pieces of me

BUSY BUSY BUSY

2011-08-10T01:16:00.002-04:00

Yep, I have been crazy insane busy! As my blog shows...I havent posted in almost a year!!! Well alot has certainly happened in a year. I was accepted into the PN (practical nursing) program at Fleming and that is basically what took every spare minute of my time last semester. I had no time to spare, with the new judo club we opened last summer and still working and being a fulltime student, along with attempting to keep my house clean, well I will make it simple..my scrapbooking stuff was dusty when I had a chance to start playing with it again over the summer break. I gained alot of weight as I was eating out and on the go alot and not hardly exercising at all, but I passed! I like to say "school makes you fat, broke and smart" lol.
I am about to enter year2 in a few short weeks and this time I am wiser to the evils of cafeteria food and lack of exercise. I have been working my butt off at the club and also bootcamp trying to lose the weight. I have lost what I gained over semester, which was 15lbs, but I am aiming to lose another 15 on top of that. I also have been spending the summer busier than I was while in school. Not near as stressed tho :D
I have spent the last 3 months visiting with family and friends that I hadnt seen since before xmas, and trying to spend as much time as possible with the grandkids...We take our granddaughter every wednesday and this sunday we are picking up our one year old grandson for a whole week!! Yep a whole week! I am actually really excited :) Not sure what all the week will hold but it is going to end with our granddaughters 2nd birthday party at chuckie cheese.
I am also working hard on learning all I need to know for my black belt in jiujitsu, yes, our club has diversified. We are no longer just a judo club now we are judo and jiujitsu! Plus we run self defense classes as well. I am going to be going to a grading in October and hopefully come back with my black belt. So ya I will still be brown in judo but what the heck, as long as i have a black belt in one thats the belt im gonna wear :D
Did i mention that I got out logo tattooed on the back of my neck? Yep its pretty sweet! I will upload a pic later. My hubby also got one. His first tattoo :)
Not much in the camping area this summer...we went twice, thats all we had time for. With the club there are plenty of judo and jiujitsu tournaments preoccupying the weekends Im off work.
I have been getting my volunteer hours done over the summer too. I volunteer for VON and take a visually impaired woman out once a week. She is the same age as me and I really love how much an hour or two of my time each week can really make a difference in someones life.
Um, what else is new? I have been scrapping too! Scrapbook star has a summer beauty pageant going on with challenges and games and such which i have very inspiring and have gotten so much done! The design team is awesome over there.
Last night hubby and I went on a dinner cruise at the toronto harbourfront. What great view of the city from out there. We really enjoyed the time together cuddling on deck and relaxing, not very often these days we get time together like that. This weekend I am heading to Ontario PLace (my first time)with a friend while hubby is away on a course for coaching and the next big thing I am looking forward to is SCRAPFEST!! I am totally pumped to see all the girls again, I have booked it off work and I am hopeful I dont have homework that weekend.
I think thats about it. I have pretty much summed it up.
I will upload some pics from my phone to go along with this post so stay tuned!!

Scrapfest was GREAT!

2010-10-17T13:29:00.003-04:00

I had a blast scrapping with with everyone :) That was definately the best part--the company :) Our table was great! Lynn won Peoples Choice award for the "Fall Leaves me Happy" LO contest, and I won some great prizes too, including a great prize pack from Karen's Art House.
The goodie bags were AWESOME!! I didn't take any classes but I did do some make & takes. I spent most my time scrapping in the crop room and was super productive, I finished 12 LOs!!!

I picked up a few new stamps and got a good deal on a new border punch along with a few other things.

I was sad to see it end so soon, it definately could be longer ;) I am hoping I can make the next one in Kitchener, April 2011.

Here are most of the pages I made this weekend.

SCRAPFEST OSHAWA

2010-10-15T07:24:00.003-04:00

So today is the day, its finally here!!! Scrapfest is tonight and tomorrow :) I have been counting down the days. I am so pumped! Can't wait to meet Cheryl, Lynne and Diana and I am really looking forward to seeing Melissa again. We are gonna crop til we drop! I will come back and post all the pages I get done and the deals I get on Sunday.
Have a good weekend everyone and if you are gonna be at scrapfest (even just to shop, send me a message on facebook or text me so we can meet up :)

undeniable CUTENESS!!!!

2010-10-01T20:28:00.006-04:00

Here is some more pics of my favorite little man, Owen, he is 2 months old now and getting cuter by the day. I just love him sooooo much xoxo

of course he is my favorite subject to scrap right now, here are a couple more LOs... pictures were taken at 3weeks old

World Cardmaking Day 2010

2010-09-29T22:31:00.001-04:00

Come celebrate World Cardmaking Day 2010 at Wescrap! They are having an online crop and it's gonna ROCK!

2010-09-12T15:35:00.002-04:00

So, its been a while since I updated and I have way too many LOs to share them all.
I am back in school A&P1 this semester. Last semester of only 1day/week. January is coming fast!! Come January I will be full time in school, driving the hour to Peterborough and back everyday. Doubt I will have any time at all for scrapping :( that makes me sad, but school is important and it will be worth it in the end.

The judo club is doing awesome! Only been open a couple months now and already over a dozen members and growing weekly! Its great because I need to get back in shape. I slacked bigtime over the summer and gained back 7lbs.

My grandson is now 6 weeks old and i am addicted to scrapping him. He is just the cutest little man ever!! They dont live very close so I only get to see him a couple times a month, but thats alright, at least I get to see him. Unlike my granddaughter who I havent seen since December last year.

I will try and post more often but no promises.

Here are some of my latest pages I made of the little man...

A few of my latest LO's

2010-08-01T17:23:00.002-04:00

This was made using one of Jemma's many awesome sketches, and one of Scrapbook Stars past monthly kits. Photo was taken during our first 2010 camping trip at Sandbanks Prov Park.

Love the new EchoPark Summertime papers!! Aren't they so fun?!!

newest addition

2010-07-30T17:09:00.004-04:00

He was born early Wednesday morning, and isn't he just the most adorable little guy ever?!! This is my grandson, the newest addition to our family, pictured here just 12hrs old!

just a little update...

2010-07-13T13:12:00.005-04:00

So alot has happened, 2 and half weeks ago, we bought a van--FINALLY! I was going crazy in my little neon!! I don't like cars much, I prefer bigger vehicles. I don't know I guess I feel safer in them, besides they have a ton more room!! Anyway we got a 2005 Ford Freestar, with only 66000km for pretty good price. I love it!

It is perfect for camping, lots of space for my Goldie babes and supplies. We went camping Canada Day weekend, and Oh My the weather was gorgeous!! We spent alot of time at the beach. There was this soapstone carving place set up in one of the picnic shelters for the weekend, and I made a couple sculptures...a whale for Kevin and a Seahorse for Pams 50th. I think I found a new craft-we bought the tools and I am trying to get my hands on some soapstone now, so I can carve some more ;)

My grandson is almost here!! My stepdaughter is due Aug 9, so really it could be any day now :)

I am transferring to the other building at work in a couple weeks. I had been watching for a posting for a year and a half and finally one came up a month or so ago. I am not leaving for any particular reason, other than change. I get bored easily. On the bright side, I will get everyother weekend, and I will get more shifts in the other building. I am looking forward to the change of residents and staff and a whole new environment all together. As of January I plan to get off night shift (its been over 6 years, Ive been on nights) I am going to go on afternoons instead and only on weekends as I am going to be in school fulltime.

About school, its going great! I am doing well. I get bored easily tho. I think I may have ADD or ADHD or something along those lines. Of course I have never been diagnosed, but you can imagine how much my teachers like me LOL. I can pay attention for about hte first hour, then they lose me. I end up giggling with Pam, or playing on my iphone, or whatever and the teacher is always looking at me :-/ Its not my fault!! If class was more exciting maybe id be able to pay better attention! Funny thing is, I still get good marks :)

The judo club is doing great! we now have 10 members and still growing! Its amazing we are managing to grow during the summer. This time of year is usually when it slows down. We have taken our three little fighters to 2 tournaments so far. The first one we brought home two 3rd place troheys and at the last one we got a gold and a silver. Not bad, not bad!!

