Fly By

An awesome picture taken of my hubby on his 4wheeler jumping a hill of dirt by the talented (closet scrapper because he loves what his wife creates!) Gavin.
There will be no more riding of the 4wheeler for a while because it is in a million pieces. Shawn decided to "rebuild' it. Boys and their toys.....sigh.

A little fly by blogging...
1. I am down 6 pounds. Yeah me. Yes....it is the same 6 pounds that I have gained and lost for the past 2 years but I am determined to push past that an get back into my hot momma pants!

2. Keep Shawn in your thoughts this week. His surgery is Wednesday and he can use all of the positive thoughts and prayers he can get.

3. Haven't really told you about Bai's homecoming but the bottom line was she was beautiful and I cried. I mean holy crap!!!! That is my baby girl looking like a little woman. I only have 3 years with her until she is out of high school...how can that be. SIGH.... I must say though that we do like her current bf. He is a sweetie and a cutie and he treats her very nice. Also....he still gives his mom hugs in front of people which is totally coolness. AND you know what they say. A man will treat his girl like he treats his momma.

4. I need to take more pictures!!! Fall (my absolute favorite season) is slipping away. Not to mention time and life. GOL!....seriously I giggled out loud;O)

5. I am so very thankful. There are many times I don't say it or show it enough because I am usually bitchin' about something but I AM SOOOOO THANKFUL!!!! My goal this week is to say it and show it more.

6. Happy Birthday Jeff! The bestest stepdad EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Glad you are now playing with a full deck....hehehehe that is from Mom!

My fly time is about up.
Talk to you all soon.
Hugs and Loves.
m

So Much to Catch Up On....

***Total random blog, out of order and chaotic (hand on to your seats)
1. Took in a lost dog. He is a gracious old soul named Oliver. This is soooo what I don't need added in my life right now but he was homeless and needed us. He is such a good dog. sigh.....anyhoo meet the two babies of our family. Booda and Oliver...thier personalities are like Odus and Garfield. 2. Happy late birthday to my other half. Kind of a rough birthday for him this year. He found out he has a tumor and although they think it is benign, he still has to have surgery in the next couple of weeks to remove it. Please keep him in your thoughts.
3. Mase just finished up his soccer season. They had a tough year....a good learning year. He had fun and that is all that matters.

4. The old pink stove in the old school where Mason plays soccer totally makes me smile every time I went to the bathroom and passed it. Can't you just see June Cleaver here?
5. Bai's first homecoming....sigh....more on that next blog with better pictures.
6. Me trying not to cry. She was so beautiful and grown up....sigh....more on that later.

7. My favorite picture of Bai so far this month.
8. Gotta run (not got the runs)....just wanted to shout out to you all (Sweet Donna!!!). Miss you tons. More for you later.

Hugs and loves.

m

Because It Is Wednesday

Just a quick post.
Need to remind myself to NOT SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF....
and really,
everything is small stuff.
(except my ass!!)
LOL!
Loves and hugs.
m

Throwing a Curve Ball...

Hey all!
Throwing a curve ball and I am actually blogging on TUESDAY!
I know, I am just crazy like that ;o)
My list for today...well some of it actually.

1. I haven't uploaded any pictures lately so I went searching for some that made me smile in an old Aug/Sept file. Because YOU know I can hardly blog without pictures!! LOL! The pictures on today's post are all from Aug/Sept 2004. I am a bit shocked at how freaking fast time goes. I mean, I know it does but WOW....it REALLY DOES! 2. Bailey made the ballot for freshman homecoming court. I think they announce today which freshman will make it. It really is a win win for her because if she makes it ... great have a blast with it, and if she doesn't then that works too because the freshmen never win homecoming around here and she isn't missing anything. She is sure growing up, isn't she?

3. Met Bai's new boyfriend on Sunday. He seems to be a very nice well mannered boy. What happened to the other bf you might ask.....well, I really don't want to say I told you so, but I TOTALLY said that it wouldn't last. You see he was a grade behind her and it just wasn't in the cards for a freshman to have an 8th grader as a boyfriend. GASP! Which is just fine. I want Bai to know what she does and doesn't want in a companion.

4. The family is doing well. We are all kind of tired because it is just a crazy time for us. Shawn is having some back issues, thinking it might be a disc, hoping it isn't. I am so thankful his tumor was a benign one that I can move on to fixing his back! Poor guy just feels like he is falling about and well....he kind of is. Need to get HIM healthier! Have I ever mentioned that I TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY LOVE THAT MAN? Maybe? LOL!

5. Speaking of getting healthier, I started back to weight watchers...again. Yes, I know you have heard it before but damn....something has got to work! Weight watchers worked for me before, I just have to commit to moving my ace and not eating like I am a hog. Portion control and activity (not just scrapbooking!) for longer than 4 weeks. My mind is set this time...again! lol...no, seriously. I even passed up chocolate fudge covered brownies at our morning clinical meeting! I. Am. Serious.

6. Mason made the safety patrol at school. He has Mondays and yesterday morning he helped the little kids off of the bus in the morning and directed parent pick up traffic in the afternoon. He loved it! His last soccer game is this Saturday. Not sure what is next on his little agenda.

