{Putting the Crap in Scrapbooking}

good thing

2008-06-02T03:31:00.003-05:00

that i didn't make any promises about posting - because dang i would so not have kept them.

There is a blog i love - its the OVERLOOKED blog - by Ashley Wren - who I adore. She is totally rad. I thought I would post my journaling for her current overlooked item here.

Overlooked topic : TV /Movie DVD Love

1. What do you do while you watch TV? Are you very focused on the show? Or are you a multi-tasker?
I am usually not very focused on TV at all, unless LOST is on. I sit and scrapbook, or surf the interweb while the TV is on. Movies are a bit different - if I have seen them a hundred times then I treat them the same as TV, but if it is a new movie - I am all kinds of attentive.

2. Are you pretty laid back and chill - or are you always having to "shhhh" people?
I'm laid back. I do however not like it when the hubby knows that I am watching a show and wants to have a 20 min conversation about some totally not related crap right in the middle. Ick - i don't like that - thank god for DVR

3. Write out what is currently on your DVR/TiVo List
Troy
Secondhand Lions
Mighty B! (8) - for me not the kid
Chop Socky Chooks (3)
The Wedding Date
How I met your Mother(2)
The Big Bang Theory (3)
LOST (5)
Kingdom of Heaven
Yo Gabba Gabba (4)
The Mr. Men Show (2) - also for me not the kid
National Treasure
Medium (2)
Radiohead : From the Basement
The Bourne Identity
Top Chef

4. Write a list of all the movies you have.
Dude - That is like a ton, I'll just make a list of my faves.

The Harry Potter Movies
Hitch Hicker's Guide to the Galaxy
The 300
Constantine
The Royal Tenenbaums
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Lemony Snicket
Mona Lisa Smile
Shaun Of the Dead
Elf
Hush
The Xena Series
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Flight of The Concords
Fight Club
The REsident Evil Movies
The Chronicles of Riddick
Rounders

just to name a few

5. Jot down a little note or two about your favorite "TV watching" beverage or snack.
ummmm that would be coke or root beer and anything sweet

6. Parents- how many times a day do you have to put in that ONE movie for your child that they love so much? How long have they loved it? Write down a few movies that they have gone through this phase with.

Man we did this with the Elmo videos, and
Ice Age
Monsters Inc.
Elf
Finding Nemo

and now we have to DVR LOST because its on past her bedtime. hehehe

7. What about a show that you CANNOT believe that you actually watch. Whether its because its not your style, or its "cheesy"...
I thought I would hate America's Next Top Model - that was like 6 or 7 seasons ago

8. Call your movie store or look up online and jot some journaling down about the last 5 movies you rented. Give a review of each one, or rank them 1-5.

We do Netflix - my heart - and the last 5 rentals were

Catch and Release -3
Into the Wild -4
Becoming Jane -1
30 Days of Night -2
I am Legend -5

9. Who is your TV crush? Write down why.
I have two..

Matthew Fox - Dr. Jack Shephard
I love the character, strong and trying so hard to do the right thing, and well he i just a beautiful beautiful man.
I also adore Matthew fox, cute - loves taking photos - goes skinny dipping - and he looks hot in the racer X outfit.

10. Simply write about your all time favorite TV show. (whether still on air or not)
My favorite all time TV show was and still pretty much is Xena. I loved the bond between the two friends. I guess thats my longing for a true sister showing. And also the history they brought into the show. THey were also never afraid to make fun of them selves.
Now LOST is a very very close second.

11. Simply write about your all time favorite movie.
For me that is impossible. I love too many movies.
I could watch the Harry Potter movies a zillion times and not get tired of them, so maybe those are the closest to a favorite.

12. Write about a movie that you did NOT want to watch, but did - and you LOVED it.
Man I did NOT want to like any of Wes Anderson's movies ( Royal Tenenbaums, Life aquatic, Darjeeling Limited), but I love them.

13. If you DVR/TiVo something...do you watch it right away? or just whenever you get a second...
I usually watch it after everyone goes to bed.

14. Is there a TV show your spouse/gf/bf got you hooked on or vice versa?
Mel - America's Next Top Model and Project Runway
Chrissy-poo - Big Bang Theory
My Mom - Law and Order
Joey - The Might B!

15. Do you have TV's in all of your rooms?
In the living room and bedrooms. Joey has one in her room only because It has a built in VHS player and we didn't want to get rid of all her VHS tapes, but she can only watch it on the weekends.

16. Do you watch the same episode over and over?
Not usually - I pick up most stuff the first go.

17. When you are done with a show - do you delete it? Or Save it?
Depends on the show - I usually delete it. Sometimes we save a whole bunch so we can have a marathon.

18. Could you give up TV for an extended amount of time? Would you be better because of it?
I could but I wouldn't want to - I mostly use it as background noise - It helps me relax.

You know you missed me.

2008-04-23T10:45:00.004-05:00

I am not making any promises, but I will try to post here more often. It can be a little hard to keep up with a loverly little blog when you have no interweb. But now we do so all is good.

Funniest thing ever

2007-11-15T13:49:00.001-06:00

this one of the kids
http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=9515548072

this one of the moms
http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=9515704345

Flickr luv

2007-11-15T10:53:00.000-06:00

1. erin, 2. ceci.jpg, 3. Water, 4. alot of hugs on a crud day, 5. Leaves, 6. .touch., 7. Untitled, 8. 365 #79, 9. 365 #78, 10. stabbhuset, 11. .hayride., 12. book wormed brat, 13. Jack and Jill, 14. tutu meets railroad, 15. One with Mom :), 16. james and kay, 17. alicia, 18. shekinah and caiti, 19. samuel and tiffany, 20. katie, 21. chris and carrie, 22. morgan and britta, 23. jess, 24. nickel arcade, 25. madras, or, 26. leila and shaun, 27. Untitled, 28. Little Red, 29. Untitled, 30. me, 31. birdses, 32. i*love*you, 33. Little Red Riding Hood - III, 34. Grande fuga per quartetto d'archi, 35. Untitled, 36. listen

Thankful thankful thankful

2007-11-15T10:05:00.000-06:00

Friday, Nov. 9th - I was thankful for movies, and spending time next to my husband watching them.

Saturday, Nov. 10th - I was thankful for my mom who taught me how to cook. I loved spending time in the kitchen with her, and love to see that Joey is exactly the same.

Sunday, Nov. 11th - I was thankful for a doggie name paco man - that loves to curl up on his mama's lap and be loved.

Monday, Nov. 12th - I was thankful for chiplote with mimi. Good talks happen there.

Tuesday, Nov. 13th - I was thankful for time at home spent scrappin.

Wednesday, Nov. 14th - I was thankful for Pecan pie - so delightful.

Thursday, Nov. 15th - I am thankful for ignoring the urge to overlook the Harry Potter books because they were kids books. Though I am one book away from being finished, they have touched my heart. I only hope they will touch Joey's too.

More thankfulness

2007-11-08T10:07:00.000-06:00

Tuesday, Nov. 6th - I am thankful for a husband who can make me laugh even when I am really really mad at him.

Wednesday, Nov. 7th - I am thankful for my ipod, and itunes - i can have music that makes me smile at the touch of a button. And oh how it makes me smile.

Thursday, Nov. 8th - I am thankful for art. The ability to take nothing and make something beautiful out of it. Amazing. Art allows us a glimpse of each others souls, our true selves.

See - Told Ya

2007-11-05T10:59:00.000-06:00

I just have a hard time getting to the internet to post something that takes more that a seconds thought.

Friday, Nov. 2 - I was thankful for movies that make joey laugh. We went and saw Bee Movie. It was great. I love to sit next to her and just listen to her crack up. She has one of the best laughs ever.

Saturday, Nov. 3 - I was thankful for funny art teachers who scream silly things when they draw hair. Joey takes lessons from Mark Kistler (who used to have a show, Commander Mark and the Secret City, on PBS when I was a kid). He is tons of fun and makes us parents draw too. Which I love!!!

Sunday, Nov. 4 - I was thankful for naps. Long naps on the couch with jo-jo nuggled up next to me and paco at our feet. So warm and cozy.