Went to Wonderland last MOnday with Morgan, She had never been before so it was fun taking a first timer :) If you havent rode the Behemoth yet, you really should! BEST RIDE EVER!

Well, I think thats all for now. I will post my recent pages in another post.

And the winner is....

2010-07-03T01:12:00.002-04:00

Thank you everyone for the wonderful comments.

Using random.org the winning number was....

....9!!!!!

Congrats to Jennifer! I will ship out your rak next week! enjoy :)

It's been a year!!!! GIVEAWAY

2010-06-21T06:00:00.000-04:00

To celebrate my first blog anniversary, I am giving away a box of scrappy goodness....

Melissa Frances chipboard album
Sizzix Wedding Bells embossing folder
Basic Grey chipboard stickers
Colorbok Cardmaking Kit--baby (makes 2 cards)
Making Memories greenhouse buttons (pack of 30)
Dew Drop Versa Magic chalk ink (Spring Pansy)
Queen & Co Heart Throb brads (pack of 12)
Melissa Frances Vintage Tabs (assorted sizes)
3 feet of ladybug ribbon
Creating Keepsakes decorative printed tape
Bazzill Basics Simply Squares Brads (pack of 48)
Studio G clear stamps-green friends
Jolee's Boutique Christian Boy stickers
American Crafts Travel Rub-ons

Want to win this yummy box of goodies? all you have to do is leave a comment saying so and become a follower if you arent already. I will do a random draw on July 1st. Good Luck!!

Scrapbooks Stars Online Crop June 18-20

2010-06-20T17:23:00.003-04:00

First I must apologize for my lack of posting. I have just been so busy! With college and work and our new Judo club, I have had an insane schedule! Not to mention "attempting" to stay on top of housework and laundry. I haven't even had a chance to get outside and enjoy the beautiful weather we've been having-this is the whitest I have ever been in the summer!!
I am so happy for the crop this weekend tho. I had only scrapped one LO since the last crop!
Thanks to the Design Team for some awesome challenges and inspiration--I got 5 pages done!!!

TFL!

Scrapbook Star online "HOLLYWOOD" crop this weekend...

2010-05-16T20:19:00.006-04:00

A very productive scrap weekend!! I have been working all weekend, but since the family is away, I have had extra time to scrap :D I was happy for this because the past few months I have been crazy busy with school and other stuff, Ive not had much time to get creative.
I managed to complete all 6 challenges and complete 5 pages!!

Thanks for looking! and a big Thank you to the scrapbook star design team for another fabulous crop!!!

Stay tuned for an upcoming chance to win a scrappy RAK to celebrate my 1 year blog anniversary!

Happy Mother's Day!

2010-05-09T22:25:00.002-04:00

I hope everybody had a wonderful day!
I just wanted to share the awesome card/page I got from my 17 year old son.
He went into my scraproom last night after I went to bed and found a photo of us and got out some supplies and made me a page!! Stencils, inks, stamps, punches, and he even altered the foam letters!! Isn't that the sweetest thing?! I was super surprised at his initiative and creativity and the fact that he completely cleaned up after himself!
I found it hanging nicely in my scraproom on display with my other recent pages :) I am so very lucky to have such a sweet son!
I love you Matt xoxo Thank you!!

some of my recent pages... TFL

2010-05-09T22:17:00.003-04:00

Fleur's NSD Photo Scavenger Hunt at Scrapbook Star

2010-05-08T11:45:00.010-04:00

#1--favorite photo (i just love this pic of me and my hubby)

#2--someone in uniform (thats me, ready to go to work)

#3--where you work (this is it)

#4--favorite hobby (this is the scrapbooking section at Walmart)

#5--lights (this ambulance had its sirens and lights going, so I took this shot when we pulled over to the side)

#6--something that begins with F (friends or feet? This is Pam and I in Toronto last week on our way to see Mamma Mia)

#7--something that represents a scene from a Disney movie (I had a hard time with this one, so I finally just decided to take a picture of a Disney movie...we watched The Pacifier last night and here is a pic of my TV...)

#8--signs (this is downtown Oshawa)

#9--a jumping shot (my son, jumping down the stairs)

#10--a movie poster (I went and saw this on Sunday, it was really good!)

#11--favorite drink (I love water!! I actually don't even like pop, coffee or tea)

#12-- with a Canadian Flag (this is me last week, when I went to see Mamma Mia for the 2nd time)

Exciting News!!

2010-05-05T22:44:00.005-04:00

So... our judo club, Judokaa Martial Arts is officially open for training!! We have members signed, and both the kids and adult classes are up and running.

We are having our first grading on Saturday (Good Luck to Dylan, Curtis and Denika) and Promotion Night is this coming Tuesday!!!

It won't be long now until we attend our first shiai!! We are quite excited for it.

We had our logo completed today, thank you Chris from Citris Media, and jackets are on order :)

Come check us out!!!
our website
Facebook Group

My Birthday in Niagara

2010-04-12T07:31:00.009-04:00

So this past weekend was my birthday, and my darling husband took me to niagara falls. It's what I asked for--a night away with him.
The surprise was that he actually made reservations!!! Yup totally shocked the hell outta me! I didn't know he knew how! And awesome reservations at that! We stayed at the oakes hotel. The closest hotel to the falls with the best view! We could see both falls right from our window! It was awesome!! Especially at night laying on our watching the colours change :)

We didn't do much Friday night cause it was freezing cold. It was snowing!! But we ate out and toured a bit then settled in our room for the night.

The next day we went to Clifton Hill. I wanted to check out the new sky wheel and get our pictures done-old style and it was neat to see what had changed and what was the exact same as it was the last time we were there 8 years ago.

I love this photo!!!

The big chair was still there :D

Then we went to the casino and spent a few bucks-I won $127 off my first 10bucks and of course he lost. We ate at the buffet there then headed out. Drove up Lundy's lane then headed home.

I had a fabulous time!! Thanks Hon for a great birthday!! love you xoxox

So what's happened since my last post??

2010-04-07T07:30:00.006-04:00

Well...... lots!!

To start with, I have been seeing a personal trainer and working out at the gym and running again. So far i am down over 16 inches total!! I'm only 12lbs from my goal. :D I'm pretty happy but I just wish the results would show faster- it's been 8 weeks, and I'd kinda hoped I would be at my goal by now. Maybe in another 8 weeks??

I am about to write finals for this semester. Ive done pretty good so far, so I am confident the finals will go well too :)

I can't wait until January when I start school fulltime and get to do clinical in the hospital! I seriously shouldve done my nursing a long long time ago!!!

My son now wears glasses--I think they look pretty good but they are still going to take some getting used to, for both him and me. He wanted contacts but for a first timer, they recommended he get used to the glasses before getting contacts. Since he is near sighted and only needs the glasses for driving and school (to see the board) its just so much easier than contacts--hes not supposed to use the glasses for the computer or reading. I do have a picture but its not on this computer so I can't include it in my post...sorry :/

I took my goddaughter to see How to Train your Dragon last week, it was really cute :)

This is my beautiful Goldie babes, I can't wait to scrap this photo :D I think I might use it for the layout tag for National Scrapbooking Day ;)

One thing I haven't had a lot of time for is scrapping :(

I have actually only gotten 4 pages done since my last post!! Here they are...

Michelle came down and stayed the weekend with me last month, this photo was taken after we got home from the bar at like 3am. Omg, my feet were killing!!

Oh and look--I chopped my hair off! Its the only pic I got of it short so far.

And here is one for my trip album....

And this weekend is my birthday and my darling husband is taking me away for the weekend :D

I will post pics when I get back.

Thanks for stopping by, sorry it's been soooo long.

Being a God-mum is GREAT :)

2010-03-08T07:22:00.005-05:00

So a couple weeks ago, I took my Goddaughter to play at Chuck E Cheese's. She'd been before but I hadn't. It was alot of fun! She had a BLAST!! I had fun just watching her have fun. She's such a good kid...4 is such a great age!! For only $10, she rode every ride and played every game!! Not bad eh?!!!

