It's back!!

Well after getting all the tagging done, I finally found my mojo again after finding some fantastic inspiration at Prima Hybrid, and Weeds and Wildflowers! I am absolutely in love with Gina Miller's designs! Amazing stuff! She has designs at both shops, which is why I am double loving it right now! So here I am 3 days into March and I have completed 7 layouts! I've been trying to focus on getting Carissa's baby pages done, but then I get to feeling guilty about not doing anything for the older kids. So today I did one for Donavan. Funny thing is, is that when he saw me working on it, he said, "not that picture"...."PLEASE"! Guess what, hate to tell you, but this is the pay back for the dirty diapers and potty training of years past!!! So here is a taste of the last few pages I worked on. And Chrystal, HI! Good to hear from you again! HOpe things are going good. And funny thing is that a couple of months ago, I was feeling completely unqualified to take Jessica Sprague's digi 3 class, but now I think I can hang with the big girls! All right Jen, Chrystal....you up to the challenge????

Well the weather cooperated enough for me to take the van for a car wash! I looks so pretty when it's not covered in salt and dirt! Now if I could just get the construction company working on the church to sweep the street so all the dirt doesn't end up in my garage! I know I'm wishing for the impossible! But we were decieved by the sunshine and thought it was warm enough to take Carissa on a walk! Yikes, her hands were little popsicles! And she didn't want to come back inside....so we have to be super careful with her. She just doesn't have ANY body fat to help keep her warm, and she would love to stay out there forever! All I can say is that spring can't come fast enough around here! Besides, I am itching to plant SOMETHING, so that I can start having fresh veggies again! Hurry, hurry, hurry spring time! PLEASE!!

I'll never do it again!

I realize that it has been so long since I last blogged. I was really on a roll and really getting alot of stuff done. Well for Valentines Day my sweet honey decided that it was time that I get a new monitor. (mostly because I got him one for Christmas and then he couldn't stand using my "small" 15" one!!!) But he couldn't just stop there.......NOPE! Had to get me a new, bigger, better, faster and EVERYTHING different computer. New hard drives......new operating system (Vista.....jury is still out on whether I love it or not!) And the kicker of the whole "new" thing is that I couldn't just transfer all my digital supplies over to the new hard drives without losing all my "tags". Which basically translates to about 6000 files of "stuff", not including my pictures! So yes....for THREE DAYS......I spent ALL day tagging all my files and now it is all updated. Which I love, but the process kinda (well there's no kinda about it) stole my MOJO! So now who knows how long it will be before I get it back!

So other than getting a new computer for me, he also surprised Donavan with guitar hero for the Wii, and for Nikelle he got the American Idol Karaoke game for the Wii, (which sadly I haven't had a chance to try out). We didn't really do anything fun and exciting for V-day, but I did make some Red Velvet cupcakes......which I've had a REALLY hard time sharing! They are SO yummy!

The other big news is that I took our little kitty to get spayed almost 2 weeks ago. Well the last time that I had any experience with a cat that had the surgery, was well over 20 years. I just remember our females coming home and being really lethargic and drugged for about a week. Well the procedure must have gotten better, cause little Spooky was up and jumping the very next day. They told me that the medicine they gave her will make her sleepy, UM.......NOPE! She was just as active the day after the surgery!

Well I'm off to look for my MOJO somewhere around here! Maybe when I get back from getting the stitches out, I'll find it again! Wish me luck!!

Obsessed!!! (Seriously!)

Well I mentioned before that I was finally catching on and getting faster at doing digital layouts.......well now it has become an obsession! I think I finished 3 pages yesterday and 4 today! (Not that I'm counting!) When I saw the L.O.A.D. (layout a day) challenge for January, I thought it was crazy to even try and get 31 layouts done in ONE MONTH! Well as of today, I have completed 14!! And it isn't even the halfway point! Woo-hoo for me! It's been really fun going back and looking at Carissa's pictures and seeing how much she has changed (not necessarily grown!) Here are some of the few layouts I've finished in the last couple of days. I've found a wonderful new digi store called PrimaHybrid. Most of the supplies are from various kits! I really like the Weeds & Wildflowers products.

Finally catching on

Well it's only taken me 8 months to start feeling like I'm getting a handle on this digi scrappin stuff, but I'm finally able to get a page done without going back over my notes! Trust me, that is a VERY big bonus! So I got another page done today. I sat down with the intention of doing one of Carissa's baby pages, but ending up using pictures from when she was one. I found a really cute layout here for my inspiration. I tried to keep it clean and pretty, but I just can't help but grunge it up a bit! Then I also found this great page with the most beautiful journaling ever. I shamelessly lifted the idea and used her story to help mine along. I find that journaling is the hardest part for me, and I really struggle with it. So it is so helpful when someone else can put into words exactly what I'm feeling. Just a few changes and additions to make it say just what I want, and vwhala! 2 pages in one day! I even got dabbling in some hybrid cards using some of the digital supplies.
I had better get to bed before I get started on the next one. Carissa has had an interesting day, and I really hope she is not coming down with a cold. I think she is still cutting her molars, but you never know with her. She's cut 2 of them in the past month, but maybe these last 2 are just being stubborn! But Andrew is still sick from last month, and then me gettin the flu.....you just never know when it will hit you. Not to mention I feel like I'm losing my voice, which is almost always a pretty good indication that a cold is on the way. (Let's hope not!)

On a roll!

You know you are on a roll, when you post twice in one day! It doesn't happen very often (like never) that I take a picture with the purpose of telling a story and then get it down on paper, documented and never again to be forgotten. Today was one of those days. I took a picture of Carissa on top of my kitchen counter yesterday. I finally figured out how she got up there. It took a while, but she finally attempted it again. Apparently she pulled the chair over to the counter, and then used the garbage can to get the rest of the way. She was so fascinated with the plates and cups. But the funniest thing was when I asked her what she was doing...she just answered "I'm just doing something". So that became the title for the layout! Sometimes it's just best to quote it directly! Thankfully she hasn't tried it again today!

Been busy!

Well with all the snow we've been getting this year, I've been finding a bit more time to get back to crafting! I'll probably be back to "normal" about the time we do super saturday again, and then the circle starts all over again!

So I've done a few little Target mailboxes, an bandaid tin and some cute little wood blocks. I bought the wood blocks in a kit last year from Pebbles and just never got around to finishing it. This year when I found it, I decided to make it with patterned paper, cause I bought the Rusty Pickle Chocolate kisses line and was dying to make something with it. I really like how they turned out!

And here is a look at Carissa as a baby. I spent all day yesterday doing photo edits and fixing all of the newborn pictures that I have. Now I just need to get them on a page.

Well I better get goin'....it's nap time.....and that's MY time!!!

The day has come!!!!

Well the day that every parent fears will come......has come! We realized that Donavan wouldn't be able to drive himself to school at all next year if we didn't get him his learner's permit sometime in February. (There's a 6 month waiting period of time they have to wait, regardless of when they turn 16) So yesterday we went to the DMV, and waited 2 hours. He managed to pass the test the first time, and finished after only 10 minutes. The examiner looked at him and asked if he was sure he was finished. Then he corrected it and told him that he had passed. Now we just had to wait for our number to be called.

Now the tough part begins. Having the piece of paper is the easy part......letting him get behind the wheel is going to be REALLY hard! (I have a hard time letting Andrew drive me......I can't imagine what it will be like with Donavan driving) Once we can get some dry parking lots around here, we can take him practice driving without involving too many other people/cars. Wish us luck.........it's going to be a BUMPY ride!!!