Love this

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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!

Some more photo fun

Man, I'm having so much fun with these frames, and special effects using photoshop. Look how cool these are..........yes I'm way excited and I didn't get a little carried away with the stamping on the collage,but I think it's a pretty cool little tool. Fun stuff, if you haven't played with PS then I highly suggest you do. Now I just have to go back to the beginning and learn the basics!! :)

Woo hoo.........I love it when I finally "get" something. lol. I've been wanting to learn Photoshop for really long time, actually I still don't know it, but I'm taking a class on frames, masks etc from Jessica Sprague and I'm loving it!! I do need to go back and take it from the beginning, but learning all these cool, fun ways to edit pictures is amazing and makes me really want to learn all I can about photoshop. Here are a few pictures that I've played around with.
It's so much fun and I can't wait to see what other awesome things I can learn to do with photos!!

WA State

If any of you have never been to WA and get the chance....TAKE IT!!! I flew up for the weekend to visit my girl Erin last month and am so glad I did. I've been to WA before and have seen the tulip and daffodil fields, which are absolutely amazing, I've seen VanCover which is breathtaking, and this last visit I got to get out on the ocean and see Jones Island and Roche Harbor. AWESOME!! It is so green....it's completely foreign to this desert rat. I truely felt like I was in a completely different world. Plus, when we out on the boat, I was freezing. I'm all bundled up, shivering, teeth chattering away and the people we were out with were in shorts and tank tops..lol. Yeah, I felt like a dork! Oh well, it doesn't take much for me to be cold, I'm used to walking outside in the summer and having the hot air pretty much bake me from the inside out...yep, it's that hot.

Just so you all get a hint of how gorgeous it is up in WA..here are a few pics!

I had such a great time and look forward to my next visit!! :) Thanks E!!

Graduation!

It's really hard for me to believe that my son has graduated. I mean, where did all the years go? One day he's this little blue eyed boy with the mullet and long ringlets, and the next, he's turned into a young man, with a chiseled jaw and muscles. Man, I was so not ready for this. The graduation though was really good and the after grad party was great. He had a good time and that's all that matters. Now, here are a few pics of my handsome young man!!!

sketch #18

not quite finished with this one, but I'm not going to worry about taking another pic...

Just a Quickie!!

Quickie update......

Had a great mothers day, my son came for the weekend from Vegas. We went to see Wolverine, (not much better than seeing Hugh running around buck nekkid!!) I participated in a 5k walk, met some fantastic and inspiring people that are part of Transformation.com, and had a great dinner with my parents.

On May 12th, my baby boy turned 18~ :(
I can't believe he's old enough now to vote.
We are preparing for his graduation on the 8th of June, and are gearing up for the summer. Ash usually spends a few weeks in Vegas with her dad, and I'm left to my own devices... ;) While it does get lonely, I do enjoy the time, I just need to make sure I do something productive and not waste it......hmmmm, maybe some painting is in order.

Oh, and my 20 year class reunion is coming up................that coupled with an 18 year old, sure does make it hard to not feel like my life is half over.......well, I guess if I live to be 76, then it is half over. ;)