What I've been up to

Wow, last year I was on here all the time and now...not so much LOL. So much has happened and so much has stayed the same. Chase finished Kindergarten and will be going to Grade 1 this year in September, I can't wait for that just for the reduced childcare costs (finally!). He just lost his second tooth, which reminds me that the tooth fairy needs to stop by his room on her way to bed... Rayna is still growing like a weed and talking more and more each day, she's so beautiful sometimes it just astounds me that she came from me. She's so cute and I'm loving how her personality is starting to show through. She's quite stubborn and opinionated at times, which I don't love but she probably gets that from me too. Work has been going well, my dept is under new management now and we'll be getting a new system (AGAIN!) in October, or at least that's the plan. There's been lots of changes, lots of staff turnover but things are going well and I'm happy there. We are going on our holidays next weekend too! Going to sunshiney Kelowna BC for a week to visit friends, we'll be camping in the mountains this weekend and next to break up the ride for the kids, which I think will be spectacular. I can't wait!! SO excited. Our weather here has been the shits as of late, we've had rain for two weeks straight and lots of nearby areas are flooded. It's so depressing! And then next month I'm also taking a week to go to....(insert drum roll here....) FOOOOORRRKSSS!! WOOO! Yup, a friend of mine asked me a while ago if I wanted to go on a road trip to Forks Washington (the setting for my all time favorite book Twilight) and I said yes so in August I'll be doing that. Had to get my passport but I did finally and I'm totally good to go! So happy that I actually get holidays this year, as usually we just go camping and stay close to home so this will be a welcome change. I also haven't been scrap booking as much as usual, I miss it and do want to get back to it but just haven't been finding the time. I've come to realize there is only so many hours in a day and I really have to work at deciding what I want to do with that time, especially those precious hours that are left to me after work and supper and the kids and all those pesky "life" tasks that get in the way of what I really want to be doing! Here is a sneak peak at what I have been doing (besides reading):

This one is based on the blanket I saw here, but I'm using the pattern I found here. The one on Attic 24's page just wasn't working for me, I don't know why. But the one I'm using is working fantastic and looks the same.



And this one is totally based on the blanket I saw here and she did a tutorial (which I found after I bought the discontinued pattern book on ebay!!) and the tutorial is here. SO super easy and I love it! I'm excited about the colors and can't wait to see how it will turn out! First time using cotton for an afghan too instead of the normal acrylic. Ahhh, the beginnings of something warm and cozy... :)

So I will leave you with that for now, I'm sure it's going to be a busy week of packing the camper and getting things ready to go for the weekend. And judging from my posting history this year I probably won't post again until sometime in at least September!! I really need to see if I can update my blog from my phone, as I hardly ever go on the computer anymore other than to watch old episodes of Fringe online, or to download a new kit!! LOL. Take care, happy crafting and I'll try to update soon :)

I scrapped!!

Wow, I can't believe that it has been MONTHS since I've posted! Good thing I know all of you are not sitting around hanging on my last word! It seems like so much has changed and yet nothing has. Chase started kindergarten last September, can't remember if I mentioned that or not, he's been doing well, although he's still a little cling-on when I try to leave in the morning. His homework is another story altogether as well, but we've been working on it. He had a sleepover with a friend this weekend at our house and they played exceptionally well together, save the fact that Rayna was the dreaded "annoying little sister" and let me tell you, she sure played her part. Every time Chase's friend came near her, Rayna hit her, and Chase and his friend spent most of the time telling her to go away, so sad to say she spent a lot of time watching her new favorite movie Beauty and the Beast. Seriously, she's watched it so many times I have it memorized! I've tried to get her on to something else but she just loves it so much, she won't watch anything else. Rayna has also been doing fine at the day home, we had a little scare at the beginning of the month and thought she had broken her arm, when I picked her up on the Friday she wouldn't use her right arm at all. She wasn't crying about it at all but she wouldn't use it so we took her to emergency and they did x-rays and said she was fine, but a few days later our family doctor called to say they thought she had a break and needed a cast, so back we went and they did more x-rays and it turns out all is fine. She's back to normal now, one of the kids at the day home sat on her so I think she just strained it and it was pretty tender for a couple days. She's pretty tough, so for her to not be using it we knew something was off. She's very much in "no me help" mode lately, everything is her way or the highway. Oh I wish I could skip past the two's and three's!! She is miserable to get out of bed in the mornings (don't have any idea where she gets that from!!) but for what she gives out in attitude she makes up for in cuteness, and she knows it! And myself, well I've been doing well, work has calmed down a bit with the new system (only for them to inform us we're getting a new one in a couple months-AGAIN!). It was pretty crazy before Christmas but this month has been warmer and that affects our fuel sales so it hasn't been so nutzo. I spend a lot of time on my iPhone, which I got back in November or somewhere in there. I absolutely love it, and use it for everything, from checking the weather and counting my weight watcher points to playing games and remembering birthdays. It annoys my husband so bad that I bring it to bed every night to read!! Probably why I never seem to turn on my computer anymore, as most stuff I can do from my phone now and it just seems so much easier! I bought a treadmill for Christmas and have been trying to fit some exercise in as well, but it's not as often as I'd like. Work in progress I suppose. I still need to de-clutter my house, and my word for 2011 is LESS. Less clutter, less stuff, less spending, less debt, less stress, less busy, just LESS everything! I seriously need to reorganize several areas of my life so I can get back to the things that really matter. I should get going to bed, a hot bath and my bed were calling my name a couple hours ago, and then I ended up scrapping instead! Here is my layout if you want to see it, I haven't done one since October. Seriously?! I did it for the Designer Spotlight challenge over at Oscraps, I used the kit "Dialogue" by Paislee Press and One Little Bird Designs, and the template I used is by Paislee as well and is a freebie there right now too. Enjoy the rest of your week, and maybe I'll pop on more often than once every 4 months, but hey, no promises!!