Wow has it ever been a crazy month over here! And where in the world DID the first (almost) half of this year go already? Only a few more weeks of school left. It seems like it was just yesterday that I dropped my son off for this first day of Kindergarten, crying like a ninnie, thinking I would never make it to June. We had an unfortunate water leak accident in our kids' two bedrooms, bathroom, and hallway last week. The toilet supply line broke, shooting water like a hose into the house, soaki...
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I'm back from another fabulous scrap retreat in the beautiful mountains here in Washington. Thesnow was piled up to the 2nd story windows of the hotel, but the temperature was in the 50's! And "down" at home, the whole weekend was in the 70's and 80's with bright sunshine.....and I missed it.....gardening, planting veggie seeds, riding bikes, playing ball with the kids. Now we're looking at the low 40's and the possibility of snow for this weekend. This crazy weather swing is making up all crazy...
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Just a few weeks and I'm off to a 4-day scrapping retreat. Boy am I ready to get the heck outta here. I don't know why but these first few months have been too busy and kind of stressful. Too much to remember for my mommy brain I tell ya. I just ordered some of those KI Memories lace cardstock papers and some alpha stickers. Michelle and I are planning a last minute shopping day to load up, and at the retreat, Goddess Nancy has all the new Scenic Route collections waiting on my table. Ahhhhhhhh...
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I haven't been around here for quite some time, as noted by the dates on my posts and blog. Where does the time go really? I guess keeping up with the 3 kids, cows, pets, MOPS, friends, family, and most importantly--my hubby--I rarely have a day or night off to have fun by myself--which means being here or doing any scrapping for that matter! Ack! I"m getting farther and farther behind with my photos, but I'm not panicking. I think I've finally given in to the chaos of my house, my "to do" list...
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I've been tagged by both Imagine.lilacs and Snix......................................... 7 Random Facts About Me: 1) I CANNOT eat off a wooden spoon 2) I'm afraid of heights because when I'm up too high, I feel like jumping. It makes my stomach turn and takes a while to get over the feeling. When we were in NY this March, our hotel was in Times Square, corner room, like floor 78 or something. It took a while to be able to look out the window. 3) I'm VERY self-conscience, but I mask it by ...
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