Scrappin Thank You!

A thank you package came in the mail today from Sherri, thanking me for my two months as guest designer!
I am so sad the two months flew by, but so happy to get an opportunity like that!
www.shopscrapbooksupplies.com
It is a great new Board, the store has been around forever, but the board is not even a year old, and it is such a cool place, prizes, people, gallery, contests!
CHECK IT OUT!

SNOW PUPPY!

We were meant to live for so much more, have we lost ourselves?

I wanted to take a break from typing up my fiction response paper and just blog it up.
I went grocery shopping today, much needed!
Went with Bucia as always, we have a good time shopping together going slow as possible.
But despite the fact I get annoyed with children and people, I get overheated, the prices are crazy, you can't ever find the thing you have a coupon for.....
I still can't feel extremely lucky. That even as poor as I feel right now I am still able to afford fifty bucks of food. And thanks to coupons it is actually enough to keep me afloat til mid Feb.
I feel extremely lucky because I know there are people that cannot afford even fifty, and they are on food stamps and starving in the world. And I just want to say that I AM GRATEFUL. I truly am because my life may seem hard somedays, but every day I wake up in my warm bed and I get up and know there is clean water and food to eat. Everyday I know that I can take a shower and wash my clothes and turn on lights.
I make enough at my job to pay my bills, and I am extremely lucky in the sense that I have a job and can pay the bills. I rarely have money to get frappacinos, pizza, go to the bar, get new shoes. But really I do not NEED any of that.
I have all I need, a warm house, a car, my wonderful dog, food in the freezer, clean clothes, and utilities.
I read about people and places that just don't have all these things. People who have gotten laid off because the economy in the US sucks, even in Michigan, some 30,000 people have left because of the job situation.
My parents moved to Missouri because of GM, I am living in my house, alone with my dog. I pay for everything on my own.
When my parents send me money it is for the dogs expensive food eye care and grooming.
I pay my bills gas grocery etc.
I am so lucky, I have a life that I am extremely grateful for.

My Guitar Hero!

Grungeboard product spotlight
I painted and glittered these fun little embellishments.
I think the ones in the corner look like mini guitars, perfect for my layout!
Tim Holtz Grungeboard
Making Mem paint and glitter
Lil Davis chipboard letter

I LOVE THIS LAYOUT OF MY DAD!

Guess what I finished?!?!?!

That is the cover of my FINISHED Vegas album. It took me 6 months but it was totally worth it because every page is loved and beautiful and great. Click on the My gallery link to your right and look at all my pages!

Scrapping Mojo!

Loving being a Guest Designer at THIS AWESOME PLACE!

This is my all blue layout, using some really fun Heidi Grace paper and Embellishments!

P.S. I am going through and deleting my older archives, because I am making this more public and I am not sure what I have written in the past, so every couple of months I am going to print off my entries and delete the older months. Just wanted to let you know in case you were looking for an older post or comment.

I love nothing so much

As I love this girl
*She's got a way about her
I don't know what it is
But I know that I can't live without her
She's got a smile that heals me
I don't know why it is
But I have to laugh when she reveals me
She comes to me when I'm feelin' down
Inspires me without a sound*

2008

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!
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SICK AGAIN

Would you believe the luck I have?
I am going to start 2008 sick!

What a way to start the new year.......

Ready for oh eight

At the end of every year I feel completely ready for the next new year and what lays ahead for me. I don't know if it is because it holds new adventures, new experiences. A chance to be different and do things differently. But I feel that every year is the same, I make promises and break them, resolutions never kept, changes never made. So why is it every year I am so eager to go through the same motions? Pretending and convincing myself things "will" be different this time around.
Who knows, maybe this year will be different. Hopefully it won't go as fast as 2007 did, it really just flew by.

Anniversary

Happy Four Year Anniversary to James and I!

I am getting this pretty thing tomorrow!

HAVE A GREAT CHRISTMAS BLOGGERS!

2007 Recap

I wrote this before the 2007 New Year in my blog last year, Dec 2006
2007
Has to be better
Has to be sweeter
Has to involve less tears
Has to hurt less
Has to feel good

Well in reality, 2007 was better, but it involved more tears. It wasn't sweetier, but it was a little easier. It did feel good at a lot of points, but it still felt bad too.