Monday, Nov. 5 - I am thankful for that extra hour we got this weekend. Never to much sleep time for me.

So many things to be thankful for.

November

2007-11-01T14:07:00.000-05:00

So the ever wonderful Leann has challenged me and a few other ladies to post one thing that we are thankful for everyday this month. Not that I will post every single day - nearly impossible for the Internet connection challenged like myself, but I will do my best.

Today I am thankful for Coffee.

That's right - after a night of trick or treating with children prone to running a muck - mine included. This morning lots of coffee was needed. And I dearly love those wonderful people at Starbucks.

Kisses

Hey there

2007-10-19T14:26:00.000-05:00

I only have a minute.
I have no web access to speak of.
Not much time to post on here either.
Any extra time I can muster I spend on scrappin.
Or taking photographs.

Miss everyone though.

email me at nebulaluna@yahoo.com

love you all

Guess What!!!!!???

2007-08-28T09:07:00.000-05:00

Scrap Fu is the feature on Funky Finds blog today.
Which is totally amazing, because she has like one of the best blogs ever.
And now we are on it.
You can't see it, but I'm doin a Happy Dance!!!!!
Go check out Funky Finds when you get a chance,
make sure to check out some of her older posts too.
They have tons of awesome stuff in them.
Scrap Fu loves Funky Finds!!!!!
there is a link to Funky Finds on the left.

my new shop

2007-08-23T21:12:00.000-05:00

I have an etsy shop now, where i am selling scrap kits.
Its Scrap Fu.
here is a peek at my first kit.

and for anyone who wants to know......
i now have a camera that works, so i am open for shoots
love and kisses to everyone

29 things befor I turn 30 - for Elsie

2007-08-08T17:20:00.000-05:00

1. read the last 2 Harry Potter books
2. fix my camera
3. do a full month "today scrap journal"
4. blog more
5. tell jo-jo i love her as many times as possible
6. go on a trip, to anywhere
7. make more of my own scrapbook paper
8. draw a lot more
9. make cupcakes more often
10. take joey and chris to shlitterbaun for their first time
11. make my own stamps
12. go to scrap convention with my girls
13. learn more photoshop techniques
14. swim more
15. kiss my husband more
16. buy and beat resident evil umbrella chronicles, and lego star wars: the complete saga for wii
17. lose 15 lbs
18. get a quarter of the silkscreen posters we have up
19. turn lyonseye photography from a side business into a all the time business
20. go to the beach
21. take joey camping this fall and have yummy yummy smores
22. see my uncle jp more
23. either dread or cut my hair
24. get another tattoo
25. be happier
26. continue to be a big part of joey's school
27. make paco a new collar
28. help chris stop and realx a little
29. see more movies

Just a Sec to say hello and leave you with this....

2007-08-06T17:21:00.000-05:00

mimi being mimi - she makes me laugh. I wasn't even there and i can only imagine the amounts of laughter that went along with this tree's butt hole.

My secret love

2007-08-04T14:33:00.000-05:00

If i could have an addiction, which i can not right now, but if i could it would be vintage stickers. I love love love them. The scratch'n'sniff one especially. Oh, my. Even just thinking about them gets me all giddy and longing. I had a sticker book when I was younger, and it was the source of much love and attention. Oh how i wish i still had it. My faves were the scented reward stickers you got from teachers. Most of them were made by trend. Followed closely by the Mello Smello brand. So so so in love with those. If anyone ever happens to come across these little gems - drop me a line..... i will trade scrappin for these stickers.
here are a few of the ones i had and loved

Hello World

2007-07-31T21:57:00.001-05:00

miss me??
oh come on... you know you missed me a little. ;)
i've missed you guys.
I am however on very limited online time and have been using it to keep up with my scrappin inspo.
sorry - I know, i am so bad!!!
total addict, but have i really ever lead anyone to think any different????
my camera still has yet to be worked on. which sucks - hardcore!
even more so that I currently find myself without a job, and with ample time to photograph things.
i will make the situation remedy itself within the next week.
one way, or another.
we've got joey all ready for school.
kindergarten
i hope she does alright.
i mean i know she will, i just hope i am right.
i do however hate school uniforms.
yuck.
yes, i get the point - to help put kids on equal grounds and all that stuff.
i still hate them.
they go against my belief in knowing and being yourself.
I wore funky clothes in school, and got made fun of.
not because we were poor, but because i just did what i wanted, and my mother taught me to accept that lots of people would not get it, and they might try to judge me.
but that those people should never be the ones that mattered.
i guess that i feel like kids will be messed with, even if they do all dress like twinkies.
in the process of getting joey school-ready i did something that i swore i would never ever do.
NEVER EVER!!!!!
we bought her a pair of crocs.
oh, the horror!
they are the loudest pink/fuchsia i have ever seen.
i want to hate them.
but she loves them so very very.
it seems that part of letting her be who she is will include shoe choices that i do not enjoy.
chris and i went to see a free early showing of hot rod.
it was hella funny.
they are crazy in all the right ways.
oh - for anyone who has cable.
hbo to be exact, make sure you check out flight of the concords.
it is crazy and silly and fun.
we love it.
even though we do not have cable.
we find ways to see it.
and we will often be heard quoting the series.
saying things in new zealand accents like
"and also mainly"
"brit, brit"
"hiphopapatomos"
"i'm david bowie from......"
i giggle just thinking about it.
?????????
what else to write about???
oh the new harry potter movie.
so so so so yummy.
i have even been reading the books.
I finished order of the phoenix a few days ago.
and i am such a naughty naughty....
when i was in wal-mart a few days ago,
i read the end of deathly hallows.
very good
i can't wait to read all the juicy bits in between.
the books are far far better than the movies.
i say that but really the first two books,
and their movie counterparts seemed very similar.
but after that there were lots of missing bits in the movies.
important missing bits.
i still love love love the movies though.
*********
elsies new lines look yummy
can't wait to see them in real life.
well - i am being given the shut down now or die look.
so farewell
for now
i will try to blog sooner
keep your fingers crossed that i will have pics from my newly fixed camera the next time i blog.

kisses
me

Robin..... Robin..... Robin

2007-06-25T10:54:00.000-05:00

Most of my peeps don't know Robin. Who is technically my second cousin, but who is really something much closer to a sister. We are not at all alike. In fact we are about as different as two people can get. I wouldn't change that for the world. I met her once when I went with my Grandma and uncle to visit her mom and go to Disney world. To be honest I don't remember much about that trip. I have a terrible memory. I didn't see her again until I was a teenager. I was a Sophomore or Junior in high school. Lets just say I wasn't behaving the way I should have been, and instead of sending me to a boarding school I went off to live with my Aunt Connie. Which I did NOT want to do. I ended up sharing a room with her daughter, Robin. Who was extra nice to me considering that she had to give up half of the little space she had to me, basically a total stranger. We got to know each other and, well, over time we became very very good friends. Despite our differences. She was perky - I was kind of laid back. She was blonde - i was brunette. She was very Robin - I am very Reagan. We had lots and lots of adventures. I say adventures, because they were just that. With Robin everything seemed to be an adventure. In the end my mom had to make me leave. I loved being there with her so much I didn't miss my old school or friends or anything.
Now we are quite a bit older. Our lives still seem very different. She has 3 beautiful kids (little Silas just arrived in May)- I only have or want one. She lives up North - I am way South. Stuff like that.
Today I find myself missing her very very much. So here are just 10 of the things I remember about the time I lived with Robin.

1 - the Lean Green Wrecking Machine - also known as her truck, which did wreck many times
2 - going to the mall - like a ton
3 - nabbing silverware and or little bottles of condiments from restaurants we went to
4 - TJ Maxx
5 - always forgetting my shoes while leaving for school
6 - that she could change her whole outfit - pants included - while driving the car
7 - riding around with our tops off - because it was freakin hot, and we convinced ourselves they looked like bikini tops anyways
8 - going to get tattoos - the lady hated us
9 - her moms chicken fingers
10 - laughing ALL the time
11 - because it just popped in - We ran out and laid in the street (naked I think) on a full moon, so we would dream of our true love that night - silly us

here she is - preggo - with Silas, and thats Caden and Sofie.

this is Silas - hello Silas, welcome to the world!!

