{me}anderings . . .

little g . . . big g . . .

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what a difference a year makes . . . here g is the first day of school in the fall and the last day of school today . . . when he starts back next fall he'll no longer be in the nursery . . . he's moving up to the preschool room . . . assuming he learns to use the potty this summer, of course . . . and on a side note . . . oh i've got the summer blues . . . today was the last day of school as i already mentioned . . . and i just realized that summer school, which i'll be teaching, starts monday . . . sad, sad, sad . . . :P

ah but i do not wish to leave you on a sad note, so here's a little funny for you . . . i accidentally left my new flipflops at renee's house this afternoon and had a target run planned immediately after . . . do you think i wasted time stopping by the house for another pair . . . oh no, not me . . . i'm a bit of a free spirit anyway . . . yep . . . i walked through target barefoot . . . and i'll have you know i only caught one person making eye contact with my unclad feet . . . see . . . people aren't nearly as judgemental as you'd think . . . ha . . . or maybe they're just not observant . . . :D

little picasso . . .

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g has discoverd my acrylic paint stash and has been requesting to "pink" a lot these days.  i'm only too happy to oblige.  love that my little guy loves to paint.  love that he's getting creative and can actually communicate his creativity with me.  here he is painting dinosaurs and dinosaur tracks.  trees and snakes.  fun times.  :D

guess i should come clean now.  i got a tiny bit sidetracked with the computer while he was strapped in his chair painting his little heart out.  before i knew it i hear, "look mommy.  i a gator.  raaar!" and turn to see this . . .

he came clean too, by the way . . . :D

happy memorial day . . .

ours was a mostly good one . . .

billy and melissa came over this morning . . . melissa scrapped with me and billy played with g.  g got a new superman video and cape . . . and i got my may class sample done.  they spoil us.  :D

uh.  little update on my 7 layout marathon . . . i got 3 done . . . basically i am lazy.  :D

we went to michelle and chris's for a memorial day cookout.  fabulous cookout.  wish i could say we had a fun time but alas g was a TOTAL pain.  don't know what his problem was.  he's fine now.  here are a couple pics so you can see how much we enjoyed ourselves . . .

 

he did actually get in the kiddie pool and splash around for 15 minutes or so, but i won't post any of those because i am still peeved and want you to feel sorry for me.  :P

ok.  taking my little bundle of joy to bed now.  hope your day was wonderful.  (ours really was too . . . mostly).  :D

mission impossible two . . .

so g spent some time with his papi this afternoon so i was home alone . . .  i watched a little dtv . . . the suite life, that's so raven, lizzie mcquire, even stevens . . . shameful, i know, but adult tv was boring and my tv watching skills have gotten a little rusty . . .  i did finally get a couple layouts done . . . the chances of having a boastful 7 completed by tomorrow night are looking slim though . . . this mission is indeed beginning to seem impossible . . . mostly due to sheer laziness . . .

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in other news . . . i had another impulse buy . . . autumn leaves designing with type . . . fabulous! . . . total eye candy! . . . i'm LOVING it! . . . and i got a layout picked up for september st and two cards for their holiday ideabook . . . fun times . . . tomorrow's memorial day in case you've forgotten . . . party on . . . :D

mission impossible . . .

i have seven layouts i'd like to get done this week.  yep.  SEVEN.  it IS a long weekend, after all.  not making much progress yet though.  fell asleep putting g to bed last night at 8:30.  yes.  you read that right.  found some old school spiderman and his amazing friends this morning.  good stuff.  g likes it too.  renee invited us to the pool again.  guess we'll HAVE to do that.  lalala.  guess you'll just have to stay tuned to see if i ever get motivated to scrap again.  :D

did this one the week before last . . . just thought i'd share . . . because you know i gotta have a picture . . . :D

impulse buys . . .

raise your hand if your guilty of bringing them home . . . oh the impulse buy . . . had several yesterday . . . it all started innocently enough . . . i needed to get a few pictures developed so i could get back in the scrapping groove . . . in fact, one of the pictures hadn't even been taken yet . . . a picture of my tootsies in their summer gear . . . and while thinking on this little photoshoot  i realized i had no flip flops that matched the patterned paper that i needed to use for the layout i intended to do for Scrap it! . . . my mind immediately flew back to the darling flippies that kellidarr superstar had purchased and flaunted at the nsd crop a few weekends ago . . . i had wanted those flippies and now had the perfect excuse to buy them . . . and she'd gotten them at the shoe dept right next to the target where i get my pictures developed . . . perfect . . . so i picked g up from school and we were off . . . pulled into the parking lot, got g situated in the buggy, and headed over to the dollar tree . . . wait!  you're saying . . . that wasn't on the to do list . . . oh but i had to reward g for being the good son that he is . . . a light up lizard, bag of sticky snakes, bottle of bug tarts, and some cool shades for mommy later . . . we headed over to the shoe dept where i found not one, but two pairs of the much coveted sparkley flippies . . . yes! . . . casually strolled over to target to get the pics developed . . . just needed to hit the picture counter . . . that was it . . . got the pics uploaded . . . grabbed a coke and popcorn while we were waiting . . . zipped through the completely unstocked dollar spot . . . then started wandering . . . mommy got a tshirt, g got 3 and 2 pair of matching shorts and a hotwheels pteredactyl set . . . he really is the best son ever . . . yikes! a comforter and and set of sheets jumped into my buggy . . . thankfully, i had the strength to wrestle those beasts back onto the shelves . . . whew ann . . . this is turning into a quite costly little layout . . . :D

there's a new dynamic duo in town . . .

so we've all heard of batman and robin, the lone ranger and tonto, gary and ace . . .

now meet gluestickgirl and chilly willy . . .

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yes . . . once again the gluestickgirl has saved the day . . . rescueing poor willy from certain brainfreeze . . . she now has his undying gratitude and devotion . . . and they have become a crime-fighting duo like no other . . .

let's all give a shout out to gluestickgirl!  she is dabomb foshizzle . . . !!!  :D

a motley crew . . .

me and my cousins back in the day . . . i'm the big headed blondie with the serious look . . . top left if you couldn't figure it out from the description . . . don't really have anything to say about it . . . just wanted to post a pic . . . you know me . . . picturebook blogging . . . gotta have a pic . . . :D

so what i really wanted to say tonight was looky on the right . . . finally updated my typelists . . . it took me forever to get them in there just right so now i'm too sleepy to link them all . . . but they're just over there . . . a few inches away . . . check them out . . . we have jann/a new local friend . . . gabby and bridgette/two new gmail buddies . . . tara whitney/photographer extoardinaire . . . and karen burniston who (along with erin lincoln and shannon montez) comletes my trifecta of sarcastic humor . . . enjoy . . . i am going to bed . . . :D

renee really doesn't have to scrap . . .

i seem to be doing it all for her these days . . . :D

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the first is a heidi grace sample i did for scrap it!  the second just a fun one because i needed a break from the "work" ones.  and the third is one from my hof entry that i just decided to post.  aaaaaaaaaah so fun to scrap lots of pink.  :D

i actually did one of jack too, but it can't be posted yet because i did it for a ck call that specifically requested no posting.  hope sweet jack brings me good luck.  :D

happy mother's day . . .

me and g had a good weekend.  thanks to the thoughtfulness of friends . . .

melissa and billy took us to famous dave's for lunch saturday.  mmm mmm good!  :D

sherri let us come over to play and graciously invited us to stay for dinner.  mmm mmm good!  :D

and chelle invited us to outback with their family sunday after church.  mmm mmm good!  :D

thanks friends for making our weekend more than i thought it would be.  :D