SPRING BREAK BLUES

No school this week... what shall we do!!?!?!??!? Sorry to say we have only done one thing... we went to the zoo today.

The weather was incredible the animals amazing and the children were crazy. Against my best judgement they stayed up past bed time last night and I paid for it today. They get up at the same time no matter what time they go to bed. But even so I have to say it was a wonderful day. I even got to destress and make a card.

I like this card. Very simple but it makes me smile. I really wanted to try something with brown and pink, two colors I really just don't "do" together, and it worked. I think adding the celery has helped my opinion.

It took longer to find the two ribbons than it took to make the entire card. The joy of working out of rubbermaid totes instead of my beatiful well organized craft room that I left behind in Florida. (the only thing I miss about FL, hahahahaha).

Tomorrow is DH surgery on his eyes for the glaucoma. I am sooooo nervous. I hope all goes well and it really helps him. I hate to even think about what he is going through. I would give anything to trade places with him and give him my eyes.

Ok another day done and need to try to not think of tomorrow. The best cure is to cuddle with the hubby, yum.

Night!

APRIL FOOLS!!!!

Well here it is the first day of April. I have been back "north" now starting the fourth month. Still not sure if I am happy about the move. Things always seem to be soooo hard for me and Dave. Granted they are worth it in the end but the amount of work required to get there is unreal.

On the positive side I did complete the baby album for the shower on Sunday and even made a card that looks like a bib. Very cute. I wax thrilled that the couple took the time while opening the gifts to actually look through the entire album and comment on how nice. It really made it all worth while.

MY GOAL FOR THE WEEK

I need to scrap. I mean some serious scrapping. I want to develop all our pictures to SeaWorld and do an entire album with our years worth of visits. I can't believe I am an entire year behind in pictures. I will conquer!!

Happy Bunny Day

What a beautiful day in New England. Sunny and warm! I just wanted to be outside.
The family lunch was a little different this year, which was very nice since Grams just passed two weeks ago. We went to the Abbey Grill run by the culinary school. The food was fantastic and the visit very pleasant. The kids even seemed to have a good time. The boys playing Star Wars and the girls tried to keep up with them in between bites of desert.
So many things I had hoped to make for the holiday and with the craziness of life didn't get to do 95% of what I had hoped. Mom did get a card and a domino. The kids and Dave and myself finally got to the craft project I had planned only this morning. I will upload some pics... the kids did a great job. I really hope things settle some so we have more time as a family to do more fun things.
Well Happy Happy Bunny Day to all and here is to a very productive Spring.

This ended up being what I used for my last class. I cased the rocketship from the recent SU catalog out of desperation. Thankfully the class went well and everyone loved their cards.

I cased this card from a magazine while suffering from "brain dead"itis. I was trying to get ready for a class and was coming up with nothing and just needed to get the juices rolling so to speak. Thank goodness it helped and I came up with a few nice ideas for that night's event. I will up load those as well to follow.
I have to admit magazines and online are the best cure for non functioning brains. I have an endless resource of ideas (motivation) at my finger tips.

Birthday for a friend

I created this card using the Happy Birthday Cuttlebug embossing folder. I love how it came out. I spent a little time chalking the image to bring it to life and the scallop circle worked well to finish the look.

I LOVE YOU

I made this card for David to remind him how much I love and need him. His medical issues have been scary for me and I really needed to let him know that I am "there" for him always.

Goals setting time.

I have been spending lots of time thinking about what I want for the future. So to help me set some goals I want to start with the "near" future as in this week. So goal #1 for this week is to create a blog. I really want it to look "happy" and have lots of pictures of my family, friends, and my even resent projects.
I hope that getting this up and running will allow me to keep moving forward. A daily journal for me to document my growth emotionally, spiritually, and creatively.
So wish me luck.