Today I feel YELLOW.

2007-06-21T16:25:00.000-05:00

Bright, bold, happy, fresh, warm.... Yellow!
Here is some flickr-ness to share with you how I am feeling today.1. Yellow_wall_Girls, 2. Yellow stair, 3. funky feet: yellow shoes, striped socks, 4. Frenzy 2006 - Yellow Light, 5. monday=yellow, 6. Madrid, 7. Lose that Girl, 8. Dunas Douradas 2, 9. Sun Outburst-City in the Skies., 10. Keeping out the yellow hordes, 11. Cool it, 12. Yellow!, 13. yellow

something fun to do

2007-06-21T10:16:00.000-05:00

go to Wetpaint Please Touch and make something. I made thesee two.

Lots to talk about

2007-06-20T14:27:00.000-05:00

So this weekend was really fun. We drove around a ton. Went to the city wide garage sale - but it was a bust. We played put-put, ate sno-cones, shopped, had some awesome meals, shopped some more, saw a movie, and had an all round good time. We did fight a little, but hey.... that's just us. I got some good pictures. Until my camera broke late Saturday afternoon. That's right it broke. So me, the queen of the digital camera, had to go buy a disposable one. YUCK!!!!!! Chris is going to try to fix it this weekend. We'll see. Otherwise it costs about 300 to fix, and takes cannon about 6 months to do it. Fun. We still managed to have a good time. I got mel an awesome shirt, and joey some fun little kid robot toys. She loves those. I also got a nice little amount of scrappin goodies. However in comparison to the Houston scrap stores Austin's can't even hold a candle. I have already done a few pages from the trip. Love scrappin stuff right away. Fresh memories and all that.
Wed. before i left my scrappy ladies surprised me with shrek cupcakes, and a lovely gift card to Ritz. They are so sweet. My lovely ladies of scrap.
Last night at archivers mimerz surprised me with some birthdayness. I got and awesome blossom and chili's tortilla soup. She also gave me a rad camo purse with a cool skull on it, some scrap goodies, and she saved some birthday party cookies for me. I love those cookies. Mel surprised me with a chain for my ray-gun and some cookies before i left. the cookies made for nice snacks on the way to Austin. so yummy. I love all my scrappy girls. they make life so much fun.
I will post some photos from this weekend tomorrow.
love

The Powers That Be

2007-06-14T14:49:00.000-05:00

must love me as well - both my stamps ans my zingBoom kit arrived today.
Happy Happy Joy Joy
its a good day

My hubby loves me

2007-06-14T12:36:00.000-05:00

and made me this funny thing for my birthday. He knows all too well my love for both Orlando and the bloomin onion. I love him. (my husband, that is) Chris makes me smile.

Today is not just Flag Day.....

2007-06-14T10:43:00.000-05:00

It also happens to be my 29th Birthday.

Today started of bad... Chris waking me up by yelling at his mom on the phone at like 4:30 am (don't even ask why she called). Then it got better. I was wide awake so i decided to go ahead and watch Little Miss Sunshine.

It blew me away. I loved it so much. I cried, and laughed, and fell in love. It really made my day better.
So now I am at work. Tonight we will go out to eat. Saltgrass I think. Then this weekend we are headed for Austin. Fun, fun, fun.
Here is a little flickr love - on my birthday no less. Very how I feel today. Longer post later.
1. like just another day II, 2. summer's finally here!, 3. chunnyness, 4. selfportrait, 5. the wreckers yard, 6. Pretty in pink, 7. runner4, 8. Untitled, 9. Untitled, 10. for Nichole, 11. Untitled, 12. Catching Blu Rays, 13. Rise and shine14. Not available15. Not available16. Not available

Last night

2007-06-12T11:58:00.000-05:00

I went to Archiver's and scrapped with Mogonz, and was treated with Cammy and Parkers presence. They are two of my very favorite children. Parker draws like a mad man, and I love that. He makes beautiful little scribbles and sheets filled with lots of little monsters. Cammy did her play school worksheets the whole time. She would have us grade them, always 100%. They make me smile.
My melly*mel-est of Mels also brought me my birthday treats that she got me at convention. Lots of lovely rub-ons, Basic Grey and some very delicious fontwerks rub-ons. I also got some hella cute Cherry Arte papers that make me want to go play video games. There was a lovely Heidi Swapp bird and branch mask, and some elsie cloud cloth paper. I even got a nice warm dish of her yummiest brownies. I love that melly*mel of mine.
Mimerz couldn't make it. She has come down with Pleurisy. One of the many things that plagues her because she is old. Hehehehehehe. Not really, I mean she is old.... er that me, but not old. I guess it is like an inflammation of one of her lungs. She says it hurts to take in a deep breath or pick up anything. That sucks. I am sending her feel better vibes. She has her 2 sons joint birthday party this weekend and I don't want her to be all sick and feeling yucky. Sick and hostess suck together.
After scrappin the fam and I went to see Bridge to Terabithia. Loved it. It was very light and fun for most of the movie. Then it got heavy, and the heavy parts were very very heavy. The ending sort of made up for it. I really think that to fill out the movie Joey and I will have to read the book. I loved the little girl who played Leslie. I would like for Joey to be something like that character. Full of wonder, and life. Aware of who she is, and an awesome sense of style. If only.
I am currently waiting for Little Miss Sunshine and Underworld Evolutions to arrive from my Netflix queue. Want to see them very bad. If you do netflix drop me a line at nebulaluna@yahoo.com so I can add you as one of my netflix friends. Love to see what other people think about movies.

Flickr photo love

2007-06-11T10:57:00.000-05:00

1. Retro boy, 2. Untitled, 3. Portrait with Fish, 4. Remembering Warmth, 5. Rural Menagerie, 6. Miss Thang, 7. Christians Brygge, 8. Barquilla-Madrigal, 9. 小妖精, 10. Lunch break, 11. Little Mermaid (Den Lille Havfrue), 12. Mew, 13. 1601

Holy Cow!!! - Mitchell Kraft - the dude scrapper

2007-06-11T09:09:00.000-05:00

So I knew that a guy scrapper was one of the people who won CK's Hall of Fame this year, but i had no idea just how good his stuff was. I found him on Scrap in Style TV, but he didn't have any layouts posted. Then I went over to 2peas, same thing. So then I went to his web site, and I have to say..... He rocks!!!!! He is young and his layouts are fresh. Well I just think its really cool. Go check out his stuff.

My recent flickr loves

2007-06-08T12:07:00.001-05:00

1. colours of spring, 2. Insecurities II, 3. Sky High., 4. Enclosed Frozen Doll., 5. e il viaggio continua ..., 6. pleasant memories, 7. the day i started to believe in angels, 8. Swimming in the North Sea, 9. trailer living room, 10. Yellow sparkly dress, 11. theponys, 12. baby coler, 13. Blondy Sandy14. Not available15. Not available16. Not available

My Raunchettes

2007-06-08T10:15:00.000-05:00

Who are by no means a poor substitute, will be joining me for some scrappin fun tonight. Which will be a nice distraction from thinking about how my little scrap Betties are doin. What do I have to work on???? I will have to find something...... I will be helping Cristine do her wedding invitations so that should take up a bit of the time.
I think maybe Chrissy felt bad for me. He bought me the Fontwerks Fresh Foliage Acrylic Stamps that I have been wanting for like EVER. So that is making me kind of happy. Well to be truthful very very very happy. Love those freakin stamps. Let me see if I can find a picture.
See, aren't they awesome.
Of recent I have been on a quest. A quest for strange and unusual stamps. I am in love with stamps that can only be found exclusively in kits. I mean in love with them. Its so sad really. Like the girl that is forever in love with the handsome but unattainable gay guy. These stamps are my gay guy. My hope and dream is that Poppy Ink (the kit club who happens to make the objects of my affection) will sell them on their own. One can hope and dream..... right???
My missing convention has helped me decide what next weeks challenge will be. Something we can all relate to.
Now I am going to go and look up stuff I want to do in Austin. Any ideas??? We will be hitting scrap stores, and all the little boutique type places that I can find. Maybe I will come back with a few treasures.

