GUESS WHAT!!!!

SOOO do you recognize the sweet little face all the way on the right?
YES!!!!!!! I MADE IT!!!!!

SO did Deborah, Becky,sarah, and LAVA GIRL I mean HEAther!
Congratulations yall ROCK BIGTIME! I am honored to be on a team with such awesome artists. VERY INTIMIDATING but, I will be nervous about that later!
Some very excited chicks tonight! I think it will be weeks before I get this grin off my face. I know it is going to be alot of work but I know I can do it. I cannot wait to get started!

ALSO Kari, DI and Terri were promoted to ScrappyChick designers! NO more freelance for you chicks! YIPPEE yall so rock! Im so excited for all of you. I ALSO have to commend all the women that worked so hard uploading and posting and just being a part of THAT DESIGN TEAM competition. Everyone had amazing creations and Im telling you Lynnette really struggled to pick. You all are classy chicks and amazing artists. Yall keep submitting and keep posting!

http://www.scrapthatmoment.com/boards/ Go look at the Fabulous additional headers Lynnette made and surprised us with during the Tuesday Night girls Chat. SHe is amazing at this! We had a great time as usual!!! If you havent attended one OH you dont know what your missing! CONGRATULATIONS CHICKS I cannot wait to start working with you IT TRULY is an Honor!

OH happy day?

ITS TUESDAY! WHich means... IT IS NOT MONDAY ANYMORE! I also see above on my blog there is a scheduled outage at 4 pm so if you cant get online to see this and it is 4 pm... go figure.
WHo is excited to find out the results from our STM THAT DESIGN TEAM competition?? (raising hand high in air) Im ready to get it over with and find out. Win or lose I had a fantabulous time. I have met some fabulous people and incredible talents. I have had a blast doing it and made some pages that are my very best yet.

I have alot to do today to KEEP BUSY until TNGC tonight. SO yall have a rockin' day! Gonna go clean my scrap room so If yall don't hear from me soon.... worry.. send help haha! HUGS

Posting Early but will update

Bella got into an ant bed tonight or rather this evening. They tore her up. SHe has a handfull and a half bites on her legs. GOOD NEWS: she obviously isn't as allergic to ants as she is other insects. Bad news: she still got bit and they look awful and DID swell up so she is allergic just NOT as bad as some but we will still have to watch her around insects. Poor baby. John told her to stay off the grass he hasn't put out the ant crapp since it rained and they are everywhere. SHe is going through that "I am three and my ears don't work" phase of her life and had to learn the hard way I suppose. I feel so bad for her. I especially feel bad for John right now cuz it is 11 pm and she is still singing "twinkle twinkle widdle tar" jumping on the bed and will not go to sleep. I tried to give him a break and lay down with her but when she realised it OH NO it began here come the tears I WANT MY DADDDDDDDDDDEeeehhhhhYYYYyyyyyyyy.... Poor John I know he is tired. THe benadryll must have adverse reacted and nope didnt knock her out one bit.

Other than that it was a pretty quiet, enjoyable Sunday here in Bella's World. I managed to get my tag book finished. BIG YEAH for me. My eye looks INCREDIBLY better DOUBLE YEAH for that. Now it just looks like I had a serious zit, my eye is still all funky though...wonder when that will go away... I have 3 dr appts tomorrow but no clue how we are going to do them all. That is why Im doing my blog tonight instead of in the morning so blog natzi doesnt crack her whip at me (luv ya Jeanne lol)

I got to talk to my friend Cheryl tonight briefly, I miss her so... she is so flipping talented. The basket full of apples I have on stm is totally inspired by her previous ones and will be a gift for Bellas teacher/our neighbor, Later on in the year. MINE IS NOTHING in comparison to what she has done by all means. I thank her for her continued inspiration. I had to use that basic grey on it, it is my fav. SHe knows she is one of my heros in the scrapping world. Yall should go check out her blog (click on her name) she has amazing stuff there! SHe totally inspires me and well everyone she meets I must add. All that talent and a sweetie to boot.. who could ask for more! She deserves every bit of success if not more than she has. You rock Cheryl.
My mom found that basket and was GONNA THROW IT AWAY I screamed OMG! NO WAY YOUR NOT I know just what to do with it. SO thanks cheryl You rock big!

I don't hear any more singing at the moment so I am thinking Bella must have finally given in to slumber. That is a good thing. Tomorrow will be a big day so She needs her rest (don't we all!)
I know I will update this after we get out blog challenges so just come on back over ya hear!