There was this cool thing for only one token, where we sit and it sketches our picture, then prints it out... It actually turned out pretty good for only 25cents! I love this picture of us!! I think its probably my favorite all time :)

The only reason it isn't scrapped like the others yet is I can't seem to come up with the perfect title. I am open to suggestions, if you have any ideas (just leave a comment)

After Chuck E Cheese, I took her to the nail salon for the first time and got her toes done all pretty. She felt like a princess--well afterall she is one ;) They looked sooo cute! I love how the page turned out too!!

I can't wait for our next adventure--Kids Zone!! :D

Here are the LO's.....

Wheee is based on Jemma's sketch (here)

2 more LO's

2010-02-21T20:41:00.002-05:00

I am super impressed with myself! Its been a BUSY weekend!!! I managed to complete 3 PAGES this weekend!!!! On top of going to work (night shift) Friday and Saturday night, going out with friends Saturday evening for dinner, helping a friend study all afternoon today for a test we are having at school on Tuesday morning and I am about to go back to work in a couple hours. My laundry and housework is even done AND i cooked chili today and made a nice bean salad for lunch tomorrow. I was SUPER productive! Too bad I can't be this productive every weekend ;)

Olympic Crop

2010-02-20T17:16:00.003-05:00

Scrapbook Star is having an online crop this weekend, and I actually managed to get a LO done this morning when I got home from work before heading to bed :D
I combined 4 challenges (#1, #2, #3 and #4) on this one and used Jemma's sketch from Feb 12.

busy busy busy

2010-02-17T13:18:00.004-05:00

I've been so busy with school and homework and work, I haven't had much time to keep up with my blog and chatting on the boards. I promise that I will try and keep my blog better updated :)

So, I have made it through the first set of tests and getting ready for 3 more next week. Geez, Im only taking 2 classes right now, what will I do when I have 6 plus clinical??!!! No time for nothing!!
I haven't been scrapping much, but here are a few pages I completed over the past 2 weeks. My trip album is coming along....slowly but surely. This completes day 3-- only 6 more days to scrap. Wonder if I will get the album done this year?? We took this trip out west in September and its taken me this long to get it 1/3 scrapped!

TFL, I will post again soon!

GO CANADA GO!!!

Sketch Friday

2010-02-03T16:02:00.003-05:00

I Love Jemma's sketches!!!
I was so happy when she announced that she would continue to post her sketches this year!
I try to do them all, even if I am a bit late sometimes ;)

This one is based on her Ja n 22 sketch

and I used her most recent sketch(Jan 29) for this one

Thanks Jemma :D

Just Perfect!!!

2010-02-02T23:12:00.003-05:00

I'm so loving this layout I made last night!!! Using BG Ambrosia papers and coordinations cardstock, paints and mist, it turned out better than I'd thought it would! I think it's my new favorite LO :D

I started off using a sketch from twistedsketches, but didn't complete the twist this week, which was to use numbers.
Unable to find any embellies in my stash that worked with this page, I decided to use a new technique I picked up from Glenda.(check out her blog here)
I printed off an eagle image I found on the internet and traced it onto stencil paper and then cut it out with my exacto knife. I then placed it on my page and sprayed it with Diet Cola Memories Mist.
I finished it off with a bit of paint on the corners and some bubblewrap monoprinting.

Jan 25 LO share

2010-01-25T21:41:00.010-05:00

This LO was made using the January kit from Scrapbook Star. I just love this photo of me and my babes. She totally couldn't care that I am using her as a pillow. I think I slept there like that for a couple hours :)

If you didn't know, there was an online crop this weekend at Scrapbook Star. I managed to complete a few challenges...

For Glenda's Get Painty challenge, I did this LO of my god daughter and , using the new BG-Sugar Rush

I also used BG-Sugar Rush for Tara's challenge--something new.
We had to scrap a LO, using new products or a new technique.
She made some gorgeous flowers on her page, I am totally going to have to try the tutorial, but first need to get me a 6-petal flower punch. I made these 2 pages about the Vancouver 2010 Olympic torch relay.

Tina's Challenge was to distress your page, again with the BG, Indian Summer this time, I made this LO. Distressing with the distress tool and inks.

Fleur's challenge was to scrap a new or a first. This is my son getting his black belt and my husband promoting him. The background is also from BG Sugar Rush and the pp is older BG from the Ambrosia line. The LO is based on sketch #2 from Jemma's sketch friday.

I also made a card for Melissa's challenge, but didn't post it in time. Im not too happy with how it turned out so I rather not upload it anyway ;) I'm not the greatest cardmaker.

Skating

2010-01-24T15:46:00.011-05:00

So, for Christmas this year, my darling son paid half for a pair of ice skates for me and agreed to teach me how... so yesterday we went out to public skate, and brought along a few people and I learned to skate! and GUESSS WHAT??!!! I didn't even fall once!! I was so nervous at first, I had to have someone to hang onto, but after about half an hour I was skating on my own and doing great! It was so much fun, I can't wait to go again :D

Here he is doing up my skates... :D

I needed a hand getting down the stairs, thanks Michelle :D

NO!!! I'm gonna fall!!!!

Hey! this is fun!

Doing it on my own :)

Thanks Matt!!!!!!!!! You are a fabulous son! Love you sooo much!!

and Michelle!!!

and thank you Morgan for taking all the pics!
Love you all!, Now, when are we going skating again??!! :D

inspired

2010-01-17T22:32:00.003-05:00

Its been about two weeks since my last LO. (sounds like a confession lol)

So, yea, I had lost my mojo! Other than being super busy with life and work and school, I just had no drive to scrap. But thankfully, its back :) I got this page done in less than an hour! Which is amazingly fast for me ;) and I have another on the go.

My inspiration comes from many sources...
firstly, there is this new challenge blog called Dirty Scraps. This page is for their first challenge, to scrap a peeve with a positive side.
secondly, I used the 3rd sketch from Sketch Friday, found HERE
and lastly, I love the January kit from Scrapbook Star! I know I am late breaking it out, but wow its great!!!

TFL

Blogger Award

2010-01-11T21:08:00.003-05:00

I was so surprised when my scrappy pal, Jemma gave me this award! Thanks Jemma :)

The award comes with the following responsibilities:

1. I must thank the person who bestowed this honor upon me. (Thanks again Jemma)

2. Copy the award and place it on my blog.

3. Link to the bestower’s site Jemma's Journey

4. List seven interesting things about myself :

-I have never ice skated before. My 16 year old son is going to teach me how this winter.

-Ihave never ever lived on my own.

-I started judo when I was 27 and am currently a brown belt

-I love to photograph feet, especially mine.

-I don't like tea or coffee or any pop other than sprite. My drink of choice is bottled water.

-I eat my doritos one by one licking the flavor off both sides first before biting into it.

-I have lived in the same area practically my whole life. I grew up only a few blocks away from where I live now with my husband for past 14 years

5. Nominate seven bloggers that I find beautiful:

1. Tina, too bad she lives so far away, I know we'd be great friends.

2. Karen, who owns an awesome scrapping retreat company--she is one awesome host! I hope to attend another retreat one day ;)

3. Heather, I love her work, always so fun and cute

4. Anita, tho half the time I can't understand her blog cause its in french, I love her talent! She is a very talented photographer. (2 different links-2 different blogs)

5. Erika, she makes the best cards Ive ever seen! Oh and she is having a fabulous blogiversary giveaway right now, so be sure to check her blog out!

6. Tara Thynner, I like to wander over to her blog now and again for great inspiration. Shes always got a challenge going on.

7. and last but not least, the very talented JJ :)

Blog Tag

2010-01-09T19:08:00.002-05:00

Jemma had posted some questions and answers, and since i read it i considered myself tagged :)

1. Name someone with the same birthday as you.
When I was a kid I had a good friend who shared my birthday. Also my MIL who passed 2 years ago had the same birthday.

2. Where was your first kiss?
I honestly have no idea.

3. Have you ever seriously vandalized someone else’s property?
No

4. Have you ever hit someone of the opposite sex?
No but I do enjoy choking or armlocking them occasionally.

5. Have you ever sung in front of a large number of people?
Yes I have sung karoke. I was very drunk and the audience was probably very relieved when I was done.

