No kids for a week?!!?

So...

     They left about 1 this afternoon and I've managed to look at the computer for 4 1/2 hours, paint my nails and do some arm exercises.  Pretty productive. 

      I'm trying to decide what I would like to do this week, all of the lovely ideas that I've had tumbling around in the ol' noggin, and it's kind of overwhelming.  There are easily a hundred different little projects I'd like to try out and several big projects.  Everything from just scrapping to painting my dining room to tearing down my deck (prob not gonna happen).    I blame Pinterest.  So many amazing things I've seen and pinned and been like "Yeah, I can totally do that!".  All that I needed was the time.  Right?  Those little (adorable) time thieves were the reason I couldn't make my home look like a magazine or keep current with my Project Life or craft like a boss.  Sure.  It definitely wasn't me.  

     Well, now I have the time.  It's time to be productive.  Time to get shit done! (Sorry, couldn't help it.  Profanity is a motivator for me, blame my mom... just kidding...ish)  Next post should be interesting.

See ya :)

Technology..meh.

Yes, I know the title is super ironic considering I'm using technology right now to share this, but just stick with me.

The night started out with so much promise.  No games, no practices, not one thing on our crazy schedule.  One of those rare gems...a free night.  We decided pizza and a movie and some relaxation were perfect for tonight.  So, the food was great.  A meat stuffed delicious mountain of pizza from Papa Murphy's for the kids and a yummy BBQ Chicken one for me.  So good.  We even picked out a movie from Redbox that we could all agree on.  I thought...hey, we have a BluRay player, let's get that since the picture looks so much better.  Everything was going our way.  

We sat down with our popcorn popped ready to bask in the glow of crazy fiction for the next hour and a half.   But much to our dismay, a screen popped up with a message stating our player needed an update.  I tried.  I did the best my little not-tech-savvy self could do.  I downloaded, I transfered, I rebooted (following step-by step instructions provided by the manufacturer) and nothing.  Such a let down.  The kids were looking forward to it.  I even got the little one to sit with me.  

So, now, instead of spending the night all enjoying a movie together, the big ones are online looking at weird Minecraft stuff, the little one is watching her movie and I'm here.  So much for our togetherness night.  Grumble.

But...

I do have some good news about today and technology.  We recently had some pictures taken by my friend and photographer, Amanda Duncan.  She did a "lifestyle" photo shoot.  Which basically means, she followed us around for a couple hours and caught little snippets of our daily life.  So extraordinarily pleased with how they turned out.  And speaking of being together, this shows how we really are, no faking, no (well not too many) poses.  Just us.

 

Aren't they fun :)  

Thanks for looking!!

Hi...I'm not dead

Contrary to the rumors, I was not buried alive by the massive amount of scrapbook supplies piling up in my basement studio.  I just took a break, a long break. Oh, I did one or two pages here and there, but I once I got behind on my kits and my Project 12, I got a bit discouraged.  Then we had some financial issues, so both my Gossamer Blue and my Studio Calico subscriptions had to be cancelled (so, so sad). Crafting just took a back burner to life.  Isn't that always the way?

So here I am trying this crazy thing called blogging again.  Not going to be something that I stress about, not going to be an everyday kinda thing.  Just when I feel like sharing with anyone who'd care to look, I'll do that.  *To those couple peeps who do follow me, sorry I let you down  I suck :)*

Anyway, I was just kicked in the butt a little when I posted a page to Two Peas and it was chosen as a featured project for a few days!!  I was so stoked.  That just got me going.  I was on a bit of a scraproll.  (I'm claiming that phrase here and now) and got a bunch of pages done.  Now, I didn't take a bunch of detailed shots, so it's just the pages themselves, but I thought I'd share here as well as on Two Peas.

So, there you have it.  My creativeness for the past month-ish.  I'm hoping to keep it up.  I love to make.  I love to create.  It feeds my soul, ya know?

Thanks for looking.  See you soon.