I feel lost. 

Wow.

I can't believe it's been two years since I've posted. A lot has happened to me in the last couple of years. Things that make me question who I am as a person and where I belong in this life. Is this where I'm truly supposed to be? Is this what I'm truly supposed to be doing? As I travel on my path, and cross the paths of others I wonder about the grand master plan of it all. Will what I'm doing matter in a few years to anyone but me? Will I make a difference to someone? I turn 40 next year and I don't know if it's mid life crisis or what, (I hate that term) but in the last year I have really started to look at my choices and wonder about the time I have spent, versus the time I have left to spend. We don't know how many days are given. We don't know how long we get. I crochet and Facebook and work and spend time with my friends and work and I just can't help but wonder is this all there is? Is this the master plan for me? And am I an ungrateful brat for not being content with what I have been given? I have it all. Loving husband healthy kids, a job that pays the bills, a roof over my head and food on the table. But I can't push aside this overwhelming feeling of discontent. And I don't know how to fix it. Thought for a long time maybe it was hormones or something. I cry regularly because I can't shake this feeling. And I'm not sure what I want or need to make me feel more fulfilled when I have everything I need. 

Happy Halloween!

I made this tonight, and I think it turned out really cute! 

Got the pattern here but left off the handle as I'm just gonna use it as a candy bowl at work :)

Sorry for the long link but the blogger app won't let me hyperlink to my text!! Happy Halloween :)

http://www.yarnspirations.com/pattern/crochet/skull-trick-or-treat-bag?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Yarnspirations.com%20Home%20Decor&utm_content=

I've been HO HO HO'd!!

So in the tradition of the "I've been BOO'd" game, (info here if you've never heard of it), I wanted to create an office version of the "I've been HO HO HO'd" game. Our office was taken in by the ghosties before Halloween to BOO each other with anonymous treats, and usually at Christmas time we have a secret pal where everyone draws names and then you leave treats or do random nice things for your secret pal until the reveal day, when everyone goes for lunch and trades one last larger gift with their secret pal. I never participate in this for two reasons, first of all I'm usually too busy and don't want to put my name in if I can't put the time and effort in to do it properly and two, I've often seen people put their name in, get awesome gifts from their secret pal and yet do nothing for the person whose name they have drawn. That being said, this year our office is slacking and hasn't drawn names for the secret pal, so I've decided to spread some Christmas cheer around and couldn't find a "I've been HO HO HO'd sign, so made this one up. The Santa Element is from Sahlin Studio's collab kit with Jenn Barrette Kitschy Christmas.

I'm hoping it gets everyone in the Christmas spirit of giving. Merry Christmas everyone!

Happy Halloween!

We carved our pumpkins tonight, the kids were so cute, Chase carved "Frankie" all by himself except for the eyes! He even carved his name into it, he's pretty proud of it. Rayna didn't
want anything to do with cleaning it out, it was "totally gwoss, totally, totally gwoss" lol!

So of course since we cleaned out the pumpkins, we had pumpkin seeds, which I roasted using the yummiest recipe! Check it out:

Here is the recipe:

Pumpkin Seed Roasting

1 cup raw pumpkin seeds

6 tbsp white sugar, divided

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice

1 tbsp vegetable oil

Preheat oven to 250F. Spread pumpkin seeds in a single layer on a baking sheet. Bake for 45 minutes, stirring occasionally, until dry and toasted.

In a large bowl stir together 2 tbsp white sugar, salt and pumpkin pie spice, set aside. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add pumpkin seeds and sprinkle remaining sugar over top of them. Stir with a wooden spoon until sugar melts. Stir seeds into bowl with the spiced sugar and stir until coated. Allow to cool before serving. Store in an airtight container. 

That's it! It makes these wonderful almost candied pumpkin pie seeds that are sweet but a little salty too, and very crunchy! I wish I could remember where I got the recipe, it's from someone's blog or something from the net, but I've been making them for a couple of years now and have no idea where I found it now! If you know please leave it in the comments, so I can link it up! Thanks, enjoy them if you try them, happy Halloween!

