Checking in again...

Home again to rest up and bathe before I return to work tomorrow. I hate spending the night away from my hubs but I have to get some rest for work. I also hate having to return to work while my husband lays in a hospital bed. But ya gotta do what ya gotta do I guess. So do you like my new specs? You can see my new glasses above and my old ones below. It's not the ones I broke...it's my "backup pair" that I don't care for all that much.So here are a few pages I did a while back for the Scrapgal site.
Ok, now I'm tired and have to go to bed so I be somewhat of a normal human being at work tomorrow. Night.

Home for the night

Yes I'm home for the night. Where do I start? Well...I have been in some what of an emotional tailspin. After we came home from the emergency room on Friday morning, David's health rapidly declined. He just got sicker and sicker. His fever continued to rage and his breathing we shallow and rapid. I was so scared. So back to the ER we headed Saturday morning and this time they admitted him immediately. Well I say immediately, but we had to wait 12 hours in the emergency room until a room became available. And we have been there ever since. He has a rare form of viral pneumonia that was very hard to diagnose. Unfortunately there is no way to treat it...just treat the symptoms. We only just found this out yesterday. So for almost a week we were terrified and had no real idea what he had or why he was not responding to the antibiotics. One night he had a temp of 105 and we had to pack him in ice. That was a horrible night that I will never forget. Well after 7 days, 3 doctors, 2 specialists and countless nurses, we now know what it is...at least we are 99% certain. We are still waiting to get some more lab results. The bad news is that the recuperation time for this is very, very long. Like months before he is back to normal. We have a long road ahead.

So what have I been doing? Well I have continued my 365 pics despite all that has been going on. I am totally committed to that project. I have also managed to do some scrapping at the hospital.

This is the mini I made for the July Dig Deeper Kit. Although this was made prior to this ordeal, the theme really hits the nail on the head with what I'm going through. The theme is "Issues". If I only knew what "issues" lay ahead when I made this mini. Ironically enough one of the tabs in the book is about health. I think I'll have a lot to add to that chapter. Here is a closer look.

I'll take some better pics and post when I get some time.

This is my scrapjacked layout for the July 1st jack.

And now for some 365 love. Get ready, I haven't loaded these in quite a while so there are tons! And I'm too lazy to put them in the proper order. Lots of hospital shots.

And would you believe that I have more to share but I'm exhausted. I'll have to post my other scrappies later.

So that's that. I go back to the hospital tomorrow to be with my hubs. Hopefully I will be well rested after a night at home in my own bed. It felt SO good to come home and put Zane to bed. You can't believe how much you miss routine until it's gone. And during the craziness of all of these health issues, Friday night when I jumped out of bed to see about David, I knocked my glasses off the night stand and stepped on them. So needless to say I'm in need of a new pair. I am scheduled to see about that tomorrow. So for my next 365s you may be seeing my new specks! Ok, off to bed for me. Please keep us in your prayers.

Smooches.

Airing on the side of caution

Ok, so that is totally not my picture above but I needed an emergency room picture for dramatic effect. So we spent the night in the ER last night until about about 4 this morning. Apparently David has "walking pneumonia". So in addition to his kidney stones, he now has this to deal with. So let me back up...he told me yesterday afternoon that he was not feeling well but his has not been uncommon lately. Well later on he told me he was about to pass out and after taking his temp I saw he was burning up with 104 temperature. Long story short, we tried to get his fever down with no luck and ended up in the ER only to find out out that according to the ER doctor and our $150 copay, there is nothing else they can do. Nice. So he is home resting and his fever has broken again for the second time since last night. It's so annoying to know something is up and the damn doctors can't figure it out. Speaking of which, I was also suffering from a migraine last night but fortunately it was mild and was soon forgotten about with all the ER mess. Anywho, this is a few pics from my evening.

Ran through Mickey D's for some grub for me and the my little man while Daddy rested before be brought him to the ER. It was rainy and nasty and seemed like EVERYONE in town had the same idea for supper last night.

And this is where we spent the night. Cozy, right? Good 'ol lucky 13! How is it that every time I go to the Hospital we are in room 13? I don't like the odds of that.

