Tooth Update

Well, I had my dentist appointment on Wednesday. Miguel went in earlier to work that morning so he'd be able to leave and make my appointment at 11:00 a.m. I kind of wasn't even nervous about it anymore...just wanted to get it done and over with. He did some of the root canal that day and it didn't take long at all. And, it wasn't bad at all. I had charged up my Ipod so I was listening to that the whole time and trying not to focus on the fact that there is a small power tool in my mouth! lol I still have a few more visits to go before the crown is actually in place. My next appointment is next Wednesday, same day as Mikey. He's getting a couple of small fillings and he will be good to go. So after his last visit, I am going to slowly (as money permits) take care of whatever needs to be taken care of with my teeth. Sadly, we just don't always have the extra money, but slowly but surely..it will get done.
What else? On Friday, Miguel got off work early (early for him...6 p.m.) and we went and caught a showing of "Soul Surfer" at the dollar movies. LOOOOOVED that movie! It was so awesome, amazing, inspiring! It is a MUST SEE movie! How people can see someone like Bethany Hamilton and what happened to her and how she overcame it and NOT believe there is a God is beyond me! Her life has God written all over it! It was such a moving film...I cried on several occassions. Not so much because it was sad, but because of how beautiful it was....really good movie! And speaking of movies, I think Yo (bestie) and I are going to go watch the new film with Justin Timberlake and..gosh, I forget that girls name who came out on That 70s Show. It kind of reminds me of "No Strings Attached" which we also saw together, but it still looks like a cute and funny movie and we both want to see it. I think we are going tomorrow afternoon/evening..God willing. Haven't really gotten to spend alot of time with her this Summer so I'm really looking forward to it! :)
Yesterday, I met up with Chon at Crossroads Mall and we took the kids to see that "Judy Moody and The Not Bummer Summer" movie. ( I think that's what it's called) Also showing at the dollar movies. It was a cute and funny movie! Hey, we've been watching alot of movies! Afterwards, we went by Alamo Craft Co. and picked up a prize...some Bo Bunny new release papers I had won from Jane at The Scrapbooking Factory...thanks, Jane :) Then we hit up Michael's where I think I only spent like $10. I picked up a few things from the $1 bins, got a DITTO stamp set that was on clearance and got a pink Sharpie marker because I don't have a light pink. Afterwards, we picked up some food then headed over to my sis's for some lunch and scrappy time. The kids played and I was able to finish two pages. I had packed 5, but I guess I was being a little amibitious in thining I'd get that many done! lol I'm going to leave my stuff packed in my bag though so I can get them done during the week sometime while everything is still together as far as papers and embellies. That's pretty much everything that's going on around here. We have a quincenera to go to tonight as well as a birthday party for one of Miguel's church ACTS brothers. Really don't feel like "getting dressed up" and going out in this horrible heat, but he really wants to go, soo......I wish I had something cute to wear....maybe I should stop buying paper and buy more clothes?? NAH! lol :)

Gettin' Crafty

I think my scrappy mojo comes in spurts. I'm sure it's like that for everyone. And some days I'm just "itching" to create, but I have no scrapiness in me AT. ALL. I felt like that last night, and while I didn't crank out any pages, I did alter this half sized binder and I think it turned out SUPER cute! I used a calender I had just ordered off Ebay. There are a few ppl who I follow on You Tube (watch their scrappy vids) and this one particular woman had THE CUTEST images on the wall behind her! Turned out she just tore out sheets from a calender she got (Gorjuss girls), so I searched for it and bought it from the same seller...$4 and free shipping! The images are just TOO cute! I love all the different little girls! I am definitely going to cut out alot of those images and use them in different ways. I want to frame at least a couple for my scrappy area too. Anyway, so I used a cute little image of a girl with an umbrella and then I remembered that I had downloaded a free digital scrapbooking kit from...can't remember where, but I remembered it had the cutest quote about rain and rainbows, so it all came together perfectly! Oh, and I just happened to have a couple of sheets of the Crate Seasons collection which just happened to have...yep, rainbows! I just LOVE the way it turned out! I don't know what I'm going to put in it, but for now, it's just sitting on top of my scrap table where I can admire it! :D

Also got a couple of 7 Gypsies stamp sets off of ETSY for CHEAP and CHEAP shipping too! I am loving me some ETSY these days. Alot of these sellers have awesome scrapbooking product and I love that they don't have the same insane shipping charges as some of the scrapbooking sites. I have two different 7 Gyspsies sets coming to me from a different seller in a couple of days. I plan on making some embellishment tags w/them. I'll post pics when I get some done :)

