January 2010 is here!!!

Hi! Happy New year!!!! How did you ring it in? we were boring this year...cooked on NYE, had friends over for dinner and a movie, they brought dessert (thanks, Eric & Astrid!!!) and when they were gone DH and I put the kids to bed and went to bed ourselves after some snuggling. LOL. You know, 2009 was drama filled...i think it was the perfect end to a rough year.

Today we slept in...took a nap, watched TV....my uncle knew of a place who makes Paella and we chipped in to buy some...oh my was it soooo good. YUM.

WELL...January marks my starting on 2 teams...SFTIO and B&B. I haven't gotten B&B goodies yet but I tell you the SFTIO kit was one kit I was so afraid to cut into...so beautiful. My mind raced with so many possibilities. LOL. The theme for Jan. 2010 is Possibility. and here is the reveal of the first LO I made with this kit. I am telling you the colors are so rich, vibrant...colors I enjoyed working with. The embellies, the paper...all fun stuff to work with. I did the 5 LOs required and have stuff left over I plan on using up for challenges at the forum!!!

So  are you curious enough yet?

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close ups

Tuesday??!!!

Hi!

a whole other week...wow..these days are just zipping by...or is it JUST me? It's been crazy around here, the terrors at home on winter recess, work has picked up to a frantic pace, trying to get everything squared off at the office for the end of 2009....and doing it all on a barely running dino....hasn't been fun(the latter) but I have to say I am amazed the kids haven't started fighting until today! it's usually a whole lot sooner!!!!

Last week we took them to see this:



it was really cute...not for parents...I was a bit bored after a while. BUT the kids...LOVED it!

got this to show you all:



for the latest sketch over at the Scrappiest. go see what the DT has cooking!

There's also a DT call there! try out!!! Liz's Sketches are fantabulous!!!!

I know I have been seriously neglecting this poor blog and my lovely friends out here in bloggy land. I promise, more things to come! I have lots of stuff to show off..starting with SFTIO's January kit. the theme is Possibility! go on over to get sneaky peaksies of the kit.

I wish you all a Happy and safe NEW YEAR!!!!

how will you all be ringing in 2010????

Back to the Grind!!!

It's a whole new week!

My kids are off from school, and I am wishing I was off from work for the weeks just like them!!! LOL!!!

so far it hasn't been as bad as it was in the past...when they were smaller. My son is feeling under the weather and that has made things really quiet.

There's a new Sketch up over at the Scrappiest!!! Go and check out the awesome sketch, I know you'll be very inspired to create with it!!!

here's what I came up with!!!

I'm Gorgeous!



and some close ups:

lots of handcutting in this LO



the story behind it...

one day a customer came into the shop and he called me "mami". Nani did NOT like that at all...and then he said "hello beautiful" to greet her.

the next time he came in he greeted her and said "hello, gorgeous!" she didn't like that one bit! BUT was curious enough to ask me what it meant.

I said it was something like beautiful....and she asked "is it more prettier?" and I said yeah...

This past weekend she was dressed up and asked me how she looked. and to her horror I amswered her "you look SO cute!!!!"

well she didn't like it AT ALL!!! put her little hands on her little hips with such a huge attitude and told me:

"mommy, I am NOT cute! I am GORGEOUS!!!!"

LOL!!! she still doesn't like when that customer comes around, though.

Guilty, Guilty, Guilty Pleasure!!!

Oh...I hope no one has their mind in the gutter...

This new blog post is to show off a layout created for today's new prompt over at AAM.

What is your guilty pleasure???

Hmmm

I thought about it and first thought that popped in my mind was chocolate...I do not discriminate! But nah...I already have a LO about my love for it.

So I asked DH for any thoughts and I told him to keep it clean. :P of course, he couldn't help himself...:men, eyeroll:

Then I caught myself logging onto facebook and checking out my games...and it hit me!!! my guilty pleasure is playing online games!!! yeah, I know, I am boring! LOL

So take a peek...lemme know what'cha think



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I have to run...I have a picture printing, I need to close up shop and get home quick before DH has to leave for school.

There is an awesome prize up for grabs over at AAM, the DT has done fab work as always...so head on over there and check it out!!!

Nitey nite!!!

Just another manic monday

well..yeah but not as bad as it could be.

I have to say:

I am so so sorry for being negligent here, work has been MURDER. The computer has been going nuts...I had sales tax almost done and then got sick....so I couldnt finish it early like I wanted...then the computer CRASHES! OIY.

SO we get her up and slowly walking....LOL...I could only open one thing at a time here...and get the paperwork done...then we got an external harddrive because mama got a LOT of pictures on this computer...it was a nightmare trying to back things up....The DH kicked the computer a couple of times out of frustration...

SO...

If we can get this one to stay without trouble for another year we will be able to update this old dino...if not we'll bring the one from home which is faster, has a lot more disk space and memory...until we can get a new one. Til then...trying to keep from ripping my hair out.

That said...

I have a Layout made for the scrappiest Yep, it's that day again...time for a brand new sketch!!! with all the troubles I have been haivng at work it has been hard to get pix to scrap...so I was late this week again!

Are you curious? wanna peak?

Perfect Pick


yep...more apple picking photos. I havent gotten any more recent photos...:blushing: in between all the sickies and work mayhem.

some close ups:




I've been going back and forth to the DRs as well. :( yeah, when it rains, it pours. I got a call confirming an appt with a Dr that apparently my primary DR made without telling me. for my anemia. That was a surprise. I thought that was taken care of. well..went to see what was up and this DR said my red blood cells are small. SO it may be due to anemia or some condition he said which totally left my brain. In which case, I'd have to have been born with. He also sent me in for an ultrasound to check out my spleen...he said last time he saw me it was enlarged. SO that's whats been going on here...going nuts running around is all.

Take care! I have much to do here at work.

the start of a brand new spankin week!

I hope this week treats me a heck of a whole lot better than last week did.

I am almost feeling better. This weekend we had SNOW....and instead of staying home we were running around like a bunch of crazies.

well.....I wanted to show you a new LO...got it done this weekend for the Scrappiest. There's a new awesome sketch up. go check it out and see what amazing work the DT has done with it.



I was on a nice and clean kick and well...kept this nice and simple. I used the kit I got from IAAS last month when i was asked to be a guest therapist.  I like the way it turned out, too. I have some DT work to get cracking but I'm not sure it'll be nice and clean....I may revert to my junk it up ways.

well...peeps, have a great evening.

This just in:

I just found out about Fa La La La Freebies. Want more info?

it's right here!!! there will be give aways....and a huge prize at the end. So what are you waiting for? Go check it out!!! :)