Fourth page in my BOM

Here's the fourth page in my BOM. It took me a few days to finally get around to doing this after I had an idea, so I kind of lost my momentum, but I'm still fairly happy with the way it turned out. TFL :)

Another BOM LO

I forgot to post this last night after I got done with it! I have pics printed out to start my fourth page...maybe I'll get to work on it tomorrow. I hope I don't lose my momentum on this project and really get to finish a whole album about ME :)

Some scrappy stuff and some new curtains...

So I have done a little more scrapping: the second page in my BOM and another little shadow box that I put on an easel on a shelf in my scraproom. I also got new curtains in there. Not the pretty toile ones I wanted :( The shipping was NINE bucks on that site!! I got these at Wal Mart...just some simple black ones. I wish I could have found something with a pattern. Maybe if I do later on, I can always switch these into our bedroom. What else? Oh yes...good news on the treadmill front...SIXTEEN minutes of straight running today....came out to 1.4 miles!! YAY! Only KIND OF felt like dying! LOL My legs were hurting a bit. That makes six days of consecutive running....a good sign :) Well, that's about all going on here! More later.....

Crop Night LOs and some other stuff

So I FINALLY got my LOs from crop night uploaded to my computer so I could add them here! I still had to do some journaling on some and just hadn't gotten the chance! I also went back to look at that Deck of Me challenge I had been doing before and got WAY behind on and I wrote down all the topics so that I may TRY to catch up. That was something I had really wanted to do so I'm going to try to finish what I started. Me and my sis and some girls from my Yahoo group also decided to try to start a BOM for the new year, so I did my first page last night. It was a kind of lift off 2 Peas. So the first pics are of my LOs. Then my cards, which btw, are the DRAW SOMETHING card (Can you believe I drew that little owl....LOVE him!!) and the GRATEFUL week. And since the week is not over, I still have to add to it. The other pic is of my BOM page and I think that's it!

OH, on a totally different note, of course one of my resolutions was to continue my working out and getting better time on the treadmill. Well, I didn't want to post this until I had gotten into somewhat of a routine and not just a one time fluke, but for the past three days in this week, I have ran TWELVE MINUTES non stop...that's ONE FULL MILE!! I am very proud of myself. I only slightly felt like dying and just sliding off the treadmill! LOL The first day was easy...the second...not as much as the first, but do-able...today...a little hard. My legs were aching close to the end, but it really IS a mind over matter kind of thing. You have to motivate yourself to keep going and just keep going through the pain. After a while, it really does go away. I am hoping that I'll be able to do the same tomorrow and Friday. Saturday will be my off day, then back at it on Sunday. Well, that's about it for now. We just had dinner and Mikey is bathed. Maybe I'll get a little more time for myself after I fold and put away some laundry :)

More Scraproom pictures

I got the same media shelf that my sis did and all my stuff fit perfectly on there. I also finished up the little shadow boxes I got at the Dollar Tree. I think it looks really cute! I also took these cool pics of Mikey the other day. My sis gave me the idea to use a black sheet as a backdrop...love the look..if only Mikey would have cooperated more!
I'm almost all packed up for crop tomorrow. Gosh, it seems like alot of work to just go away for six hours! LOL The time away is so worth it, but it's taken me pretty much all week to sketch and pack LOs. Whenever I got the chance, I was either searching online galleries, sketching or picking and packing papers and stuff. I think I got like 8 LOs packed. I hope I get them all done. I'm taking more than usual because the last time I was done WAY ahead of time and was just sitting there! I think maybe I'll just take some extra pics with me too. I can always buy papers and stuff there. Well, that's all for today!

I FINALLY painted my scraproom!!!

