OMGOSH!

YES!

i am a total nerd. i just don't care. yesterday camille and i went to see *twilight*. i LOVED it. yup, i really enjoyed the movie. it was probably cheesy, the flying up in the trees and all...

but who cares? it was a beautiful match for those dang books that i was so addicted to reading.
after watching the movie, i wanted to go home and read the first book again. seriously. how could you not love edward & bella??? i mean, HOW? silly as it may seem, i felt so happy watching that movie. i'm glad camille and i could watch it together (along with all the other tweens, teens and college girls and moms in the theater :)).

i think i'm on the lookout for a twilight tshirt...just to show my love and wear around the house, what do you think? and i am SO getting the movie soundtrack. it was fabulous. it reminds me of my old nkotb obsession when i was a teenager. of course not as huge as back then...cause i'm an adult, and a mom and all...but anyways. i totally loved all 4 books, and the movie was great. i read somewhere that they would make a movie of *new moon* the second book--geez I hope so.

see?? total nerd here. a happy one.

xoxo

ps. i am on team edward in case anyone wanted to know. (that means i like bella with the vampire edward, not the wolf jacob)...how could you not be on edward's team? who wouldn't fall in love with some immortal, teenage, beautiful vampire like edward--he even plays classical piano? hello? i mean, come on. yes, i vote for edward.

feeling fallish...

so--i made some cards yesterday (and finished today) while alex was at basketball tryouts with isabelle and camille. it's called try-outs but i think everyone makes the team, they just check out your skill level to put in a group that fits. yes--the girls are playing winter basket ball. i know, nothing i would have ever thought they'd do. really its just the only sport offered here until spring when Lacrosse starts. no biggie. boys can choose basket ball or wrestling. guess who starts wrestling on monday night? little logan-lover-baby. yes, i'm not ready for it. but he needs something and he sure needs something to toughen him up at least a notch or two. the boy has spent his whole life at my side...and it's not that it's a bad thing--shoot to be honest alex is the one who signed him up, without checking with logan or me. but what can you do when daddy grew up wrestling, and you've spent your first eight years glued to your mama's hip??? nothing.

i am praying that he'll at least like it...some. and if by some chance the sweetest boy ever takes to it--great. :)

so...back to my blog title.

i was feeling fallish yesterday...well its been days really. so I made some cards...i am going to send them to my very good friends. kinda like a thanksgiving card--but more something to let my girlies know how much i appreciate them and am grateful for their always being there for me. i'm even going to write notes inside and mail them out monday or tuesday. i have the stamps and envelopes all ready!!!

my next project is a birthday gift for my very bff* yolanda. her birthday is coming up in like a week...oh i better get off here and get to work. alex is off at b-ball again this afternoon. have i mentioned how great it is to have my husband home for some of these extra activities that he's missed for years?? oh, well, it's heavenly i tell ya. :)

peace on this sunday afternoon.

ps. check out L-DOG with the lil pumpkin--crazy boy!

xoxo

the last month...in no particular order

playing with doggies

neighborhood fun

trip to DC

alex sick in hospital

carving pumpkins

house floods and ceiling falls into basement floor

Camille turns 12!!!

leaves changing colors

more buster and henry fun

lots of leaves to rake in the yard

a few of my paper creations for my SU! uplines contest

so...some of that about sums up the past few weeks.

i know there has been LOADS more...but just wanted to finally pop in here and at least do some sort of catch up.

it's funny how on some weeks are just so full of stuff--and can be overwhelming, and then other weeks--only daily routines, which blurr the days.

we are full swing into November. sheesh. can hardly believe that.

trying to settle myself and get some holiday projects done. kinda hard though, with the whole flooded house thing.....my creative space is temporarily on hold...i did move my table and a few things upstairs so i could work on things as time permits.

we had an emergency health scare with alex, but things are looking better now. camille turned 12--which is crazy that my first little baby girl, can be so old, but she is. she listens and dances around to music, is constantly on her cell phone, using the computer, asking for more and more big girl privileges. She is doing great in middle school too, i am so proud of her, for adjusting so well this year.

anyway. lots of big and little stuff going on around here; preventing me from blogging. (nothing new there).

i am looking forward to the Twilight movie coming out in a few weeks... i will totally be going to see that. LOVED those books, they sure suckered me in. Remember me blabbering about how I just loved those silly vampire books. yup--still do.

i've got some cleaning to do so...

enjoy your friday my friends.

xoxo

ps. dontcha just love alex and i in matching tshirts? those are his last troops tshirt. and he gave me one, and i said hey--that looks kinda scary i could wear that for halloween, so we were twins for the day. :)

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