*****edited to note: Bella is doing ok today she had nightmares last night about ants trying to eat her face off through her feet. poor baby. MY gyno released me YEAHHH! Eye dr said it is healing but I have to come back again day after tomorrow. We rescheduled my other dr since I saw the optometrist he felt it ok to wait a day... unless changes and I was flippin exhausted. I know that sounds whimpy but IM bad out of shape from all this.. gotta get back on the treadmill.
Headache from you know where but everything is good just raining and getting a little cooler thank goodness. Thanks for asking

What I love about Sunday

I never thought I would care for this type of scrapping but I was willing to climb out of the box and whewhew it is roomy out here. LOVE THIS. Opens up so much possiblity and so much fun to do. ALot of work though I must say! So If you have a day with nothing else to do, go ahead and try it. ITs totally fun and I guarantee you will be hooked!

Sunday is one of my favorite days of the week. One reason is we get to all go to church together. We enjoy our church so much and the people that are there. I have missed everyone so much since I have not been able to go for a couple Sundays but anxious to get back there. We have an amazing Sunday School teacher and We love our pastor. We won't be able to go today.. My fault. I can't be around pregnant women or children until these two shingles form a healing layer (that sounds so much better than scab) SO I am working towards Wed. night. I love Sunday Lunch also. I always prepare what we will have the night before, or early the morning of. We have breakfast at church with our class. I put lunch in the stove early that morning and put the oven on low so it will be ready when we get home. Ussually a roast or some sort of all inclusive meal. That way when we get home we can get out of our Sunday best and dive right into lunch. We spend that time around the dinner table talking with Bella about what she learned today at church. What they did in Sunday school and we look at the creations she brought home.. Kinda like we do every night at supper with her school stuff. My parents did this with me and I feel it important. It also helps her remember and recall things she did. Reminds me I need to take my camera next Sunday to get a picture of her with her Sunday school teacher since she moved up, for her scrapbook. We will be getting our scrap group together soon and I cannot wait. SO many different styles of scrapping but all have the same love they put into it. I also was invited by my friend Wendy to come to her church for their Crop they have I cannot wait. It has been a while since I have been able to get out of the house so I will be happy to just GET OUT and do something especially scrapping. Be sure to check out www.THEUNTAMEDSCRAPPER.COM the newsletter will be coming out shortly and it has some wonderful articles in it written by our staff. IF you are not on the list you need to sign up. Thanks for reading my blog today. May you have a beautiful Sunday enjoying your family as much as I enjoy mine.

SHAPE MONSTER

Bella came home with the cutest thing from school. They did "shape monster" I hop eyou can see the little book. Her teacher printed off this little book and each day they did a different shape/color. They illustrated the book as well. I thought since I have so many friends that homeschool they would like to see this to maybe try with their little ones on a rainy day. THEy made the crown with the stamps and colors and cut it out and decorated it with glitter and other shiney things. They made the vest out of grocery bags *your grocery store ussually will just give them to you. and the basket out of a margarine tub. They laminated the letters and wrote on one side the name of the shape on the other side the name of the color. They made a windsock too but it was DOA. We tried to do resesitation methods but it was just too far gone. They sang the song" picking up the orange triangle (or whatever color and shape) and putting it in the basket taking it down the hall to mrs Angies Class.." She did the whole performance for us and it was so stinkin cute! I cannot get over all the things they teach at school when they are so young now. THey really are working hard at spanish and Im floored. Wont be long I wont have a clue what she is saying. John and I are going to have to do correspondence courses just to keep up.

OUR SCRAPTHATMOMENT BLOG CHALLENGE for today is to DEFINE YOU.. well I think I summed it up yesterday in my AAM layout lol.

BUT will add: I am a Christian but Im far from perfect. (that is for sure) I am a lover of my family. I will support my friends. I will work my tail off for a good cause. I love to scrapbook and alter things. I am totally in love with my husband and my daughter. THey come first after God in everything. I love life, who doesnt? I love to joke around. I LOVE Humor. I love to make people laugh and forget their troubles, if just for a moment. I am a home body these days until I get the go ahead to return to the free world (HAHA) Yes, I am sick alot and people ridicule that but I have an illness (and the medical bills to prove it) I deal with every day of my life, It sucks but it is part of me, SO ridicule if it makes you feel better, I work through it as much as possible and try to not let it get in my way. I pray you never have to deal with it to know how horrible it is! I love challenges thank God or I would have given in a long time ago and woudln't have my beautiful daughter. I like to learn something every day. I despise petty people and dogs laying on nails. I think sloppyness and laziness are the biggest waste of time in humanity. I have no time for people who are either. BUt know many who are both. I believe in karma. I suffer consequences just like the next person, but try to learn from my mistakes to make it better in the future. I despise gossips and trouble makers and I know many of those too. I avoid those people if you notice because they just stir up trouble. I love chocolate, I am allergic to shellfish, mushrooms and pineapple. I love my computer it is my connection to the outside world I miss so much. I believe attitude is everything. I believe if you work hard you can accomplish anything. My all about me page I did is HERE to go with this journaling. GO look if you like. You may see the other creations I have in MY GALLERY feel free to take a look.

