Slow to Post!!

I have been totally dragging butt here for a while! Just can't seem to get motivated lately! We have had so much going on lately, it is a blessing just to sit down and not want to move! It is cold outside today, and I'm so ready for the warm weather to get here. I'm ready for going camping, and swimming! We love going to Sam A Baker State Park, that place is so pretty, and they have hot showers! Hows that for camping! LOL

I have been slow about getting this up, but I have another class scheduled! This is for one of those cute little chipboard word books that are all the rage right now!

Date: May 3
Time: 10:00am
Place: Grants Pass Paper Craft
Cost: $25
Sign up by: April 18

And the RAK winner is....(drum roll)

ALLthatscraps!!!! Congrats!! Email me your info and I will get your Rak out to ya!!
jarrell16@sbcglobal.net

Thanks to all you ladies that left comments, and keep checking back for more fun going ons in the future!!

Here BIRDie birdie BIRdie Bits........

iT is snowing here right now. I am so ready for spring...like many ice storms ago!!

Well I have been thinking...about creating a little fun here on my blog!! So I am going to give away a RAK (aka. scrapbook goodie) to someone who post a comment with this thread by March 14th! You will love it!! Be creative, I could use a good laugh!! LOL

Here is what I have been up to lately!! This is the new Dream Street Papers Birdie Bits!! This was my dt kit from M2R this month, and I so love these papers!! They are just to darn CUTE!!

Don't forget to check out the classes I am going to be teaching real soon below!! I hope to see you there!!

YUm Yum!! Mini Recipe Book

CupCake Birthday Card

Who doesn't love cupcakes!

Hip Hop Easter

Au Naturale LO

Dreaming of Spring

I'm Dreaming of those warm and sunny days in spring, sitting out in my yard at the picnic table with a huge glass of sweet tea and a really good book.

What fun!! I love making cards, I personally just have trouble giving them away!! LOL I am so ready for spring that it will not ever get here soon enough! I'm ready to go out in my yard and work in the gardens and sit out in the yard and listen to the birds sing, they always seem to be the loudest as it is warming up outside. Listening to the kids "actually" play outside before they start complaining that it is too hot out, which around here it does not take too long for that! LOL

Stepping back into reality for a moment, school is closed today, yep, again, it is sleeting outside and my thermometer says it is 10 YES 10 degrees outside! Can you say BURRRR!!! And you wonder why I'm dreaming of a warm spring day.....

Class was a BLAST ;P

Saturday the 16th was my first scrapbook class to teach!! What fun it was;P And a even bigger surprise was to discover that one of the ladies that took my acrylic book class I had went to school with! Kewl, huh!

Not only did the ladies in the class learn to use that acrylic in class, I learned something about myself as well, I use to be TERRIFIED to have to stand up in front of people and do anything!! But at the class, of course I was a little nervous, but I found I had a great bunch of ladies sitting at the tables, no reason to be nervous!! CLASS WAS A BLAST lol!! aNd lookiNG FORard TO the NeXT!

Things I'm doing today.....

working on LO"S to do for a class.

Spring Cards for a class done!! (check)

Laundry...and laundry..

wishing for spring...(ready to garden)( and tired of being cold!)

and trying hard to stick to grounding our youngest boy today, that little booger thought...well..I dont know what he thought..but to makes a long story short, Bailey went into Justus's room and tore up his stereo speaker. He has been being good about staying in his room...all day..so far.. he even told his brother he was sorry..why kids do the things they do...he is 6yrs and in first grade, so for him staying in his room and telling the truth that he was the one who did it, I am very proud of you Bay!!

snap~crackle~pop~

It is OFFICIAL the ice storm has just taken out our electric!!! Luckily we have a fireplace for heat....unfortunatly we have to go out and split wood!!(darn our laziness)!!

Plus side at least my battery was charged on my laptop;)

Just a little mention here I came across a website earlier, Pink Paislee, and they have some of the CUTIEST scrappy items. I seen a alot of must haves there!! I would love to get ahold of some of their products!!!

My class I'm going to be teaching is fast approching!! Saturday at 10am at Grants Pass, going to be so much fun, if you havent signed up...hurry!

