Journaling And Reflection

So Yes yesterday was amazing and fun and so inspiring. Even as I am teaching organization getting to brainstorm about new ways to organize and see other peoples ways are just so motivating. As they are writing TO DO lists I myself am to!
I met 11 new ladies and hope to continue to keep in contact and scrapbook with them. Oh and Ladies. I have your names, those who are going to Crop A Ganza I will be there. I will find your seat. I will check in on you. LOL Scary Stuff HUH?

Journaling Prompts from the week are below, if you are interested please join in and linky me. You can see the original post here http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/mb.asp?cmd=display&thread_id=3057732


*The greatest lesson that I have taught someone else is...
Today after yesterday I would say to organize; do a little something nice for someone and dont expect payback; hope they pay it forward.



*When I think about my interests, talents, gifts and passions I know that I am...
Reading for my sanity; scrapbooking to preserve memories so they dont get lost; making people laugh because we all need it; always willing to learn. I know that I am on this earth for a reason and I may not know that reason until the day I leave but everyone is giving a purpose and I hope I am filling that purpose.


*Write a letter of appreciation to someone special:
This will be done private I am sure you understand

XOXO

OH WOW Can I just say amazing!!

Today was the first organizational class I have taught it over 3 years! 3 Years Ladies but it was OH MY WOW. I will talk and chat tomorrow, but now its bed and bath time :) ok and just a little organizing with some new product :)

1-2-11 Lets Hope

I thought it best I go ahead and try to get this done now. I plan to get my meals planned for the week and head to the grocery store which requires putting clothes on and not my penguin suit robe as my family calls it so here goes.

*Within the next 3 months, I plan to...

Be less flustered each time I come home after a 12 hour day to a messy kitchen. Its always gonna be there I need to accept the things that bother me dont always bother other people.

*The thing I wish other people would get about me is...
I need quiet to think. When I ask for SHUSH time I am not mad there is enough kaos going on in my head please do not add to it.

*Describe yourself spiritually
This is something I am working on now with the help of a friend so I really cannot answer this.
 
xoxox

1-1-11 Its Even Harder To Write

So I am going to to try this journaling thing that Pink Mocha has on Two Peas here is the link  http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/mb.asp?cmd=display&thread_id=3055672 so here are todays prompts you can pick 1 or 3 so lets try this:

I plan to accomplish the following three things this year... 
1) Plan all my meals every week to cut down on expenses and be better with coupons
2)Document more things in Pictures or Journaling
3)Learn to blog from my Nook and not get frustrated
*Five years from now I plan to be....
1)Not crying every day because Carlee will be in college (note to self; find another pet to keep Blue and I occupied and not make Ryan crazy.


*Ten memories from the past year are....
1)Taking Carlee to her first concert
2)Taking and completing my phlebotomy course and surviving 40 hour work weeks plus clinicals
3)Wondering why with all the medical technology my father in law cannot get better
4)Seeing all my family together in October including my dads side. This year I believe we got to see everyone
5)My Youngest couison and his girlfriend have been together 10 years and just got engaged on Christmas Day.

more to come...

Cookies and Crafts 2010

Lena and Carlee

 Thanks to all of you who have kept our family in your prayers lately. Mayo was a promising trip and my in laws will be returning to get some follow up stuff done. Nuff said we just appreciate all the thoughts and prayers.

Today was the Annual Cookies and Crafts at Dan and Kathy Johnsons house. We had a blast. As you can see lots of cookie decorating; lots of crafting. About a dozen kids and seven ladies and it was great. Not stressful; just alot of fun kaos :)

The adult ladies did a Cookie exchange my first ever. It was worth baking 7 dozen cookies let me tell you all the different yummy cookies I got in return were well worth it. The girls got into the hot tub after; only the little ones though dang it. I still havent got to get into that tub! If I dont post again before Christmas I wish you all the best and love with your family! XOXO

All the yummy cookies

My beautiful ornament

Carlee Hot Tubbin

Lena Hot Tubbin

Kathy, I and Gina

So much going on~Father In law

So Saturday at noon Traci my sister in law and mother in law and father in law left for Rochester, Minnesota. They checked KG into Mayo clinic at 6:30am this morning and a lot of tests began. They found out that his tremors are not Parkinsons which we are thankful for, but no explanation to it either. The infectious disease doctor believes that he should be feeling ALOT better with how his Histo levels are, since he isnt they believe that how he feels is caused by something else. So this is where the investigating begins. They took blood; urine and cultures from his lypmh node under his arm where it has been draining.