On a lighter note, Kate and I are meeting up tomorrow to chat about kit stuff and our two little ones get to have a bit of a play date. So FUN! Well more on that later. I'm off to try to catch up on some sleep. Wish me luck!

Damn...where have I been?

I haven't updated since Monday and still not much to share.
Just some 365s. Above is Tuesday, below is Wednesday...I was thinking of sugarbutt that day and wore the fabulous earrings she made for me.
And here is today. It perfectly captures my mood. Just sort of blah. Nothing fabulous. Nothing horrible. I'm sore from the gym last night. It's Thursday. Tomorrow is Friday. You know how it goes. Just work as usual. Hopefully I'll get my butt in gear and do something creative today. One can dream...right?

What's Inspiring You?

This is on my inspiration board right now.

I'm going to make a layout based on it. I love the black and white stripes and the green leaves of the plants.

Speaking of layouts, I made a few with my June Studio Calico kit. Love the colors in it...so fresh!
On this one I used the flag page from the Domino magazine and a bunch of Anthorpology clothes tags for the background.And on to the 365's. Here is today's.

And yesterday...I dined on this delish lemon cookie from Starbucks. Good Lord that was yummines. *sigh*

Pretty Laid Back...

Yep this weekend was fairly laid back. Did a bit of scrappin. Got some ATC card action.

Took some 365's like this one tonight looking at all the meds that have consumed our lives and our bank account. I mean damn prescriptions are pricey! Geeezzz.

We took a spin through Perkins Rowe to meet a friend for dinner Friday night but due to horrible service we had to leave before we were even served. Then we went to a wedding reception for my cousin and oddly enough I had a better time chatting about politics and work than I expected. (Yes Lindsey...we talked about politics.)

*and shockingly enough, I was in Perkins Rowe and did NOT go into Anthropologie. (although I REALLY wanted to*

And here I am at work Thrusday doing what I do. Ain't it glamorous?

So that's about it for now. Nothing too fun and exciting right now. Just life.

Do you Cosmo?

Got a tiny bit of scrappin' done...

Used the new Cosmo Cricket line to make a cute little calendar and a layout about my new summer signature color! Seriously love that blackboard book. It just made the perfect little tiny calendar. Also used stuff from the June SIS style phyle and calendar stamps are Purple Onion.

Anxious

Yes I'm Anxious. But first...365 for today...

...and yesterday. (*note the new cut*)
Now why am I anxious you ask? Well...Kate and I were emailing back and forth about some kit stuff and the coming months are gonna be so frickin' awesome. And our guest designers we have lined up...OMFG. Seriously. Heaven. See, I'm getting all jumpy just typing about it. Secondly, my long lost BFF Lindsey, AKA Sugarbutt is on the home stretch for moving back to Baton Rouge. Again, getting giddy just thinking about it. She is such an inspiration to me as a wife...as a mother...as a friend. I love her with all my little 'ol southern heart.

I know you will miss your TX home and your new friends that you have come to love but you will be back home and more blessed than ever...and I can't be happier. Selfish I know...but this is me you are talking about...what did you expect?! Can't wait to have you back sugar!

So yes, I'm anxious. Perhaps it's just the cup of coffee I just consumed...but more likely due to the above reasons.

New Haircuts, New Toys, Father's Day & Scrapjacked Mini

First, here are my 365's for today and yesterday...
Now for a weekend recap...We all got haircuts this weekend. David was all too pleased to fix Zane's hair to match his.
Today David put together a playground set for Zane. That's how he wanted to spend his Father's day morning. And this smiling face makes that all worth it for him.

Then he grilled us some hamburgers on his new grill he got for father's day. Zane was quite fond of them.
Grandma and Grandpa came eat with us and brought Zane a new toy. He was quite fond of that too.Here is my little mini I did for the Kara jack over at Scrapjacked. I love how it turned out! You can see more of it in my gallery. Dig Deeper is sponsoring one of the prizes so play along with us for a chance to win. AND Kate is our guest jacker. She totally rocked it with us!

