Sunday, March 15, 2009

To Do List....

A list of things I really should do....

1. Finish resizing/uploading pictures from Christmas

I really have a lot of interesting pictures outside of the traditional family ones. When mom and I went wandering around taking pictures. She got a new camera for her Bday/Christmas, and we put it to good use!!

2. Add more pictures to my digital frame!!

My old SLR camera used the big bulky memory card, and since we don't use the camera anymore, I am using the card for my digital frame my honey and kiddos got me for Mother's Day. I just LOVE the frame!!! If you don't have one yet,... well.. what the heck ARE you waiting for??? LOL

3. Continue working on my scrap kit for my other blog, and making more tags in PSP. I could probably sit here all day/night long playing in PSP. Whenever I get really involved in doing something, I most always get interrupted. Very frustrating let me tell ya!

4. Hmm... I know there was more I wanted to get done.... but atm all I can think of is cleaning off my desk, and finding our dining table, it's under the junk in there somewhere!!! I KNOW it is!!!

So, on that note,... I should get some stuff done around the house, will be taking Geoffery to his first baseball practice this afternoon. No idea how long that will take.

Hope you have a GREAT day!!
**HUGS**

Wednesday, March 04, 2009

.... yeah.... I know....

Here it is,... March... and still haven't finished uploading pictures from Christmas. LOL Pretty pathetic.

In the meantime, thought I'd jabber a wee bit. Oldest, Brian.... will be 18 in May. He's one of those rare kids who never had an interest in driving. It could be because Mom will drive me where I need to go (even to the Jr Prom!!) or because he's quite happy staying at home playing WoW or XBox Live all day/night long.... whatever the reason, he just had NO interest in driving.

We pretty well had to MAKE him study and take the written test. While he was at his Dads over the summer, he was enrolled in a Drivers Ed course. From the way he made it sound and how it all worked,.... well... it was crap. He came home that summer with paperwork that said he could get his license after I think 6 months wait. It was basically drive around on this paper for 6mons, turn it in and TA DA you're legal. Sadly,... when he took the written here, he failed it 2xs before passing!!! He didn't know a lot of the rules or things that seemed common sense after taking that class. Waste of money if you ask me!

We've been letting him drive around town off and on,.... but now his permit is due to expire the end of this month. GAH!!!! SOooo.... I'm being a good mom and giving up my keys to him in the mornings and afternoons. He drives us to school, and home. This is only day two of doing this. He does a really great job, only have to remind him to move to the left a bit or remind him about his blinkers once in awhile....

But the funny part.... on the way home today (this was the first time driving us home) we stopped at the Post Office, and the store. As we pull away from the store, he heads straight and stops at the stop sign. We've lived in this town nearly 12yrs now! He says "Which way??" "well, we're going home.... so which way???" "left" he turns on the blinker and turns right. Yes,.... I said right. Ahhhh yes..... that was a shining moment for me. So proud of my teenage son,.... nearly 18, graduates this May.... yup yup.... the first thought that came to mind was....

"The left hand now knows what the right hand is doing".

Your former President of the United States, George W. Bush.... as he called his left hand his right hand and his right his left. Yup yup, proud moment indeed.

Friday, January 09, 2009

CHRISTMAS!!!!

Well,... I just suck don't I? I've been really wanting to try and do better at keeping up with things here. I've never been good at a journal. Why would I start now? LOL

I can't recall every little thing that happened in the month of December, so I will just fast forward to the week before Christmas!!!

Dec. 13, a cool Saturday morning, hubby and I took Geoffery to the High School auditorium for "Breakfast With Santa" Boy was he anxious and excited. When we walked in, they had all sorts of things going on.

First stop was to write out your letter to Santa. Which is what you see here...


His big wish was to get Sonic Unleashed video game. You can almost make that out can't you?? LOL From there, he went to make a little paper ornament. He wasn't too into doing that,... he was there for Santa!!! But wait,.... they DO have face painting!!!!



From there, he got his yummy breakfast and we sat down.....



He really didn't care about the donut,... he just wanted SANTA!!!!



After a bit of a wait, and watching them herd the kids up onto the stage in groups by numbers.... it was finally Geoffery's turn!!



He could sure talk Santa's ears off!!!! Santa told him that if he was good, he would try really hard to bring him Sonic Unleashed for Christmas!!!



He really was a VERY happy boy. When we were leaving the building,... he said that it was the best day ever! *sigh* I can only hope that this Christmas can be as wonderful and exciting for him. I hope this isn't the year he stops believing.

A few days after that,... was Geoffery's class Christmas program,... I didn't get to attend this,... we had had bad weather, so it got rescheduled,... thankfully, hubby got to go and watch!! He snapped this one picture of Geoffery with one of his classmates.