Joz I just want to say YOU ROCK at doing these blog challenges. They are fun. I enjoy contributing to them Thank you for including me always. :)

PS: For those of you that care my eye is ALOT BETTER today. Still swollen and watery but the shingle is almost gone. The dr said the big dose should keep it from breaking out like the las times and so far I only have 2 shingles but it is WHERE they are that is bad. THank God it is alot better and NOT going into the eyeball part but on the inside of the eyelid and underneath my eye. We have several dr appts on monday for follow up. Don't feel near the nauseau from the medication. Still look like a pirate (bella thinks that is cool) Thank you for all your cards, prayers, Emails and concern. It is deeply appreciated. HUGS Have a wonderful Saturday :)

What a wonderful life.

HERE Is my final entry for the THAT DESIGN TEAM competition. I have mixed feelings on this. Im sad it is over cuz I had so much fun. ALot of rockin talented ladies over there. BUT Im kinda glad it is over cuz it will be that much closer to finding out who will get the 2 positions. I know whomever gets picked will have earned it because EVERYONE has been so awesome!

I wanna shout out today to my mom HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!!! I won't say how old she is but she looks amazing for her age (of course) she is a wonderful beautiful talented lady. She is a true artist she does oil painting and makes jewelry and whatever artsy thing that comes along she likes, she instilled my crafty self with lots of artsy humor.
Hope you have a great day and wish I was there mom.

Also one of my friends over at the safe.. ELISE Hope you are havin a happy birthday today. I sang to you in teh thread over there lolol hope your ears recover. Hope you ahve a happy day my friend. (hugs)

I still feel horrible. I look like a pirate.. with jack o lantern teeth. Im up cuz the phone rang and woke me up. That is ok I need to get up anyway I have a dr appt soon.. some people I tell you. I dunno why they have to be so pathetic and petty. I pity them and feel really sorry for them. Their life must be a miserable pit of hell is all I can figure. I need to pray for them more. Dog layin on a nail? ....yeah pretty pathetic.

I wanna say thank you to all of those who have been frequenting my blog. You guys offer me such encouragement and I love your sweet comments. Thank you so much. I started this with help from my dear good freind Jeanne. HI JEANNE. Who I have lovingly called blog natzi haha! But also as a way for my family and friends to get to see Bella's newest photos. It is alot easier than sending out 500 emails. Saves alot of time too. It can also serve as a cool resume. I have gotten alot of wonderful opportunities from companies from this here little blog. Thanks for helping me make my dreams come true.

I sure hope all of you will stick around even after the dt competition is over at STM. We have alot of fun especially at the chats. I have had alot of people ask me about scrapping and what to do to improve. It is hard to say but I will tell you what I did. I found me someone and surrounded myself with talented positive awesome CHRISTIAN people who would help me and give me constructive criticism OUT OF LOVE to help me better my skills. I have a group that If I want my stuff critiqued and what can I do to improve myself I contact them each time. NOT just with scrapping with every day things too. Especially parenting. So that is my best advice. ask for tips and dont be to hasty to judge. Listen and dont take it personally. BUT MOST OF ALL
HAVE FUN. dont let the devil rain on your parade. You can be sick but still be happy, you can be mad but still have joy, you can have a rotten day but still see sunshine... dont look at yesterdays mistakes as failures Look at them as steps to help improve yourself for tomorrow.

with that Im gonna go crawl back to bed and I hope you have a wonderful day today. keep smiling and scrapping

Since I feel so yucky my hubby is being sweet and bringing me my favorite thing ... Tijuana Flats.. I just love him so much HE is such a good husband.

UGH

shoot me please

mysterious yet painful dots

Here is my todays submission to the THAT DESIGN TEAM competition.

I still cant find my balls for the other part of my submission and I am not feeling good AT ALL so I may have to just do this one. ANd it is NOT the balls yall are thinking of hehe I know where they are.. they are still asleep in bed ;)

I pray im being paranoid but well you will see. I went to bed early last night cuz i didnt feel good. Had hard time focusing all day yesterday worse than normal but I took my meds that help me focus and it still happened.... I wake up today and 2 dots right beside each other.... and Im running fever...mYALL that know me and what I have gone through the last 6 months are right now going OMG NO NANCY NOT AGAIN. PLEASE yall pray this is NOT the blame shingles coming back. It is right under my eye this time and my eye is swollen and wattering already so I know the inevitable. So Yes Im going to the dr as soon as they open to make sure. IM PRAYING IT Is a coincidence and just a couple zits. BUT the chemo I took they said will stay in my body for a year (I had shingles 3 times in 2 months it kept coming back over and over and the huge side effect after we looked up the type of chemo i was on was "prone to shingles and pneumonia" well I was lucky I had both. NOW I just had surgery... and a huge trauma to my throat... so what brings out shingles.... Trauma. NOT TO MENTION this has been a rough month cuz of the anniversary of my dads death.. his birthday and some other sad stuff.
I got stressed out tryin to get all my submissions and articles ready for the view and the design team thing cuz I had been sick BUT I HAD A BLAST DOING THEM so DONT EVEN GO THERE.. cuz I will be mad if yall think that is it.. OK it could have contributed MINORLY but it would have already been ginning in my body if that was the case... I will know soon if this is shingles cuz it will get bigger and my eye will hurt worse... and I wont be able to hold my head up or see... I remember the pain part all too well and the fact I put zit cream on it in hopes that was it... and it is getting bigger.. and it felt like it was on fire!!!! THIS DONT LOOK GOOOD. SO PLEASE pray today that this is not shingles. Thanks you guys

You can go look at my design team entry I put it up already.

daddy... weed BELLA a towey.