Must stop thinking about it

2007-06-07T14:39:00.000-05:00

i must!!!!!
boooohoooo
hooooooo
hooooooo
booooohoooo!!!!

I am sad

2007-06-07T12:08:00.000-05:00

Tomorrow, my friends will be leaving for the great american scrapbook convention in arlington without me. this sucks. For the first time in like 3 years i will not be there with them. scrappin my little heart out, and buyin lots of yummy product. the fact is that it really isn't even about the scrappin. we have fun. not mommy fun, not wife fun, just fun. the kind of silly fun you can only have when its just you and the ladies you love. ya know??? it is once a year when i get to go off and be the girl i was before all of the daily stuff started to be so heavy. i get to laugh till i almost pee in my pants. i get to take silly photos. i get to make dirty jokes. i get to split all my meals with mel. i get to stay up to the wee hours cutting up and scrappin with my peeps. but not this time. sure i will get to go to austin next week with chris. we will have fun, but it will not be the same. not at all. NOT AT ALL! we argue. he is picky about food. he makes me feel like a dork when i act silly. he talks about music all the time. all the time. his driving makes me crazy. and i will still be in wife mode. wife mode. sigh..... i will miss this weekend more than even i know.
layouts of past fun - so i can wallow in how much i will be missing

Scrappy things I want, get ready - there is a lot

2007-05-31T10:46:00.000-05:00

Just thought I would put a list together of the things I am wanting right now. Turns out it is a lot!!!

Stamps:

Impress Stamps - valentine robot, birds and nests set, paris set, heart radio, chandelier, bird, solid bird, damask background, and damask leaf
A Muse Stamps - seaweed, dino love, monster duo, and skunk
Invoke Arts - black birds, angelic wings, collage elements, and honey bee
Sassafrass Lass Stamps - Oliver and Friends, fancy shmancy tags, tag-a-licious
Fontwerks - fresh foliage 1 and 2, mod squad, squared away, notes, steelfish alpha, fortuna dot alpha
Purple Onion Stamps - Plain Jane labels, deluxe labels, stems and grass, skinny dip alpha, ornamentals set, flea market set, whats the point, antique ledger background, and great circus alpha
Technique Tuesday - Whispy gigs and casablanca

Rub-ons:

Jenni Bowlin - Black birds and branch, black frames, black headings, cream birds and branches
Hambly Screenprints - Mod Flowers in orange, teal, lime green, and white, Dingbats and Robots in hot pink, and On Edge in orange and hot pink
Basic Grey - Photo Edges in black, heart swash, flourish outlines, and delicate frames

More to come later

Lots to say

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Hi - miss me??

Well if you are wondering where I have been for the last few days.... I have been over at Scrap In Style TV. I'm in love. Rad new site with an amazing gallery and very very cool message boards. Go there. Register. Watch a few of their shows. Load some layouts. Make some scrappy friends.

I got my zingBoom kit in on Tuesday. LOVE IT!!!!1 There is so much goodness in that little box. I get happy just thinking about it. Plus chris ordered me the robot stamp from them and it came in too. I feel like..... "Happy Happy Joy Joy!" (yes that was a ren and stimpy refrence)

I was without all most all of my ladies on Wed. But I will see them soon. The really bad part was that I had to take the daughter with me, and she threw a fit. Like full on fit. She tainted my happy place. Dang her! I'll get over it. Her punishment is that she can't go for a while. It goes without saying that I didn't get much done.

We went to the Greek Festival yesterday evening. Love that. It makes me want to go back so freakin bad. So bad it like hurts inside. Never been as happy and carfree as when I was wandering the streets of Greece. (Except with joey, but really thats a different kind of happy, ya know?) I am doing a weight loss program, and I did really well. No cotton candy, and only one teeny tiny Loukoumade. Which was hard, but I did it. I did get to eat a wonderful beef Souvlaki. Love them. It was joey's idea to go. She is very attached to the idea that we come from greek people, and that her yaya was greek. She loves greek food, and music. I am glad because I love it too. Makes me think about my mom. I hope that one day I get to take Joey to Greece. That would be amazing.

I have to stop thinking about travel. It makes me sad that we just don't have enough money to go any where right now. So so sad. I am a traveler, a wanderer. I feel the best and happiest when I am in a new place doing and seeing new things. I could travel the whole rest of my life.

Anyways - we have a packed weekend. Dinner at my aunts tonight, then a midnight showing of Goonies with Joey. She saw the flyer and begged to go to it. For like days. So we agreed. Tomorrow is her multicultural festival at her school. Thenwe have to go get stuff out of my dad's house. Clean the house. Yuck! Sunday is free family day at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, with stuff about dragons. The kids get to make free art projects and stuff. For us this is a lot. Plus we will probably fit Shrek the Third in somewhere.

Well I am gonna go back over to SIS now. See you over there.

Right now

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I am off to play with my new zingBoom kit. Lots of yumminess in it. I will post some stuff tomorrow.
R

With Mother's Day this weekend - its all I am thinking about right now

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Not what I'm gonna get or anything like that. Just missing mine. Thoughts on being one. Stuff like that. Deep days.
Every time I think about being a mom, or giving birth I think about the song This Woman's Work by Kate Bush. It was in that Kevin Bacon movie. Love it. So I thought I would post the lyrics and add the youtube video. It tears at my heart, but in the best possible way.

Lyrics:
This Woman's Work - by Kate Bush

Pray God you can cope.
I stand outside this woman's work,
This woman's world.
Ooh, it's hard on the man,
Now his part is over.
Now starts the craft of the father.

I know you have a little life in you yet.
I know you have a lot of strength left.
I know you have a little life in you yet.
I know you have a lot of strength left.

I should be crying, but I just can't let it show.
I should be hoping, but I can't stop thinking

Of all the things I should've said,
That I never said.
All the things we should've done,
That we never did.
All the things I should've given,
But I didn't.

Oh, darling, make it go,
Make it go away.

Give me these moments back.
Give them back to me.
Give me that little kiss.
Give me your hand.

(I know you have a little life in you yet.
I know you have a lot of strength left.
I know you have a little life in you yet.
I know you have a lot of strength left.)

I should be crying, but I just can't let it show.
I should be hoping, but I can't stop thinking

Of all the things we should've said,
That were never said.
All the things we should've done,
That we never did.
All the things that you needed from me.
All the things that you wanted for me.
All the things that I should've given,
But I didn't.

Oh, darling, make it go away.
Just make it go away now.

the Video:

for her - today

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He
wounds her effortlessly
and hides away some secret pleasure
smiles inside
unaware
unwilling to see
his malice is obvious to all
save him
happy in his misery
glad to pull her down with him
to hurt her again and again
he wields his angry words
like a weapon
and they inflict the worst kinds of sorrows
ones you should never feel
never from one you love so much
have spent so much time with
one who knows you so well
she will bear scars from him
forever
they are marked on her soul
were I a good doctor or nurse
I would issue her a
wondrous remedy
but I am neither
just a friend
a friend who knows
there is no remedy
no prescription can be written
to remove love
or the pain inflicted by it
all I can do
is be her friend
let her know she is loved
that her worth is
far beyond measure
and while i believe that
"time heals all wounds"
is a little white lie we tell ourselves
time can numb her hurt
it can dull her pain
she will make it through this
as will the two she loves
and if she feels the weight
the weight of this decision
pushing down on her
we who love her
are always here
to share the burden
with a smile
and a glad heart.

Digi

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Another digi layout - I loved this photo of Winter and had to play with it

Meet Winter Wallace

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She is amazing.
Young and beautiful, and the voice of one beyond her years.
Being around her you feel inspired and happy.
We don't know each other well -
but we know each other enough to be comfortable.
I got to photograph her yesterday.
Beautiful doesn't even begin to describe her really.
Here are a few I have played with -
I say a few because there is almost half a gig
of very usable photos of her.
She thought she wasn't photogenic.
Here is her myspace - go check out her music.

Digi Layout

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this free kit at 2peas rocks

This is just

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blowing my mind. I don't understand a word of it, but for some reason it makes no difference. The animation is so amazing. Simple, beautiful, and doodle like. YUMMMMM!!!!
take a look at it.