Tomorrow, I have a dentist appointment....eeek. About a week and a half back, my bestie and I went to the movies to see "Something Borrowed" which btw, is an awesome movie. Read the book first, loved it, then saw the movie. Loved that too. Anyway, we got popcorn and I kid you not...it was my FIRST handful...movie had JUST started and I CRACK A TOOTH on a darned popcorn kernel! At first, I thought I just had a piece of popcorn stuck in there somewhere, but the more I messed with it and felt it with my tongue, I knew something wasn't right! Thank you, God that it did not hurt...still does not hurt, but I'm going to need a root canal and a crown put on it which is going to take a couple of visits AND be pricey! :( :( SO sad about that! But...what are you gonna do? It needs to be done. I'm not crazy about the dentist as I'm sure alot of people aren't so please send some good vibes my way tomorrow please :)

What else?? Not much else going on here....will try to keep this blog up better, but no promises :)

I worked on some pages last week, but hadn't gotten around to uploading them here yet. So, here ya go :)

The one with the tags is a lift off Wendy (blog linked in the sidebar) and the 2gether one is also a lift off of Keandra...LOVE her stuff! Oh, also had a teeny shopping spree at Hobby Lobby this past Saturday. Paper, stickers and some other stuff was half off. I picked up a pack of Kraft paper because you can never have enough of that! And a few random sheets from their open stock. As well as some AC alpha stickers I didn't have and some striped paper clips! I had been searching for these EVERYWHERE! I'd gotten some black and white striped ones weeks back at Office Max or Depot...not sure, but that was the only color they had. These are an assortment of red, black, green and blue I think. Thanks for taking a peek :)

Just keep scrappin'

I was able to do one more page yesterday and another today. I hadn't worked on any wedding pages in quite a while, but I really love the way this one turned out. That is one of my favorite pictures from our wedding day! :D
I also uploaded a picture I took of Mikey today. The kids have gotten to taking the 3D glasses and popping the lenses out and wearing the glasses like that! No joke! It's kind of like a "trend" or something w/the middle school aged kids...how funny! Anyway, that's all for today!

Me + scrapbooking

= one happy girl!! I was kind of dragging on getting some scrapping done today. Even though I had kind of planned to spend the day scrapping since I had done all my house cleaning and chores yesterday and had decided I would try to get some pages done. I guess I should say I was feeling LAZY! Yes, that is more like it! lol But even so, I sat down at my table and just started playing with some paper and I was able to crank out THREE pages that I just LOOOOOVE!! Two were very loosely based on other people's pages...and the one of Mikey asleep in his walker, was ALL ME :D I just LOVE that hot air balloon which I just bought in a pdf file from an ETSY shop! I got THE most awesome pdf files from a seller on there. Gosh, I can't remember the name at the moment, but trust me...they were some awesome looking images and CHEAP too! For being able to print these things over and over FOREVER...the price was awesome! Each sheet had 4 images and each file was no more than $2.50. I also uploaded a picture of some library cards I altered which I also got a while back on ETSY. I think they turned out really cute and I could use them for cards or something. Anyway, that's about it...just wanted to share my scrappy yummies with you guys!

Stamps for Trade

These are some acrylic stamps I have for sale or trade. Both the Autumn Leaves flourishes sets have been used. A few are stained from the ink, but they are still in working condition. The Autumn Leaves scrolly type frames and borders is new and never been used, but I threw the packaging away. The hearts and stars might be Lil' Davis...I can't remember the brand and only a couple of the stamps were used from there...also is very good condition. The scrolly journaling frames are Kaiser Kraft and were never used, but taken out of the original packaging. The Sassafras Lass Edgy Egdes is also new, never been used and still in package. The other Sassafras Lass are the doodled borders and corners. Here is a link because it is a little hard to see without the packaging. Those were used too, but in good condition.
http://www.scrap-mart.com/browseproducts/Sassafras-Lass-Doodled-borders--Acrylic-Stamps.HTML

I really want to sell them all in a lot so that I don't have to pay seperate shipping. I will price them at $25 plus cheapest shipping (will ship in a big enough bubble envelope), maybe $3 at the most....not too sure how much it would cost, but it shouldn't be much. Please post here or send me a private message either here or on Scrapbook Mentor...thanks :)

Scrapbook Mentor Sneek Peek

Here's a sneek peek of the goodies...bunches of quotes, tickets, some bingo cards, some library cards, a couple of doilies and a mini matchbook. I'm leaving the cover blank so you can decorate it any way you'd like :) Add yourself to my blog followers and leave a comment here saying you are now a follower. Your name will be added for a chance to win this yummy scrappy prize :)

Matchbook Mini

Sorry about the pics...they are out of order and I am too lazy to fix it! lol :)

