Sleepover?

Ok.....so Megan had her friend Abbey over last night for a sleepover. Altho, calling it a sleepover would imply there's sleeping involved! So a stay-over. I had to put on my mean mommy face and use my mean mommy voice at 5 AM!!!!!!! Ugh! Are you kidding me??? I threatened a good long grounding if they didn't go to bed NOW. Especially since I had told them at 1 they needed to go to bed. Anyway the look on my daughter's face was pure fear and I had to try not to laugh. Yes I was angry because I was awaken at 5 AM by fits of laughter & came out to find the LR trashed w/ toys, slim jim wrappers and kool aid bursts. BUT I also remember doing the same thing at her age!! My mom was even brave enough to let me have slumber parties quite often where we'd try and stay up til dawn! ( I've allowed 1 so far and that my friend was good enough to last me for a long long time!) Anyway, I got over being mad after they finally got settled and apologies were said and promises to pick up the mess were made. I figure this is life and maybe a little payback from my mom! Nothing's broken, ruined or missing. It's summer and I didn't have to get up and go to work. They are peacefully sleeping now and I have a quiet house for the moment. So no harm done I suppose. Plus it got me thinking about all my late nighters as a kid and all my childhood friends and our goofy things we did. In fact...some of those childhood friends are still my friends today and how wonderful is that??????

But maybe the next stay-over should be at Abbey's house.

Little Miss Millie!

yep, that's her, the baby who dissed me. LOL!!! isn't she cute??? She'll smile and coo at me as long as I don't pick her up & hold her longer than a minute! :-) I'll win her over eventually!!!

cousins & the gator

just sharing some pics! Gotta love riding around on that gator! It's so much fun!!! I can even stay on it now! LOL! I don't have any pics of me on it, not that I would post them if I did!!! heehee!

busy busy!

wow, finally getting the chance to sit down and write. phew, been busy! Last week my SIL and her 3 kidlets were over and spent the night...that was fun!!! :-) Altho, I have to admit just about EVERY time I went to hold that baby niece of mine she would cry !! I couldn't believe it! I'm usually awesome w/ babies.....but not this one! I lost my touch! she hates me!! Ok, yes over reacting a tad bit there......babies sometimes just cry for everyone but their mama. Still, it's a kick in the ole "Aunt ego." sigh.......... oh well, I did get to have a little girlie time w/Elizabeth in the pool. she's a hoot! Meg was a wee bit jealous sharing mama tho. (I have been TRYING to post pics on here of the kids but can't get it to work today. Try again later. )
Oh and Fri night and all day Sat I went to a crop w/ Angie.....had A LOT of fun! Thanks Angie for some girl time , scrapping & Starbucks!!!! Much needed break from reality & darn good coffee. :-) You rock sistah!

Then sun was a little family get together w/ dad. Nice to see my sisters and their posse's! it is still very weird being over there w/o mom there. I know we all miss her terribly, especially dad. One day at a time right???
Ok before I make myself cry thinking about all that, better change the subject!!

it's almost back to school time! Less than 3 weeks!! where did the summer go?? Goes so so SO fast! Meg will be back to school and I will be back to work dealing w/ screaming kids. oh the joy.
I get so spoiled being able to be a SAHM during the summer. Makes it hard to go back but gotta do whatcha gotta do! :-) it's not like it's ALL bad.........really..........
Was thinking we should have a back to school party but not sure. we'll see....
anyhoo.....have a great day, thanks for checking in w/ me, & I will try to post some pics!! tootles!

blah

I'm having one of those days where I feel like I am wandering around in the dark and can't find a flashlight! grrrrr! Ever feel like that? I'm just Blah. In a fog. Ick. Probably a combination of not enough sleep, PMS, and overthinking stuff.
Anybody got a light???

You know as I sit here typing away and wallowing in my blahness......I can't help but feel guilty. I mean seriously, why on Earth would I be whiney? I'm thinking about all our soldiers in Iraq and thinking how I'm sure they'd love to be at home dealing w/ being tired, pms, and overthinking stuff instead of dealing w/ life and death situations.
Shame on me!
Guess I found my flashlight.
sigh...

summer cuteness

yes, I have been a bad blogger lately......been too busy! Just on here to share a digi layout I made. Summer Cuteness is my adorable nephew Zachy! I used a kit by ANDRÉIA MENEGASSI CREATIONS called fun summer doodles.

That's all for now....I promised my DD we'd make cookies & go swimming!! Then hopefully I'll get a chance to play w/ some new digi kits I found! woohoo!

Hope you have a great day & thanks for stopping by!!!