Snowee Snow kind of day!

It snowed!! Lots and lots of snow!! I would much rather have the snow over the rain any day during the winter!! The winter scene was taken from our living room window...so pretty!! Bailey with his Snow Sickle!! LOL

Celebrity Look-alike! LOL

This was fun, amusing!! Heather Locklear..look like her..LOL..(rolling eyes) LOL Have some fun go check it out and see who you look like!!

Good Saturday!!

Hi!! Did some scrapping yesterday while the kids were at school, just now getting a chance to post this! Tyler had a birthday party to go to today at the skating rink, so we just got back from that! There is nothing like the sound of kids hyped up on cake and ice cream at a skating rink!!

GoodMorning!!

Looks like it is going to be a nice day out today!! I can actually see the sun this morning! Mornings here are so eventful! Getting these three boys going in the morning to get them off to school, can be somewhat of a challenge at times!!

I say- Breakfast is on the table, waffles with syrup...I holler from the kitchen..off in the distance I hear two "Ol' Yea"! (sounds of joy)( nothing like sending the kids to school with a nice sugar rush for the teacher to deal with)
(one of those voices is missing)

Bailey says- I don't like waffles i want that square cereal!!

I say- You do to like waffles!!

Bailey says- cereal

I say- Fine!! ( so I give Baileys waffles to the other two boys, of course they are thrilled) LOL

Bailey comes into the kitchen- Hey I want some waffles!! I didnt know it was those kind of waffles!!

I say- I told you it was waffles with syrup!! (remember me hollering through the house)( I was so loud I'm sure our little dog cringed!)

Bailey says- No you didnt..I want waffles , no cereal!

I...grumble as I go back to the kitchen , to make him his waffles!!

Bailey thought I was going to make them waffle wiches, which by the way he LOVES! He just is NOT a morning person...(gets that gene from his father)!! He is always the last one out of bed in the morning, the last one ready to go to school!! Normally by the time he rolls out of bed he has about 20 minutes to get ready for school and eat his breakfast!! He is not a grumpy person in the morning, his brain just is not working yet, but his eyes are open and blinking. LOL

Waffle wiches if you are wondering are pop 2 waffles in a toaster and after they are done spread one side with jam and the other with peanutbutter and put it together like a sandwitch and TAADAAA you have a wafflewich LOL LOved by all except Bailey in the morning when his brain is still asleep!!


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Huge change of subject here, but I was emailed yesterday evening by Diane at Grants Pass and she said the people are all ready signing up for the acrylic class!! And she just started advertising the class yesterday evening!! AwESOME!!

Ready......

Ok, acrylic album is ready to go!!

Book finished....Check
Delivered....Check
Excited....Check Check!!

I just got home from "Grants Pass Paper Craft"!! And we are ready to go!! The album has been delivered, and I hope everyone gets excited...cause I sure am!! Here is the class project!!






Register: Grants Pass Paper Craft in Poplar Bluff
Date: February 16
Cost: $30.00
Supplies for class:
Clear adhesive
scissors & a paper trimmer if you have one
1 pair wavy deco scissors
6, 4x6 vertical photos - black & white prefered (looks good with the colors) but can be color photos if you wish!!
ruler
clear cd case(just the lid will work)

Today's Randomnas thoughts and should have dones, and gona have to do's!!

Monday my busiest day of the week!

Gota clean house.(gona have to do)

Scrapbook..(this is a thought)

Trying to keep the "Gota clean house" from becoming a should have done by trying to keep scrapbooking just as a thought!! LOL

Announcement!!!

I am proud to say that I will be teaching classes at "Grants Pass Paper Craft" here in Poplar Bluff!! My first class will be an Acrylic album, on February 16 at 10:00am. Here is a sneak peek at the project

I just finished the album, and it looks awesome,can't wait to share! As soon as I get the album to the store, which will be this coming week, and give to Diane (store owner) I will post an actual photo!! And provide a bit more info!!