Tuesday (Tomorrow) at 11:15am he will get a CT Scan done.

On Thursday at 4pm they will meet with the specialist to go over all of the tests.

Monday at 9:30am he will get a full internal exam; unless someone else cancels and IF they are sitting right there in the waiting room when they do, he will get in sooner.

They are staying at a Hotel right connected to Mayo which gives them an underground tunnel entrance to Mayo which is nice because the high in Rochester is like -12 degrees. YES NEGATIVE NO TYPING ERROR HERE!

Wanna say thanks to the Biddles for all their support; My Family the Strobels we took Josie out for a Strobel evening since her Mama is gone. Bless her heart we had her out until 11pm Saturday night; looking at lights; eating out, shopping etc. Pretty sure we passed her bed time. My dad mentioned at 8:45pm that it was passed his bed time. She said it was real close to hers LOL

Keep the prayers going and I will keep my blog updated as Ryan gets them during the day.

XOXO

DO YOU NEED TO GET ORGANIZED???

Yep its true I am at it again. I figure if I can help 10 scrapbookers we all will feel better about ourselves and the time we have to cherish our families memories(I am tearing up a little here)

So thank you to those who have in the past spent a full 8 hours with me I know I can get a little annoying LOL at times but it was all for own our good right? And if you have shared with your friends what it did for you well please do again.

To those of you who have heard about the "magical" accomplishments that occur during this class its time its your turn to join me. On Saturday January 8th at 9 am we will begin. We will organize everything. Paper, photos, embellishments, tools everything that fits into your car. 18 wheelers not allowed ladies there is no parking for one, HEHE let alone more than one.

This class is limited to 10 and does fill up FAST, I have already shared the info with some. Since its been 3 years since I last taught, products have changed and we have changed. SO call the girls at Scrap Funattic in Andover at 316-733-0029 and tell em to sign you up and prepay for your spot to save your table. I also give each person in the class 30 minutes of my undivided attention to help with the things that stump you. I promise you that you will be a better organized and accomplished scrapbooker because of this.

Please post any questions here or tey me at 620-222-2580 and I will touch base with you when I am off work in the evenings. I do work some 12 hour days so please be patient.

Oh Hello Out There

Lots of coming and going I know and some days I am not sure which way I am suppose to go.

So if you are interested I am teaching again!! So excited, I think I need a purpose outside work and my home and this may help to ease that. So January 8th, 2011 at Scrap Funattic we are going to get ORGANIZED!! Almost 8 hours to get everything, organized so you can use it, purge it, cause you need to loose it and prepare to crop so you can be amused at your pages!!

When for a vaginal sonogram today thats why I am home at 1:30 pm with a warm pack on my belly and my feet up. Those just are not fun unless there is a baby in there. WHICH THERE ISNT AND WONT BE! So dont wanna start any rumors.

I am reading this book ----->The Help that I picked up from the library yesterday and am already entranced with it. So good thing cause we all know I do not sit still well :)

XOXO

Once Again..Its over!

Crop Camp was this past weekend and it has now passed. Its time to begin thinking about Spring Crop Camp now and the fact that we will be returning to Oklahoma after 2 years. This time we are gonna be in Cowboy Country, Stillwater Oklahoma. I am thrilled, nervous and excited to say the least. When you venture into new territory it always holds that element of unknown that I wonder about.

Yes this is me enjoying a Smeeses(I made that up) its a smore but no hersheys you use a Reeses Peanut Butter Cup!! YUMM!


