its already the 25th!

More picture taking all day!! YAH!!

scrappy slump again...

do i have too much stuff or not enough?

all day scrapping and im still not even done with one...

have i lost it?

If you were here...

I would go to church with you in the morning and be proud to sit next to you.

I would buy you flowers

I would take you out for steak and eggs and biscuits with lots of gravy

I would make you a mini album with pictures of all your kids and grandkids, so you could cry and hug me.

I would spend more time hugging you.

You were in all of my dreams last night, it made me desperately happy and desperately sad.

the BEST holiday EVER...

tommorow is NATIONAL SCRAPBOOKING DAY!!

im so excited i dont even CARE how many people have made fun of me today!!!

im just so thrilled to hang with my girlies tommorow and play with paper and glue!!!

Im stocked up on cardstock, have pictures uploaded and CUPCAKES ready to go...

tommorow is gonna ROCK!!!

i shall share the goodness on sunday cause i dont plan on being home while its still saturday...lol

oh AND i have a very special piece of artwork on its way too me...from a special artist!!!

and can you believe that i REALLY made the cupcakes?? i KNOW...amylynn didnt believe it either....haaahaaa!!!

todays post is brought to you by WAY TOO MANY EXCLAMATION POINTS!!!!
xoxo

A project I might complete?

SCRAP YOUR DAY

Every month, on the 25th, take pictures all day...make an album. First part easy, second part HARD...haahaa

In love with....

• babies- three new ones in the last two weeks! wow! two of them are far away from me so i'll love on the third one EXTRA

• google reader - i swear they read my mind!! it tells me when people post to their blog!! seriously...i dont have to check them ALL i just subscribe and bam...there they are! i have a shameful amount in my list...haahaa

• reading - devouring books again is so so cool!! i might have to fall back in love with the library and forgive them for being JERKS

• art - i totally want some of other peoples art to hang on my walls!! and ETSY omg...i'll take one of everything

tommorow is FRIDAY...i cant wait! a fun little party after work with my girls, a two year old party on saturday...and maybe some scrappy time <3

xoxo

Good bye

1924-2008
I love you grama!

Bravely NOT spending money

can budgeting be considered brave?

i know that going to portland for girls weekend with ONLY cash and not even my debit card would be considered brave!! and i came home with 4 dollars...whoohoo

this financial peace thing is HARD. sometimes i feel like im getting the hang of it and sometimes i feel totally overwhelmed. good thing i have friends in the class that are helping me with the hard parts.

getting my money under control will DEFINITELY be the most significant thing i do this year!

My sister turned 28 yesterday...ummm...what?? i was twenty eight not that long ago! what is going on with the world!! i feel like Joey..."we had a deal God" haahaahaa

oh...and shes very very pregnant! lol...i love love love seeing her get as big as a house...shhh...dont tell her i said that! its so cool to see her looking like a mom it makes me smily inside and i cannot WAIT to see my neice!

one more thing....trader joes was everything i imagined and more...i will be sending a shopping list with amylynn whenever she goes

xoxo my girlies!

girls i heart...alot

ok...so im sure you have noticed that i have a list of my best girls on the side of the blog now.

i need to clarify that this list is limited to girls who blog...now i realize not everyone blogs...and certainly not everyone i love blogs...

so this is dedicated to my "other" girls...you ARE my heart...

I cooked!

Apparently i can actually cook if im motivated enough!

Took a couple things out of the freezer, steamed a pot of rice and voila!















Why am I motivated to cook? Ummm...its a BLIZZARD out there. I feel so lucky to be home safe and warm.



















These were taken 2 hours ago and it is STILL COMING DOWN!

When I have to be at work at 630 tommorow morning i probably wont feel that lucky...

More bravery

So...I gave a boy my phone number! Eeek!

I know its ridiculous that it should be this big a deal at my advanced age but it turns out romantically I'm stuck somewhere in early high school. Literally if I could have gotten away with a "check yes if you like me" note I would have gone that route. Instead I have friends that threatened me with bodily harm and all kinds of extreme embarrassment if I didnt JUST DO IT. So i saw him, gave him my number, and then ran away! haaahaa...seriously i thought i was going to puke afterwards or have a heart attack.

are you starting to get why BE BRAVE is going to be something i have to work on for a freakin YEAR?

Im pathetic...but I DID IT!!!

Hump day

working five days a week makes the week REALLY long. but we get new shifts soon and they are 4X10s which im happy about. cross your fingers i get the shift i want!

money is going pretty good right now. im still on top of everything and have a teensy bit of wiggle room so that makes me feel relieved. my finance class is starting next week and i am SUPER excited to buckle down and start saving for europe...

ummm...YES I SAID EUROPE!!! eeekkk...

thats one of my brave things...im going to fly to europe in the fall. my friends that love to travel, also known as the peace corps friends, have been putting this trip together and i never really thought it was possible for me....BUT my sister is having a BABY now so i have a HUGE motivation to BE BRAVE and go for it! eeekkkk...every time i talk about it i get that scared crazy excited upset stomach thing...omg...its really going to happen!!

xoxo

New year new word

You know I cant resist a bandwagon to jump on. Usually its an Ali E bandwagon :)

she says choose a word of the year....

my word is BRAVE

I'm tired of being scared to live...I'm going to be BRAVE this year

Lots of exciting scary opportunities have already presented themselves and with my new word to motivate me I'm facing the fear and being BRAVE

heres to the BRAVEST 2008 EVER!!!

the holidays are here...

that time of year when everyone turns loony just to save a buck...lol

there are traditions i do look forward to though...

thanksgiving dinner at church the friday before thanksgiving (kind of kicks off the eating early)
leftover turkey sandwiches
cookie crop at the daisy bucket (we swap homemade goodies...mmm)
all day cookie making with gina
bella notte dinner at church (a fundraiser where the youth group prepares and serves and everyone dresses up fancy)
cookie candy sale for the pregnancy center (you buy homemade goodies by the POUND)
christmas play at church
christmas brunch with the girls (my number one favorite tradition)
christmas eve service
waking up to the calm of christmas morning (hey...no kids means MY morning is calm)

can you tell im trying to focus on the POSITIVE? :)

Scrappy...

While I was procrastinating on doing my taxes, I did this:



I think it was time well spent! This was a "scrapjack" of Karla Dudley...love her stuff...lots of clean lines and little bits of stuff...right up my alley!

While in portland for the CKC, amy, stacy and me took tons of fun pictures...cant wait to scrap more!

To my readers...

LOL...i dont think there are any left.

im a horribly neglectful person...I guess its a good thing i dont have kids! ha

so i was supposed to have my wisdom teeth out yesterday...and didnt

i got a ticket for no seatbelt and not having updated tabs on my car...

i need new tires...apparently if you can see the wire stuff showing thru thats bad (whoops...)

two good friends just lost babies...heart breaking stuff...

all my babies are getting so big...another one year birthday party on saturday

tons of scrappy ideas in my head...until i sit down to actually do something

work is hard but good...new shift 545 AM to 445 pm....its not fun to wake up in the dark...at all!

anyone ever watched Ultimate Fighting Championship? its strangely hypnotic watching boys try to kill each other...mostly i just go for the food...amylynn rocks!

im eating a cadbury cream egg...my moms favorite!

so... happy easter my girlies...

love ya!