Henry and me.

i am feeling better. though i am still hanging on rather tightly to this cold i got 8 days ago. something not so fun to welcome in the fall with.

have i introduced our puppy henry higgins williams here yet? i don't think so. well, here he is. my feelings for him are growing as i spend my days with him and buster. henry is a staffordshire bull terrier. add that with being a puppy and you get a totally different doggie than i have been accustomed to. buster is easy and sweet and 6 yrs old, and set in his lazy day ways...henry is on fire all day long, with tiny naps here and there. it is a bit reminiscent of baby days past, potty breaks, cleaning up accidents, baby gates etc. though i am not connecting with henry as instantly as my sweet babes.

he is not a "cute" kind of dog. being a bull breed, well even at 10 weeks old you could see the power in his little body, and if he yawned my stomach fluttered--cause his jaws are huge and a bit scary. in his favor though-he is a funny little dog, easy to please (alex) and is already learning little commands like sit and down, and he loves to play with buster.

we always wanted a henry in our house--i just always thought he'd be a real boy vs the dog kind. alex adores him, and we are all beginning to live our lives with henry in the middle. the days are a bit longer with him now.....

*i am really starting to like maryland now. it felt so MUCH at first. but i am learning my way here and there. discovering that this place has a lot to offer. knowing in my heart i do NOT miss the crazy gloomy rain in Washington state. perhaps that makes here even better. the kids are making friends, we are getting into a daily routine rather well and October is flying by already.

i am still working on some card samples--i'll have those up here as soon as i get those done. also working on my october artist designs for the contest i won with my upline to showcase some of my work for her team of SU! demos. i'm using a Scandinavian Christmas set, a little silver embossing thrown in and i love what i've done so far. :)

happy monday friends. i hope you have a good week.

xoxo

out sick :(

hey friends.
i am out sick for a bit here. horrible head cold- that just keeps on kicking my butt. be back soon.
xoxoxo

World Card Making Day & a doggie Birthday.

Did y'all know today is World Card Making Day? Yup! Good Morning, and what do you plan to make today to celebrate?

i have made several cards in honor of today...i used a Stampin' Up! Simply Sent card making kit. they were quick and easy and i just barely used a few of my own items ( a couple brads, blue ribbon. punches)that were not in the kit. Now i have 12 cards ready for birthdays or celebrations...

i hope to spend some time later today making another batch of handmade cards and sending them out to my friends on monday...just for fun. so please be on the lookout for your lil card from me--in honor of me celebrating World Card Making day!!! And no, i did not make this day up...some other crazy card makers most likely did, but i'm happy about it. there is just something so special about sitting down to make a card ...writing a little note inside and mailing it out...i don't do the last parts as often as i'd like tho. i'll have to remember to do that too. :)

*also today is our sweet puppers buster baxter's birthday. he is 6 yrs old today. i really love this sweet good dog. he has brought so much love into all of our hearts. he is always nice and friendly and sweet and i swear he snuggles back if you give him some love. he has a huge part in all of our hearts, and he has given us so many smiles over the years. i am so happy alex went behind my back, all those years ago, and brought home the cutest lil bassett hound we ever saw. :) he has spent every day of his 6 years with us--in my company--so in a weird way--he is mine. (of course he loves alex more--just like the other kids--dads more fun and they all think hes so cool etc..)...but everyone comes back to me for their love--even the dog. so it all works out.

happy saturday peeps!

xoxo

yippeee for me!!

well, guess what friends? I won the little art contest I applied for. It is with my SU! upline (Janet Wakeland :)). She musta liked my halloween projects because i got picked to be her teams Artist of the month for October (she chose 3 winners). Yeah me. as a winner i get to create some super cool things using some SU! supplies (that i won) in the holiday mini and she will post my creations on her team website for everyone to see. i am sooo happy. i always give up on myself and i told myself to just focus and give this a try and i did it. it may not be that big of a thing, but it meant a whole lot to lil-ol-me. :)

i was never into the whole skull scene, but its big this year, have you noticed them on everything? i couldn't resist this stamp set though with the heart eyes. i even added purple glitter to the accents to add that lil something extra. i love how they turned out. miss isabelle keeps asking if she can have them. ( i think shes really aiming for the chocolate inside the mini box, whatdoyou think? )

i think if you click the pics you can see them better, however i think they are huge...i never can figure out this computer stuff.

that's all for today. its been a good October day!!!!

xoxo

halloween treat & hellos

hello friends. are you still there? i don't think i've had a comment from anyone in months. maybe i'm just writing to my self sporadically. i don't want to delete this blog in hopes that i actually post more often... so let me know if you are still out there. :)

just wanted to say hi, and show a lil treat baggie i made. nothing big, really. quick and cute--it's an easy gift for busy moms to make for your children's friends, right? LOVE the m&m colors for halloween, bought a HUGE bag of them, and i think this tiny baggie is about what's left. they are great to throw in a glass jar and munch on when you are creating. i will be filling up my jar later with a new bag.

i do have another set of projects to share, but i am entering them in a lil contest, so i will wait until the deadline is up...i'll post my fun stuff if i don't win, and i'll let ya know how happy i am if i do win. :)

happy monday peeps!!