I must say I am very blessed with friends and family. Over the last year or so has been very difficult in many avenues and I had cut myself off from alot of these women. Their amazing concern and passion and understanding and faith offered to me over the weekend was just amazing. The hugs and smiles, the way they can always bring out the silliness in me and I can just let go. There is never the pressure to complete pages, the friendship was all I needed. Shandra came up with movie night last night and I watched "Date Night" with Tina Fey and Steve Carrell. It was great and I would do it all over again. I completed a project here and there.

I did start to finalize plans with Kristy from Scrap Funattic on a full day organizational class so LOOK OUT!! I am back to get you organized and prepared for the spring crops coming our way!

XOXOXO

So today...I ask for help

So this picture is just to make you SMILE! Its hanging on Shandra's Wall in her scrapbooking area and I love love it!

I am really posting to get advice from my friends who know me and call me a friend. Not to get into too much, I was born, baptized and raised catholic. I never really understood it or was ready to I guess. But things in life change you and when you need guidance the only way to look is up.

Problem is that I do not feel comfortable asking for help from someone I do not know.

I am a studier and that I have been doing, I am a TO DO list person and I have made one for myself.

What I ask from you? Prayers and advice.

XOXO

Past and Present..Not Welcome

So I have held out sharing these. I guess because its difficult for me to imagine this is my one and only child. As you can see in the first picture she looks quite different. That picture was taken in August of 2009. The next 2 were taken on the first day of 8th grade and it doesnt seem like its the same child. It seems every year she looses the chubbiness in her face and is just a little more less cuddley. I totally get when people arent into hugging and snuggling with me, cause its not squishy I realize now its like a rectangle box with sharp corners.

Now she is 13 due to be 14 in January. The attitude is different but I can still make her laugh. Due to an experience this evening she will NEVER tell me she has hiccups. LOL I was just driving along thinking to myself "Wonder if I scared her what would happen" so driving along I let out a blood curdling scream and she screamed about to total tears. I am still laughing. Mean yes, entertaining yes, scarring her for life? Probably, but hey we both laughed to tears after. And it makes her think to always expect the unexpected.

XOXO

Because some things are just TOO FUNNY not to share

This was on a sign as I was driving into my hometown of Arkansas City, KS. OMG I had to pull over, regain myself and take a pic!!

So it begins..

Mondays here seem to be the engine that starts the Indy 500 Car for the long race. Work:I decided to make myself leave at 3:30 (I should be real withmyself on this one because its always 15 mins later than planned) 3:45 I am leaving the hill.
I went home and got the chicken marinated; it in the oven; coleslaw salad made; hamburger browned for the Taco Soup going into the crock pot for lunch and dinner tomorrow and that all ready to roll. Picked up Carlee at 5:30 brought her home to eat and change then to softball practice by 6. Back to clean up dinner and the damage control of the house and then pick her up at 7:30. At this point its 9 and I gotta start slowing down. Usually I plan to be in bed by nine; considering my next 2 days consist of 10-12 hours days of dental assisting.

Excited for the weekend even though its just Monday. Mandy and Kirks wedding reception is this weekend and I am just so excited for them both I cannot wait. Carlee and I are ready for some country fun.

XOXOXO

Family Filled Weekend

 This is my cousin Jason, he is the oldest; My sister Carrie, she is 3rd; Me(silly) I am 4th; Jevon he is 2nd and Dusty he is the 5th and the baby of all of us. My dad was an only child so as far as 1st cousins go these guys were like siblings to my sis and I. TRUST me there are tons more pics but this is just the Cliff Notes of my weekend. More lata

Here are all the 2nd cousins. The children of all those listed above. I have some editing to do. I took like 5 pics and am still trying to figure my favorite and wanna do some cropping. Ratio 5:3 5 boys, 3 girls and I believe that will be it for this family...I think...

This is my dads side. His first cousins were like aunts to me and their kids like cousins to me and my sister. Not all got to be present with the ALL WOMAN get together. We were missing Allison but she is newly married and getting her life going. Back row:Aunt Beulah(Aunt Boo) Carol Jean, My sister, my mom, Carlee and Connie. Front row Me, Lilly, Lena and my grandma.

This is Miss Carlee and Brodie. Brodie is Carlee's stepmoms son with her husband Zac. For those who know me this makes sense so thats all that matters. She loves Melissa and loves this little cute 10 day old boy as much and my mom and I did kissing and snuggling him.