6. What’s the first thing you notice about your preferred sex?
Their eyes and smile

7. What really turns you off?
Self absorbed people and smokers.

8. What do you order at Starbucks?
I have never ordered anything at starbucks. I don't like coffee or tea.

9 Have you ever hurt yourself on purpose?
no.

10 Say something totally random about yourself.
I have never worn high heels. I doubt I ever will. I'd probably end up hurting myself if I did.

11 Has anyone ever said you looked like a celebrity?
Yes. I often get Lauren Graham and once Pink.

12. Do you still watch kiddie movies or TV shows?
Yes! I love wizards of waverly place

13 Did you have braces?
No, my teeth were perfect until my wisdom teeth came in.

14 Are you comfortable with your height?
I always wished I was shorter but I suppose I am happy with my hieght. Nothing I can do about it anyway.

15 When do you know it’s love?
When you willingly clean up after him.

16 Do you speak any other languages?
No

17 Have you ever been to a tanning salon?
Yes, but I quit cause it's bad for you

18 Have you ever ridden in a limo?
Yes several times

19 What’s something that really annoys you?
Lots of things annoy me but to name a few... people who smoke right outside the entrance of a place. So everyone going in or out has to breath it in. It drives me crazy when the cat cleans herself right by my head when watching tv. It just sounds so disgusting. When your shopping and the sales person/people stalk you, like your up to no good or something. They follow you and watch u like your a theif. Ugh that really bugs me!

20 What’s something you really like?
Chocolate!!!!!!

21 Can you dance?
Yeah I think so but I usually need some alchohal in me before doin it in public. Lol

22 Have you ever been rushed by an ambulance into the emergency room?
No

Thursday Jan 7

2010-01-07T09:37:00.005-05:00

Good Morning!! I am unusually chipper this morning. I am normally long sleeping by now, as I just got home form work at 730am, but today I have to stay awake. A friend of mine has travelled 3 hours to come keep me awake today and go shopping. She just got here so in a few minutes, we will be heading into Toronto for the day. I will be dead tired by the time we get back, but it should be fun!!! She is on the hunt for a good pair of waterproof boots and I am looking for a purse. I am hoping maybe Guess or Coach, something stylish and big. I am going to try and find something I like that isn't black. I always buy black and its time for a change I think.

and of course heres a page I did yesterday.

I made this LO using Sketch #1 from Sketch Friday...

CONTEST and inspiration!!

2010-01-04T02:36:00.002-05:00

Everybody loves a contest right???

Well head on over to my friend, Tina's! Shes having a contest and giving away free scrap goodies!! Hurry up though, you've only got a week!

and how bout some inspiration to get those creative juices flowing?? Well, my friend Jemma has just started up a sketch blog! I have been using her sketches for about a year now and I was thrilled to learn she would be continuing with them this year :) Every Friday she will be posting a new one for the week, so head on over to Sketch Friday and get creating!

Happy New Year!!!

2010-01-04T02:04:00.004-05:00

Hope you all had a safe and happy holiday, that your Christmas was merry and you have a year full of good health and much happiness!!!

I havent had much chance to blog lately, but I hope to be better this year and post more often.

What are your goals this year?? Mine include the usual, lose weight, eat healthier, exercise more, but otherwise I just hope to do well in school and get accepted into the nursing program for Jan 2011.

Over New Years there was a crop going on over at Scrapbook Star. What a great time! If you weren't able to join in the fun, be sure to try to make it next year! Its definately the crop of the year!!! There was plenty of prizes and even a sizzix to be won!

It seems I have entered the year with a bit of good luck too...I won the december monthly starbucks contest earnign a $25 certificate to the store and I also won the Bingo game during the crop earning another $5 certificate!! Woot!! $30 to spend at scrapbook star!!!

I do hope the luck keeps up for a little while :)

and whats a post without some layouts or pictures?? So here are a few pages I did for the crop...

Scrappin' Great Deals Jan 2010

2009-12-29T01:09:00.004-05:00

A few weeks ago, Shiela, from Scrappin' Great Deals, sent me an email asking me to be a customer designer for the January monthly kit. So of course I said yes!!! I knew it would be hard to fit in scrapping time over the holidays so as soon as it arrived I got straight to work. If thats what you call it?! Personally, I prefer to call it play :D
So over the past few weeks I have had the great pleasure of playing with their upcoming January kit. And, Wow, what a great kit! I love all the papers!!! and what a fantastic mix of manufacturers!!! I really had a lot of fun with it!

Be sure and order yours early cause they sell out fast!

Its been hard not sharing my LOs and waiting to share the great news with everyone but finally the time has come to reveal!!

I have added a few things here and there from my stash, but I've pretty much used up the whole kit. I only have one piece of paper that is untouched and a few scraps left.
I apologize for the scan job on a few of them, I am still getting the hang of stitching them.

Olympic torch relay and our newest sensei!!!

2009-12-18T01:45:00.008-05:00

Last night I had a great time at the Olympic torch relay celebration!! It really was a fabulous experience!!! I got my picture with the torch, another actually holding the torch, ran into some friends, watched some good entertainment and watched and recorded the flame.

The weather was so perfect too! Of course it was cold but it was snowing just enough to really set the mood :) I am not a fan of snow on most occasions, like I absolutely hate driving in it, but on those certain days, such as when you are out chopping down a christmas tree, when you wake up on Christmas day and for this event, I love it!

Tonight was our last judo until after the holidays, so promotions always take place.

This year among the many to recieve their next belts, a very special promotion took place...

My son, went for his black belt grading last weekend and instead of having to wait a month for the results we are lucky enough to have the president of judo ontario as our club sensei and we were informed that he had in fact PASSED!!! He was promoted tonight, my husband doing the honours...such a proud moment for us!! He has done so amazingly well, I can't say enough good things, I am so proud of him, I just want to shout out and tell the world :)

He's crossed the line...there he is on the other side with all the black belts!!

still in my pj's

2009-12-09T23:10:00.005-05:00

Nope I never got dressed today!! I spent the whole day in my jammies, warm and cozy inside. I cleaned up my scrap space, played on the computer, watched a little TV and then messed up my scrap space :)

I was supposed to go to the gym for spin class tonight but the roads were really bad and the gym is on the other side of the next town so I stayed home. I'm a little sore from judo last night anyway :P

I did walk the dog a quick little walk just around the block (in my jammies). We didn't go too far cause its freaking cold out there!!

Back to work tomorrow night, I work throught the weekend. What really sucks is I have to work every weekend from now until January. Yep, I gotta go in Christmas night and I will be bringing in 2010 at work too. Maybe next year I can have them both off since I have to work both this year?? I doubt it!! Thats just what my work is like, no thanks ever! Oops, sorry, around this time of year, we are given a box of clementines to share with the other shifts (thats our Christmas bonus).
So here are the pages I got done today...

I did this one using Decembers kit from Scrapbook Star

Disappointed

2009-12-08T04:28:00.002-05:00

So turns out I won't be recieving my prize from the 92 days of summer contest that was held over on ymbd( which closed it's doors last month and shut down the site). I apparently won 2nd prize which included a corner chomper, a stack of coordinations cardstock and a few other things. The prize was supposedly shipped a month ago, but after not recieving it several weeks later I messaged Catherine on her new site Digi Cat Designs, asking if there was a tracking number that I could check the status of the package. She didn't reply, so after a few days I messaged her again. Still no reply. Then out of nowhere, I recieved an email from her a week after the last message was sent... over a month after the prize was supposedly mailed, telling me that her basement flooded and the prizes were in it and they were ruined??! What were they doing still inthe basement when she said she'd mailed them a month prior??
Well so much for that. It's not so much that I won't be receigmving that awesome prize that disappoints me, it's more that I was told I won it and that it was sent and it never was. I couldve gone on perfectly content not winning anything at all and been happy with the fabulous album I have to remember my summer by. But this was dangled in front of me and then nothing. It was such a tease. So yes, I am disappointed but I suppose I will get over it.

Dec 5

2009-12-05T20:44:00.008-05:00

So I finally got to the movies and saw New Moon last night!! I went with my lil sis, who I hardly ever see. I really liked it, some people have told me it wasn't that great cause they left out alot, which they did, but it was still great! I can't wait til June to see Eclipse!!!

