Yes, I am back!

I know I have been MIA. March has been a crazy month and April is looking like much the same.

I have been doing my DT projects and teaching. The crop with Crops Plus was wonderful. The classes were a success and the people I met are just amazing people. I could not have asked for a better group of women. Thank you DJ and Sarah for allowing me to teach.

Like I said March has been crazy. With work, DT projects, class preparation and my sweet little baby, I have had no time. NO TIME!

And this month I am back with Homegrown Scrapbooks. I was on maternity leave, so I was not on the Winter Survival Program. I was so sad. It was an awesome kit. But I will be doing the Spring Survival kit. It totally rocks. I cannot wait to get my hands on it. And I will be working with some very talented ladies that have joined our Design Team; Ruth Akers, Leena Loh and Janine Langer. I am so excited to be working with these talented ladies.

This week I have been playing catch up with all the things that have gone to the wayside because I have been running around. You know, laundry, bill paying, post office. The dull stuff. LOL

Today, I am going to gut out my basement. I need to straighten it up. Normally, I would not go down there. Even if you paid me. It is a total mess. But the ball has started to roll on building/creating my new scrapbook room. My brother and hubby have begun to plan out my room. Cabinets, table, and flooring. This has been on hold for 2 years, so I need to keep them going. And the way to do that is to clean up that mess downstairs. Spring cleaning!

I am a little leery about being down there. James found a snake skin down there that is about 6 feet long. EWWWWWW!!! I cannot imagine running into that thing. I would FREAK out!

And my sweet baby boy is doing well. He just turned 3 months. Cooing more and smiling. Oh and that smile! It melts my heart. He has this half crooked smile he does now and then that makes me laugh. It is the cutest thing. I hope to be lucky enough to catch it on film soon.


Well, I better get it started. Quinn just went down for his nap and it is time to throw down and get dirty. LOL

And I will try not to be away for so long.....

I have been tagged!

Not only have a been a bad blogger lately. I have not been keeping up with my friends blog either. But last night I went to Dawn's blog and realized I was tagged with these questions.

So, here I go....

1. What were you doing Ten years ago? James and I were living together and I was planning our wedding.

We were getting married in May, so I was a little frantic. I am pretty sure I was such fun to live with (ha ha!).

I worked at a publishing company and one of my co-workers had a Creative Memories party. Yep, it was the first time I was introduced to scrapbooking. And the rest is history. :)

2. What were you doing one year ago?

I was a SAHM and getting ready for James and I to go on our first little getaway without the kids. You know the one I came back pregnant with Quinn? LOL

3. Name five favorite snacks:

Chocolate Cake, Reeses Peanut Butter Cups, Snickers, Gardettos, Chips and dip

4. Name five things you would do if you were a millionaire:

I would pay off my mortgage, do all the renovations we want to do with our house, take the entire extended family on a trip (I am thinking Ireland) and buy an RV and go to all the Nascar Races in style LOL


5. Name five things you like doing...

scrapbooking, watching TV, going to the beach, drinking Margaritas (does that count LOL) and laughing with my kids


6. Name five things you would never wear again...

bell bottom pants, TOUGHSKIN JEANS(nightmare in Elementary school), knee warmers (ode to Flashdance lol) Clogs and Banana Hair Clips...what was I thinking...

7. Name your five favorite toys...

camera, ipod, palm pilot.. I think that is all I have..I need more TOYs! LOL

I tag my Friend Kathy P and Sara D.

Now I need to go. I need to start cutting up kits for my classes this weekend.

Thanks Dawn for the Tag. It was a lot of fun.

Bad Blogger bad!!!

I have been lapsing in my blogging duties. I have so much to catch you all up on.

First, let's talk American Idol and Survivor! Love these shows.

I have a little confession. I have never voted for everyone before. Even when Daughtry was in it two seasons ago and I LOVE ME SOME CHRIS DAUGHTRY!

But that changed Tuesday night. David Cook did Lionel Ritchie's song "hello." Wow! I loved it! I even downloaded it from itunes. And I so did not want him to go. So, my fingers went numb dialing his number. LOL I wanted to hear more from him.



Also, I may be in the minority but I do not want David Archuleta to win. He seems a little "fake" to me. I may be wrong. I hope I am. He seems to be the favorite in this season of Idol.

Now to Survivor! I love Cerie! She is a sneaky. I am enjoying her game play this season. Much stronger and no one seems to realize it. I mean how do you convince someone to keep Chet and vote off a powerhouse like Joey? But she did. And the smile on her face when Joey left was priceless!! Go CERIE!!

Now, back to our regularly scrapbooking program. My first month with Inque is awesome. I really am enjoying working with their stamps. They are so versatile.

Here are some of my projects I have done. I have uploaded them to Inque's Gallery too. You should take a look. I am working with a lot of talented ladies on the Design Team.



The picture above is the cover of the class I am teaching at Crops Plus in Culpepper, VA and McLean, VA in March. I am using Inque Boutique Stamps and Junkitz Destinations line.

I am happy to say that both classes are SOLD OUT!!! It is so wonderful being able to make people excited about a class. I cannot wait to teach it. But all this weekend and next week I will be making the kits. Talk about cutting up a storm. LOL

Ok that is it for right now. I have to get ready. Meeting up with my MIL today. Have a great weekend. And I will do my best to be a better blogger.

Just checking in and upcoming Class dates

I hope you are all having a great weekend.

It has been a few yucky days. Snow, ice and sleet. Kids did not have school on Friday and they were sad because they could not play outside. Nothing fun about playing in freezing rain and it is a little hard to build a snowman out of ice. ha ha

James had a birthday last week. It is always a good birthday for him because it falls on the weekend of the Daytona 500! GO TONY!

