There is a light!

It seemed like we'd never make a turn for the better! Last night is the first night in 4 nights that everyone slept the entire night! I'm feeling SO much better. I'm just sneezing and have a lot of congestion in my head, but that is 100% better than the last few days. Ryan doesn't look like death any more and Austin is doing fine. Zachary is having a heck of a time shaking off his fever. He has decided to not take medicine any more and when I approach him he starts to hyperventalate and gag and cry and choke and then proceed to throw up. Isn't that lovely? After I posted last night saying no one had thrown up, he puked all over the computer chair and the floor. It doesn't matter what I say to assure him that he'll be ok, he freaks out! I actually disguised the medicine in some juice and it was like he knew. Today he pulled the same drama and then after I got him to take it he said, "that's not so bad." Poor baby. I'm not trying to poison him. Ryan will be home tomorrow. It's nice that the two sickies can lay around together because I actually got some (minor) cleaning done and pulled out my scrapbooking stuff! I never have time to scrap at home!

I'm very grateful for my mother in law this week. She has really helped us out immensely. Bringing us groceries and some home cooked meals. Thank god for our Bah-Ba. (it's a nickname Zachary gave her as a baby)

Austin is competing on Saturday morning in a Track and Field event. All the 4th, 5th and 6th graders in our district will compete. He's really excited. Though it's at 8:30 in the morning, it should be a good time! He'll be doing the "Running Long Jump" and the "Standing Broad Jump".

Thanks for the get well comments, now back to scrapping!

Still sick

in fact it seems like we're all a little worse today. The boys have bronchitis. Ryan the same. I'm trying to convince him to go back to the doctors because I think after 48 hours on antibotics he should sound somewhat better. Me...just running the course of the flu. Thankfully no throwing up.

Working on a Mission report. Not happy. Was told that we'd be told ahead of time of deadlines. That didn't happen and Austin's outline is due tomorrow. I only found out yesterday. Now I'm being called upon to go play Nick Jr. Bye for now.

Sick again!

My whole family is sick. Man is it miserable. Austin started with a cough last week and had a 103 fever over the weekend. Ryan had a really bad cough/cold last weekend and it carried through to this past weekend. He has some sort of bronchial infection. Zachary & I are coughing and running fevers and achey. I couldn't even hardly get out of bed yesterday. Just too tired. Austin was kind of better, but I thought, "what's one more day of rest?" So he and Zach missed school. Austin went today, but he was not happy. I hate being sick. I guess because I hardly ever get sick and now twice in about 2 months! Well I'm off to rest......

Tagged

I was tagged by Stacey....7 little facts about me.

1. I love chocolate but am totally allergic to it!

2. I'm a night owl. I run on about 6 hours of sleep. My dad, sister and brothers are the same way.

3. I'm an obsessive organizing freak! I constantly purge and am always straightening something.

4. I love the color pink

5. I wear make-up everyday unless I'm really sick. I do love a good lipgloss!

6. I love reality tv shows. They are so lame......but I can't help but watch them.

7. "If" I ever get divorced again, I plan on marrying Julian McMahon. If you don't know who that is, you haven't been reading my blog long enough!

I'm tagging Laura R. you're do for a blog update ;)

A Layout to share

I did this one the other night. I love it. The colors are so vibrant and just perfect! This is last New Years Eve. This year we just stayed home. It is a scraplift of my internet friend, Ms. Leslie Ashe. I just love her style. Anyhoo....this is my take of one of her layouts.

I'm really excited that CHA is in about 19 days! The sneak peeks keep rolling in. So excited! The weekend after CHA we're going to Big Bear with my parents and little brother. We were supposed to borrow a cabin from my mom's friend, but that didn't work out and now we're renting one. Can't wait! I was really surprised to see that there were A LOT available to rent. I think people are under the impression since all the fires there wouldn't be rentals or that it would be expensive. So not the case. So if you're interested, totally check it out! I can't wait...I know I already said that, but I haven't been to the snow since Austin was 3 and he'll be 10 on Friday!

Back to my laundry. I've been working on it all day........I just can't seem to get it done!

Testing....

I mentioned back in December that we got Austin the "Flip" video camera. I'm trying to see if it's going to work here. Cross your fingers. It's nothing exciting. Just a great tool to share stuff.

I worked yesterday and today. Busy, busy. There must be a lot of people in the Valentine mood. I did a TON of make & takes yesterdays. Non stop busy from 12-4. Valentine Cards and a Treat Bag. Very cute stuff. Today I helped with a birthday party at the Bee. How fun! The girls made the magnetic boards and 3 bracelets. I wish they had fun stuff like this when I was 11. Ryan was off so it made it possible for me to help out.

Austin's 10th Birthday is Friday. We're just going to Dave & Busters with our family and his closest friend. I told them they could each have a "loaded" game card. Hopefully they won't burn through it too fast! Then he'll spend the night and I promised to take the boys to breakfast. They are really excited. Saturday is an all day crop at the Bee. I really need to get organized and plan out some stuff so I don't just sit there chit chatting. Though that is fun too!

Ugh. This video is taking too long to upload. YEAH!!! It worked!