Nabbed from an old post on Elsie's blog - very into silly junk today

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'What will your obituary say?' at QuizGalaxy.com

Stole this off K. Contes' blog - you should go do it, random fun

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Read my VisualDNA™ Get your own VisualDNA™

Photoshop

2007-04-26T11:34:00.000-05:00

I was thinking today - no laughing, i do think every now and then - about how much i adore photoshop. The things that can be done with it just amaze me. Photos that would - without photoshop - be complete and utter trash are now works of art. I mean you gotta love that. I also really like that everyone has their own way of doing the same things.
I could spend all day photoshop-ing pics. I mean it can get a little tedious, but in the best possible way. So many things to play with - Layers, Actions, Brushes, and so so much more. Tons of FUN!!!!1

zingBoom Baby!!!!!

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I love love love these kits. Did you hear me - LOVE THEM! They are full of a wonderful mix of brands, and they have vintage stuff in them. In one of my kits I got a Captain Kangaroo playing card.
Awesomeness!
Plus they each come with an acrylic stamp that is made just for that months kit. They are really nice stamps too. This month I got an adorable deer in one kit, and a beautiful peacock in the other. I am so excited, I can't wait to use them.
Awesomeness again!
They also have a rockin gallery - it is so worth checkin out - even if you are "just looking". The designers use stuff in the most creative way. Very very cool stuff going on over there.
Even more Awesomeness!
They also offer rockin add on kits. Full of stuff I tell you. FULL!!!!!

Its official - I am so an add for zingboom kits. I can't help it I want everyone to get some of their yumminess.

So go check them out HERE.

Layouts - from this weekend

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The one of Shelby is on a transparency. Very cool.

Flatstock Layouts

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There are still more to be done. This is just what I have so far.

current faves

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Here they are

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well, most of them.

sweeeeet!

2007-04-11T14:13:00.000-05:00

I have taken photos of my recent layouts and will post shortly.

I have so many layouts to photograph and post....

2007-04-10T12:43:00.000-05:00

I can't even think about it. Here are some old ones that I never posted. Bad, bad me!!!!!
I'll photograph the others tonight, and post ASAP.

My new love...... Mew

2007-03-29T11:37:00.000-05:00

I came across them by way of Mel - by way of Grin - by way of Shelby, and have fallen totally in love with this funky Danish band. Mew. Love love love their stuff. Their songs are this strange sort of pop/rock with very deep, layered lyrics. So many meanings in there. I can't get enough. Jojo and I have been playing them in the car non-stop. I got to see them during SXSW and they were amazing. Amazing I tell you!!!!!!! They were really nice too. Which is always a nice surprise. Talked to a few of them, got autographs. (secretly fell in love with their guitarist - Bo. I mean look how yummy he is...)

shhhh, don't tell my husband

Love the lyrics their singer, Jonas, writes. Like.......

In a big, big way
I am really small.
(from 156)

Your mouth is hiding
You've got smiling eyes
Softly dividing
What they see in your face
From what you feel like inside
(from why are you looking grave?)

I dare anyone to watch these videos and not want more....

Special

156

Why are you looking grave?

you can find them on itunes

digital layout

2007-02-28T16:16:00.000-06:00

for carol to see

Breaking my heart

2007-02-22T09:46:00.000-06:00

There is a wonderful blog I stop by often. It belongs to Jefra Linn. Her photography amazes me. Almost every image just takes my breath away. Love love love her stuff.
Right now she has a post up about another photographer (Sheye Rosemeyer) who just recently lost her three year old daughter, Ava, in a tragic accident. At Ava's funeral Sheye Rosemeyer asked that everyone who was not able to make it, please release 3 pink balloons in memory of Ava. One for each year she was alive. There has been a Flickr set up to post them all on.
I did not know Ava, and I do not know Sheye Rosemeyer, but I am a mom. I do have a daughter, and I can't even begin to imagine what it would be like to lose her. The sympathy I feel for her can't begin to be put into words. Humans really just don't have the words to express sorrow for the loss of a child, and even if we did the words would be so small compared to what she must be feeling.
What I can do is tell my daughter that not long ago a beautiful angel, Ava, came down from heaven. She spent 3 years being a super princess, having a wonderful time with her family, and being loved. Then she was called home. So now we are going to release 3 pink balloons to tell her thank you for making the world a better and more beautiful place.
I will post my photos this weekend.

Older layouts I love

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New layouts

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Fresh from a saturday of croppin

Personal Creative Manifesto

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This is mine......

Allow myself to be exactly who I am
Give up control of the process
Don't just embrace imperfections - Love them
Be inspired by the ordinary
See things
Let the emotion lead me
Break free
Guide her
Photograph it ALL!

This is from the wonderful Ali Edwards - AEZine. Such a great newsletter.

CHA

2007-01-24T09:50:00.000-06:00

Some Sneak Peeks to go check out.

Imagination Project - great stuff on their blog like this ......

Basic Grey has a new line or two.....

American Crafts has two new lines, and these cool new rub-ons...
Queen&Co has some awesome new felt ribbon, and lots of other little goodies....
Heidi Grace Designs has some wicked new stamps - so in love with these....
Maya Road has some killer new stuff, like these kickin stamps.....
Tinkering Ink has some cool new papers......

Marah Johnson has some kick _ _ _ new metal accents coming out .....
Junkitz has some new paper lines

Around the Block has way too much goodness to post so here are some faves
Hambly stuff is always where its at

Scenic Route papers

Autumn Leaves has some super freakin awesome stuff like these stamps,
and this line from Rhonna Farrer

Cherry Arte has some coolness goin on too

Daisy D's rockin the house with these awesome papers
Cosmo Cricket is lookin so freakin good

Fancy Pants has some awesome new stamps and a lot of great paper
My Minds Eye - wish there was more to see

SEI has some new lines

TECHNIQUE TUESDAY always has some killer stamps

Bam Pop rocks my world

Some of the pics were taken from an awesome site www.lifetimemoments.com go check them out.

Ignore my last post

2006-12-22T11:49:00.000-06:00

I hope everyone has a very, very Merry Christmas.

Not feeling the Christmas spirit

2006-12-21T10:09:00.000-06:00

At freakin all. First a little back story.
My mom was big into Christmas. Loved Christmas. Spent a good part of the year preparing for Christmas. The woman had something like 12 large plastic tubs crammed full of decorations. Her biggest thing was stockings. She would find little things all year long, and fill unbelievably large stocking bags with tiny treasures. One year they were so big she had to use Christmas Tree (garbage) Bags to put them in. They were a big deal. I got a million presents from my mom and dad over the years. I have almost no idea what those gifts were. However, I could tell you just about every stocking. What it was filled with, and what it was - one year she bought us all these kick ass old navy pajamas, tied the feet shut and filled them up. They were magical, and so much more special than the gifts. You knew when you opened it that she had thought about you all year long. She had listened when you passed by a pair of earrings you liked, she knew the color you liked things in, and she knew the kind of candy you liked. Stockings will always be one of my fondest Christmas memories. I will sit at my daughters house on Christmas morning, watching my grandchildren open their stockings, and I will be telling them how their Great Ya-Ya stared the stocking tradition in our family.
This morning my dad informed me that he and his new wife will not be doing stockings. That her family does not do stockings. My heart cracked. What do you say? I mean that is their choice, but I guess I just realized how important all the things my mom did were to him. Which is not very. What that statement did was help me put my head around the fact that there really only are 3 members of my family. We 3 have to do the things we want.
Next year will be different. Very very very different. No trying to accommodate everyone. Just us. That goes for all holidays. We will do thanksgiving, and invite our friends that are far from their family. We will do Christmas, and it will include stockings. (Joey is getting one this year from us, like always, but Chris and I don't usually get each other one - we will next year)
I feel bad, but this just sucked any bit of Christmas spirit I had right out of me.
Miss her.

For Robin - an almost up to date album

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ost The layouts I have scanned so far. I am pretty sure the date in "the View" is wrong. I'll change it. Ones that are done, but need journaling - Phantom of the Opera, Museum, You with your arms up, Ground Zero, and the other part of "the View. Ones I still need to do and need journaling for - Christmas Windows, Phantom Chandelier, and Overview page.