I LOVE these pictures of Bella and John. SHe is reading him HER version of the DORA book and he is reading her the book. She keeps saying DADDY DAT NOT HOW IT GOES! SHe tells him the right way. IT is so sweet. I LOVE SEI Winnies walls patterned paper. I use it all the time because Bella spent a year and a half in her "orange phase" as her favorite color. THis paper was perfect to make everything orange but still girly. I am exhausted tonight. Need to get hubby to find my stuff that Im looking for my project for tomorrows entry of THAT design team contest at scrap that moment. I have part of it done and just need this one thing IF he can find it If not... I am just gonna cry or scream I guess cuz well it works for Bella hahahaha... No biggie I have one done but want them BOTH done and I want them perfect.... is there such a thing?

THE saga unfolds....

WELL my baby ended up with a bladder/uti infection/kidney infection and a yeast infection. Where did all that come from!!! She was much better even after she got home from the dr. They gave her that one dose stuff and she had vast improvment immediatly. STill not gonna let her drink kool aid a few days and no bubble baths etc. BUt she is back to her charming little self. SHe was most impressed she got to pee pee in a cup (we will have to watch out for that one)
SHe also LOVED seeing the turtles at the dr's office. They have an atrium outside the dr's windows and the turtles had just had babies hatch. SO she loved seeing (in her hi pitch voice) da itty bitty wittle tuttles) and the (with her deep big strong voice) great big daddy tuttles.

SO that drama is mostly over.

TOday is ROUND 3 of THAT DESIGN TEAM competition at Scrap that moment. If you havn't been over there to check it out... You are missing out. We are having a blast. I havn't had this much fun scrapping in a very long time. Thanks YOU GUYS ROCK! Today is the stamping section of the competition. My layout is here BE sure and LOOK at the second page that goes along with it. That is where the journaling is. You lose half the effect ok most of the effect if you dont read the journaling. There are so many talented ladies over there and I tell you what I have never had so many posts on pages before in my life. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOr your encouragment. EVEN IF I DON'T make this team it has truly been a wonderful experience and Im having alot of fun. I have met some wonderful talented people and have learned alot. I have to say this was rough for me getting all this together and all else that has been going on this last 2 months have been rough with being sick and surgery and sad anniversarys. BUT thank you all for helping me get through it. YOU all truly rock!

We had a great time at THAT TUESDAY NIGHT CHAT Lynette slid out for some WELL deserved R and R and ughm..... rofl, left me in charge HA!!!! (that is hysterical ain't it) so we all voted and decided we were gonna rename the gallery THAT ALL THAT GALLERY instead of THAT Gallery... so GUESS WHO WONT BE MAKING THE TEAM or be left in charge anymore.... (she is so brave isnt she) hahahaha We had a great time and did a cool challenge.
IF you have never been to one of those you must attend it is so much fun. There is also one on Thursdays at (I will so mess the time up so just go look on the boards for the correct time zone near you) Alot of the ladies that live across the creek come to that one being it is the middle of the night or err maybe its day when we have the Tuedsday chat they miss out on it. SO they get to come have fun with us on Tuesday. THAT one is a great chat as well hosted by the lovely Malena Andersson. SO try to make one of them will ya. OK I have rambled on here enough Im about to FINALLY fall out so Im going to bed I have already uploaded my projects and can rest a bit finally.
BY THE WAY keep your eyes open for THE VIEW from www.theuntamedscrapper.com it should be out by the 15th or so. It is a wonderful little newsletter has lots of projects and tips in it.

Hope you have a wonderful day and be sure to go check out my submissions. I really think I have jumped out of my box on these.

HIGH DRAMA in the JONES Residence this morning.....

Well day two is in progress of the Scrap that Moment THAT DESIGN TEAM Competition ... HERE is My entry for today's submission in the photography category. My scanner completely died so I had to take a digi photo so I don't think it looks as good as it should but with all that is going on today.... this is minor. I will try to make it look better later today I have too much right this minute. BUT ... Go take a look man there are some absolutly fabulous entries..not gonna hold my breath that I will get chosen. I know whomever they pick will be well worthy JUST LOOK at the entries (insert the smiley with bug eyes right here ahhhh!) SO MUCH TALENT! Its an honor to scrap with them!