What does 2008 hold for me?

I guess I adore him

I did this using some great products from www.shopscrapbooksupplies.com

Ck out the forum and some of my other work!

Design Team

I am a guest Designer for Dec/Jan at this awesome message board that I am on all the time!
http://www.freepowerboards.com/shopscrapbooks/index.php

Check out my awesome projets this month and next, there are also some fun holiday contest for store gift cards!

Here is one project, my altered letter!

Wake up call SHEESH

One of my neighbors (still unknown) called the police because my garage door went up at 2am.

So an officer and the sherrif cars come. The cop is banging on my door, finally I answer.
Scared me half to death I thought I was going to pass out I was so shaken up.
The cop is like one of your neighbors was worried and called the police and we are just checkin on you.
He just kept saying are you ok and giving me funny looks.
Probably because I am standing in my pjs and its freezing out and well you know hanes white tee-shirts and polka dot pants, my hair is a mess, and my retainer is preventing me from talking correctly.
I didnt know what to do I was like blanking and that is why the cop was like do you want me to close it for you?
I went and looked and closed the garage.
The cop had said they looked around and nothing looked suspicious.
I tried to calm down but I kept shaking and crying and I felt so alone.
The cop sat in my driveway for about 15 minutes.
Finally I just had to go to sleep I had class in the morning, but I am shaking and the dog is shaking and it was not easy to get back to bed at 2:30 am. I still don't know for sure which neighbor called but I am down to the two across from me.


And then tonight, stressed, tired, so so so shaken up still. I broke down.

'tis the season

My holiday greetings for all my bloggey readers!

My snapfish cards: I hope it looks ok, I had to scan it...

Tidbits learned

I have been sick for the better part of this past week. I have learned many a lesson from my position on the couch.

• Working while, no matter if it is the sniffles or the flu, just is not fun. Working just makes it 1 million times worse.
• Running out of Kleenex at the height of the illness feels like the end of the world. But do not be afraid to text anyone and everyone to bring you a box.
• No one is going to take care of you when you are an adult, and that really sucks. Even your boyfriend of four years won't take care of you.
• JUICE is essential, have it on hand before getting sick.
• Don't stop brushing just washed hair just because you are sick, the knots and tangles will be overwhelming when you finally feel like brushing again.
• Discovery, history, and travel channels can be interesting AND informal, after so many days of garbage on tv.
• Loss of appetite due to illness does not mean don't eat and maybe you will lose weight, but forcing yourself to get off the couch to eat some crackers is almost not worth the effort.
• Do laundry the first day you feel sick, because sunday at nine pm when you realize you need pants for work, and the thought of going down the stairs makes you want to throw up, you will have your laundry already done.
• FINALLY Do not feel guilty for doing absolutely nothing the entire weekend, despite the fact you have nothing done for Christmas, and your exams and final projects are looming. DO NOT FEEL GUILTY!

Update needed

1. Glasses or contacts? both
2. Martha or Oprah? Martha
3. What food would you like to lick off someone? carmel.
4. When I’m bored, I… ? channel surf
5. Salty or sweet? sweet
6. In retrospect, do you wish you had studied harder or had more fun? studied hard
7. If I were a Disney character, I’d be… MULAN
8. What do you wear to bed? old flannel pants and white cotton shirt
9. What’s your favorite restaurant? levis
10. When I want to be alone, I… ? nap
11. How often do you cook? once a week
12. What makes you blush? someone saying something nice about me
13. No matter how desperate I was for a guy/girl, I’d never.... change what makes me, me
14. How many days past expiration are you willing to drink milk? week? milk nevr lasts past exp for me
15. Where would you like to go on vacation? hawaii
16. What’s the sexiest accent? hmmmmm
17. Fill in the blank: poop
18. Wal-Mart is… annoying
19. Would you rather listen to the same song or eat the same meal for the rest of your life? song
20. How many licks does it take to get to the center of a marble? OUCH MY TEETH!

Big Bad Wolf and Lil Red

This is what we were for Halloween, HOTTNESS!

I love this guy