Mom & Meg Monday!( & a story)

Monday Monday Monday!!!
yep, it's Mom and Meg Monday! :-) After a busy w/e and dad's back to work it's our day to play! I think summer's the only time I enjoy Mondays! LOL
I hope everyone had an enjoyable holiday w/e. We sure did, we went and saw fireworks and Kung Fu Panda on Friday night at the drive in. I hadn't been to a drive in since I was a teenager and Megan's never been so it was cool. The fireworks were awesome & the movie was cute. Saturday we had a b-day party we went to for my niece Kayla & Sun we just hung out in the pool and did house cleaning. Today's play day! woohoo!

I was thinking how nice it would be to go get a massage..............ahhh relaxing....... then I remembered the one I had last year for Mother's Day. Not so relaxing. I was in the "rainforest" themed room, which was cool, plants all around, fake birds, stuffed monkeys, a mini water fountain in the corner. You get all ready and lay there in the dark and then the themed music starts......which at first is nice.......soothing sounds of the rainforest and just when you are nice and relaxed and almost ready to fall asleep here comes a thunderstorm....Ok that's fine< i can sleep when it rains......But then....birds...and not quiet birds but the sound of a hungry bird looking for a kill....the sound that about me jump off the massage table! Then there's other sounds.....so then you are laying there thinking"How in the hell am I suppose to relax when I am alone in the rainforest at night in a thunderstorm being stalked by large snakes, chimps , man eating birds and God knows what else?????" Then to top it off the massage wasn't that great and listening to the rainforest and the water fountain just made me want to pee.
Ok, so maybe I don't want a massage now.
Or at least not in the rainforest room.

Happy 4th!

Hello! Just blogging for a bit before it gets busy around here! I did take Meg to see some fireworks tonight. It was fun.....considering I wasn't real sure where to park so we found what I thought was a GREAT spot and we sat there and the fireworks started and we were like YAY! & then they stopped.......and started about 10 mins later....and stopped. We were like what's the deal??? ANYHOO......long story short the fireworks started again...in a different spot....we were watching fireworks somebody was setting off at their house! LOL oops! We ended up still having a good spot ( and a good laugh!) aside from a tree blocking the view for the lower ones. We sat there and laughed & I was like yep, leave it to your silly mama!
I absolutely love fireworks! Of coarse nothing around here can be compared to the ones we saw at Disney! Those are awesome! But stuff around here is cool too, and I love to have sparklers!

well, I'm off, have a great 4th of July weekend!! Thanks for stopping by!

Just some pictures

Thought I would share a few pics that I took yesterday while we were messing around in the yard. Took the dogs out to the "big yard" to run and play. Picked some blackberries too, yummy! Can't get to all the really good ones, too far back on the fence line and surrounded by poison ivy! Ick! Took some pics of some flowers and if you look close at the one, you can see a baby p-mantis sitting there!! Cute!!

Random Chatter & a Miracle!

hello! Just thought I'd take a few minutes to blog. Been really busy since last Wednesday. My SIL and her 3 kids were here visiting, which was awesome! We had a great time!! We went to the zoo and had to hide out in the "snake house" and wait for a storm to pass but other than that everything went really well! Got to see them 4 days in a row which Megan LOVED!! Well me too of coarse!! We don't get to see them too much so it was great.
Megan is having alot of asthma stuff going on, we've had to go in to the DR for a breathing treatment and be on meds and do the inhaler. Usually she does just fine all summer. Anyway after fighting this for almost 2 weeks, she's developed a sinus infection. So gotta go get her prescription picked up this afternoon. Hopefully this will make her feel better and she'll be back to 100% in no time!

As for my hubby, he hit a deer Saturday in his work truck on the interstate. Luckily he only has some scratches! The deer came up on the hood and shattered the windshield and flipped around and shattered the driver side window. SCARY!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK GOD he is ok, that could have been so much worse! I told him his MIL in Heaven was looking out for him! I mean it's a miracle in my opinion to hit a deer at 65 mph and walk away w/ scratches!

I did something to my neck and it's killing me! UGH!!!! It hurts way down into my shoulder. I should try and go to the chiropractor I guess. Our insurance doesn't cover it though so I haven't been going too much. But owie, I be a hurtin!
OMG the weather has been so beautiful the last few days! Scott & I have been hanging out on the swing on the back deck just relaxing the last 2 nights. It's so quiet out here and you just sit and listen to the wind in the trees and the birds singing. ::sigh:: so nice! Scott took Megan for a ride on the 4 wheeler yesterday. They have matching helmets ( so cute!) . She loves to go w/ Daddy just riding around out here.

well better go I guess, thanks for checking in w/ me! Have a great week!!!!!!

Planting flowers( & a little visitor!)