We had high drama here this morning and last night. Bella is sick sick. SHe I THINK has a yeast/bladder infection and screamed and screamed and cried and I couldn't get the dr on call to call me. THen when he did call.. I might as well have walked outside and asked the tree cuz all he said was you will need to call back at 8 30 and make an appt. I told him her symptoms and she was SCREAMING in the background. The on call answering service lady helped more than the dr did. I did get some help from a few mommys that have been through this before and my big sis who is a former nurse in the female field (ob/gyn L and D) so she and the other stm girls and some of my Scrapfriendsy mommys really helped me out this morning. I THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. Our nerves were so frazzled and it is miserable when your baby is screaming MY BOOODY HURRRTTTS and screaming and crying and is unconsolable.

So anyway John is gone with her to the dr now. SO I have to get all the work I can get done for the VIEW at Untamed that is I have to finish up (bella redecorated the file folders I made with Ink last night now I know why she was so bad she didnt feel good) I have to refinish that and get them turned in and make the mini tag book that I just got the stuff for yesterday but will be easy to do get it photraphed and sent in and rock my baby the rest of the day.
Take care you guys and go check out those pages :)

ITS MONDAY...

Yall know what that means? ALL the scrap that moment girls are like kids waiting for Santa Claus for all the entries to THAT DESIGN TEAM contest... GO check it out. here is my ENTRY
CHeck it out and leave me some love on there will ya! (I need all the help I can get lol)

ON a second NOT so happy note.... Today is the anniversary of 9/11... GOd be with all those people who lost their loved ones today. I know there will never be anything that can be done to bring them back or make them feel safe again. SO much was taken from them and the American people that day. As we reflect and look at the life changing events remember to hug your loved ones a little tighter today and say you love them and NEVER leave anything unfinished. You never know when a terrorist or a car accident or an escaped convict could take that person away from you.... Never leave unfinsihed what you can say to them now. I hope this will make you reflect and love up your kids and family and friends today. Love you guys!


Have you done a page to memorialize 9/11? send me a link I would love to see it. Post it on your blog. Or in your gallery. I had not done one and thought I woudln't since Bella had not been born yet to include in her book. BUT someone on the boards got me to thinking. WHat will you tell your kids when they ask what you were doing when you heard about it. What a thought. I never thought about it actually. Yes this will be in the history books from now on. SO many emotions filled us that day so what better therapy than to do a page on it to show respect and commemorate the ones who were lost that day. So I have decided I will do a page on it. I will post it here when I am done. I hope you do the same :)
GOd bless you and keep you safe.

OK ALREADY here is a preview

OK after teasing yall SOOO MUCH HEre is a preview of sort of one of my pages I wont say which for the contest.. YOU HAVE to log on to STM to see them EACH DAY NEXT week.

The contest is sooo rockin' and so fun and I AM HAVING A BLAST scrappin these pages. Even though when I was doing my stamp page I left my layout to kinda dry and thought I had shut my door to my scrap room... BElla came in and RESTAMPED ALL OVER IT with beautiful flowers ::insert the smiley with the steam coming off its head here:: I was so upset I cried but then chilled out cuz she was just doing what she saw me do and wanted to make it pretty. I didn't scold her I didnt even punish her I just counted for a long time cried then let it go. Now I am making another page for my stamping project rofl. Bellas page will be added to the book with HER input of flowers on the page but not in the contest lol. It actually DOESN't look too bad just wasnt what I was going for....

SO anyway there is your sneak peak at a corner hehehehehe yes I know im bad. JUST ONE MORE DAY YALL! WHO IS SO EXCITED!!!

nette if your out there.. PLEASE be safe tomorrow traveling. We are praying, cuz I know it will be stressful day for you. love ya much! AND LET US KNOW when you make it home I DONT CARE WHAT TIME IT IS. I am sure I will be up anyway.

The Scrap Fairy came today!!

And you know how much I LOVE the scrap fairy!! A BEAUTIFUL PACKAGE arrived in the mail with gorgeous stuffs in it. SAY this with me COSMO CRICKET ROCKS! Those wanted papers THEY Knew what they were doing when they named them wanted cuz OMGOSH I definitly wanted them! They made the cutest fall page You will get to see later on in the week (sorry I can't reveal yet) ALSO GOT the Bohemian line from My minds eye.... ALL OF IT... OMGOSH I have these 5 x 7 photos of Bella that I have been waiting to scrap and NOW the dilema is which sheet to scrap them on cuz they are all so GORGEOUS they look amazing on each one!! I got the basic grey gypsy and flourishes and swirls rub ons and the my minds eye bohemian rub ons too. Also a Maya road chipboard binder book that is so stinkin cute... it is a 6 x 6... I cant wait to play with it.. there was some Tim holtz distress ink ONE I dont have well didn't have he he! spiced marmalade ohhhh aahhhh it is so pretty and looks amazing on the wanted papers. There was some wild asparagus ribbons and I do believe that was it. WHEHEW that should keep me busy for a little while anyway. I am so in love with this cosmo cricket It looks beautiful with these fall photos. CANNOT wait to show you guys! TUESDAY you will get to see that one. SO excited and cannot wait! Happy scrappin!