We bought him Nascar's Trackpass, so he can listen to Tony while the race is on. Feeding the addiction. ha!

I love Nascar. So happy it is back. I only have to say one thing to my driver Tony Stewart! CUT YOUR HAIR! It is too long.

I have been working on my Inque Boutique projects. I cannot wait until march 1st. So, I can show you my creations. I have been having way too much fun with their stamps.

I will be teaching classes at Our Crops Plus in March. There are two events. One is on March 15th in Culpeper, VA and the other is March 28-30 in Mclean, VA.

I will be teaching a Travel Acrylic Album and School Memories Box book at both events. The Travel Album features Inque stamps.

I will post the albums on March 1st for you to see. If you are interested in going email Sarah and Deej at info@ourcropsplus.com . Sarah and Deej are wonderful people and a lot of fun. I hope to see you there.

Also, I am excited to learn that SOY Finalist Sara Dickey will be teaching a class at the Culpeper Crop! I saw the class sample and it is gorgeous! She is so talented. I am definitely going to take it.

I think that is it.

I better run. The twins have a fund raiser at their school today and I need to get all of us ready. James had the late shift with Quinn last night, so he is still sleeping. Apparently, Quinn was not cooperating with him last night.

Enjoy your day!

Something you may not know about me...

Deep breath.....ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..

Ready?

I am afraid of Clowns. Yep. You read that right. Clowns really creep me out.

And do not even get me started on the movie "It" by Stephen King. I had nightmares for years.

I do not know why. And it is not something I tell people about. For years, the only person that knew was my husband.

Until last year. When my Father-in-law came up to visit and gave clown noses to my kids as a fun gift. It was horrible. I did not say anything when the twins put them on. I thought I was okay. But then they came right up to my face and started to laugh crazily. That did it. I bolted upright and moved away from them. James was watching me the entire time. Waiting to see what would happen and trying not to laugh. I had told him about my little phobia, but he had never seen it first hand.

My FIL looked at me like I was crazy. Then, James told him about my fear of clowns. I think he still thought I was odd, but at least he understood why I was freaking out.

And my kids aren't much help. They think it is hysterical that clowns wig me out. They have fun with this little tidbit.

EXAMPLE: My daughter was watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade last year and she started screaming "Mommmy! Come here! Look!" I came around the corner and ask what she needed. She looked at me and while laughing she said...

LOOK MOMMY! CLOOOOOOOOOOWNS!!!

The tv was filled with clowns. Lots of them! Ugghhh!

She really got a kick out it. I vacated the room immediately. I could still hear her laughing as I went upstairs. Where does she get that from? LOL

You are probably wondering why I am telling you all this now.

Well, I always thought that it was silly being afraid of clowns. I mean, how can you be scared of something that is suppose to bring joy and happiness to everyone. I cannot even go to a circus. I get cold chills just thinking about it.

Then, I saw a commercial during the Superbowl. It has become my favorite commercial of all time. Makes me feel like I am not alone. LOL

Click it and enjoy!




What are you afraid of?

Can you share it with me? So, I do not feel like such an oddball?

Please????????????????? LOL

Have a great weekend.

Where does the time go....

Time is just flying by. Quinn is over a month old. My days are blurring together.

But life is good.

I know I have not really talked about my husband much. But I have to tell you. He is one funny guy. We laugh all the time. We also fight about who is funnier. Me or him. He says he is the funniest, but I "know" I am. It is a never ending battle. He is in denial.

But we agree on one thing. Jet is funnier than both of us. He has inherited our "funny" genes. He can always get James and I laughing. It is a gift he has. Nothing makes Jet happier than making people laugh.

The best part is that Jet "gets" us. He plays along with our jokes, while Kaili rolls her eyes and is wondering how she got in this crazy family.

Jet did it again tonight. He cames downstairs after we tucked him in and said his tummy hurts. So that you know his tummy always hurts when he wants to stay up late. He says he tries to talk his tummy out of it, but his tummy will not listen. His tummy is the stubborn sort.

Anyway, he said that if he sat on the couch for awhile his tummy would feel better. And then it began. I started it. Asking him silly questions about his tummy. After a few minutes of mild giggling on my part, I told Jet he had to go to bed. He started pouting. Batted his eyes and pleaded to stay up a little longer. I told him he would have to ask daddy.

So, all eyes went on Daddy. He told jet that he could stay up for 10 minutes. That should be long enough for his tummy ache to get better. Jet agreed. A couple seconds went by and Jet said....


Well, ummmmm..I have been thinking...that uh..I changed my mind...20 minutes...yeah that should do it.

I think it was the way he said it. And the innocent look mixed with a half smirk that made James and I laugh so hard. Jet knows exactly what he is doing.

He knows that if he can keep us laughing, he can do no wrong. Or get out of the wrong he has done. LOL

And sadly he is right.....we are softies for our fellow funny people....especially if he is our son..

Icy Weather....

has hit the panhandle..............


I love the way the world looks like after an ice storm. I know an ice storm can make roads treacherous and power lines can go down, but it makes everything look so beautiful.

School has been canceled for today. The twins are watching a movie and Quinn is in his new swing sleeping.

Speaking of Quinn! He received a present from a sweet friend of mine and talented scrapbooker; Dawn Tavela. My fellow Tony Stewart fan!!!

You know how I was saying that we have not really bought anything for Quinn yet? Well, Dawn helped us out with that. She gave us a stroller! It was so sweet of her. But it is not just any ole stroller...

Oh nooooo...she gave us this....

A TONY STEWART STROLLER!!!

How cool is that?

And she made this for Quinn too.........
I absolutely love this...Now I have to go out and buy some of this Grunge board....it is just awesome!!


Thank you so much Dawn. It all means so much to me.