A few layouts I have made,

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about her

Today I am sad.

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Today is not the date - that was Saturday. But today is the day. I miss her so much it physically hurts. Even now - 4 years later! I feel like this will never end. Always hurting. Songs, movies, jokes, and everything else makes me remember and the pain sets in all over again. I don't mind it so much anymore. I feel like its better to hurt than forget. Sometimes I get scared that I can't remember what her face looked like, so I search franticly for a photo of her. Then I try to memorize it all over again. Even though its a face I love and know better than I think. For me the worst part is the feeling that my life is segmented into 2 parts. Before and After. After is a decidedly less happy place. So today I am going to remember as much of before as humanly possible. I remember...
Her getting me out of the huge bath tub at the big house, and rubbing lotion on my arms and legs.
How thick her nails were.
Painting her nails, and giving her manicures.
Giving her pedicures, because she couldn't go to a nail salon - fungus.
She acted like my rubbing lotion on her foot and leg was the best thing ever.
She loved to shop.
She might be gone for hours and hours on shopping trips.
She always found great deals.
She always bought you the very thing you wanted - even if you didn't know it.
She really got to know people, and what they liked.
When she got really nervous she talked - A lot!
She also laughed when she was nervous.
The way she titled her head when she painted.
She was a terrible speller.
She loved old things, and saw the beauty in things that other people would look right past.
She had an eye for color.
She loved to decorate, and should have done it for a living.
Whenever she wanted me to help her on a project, that meant she wanted me to do it and her to supervise.
She took me to my first concert - New kids on the Block.
When they came out I cried, and she cried too.
Sitting on the couch watching Seinfeld with her.
Her snoring.
Bee Alert.
Taking the stained glass class with her.
How much she loved her friends.
How hard she laughed when I was electrocuted and fell off the ladder while putting up her Christmas lights.
How good her cooking was.
She always made me feel pretty.
She sent me a frog while I was in Greece.
Her airhead vase collection.
Her depression glass collection.
Her extremely large Santa collection, more than half of which she made.
Seeing how happy she was that her large Santa won 1st place and best in show at the Dallas ceramic convention.
How she cried when I gave her the tennis bracelet I bought her for Christmas.
How thrilled she was when I gave her the very large porcelain doll I won.
She loved gladiolus.
She made the best peanut butter cookies.
She missed her Ya-Ya, and wanted to be very much like her.
She was super scared of pain.
Even just a tiny little bit of pain.
She was always being silly, even to the point of making me mad sometimes.
Crazy Driver - that always made me laugh.
How much she loved my cousins. Her boys.
How kids and dogs flocked to her.

Ok - this is too much - I have to quit now or I will fill this office with tears.

One last thing I remember.... She always made you feel loved, special, excepted, and safe.

Even More Layouts

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More Layouts: Some Old, Some New

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In Progress

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These are all layouts that have stuff that needs to be done to them.

Layouts

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Some newer layouts - from my SV stuff.

Busy busy busy

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thats me for the last few weeks. My daughter is now 5. Such a big girl. Hard to believe it has been 5 years already. Until now I never knew what my parents meant when they said how fast time flies by.
I am hard at work on my design team stuff. I also got selected to be on another design team. For an online store - Kat Stamps. So awesome. I have had a pretty good flow of work over the last few weeks. Ya know sometimes you just sort of get in a groove. Well I am so in one. Pages have just been popong out. Friday night I did 7 pages. They aren't anything extremly fancy. Very clean, and bright. Tons of KI Memories. Love love love them!!!! Can't wait for my local store to get the pet shop line. So freakin cute.
I am so behind on my scanning - I will scan some stuff and post this week.

This Weekend

2006-10-23T11:17:00.000-05:00

I saw a movie that inspired me. Marie Antoinette was so breathtaking. If you didn't plan on seeing it - you should go see it just for the pure beauty.

It was almost too much to take in. I want to go see it again. Now if you are looking for some amazing story - don't. In truth I didn't feel like it was at all about the story.
Don't we know the story already? A young beautiful girl is married off to what will one day be the king of France - who spends almost no time sexing her up- she gets bored - spends money - gets even more beautiful - is hated on -spends some more money - is wonderfully misquoted -
has some kids because her husband finally does her - spends so more money and has a few memorible parties - then gets her head chopped off. I do think this was a wonderful look into what an amazing life she must have had. Amazing and terrible. What a beautiful cage she lived in.
Sofia Coppola's vision was amazing - the sets - the clothes - the everything, and Kirsten Dunst did a wonderful job.
Hubby did complain that several of the scenes were out of focus. However I felt they were supposed to be. For example, in one scene was when they were running through the field after a night of drinking and partying. I feel like keeping the scene blurred kept me in the moment. I mean how do you feel after a night like that? But the colors and the prints and all of the awesome little details won my heart.

*** all photos from imdb web site links

PS - I also wanted to share that I am going to be teaching classes at the Scrapbook Village - I will post more info soon.

Peep this

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The new Scrapbook Village Desing Team Blog. Love the pics. The group one is a little dark, but I will lighten it up and then repost it.

The Bam Pop

2006-10-13T13:17:00.001-05:00

I am sure you have seen other post about this crazy rockin new product line. Well, I've got to tell you its all true. The paper is amazing. It looks good on the site, but it looks amazing in person. I love the fun designs, and I can't wait to see what they do next. Here are 2 layouts I've done using the wonderful stuff they make - please forgive the terrible scans (thank you hubby) - I plan to do some more at my crop tonight. I'm very excited to use their awesome patterned paper. WooHoo!!!!

Go check them out!!!! *** BAM POP ***

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Layouts - Well one because Blogger is being a butt

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Ok there should be more than this - but Chris can't find them, so I'll scan them in again. I did these during the crops at CKU.

Where oh where have I been???

2006-10-10T09:54:00.000-05:00

Hello all. I hate that I haven't had time to blog. But I really haven't. At my job I normally work an 8 and a half hour day. At least 2 hours of which were spent goofing off. But Joey's after school has been cancled and she can't start her new one until she turns 5. So now my day is cut short by about 3 hours. Which means not only was my goofing off time cut out, but I have one less hour to get my work done. No worries.... Joey turns 5 in like a week and a half. Right now I happen to have a spare second. So hi, hows it goin? *wink wink* So excited about being on The Village design team!!!! I love the place, and now my stuff is up in the store. We meet again this Sunday to turn in any extra stuff we have done. Which means I have work to do. I have already done some stuff, but I want to do more. More more more. Even though I only had one set of paper, I would like to do several layouts with it. I have some stuff to post in a little bit. I guess I'll do that during my lunchtime.

CKU and Elsie Rocks

2006-09-18T15:57:00.000-05:00

So I was a little worried - what would it be like, is it worth the money, will I learn anything, is it worth the money, will I have fun - silly me. I not only had fun, but I had a blast. I don't think I have had this much fun since I was a teenager. Not only did I have fun, but I more than got my money's worth out of it. I was also worried about my dormies - would we get along, would they like us, would they think we were crazy - again silly me. Not only did I like them, I loved them. I feel like we really connected. They were wonderful, outgoing, funny, and well just rockin. We got together - practiced our routine for the cheer contest - and were all fast friends. We had a blast up on stage doing our cheer, which we rocked the hell out of. Oh and we ended up winning the cheer contest. So so so much fun. The classes were awesome - loved the photography ones with Candice Stringham, adored the classes with Elsie F, and cracked during my class with Donna Downey. I loved all of the classed, but these 3 made it for me. The women at CKU are amazing. I love everything that they do. Overall it was one of the best mini vacations of my lil life so far. If you get a chance to go to a CKU - GO!!!!!!!
I will post pics, and layouts soon.

ps - go check out who's on elsie's blog. hehehe!

layouts, layouts, and more layouts

2006-09-17T20:25:00.000-05:00

I have been slacking on my layout posting - so here it goes

My "new" vintage style ones

My regular ones

Hello Baby!!!!

