Two days in a row?!

I know...I'm posting two days in a row. Totally crazy. I just had an enjoyable day. Had my coffee and brooding time in the morning (have I mentioned I'm not really a morning person?) Read a little bit. Then I cleaned my fanny off and my child was pretty good (though a little impatient) during it. Finished a slideshow for a relative and got it burned to DVD, went out to dinner, made cookies with my boy. Some computer time and more reading ahead. All in all, an enjoyable day. The best part is, it's the end of the day and the place is still mostly in the same shape. With the exception of the cookie dishes. =)

Thankfuls

Let's see...I'm thankful for summer. =) I'm thankful for educational activities. Like the butterfly garden and the Brain Quest cards. I'm thankful for days where I enjoy cleaning, cooking, and being an-on-summer-break mom. Thankful for opportunities that are available to me. Good meals and good beverages. Friends to play with and intellectual conversations. I'm thankful for Facebook (hee hee) and connecting with old, good friends. Thankful for memories of my mother. Thankful for good sales that inspire my creativity. Thankful for the nice people in line at the DMV who let me have my spot back when my three-year-old had to go potty after waiting in line for 20 min.

I have taken plenty of pics the last two weeks, but I don't have them uploaded yet. I'll keep updating...after all....it's summer and I've got about 22 layouts to do to keep up with the 52 weeks of Inspiration. =)

Attempt Two for the Video

May 22nd

This was a nice week. My first real week of summer. We had a nice Memorial Day (even though someone may have had one too many cosmos), and I had a nice mix of work (with Karen & at school), alone time, time with Ben (backwards day, buying a butterfly garden), and time with friends (especially on Facebook). I even got some scrapbooking time in. In fact, here is a little video I made for a challenge at Oscraps next week.

Back in the saddle

Well, I'm going to try again. I know I got off. March and April were insane for me. But I'm going to try and catch up on life. I want to get caught up on my 52 Inspirations/Project 365 stuff. I certainly didn't take pictures every day, but I took usually one a week. So I'm combining the 52 Inspirations and P365 stuff. I just need to make sure I blog at least once a week and get what happened that week out. So I'm going to try to get the last two weeks in right now. =)

Week of May 10
Grateful for turning in grades finally! Grateful for people helping me out with parties and the flexibleness of my schedule. Getting done with all the library stuff. Picking up a brand new car. Getting everything I needed for summer for Ben.

Week of May 17
School getting out. Good friends. Not moving rooms. Getting stuff cleaned out. Having a new car when an old one breaks down. Everyone was safe when the old car broke down. Nice weather. Pants that fit in a size down. Pedicures. A fantastic show. Flair is fun. New puppies. A holiday.

Have a great week!!

"Almost" 365

I wasn't very good these last few weeks. But, I think I'll steal a phrase from one of my fellow scrapbookers...I think this is project Almost 365. =) Very brief descriptions, not in any order. =)


Goofy boy! Thought it was hysterical to have his shirt on his head. And made me laugh a lot!

I got Artsy. It's about time. Most of the p365ers have a pic like this. And now I have one too.

Mmmm. Friendship bread.....mmmmmm...

Clean laundry room and new washer/dryer. Awesome!!

Clean bedroom. =)

Fantastic fun playing in the snow!

Last picture and layout for ADSR.


A blizzard, but us warm at home.


The wind blowing through our back door is crazy. I tried to capture how far the rose was blowing just from the wind coming in the crack in the back door. This one is not as far, but it's in focus.

I got a grant! Yay. Soon I'll have more of these at school.

Been a bad bad blogger

I have two weeks to catch up. I apologize for the monster post. But I did take pictures almost everyday during those two weeks. Yay me. =)

My mom bought this puppy. I don't know when and I don't know why for sure. But it makes me happy that Ben plays with it and has been taking him to bed with him lately. I like to tell him that Grandma Wade bought it for him, even before she knew about him.

I made soup that tasted really yummy and was pretty healthy. I didn't have exactly the ingredients that I should have, but it still turned out pretty good, if a bit runny.

Ben just always makes me laugh and smile. His sense of humor and his spirit are (usually) such fun.
We got rear-ended. Not terribly hard, but enough so it scared us both. The car doesn't even have a scratch as far as I can tell, though. That made me awfully happy.

Ben is getting the hang of going poopy in the potty. We are definitely not consistent with it yet, but he loves most of the incentives I've gotten him. Like this $5 puppy from Walgreens.
I finished Adam and Amy's album. The pictures are gorgeous and I really hope that Amy likes it.

I got really sick on Monday. I came home early and slept for almost 3 hours. It took me all week to recover, but I was really glad I was able to come home and sleep on Monday.

Tuesday night, I was feeling a little better, but I wanted something very plain. I made cornflake coated chicken tenders. The smell reminded me so much of my childhood and the chicken my mom made. It was very comforting.

I love Lost. =)
I've lost almost ten pounds. (Being sick this week kind of helped that quite a bit.) I'm excited that I'm doing pretty well. I just need to keep it up.

Thanks to my friend, I've finally got a Wii Fit. And even better, my WiiFit Age was 2 years younger than my real age. =)

Ben came home sick on Friday with a fever. He was fine Saturday and most of the day today, but he started to spike this afternoon. Motrin always seems to take care of his fever and make him feel better.

So, 12/14 days this last round...not too shabby. Now if only I could get these scrapped as well!