Confirmation

Yes this has confirmed my belief that the 365 project is profoundly meaningful.
It's the story of Jamie Livingston and his life journey through a picture a day. I found the link to it on Sara's blog and knew that I had to share it with everyone I come into contact with. A lot of you have asked what the 365 project is all about. Well this is it. The pictures are not great. The light is not ideal. He didn't use the latest and greatest technology. But they are perfect. Check it out. It gave me chills looking through his story.

Do I have to have a title?

Working on a bunch of things lately. Can't quite share just yet but soon. My Dig Deeper mini is pretty much done as well as my scrapjack for the 15th. You guys are gonna flippin love the jack on the 15th. It's gonna inspire you. Also working on some cards for a couple of ATC swaps. So love those.
And this my friends, is proof that my little man is growing up so fast. This is the begining of his "art" collection. Yep, you are witnessing it right here before your eyes. He colored these little masterpieces this week at daycare. He is such a big boy! So the refrigirater art collection begins.

Is it Friday yet?

Last night was not a good night with my little guy. Between 9 & midnight he woke up 6 times and then coughed the rest of the night. I don't know what his deal is. He seemed to be in good spirits this morning though. He just hasn't been himself at night the last few days. I'm thinking a doctor's visit may be in order.

Now onto kit news, as I mentioned above, I was up pretty late last night scrapbooking and listening for Zane. I finished my mini for the first challange over at Dig Deeper. I just have a few finishing touches...waiting on a couple of goodies to come. Here is a little peek at it. The title letters were substituted until the kit letters come in but I had to get the full visual out of my head and down on paper or I wouldn't be able to sleep!

Digging deep is hard. I'm not a journaler. This will certainly be a growing process for me but I know I need to get these things down. More to come on this little treasure soon.

Wowza!

Wanna peek at the very first Dig Deeper kit?Kate and I are just blown away by the response we are getting so we have decided to put the peek up early and start preorders tomorrow. Tomorrow morning we will put the preorder feature on the site. Check out the site for details. I'll post a peek of my book soon too.

Dig Deeper!

Ahh yes, the website is up! Check us out! Kate has worked really hard on the site and I think it looks superb! We will meet up tomorrow to discuss some specifics and I couldn't be happier!


So what have I done so far this weekend. hmmm...let me think...where do I start?

I did some scrappin' with my Masters kit Friday afternoon.





Went out to eat and see a band play Friday night. Starting to become a habit.

Saturday was interesting. We spend a good chunk of the afternoon in the Urgent Medical Care office. Asthma issues. grrrr. He is good now. My sweet little angel. Below is my 365 taken during that ordeal.

Also spent the evening catching up with my old pal Jill. So glad to reconnect with her. We just entertain each other. She finally got to spend some quality time with my little munchkin.

I think they hit it off. Sorry for the crappy pic but it was taken in the moment.

Well that's all for now. It's totally late...Time to pass out until it be morrow. Sorry, that was lame.

Friday, Sweet Friday!

I am very pleased to say it IS Friday.
I am also very pleased that this purse I've been lusting over is mine all mine! And so it became the focus of my 365 for today.

And here are my pics from Thursday & Wednesday.

We don't normally go out two weekends in a row...but tonight our favortie new 80's cover band is playing their final show. *tear* So the inlaws are keeping my sweet baby boy and we get to rock out to some 80's LOVE! And since I've been CRAVING sushi, we are trying a new sushi place and I am quite pleased about that too!

Oh and I got my Masters kit yesterday and have already started getting my scrap on...

Ok, back to scrapin' before we head to the gym. Laters!

Just pictures today

Just a couple of 365's and a few from the weekend.


They make me feel young. *sigh*

So does he. Classy huhhh? LOL!

Hello June.

Just a lazy weekend. I just have some pics to share before I turn in for the night.365 for yesterday.

You can now add mechanic and handyman to Zane's resume.
Went to a birthday party for my friend/co worker's little girl's first birthday. Tayor is Zane's daycare crush too! LOL!
Here is my 365 for today June 1st scrapjack.
That is all.

Exciting new developments

Yeah, exciting indeed.
See I'm gonna be teaming up with this fabulous lady to add a little spice to the world of kits!
She has come up with this fabulous concept of making a challange/kit blog centered around mini books and she has asked me to parter up with her! I'm so stoked I can't even tell you!