Rahel over at scrapbookmentor.com posted a tutorial vid on how to make these cute little matchbooks and I thought it would be an awesome idea to make a mini book out of, so that's what I did today! Since I spent the WHOLE day cleaning, doing laundry, washing fans, bathing dogs...or dog I should say...lol I gave myself permission to do nothing but scrap today and I did! I still have a few pages to fill...about 3 or so, but this is what I have so far. I even made one for Mikey and he filled it with pics too! If you haven't checked out Rahel's You Tube vids, you totally should! I found her on there a few months back and fell in love with her scrapbooking videos and style! Her name on You Tube is swissgirl90. She also started up a scrapbooking website called Scrapbook Mentor. If you haven't checked it out, go on over and join...it's FREE!! She also has an ESTY shop where she sells some of her OWN designed acrylic stamps and her blog is Swissgirl Designs....go...NOW! lol :)

Some scrappy shares

Not much going on around here. Miguel went back to work this week after being off for a week. We were able to do some stuff while he was home...just hanging out together as a family which we just don't do much of when he's working. He just spends TOO much time at work and when he's home, he's usually asleep! It was good though...lots of fun and I'm already looking forward to his next one which I advised him he should take in September for our one year anniversary...wink, wink ;) lol

I got a few pages done last week I think....or no, maybe the week before Miguel was on vacation, but hadn't gotten around to posting here. One is an 8.5x11 and one is 12x12. I've also done two more pages in my art journal/smashbook, but need to get pics of those.

What else is going on? Not much really. The kids are home, driving me nutty as usual. I really wish Lij and Mikey would get along better. Mikey just ADORES Lij and just wants to be around him and wants Lij to play with him or do stuff with him. And I totally get it, Lij is 12...almost 13, but I think he forgets what it was like to be 6 and look up to an older brother. I remember when Lij was little and he was always wanting to do what his older brother, Josh was doing, but Josh was so different with Lij. If he was sitting at the table drawing, he'd have Lij sit there across the table from him and they would both draw together. He was never really "mean" to him and loved hanging out with Lij and doing stuff w/him. I really wish Lij would just understand how much Mikey looks up to him. I think he'll be going back to his dad's this weekend and will probably be there for a week. His dad gets him for a month in the Summer, but sometimes, we split it up into 4 seperate weeks. Anyway, he (Lij) can pretty much go spend time with his dad any time he wants as long as we have nothing planned. We don't really follow the whole standard visitation thing.

I'm itching to create....have so much stuff that I had gotten a couple months back when we had our tax refund and I just don't sit down to scrap as much as I should or would like to. Sometimes I just feel so darn lazy to get stuff out! lol And speaking of lazy.....sad face...I fell off the gym wagon...AGAIN! Was doing so good too.....for a whole month, but every week, I went less and less days...5 to start with, then 4, then 3, ect, ect. I haven't gone in about two weeks :( It's just harder now with the kids home since I was going after they'd left for school. Miguel hasn't gone either, but he's so busy...I'm surprised he was finding time to go at all! I really just need to find my motivation again which is SUPER hard! We'll see.....

Well, it's late and I can't remember everything it was that I wanted to write soo....until next time. I'd really like to be better at keeping my blog up because there are alot of little daily life things that I would just like to write down and document for later, but I'm just so bad at making time to do it. Another thing I need to work on.....good night :)

Happy Father's Day

What can I say about you, sweetie? In the 7+ years we have known each other, you never cease to amaze me....and annoy me...ha,ha...JUST KIDDING :) As far as being a father goes, I have the upmost respect and admiration for you because not only are you a great daddy to Mikey, but you are an exceptional dad to Elijah. From the beginning, you never hesitated, second guessed or backed away from entering a relationship with someone who already had a son. You loved me, and from the start....you loved him. You stepped in and stepped up when his own father wasn't around. You have never treated him like he wasn't your own and you do as much for him...if not more...as you do for Mikey. In my opinion, you EARNED the right to be called his father long before you and I were ever married. We have had our ups and downs in our relationship, but in the past few years, I have seen you grown... as a man of God, as a father and as a husband. I see that our boys look to you as an example of what it is to be a good man and I am proud that you are making more responsible choices because of this. You are a hardworker and a good provider for our family and we appreciate all that you do for us. Even though I get frustrated and miss you because of all the time you spend at work away from us, I know that if given the choice, you would be here with us all the time. I know that you do it for us. You make a huge effort to make the most of the time we do have together by taking us to do things as a family or even when we just spend time at home doing what you love best: bbqing and hanging out with the kids at home. Those are the times that I know you love best and so do we :) Thank you, baby, for all that you do. I hope that today and every day, you know just how much we admire, respect and appreciate you. I love you so very much and I don't know what we would do without you. Happy Father's Day, Shmoopy Loopy....I hope you have an awesome day :)