Or...not SO back

Ok, so I keep saying that I'm back, when the truth is I ultimately don't have the time to BE back. Summer is flying by without me, at least it feels that way! Just coming off my two weeks vacation, back to work Monday, and then two more weeks and school starts up again! (Got all the shopping done today except for socks!). We have had a very warm summer, and are loving it, the kids have had a blast, I know Chase will have mixed emotions about going back to school. I hope he's not too nervous for his first day. I have had a little time for scrapping, I stepped down from Mel's CT (again *shame*) as I just can't commit the time. At least this way I can scrap when I want to with no pressure for release dates, and my time isn't always free when I want it to be! And I realized, that I never print pictures anymore. I also have a very crappy system for storing and preserving them, if my hard drive crashed I would be in some serious mental states. I have done all these layouts and rarely print them, so have no hard copies of all the photos I've taken, and moments I've scrapped. I decided to do an actual album, plan it out and scrap my photos and then either print it through Costco or Creative Memories. So here are the first three pages of our summer vacation album:

Scrapped using Summer Bucket List collab by Lilypad Designers as well as template by Emily Merritt.

Scrapped using Treasured Moments kit by Sahlin Studio, Shmootzy alpha by Nancie Rowe Janitz, template by Katie the scrapbook lady and "writing stuff" font

Scrapped using Summer's End collab kit by Zoe Pearn and Kristin Cronin-Barrow, template by Darcy Baldwin, fonts Tiza and Writing Stuff.

It's all I've gotten done so far!

And here are some other random layouts from this summer:

Rayna's first "real" haircut...kit "Hair Day" by Kristin Aagard, template by SM (stolen moments?)

— with Kristin Aagard.

Scrapped using "Fresh" by One Little Bird and Sahlin Studio, background paper - beach house wood papers by Sahlin Studio, "Sweet" in title was stamped alpha by Sahlin studio. Journalling font "Rockwell" and template by Amy Martin.

Scrapped using A Wonderful Day, Jacquard Trims, Typeset Alphas No 2 as well as July challenge template all by Sahlin Studio.

Scrapped using kit "Just Add Water" by Kristin Aagard and template by Nettio Designs

Scrapped using Sahlin Studios beach house wood papers and Art and Soul collab kit by Sahlin Studio and Holly Designs. Scraplifted from "Vixen" at the lily pad.

I would like to promise to post more, but the plain truth of the matter is I just don't have time, so for those of you who actually read my drivel, thanks for hanging in there, and I apologize for being so...unavailable? Not the word I was looking for but I'm sure you get the idea :)

I'm BAAAACCCKKK!

I'm BAAAACCKKK! Mel Hains of Mel Hains Designs was kind enough to ask me to be on her CT again! So I'm diving back in to the digi world, boy I've missed it! I have to carve out a little time for it, there have been so many moments in the last year that I've missed scrapping about, and I don't want to miss out on recording any of it for my kids. This is one of the things that has always been important to me. So, I'm going to just dive right in with my preview for Mel's new kit, Just Crusing! It's on sale for only $1 starting today so grab it while you can!

She also has quickpages available if you need a fast scrap solution!

And here is my layout, featuring my firecracker daughter! The days of the sprinkler are upon us, and she couldn't wait!

Template by Dido Designs.

It felt really good to be scrapping again, and I'm so excited about the next few kits as well so stay tuned!

Happy Mother's Day

Hi all, just wanted to quickly say happy mother's day to all you Mom's out there trying your best to raise the next generation, like me!! Hope you had a fantastic day with your family. This picture says it perfectly for me, I know I feel that way most of the time! Stumbling along, figuring it out as I go, and hoping my kids will see the love in my decisions at the end of it all.

I am so in LOVE with this chicken!

Hey all, I bought the cutest pattern for a little Easter chick yesterday, and I was so excited to make it! Bought some fuzzy yarn and made it tonight. It makes me SO happy ;)
The yarn I used was 60% cotton 40% polyamide although at the moment I can't remember what the brand was as it's not something I've worked with before (and let me tell you this stuff is SLIPPERY! And hard to see stitches around all the fluff but the end result was worth it). The basket I made up myself using two strands of brown and tan 100% cotton by Bernat and the edging I used a fun fur type (again I can't remember what brand as it is also new to me. I will edit this post later with the brand names!). I also ended up using some safety eyes left over from another project, as the wooden beads (called for in the pattern) that I paid for didn't end up in my bag from the craft store. Isn't she cute?!