I also got my tree up last night :D

Its starting to look like Christmas around here now. There has been some reno's going on, new flooring, painting, new shelving and furniture moving, so the house has been chaotic and I hadn't had a chance to put it up sooner. Last year I put those tinsel icicles all over it, but haven't decided whether or not I am going to do i this year again. I gotta pick up a few more ornaments, so many have broken over the years we are running low now and there aren't enough to cover the whole tree. I am hoping to get started on the gift wrapping tonight so I can put some underneath.

Here is my beautiful Goldie babes and her new reindeer ears :)

and of course what is a post without a LO....

I made this one today using this sketch.

finally!!.........

2009-12-02T16:34:00.005-05:00

I finally got my scrap mojo back!!! Yesterday, I was playing with the Nov kit and I managed to do 2 LOs and a card!! I am so happy to have it back! It had been at least a couple weeks, since I'd done a page! and I don't even know how long since I have worked on my trip album.

This one was made using one of Jemma's sketches from Nov.

I made this LO using this weeks sketch over at Twisted Sketches.

I have an awesome husband....33 days til Chirstmas

2009-11-21T23:55:00.006-05:00

So I am feeling much better today. I have such a wonderful husband!!! He has taken care of me so well...everything from cooking me food and making sure i eat the right things to rubbing me down with vicks and taking my temp. He has even been cleaning the house... he's been so amazing. I love him so much!!

Christmas is coming... I still haven't started shopping but I have at least started the cards, my niece was down this past weekend and she helped me with them. I am hoping there is enough made so i won't have to make anymore cause time is running out now, I have to address them all and have them in the mail in the next week or so. Yes I tend to panic and have anxiety over everything, its really stupid actually. I seem to go around finding stuff to worry and fret about LOL. I gotta keep telling myself to relax. It hasn't helped that I spent the last week in bed doing nothing productive at all, geez being sick is such a waste of time!!

Anyway, I hope to get a big chunk of my Christmas shopping done this Tuesday, and have the cards addressed by the end of next weekend, and hopefully the decorations up soon after that :)

Here are this years cards, aren't they cute :P

St!ll SICK

2009-11-20T18:00:00.007-05:00

I honestly don't think I have ever been this sick~EVER! I have been sick in bed now for 6 days and still no sign of getting better. I managed to drag my butt to the clinic yesterday, got an xray and was prescribed some antibiotics. I got Pneumonia. How the heck did I get pneumonia?????? Seriously, I was surprised when the Dr said that was what I had, and then the xray confirmed it. I can definately truly understand how aweful the old folks feel now. If you didn't know, I work in a nursing home. I can't imagine being their age and having Pneumonia-how horrible it must be for them.

On the positive side--I have lost 5 lbs this week! LOL Always look at the bright side :)

“When you think things are bad,

when you feel sour and blue,

when you start to get mad…

You should do what I do!

Just tell yourself, Duckie,

you’re really quite lucky!

Some people are much more…Oh, ever so much more…

Oh, muchly much-much more unlucky than you!” Dr Seuss

I am hoping I am feeling better enough tomorrow so that I can participate in the Dr Seuss Online crop over at Scrapbook Star this weekend. I love Dr Suess and I haven't scrapped in a while now. Even if I can just do one or 2 challenges, that would be great, but I'm not counting on it.

Have a happy scrappy weekend everyone!! Hope you are all well!!

Most improved

2009-11-08T00:37:00.004-05:00

Well the Ontario Open was this weekend and even tho Matt didn't place, he did get an award...Most improved U17!

You never cease to amaze me Matt!! You are awesome!!!

Yes, thats my baby, he is so awesome and his judo is awesome!!! I LOVE YOU MATT!!

a babygirl, pumpkins & friends...

2009-11-03T14:21:00.007-05:00

Being true to my word, here are the 5 pages I did last night. I finally dug into that October Scrapbook star kit, I just needed the perfect pictures to use it with ;)

I didn't have any green paper to match so I painted a white piece, worked perfectly ;)

I also got the group shot from the crop at SS scrapped. Finally! I couldn't come up with a better title, but I love the way it turned out. Those flowers were an ingenious idea I came up with... I cut them with my "flower layers #3" sizzix die out of some plastic packaging and then inked them with alcohal inks. Never again will I throw out a package, the possibilities are endless X-D.

Thank you Jemma for the awesome sketch!! It was perfect for this LO <3

Time for a layout share...

2009-11-02T23:52:00.005-05:00

Since its been a while since I have posted any pages, I thought I'd upload a bunch of my "recent" LO's for everyone to see. I am really getting the hang of those 8.5 x 11 pages, but still prefer the 12x12 size. I got 15 pages done for my trip album now yay! and would you believe my Granddaughter is only 10weeks old and already her album has 12 pages!!! [4 of which I completed tonight at a crop my friend had at her tea house] I know I have totally gone crazy scrapping her LOL...its the pink, its gotta be the pink!

I will be back tomorrow with the 5 pages I completed at the crop tonight...

I won I won I won!!!!

2009-10-28T18:12:00.003-04:00

WOW!!! I actually won!! The winners from the 92 days of summer contest over at YMBD have been announced and I got 2nd Prize!! WOOTWOOT, I am soo happy :P

Prizes are shipping tomorrow and I can't wait! Here is what 2nd prize looks like...

2nd Place Prize

A box full of the following goodies: (Retail Value: $90+)

•"The Chocolate Box" Core-dinations cardstock pack

•Crop-a-Dile Corner Chomper Tool
•Chip-sies Chipboard Dolls kit

•Unity Stamp Set "Confession"

•18 White self-adhesive Chipboard Sheets (4x12)

Not only did I win this fabulous prize, I have the most awesome little mini album of my entire summer to look back on. Its by far my favorite mini album ever!

Thank you Catherine for hosting such a fabulous contest and for the awesome prize!

The Cutest Little Pumpkin

2009-10-20T17:15:00.004-04:00

Today we went to the Pumpkin farm to get some pics of my little grand daughter (2 months old) in her Halloween Costume, isn't she the cutest little pumpkin you ever saw!!? I took over 100 photos! I can't wait to do the LOs!!!

My awesome weekend in Montreal

2009-10-11T20:26:00.006-04:00

This weekend was fabulous!! I went to Montreal and met all the girls, well almost all, I met 11 of the girls from SS!!! Totally awesome bunch they are :)

Friday night I met up with Kiki, Melissa, Anita, and Berit for dinner, (I rode the metro all by myself--I had never even been on the metro before and I managed to get there without even getting lost-Unbelieveable, I know lol ) I had a pizza for dinner and then chocolate cake for desert and OMG, it was THE BEST chocolate cake I have ever had in my whole entire life!!!! All the girls were great and we had a really nice time. [sorry I didn't really edit the pic, I just did a quick red eye fix, i will make it better before i scrap it tho]

Then Saturday Tina and her hubby picked me up at my hotel in the morning and we went to the store for a crop, where I met more of the SS girls...Steph, Charlene, Michelle, Megan, Linda and of course Sam. Kiki was there also, and Berit and Anita dropped by.

What a great crop!! I never imagined the store would be like that, it was packed with so much yummy scrappy goodness, everywhere you look there is more and more and more!!! I have never seen a LSS so well stocked! It was awesome! I didn't get much scrapped tho, I only managed to finish up a page I had started, complete one page and almost finish another. I don't think thats much cause I did up 6 page kits, but considering I did more scrapping than the rest of the girls I suppose the day was productive. Really, my only complaint being that there weren't enough hours in the day. I wish I had more time. I wish we lived closer so I could crop with them all the time ;) They are all really fantastic and I will definately be back ~~ if not for the cropping, definately for those amazing crop cakes! WOW, Sam makes the best cupcakes, red velvet (never heard of it before this weekend but now I have to have the recipe!) Seriously, they were scrum-diddily-umptious!!!

here is the LO I finished...

After the crop we all went to dinner at soups & noodles (or noodles & soups I can't remember which it is,) so I could have the "full crop experience" we had spring rolls and chicken, which was great. Kiki was so very kind to drive me back to the hotel afterwards so I wouldn't have to take the metro.

Thank you everyone for everything!!! Melissa, for arranging dinner Friday night, Sam for crop and delicious cropcakes and planning dinner Sat night, Tina for picking me up and Kiki for dropping me off and the tour of Montreal and everyone for such a fantastic weekend.

and the winner is................