Hubby was really impressed with the whole program,... seeings how he misses most of the programs due to work, I was VERY happy he got to see this one, and that he enjoyed it so much :o)

Then there were the Christmas Parties!!! I went to Geoffery's which is always fun with his teacher. She's so awesome!!! I've had her with Brian, Jessica and now Geoffery. She really is wonderful.

They did a gift exchange,... boy/boy and girl/girl. His teacher insisted they EAT first,.... that she was very hungry and hadn't eaten all day.... but a young boy reminded her of a brownie she'd eaten earlier LOL I guess he felt that was good enough.... lets get to the presents already!!! LOL She tried and tried to convince them that EATING first would be best,... none of them bought into it LOL So, with a fun game of "musical presents" they got their gifts and sat down to tear into them...



He really looks as though he doesn't like what he got,... but actually he REALLY did,... he couldn't wait to open it up and play with it. After presents, they ate cookies, sandwiches, cupcakes, chips... soda.... well,... not Geoffery on the soda part. He took a cup with some ice, went to leave the room, when his teacher asked him "where are you going??" "to get some water" "Ohhh okay..." Geoff doesn't do soda LOL He had fun making me take pictures of him with his friends, and I made sure to get one of him with his teacher too!



Soon, it was about time to head out... when what do you know,.... the Big Mooch wandered in LOL


Brian can smell food from miles away LOL He lives to eat anymore..... darned teenage boys! LOL Of course, he's always MORE than welcome when he walks into that room. We helped clean up and put tables, chairs and desks back in order, wished her a Very Merry Christmas and headed on our way home. It was a really fun time for the kids :o)

On that note, I'm exhausted,.... I'm going to wrap this one up and try and continue with the rest of our week tomorrow evening!!!

Night night!

Saturday, November 29, 2008

My PSP Addiction

Yes, that's what I am these days. My DH would sure nod his head vigorously at this comment LOL I have to say though, it IS his fault LOL Ever since goofing around in Subeta and learning to make signature tags, he got us a copy of Paint Shop Pro 9 and well, I've been learning and growing in the PSP world ever since :o) I do love it, it's a wonderful form of creativity that has a lot of outside resources.

The friends links I have right now, are all a part of my PSP family. Well, except for one atm LOL (Inky, she's a big time quilter *drools*) My goal of late is to work on learning how to make scrap kits for PSP, I have created a few small elements, but nothing really major to speak of. I have a LOT of learning to do.

I am trying to come up with a good blog name for just PSP'ing. I would like to have a separate blog to post my elements and other psp items on. I have a few ideas.... but the right name hasn't really grabbed me. This blog was just out of the blue sort of name.... I love the beach and one day while missing home, and the beach it just hit me LOL I keep hoping for that to happen with my PSP blog. So far, no such luck.

Here are some of the names I've thought of, and others have thought of.... I had thought to try and tie the name in with this blog.... I love Joanne's blogs... the names reflect each other more or less.

Tropical Designs
Fun & Sun Scraps
One Scrap @ A Time
Scrap @ A Time
Scrap This!

There are a few others, but anyhow.... so far "One Scrap @ A Time" seems to be well liked... just that it's not really grown on me so much. Until something does, I will wait to create the new blog. Would love to get some more input on names though!!

Anyhow, I did want to share some of the work that I have done, this is by no means everything. I've got tags and Subeta profiles comin out of my ears LOL I also have a huge collection of beautiful tags that were made for me by my friends.

I figured that a lot of folks that might happen by my blog, or family that peek over here are rather clueless for the most part as to what it is I am doing in PSP all the time LOL

Anyhow, below is the slideshow of various tags I have done,.... hope you enjoy the show!!! If you click on one of the images it will take you to the full view.

Friday, November 14, 2008

Some Catching Up

How sad is it that I've got this great blog, and don't use it like I should??? I mean, how hard would it have been to do????

Chris and I had our 11th Anniversary, and we went to Florida for a nice 4 day vacation. Even now, I think about the time we spent together, *heavy sigh* it was just so wonderful.

We left Memphis and arrived in Tampa on the 18th of September and returned on the 22nd.

We had a terrific time!!! We did a LOT of walking around, saw Dark Knight at the IMAX (that kicks butt!) ate some wonderful meals at the various restaurants at the Bay Walk, did a dolphin tour, and met up with our online friends Desi and Shannon. I have known Desi for gosh,.... I'm really not sure how long now... 5yrs? So, it was just awesome to meet them both in person!!!! We had a GREAT GREAT time!!!!! I laughed so much my cheeks were sore LOL We drank so much, that well, hubby said the night of our Anniversary, that he didn't think he'd EVER seen me so drunk,..... man that was fun LOL I am so glad that we had the opportunity to take this trip, to do all the wonderful things we did,... and to meet these two wonderful gals. I want to thank Shannon big time for opening her home and her family and friends to us the night of our Anniversary. The BBQ was great!!!! We really enjoyed it all!!!

