A Post

Finally having a little time to blog. I didn't realize what a baby I was until school started again. I need to woman up a little. I just feel exhausted in the evenings and there is never enough time to get everything done. I also had five small children at my house all night and that was quite the way to end my week. Their parents assured me they would also be pooped and want to go to bed early. At midnight there was total mutiny and I had to lay down the momma smack down. Too bad they were back at it at 6 am. Oh well, it is a three day weekend. I'm sure I'll get to sleep at some point. So, here are some pics and a couple of layouts. They are in pretty random order. One is my best girl I got to see last weekend and of course the mecca we have to visit each and every time I come to town. The layouts are Creative Cafe. A couple random pictures of Austin being a boy and the only decent first day of school shot I got of Ash. She refused to let me take her picture and I had to threaten to walk her all the way to class and kiss her in front of her classmates before I could even get this much. Happy Happy Saturday!

The Start to Our Summer!

Not a great picture, but my little girl is going off the diving board for the first time....the high dive no less.

We went to the zoo with friends this week. It was a beautiful day!

A Creative Cafe Hampton Art Layout!

Another Hampton Layout.

A quick Creative Cafe layout!

These captions will not line up, but I'm sure you can figure it out!! Happy Monday!

Creative Cafe Chipboard

Creative Cafe has a new blog! You can check out great inspiration from all the girls here.

A Little Out of Season

considering there is 7-9 inches of snow in my back yard today. Staying home and kicking it with all the half finished projects and one scruffy little dog who whines every time I suggest he goes outside to do his business.

More New Creative Cafe...

Love the new butterfly dies! So fun!

My Roots

A little layout love for this sunny Monday morning. My "roots" have me at home today. They both have high fevers and one is throwing up. Good times I tell ya!

Creative Cafe and Hampton Arts

Some layouts I did with the new Creative Cafe additions and new Creative Cafe/Hampton Arts stamps!

New Art Warehouse Patriot

Really love the new die cut paper!

New Art Warehouse Birthday!!

New Art Warehouse birthday release for Creative Imaginations! You can check out the full line on Danelle's blog

Finally...

a post. This is kind of an old layout. I did it at the end of last summer. I love it because I used up an entire package of MM metal alphabet charms. Not that I think that using a ton of supplies is what makes a layout, but that I'm using up WHAT I HAVE! That's the important thing of it. So, had a great day catching up on some projects. Have lots of stuff I will be able to post soon. Looking forward to a great week at work!

Random Bits

about my friend and I. Really loved this layout while I was working on it. When I took the picture the color really washed out and then I started thinking...dang this thing looks wonky as can be. Oh well, I still love the sentiment behind it.

You can catch a glimpse of this again in Scrapbook Trends June issue!

Creative Cafe

Love the Creative Cafe chipboard....yummy stuff. So Danelle is giving away stuff on her new blog all month long at random... Check it out!!

You can see this again in Scrapbook Trends July issue!

A Little Sunshine

for this cold Monday morning

Some projects

I did the layouts at the end of the summer ... really slow getting them uploaded!

Hamton Art Chipboard

is seriously yummy stuff! Sorry for the blurry pic, but it has been raining like crazy and my camera didn't like the lighting. Hope you are having a super week!!

Up Against a Wall

Everyone must think I've been scrapping away lately, but most of these layouts I did at least a month ago or more. I am so tired with adjusting to working full time that I just haven't done much. It is almost 10:00. So proud of myself for making it this long today. Not looking forward to the morning routine I will start at 5 am. Love my job, but I am pooped by the time I get there. Between 5 and 7 am I wander the house realizing all the things I should have done the night before. Drag myself into the shower. Get out and wander around the house some more seeing more things I need to do. Get a crazy hair to fold laundry. Realize I need to leave in 30 minutes and wake the kids. This is where it really gets crazy. They are like chasing two wild baby squirrels. One is jumping off counters or anywhere he can get height onto our backs. The other is stomping around because I asked her to comb her hair. I mean...come on! How dare I ask such a thing? Then I am throwing granola bars or some other nutritious substance (like donuts) at them and herding them to the car. When we reach the car one of them insists I go back into the house for something important...like a toy they want to store in the car for the next week without touching once. Yeah, good times I tell ya!