2006-09-12T14:07:00.000-05:00

Man its been too long. Seems like so many things have happened in the last 2 weeks or so. So Mel, Mimi, and I are going to CKU Houston - so excited. We found 7 other lovely ladies to form a dorm with. We sent in our Cheer/ Song - and after giving up hope that we were going to be one of the 3 dorms to perform we got an email. And that wonderful little email said that we in fact were one of the 3 groups picked to shake our groove thang. I'm not going to give away what we are doing - or how cute we'll look(if you ignore the part about me being fat). But if you are going and you are there on Thursday please make some noise when you hear them say Scrappin 2 the 80's - cause thats us. I have so much more to get done and only 2 days - Yikes!!!!

Oh and I went to my very first design team meeting. So fun - love the stuff I got to work with. I already have 2 things done with it. I'll see if I can photograph them tonight.

Oh and my daughter is in school, Pre-K to be exact. Man that sounds so strange. She loves it. Eats up every second of it. And that makes my heart simle. To see that she has a thirst for knowledge and social interaction. I love love love that.

Ok so thats all I've got for the moment - I won't be away so long next time.

It's Official

2006-08-30T14:14:00.000-05:00

I am on a Design Team. My scrappy home away from home - The Scrapbook Village - invited me to be on their design team. I mean how much more awesome does it get than that!!!!!!! If you ever find yourself in Houston make sure you go check out the Village. The ladies there are so nice. I mean very helpful and just wonderful. The store is awesome. It is full of tons of goodies - I really think they have the best selection of scrappy stuff in town. Which is even more awesome for me - cause I am on my favorite scrap stores design team. Whooo Hoooo!!!! Our first meeting is September 10th - I am so freakin excited. I want set up a little photo shoot - hope the other design team ladies are cool with that.

I go through phases

2006-08-24T11:18:00.000-05:00

I guess everyone does. But mine have to do with people who inspire me. Not that I ever stop being inspired by the people I was once fully and totally in love with (creatively speaking). I just find a new person to be inspired by. It keeps my artistic perspective fresh - cause that sounds better than I am shallow and need something new. Anyways - right now I am totally in love with Kristina Contes. I adore her style. Kind of funky, very Green, great journaling, it all feels very architectural, yet a little deconstructed. What ever it is I love it. She does her thing and it is amazing. I have to say though, for me she is not a new love - but tried and true. She is a constant source of inspiration. She is an EFFER, and if you have read any of my blog then you know I am all about those ladies. Amazing doesn't even begin to describe them. It was the EFFERS that helped me to get in touch with my "inner artist" - to not be afraid - to be REAL. Although now I think they are just called THE DARES. They changed my scrapbooking forever. I don't think I could say enough wonderful things about them. But back on subject - Mrs. Contes. Go see her blog - check out her stuff on 2 peas - oh and do the dares (your inner artist will thank you).

Holy crapoly

2006-08-18T10:28:00.000-05:00

I made it to round 3. This dare sounds like it is gonna rock my world. Circles, thats the dare. I'm gonna really have to think about this one. Circles circles circles - wish me luck.

This Was Her Birthday

2006-08-16T15:33:00.000-05:00

Last night I would have called her right after midnight to sing her happy birthday. I would have made her a gift. And a cake. Joey would have picked out a card for her and signed it. We would eat dinner together. I would have sat next to her on the couch and watched a movie. I would have put my arms around her and told her that I loved her. Joey would have spent all evening on her lap and in her arms. We would have laughed and joked. It would have been a happy day.
Happy Birthday Mommy.
I love you yesterday, today, and everyday after.
Without you this world just isn't as beautiful a place.

The Baker's Dozen

2006-08-16T10:15:00.000-05:00

So here is my go at the Effer's Last Scrapper Standing Contest for week 2. I'm loving it.

Cards cards cards

2006-08-15T12:43:00.000-05:00

So I have been submitting my stuff for several design teams and each one of them has asked for an example of a card. So I thought it was about time i made some. So here they are.

The New Bohemia line

2006-08-13T18:08:00.000-05:00

by My Minds Eye is to DIE for. I mean I am so in love with it its not even funny. I am sure within the next week or so I will own at least one peice of every bit of it. I mean wow! Check it out - I saw it for the first time Friday night and got 4 layouts done with it. So very inspiring.

This one is my very favorite layout I have done in a very long time.

*****This layout is no longer here - I have submitted it. Along with a few others you might see missing. Keep your fingers crossed.*****

Yes there is a part of my journaling missing on the next one (I wasn't sure how to spell a word), but I decided to scan it anyways.

Sorry the black on the layouts might be a little tweaked - dirty scanner.

Layouts I have done.

2006-08-13T18:00:00.000-05:00

Most are from the last week or so - there never seems to be any time to post them. So I just had to make some.

Round 2

2006-08-11T11:37:00.000-05:00

I made it to round 2 in the EFFER's Last Scrapper Standing contest. So, I'm feeling pretty proud of myself right now. I love that layout so it makes me feel nice to know that they must have liked it a little too.
Now comes Dare 2 - sounds like it might a hrad one for me. I have to use 13 phots on a layout. And hello - to make it harder on myself i'm an 8.5x11 scrapper. Thats a lot of photos to fit on my lil ol page, but I can do it.

Chanel

2006-08-10T15:35:00.000-05:00

I did 2 layouts from when mel and I scrapped at Chanel.

Monday

2006-08-07T13:48:00.000-05:00

I scrapped Sat at the Village. I got 3 layouts done, not bad for 5 hours of scrappin. Well 4 - cause I spent at least an hour gabbin. I feel like I am in the groove. Do ya ever get that feeling? I just really really love scrappin right now. I mean I always do - just more sometimes than others. I will scan the pages this week and get them up. Not sure exactly when, but I will. I'm gonna scrap tonight. Either at the Village or at home - not sure. I gotta do my *EFFER* dare for the Last Scrapper Standing Contest they are having. Wish me luck.

A better day

2006-08-03T15:50:00.000-05:00

Scrappin always makes me feel better. I was pretty sick last night, but I managed to scrap a lil bit. I say a lil bit - I got 2 pages done. Not bad for a night of barfing. Oh that was probably too much information. Oh well. I still feel terrible. I think I have lost count of my toilet bowl sessions. I will post my layouts as soon as my mean ol hubby scans them in for me and sends them.

**** photos in the post below are the ones I was talking about ****

Booo Hooo!

2006-08-02T09:23:00.000-05:00

I am all down on myself today. Well, not really down on myself, just painfully aware of something. There is a style, a scrapbooking style i want desperately to do, but I just can't get the hang of it. The pages I adore are a paper version of the girl that gets out of bed - throws some clothes - runs her fingers through her hair, and somehow manages to look like she just finished a photo shoot for Vogue. They are perfectly random and chaotic seeming, but still very design orriented and detailed. I want that so bad. It seems no matter how I try my pages still seem so very "put together". Why does this chain still hold me down, still pull on me? I will break it - I will. There will be something that clicks. Until that happens I guess I just have to keep trying.

lil bird

2006-07-27T16:20:00.000-05:00

So a few posts down I said how inspired I was to paint on my pages, and well that turned into me wanting to paint on canvas a lil bit. I have done 2 girls, but they are so not worth showing. But I will share my lil bird - that I love. The picture is a little off color wise, the clouds are white. Thanks again to Elise for the inspiration to paint more.

This morning

2006-07-24T11:09:00.000-05:00

I was hurt - my motherly soul was injured. As I listened to NPR on the way into work they began talking about a missile attack by Israel on a group of cars trying to leave Lebanon. I listened to them talk about how the civilians in Southern Lebanon are being warned to leave, but they are being attacked as they leave. I was fine - none of it seemed out of the ordinary, I mean we are talking about the Middle East. Then I heard her cry. One of the 3 cars that was hit had a family in it - Mom, Dad, Son, Daughter, and others. The little girl is who I focused in on. It killed her dad and her uncle(?), burned her and her brother severely, made her mother deaf, and broke several of her and her brother's bones. She was screaming. You could hear the pain, or at least I could. This little girl was 8 months old. 8 MONTHS old. I find myself wondering what I would feel like if I were the mother standing - deaf - over my broken son and daughter. Watching them scream and cry out in pain. I would be asking myself why. WHY? Because my government did something I may or may not agree with. Because power is so important that it doesn't matter who suffers in the pursuit of it.
I now find myself thinking that this world would be a much better place if things were decided by mothers. If the government had to go to a council of mothers before making war of any sort. If when innocent children were killed it was the mothers they had to answer to. I have to believe the world would be a better place. I mean what mother could look at another mother and tell her that the children in her country are less important, and that if they happen to accidentally be injured in attacks its ok. NONE! No mother could say that to another.
Even now I am bothered by that little girls cry. I am caught imagining it is my darling Joey instead of some stranger. What would I do? What would you do?