XOXO

Ok I wanna see more people join the Trailer Hood...Prize

So D.Curtis and L.Fox Hall have decided to join the Trailer Trash girls and be a member of the Trailer Hood. Who else will be joining them and myself?

Well they will qualify for a drawing for a nice prize who else would like to have a prize? HMMM?

XOXOXO

Crop Camp Ladies Listen Up!

The Trailer Trash Ladies could possibly become extint!! Please dont let this happen; please come to scrapbook with me at Crop Camp and become a Trailer Trash Lady. Some of our ladies were unable to come this year and we all know that my building is not that big so by loosing a couple of groups it has put Trailer Trash into possible extinction. You dont have to stay the night if you dont wanna. We offer "crop only" too!!
Go to http://www.cropcamp.com/ and sign up and please dont let the trailer go into extinction PUHLEASE

XOXOXO

Still knitting...

and reading. Seems its easier to read during the week as much limited time as I have and knitting requires concentration which i have NONE left after a day of work.

So its Bluegrass week and more than likely due to our current financial situation I doubt we will see it. I took some things to a garage sale hoping enough would sell that I could afford Ryan to at least go but that wasnt the case at all.

We wont be seeing Eureka Springs this year either; pretty disapointing considering thats something thats good for us to do together so with Fall approaching and knowing these things I am just sad.

Carlee played Volleyball Thusday night and played two softball games today and is now trying to enjoy time with her dad this evening.

I finished the book "Handle with Care" by Jodi Piccoult I seriously gotta quit reading her books it always makes me mad; and then Nicholas Sparks books make me cry, maybe I need medicated.

XOXO

Antsy Pantsy

Thats pretty much how I have felt most of the week. I dont do well waking up on Saturday mornings with nothing "TO DO". I cleaned the kitchen and floors yesterday and Carlee and I did lots of damage control. So I wake up on Saturday morning at 7:30am and beg the Bed Gods to let me sleep a little more. Dont know why I do this I always dream about my cell phone not working, not being able to wake up to function and doing erotic things with the Hubby. I know weird, im so disturbed when I wake up its not even worth it. Then I do finally wake up and its like 10 and Im like now what. I have really read alot over the last year. Since my little incident last August I have knitted so that was my destiny today.

Off to Mulberry Creek which is located here in Winfield with knowledgeable ladies and gorgeous yarn, they let me pet it ALOT when I was in the cast/sling and couldnt knit, so it was time. So here is the latest project http://knittinfun.blogspot.com/2008/07/back-to-your-regularly-well-you-know.html I have been wanting to knit bath rugs that dont fall apart so we shall see how it goes.

XOXO

The Itsy Bitsy Spider

crawled up the side of my house. down she came again as quiet as a mouse. she made this gorgeous web just for me to share. but by dawn there was nothing there. so thank goodness for you and I, I took gorgeous pictures so you would see it was not a lie.

Laura Elephant Juice may help me to understand why her color didnt show but I am glad her web did because its just so gorgeous. By morning when I wanted to show Carlee it was all gone :(

Today I was brave and went shopping with Carlee and my mom. I was quiet and supportive and helped as much as I could. Some of the places like Hollister were too much for me so I snuck to look at Coach purses at Dillard, JUST TO LOOK sure are pretty tho.

I am reading this book so far its slow going but we shall see. Any information has got to help in this age of tween/teen. Right?

XOXO

Where did I go? Grandmas Birthday too

Somedays I dont even realize how long its been since I posted. I hope with school starting things will be more regular and I can sort my head to reflect. Want to share pictures from last night. We took my grandma to eat at Kobe's in Derby.It was alot of fun, the ride home not so much. I saw lightening alot closer than I ever care to again. The rain made it difficult for my dad to see to drive us home. We were all nervous wrecks. It hadnt gotten to Winfield yet by the time we made it home so we got to enjoy it again but luckily from the safety of our home. WHEW

This is the face of Lena. She was jealous that other people were at the mall at Build a Bear and she didnt get to go.

XOXO