the little people...

picture share.

Hailee and her "dog" that she bought with her saved allowance.

then look what I found this morning - during a rare moment of him playing alone and in a DIFFERENT room than me!

(could he be ANY cuter?)

Ta-Da!!! and pumpkin thoughts!

first off - a big thank you to TaDa studios for sponsoring the Playground this month. Here are my creations! at first the colors through me off, but once I got working I had fun and everything fell into place!!

also - been drooling over the pumpkin recipes at PW's blog (link on the right) and I'm thinking of making some puree this year and having a pumpkin feast! I'll have to get my own pumpkins, I won't want the "leftovers" from the kids' carving! lol But I want to make the pumpkin butter and cake for SURE! and I'm going to try seeds again - last year it didn't turn out that great but I refuse to give up hope that I can do it - I mean it isn't difficult. and the seeds are lowfat so I have to do it. have to.

I'll let you know how that goes :)

I'm more than half way through New Moon. It's not pulling me in the way Twilight did, I'm falling asleep a lot :) but I have 2 more to read and I WILL read them all! I can't go into details - but if a certain someone doesn't show up in my pages soon I'm going to freak out!

oh - and I had a CT scan today. Yep, went and had pictures of my brain taken. Do you know what they charge for that? Highway robbery I tell you. anyway - if anything comes back that is worth talking about I'll let you know :)

I didn't make it through to round 3 over at YMBD. I'm really not surprised - I have thoughts on that - but I'm okay with it because I have a lot on my plate right now. I'm going to get going on my RSC projects (some are turning into Christmas gifts!) and continue reading and start a "holiday plan".

Here's the layout I did for round 2 - I can share it now. doesn't he look so intense?? LOL

October MiniMaps

I was asked to create a layout using a new mini map for October over at PageMaps! I was SO super excited! I don't usually do mini's but have a Santa album for the kids so I took advantage. BUT - didn't like how it turned out so I did another one and gave it to my mom as a gift - here are both the layouts.

thanks for looking :)

Thank you, Becky, for allowing me to be a part of your "friends list!"!!!!

I'm here.

bad blogger. I am here. Hailee was out of school on Monday and Tuesday with an ear infection. she complained Sunday afternoon then it hurt so bad she woke up in the middle of the night and I had to give her Tylenol. she tried to say it was fine Monday but we took her to the doc anyway - the doc said "oh YES it DOES hurt!". that bad, huh?

so she's back at school today. whew. she's a goofy high energy child I tell ya. lol

good news, sort of. the first person to come look at our glider rocker bought it! yay! extra money for bedding for the sofa sleeper! bad thing is that rocker put in a lot of hours between my two kids! Hailee and I rocked a lot when she was an infant, that's the only way I could get her to sleep. and Braden likes to be rocked and hugged when he gets up - so now we'll just have to "sway" in the recliner, lol.

let's see, what else. Darren played hookie yesterday - I was excited to have him home until he spent 6 hours playing that stupid Call of Duty game! grr! he's at work today thank goodness - I think that game haunts him in his sleep on nights he plays!

I won a contest! People actually voted for my layout in a sketch contest at YMBD. couldn't believe it! I didn't even vote for it! lol here it is:

oh and I have to do a layout for round 2 in the "So You Think You Can Scrap" contest also at YMBD. I can't share that one, but come by Friday after 8pm eastern (until Sunday) and cast your vote for your favorite layout there. There are SO many great scrappers in round 2 so I imagine it will be a difficult vote for ya'll!

I think that's it. I'm going to go change a diaper now because that is what I do :)

Card making day!!!

so what have you done? here's a few of what I've made!

time to vote!

We need your votes!!! Come and help us decide who should move on to Round #2 of YMBD's "So You Think You Can Scrap" Contest! Click HERE to view the submissions and cast your vote!