I finally got some flowers today!! YAY!! Had errands to run and decided to stop by Lowe's and they had flowers on sale, I got 3 6 packs of annuals for $1.13! woohoo! I came home and went to plant some in this pot I have had just sitting there w/ soil in it & I got a surprise! I stuck my hand in there to stir up the soil and felt something move and saw 2 little eyes looking at me! I about peed myself til I realized it was just a toad! Megan came running and was laughing her butt off at me! She went and got the camera and she took some pics of our little friend. Isn't it cute?? And I know you are wondering, yes, it did pee on me. Good thing I had my polka dot garden gloves on! They're cute too huh? :-)
yes I know I am a DORK, no need to email me about it!

Meg & Jen

A LO I made today of Meg and Grandma Jen. I started off w/ some template pieces from Shazbutt's and I used a kit from Summer Driggs called Beautimous.It's a pretty simple page (I just needed a quick scrappin fix for the day! ) I'll have to play around more w/ the kit, it has such pretty papers and elements to work w/. My SIL Angie sent me the link to shazbutt's, she has some cute templates and some mini kits too I think.

Pretty lazy day around here today. did some cleaning then it's play time for a bit! Planning on making a homemade pizza for dinner tonight and then hang out in the pool. It's a hot one out there!! Scott's had a 4 day w/e so that's been nice having him home. He's done alot of yard work and tree cutting. Always plenty to do!! Well take care and thanks for stopping by!!!

family

this is a LO of my sisters and I. I used a kit from Little dreamer designs by Lauren Reid called family.
The picture was taken at our family cook out for Memorial Day.

some LO's I've done

just showing off some LO's I've made. this is my friend CiJay. He is a songwriter/musician. I used a kit called violet femme from Cinzia Loosemore. I thought it turned out pretty cool!

Freckles

Hello! Just thought I would share a funny Megan story today! She had a DR apt yesterday,
all went well and then after the Dr visit I asked her if she had any questions or concerns for the Dr before we left, she sat there so serious and looked like she was really thinking and then she said so innocently, " Actually I do have a question......can you get freckles in your butt crack?" I thought I was going to die laughing! The Dr was rather surprised and answered yes and Megan was like, "ok just wondering." OMG!!!!!!!!!!! Only My daughter would ask that question. It was so funny. The Dr was trying not to laugh but then stared giggling.
so, just in case any of you are wondering, yes it is possible to have freckles in your crack.
(I just don't want to know about it...LOL!!! )
Anyhoo, I am sure the DR doesn't get asked that question much.... :-)
BTW, Meg is feeling better, just has a bit of a cold I guess. She's still silly as ever so it's not slowing her down much. Right now she is using daddy's laptop to make a video of herself.....can't wait to see this one.
have a great day and thanks for checking in w/ us!

Beautiful day!

such a beautiful day today! Lots of sunshine and a nice breeze!
I haven't been online for a few days, thought I would pop on for a bit today. Too nice to stay indoors for long!
Oh, we are redoing the front porch and everything is such a mess out there! UGH! Drives me crazy! Anyway~ went out there this morning to water the few flowers I still have out there and in one flower bed that is all tore up and I have nothing planted there was a flower! A red and white petunia.....we have lived here 5 years and I have never planted petunias. I saw this tiny beautiful flower amidst the chaos and thought "Mom must have sent me that flower !" I've been struggling alot lately about her being gone and I thought this was her way of telling me things are going to be OK. She always like those striped petunias.
That just made me feel so hopeful. Wanted to share! Have a great day and if you get the chance to enjoy the sunshine, go for it! Now I am outta here to go get in the pool!

having a bad day.....

really having a tough time today......I am really missing my mom ALOT! She's been gone 6 weeks and I think about her every day. Her and dad would have been married for 48 yrs this past monday. I talked w/ dad today and told him Meg and I would spend fathers day w/ him. Scott has to work. Anyway just thinking of her alot today and feeling blue. Done alot of crying today.....but I think it's better to let it out then bottle it up. I don't really feel any better as of yet!
Anyway think I'll get out of the house and take Meg out for lunch.

layouts used with Bloom Kit

Here's a couple of LO's I made w/ the BLOOM KIT by Lisa Sisneros from LDD
Really love the papers and elements from this kit! Just thought I would share! One is of my cat and the other of my niece.

turkeys

ok, I just read that (quote) Turkeys are so stupid that when it rains they look up to see what's hitting them and they can drown.

what??

wow.

I think I know some people like that........

here's a layout I made of Meg today. I used a quickpage that I got from a freebie giveaway from Cassandra Bruno
Using Cool Sensations Kit by Crisdam Designs
http://busyfingers-digiscrap.blogspot.com

I love her stuff!! She has great things and great links to other blogs w/ freebies.