And here she is from the side...

Oh, and look what she's hiding under there!! My favorite of all Easter treats EVER, the Cadbury Creme Egg. Mmm. I originally wanted to have the little foil wrapped mini eggs, which I thought I had left over from last year, but I didn't have any so we either ate them all or I have since thrown them away. Lucky the hubby had a Creme Egg tucked away in his not so secret stash lol.

What a sweet little hen.

I found the pattern on zoom yummy's blog, (here) which led me to her Etsy store (here). She has other goodies there too, so check her out! I was also inspired to make the nest by one of her "favorite" Etsy items, which you can see here.

Hooky Happiness

Have I told you what my most recent obsession is? Have you heard of David's Tea? It's a new tea store that opened in the mall, crazy flavored teas with chocolate and jelly beans in them, they have so many to choose from! Sometimes when my in-laws come to visit I'll make us tea, but I didn't have a teapot so it was a pain steeping three different cups of tea in individual cups with three different steeper baskets so I bought a teapot set last time I was there. Then I got to thinking that maybe I needed a tea cozy to keep the tea warm...so I googled and googled and Etsy'd and Ravelry'd and found a photo on pinterest (see it here) that inspired me to make this version (keep in mind that these were taken on my iPhone at night so quality is a little off):

I will have you know that I made this completely without a pattern (i never make anything without a pattern ir instructions at least). I'm pretty proud of myself although I do have to admit I may make another one that is maybe not so busy? Then I thought maybe a little hot pad to go under the teapot would be a good idea too, so I made this one from a tutorial I found here. I love the colors and my teapot and cups are a light lime green so I think it looks very fresh and springy and it just makes me happy.

Knook?!

Have you heard about this? The knook? You can now knit with a crochet hook. I'm so excited to try it! Just ordered it today. I've tried knitting before but have never quite mastered the whole two needle thing. This should be interesting, as I've always been frustrated with the crochet patterns out there in regards to socks, mittens, and slippers and even the occasional afghan. If I really was interested it always turns out to be knitted. So I'm curious to see how this will go. I'll let you know once I try it. Also wanted to share a happy moment from today, my highlight of today actually. Came home from work, fed the kids, just sat down to piddle away some time on my iPad and Rayna takes a book over to Chase and says, "Chasey, you read me story?" So he takes the book and looks at it and reads it to her. Pretty awesome. I love that he loves reading as much as I do... ♥

Merry Christmas!!

Wow, I'm writing this on my iPad while I sit in bed... Can't believe how long it's been since I have blogged! My iPad that was under my tree today that is! So awesome. Our kids had a great day, this year was the first year they asked other relatives for presents and got the "is that it" bug, I quickly tried to turn that attitude around and let them know they need to be thankful for anything they got! They both got the leap pad from leapfrog, as well as an x-box, along with all their other gifts, so they have lots to be happy about.

I also had my Forks trip back in August, it was so weird and surreal being there. I still haven't seen Breaking Dawn, hoping to go while on holidays here before it leaves theatres! The trip was a great experience though, saw the HOH Rainforest, visited the ocean at La Push Beach, had mushroom ravioli at Bella Italia (with two cokes) and stopped in Seattle on the way back. Got to see the space needle and the original Starbucks. Just wish we had more time, we cruised through it all pretty quickly.

Anyhoo, just signed on quickly as I didn't know if it would let me post from my new device, and wanted to wish everyone out in blog land a very merry Christmas and all the best in the new year!

I'm going to FOOOORRRKKS!!

So in 6 days I will be going to Forks Washington, the setting for my all time favorite book, Twilight. I just finished reading it again for the umpteenth time lol. My friend and I started planning it last year and it's finally time for the trip! I'm pretty stoked. I already bought Chase his school supplies as by the time I get back there will be only three days left before he starts school. Grade one!! So happy that my dayhome costs will finally drop a teeny tiny bit. Bought Rayna's birthday gifts too, I'll just need to hit the dollar store to get her some balloons and party stuff but her birthday isn't until mid September so I still have time. I have been crafting up a storm too lately, I've fallen back in love with crochet and made a blanket for the camper, half a baby blanket (there wasn't enough yellow in the kit so I'm waiting on a ball of yarn to arrive in the mail) and some cute little flowers to spruce up the jar that holds all Rayna's ponies. I'll share photos and links when I'm on my computer, as apparently I can't upload photos from my phone to blogger! Anyhow, just a quick update, chat more when I have time!!

