs and bottles in his lunchbox because he knows we recycle.

3. Relaxing in a clean house.

4. The warmer weather, even if it was only for a few days.

5. New fun scrappy kit from Studio Calico

6. This hat...

and this vest...

Both of which I bought for Jake!

7. Jake reading a whole Capt. Underpants book while we ran errands. Big accomplishment!

8. This photo...


9. Jake's 100% on his math test

10. Getting new music from I-Tunes

Hmmmm...maybe this will become a weekly post. What made you smile this week?

Party photos as promised...

Well I didn't take as many photos as I thought. Jake was pretending to be paparazzi so I have lots of photos of surprised people with strange expressions on their faces! Anyways...

Celebrating 65 years young! (Ignore the bib. It was a gag gift!)


Jake looks pretty stylin', right?!


Mom and Aunt Rhoda, her best friend


My fabulous best friend, Val


The super cool photo candles I made for each table. I used lots of old photos of my mom @ various points in her life. Everyone loved these!


And finally, the cute paper flower centerpieces that only a papercrafter can appreciate! I used a kit from Papersource mixed with some Hambly.

I need to remind myself to take more photos at special events like these. You'd think a scrapbooker would know these things!

4 months?

Wow! Have 4 months really flown by since I last posted?! I guess being without a computer for at least two of those months might make it harder for me to keep up on the blog, huh?! Anyways, thanks to my sweet friend Jocelyn and her wonderful hubby, I am now back in the on-line world! They were so sweet to help me out in my time of need!

I've been keeping busy with school, cubscouts, basketball, scrapbooking (a little), party planning, housekeeping, etc! I haven't been getting many substituting jobs because I think the pool has gotten larger with all of the layoffs and jobless people. I'm still looking for a FT job. Never thought it would take me this long to find FT consistant work. UGH! I just applied and tested to become a census taker. Hoping that will pan out. Got a 93% on the test and was recommended for a supervisory position, so I guess that's something!

My brother, Matt, his wife, Elisa and I just pulled off a surprise party for my Mom's 65th birthday on Saturday! She had NO IDEA! So glad Jake didn't spoil it. It was so hard for an 8 year old to keep quiet for so long, I'm sure! Uncle Matt said he would do something special for him if he could keep the secret and he did! We had the party @ Pazo downtown. It was just fabulous! The service was impeccable and everything worked out so well! I'll share pictures later once I get them off the camera! Good friends & family, good food and good times! That's what it's all about, right!

Hopefully, I'll be able to post more often and keep up with blogging this time!

Ciao!

Thursdays are the best!!!

A new Spiced Pumpkin candle from Yankee Candle, some homemade coconut cream pie and Grey's Anatomy! Yeah, it is my favorite night of the week! I'll also be watching The Office, Kath & Kim and ER. (Addicted to TV much?!) thanks to my DVR. Definitely one of the best inventions ever! If you tune in to Kath & Kim, let me know what you think! It looks hilarious and who can't use a little more laughter in their lives, right?!

I <3 Michael Buble!!!

I was lucky enough to attend his concert last week and let me tell you, it was one of the best concerts ever!!! He is an amazing preformer! He really connected with the audience and came off so sincere and real. And HE IS ONE HOT BOY!!! Check out
Michael Bublehere! I loved his music before but now I LOVE it even more after seeing him live! I've been listening to and singing his songs ever since! I'm a geek, I know...

In other news, my mom dropped off Jake's halloween costume today and it is A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E! Can I say that about an almost 8 year old's costume? Anyways, he's going to be a cowboy. I'm so glad he hasn't wanted to be something scary yet. I'm just not ready for him to grow up even though it is inevitable. Just yesterday, this conversation took place...

Jake: Mama....(love when he calls me that)

Me: Yes?

Jake: I don't want to get older.....like grow up. I wanna still be little and play with my toys.

Me: Aww! You have plenty of time to play with toys buddy! And plenty of time to grow up!

EEK! My heart was breaking just thinking about him growing up! Heavy for a Sunday night!

Have a good week. Gotta go watch The Hills!

Reminisce entries

WOW! I took a long break but I'm back! I've been in such a scrapping rut (well, really a LIFE rut but that's a story for another day). Designing some layouts for the Reminisce call has helped to pull me out of it. Here they are...


On this one I used one of their newer lines, Enchanted Autumn. So darn cute!!!


This line was primarily for Easter but I adapted it to use with some older photos of Jake trying baby food for the first time.





Here's a few pages of a Disney album I made using photos from our trip last summer. I love how well the Love Elsie alum goes with the Reminisce MAGIC line! Almost like they were meant for each other!!!

Oops...almost forgot this one...

This is an older line from Reminisce but it's so cute and perfect for these photos! Love the bright colors!

Wish me luck!

Two new layouts!

I finally scrapped! It seems like it has been forever since I did some scrapping for me! All I've created lately has been for classes. Either the mojo has been missing or the time to scrap has not been there! Hate when that happens. Could also have been b/c my scrap area was in shambles! I cleaned it and the very same day I created two layouts! Think there might be a connection?! Enough rambling...


I created this one for a DT challenge over @ Scrapbook Nook ! Cross your fingers that I get selected for the design team! It's a great site with lots of talented ladies that I'd be honored to "play" with!



I did this one purely for myself! I totally need this reminder right now. The butterfly punch from Martha Stewart is my new obsession as is the notebook punch! I even dusted my sewing machine off to add some stitching. It went wonky on me and messed up the first layout but I was able to salvage the main parts and start over! Let's just say that sewing machine was not my best friend @ 1:00am when it would not work right! Hopefully, now that my area is clean, I'll be more motivated to scrap!

How many colors can you name in 5 minutes?

Someone posted this over @ Scrapbook Nook! I thought it was cool so I'm sharing it! I got 41 (after my 2nd try! Let me know what you get!

41

OnePlusYou Quizzes and Widgets

I'll be back later to share some new layouts!

Good News!

Just had to share that I made it into the top 25 for the design team call @ My Scrapbook Nook! I'm very honored and can't wait to work on the challenges we're given for the next round! There is some serious talent over there! Check it out!