7. I have a 'follower' listed on my blog. Made me giggle! Which one of you pretties is my follower?

Think I need to go. There is homework screaming my name...good times.

Hugs and happies.

m

Wednesday Is My Rock Day

1. Not sure what exactly it is about Wednesdays but it seems to have become my bloggin day. Although I almost made it 3 posts in a row last week...almost but not quite!

2. Bought a new bag for $4 that totally made me happy. It might seem strange to some that I can find happiness in a Dollar General bag...but I do! The colors scream MICHELLE!!! And ummm, hello? $4!!!!!




3. Another 'sleeping' picture. For some reason when I loaded a couple of these pictures they rotated...and I even took the flippin' time to make sure they were rotated BEFORE I uploaded. You know the crazy stuff I do sometimes....LOL! Anyhooo. My sweet baby girl who is not so much of a girl any more but is still sweet - until she sees I've posted this picture of her....LOL (again, I seriously laughed out loud!) but she doesn't take the time to read my blog so I am safe! Also note the cell phone....always, always with her. In her world the cell phone is a life line to her friends. Ahhhhh.... the youth today.

4. GO CUBS GO!!!! I have class until 12:30 on Thursday and I am hoping beyond hope they win tonight and I will get to watch them win tomorrow and clench the division. How cool would that be.....I'll tell you....totally flippin' coolness!!!!! I am telling you, this is the year....IT HAS TO BE!


5. I have been able to do some creating. Here is the new In Color pack from Stampin' UP. I made a mini album for a door prize at the party I had last Friday. The picture really doesn't do those colors justice, they are yummy!

6. Here is another project quickly put together for my little Stampin' Up party. A Random Memories album. I actually ran out of the sample papers and didn't get this finished but really it only took me 45minutes...and that was thinking about how I wanted the album to be and changing some ideas.
7. Just to continue my show and tell....her is one of the pages. The whole album is full of random pictures I pulled that reminded me of a little snippet or memory. My whole family LOVES this album and keep looking at it. Funny how memories can make you happy.
8. My last show and tell and I might have already posted this but I had to post it because it made me smile (again) when I came across it in my layout file. Although this is another picture that rotated on its own...stupid computer stuff! I had this laying out on my desk and Shawn said he liked it but wasn't sure of the crown...and Mason said "dad, I like your tierra" which made us all laugh because he was serious. Shawn said..."It's not a tierra! It's a crown" LOL!
9. School is moving along in a comfortable pattern. There are things that we have to do in which I call "hoops" because it doesn't really make a bit of difference if you do them or not, and do not really learn anything from them, but it is a hoop you have to go through to get to where I want to be.

10. I am running out of time for this blog.....but still have my blog list! LOL! I'll try to post more tomorrow. Hope you all are having a sunshiny day.

Loves and hugs.

m

Thursday-Schmursday!

A speedy blog.....
My first day of clinicals.
Did not go bad except the little lady who threw her teeth at me.
Felt like a goober in the white nursing student uniform.
Not to mention I turn into Mason and become a magnet as soon as I put on anything white. Crappy picture of me, hair still wet...in my eye...doing a silly little pose thingy to show off my HCC Nursing Student patch. Anyway...this is my new wardrobe while doing clinicals. So anytime I mention doing clinicals feel free to giggle at the fact I look like this.....
Thinking of Shawn..... and very happy the Cubbies beat the Cardinals last night.

Off to Bailey's volleyball game.

Hugs and loves.

m

I Do Believe It's Another Happy Happy Hump Day!

Not a bad day at all!
Feels like fall is on its way with crisp cool mornings, warm afternoons, chilly evenings, and plenty of sunshine!

Everyone always says Bai looks "just like me", which of course she hates...but I have always thought she looks like her daddy. Maybe it is just that their personalities are so much alike. What do you think? Oh and Shawn is growing out the goatee (is that how you spell it???). Not sure if we are liking it. Bai thinks he should cut it back, he says it is just in the 'growing out' stage, and I am waiting to see. The grey hair makes me giggle because it reminds me we are getting old even though we act like were 20-something (or maybe like 8th graders) most of the time! Shawn will absolutely HATE that I posted this picture but it goes back to the 8th grade mentality thing....I couldn't help myself! This picture literally makes me LAUGH OUT LOUD! He had just picked up my Mama Cannon for me and I was taking tons of pictures one right after another (because you can do that with the big Cannon) and he was like....."stop taking pictures of meeeeeee" OMGoh....I keep looking at this picture and laughing....can't help it.....laughing....hehehhe........sorry babe! Remember the rule -you can't get mad if it is funny and I am still laughing.
Gonna finish this blog and go work on some door prizes for the little party I am having on Friday. I will admit I am kind of excited. Some of my family will be there and some great friends are going to be there and some new girlies....its gonna be nice. A nice creative-girl-get together. And I'm getting some stamps that I have been drooling over.....whooooohoooo!

My sweet little sleeping baby boy. (When did he grow up?) In my head I have a whole scrapbook put together of the people I love sleeping. I love capturing my sleeping family. I always have from the time Shawn and I were dating. Love the sleeping photos!

Gonna go finish chatting with the BEAUTIFUL Nae and work on those projects.

If anyone wants some Stampin Up stuff let me know and I will get an order in for you.

Loves and hugs!

m