PS: Wendy J did you see our guys get the living daylights stomped out of them? BUT IM STILL wearin my marroon and white. John has on orange and blue ha! Traitor. What about you? Bella's cheerleader suit is too little now but she wanted to wear it soooo bad. May have to get her one made up. SHe was having a grand time cheering though. SHe wasnt sure what she was cheering about but she was cheering rofl.

One brave smelly cat

so have I mentioned our AUSTRAILIAN SHEPHERD GUIDO.. a rather big dog.... well Smelly cat is in the backyard... and look HE IS EATING Guido's food.... Guido just looked at it like wow that is a funny lookin dog. Looks like smelly cat may be staying cuz animal rescue STILL hasn't come and picked him up and we still havn't found its home.. Hubby thinks someone dumped it off here. Bella LOVES the cat but... We are allergic. SO she has to wash up immediatly after touching it. At least it isnt smellin up the garage anymore..

SHout out to the Bliss`ters today.. That is what My hubby calls us girls that like to go to Scrappers Bliss and hang out, chat, get inspiration from the gallery.. and BUY A TON OF STUFF IN THE STORE... omg they have these and ALL THIS That I am dying for. THey have this CRAZY WONDERFUL link called JUST IN That my hubby hates cuz I LOVE to Gawk at the new stuff then I have to have it... I always drive andrea crazy with the Refresh button when I know she got stuff in and is uploading it to the site (which is VERY OFTEN I MUST SAY) the turn around is amazing ussually it only takes like 2 days to get your stuff and it comes with surprises always.. either a cute little bag of jelly beans or skittles or whatever Andrea chose for that month. She always has HOT new stuff and IT GOES very fast so yOu have to like JUMP ON IT when it comes in. She has a reward policy and you get points to apply to your account. You get a wish list to keep up with the things you want to order "HINT HINT" and she has a cool sale going on right now. She clearances stuff also so she can get new things in so you get some rockin deals on stuff. SO if you want to check out something cool go on over.. tell em Nancy Jones sent ya :)

Also Im finishing up my That Design Team submissions for Scrap That moment. I have been working really hard on them in between recovery. This medication is making my tummy really feel yuck and I still think something is wrong from when Bella Tigger Pounced me. Something just doesnt feel right down there.
SO Im praying my submissions will rock them big time. I REALLY want to be on this team. There are some amazing people that are up for it though so... I dunno and only 2 positions available.(my odds aint lookin too good huh?) Check out THAT GALLERY . If you don't find inspiration there... something is bad wrong with you. Flair designs is the company That design Team is showcasing this month. There are some AMAZING works in that gallery from them. Lynnette works really hard on this site. IT is BEAUTIFUL. You can see the time she puts into it. Just look back through my older posts... You will see what my TWO MOST FAVORITE SITES EVER are... Bliss and Stm... FOR SURE! I just love Lynnette and the whole gang here. They were so there for me when I had my surgery and the cards and chocolates (thanks Feeney you are a rockin big sis) and phone calls and emails and scrap goodies and did I mention all the chocolates I got??? I was so excited and surprised. What a wonderful family to be a part of. Design team or not. There is always someone online there no matter what time of day or night it is. Speaking of family.. Mini me is quiet... she is mesmerized by the cat being on the back patio with guido. She looks out the window like she is watching tv. SO I must go see what she is destroying.
Yall pray for us today Auburn Plays Mississippi state... Yall know that is a stomping waiting to happen so we are gonna get SOOOOOO hammered when we go to church tomorrow rofl. We love Auburn of the ALabama teams but Mississippi state is Home... our first love. so GOOOO both teams lol I kinda feel like that cat in the backyard with the dog...

A shout out across the big pond...

I fell asleep with the Aussies last night... and I don't mean my Austrailian Shepherd Guido (Gwee-dough) haha. I was on my best pal Jeanne's blog (have I mentioned how much her latest pages ROCK! and not just cuz my little princess's picture is on one of them hehe!) and also AN amazing artist (she is way more than a scrapper) Carole's Blog, and I wandered onto several people she has listed on the side of hers . I am here to tell you people... THEM AUSSIES are amazing! The elements of design they use on their pages,oh man! It is unreal. Over here we push product, product and more product. The more stuff the better. HEY I will be the first to say I LOVE as much of the stuff as the next scrapper. But, they use so much creative thought and using the paper and taking things from it and making it just a masterpiece explosion. I couldn't sleep I had so many ideas running through my head My hands couldn't keep up. This is not your "slap and stick" style scrappin' It requires alot of thought about placement, making sure each piece goes into its special place like a song flowing across your paper. I always looked at some of the articles where they discuss making your eye FLOW throughout the page and I was thinking "yeah, whatever.... ISNT she cute? look at this photo! This process takes these precious photos to an ENTIRE new level. I am totally hooked, line and sinker. I am becoming addicted to this way of scrapping and it has totally opened my eyes into a whole new array of possiblities. I cannot WAIT for you to see what I am working on. IT takes alot longer to make a page but it is so worth it.
I hope you guys are having a good friday. I have like a KABILLION projects due MONDAY. OK actually its only like 5 but it might as well be a kabillion. NO PRESSURE! I have been working hard, but havn't felt good so I am still kinda behind. I am working on it today hopefully to finish up final touches Sunday. whewhew. Godspeed and happy scrappin :)