Here is a little peek at what the site will look like. Just a peek.
Just as the logo says, it is all about digging deeper and telling your story. This new venture will help me to grow in my journey as we inspire countless others to do the same. So, so flippin' exciting. I can't wait to share more!

Till then, you will just have to be held over by my other scrappies...I leave you with this page I did on the sweet Amber Ulmer.


Well that's all for now. Time to get some shut eye...if I can manage to get these scrappy thoughts out of my head long enough to fall asleep!

I know not of this 365 you speak of....

Today

Tuesday

Wednesday

Sorry for my lack of bloggage but this week has sucked. Stress at work, fussy baby with monster diaper rash, I still feel crappy and hubs had kidney stones. YES, kidney stones. Nice. But things are getting much better as the week winds down.

Ok, so I've gotten a number of emails about what's this 365 photo project I keep talking about. What are the rules? Can any one play? Well yes, anyone can play. As for rules, it's simple...it has to be a self portrait and you take one every day. That's it. You can set a timer, use a tripod, hold the camera out and snap it, whatever...as long as you take the picture yourself. I've seen a number of very inspirational folks that I admire doing this project but I got my real inspiration from Kate. Her beautiful pictures pushed me to do it myself. See Kate, I told you you were a total inspiration! This little project is making want a better camera but the funny thing is most of mine are taken with my camera on my iphone. The ones I use the timer for are with my point and shoot Kodak. There are quite a few flickr groups you can join and upload your pics and get feedback from other 365ers but I just like taking them for me and blogging them. It just makes me happy. I spend so much time shopping and putting together outfits and such that it is sort of gratifing to see it in pictures everyday. Vain. I know. But whatevs! LOL! So that's it. Go. Shoot. Document your daily self in pics. If you want to join a flickr group just go to flickr and search 365 and see all the groups pop up. They all have simular rules...just find the little nook you like and go with it. Oh and LINK ME UP too! I wanna see what you come up with so i can follow your 365 journey!

Here's to summer...

Summer is offically here. Today for Memorial Day, we dined on hot dogs and drank lemonaid. God Bless America!
Oh and last night my mom and I got together to do some scrappin. I was very productive!
Take a peek...

I leave you with a few more pics from today.

And finally my 365...

Laters ya'll! Work tomorrow.

Got Crabs?

Ok so that was a cheesy title but I couldn't resist. This is my pic of the day. Not much else to share. Today was good. Boiled crawfish. Boiled crabs. Ice cole Coke. Icecream Snickers. A day at the river. A dip in the baby pool for Zane. Just a good day all around. Well until we got home and my son nearly choked to death on apple sauce that he insisted on feeding himself. *hmmph*

Well gots to go get ready...my mom is coming to get her scrap on tonight. Laters!

Blah.

Yeah. Blah. Not many happies in my day. But these did bring a smile to my face.
As you know we were supposed to be at the beach this weekend. That didn't happen. Then we were supposed to go out for drinks last night (badly needed drinks). And that didn't happen. Then we were supposed to go tonight to make up for the missed drinks and well...here I am. Laid out on my sofa...typing instead of sippin' on my lemon drop martini. Damit.

So I leave you with my 365. At least I felt cute today.
See, that is why it is so important to look stylish. Somedays you don't have much else! LOL!

Working through the weekend...

Still feel like shit. But I'm managing.
You can totally tell I'm tired...see my lazy eye in my 365 pic? My left eye gets droopy when I'm tired. Random fact. Sorry. Oh and while the weather was pounding us with wind and hail last night, I couldn't sleep. So I made these pages...

All for now. Here's hoping that I snap out of this funk. At least I still have my creativity! LOL!

Beach Bummer...

Well no beach trip. We cancelled it. Bad weather & bad head ache. Grrr.. So I leave you with some 365 pics.

Thursday, 5/22/08

Wednesday, 5/21/08

And so I sleep. Still taking the day off tomorrow. But no beach. Boo. Hiss.

...shake my little tush on the catwalk

First, above is my 365 for today...