Cosmo Cricket

I found this link on another site.....it's really cute and clever. Scroll down and watch the first video and then watch today's post. Enjoy my scrapbooking friends!
http://cosmocricket.blogspot.com/

Procratinating

That's what I'm doing right now. I'm working on our budget for the next month and it's stressing me out! I have to put a certain amount of money away for Hawaii and I opened up 2 credit accounts at the holidays to get all the extra discounts and now I'm trying to make everything balance. I've eaten horrible today because of my nerves. On the up side I did exercise twice this week and am planning on going again Friday. That keeps me in check.

Did you watch American Idol last night? The tryouts are the best. I'm on the countdown until Jan 31st. LOST is back on. I cannot wait! Well I better run, Zachary is finger painting and in his underwear and Austin is supposed to be doing homework and he is MIA.

Oh and yes Heather, I will be at the Bee on Friday night to crop. :)

Sunday

I have to work today and it looks like a nice day. I think I rather be outside at the park :)
I'm teaching a magnetic board make & take. Super easy and really cute.
Speaking of projects, I realized I have about 6 mini books/projects I've started and not really ever finished. Why is that? Why do I take these classes or buy these kits and don't complete them? I really need to finish them up because they are super cute. Michelle from the Scrappin Table said that she's offering a morning Coffee Break type crop from 9-1 on Wednesday mornings. That might be the perfect time to get these projects caught up because I'm already itching to start new ones and Zachary is at school. Speaking of the Scrapping Table, it was nice to see some familiar faces and visit with Michelle. We used to crop once a month at Placentia Linda Hospital until they started doing construction. So that group was dismantled and I haven't really seen everyone in sometime. Well, off to get ready for work. Have a nice Sunday, it sure is beautiful outside!

Aloha!

We bought our tickets yesterday! Big sigh of relief. I have to tell you Ryan had me frantic the other day. He went on Expedia and said there were only 10 seats left for this really inexpensive flight! Yikes!!! Well.....after more research, that's all they had left, there were really about 80 or seats left. We're flying on ATA. They are inexpensive. and think along the lines of Southwest. Oh well, it's not about the ride there. Everyone else was a good $150 more per ticket.

It looks like the CHA sneak peeks have been rolling in. Karen has gotten some and let me see, but I found a site that has A LOT of sneak peeks! Oh man....good stuff!

I stopped by the Scrappin' Table today. http://thescrappintable.blogspot.com/ It looks good and can't wait to see the store come along. It was really nice to chat with Tiffany. Usually when I run into other "scrappers" I only have but a minute to talk. I'll be joining them tomorrow night for a crop. It's hard not going to the Bee, but my girlfriend is going and just doesn't want to drive so far after being at work all day. So I'll miss seeing my "regular" scrappin' buddies Friday night, but will be at The Bee on Sunday!

Waiting.....

I'm waiting for Ryan to call me so we can finally book our airline tickets to Hawaii! {gulp} We keep missing one another and playing phone tag and tonight he has a dinner. I had to go transfer money today from our savings so we can pay cash for these tickets! That is such a great feeling. Nothing exciting today. Just the "normal" stuff going on. Zachary did come home with red frosting stained on his lips, cheeks and fingers. Why on earth would you send red frosted cupcakes to school??? I think I'm pretty easy going about what the kids eat......but red frosting? I try to stay away from red food coloring for the kids. Then his teacher....bless her heart. She had two parents show up with cupcakes for birthdays today. She had to let them eat two. Zachary came home with all his lunch, though he did manage to eat a 1/4 of his sandwich! Oh well, you're only 4 once!

Layouts and a purse

A really quick post. I got a new bag at the Coach outlet last week~smok'in deal! Deb I thought you'd enjoy it!

Also some Christmas Layouts. THese pics are from LAST YEAR! That's how behind I am. Enjoy! Oh and some are blurry, sorry, I was rushing.

The Night before.....

everyone goes back to school! Yeah!!! I really like being on a routine, it just works for me. I've felt so scatter brained for the last two weeks. I can't remember what day it is half the time. Plus the routine means I get "me" time again. Time to exercise, time to shower uniterrupted, time to shop without someone asking if I would pleeeeeeeeeeeeease buy this or that, time to put the toys away. I enjoyed the break, and the kids being home, but it's time to be back on a routine.

I worked today and I taught this;

I made this for a make and take. It actually goes through June. I just don't have the pics for it. Super easy and it's only$12. So worth the money and so far everyone that has made it has really enjoyed doing it. You don't have to have pictures, but it helps. I'm demo'ing this again next Sunday. Come by and see me!

Tomorrow I'm planning on taking pictures of my Christmas layouts that I've made to share. These are from last Christmas. I'm exactly 1 year behind in my scrapbooking. On the 26th the Bee is having an all day crop, which I hope to go to, which I hope to finish last Christmas and my NY album. Austin's 10th Birthday is on the 25th. Not sure what he wants to do yet, but I would like to have an evening birthday party on the 25th.

Have a great rest of the night, I'm hoping to watch Amazing Race!

Winding down

I can't believe the holiday break is almost over. I'm not ready to get back to the morning stress and homework woes. Deep breathes. Today I have to drive out to Palm Desert to go get Austin. I need to leave in about 30 minutes. That's going to take up almost the whole day. Yuck.
I was thinking about going to Disneyland tomorrow, but it looks like rain if forecasted. :( That stinks. I'd take the kids to a movie, but my Grandma took Austin to all the kid movies this week! Lucky boy. Oh, maybe Hullabaloos! I'll find out if their open and let some friends know if their interested in meeting up. They've been doing open play time during the week.
Better run, have a nice Thursday!