Todays blog challenge

** FIrst off GO LOOK at my friend Jeanne blog. SHe did a page with Bella on it and IT is soooooo flippin' cute! I am so happy! That made my day!! Thank you Jeanne YOU ROCK SISTA!!


TOdays blog challenge from scrapthatmoment is : what t shirt slogan best suits you....

TOday .. MIne would be I CAN ONLY PLEASE ONE PERSON PER DAY... TODAY AINT YOUR DAY... TOMORROW AINT LOOKIN TOO GOOD EITHER...

The other one is a shirt I am wearing right now.... BE nice to me.. OR I will crop you out of my scrapbook!

Those are my two favorite shirt phrases today... Not feelin too hot so no major details...

I feel like crapp. My butt hurts. My stomach hurts where my incision was/is whatever. Dr hasnt called back I know they are really busy but dang Tylenol aint cuttin this. I went to bed at 6:30 well between 6 and 6:30 last night that is how crummy I felt. BUT the down side... John is in Mississippi today so if they tell me to come in... I dunno what IM gonna do I cant drive today... My neighbor almost cut her finger off so she is drugged up good. SO ... I guess IM stuck. Crappy day what can I say.

IM through fussin now so Im gonna go lay back down and cry.

**update** Dr did call me back (thanks steph!) my friend put a fire under um I guess she could tell since it has been three days and the front desk kept giving me answering machines.. NOT their fault I know but anyway they said it sounds like a stitch came loose or something of the sort. Calling me in something for now and IF no better (my dr is out till friday) TO call first thing on Friday... DON'T worry IF it still hurts like this friday I will just be there when they get there. Im gonna put a cage around me so bella cant tigger pounce me when she comes home from school anymore.

Anticipation ...todays blog challenge

Todays Blog challenge is about ANTICIPATION. I did this page several weeks ago but thought I would pull it up again. Bella was having a hard time learning about anticipation. She gets it kinda honest I lack alot in the patience department. It is a little better. I have learned alot from Bella. She is MY CHILD so you know she is gonna be a handfull. She was wanting to go swimming and use her new zoey float SOOo bad, but.. it was raining. She was so sad she didn't understand and she wanted it NOW. She just stared out willing it to stop raining before it got dark but nope didn't happen. SHe had to wait an entire day to use her Zoey float.

Today Im still waiting to get well...I wanna hurry up and do it. I keep having minor set backs. Like yesterday when Bellas Knee collided with my tummy. She forgets I KNOW and wants to crawl all over me and jump and play but she is so rough. I tried to catch her in time but 35 lbs came crashing into my incision site and OH man.. I called the dr on call being it a lovely holiday and this smart person says OH you will be fine ... just walk some and it will feel better... DID HE HAVE the correct patient? Walk some? Oh ok...
UGHMmM not a good answer for me. SO I was feeling better after taking my last pain pill last night and then 2 tylenol before bed and was actually doing ok this morning. Nothing hurt real bad still really really swollen so, we go to hobby lobby cuz I needed to pick up the rest of what I am working on for the DT entry for stm. I walked to that isle and got that then went and looked for SHerriffs dept. embelishements or paper or anything (Thank you to all who have commented and offered places that have sherriiff dept scrap things for me I so appreciate your help) but all they had was police blue things and well.. that just wont work always. It is kinda a insult to put POLICE on DEPUTY stuff to them. Even though my dad isnt here he wouldnt like that. SO anyway I tried. SO Im waiting on that too. I need to just design me some and be done with it. SO ANYWAY NOW I get home and Im swollen up like I am about 6 months prego and discharge so Im like OWWwwww. I call ... get the nurses answering machine.

What are you waiting on today? What do you Anticipate? Respond by clicking on that little button that says RESPOND and let me know :)

A project and a holiday

NOt a great photo but you can kinda get the idea. I also hadd a couple more litlte embellies to it. an apple, some crayons and a litlte book that has ABC on it. You can see the finished product In this months VIEW at Untamed Scrapper.... on the 15th. We are doing a quick BACK TO SCHOOL themed view on Gifts for the Teachers, What to do with all those papers sent home from school ( I need this article bad) and some really cute School pages and ideas.