Our last day, was the dolphin tour,... and then that evening was our big concert,..... NIGHTWISH!!! We'd been dying to see them since we got hooked on their music. What a great way to spend our Anniversary!!!! The opening band, Sonata Arctica really kicked ass. I was pretty impressed as I'd not heard a whole lot of their stuff,... they put on a GREAT show!!! Nightwish ... man.... was amazing. They're awesome live!!! They're all so very talented!!! I just could gush on and on, but I will refrain. The killer part was, that hubby had told me earlier in the night, that the drummer Jukka, would toss one drumstick out close to the stage, and always threw another far back. Well, I watched at the end as he tossed the first out, and then the second came flying out towards our right.... I looked at hubby before he threw it, I wanted him ready to catch!!! He was fiddling with the camera on his cell to catch them take their bows.... *GAH* I'm looking, watching as this drumstick flies through the air, end over end.... I swear the couple that jumped for it, they weren't 5 feet from us,.... hands and fingers stretched upward trying to get this stick,.... by now I'm in such a panic because it was OURS!!! it was like major slow-mo "NNNNnnnnoooooooooooo..." I watched as the stick bounced from their fingers, (seriously, this all happened so quickly, but it seemed like it took 2 mins to me, everything was going so slow) it fell down towards the ground with a wood on concrete sound *PLINK!!* I was stunned.... as it rolled a couple times (I swear I could hear that sound too, but hubby laughs saying no way, place was far too loud for that) I lunged down, grabbed it up, as I rose up, I caught a glimpse of the couple that missed and they didn't look too happy lol I turned right into Chris's chest holding it tightly between us, my heart was just racing. I got the drumstick!!!! OHMYGAWD!!!!! I GOT IT!!!!!!!! Chris said that the couple were coming at us, he gave a quick stern shake of his head like "back off" and they did,... I of course didn't see this, I was saying "Let's get the hell outta here" LOL I was on a major high for the rest of the evening. Could our trip have ended any better than that???? We had a real trophy from our trip....

Between meeting Desi and Shannon, being out on the water to see the dolphins, and having a terrific time at the concert,.... well, it was a trip I won't ever forget!!!

Here is a slide show, full of pictures from our time spent



In other news.... I forgot to mention that we tried like hell to get VIP tickets to this concert. Sadly, by the time we realized they were even available, they were sold out, and even worse yet,.... they were never supposed to of had a VIP event!!! So, those that did manage to score those tickets, did get to go backstage, meet the band, pictures, etc.... the whole works. Sure made us ill. Then, get this,.... our concert was the last one that Nightwish was able to perform as Annette became very ill and had to return home to Finland!! So, while we missed out on VIP, we still got to see them perform, and got the drumstick :) It was really our fate that all that took place I think :) I know, sounds silly.... but I really believe that it was all meant to be for us.

Well, last month,... Chris was working nights, he text me saying that Nightwish was going to be in St. Louis in May 09. Better still was that they had VIP tickets for sale!!!! Go see them AGAIN????? You didn't have to ask me twice!!! LOL MEET THE BAND?????? Does a bear poop in the woods????? It being so much closer to home, and Brian being a big fan, we worked it out, and got 3 VIP tickets!!!! The concert takes place ON Brian's 18th Birthday!!!! What an awesome 18th huh??? We're so very excited about going!!!! Going to be freakin awesome and what pictures I will have to share then!!

Lastly,... we have a new addition to the family. Our little Ares. He is a UKC Yorkshire Terrier. When you look at the pictures you'd think he was a poodle LOL He's got the thick wooly wavy coat. Took him to the vet yesterday for his boosters, and at 3mos old, he already weighs 5lbs. He's gonna be a big boy compared to our little Xena. Who at 7lbs seemed big to me at times LOL It took awhile for Xena the Princess to warm up to him. She is highly jealous and so very spoiled, I really didn't know when and if she would get over it all. She would growl and snap at him when he would try and sit on my lap with her,.... everything belongs to HER,... my toy, my bone, my mommy.... sheesh. I was glad when it didn't seem to take that long, and they were running around and playing together.

Ares at 10 weeks old


Xena and Ares sitting at the front door, watching me while I fold laundry LOL


Had to share this, Xena in her Ladybug Halloween costume,.... yeah, she hates it LOL