Yes, after only about a year and a half, I FINALLY bought some paint and did it! Oh HAPPY day! At least in one room, I don't have to stare at nasty white walls!! I started painting yesterday and finished up today. I started putting stuff back in its place in the evening after the paint had dried. It's still kind of stinky of paint fumes, but I'm so glad I'm finished! There's still stuff that I want to do. I'm going to change the curtains I have and get some really pretty white ones with a black toile print that I saw on an online store. I'm also getting this black media storage tower thing that my sis got at Wal Mart so alot of stuff is getting reorganized. I'm also re-covering the seats of my WM stools with a matching fabric...something in black and white. I also want to put white crown molding to try to cover up some of the little imperfections in my painting. It was really hard getting that part up by the ceiling right :( It looks good though and I just love the way the black stands off against the green color. And I'm just SOOO glad it's done!!! TFL :)

Making A Gingerbread House--PICS ARE UP NOW :)

Today's activity was making a gingerbread house. Thankfully, I was able to find one of those Gingerbread House kits at Wal Mart and saved myself having to make it from scratch! LOL I've made it before, but didn't really want to have to do all that baking!
I was very suprised at how well Mikey participated with the decorating! He was concentrating on what he was doing and did a pretty good job! Lij of course did too! I'm sad that alot of my pics came out blurry...not sure why either because they looked clear when I was taking them. I wonder if it was the bad lighting in the kitchen?? Maybe if I print them out small, it won't look so bad.
Anyway, here are the pics for today and a few from the other activites. I think some of the other pics were from the day we made reindeer antlers and then when we watched The Polar Express in our PJs and the night we baked cookies..although Lij didn't participate in that one. I'm not sure if I'm missing anything else. Either way...here's the pics :)


Okay, blogger seems to have it out for me! LOL I just uploaded some pics a bit ago and now it's not letting me :( I'll try again to post them tomorrow...night :)

Xmas tree pics--PICS UPLOADED NOW :)

So, I TOTALLY have been slacking! I wanted to post the activities we had been doing for the 12 days of Xmas, but just uploaded the pics tonight and am just too lazy to load them all up....LOL We've done so many things already...put the ornaments on the tree, baked cookies, watched the Polar Express in our PJs, made reindeer antlers and today we took pics around the tree. Or I should say, "I" took pics of the kids around the tree. I got some pretty good shots. Here's just a few :)
Apparently, blogger hates me right now and isn't letting me upload my pics...guess it will have to wait until tomorrow :) Nighty night :)

Some Gifts.....

So, I'd been working on these felt trees that I saw on Gina's blog. I think she won them off of someone else's blog! Anyway, I just loved them and decided to try to make some as part of a gift for our neighbors. I like the way they turned out, but don't know if they are cute enough to give away. I mean, I like them, but not everyone likes homemade crafty things.

Also, here's the full view of the sneak peek. Since my sis already saw it because she just HAD to know what it was I made and who it was for! LOL We are both the same in that aspect...hate surprises and waiting. We almost always give each other our birthday or Xmas gifts as soon as we buy them! LOL Anyway, it is a framed LO for her and I'm so happy that she just loved it! :) I really love those black frames! They are 12x12 and I got them at Wal Mart for only $6.50. I think I will get a few more to frame some more of my favorite LOs and hang them up in my sb room and get some of that other stuff in there off the walls. Anway, that's all the posting for today...LOL Good night :)

12 Days of Christmas

So I'm doing this thing that I got inspired by Estee to do. It's a 12 Days of Christmas "thing"...LOL where I planned a family activity to do for each of the twelve days leading up to Christmas Day. Is that the way it goes, Estee? If not...Oh well! LOL I didn't know if I was supposed to start on December 1st or on December 13 which is today and exactly 12 days before Xmas. I liked that idea better, so I went with it :)

Anyway, today's activity was putting the ornaments on the tree, but we didn't do it today...we kind of cheated and did it last night since Miguel was home and he would be able to participate. He won't be able to take part in most of them...boo hoo :( Alot of the pics came out blurry because I was trying to figure out the best way to get the lights to show up which didn't work because I had to put it on night portrait mode which flashes THREE times and by that time, the kids had already moved!! I'll post the best of the bunch!! :)

Here's a little sneak peek of something I made for "someone" :)



And here's Mikey playing with his blocks at my table while I scrapped :)