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 swallowed my tooth!

So I guess I shouldn't be surprised that it's again been months since I last posted, but whatever, who cares, there is nothing that says I have to blog every detail of every day! I don't know why I feel like having a blog would mean that I have to post frequently! Anyways, we just passed a small milestone in Chase's life, he lost his first tooth today. He turns 6 in three weeks, and his tooth has been loose for a couple months now, and today he bit into cantaloupe at mother's day brunch, and he thought he had a seed stuck in his tooth and he was starting to get very agitated about it and was digging around in his mouth and his Dad looked in there and said it was his tooth ready to fall out! He sort of freaked out a little and started to cry so I took him to the washroom so he could take a look at it and I explained that he's getting new big boy teeth underneath and that now when his tooth falls out the tooth fairy will come get his tooth and give him money for it, so he was ok after that. He worked it all day with his tongue and we had a full, very active day. I gave an old bench chair new life with a great coat of paint and the kids played outside all day, and he was pretty pooped out by supper. He was scared to eat anything because of his tooth so had cheerios for supper LOL. He fell asleep on the couch watching TV and I woke him up at bath time so he could go get washed up, he had paint in his hair and was dirty from being outside, but he didn't want to, so I bribed him with an ice cream treat to get in the tub and he agreed. After he got out he of course came to collect his payment for getting in the tub, and told me he wanted a cone instead of ice cream in a dish, so I gave him an ice cream cone, and after he was done I told him to go brush his teeth being careful of his loose one so he didn't hurt it, and the next thing I know he comes rushing down the stairs crying, "NOOOO!" with his lips pulled open. His tooth was gone and he was crying, "Now I have nothing to give to the tooth fairy!". He looked under the table, but I'm pretty sure he swallowed it, what with the combination of the cold ice cream and the crunchy cone, he never noticed when it fell out, and I didn't even think about that happening before I gave it to him. I felt so bad!! So we wrote a note to the tooth fairy explaining what happened and drew a picture of his tooth, and he signed it. He tucked it under his pillow, and I told him that way she would still know he had lost his tooth, so I'm pretty sure she'll come take the note tonight! Poor guy! I scrapped a page to commemorate the event too (of course):

Credits: fonts: juice ITC, dupree, idolwild
template: Sara Gleason
kit: Toof Fairy by GSCreations & KimB’s Designs

Luckily I had taken photos of his tooth all cockeyed in his mouth this morning, and got one last photo of his smile before his tooth fell out.

And if you're interested here are a couple photos of my gorgeous re-painted chair (it actually has no legs) and my hubby found it and set it here in my garden and I thought it was the perfect spot, on the south wall of the house and I can sit there and sun myself and watch the kids play in the yard. All it needed was this beautiful color :)

My rhubarb is going crazy already! I better dig out my standby recipes to start using it up! Here is another photo beside an identical bench, gives you a good idea of before and after, as my hubs is still in the process of sanding the other one.
That's what I did with my mothers day! Hope all of you got spoiled as well! That's it for now, I'll post when I have the time and something to say, TTFN :)

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!!