2009-10-08T22:59:00.002-04:00

There weren't as many entries as I expected but thats alright, better odds for the 5 of you who did enter. I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving and don't eat too much Turkey!! Nah, just kidding, PIG OUT!! I always do ;) My favorite is the stuffing mmmmm.

So tonight I put all your names in a cup and had DS pick one and the lucky winner is................

LINDA!!!

Congratulations!!!

I hope you enjoy them and can't wait to see what you create with them :)

3 LOs and a RAK

2009-10-05T21:43:00.006-04:00

So here are 3 more 8.5 x 11 LO's They seem to really be growing on me. I haven't made a 12 x12 page since I started on these, though I hope to do a couple this week.

Gotta still figure out what I am bringing to the crop this weekend too...yeah I am going to a crop!!! I know I can't bring it all and thats the hard part--> deciding on whats absolutely necessary, cause there isn't much room in the van. I will be lucky if my little crop suitcase fits in. With 5 people and all our bags its going to be a tight squeeze. Plus I don't wanna bring too much cause I gotta catch the subway over to the crop and I will have to carry it all. Ugh the things I stress about...I know I have issues LOL

Anyway lets get onto the RAK, I had a really good day today...took my oldest DS around town handing out resumes *fingers crossed he lands something soon* and we went for lunch then later on I went out to dinner with my lil sis who I haven't seen since Christmas, she is looking really good these days. So since I had such a great day today I thought I would pass on the good vibes and giveaway a RAK...

2 sets of Melissa Frances Clear Stamps.....

So how can you get the chance to win these awesome stamps you ask?? Its easy, just leave a comment on this post telling me what you are doing for Thanksgiving weekend before 9pm Thursday Oct 8 and I will draw a name before I leave for Montreal on Friday :o)

Halloween Haunt

2009-10-04T19:17:00.007-04:00

Friday night I took my sons girlfriend (mother of my granddaughter) to Wonderland for Halloween Haunt and a night out away from the baby(she is 6 weeks now). I wanted a chance to get to know her a little bit better just her and I. She had never been, so she was more than happy to go with me. It was a bit rainy but we ventured there anyway, in hopes it would clear up and that the rides would still be open.

It was also the first time my son had been with the baby without her there. She left the baby with my husband and him. My son seemed very grateful for that.

We had a blast!!! Because of the rain there weren't very many people. We went on every ride and didn't have to wait in a single line. Some of the rides we stayed on and rode again!! One coaster, we were the only ones on it. We rode front seat and had the whole thing to ourselves (check the photo) We went in every haunted maze and house and got scared lots!! We screamed and ran a few times LOL. The 3D ones were kinda weird, not really scary, just wack. Aren't we gorgeous with our beautiful glasses :) and of course we had funnel cake YUM!

If you haven't been to Canada's Wonderland Halloween Haunt, you should go! This was my 3rd year going. Don't plan to take the kids cause its not recommended for kids under 13 but its a definate fun night out with friends!!

mixed font titles

2009-10-02T15:03:00.004-04:00

I love the look of multiple font titles!!!! I recently came across this technique in a tutorial on a message board and am so loving it!! Its super easy and looks fabulous!! For the "RED DEER" title I painted with a mixture of yellow and sparkle paint and then once dry I misted with yellow and red inks then dabbed dry with paper towel and then coated with a glaze. The "CALGARY TOWER" title was a little more simple, I just painted them with a blue paint.

WOW!

2009-09-30T21:54:00.005-04:00

After staring at my supplies for days and unable to complete a layout, I managed to finish a LO I was stumped on and then this page just popped in my head. Just like that...I wasn't even planning on scrapping this picture yet, but when an idea just pops in your head like this one, you got to get to it right away!!
I used nothing but paper...no stamps, no flowers, buttons, ribbon, brads, stickers, nothing but paper and a pen!! I am loving how it turned out!! Its by far the best 8.5 x 11 page I have made yet!

I hope Jemma likes it ;)

Its coming along...

2009-09-27T19:16:00.003-04:00

I haven't got much done, but I have at least scrapped all of DAY 1 of our Road Trip out west. Its been a challenge, I have never scrapped 8.5 x11 until now and I am not sure I am liking it yet. I find the pages don't fit very much on them and am having to crop the pictures small. I decided to go with this size so I could put them in a 3 ring binder, that way I could fit more pages than the average post bound albums. I took over 1200 pictures on our trip and I know I won't scrap half that ;)

Anyway here is what I got done so far...

This is my take on sketch #15 over at Twisted Sketches

This one was inspired by Jemma's sketch

inspired by sketch #38 on 52 Sketches

2009-09-24T22:01:00.002-04:00

So I have been busy scrapping away, got quite a few LO's done over the past week...

This one was inspired by Jemma's sketch, the photos on this page and the next were taken at the park during Kendra's wedding reception thing :)

This is me and my precious grandbaby Autumn

This LO was lifted from Tina's page, when I saw it, I loved it so much I had to lift it!! Of course mine is not near as good as hers, but I am happy with it anyway. These photos were taken at my God daughter's 4th birthday in July :o) It had been ages since I have skipped, it was a lot of fun, we also played double dutch.

scrappin'

2009-09-15T13:24:00.007-04:00

So, I haven't gotten my trip pics developed yet, it takes time to sort through 1200 pictures and decide on editing and which ones to order for scrapping. [I got 9 albums posted over on facebook tho] I will get them ordered soon! I am anxious to start our trip album...so many beautiful pictures!! and I am goingt o scrap 8.5x11 for the first time. I am doing the whole album that size, so I have been collecting sketches and getting stuff sorted.
Aside from that, its only been a week since I got back home and I have already scrapped 7 pages!(2 in the last post) I passed my goal of 100 12x12 pages for the year, maybe next year I will set it at 150.

anyway here are the other 5 I did this week...

This was for the sat scraplift challenge over on YMBD, thanks to my husband for the clever idea for the title...

This one was for a doodling challenge on SS. Surprisingly it was a challenge for me to doodle?! I am always afraid it will ruin my page, but I am happy how this one turned out. I am going to try and doodle more often, even if its just a little bit :)

This page I made using Sketch #14 over on Twisted Sketches
the "twist" this week was to use metal...I used a metal ribbon slide that says "Blessed" It is the first page of many to come of my first grandbaby...

Scrapbook Star Kits Rock!!

2009-09-11T15:49:00.002-04:00

I love the monthly kits from SS!
Always something different every month and the papers and embellishments coordinate perfectly together and there is usually always a matching dew drop ink. I also love the exclusive SS kit stamp we get each month too!
The monthly kit really makes it easy to put a few pages together quickly; it saves time on searching through my stash for matching papers and embellishments. I generally get about 6-7 pages out of one kit.
Check the kits out here but you got to be fast cause they sell out quickly!! This month’s is already gone. There is a contest on right now too, which you can win 2 monthly kits... check it out here
Here are 2 pages I've made so far using the September SS kit...

just before we go...

2009-08-28T07:05:00.002-04:00

So we are all packed and ready to go. We are off on our adventure Road trip tomorrow morning. Kevin is even excited, niether of us are sleeping very well. Iwill try and post and keep the blog up to date with photos and location, but no promises...

Backtracking....

I took Pam to see Jersey Boys for her birthday on tuesday. We had fun, as we always. Acted like an idiot a few times and laughed lots. She loved the show, which I am glad. I thought it was alright, the music was upbeat and it was a really good story. We did some shopping at the Eaton Center and ate at the food court.

Here we are on the train heading into TO

This is outside the Eaton Center...

and whats a post without any pages... here are the last 2 I did, both using Jemma's sketches...

Just 2 days old

2009-08-24T12:41:00.001-04:00

AUG 22 2009

2009-08-23T22:55:00.003-04:00

So yesterday was a BIG day!!!
FirstIy, I became a gramma at 630am! Can you believe it??! WOW!!

This is beautiful Autumn...

Matt is an uncle...

The proud parents...

