~ feeling ChallEnGeD?

this week I ~ {keep forgetting to take pictures! or am not able to upload! above} BUT...
- enjoyed my new more fuel efficient JEEP ... traded in our Suburban (driven a Sub over 10 yr)...
- finished my nieces Birthday book...
- started and will finish a "moving" scrapbook ... with photo ready pages and journal prompts...
- worked several days (and will work 5 days straight ... big wow? ... my kids may feel orphaned)
- mailed stuff: mothers day gifts ..
- MAILED: my son's quilt!!! ~ and (Christmas goodies, no NOT late- early for next Christmas~) !!!!
- made teachers gifts ... and i forgot to take pictures AGAIN ... and those i have not posted, i will blame on my cat, (my mom sent me the picture via email above! ... and that is nearly what my kitty does! thought i'd share! )
I will try to:
- get serious about remodeling ... maybe? ...really!
UPDATE: found a '93 JEEP for my daughter ALSO! yea! who'd thunk we'd become a JEEP family! 2 JEEPS in one month!

YOUR TURN, Show~N~Share!
... creative challenges everywhere!...
Maybe you have some others that you like to share?
... PLEASE DO
... leave a comment of some of your favorite links ... or your own =0)

FUN EMBOSSING TECHNIQUES!!!

.... EMERGING COLOR TECHNIQUE!
check out the tutorial, feel free to post a link of YOUR finished work!
thanks for sharing!

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/emergingcolor.php

oops i did it again...

i made somthing cool... alas, i gave it away before i got pictures =(
.. pictures of the workshop we made a 2page layout, from CHERISH - and did the Emerging Color embossing technique ... in Dutch Blue, Olive, and Chocolate... using Rustic Trails
... mAYbe SOMEday i'll get pictures of the layouts posted...

... surfing today ! ~!

HAPPY DANCE!

I HAVE THE DAY OFF!

... I CROP TOMORROW.... SO, i am heading to my scrappy place to play! ...
Prepare, a day for me, ME! ... how long has it been! ...
=0) started off my day with a cup of the best coffee, Raspberry Chocolate!
today, life is good,
and i have so much i want to do i feel i am going to explode.
... like a firecracker into a million different directions,
and afraid i'll get nothing accomplished.
~ and the quilt shop hop starts today... OMG. . .

..... ~ FOCUS!

Bookends...

"Time it was, and what a time it was, it was
A time of innocence, a time of confidences
Long ago, it must be, I have a photograph
Preserve your memories, they're all that's left you"

... BookEnds, Simon & Garfunkel ...

Sunday Snapshot

~from September, 2007
actually, OUR 25th Anniversary, we went bike riding!
stopped on the trail to talk to zac(on the phone/phone photo!) ~who was congratulating us for putting up with each other for so long ...


It's so great to find that one special person
you want to annoy for the rest of your life.
~Rita Rudner

BEING A MOM ... is my favorite

Easter BLESSINGS!
Spring break was just not long enough!
Lent was bearable - after the fridge/freezer was repaired and basic food REPLACED... we decided giving up TALKING about, thus doing anything, about th house for our sacrifice.
We are refreshed and ready to think about our HOME...
EASTER: did not feel the same ... no dying of easter eggs.....
~ we are pretty much down to the "last two" kids =(
We took a overnight train trip ... then back
... and onward to ESU for Easter Services {congrats! Shawna}
~ then bounced back.
Yup, i feel like a red rubber ball...
one that's been bounced around in the school yard,
shoved in a pocket and worn,
loved and sure there is some bounce left ...
but, let me sit on the window sill for a bit.

Spring is around the corner! =)