Wow, it's been several weeks since I updated last! I cut down on my CT duties so now I have way more free time to spend with my family, and I find I'm not on the computer nearly as much at all since I'm not checking forums every day! I didn't turn my laptop on all weekend! I did however have time to play with a kit from Dream Big Designs. I used to be on her CT and Cheri graciously still lets me guest CT from time to time. Her newest kit called Pandemic is AWESOME! I love the colors, the papers and the fantastic mix of elements! I had so much fun playing with this one. Check it out:
And here is my layout, no template required!! We just went out chicken hunting and I thought this kit was perfect for these photos! I love the googly eyed skull lol.It feels like I've been so busy and yet still seem to have nothing done! I honestly don't know where my time goes. The kids are gearing up for Halloween this coming weekend, Chase is especially excited. Then it started snowing on Saturday, and he was asking me if that means that Santa is coming, and I told him not just yet. Too funny. It would be nice if it would just snow right before Christmas though, instead of the 8 months we seem to get! I'm not very chatty tonight, so I'll just sign off, but I do have to tell you that Paislee Press is having a kit giveaway on her blog here, although the less of you that enter, the better MY chances!! LOL Thanks for visiting, have a great week!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Well, to all my Canadian friends anyways! Today is thanksgiving day here, so I enjoyed a day off work. We had dinner at my in-laws on Saturday night, dinner at my parents last night, and tacos tonight here at home!! LOL. The weekend went by in a blur, but we did some great visiting with family and the kids had a blast playing games and hanging out with their cousins. I smashed my fingernail Saturday night and it's turned a lovely shade of violet at the tip, and still hurts! It bent back and it was agonizing. Blair had no sympathy. I also sold my 30gallon fish tank over the weekend, so I cleaned it for the last time today and my cousin came and picked it up. Chase was a little distraught that I was giving away "his best friends" so I told him we could get goldfish instead, a little easier to maintain, and I got myself a Siamese fighting fish for my office at the same time. Then I decided I better get to my CT duties and get these two layouts done for Mel's newest kits, first up is Wanderlust, a collab kit with Vicki:
My layout (no template!!)Mel's second kit is a grab bag, with lots of cute lil goodies, only available for October! November the grab bat will be split up and the pieces sold separately. Check out the Mystery Bag:
My layout, template by Angie Kovacs: Well I suppose that's it. Back to work tomorrow, blahhhh. I usually hate Mondays, but now I hate Tuesday's disguised as Mondays. Hope all my Canadian friends had a great Thanksgiving! I asked Chase what he was thankful for today and at first he said "nothing" but then as I explained what Thanksgiving was all about, he said he was thankful for our kitty, his playhouse, and his Daddy. He added Rayna and I after lol. Too cute. Have a good week!

October already?!

Wow, this year has just flown by, it seems like not that long ago that I went back to work, and that was eight months ago in February! So much has changed and yet it seems like everything is still the same too. I've actually started thinking about starting my Christmas shopping, and getting that under control so I'm not hit at crunch time in December! I need to get outside and clean up the yard, pull my plants and put all my pots away. Halloween is quickly approaching and we bought the kids their costumes today. Speaking of fall, I have a new collab kit to show you from the girls at Scrap That Idea. It's called Mystic Falls:Here is my layout, I honestly have to say I felt no mojo happening with this one. I don't know why, I think my brain was just not where I needed it to be! The template I used was a freebie from Fei Fei's stuff.
Mel also has a new kit out this week called A Shabby Cake Day:I used it to do a layout of Rayna's birthday party, two weeks ago she turned two so this was perfect timing! She loves all things Dora (and Mickey Mouse too lately) so we had a Dora party for her. Template by Janet Phillips.That's it for now, make sure you go check out all the girls at Scrap That Idea, as they do have a new designer now as Sara has hung up her designing hat, and there are always new kits to view, as well as lots of inspiration in the gallery! Lots of challenges happening too, so don't miss out! I'm off to bed, my kids have been early risers lately, and I'm sure tomorrow won't be any different. Have a good week!

Hello everyone, how are you? I'm feeling much better, although I did wake up today with a smashing headache and am still a little tired, but I'm always tired! Such is the life of a mom I think...anyhoo, I almost missed this kit completely! Here is Mel's new kit for this week, Honey Bear, and it is so cute!It comes with a matching wordart, which I just love:

And here is my layout, Rayna with her grandpa, he has such a soft spot for her, and vice versa, she will always run to him for hugs. I love it. I used a freebie template by Paislee Press.

I'm pretty boring these days, I don't have too much on the go although some days it seems like I still don't have enough time to do everything I want to do. I have a new coworker at work and I'm still getting used to that, and my sister and I joined water aerobics and start tomorrow night, so that should be fun. I hope! I'm so tired right now I don't think I can keep my eyes open any longer, so I think I'll close off, have a good week, ttyl :)