Tidbits: October 2008

Keagan's first birthday :)

>> Oct 26, 2008

Here’s my littlest guy waiting for his cake J and a pic of the cake.. it was a good birthday party.. he only got a few toys and a bunch of clothes.. and the toys were HUGE hits for him he LOVED them..

Art Journaling 101

>> Oct 22, 2008

Maybe you’ve heard…… I’m in an art journaling class at Debbie Hodge’s place. It’s taught by Dina and it’s pretty darn cool. Here are some journaling prompts I thought I’d post here so I can blog and not feel like I’m neglecting my blog ;)

Here’s where the art class is: http://debbiehodge.squarespace.com/

You can even check out here intro video.. each class has a video and pdf and journaling prompts.. pretty .. legen~ wit for it……. Dary!

Here are my responses:

Answers are the first 5 things I thought of J

5 things I did today:

laundry, made bottles, changed diapers, got kids off to school, bathed babies

5 things I felt today:

frustration, anger, exhaustion, curiosity, resolve

5 things I'm grateful for today:

my kids, good tv, my laptop, our financial situation, new acrylics

5 frustrations I felt today:

not enough shows on my DVR when the baby took a nap, my 10yr old can't be honest with himself about how his choices are affecting his life, my 3 yr old wouldn't listen to me and get off the bed, i didn't get a shower and I worked out :oops: , I got a dillards card but am too cheap to actually splurge on myself

5 things that made me happy today:

I didn't eat fast food for lunch, I had an ice cold pepsi from the fridge (not iced down :bah: ), I had some time to link surf the internet (read an article click a related link, read that and just keep clicking until you are tired of reading), I did get a few moments to do a paint layer on my art journal, I only have 1 load of laundry remaining!

5 people I interacted with today:

DS, DS, DS, DS, DH

5 random things about today:

I got a dillards card, I read articles on the internet about unsolved crimes and hate that they are unsolved, I have avoided the whole gossip about what's happening on The View ~ I just learned today that Elizabeth hasselback is a McCain supporter because she had a AmeriCAIN shirt on, I watched Chuck from monday and saw Ben savage from boy meets world and it took forever for me to figure out who he was LOL, I tried to teach my children the value of being able to admit when you are wrong

5 things I need to do tomorrow:

pay a bill, workout, clean house, do art journals with the kids, write a letter disputing a hospital charge

there are some more in depth prompts I’ll save for later..

My prize arrived

>> Oct 20, 2008

Ok so I was going to wait until I got my area organized before opening the box but who can resist a HUGE box of scrappy stuff???

Isn’t it awesome? I am still chugging away at cleaning this space and still getting the rest of the house in order.. I have about ½ of this put away…

Another scrappy idea..

>> Oct 17, 2008

I was working on my christmas list and cracking down on the kids to get theirs done.. and remembered this site.. how cool will this look on a scrap page ? :)

try it here:
http://wordle.net/

ECHO....Echo.... eco...

>> Oct 15, 2008

Yeah I’ve been MIA.. it’s been weird I have no news to share but things feel like they’ve been Cah-ra-ZY… however.. in the last few weeks .. some super fun!!

First check out the Bad Girl kits..

http://www.badgirlskits.com/kits.html

I got the main kit with the Backstage Pass add-on and was able to snag a few papers that I was DYING for from the After Hours add-on..

Now on top of that.. I’ve been shopping.. a LOT in their store.. (don’t tell Tony) and I earned a ton of points and because of that.. I won this prize (scroll down to the second photo):

http://wendyrago.typepad.com/bad_girls/2008/08/top-designer-2008-is-now-open-for-registration.html

AND.. I won a 7gypsies prize for a scavenger hunt in the September kit.. Seriously! So that plus what I bought, plus the October kit will be hitting my door soon and wowza..

I’m slowly chugging away at my special scrappy space.. I’m hoping to post some awesome photos this weekend of my newly organized and super awesome clean space.. Keagan’s first birthday and my big honkin’ huge box of badness!