Santa's Great Escape

Christmas Eve was one heck of an adventure!! Christmas Eve, we sat down and watched "Christmas Story" together. Later hoping it might help the kids to relax I dug out the Christmas story book and blew the dust off the cover and made some hot chocolate. TV off, my hot chocolate getting cold on the end table, the kids and dh cup in hand and story book in mine, I read Twas the Night Before Christmas.

Time for bed! Excitetricity shooting through the air as they are tucked in and told to hurry and go to sleep so Santa will come (yes,I can hear the sound of our oldest son rolling his eyes at this from inside his bedroom!)LOL. Time for me to go and wrap presents that have been tucked away in my closet!! (dh debating about how to put the hamster under the tree)(another story there)!

Me wrapping presents at the foot of my bed, which hides the door crack under the door, you know the one I'm talking about, where the kids just can not resist looking under!! It's like a secret spy hole they just can not resist!! Presents wrapped, and what do we hear but a tiny whispery voice on the other side of the door saying " I heard hooves on the roof!"" They have been in bed now over an hour, and Tyler is still not asleep! Shoot! DH goes to stuff him back in bed. So 11:00 comes around and we are thinking surely he is asleep now!! So we go and take a peek in his room and upon peeking Tyler says "has Santa came yet?" SHOOT!! (still not asleep)!! We are really ready to put the gifts under the tree...but not yet!!! Midnight comes around....peek...he is finally asleep!! WHOOOHOO!! Stockings stuffed, present under the tree, (hamster wrapped but with many holes poked in wrapping paper) (so funny sitting that under the tree and hearing the hamster running on that wheel)LOL

3:00 am. Yes that is in the morning!! We hear the patter of 4 feet running in and out of the living room..(oh brother) dh gets up and tells them to get their butts back into bed!! Not much longer after that our youngest comes into our room...shining his flashlight into our faces..(we are starting to feel some bad words coming on) (but we are good parents so we only think them!) And informs us that his brother Tyler had been peeking at the gifts under the tree and told him that there was a hamster under the tree!! At this point, yep we wanted to wrap Tyler up in a pkg and send him to Alaska!! #1 for snooping....#2 for telling his brother what he saw under the tree..#3 for making our eyes look and feel like 2 burnt holes in a blanket!! The GRINCH WAS REARING HIS HEAD !!!

Long story shortened! Christmas morning our oldest opened his gifts first, while the 2 little ones watched, they had to wait to open their gifts till all the others were opened!! They got a lesson on patience Christmas morning!! LOL

Sneaky #1

Sneaky #2

Sleepy #1

Sleepy #2

Just Happy

Here Comes Santa Claus....

Hard to believe Christmas is almost here! The years just seem to fly by anymore!

Almost totally done with the Christmas shopping, just have dh gift left to get. I never know what to get him, he is so hard to buy for!DH already has my gifts under the tree, 3 to be exact!! And one weights a TON!! And he gave me a hint, they are scrappy items!! OH BOY OH BOY!! I can't wait to tear into those packages!!


Today the boys get out of school at noon. The start of their Christmas vacation, the beginning of me not being able to keep the house clean!!! LOL And me spending ALOT of time in my scrappy room, so I cant see how much of a mess the house is in!

A bit of news that I'm really excited about!! After Christmas Im meeting with the owner (Diane) of Grants Pass, a scrapbook store in Poplar Bluff, about teaching some classes there!! I will share more info about that, after I get all the 411!! AWESOME!!

Brrrr!!!

Wow, it is really starting to feel like December outside!! Cold, and windy, maybe might get to see a few snow flurries?! I have started trying to figure out what all cookies and candy I want to make to give away as well as for us to consume (of course) ( waistbands expanding)!! I love baking and sharing!! This will give me a good start on adding a item to my Christmas Journal I made! Along of course with the decorating of the Christmas trees!
2 more days till the Christmas Party at Poplar Bluff! Yes I'm counting down the days!! LOL (story in older post)

My "studio" is almost done!! YAHHH! I have been decorating it today. Hanging some photographs I have taken, and things that I have made! The room is really becoming quite cozy! Not much longer and I will post some photos! Can't wait to share!!

Well time to go and walk on my "hamster wheel" for a while!! (aka-treadmill) So until next time!!!!