*all supplies used on treat bag are Stampin' Up!

OH --have i mentioned that if you go to my Stampin' Up! Business website--the link is on the side of my blog--well there is a link at the top on the home page for online shopping--YES my friends, you can now shop for Stampin Up! supplies right off my home page in the comforts of your homes. Yippee, I know. So don't be afraid to browse the online catalog on my site and order anything your lil heart desires . :)

xoxo

i am here

i am here. i am just going about my days. doing all the things a mommy of three children and two dogs does. yes, thats right--we now have 2 doggies. alex showed up home with a puppy. i wanna say that he, (his name is henry higgins williams by the way), is taking every calm moment in our lives and turning it to havoc. i will be straight and say i did not want this dog. nor did i agree to him. as a matterafact--i said NO, more than once. but alex figured he deserved him...needed him more than anything. he has obsessed over this dog for months, even while in Iraq. he sent me countless emails about him. he even photoshopped a picture of one into a pic i sent him of the kids. yes, the man is that crazy over dogs. i spent a week hating both of them, i assure you. but alex knows i am a sucker if not a lady with a big heart. and so i am falling for henry more each day. cmon though, most all pups are cute...so i lose the battle there. and he named him henry. our special name reserved for my st bernard that we cannot get yet. so...i am adapting to life with henry. he is about 9 1/2 weeks old...tiny and growing and all over the place...he knows how to sit and "go potty" outside. although he loves going potty inside as well. i dont have my photos of him yet on the computer, but when i do i will show some pictures of him. oh--he is a staffordshire bull terrier--hence my reservation in wanting him....he will be the buff little terror--i mean terrier--next to our sweet bassett buster.

the kids are successfully getting up and ready for school each day. only a few major/minor meltdowns so far. :) homework has been better, the kids know they must do homework in order to do anything else like play with neighbors or watch tv etc...and they for the most part, LIKE to do school work, so no problems there.

i am slowly working on some stampin' up! stuff. getting things in places i can use easily. alex moved me back down to the basement. its cold and a bit dark--but i have a lot of space and its good to create with all your supplies in one place. i am usually just getting a few minutes here and there to make a single card, or put stuff together for future projects. i am working a halloween treat box right now.

alex is busy back to work--very different here than in wa, but things are well for him now too.

its time to get some little kiddos up--ones about to leave and 2 more to get up and ready to go, i'm headed to return library books today and then the post office--i know SO exciting huh?

xoxo

first week of school

a few photos of our week. i couldn't load all of them. i'll try a few more after this post as well. things are going well. getting up on time was a bit of a challenge--getting up by 6am even harder. so far Camille has liked each day. she walks to school with some girls in the neighborhood and then the other two get to the bus stop which is so very conveniently located at the top of our street--walk past about 5 houses and there it is. I LOVE THAT. no real homework this week. signing some more papers, getting notebooks organized, buying even more supplies....

since when did it cost a hundred bucks a kid for school supplies...i guess when they started asking for classroom Kleenex and papers and dry erase markers etc for everyone to share. I thought that's what our home taxes were for...but i guess not enough of it goes for that. anyways...

everyone likes school so far. izzy is the only one feeling the effects of this new move, new school etc...in the classroom i mean. she is not finding a friend just yet, and that is very hard on her. she is very social, but in a kinda awkward way, so she either comes off to strong, or maybe shy. shes very sweet and sensitive, and she was not ready to be a big girl and be in 5th grade this year. ive got my eye on her so we'll see. as the mama, i want everyone to be happy, make friends and get all A's--of course!!!

it's saturday. plans for today: throw in some clarol instincts #2 hair rinse to make ALL my hair blonde (the gray hair seems to be multiplying) for the next 6 weeks... clean the bathrooms, have the kids clean their rooms, wash buster, sweep, and pick out a semi sexy nice outfit to pick up alex at the airport this evening. Adog has been in WA for a month now, and we are so happy he is finally moving to maryland with us. maybe things will start to feel like home here with all of us together again. gotta run, be back soon.

xoxo