Well I havn't seen the kitty cat this morning. I went out to check on it. I pray it made its way back home. I tried till 10:30 last night to find its owners but no luck. Poor thing. I felt sorry for it but I couldn't close it up in the garage with it being so hot. I can't leave the garage door open we get critters (stray cats, doges etc.. and unwelcomed PEOPLE coming into our garage, yeah there was a robbery in the neighborhood not too far back from us so we keep it down now) If we all weren't allergic I may have kept it. I just hope it finds its rightful home. We opened at can of dog food for it and it looked at us like UGHM hello? DID I bark? and swished it's tail... John looked at me as if to say YUP it's a female cat but didn't dare say it.. (he is in a house fulll of women so that would be smart) Hope you have a great labor day today. Im going to Labor some more in my scrap room. I want to get more stuff organized so I can get these projects done easier and I can find things. Months of laying stuff wherever is just not getting it. NOT to mention little bit getting in here and investigating the scene and having too much fun occasionally!

What are your plans for labor day today?

DANGIT I WANNA CRICUIT!!!!

FRUSTRATION OVERWHELMS ME.... The cutest little girl about 3 said that to her mom one day when I was in target and she had a stuffy nose when she said it, so, it sounded even cuter. I couldn't contain my laughter at such a huge statement coming from something so small.
BUT that is the complete way I felt today. Today would have been my dad's birthday. I know some are like get over it already Nancy it has been 11 years but trust me... it still burns hard. TO have the anniversary of his murder then have his birthday right together... well I guess it really doesnt matter what day it is. It will still hurt. BUT I had nightmares last night.. again and weeping and bad week and just ready to get well. I am happy my mom is here with us though. I hate her spending these anniversarys alone so far away from us.

My sweet hubby.. yes the one I could choke sometimes esp when he puts zuchini beside my meat on the grill (hahaha) but other times I cry cuz he can be so sweet..anyway MR great intention and man with so many brownie points right now... was gonna get me the cricuit from Micheals. ::insert huge smile and clapping hands and smiley Nancy:: They had this big coupon event whatever... we get there (I still look like Michelin man mind you from my surgery and Im grinning with my redneck jack o lantern/David Letterman smile I have right now) and we are greeted by a HUGE SIGN SAYing CRICUIT IS NOT INCLUDED IN LABOR DAY DISCOUNT COUPON EVENT... well just tee tee in my cheerios why DONT YOU!!! SO he said "OK, go find you some sizzix dies you want. you dont have to tell me twice IM going OK.. Go over to get some... NOTTA all the cool ones I want ... gone... SO Im like what is up with my karma today! GO to get the advertised 10 for a buck paper (kelly pannacci rocks !) NOPE only on clearance paper... what is the clearance paper you ask.. I DID!! .. Harley Davidson paper is all they have left... ughm... no.. THen I round the corner.. they have the crop a dile. I have it in my hand gonna get it... witch with a B who is following me to tee tee in my cheerios says Oh YOU Cant use your coupon on that... it is marked wrong that is discounted 2 bucks... coupon isnt applicable... YES !I almost used the crop a dile to indent her face...but I didnt. She was so snotty about it. AND mind You I STILL look like the Michelin man so I KNOW with my teeth jacked up and my hugeness I was a site to reckon with. SO I am almost in tears hubby says "CHIPBOARD! you love chipboard and Im like HE heeee HE hee Yes egor I love chipboard point me da way master! SO we get to the making memories section... ahhhhh they have it THE new release chipboard ... LAAAAaaaa! angels sang THANK YOU For this gift. I got some of that and the sparkly my minds eye (which will so go with the paper that will be here any day see previous posts yipppeee) letters and the velvet words that are so stinkin cute and a very nice set of ZIG writers to practice my handwriting for that design team entry (Im so not happy to write do you hear me!!!) but at least I have rockin pens to write horribly with now. I got some provo craft chipboard (have you all seen this? It is so flippin coool, comes in the cutest container I got like ALL the colors cuz well... Im a nut.) I got some things to alter and SOMETHING THAT is so stinkin cool I just cant contain myself but YOU WILL have to wait till the entry for the contest to see it... YOU ARE GONNA FLIP OVER cuz it is so cute. SO that was it.. OH I got some Jolees little school thingys to finish my clipboards for untamed. I didnt do too bad. Used my coupons and cried and said Happy Birthday to my daddy... I miss you and I love you and I wish you were here to play with us today but we celebrated at Micheals. My hubby rocks.. HE IS SOOOO gettin some when I get well!! (yeah I know thanks for sharing huh)

BY THE WAY I do have some happy news.. My good friend KIM.. (scraptomylu) HER BIRTHDAY IS TODAY.. SO go attack her blog and say Happy Birthday to her! SHe is just the coolest even for an old broad hAHAHAHAH muuuuuah! HOpe you have a good one chick!