It was also Kendra’s wedding reception. She will be getting married Friday in a helicopter over Niagara Falls. I wish her and Andrew all the best, they are a great couple and seem really happy. This is the card I made for her…

Scrapbook Star Online Crop Aug 14-16

2009-08-16T14:49:00.010-04:00

So the theme was Grease the movie... the challenges were awesome!! I managed to get 8/10 completed, I was aiming to get them all done this time because I didn't get any done forthe July crop, but I just dont have the photos for the ones I didn't get done.

Challenge #1 T-Birds (add black to your page)

Challenge #2 Pink Ladies (add pink to your LO and include yourself)

Challenge #3 was 1950's inspired

Challenge #4 You've Got the Look (costume, uniform, fav outfit etc)

Challenge #5 Summer Nights (make a page inspired by the lyrics to that song)

Challenge #6 We Go Together

This one also fits for the Bonus Challenge #2 (use a Grease song title as the title for your page)

Challenge #7 Polka Dots

Challenge #8 Beauty School Drop Out (scrap a bad photo)

There was one other bonus challenge (school theme) that I didn't complete.

This page I made Thursday night using all my new SU stuff and Jemma's Sketch from last friday

woohoo!!! My Stampin' Up order has finally arrived!!

2009-08-13T12:33:00.002-04:00

It was my month to be hostess this month so I got lots of free goodies with my order :)
I have been axiously awaiting that ticket corner punch and spiral edge punch. Going to play with it all this weekend!!!!

Here are a couple more LO's I have done in the past couple days... everyone seems to think the corn and strawberry are an embellishment I have altered to put our photos behind, or that it is some kind of digital element, when infact its just a photograph I cut out by hand. It was certainly a tedious job, but totally worth it.

MATT is HOME!!! and I got a package :o)

2009-08-11T13:32:00.008-04:00

hurray :) We picked him up at the airport yesterday. I am so happy he is back in the country and home again...well for a few days. He is off to judo camp again for a week on Sunday. Geez I have hardly seen the guy all summer!

Here he is, as you can see, things are back to normal....on the phone, playing runescape on the computer and his stuff scattered all over the place.

He is such a sweet son, he brought us home so many gifts, amongst the 2 bottles of vodka that got confiscated when his bags got searched at the airport and I had to go claim, he brought us t-shirts, chocolate, a towel, lots of pictures, a couple crosses, a few other things and a very nice sword for Kevin.

Got a package in the mail today.... nope its not my stampin up order, hopefully it comes soon, I am anxious to use my new ticket corner punch....

On Canada Day, I entered a contest on the Go Scrapping Blog and I was the lucky winner of a RAK from Karen, well it was in my box this morning, have a look at all the great stuff she sent me.... Thanks so much Karen! I love it all!!!

and of course here are a few of my latest pages....

This was a challenge to use something unusual on your page. I found a blue shoelace and weaved it around the edge of the page and then looped it under the title.

This page is the only page I have made so far from the August SS kit...

Hurray!! Matt comes home tomorrow!!!

2009-08-09T16:07:00.004-04:00

They are flying out of Budapest tomorrow at 5am (11pm tonight our time) and land in Toronto tomorrow at 230pm. Then he only has a week at home and he is gone again to judo camp. What a summer he has had!!

Again, Aartje saves the day, courtesy of her I have a few pics of Matt from Thursday, Thank you so very much Aartje!!

the latest...

2009-08-06T16:54:00.003-04:00

Yesterday, I ventured into Toronto all by myself. I rode the train and subway and met up with Jemma at the Eaton Center. She was going to be in town for a couple days all the way from Alberta so it was the perfect opportunity to meet her. We had a great afternoon hanging out and even ventured over to the Scrapbooks by Design store. I had been wanting to go there for quite a while now but had nobody to go with. I was rather dissappointed in it tho. I actually though it would be bigger and have more stuff!! The 2 LSS I have in my town are way better. I did end up spending over $30 on paper tho and then we went to dinner before saying our goodbyes and heading our separate ways.

Today Matt fought in Hungary at the Worlds. He tried his best but did not place. We are extremely proud of him. Now he has 2 days to just relax and enjoy Budapest before he flies home. I miss him so much, can't wait to see him!!

and of course, here are a few pages I have done over the past couple days....

Team Canada Pre-Worlds Training in Montreal

2009-08-04T17:26:00.004-04:00

Here they are, the Canadian Team. This is them last week in Montreal. They spent the week training with all the best Judo athletes Canada has. They are all in Hungary now getting ready to fight. The tournament takes places Thursday--Sunday.

Birthday pages

2009-08-01T17:48:00.002-04:00

The July Kit was great!! Got 5 pages out of it--all birthday pages. I am glad to be finally getting these scrapped. My party was in April and its now August so they are long overdue!
Here are the last 2 pages I made with the kit...

Thanks again Jemma for a fabulous sketch!!

Sweet Hunny...

2009-07-30T16:04:00.005-04:00

My hunny is so sweet to me, he brought me home these beautiful roses today for no reason other than he loves me <3

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2009-07-29T15:53:00.002-04:00

http://a-day-in-the-life-of-sweet-pea.blogspot.com/2009/07/blog-candy-giveaway.html

These stamps are awesome, I got to have them!!! I am going away on a trip in 4 weeks out west, fly and drive (Edmonton-Vancouver)----ROAD TRIP!!! I have never been out there so of course I will come home with probably 1000 pictures and I will need to scrap them :o) These stamps are perfect for the LOs I will be doing.

Keeping my fingers crossed, I hope I win!

back to scrapping

2009-07-26T18:53:00.010-04:00

Its good to get back to scrpping. Its been weeks since my last LO. I have been on a roll... since Thursday I got 6 pages done already...

I have been wanting to scrap these pics for a while. I am not really happy with how it turned out, but it will do.

I love these papers, ya they dont really suit the picture, but they are so fun to work with!

Mine and Tammy's 30th Birthday...

Thank you Twisted Sketches for the inspiration for this LO.

Thank you Jemma for the wonderful sketch!!

Todays paper....

2009-07-24T13:02:00.001-04:00

Thats, my son!!!

no camping this weekend...

2009-07-23T01:40:00.000-04:00

Well, we aren’t going camping this weekend anymore. I am about to cancel our booking. Too many things going on, and too many reasons not to go. I love camping and it takes a lot to convince me not to go.
I couldn’t care less if it rains or not, I love camping. I will just hang out in my trailer all day, no big deal. To me, camping is a great break away from everything, stress relief for a few days. I love to just get away and not have to worry about anything.
However, Matt is flying out Monday and since it’s his last week here he needs to get in some training, so (#1) Kevin wanted him to stay home from the camping trip. I didn’t like that idea, but hesitantly agreed since I wanted to go camping anyway. I had already cancelled tonight—we were supposed to be camping already but I didn’t wanna rush to pack and get everything ready in 3 hours ( I worked last night, so I would’ve had to have gotten up early, packed us all up and been exhausted before we even got there) so I figured we’d just go up tomorrow. Kevin was going to (#2)drive from the campground to Toronto on Friday(the middle of our trip) to pick up Matt’s judogi’s, since that’s the earliest they could be ready (they are in getting his name on the back—as an international fighter its required that you have your name on the back). The weather is supposed to be terrible this weekend (not that I care). It has taken me 3 years to convince Pam to come camping, (#3) and there is no way she will enjoy herself camping if it pours all weekend. In order to show Pam a good time, I am going to need nice weather so we can go for walks, swimming, canoeing etc. First impressions really make a difference. I just know if I were to bring her camping and it rained all weekend she would go home and never come back.
So we are going to try and plan a trip during the week next month sometime, as all my weekends for the rest of the summer are booked. We have only had one trip so far and it was in May and it was so freaking cold! It snowed. Besides, I want Matt to come with us!!!
So I am still taking my 5 nights off and going to enjoy myself as much as I can!! I need some relaxing time and I need to get some scrapping done! I haven’t even touched the July SS kit yet, hopefully I can get into it over the weekend. :o)

Judo Camp...