Ok, now onto scrap happenings...I'm so excited! For the second week in a row, I made the catwalk over at Scrap In Style! See that bottom picture on the left...that's my layout! You can check it out here (until next week's is posted).

Gretchen picked my "If I lay here" layout. She said she loved the black and aqua on the kraft paper, she loves the song and loved the sweet pic. *blush* Thanks Gretchen!

Ok, now I have to go cook me some grub. I'm thinking spinach and artichoke pasta.

Fresh pics

365 Pic for Monday 5_19_08 (I think this my be my fav to date)


365 Pic for Sunday 5_18_08

That's all I got folks! Just wanted to post these before I had another monster post like yesterday! LOL!

My Heart is Happy

My baby has been so sweet this weekend. That makes me happy.

I got my rainbow swap package sent off to my SIS partner (and mine is in route to me too). That makes me happy.
I took some cute 365 pictures. That makes me happy.

Friday 365:

Saturday 365:

Sunday 365 soon to come.

And I scraped. A lot. That makes me super dupper happy.

All this and an Old Navy/Anthorpologie/Fresh Market shopping trip. That made me really, really happy.

AND we are going to the beach next weekend. Whhheeeeee! See...Happy.

Did I mention I was inspired?

After doing the Kate jack I was so inspired that I just scrapped my little heart out. This is the result...


Below is a card I made for the family of a neighbor that passed away. The were so appreciative that someone MADE them a card. That made all those unappreciated handmade gifts I've ever made all worth while.
And this little piece of elegance is a graduation gift I made for my cousin who is graduating tonight. (Aunt Charlotte, if you are looking at this before Friday night...STOP!) he he!

As for the pending weekend, well a graduation tonight and that's about all. I'm hoping on doing a little shopping binge and perhaps a trip to my long lost scrapbook store. I would also like to take some pictures if the weather cooperates. We'll see.

Well that's all for now. Laters!

Thursday Already?

Where HAS the week gone? I've been feeling a bit drained but I was super excited to do this week's jack. This time we jacked Kate O'Brien! As you recall, I recently met Kate so it was a treat to have an excuse to jack one of her pages. Problem is, now I want to jack more of them! They are just so clean and raw and personal. I mean look at the page I did (above)...I journaled. ME...JOURNALED! I know. Crazy. I think I wanna do some more things based on her pages. She is truly an inspiration.

Ok, so here are my latest self portraits from yesterday and today.


See that green shirt....it's my fav. It was an Anthropologie splurge. I think I'm due for another trip there. he he!

Migraines suck.

Yeah. They suck. This is my 365 pic from yesterday when I was suffering from one.
And no, the meds the doctor gave me didn't work. And this one was quite possibly the worst one yet.

Then I snapped this one as I was about to leave work this afternoon. Did I mention I feel skinny today. That's good. Right? With a migraine hangover I can dwell in that...can't I?
Oh, I almost forgot, look what I found in my mailbox today! Woooohhhooo! Delish vintage goodies from Sushipotparts.
Good stuff I tell ya. Good stuff.

On this day we celebrate our mothers...

This is my mom. She is super. She is my best friend.
This mother's day was so nice. My mother in law invited us all (including my parents) over to their house for a barbeque. And we all got to spend the day together.
And this is the flower that my sweet child brought to me (picked himself) and gave me a big mother's day kiss. It was actually my second mother's day kiss from him. The first was when he and David brought me my mother's day gift in bed this morning.
And this is my 365 for the day. I looked up in the mirror on our way to the in-laws and saw me looking back at him and thought, you know what...this moment will be so lost in other moments in the next few years...I wanted to remember it.
So besides mother's day this weekend, we went out and reconnected with some old friends last night. We went to a comedy club and then downtown to a new pizza joint called "Schlittz & Giggles". How funny is that?! Loved the sign. Loved the pizza almost as much.
We had the "Kitchen Floor".
I sure do love a supreme pizza. All the olives,the mushrooms,the bell peppers, the meats, all of it.

It was a nice night. I just love being downtown. It has become quite the place to be with all the revitalization that has taken place.


Well that's all for this, my second Mother's day. I can hardly believe that I have only been a mother for 20 months. Hummpphhh. You know what they say about time. It flies.

Inspired.