Party in the USA!!

Amber, my former, (sort of ) sister in law took her daughter and my daughter for a day full of makeovers, manicures, lunch at Serendipity, shopping and finally a Miley Cyrus concert. They all had so much fun and I used all the pictures they took to do one of my DYL assignments.

then I used pics of my son to finish the second assignment. I'm kinda falling a little behind in the class, but trying not to get stressed about it. I love it, and I love that it's making me scrap and get some motivation back. I have too much invested in this hobby to just sit and stare at all my supplies. :)

2010-the year of Challenges!!!

I've signed up for an online class by Cathy Z called Design Your Life, it's 12 weeks long, with a several assignments per week. I'm also trying to do a card a day challenge on 2 Peas, I don't think I'll get one a day done, but maybe a couple a week. I've also signed up for the Transformation.com challenge. With this challenge there is a Dallas conference and half marathon in March, my intent is to go, so I'm going to start training for a nice 13.1 mile run! I sure hope that I can keep up with all this and that I didn't take on more than I can handle.


These are my first 3 assignments from the Design Your Life class.




And,my first two cards for the card a day challenge!! I think this will be a great way to stay motivated and to stay challenged......I just hope I don't get overwhelmed!!

I haven't scrapped much in the past couple months, I just don't have the motivation to do much in the creative way. But, here are a couple things that I have managed to squeak out. The card was for a little boy that is suffering from a life threatening illness and this sweet little boy only wanted to receive Christmas cards, well how can you turn that down? So, I sent it on it's way a few weeks ago and only hope that it brightened his day a little bit. I also managed to finish a scrapbook page, this is of my daughter and her friend getting manicures and drinking chocolate from Starbucks....two of lifes greatest pleasures!!

Franken--skulls

So,here's my attempt at holiday cards for Halloween, and my attempt at making some kind of new decoration for the home. I got the Frank idea from here.

The fact that he was so easy to make was, in fact, the reason he got finished in the first place. I have a hunchback guy that stands about 3' tall that I have all painted, but haven't put him together yet..........he's been done for over 8 years. Wow, that's just sad. There is alot to be said for fast and easy!!

I guess I'll shoot off these cards to my nieces and nephews and hope that they get them before Saturday!! That will actually make me feel pretty dang good, instead of my usual, making cards and hording them for no apparent reason......off to find postage!!

There just are no words!!

This................is what happens when you turn 63!!! Happy Birthday dad!! LOVE your goofy self!

My wonderfully goofy daughter!!!

I just love this girl....she has such a fun way about her. She can be a total goof and doesn't care. She has started making home videos of herself, singing at the top of her lungs and dancing along with the music, it doesn't matter if she's totally off key, this girl just wants to have fun!!!

Love this

http://deseretbook.com/video/embed/343

Stagnant...........

that's been me......for way too long now. I've just been on cruise control with really no direction, no motivation, no challenges. Well, I'm done for now, I've had enough and it's time to wake up and get movin. I'm gonna set some goals and organize my life and keep on top of things so that it's not so overwhelming. My friend and I are going to start scrapbooking with challenges, sketches, etc, so that should help the scrappy mojo get it's motor goin.

Also, I'm going to be getting back to the gym...actually that has been one thing that I've been good and consistent with over the past 19 weeks....I did take one whole week off to veg, but am now back to it, and it feels really good.

I really want to get back into some decorative painting, using my scroll saw and gettin busy on some fun projects. So, I've got a game plan and am ready to go!!

Something that helped get me out of this slump is that I won $50 worth of stamps from Unity Stamp Co!!! How freakin cool is that????? I can't wait to get them and get busy makin some fun projects. I will be better at takin pics and posting them!! That's the goal anyway!