2009-07-17T22:11:00.005-04:00

Well I am glad to be back from Judo Camp. Sure it was nice not having to clean or cook for a week and of course the week off work, but it was like boot camp. Seriously! The campers all seem to love it but maybe summercamp is truly meant for kids?
Breakfast 745
Judo 845-1030
Lunch noon
Judo or other sport 115-330 (depending on schedule one day was soccer, one was highropes, one was karate etc)
Dinner 5pm
Judo 630-830
Campers Snack 845
Campers bedtime 10pm
Coaches snack in lounge 1030pm {If you are still awake after getting up so early and doing so much exercise all day to actually make it there.}

I skipped out on the sessions for 2 days and went home on Thursday. I skipped breakfast cause it was too early to get up and honestly I didn’t think the food was that great either. It was really good on the first day but gradually as the week went on the meals got worse and worse. If Kevin decides to go next year I am staying home and scrapbooking all week!

Judo Session

Judo Session

Matt Zip Lining

Matt on the High Ropes

Some of the judo group at the highropes

Judo and Karate Group Session

Judo and Karate Sensei's

Matt learning Karate

Pics from Matts Party

2009-07-17T21:57:00.002-04:00

ahhhh

2009-07-12T12:14:00.001-04:00

So I made it through the week. All the stress of planning and preparing for Friday was so worth it! Matt was surprised he didn’t have a clue we were throwing a party for him. Of course my whole decoy plan was thrown off when Harry Potter wasn’t playing but we managed to kill the 3 hours I had to keep him away from the house doing other stuff. We went for ice cream and to the mall and I let him practice driving for about an hour. At 6pm we turned onto our street and as soon as he could see the house and all the decorations he was like “what the hell??” and once we got close enough for him to read the banners, he realized they were for him and he says “OMG you so had me!!”
The party was a success! The weather was amazing!! Lots of people showed and Matt had a great time. The Newspaper came and took photos of Matt and asked some questions. Everyone just hung out, ate food and had a good time!
Pam was an awesome help!! She truly is a great friend!! She made 2 salads and brought shrimp rings, which were a huge hit, she came early and helped decorate and she even donated a bunch of stuff for the garage sale which was early Sat morning at her house to raise money for Matt to go to the Worlds. I am blessed to have her for a friend; she is special and means so much to me. Thanks Pam for all you have done, love you!
The garage sale wasn’t such a great success, we finally got it going around 830am and it went until about 10 when it started pouring rain. We managed to make a little over $120 in the short time we were in business which isn’t too bad, but we plan to have another go at it next Sunday. Which turns out actually cause it gives us another week to collect donations.
I am presently up north at summer camp which has no internet or cell service and plan to post this when I can get into town and find a signal. I will be up here until Friday when I head home for work that night. I am looking forward to all the judo and fun stuff we will be doing this week as this is my first time at summer camp. Yeah ok I am an adult and I am here with my husband, who is one the coaches for the camp this week, but I plan to participate and have as much fun as I can. I will be taking lots of pictures, and will post them when I get home.

Matt is coming home!!!!!

2009-07-09T21:43:00.003-04:00

He is actually on the plane right now! He lands in Toronto at 11:55pm. I have missed him so much! I won't be home when he gets home tho cause I have to work tonight til 7am and he should be home around 2am. But I am going to wake him up when I get home for a big hug!!!

He will only be with us for 2 weeks and then he is off to the Worlds in Hungary!!!!

Thank God Steve and Aartje Sheffield got a pic of Matt on the podium! He forgot to ask someone to take a pic with his camera and nobody from our club who was there bothered to. Thank you so much Aartje and Steve!!! You have no idea how much I appreciate this!!

YAY I WON!

2009-07-08T02:18:00.003-04:00

Can't wait to see what wonderful goodies I will get in the mail :)

http://ymbd.blogspot.com/2009/07/saturday-scraplift-challenge-winner.html

LO's

2009-07-05T20:11:00.003-04:00

This one was made for the YMBD sat scraplift Challenge, but their blog keeps crashing everytime I try to enter, so guess I won't be entering this time, unless its fixed before the deadline.

HAPPY 4TH BIRTHDAY FAITH!!!

2009-07-05T13:52:00.003-04:00

CANADIAN CHAMPION

2009-07-03T17:57:00.008-04:00

Matt just took gold at the Canadian Judo Jr Nationals in Calgary a few minutes ago. I am crying tears of joy and me and Kevin are jumping up and down with excitement! We are so proud.

CONGRATULATIONS MATT!!! My CANADIAN CHAMPION! YOU ROCK!!!!

wedding anniversary

2009-06-30T14:03:00.008-04:00

So yesterday was our anniversary. We ended up going out for dinner and then going to the park where our wedding photos were taken, for a walk.

Its changed some since the last time I was there. They took out the benches by the bridge and put in another garden and the water fountain is new too.

Can you believe there is a sign there now that says if you wanna have a wedding ceremony or take pictures in the park you have to call the city for a permit!!!??? Thats CRAZY! A permit to take pictures? Whatever!! I bet its huge bucks too.

This is the card I made for Kevin, the inchies (made by Serene) were from the swap on MMM

Just a few pages...

2009-06-29T00:52:00.000-04:00

Today is our 7th Wedding Anniversary and I am still just as much in love as I was when we first met almost 14 years ago.

I love this Lime Rickey from BG!!

Happy for Rain (o:

2009-06-28T16:00:00.000-04:00

Yesterday was so hot, not a cloud in the sky. It was the perfect day for our 2nd Annual Formokan Judo Club Family Picnic!! I am happy the weather turned out for us, but I am not happy that I was so stupid (AGAIN) as to not wear sunscreen and now I am burnt to a crisp.

We had a really great time, the turnout was awesome; over 60 people showed! I even managed to get Kevin in the pool this year :)

It took alot out of me tho, I spent most the day today in bed sleeping. I wonder? Can you get a hangover from too much sun???

So anyway, now that I am about to take the dog for a walk, I am happy the sun is not shining and that it has cooled off some.

Sooooo SWEET!!!

2009-06-26T15:56:00.000-04:00

Thats my husband!! He is just so dam sweet! Found this on my keyboard the other day <3
xo love him!! Our 7th wedding anniversary coming up in a couple days and he's still a sweetheart (:

99 Days of Summer

2009-06-25T18:19:00.001-04:00

So I am still going strong in the “92 days of summer” contest. Those of you who don’t know what that is, it’s a contest on YMBD where you have to take a pic a day and scrap all 7 together at the end of the week. It goes from June 1-Aug 31. There are tons of great prizes to win including a Slice!! Of course, I am adding a week to my album to include the first 7 days of September, which I will be out west with Kevin, to make it 99 days. Its not too late to join in the fun and win some great prizes, there is a link on the right if are interested.

I have been struggling with what to take pics of this week though. Today, I just took a pic of the books I am reading… PC and Kristin Cast’s House of Night novels. I am really loving them. Well not as much as the Twilight series, but they are still pretty good!

This is my album so far…

Album cover

Title Page

pedi and paper :o)

2009-06-23T07:26:00.000-04:00

Yesterday I went and got a pedicure. I love how they paint my toes so pretty :o)
I decided on blue since alot of my summer clothes are blue this year and I just got a cute new blue hat that will match perfectly. ;)

Other than getting my feet done and doing some grocery shopping, I didn't do much else. But on my way to the nail salon I stopped by the LSS--had to get some more of that Lime Rickey! I had some already that I'd ordered from SS and hadn't even used it yet, but I just love it so much I had to buy more. Of course they had loads of BG on sale too, so on top of the Lime Rickey, I got a bunch from the sale rack. Having resisted everything else in the store, which let me tell you was not easy, I ended up buying ONLY paper and my bill was almost $30!! Its been a while since I have been there and there are so many great new products, yummy papers, and super cute stamps, I think I better wait a while before i go back.

SS kits are awesome!!!

2009-06-21T22:42:00.001-04:00

I love the SS monthly kits! They are by far the best kits I have ever subscribed to.

I just finished using up the last few little pieces of scraps from the June kit. I got 6 pages and 3 cards out of it this month, plus a double page spread in my 99 days of summer album!

I made this one for Faith, her birthday is coming up in a couple weeks :o)

I can't wait to see what July's kit will bring!!!

I finally caved!

2009-06-21T20:48:00.000-04:00

So here I am! I finally gave in and started a blog. It seems everyone is blogging these days.

I am not sure how good I will be at posting regularily but I thought it would be nice to have a little place in cyber space to share my pics, pages and little pieces of me.