The Right or Bottom Right

2006-07-24T11:05:00.000-05:00

If you look at my pages you will notice I seem to Journal there a lot (the right or bottom right). Now I will be making an effort to put it in more places. Just so you know.

In life

2006-07-21T13:58:00.000-05:00

You gotta be able to laugh at yourself. I have to be able to laugh at myself often - cause I'm a total wacko. I got this pic from mimi and thought I would share...

Have a great weekend - hope you get lots of scrappin done!

Things you might not know about me - from Robin

2006-07-20T16:24:00.000-05:00

Four jobs I have had in my life:
1- Toni and Guy
2- Sally's Beauty Supply
3- Working for my dad

Four movies you would watch over and over:
1- Fight Club
2- Momento
3- Ever After
4- Really any good movie - I'm a movie lover

Four places you have lived:
1- Houston, TX
2- Largo, FL
3- Athens, Greece (over a month counts as living right??)
4- no 4 for me

Four TV shows you love to watch:
1- Project Runway
2- LOST
3- America's Next Top Model
4- The Grimm Adventures of Billy and Mandy

Four places you have been on vacation:
1- Greece (several different parts)
2- California
3- Florida
4- A cruise - can't remember where we went

Four websites you visit daily:
1- Yahoo - for my mail
2- Two Peas In A Bucket
3- Ebay
4- The sites linked on my blog

Four of my your favorite foods:
1- Asian of any sort
2- Cookies
3- Bread and Cheese
4- Anything homemade

Four places you would rather be right now:
1- Scrapbooking
2- Taking photos
3- Paris with Mel
4- Italy

Did somebody say paint???

2006-07-20T11:24:00.000-05:00

I got the new Elsie book as a gift from the wonderful Lisa. I love it. It really lit a painting fire under my butt, and for my last few pages that seems to be all I want to do. Here they are.

Ok here they are

2006-07-20T11:05:00.000-05:00

This is what I have been working on. Hope you like.
Oh, also the colors are a bit tweaked cause chris' scanner was acting up. Sorry.

Why do today what you can put off till tomorrow

2006-07-18T14:40:00.000-05:00

That seems to be my attitude towards scanning my layouts in. I have quite a few - and I love each one of them. So why don't I just do it and post them??? I'm LAZY. I like to sleep and do other things. But I will get to them - in the next day or two. No really I will. Really.
Several of the lovely ladies from the village are leaving for CHA this week. I am so excited to see what wonderful things they come back with. I really really adore those ladies - they lift me up, and encourage me. I think that is one of the reasons I don't mind the 30 to 50 minute drive to The Village. I know when I get there they will be there too. They are a wonderful addition to my scrappin family.
CHA - so dreamy. I get goosebumps just thinking about what it would be like to go. So many wonderful things to see. Tons of NEW stuff - I'm such a sucker for new stuff.

Tagged by Robin

2006-07-13T08:45:00.000-05:00

1. WHAT IS YOUR FIRST NAME? Reagan

2. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? No, but I was going to be named Raven
3. WHEN DID YOU LAST CRY? Saturday - we went to see Click
4. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? Yes - very much
5. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? Turkey or Honey Ham

6. KIDS? Yep, Joey-girl

7. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS
WITH YOU? Depends on what day I met myself
8. DO YOU HAVE A JOURNAL? Scrapbooks and this blog are my journal
9. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? Yes

10. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? I think so
11. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? Nope - not while my daughter is still living in my house
12. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? None

13. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? I usually wear slip ons
14. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? Kinda

15. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR? Peanut butter with chocolate
16. SHOE SIZE? 9.5 or 10 - depends on the shoe
17. RED OR PINK? Pink
18. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOU? I am fatter than I'd like to be

19. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? My Mom

20. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO SEND THIS BACK TO YOU? If they feel like it
21. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? Tan skirt - tan knit shoes
22. LAST THING YOU ATE? Wings from Wingstop
23. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? The Dissociatives
24. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? Seafoam Green
25. FAVORITE SMELL? Citrus
26. TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? Mimerz
27. THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE YOU ARE
ATTRACTED TO? Mouth
28. FAVORITE DRINK? Coke
30. FAVORITE SPORT? Swimming
31. MY EYE COLOR? Brown
32. HAT SIZE? Same as my husbands - I steal his hats
33. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? No - Glasses all the way baby
34. FAVORITE FOOD? Not very picky
35. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? Scary Movies
36. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED AT THE MOVIE THEATRE? Pirates
38. SUMMER OR WINTER? Winter
39. HUGS OR KISSES? I like the moment a hug turns into a kiss
40. FAVORITE DESSERT? Mimerz cookies
41. WHO IS MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND? Who cares

42. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND? Again who cares
43. WHAT BOOKS ARE YOU READING? Redwall
44. WHAT'S ON YOUR MOUSE PAD?? Some Company's logo that I have doodled all over
45. WHAT DID YOU WATCH LAST NIGHT ON TV? Sex and the City
46. FAVORITE SOUNDS? My music always sounds pretty good, and Joey - in a good mood
47. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? Beatles

48. THE FURTHEST YOU'VE BEEN FROM HOME? Greece

50. FICTION OR NON- FICTION??? Fiction

51. FAVORITE MAGAZINE??? Archeology Today

52. ON TIME OR LATE?? On time

53. DO YOU HAVE ANY TATTOOS?? WOULD YOU GET ONE IF NOT?? Yes 3 - One of them is a two parter - I will get more - I want partial sleeves and a back piece

54. NATURAL COLOR OR DYED? Both

55. WHAT IS YOUR PERFECT DATE? Anything new

If you read this consider yourself TAGGED.

Wow!!!

2006-07-12T10:20:00.000-05:00

Ok I entered the "Soak up the Summer" contest at the One Page at a Time site, and I got Honorable Mention. That is just awesome. I just was not expecting that at all. So EXCITED!
If you get a chance you should go check out their kits - they are awesome.

I am so behind in putting my layouts up - I will have to do that tonight sometime. But before that I get to go finish the mural I started on Natalie's daughter - Kayla's wall. It is coming along very well. It has 4 little flowers - and some butterflies. I will post photos as soon as I am done.
This is Natalie -

She is awesome. I love this photo of her.
She makes me laugh - a lot, and somehow she always knows the movies and stuff that I refference in my jokes - which is awesome. I am so glad Mimi knew her - so that I get to know her.

2006-07-11T15:06:00.000-05:00

I am addicted to several things . Scrapbooking - I guess that goes without saying. Sodas - so sweet and yummy. It is a little known fact that I am also addicted to make-up. I LOVE it so so very much. I mean so much. The reason it isn't well known is becaue I don't it all the time. I would like to, but usually I am in too big of a hurry to put it on. I also go through phases where I feel like being girly all the time. Other times - not so much. What make-up do I love? So many things - almost every single thing at sephora. I could spend hours in there, and do every now and then. Why might someone love make-up so much??? Hello - all the colors, and a lot of it comes in awesome packaging.
Like....
I mean - how could you not be in love?????

Over 100

2006-07-06T10:50:00.000-05:00

I just realized that I have done over 100 layouts this year. Holy crap. That isn't including a lot of them. Like my sister's whole album. Wow!!! This is an awesome feeling. I oew it all to those wonderful effers. Love those ladies. They really opened me up - got me thinking about new things - scrappin in a way that feels more natural. Not to mention my awesome switch to 8.5x11 pages. I am so freakin happy and motivated to do more and more pages.

For Robin

2006-06-30T13:18:00.001-05:00

Here they are my love. I hope you like what I have done so far. More are on the way, I am scrappin tonight. I am so glad you have let me play with them. They are much more vibrant in person.