Last Chance & A recap!

Well we've returned from our trip to TN yesterday or should I say late last night. It was really fun. SISaversary was fun, seeing Mom and Joel was fun, Cris got home Saturday late so we even got to hang out with him that was fun! Everything was great except the car ride after about Indy! That was not so much fun. The girls and I were tired and Dianne wanted us all to nap so we would stop bickering!

So today is the last day for the June Special deal over at Odd Bird Planet. Don't you love this little guy? I totally do! He's my fav. I want to make bookmarks with him! This card can be both a card and a bookmark, which I'm always in search of!

Also here is a card I made for my Brother. I found a "vintage" Charlie Brown book(from our childhood) at an antique store and thought of him so I made him the You Rock card to go with it! Also Odd Bird Planet Stamps!

Wait until you see the July special deal you'll want that also! I know I do!

A Little Catch Up!

Ok so I've been bad lately. Dave had his surgery Friday. He's doing well. He had a very long weekend. The girls and I got the house a little organized as we prepared for our trip. Em got her ears pierced for her 9th birthday. It's been so hot but we've been so busy! We did make it to the pool once in the heat.

Yesterday was Em's B-day WOO HOO! Happy Birthday Emily! For the day the girls, Dianne and I drove to TN for see my Mom and attend SISiversary. We went to the Mellow Mushroom for Pizza and Mom had a cake and balloons for her! She seemed to have fun she is just so thrilled to be here with Grandma.

Today I think the girls are going to go get their hair styled and get some pictures done. We are definitely hitting the Puffy Muffin for lunch and a few stores in Franklin as well. Gotta get to Stitches. Then Dianne and I head over to SIS to register.

I'm having a hard time sleeping, too much excitement, away from home etc. etc. etc. Hope everyone is well rested and has a great day!

Sweet!

My Happy Sweet 16 card has been nominated in the voting seciton of Etsy. I'm pretty certain I did nothing to deserve this but it's exciting anyway! There are a lot of cool cards you should check them out and see which one is your favorite! Vote Here!



Tonight is recital night so the girls are relaxing now. I'm going to start hair in a little bit! Can't wait to see the entire show. Well in sequence. We watched the 5 hour dress rehersal yesterday but it was disjointed while they worked out lighting cues and such! Hope everyone is having a great day!

New Cards + Avoidance

Here is a set of new cards I made this week. The flower is by justjohanna's Odd Bird Planet and one of my favorite stamps. I colored them with my Copics. I so love coloring with these markers.

These cards though bring to mind my Avoidance issues. I'm a list maker I make to do lists, to make lists, to get lists, to list lists, you get the idea. This week I have a healthy to do list for home because well summer break has begun and I want things in place so I can relax a little bit. Then my to make list is long because well I have a bazillion ideas swimming around in my head but can barely grab them when I need to + the YART sale thing. My response to these lists.......Don't do any of the things on my to make list. Make these cards. Don't do anything on my home to do list scrub the kitchen from top to bottom with bleach(I swear I did this, not that it didn't need it but it wasn't on the list). WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME? Maybe I should erase some things from my lists and then I will feel some urgent need to complete them? I clearly have issues I just don't know what they are?

Anyway the beginning of summer break has been chilly to say the least. We're hoping for warmer weather by this weekend. Em has a pool party on Saturday and we're have a BBQ. It has to get warmer.

Hope everyone is having a nice week.

YART - SALING

You know I love Garage/Yard SALING! My kids beg to stop whenever they see one as well. We have been lucky in years past. I know we sometimes buy things we never use, like that ice cream maker on the shelf in the garage. But most of the time we get great bargins on things we are looking for and/or need. Well I found a Yard SALE online! I can go to this one in my PJ's, yes I'm still in them! I can browse and browse and browse the isles just by searching on the word YART in the section I'm interested in. I can even set a price range in my search to narrow the field. This is the ultimate way to go SALING I think! Plus for me my kids are standing there going I want it I want it can I have it please, I'll pick up my room I swear.......................

So anyway, go check out the YART SALE on Etsy it runs through the 14th! ENJOY and share with us your great finds! We would all love to hear!

Itty Bitty!

Today I put together a Treasury on Etsy. It's of all Miniature Items that are just amazing. The hard work and detail that goes into these items is Fabulous! Check out the treasury here .

Thank you Lori at The Dirty Lowdown for the awesome pic of the treausry! She also created the cotton candy earrings!

11 Years and Counting





11 Years ago today Dave and I were in Vegas getting married by Elvis! It really has gone by fast! YIKES! Happy Anniversary DAVE! Love you!
And because that is not exciting enough today is the official last day of school. The girls are getting their bathing suits on to go outside and play! They've already argued about what to play and when then asked if we can go to Starbucks for cookies or maybe make cookies? I'm waiting for can we go to Oberweiss for ice cream or can you just give us money to walk over there ourselves, which I'm sure I'll hear by the end of the summer.
So I'm just finishing up a couple of projects and doing a bit of cleaning then we'll get ready to go out tonight! WOO HOO Thank You Gina for babysitting the girlies! Hope everyone is having a great day!

Happy Monday..........OOOPS how did it get to the following SUNDAY?

I have no idea how I got to Sunday? Last weekend we had a great time at racetrack. I have some lovely pictures of the horses running and the kids playing. I just have to get them off my camera then I'll share. Thsi week was weird. Rainy and Cold, Hot and Humid, Rainy and Cold?? I was confused! We got all signed up for the Summer Reading Program at the Library and later after dinner we got to go over to Oberweiss and have ice cream which was very pleasant. The day just seemed to fly by though! Then we had rain and rain dates for Kite Flying(too windy....really I said that) the kites nose dived! But they had fun. The next day Field Day and Abbi's last day was Sidewalk Chalk, Bubbles, Ice Cream really she's in school like 2.5 hours. This weekend it was sleepovers, play dates, play room clean up(they finished I'm so excited), dance, etc. etc. It's just been last week of school mayhem!

Today we are going to make cards for a classmate of Emily's. He had a seizure in gym class last week and was taken to the hospital. Turns out he has a tumor on the left side of his brain, which I guess he is having surgery for. My heart just goes out to him and his parents, I can't even imagine how scary this must be. He's Em's deskmate so she's really sad and scared for him. He and his Mom are supposed to come by school tomorrow morning for a bit so I thought we would make cards for him. She's having a friend over to do them as well.

Well that's all I got today. The picture I took a few weeks ago when our weather was.....well a bit nicer and 70ish. It's June and it's 60 and rainy and gloomy here. Totally not what we expected I thought we would be going to the pool, instead the girls are playing in the bath tub! Ok enough about the ick outside. Have a great day!