Today is Tuesday

Today is Tuesday! Bear with me, I'll have the tutorial up this evening, it will be about turning a plain piece of tan paper into woodgrain!

Vacation Over

Well, we've returned from vacation, and I have a list of things to do longer than my arm. =) First on my agenda (after work of course) is to go over to Scrap Tales in Brighton, MI. They're closing and I want to give them a fairwell and take advantage of the 40% closing sale!

Must make dinner, I believe the hub requested Steak

Then, I need to fix my home PC. I've either been posting from my work computer on lunch, or my laptop. I really, really, really miss my PC, and I now have the disc to fix the poor confused hard drive.

List of other things to accomplish:

• Clean my craft area, then organize


• Organize and get rid of clothes that I'll never fit into again


• make jewelry


• order bird toy pieces (to make bird toys, yay! Neo has a thing for these cheap )


• Start reading the book of Hebrews and work on my bible study lesson from The Shelter of God's Promises, by Sheila Walsh. We're working on The Promise of Hope this week, which is a big one for me. I should also go to Fowlerville UB's website and listen to the last two sermons I missed!


• Love on my Husband


• Sleep!!!


• Scrapbook


• Order more prints (I get a million e-mails on what mail order service is offering free/low price prints)


• go to the fowlerville fair and take night pictures of the rides =)

Vay-cay-shun

I am sooooo ready for vacay. We are vacating the premises and shunning everyone for 9 days. Nine blissful, glorious days in Pentwater, Michigan. Lake Michigan is so darn pretty I can't stand it. =)

I will be taking many, many pictures with the new camera (guess it's not really THAT new anymore?) and spending a little time with my mom's metal detector. She hasn't used it in some time, and I figured if we get it fired up, she may take it with her when she's away in August.

I'll have to post some of my latest scrapbooking before we run away.

Stress Be Gone!

I have been super stressed out lately, and nothing seems to help...

Of course, then I think about it and realize, I haven't had more than five minutes to try and do anything about the stress.

My husband is being highly unsympathetic, because he thinks I don't work as hard as him, and I don't work as many hours as he does. He doesn't understand what I have to be stressed out about.

I don't have any one thing that is stressing me out, but it is a big pile of little things that have made an immovable object in my mind.

I think maybe the stress has hit a fever pitch because I've been doing so many after work and Saturday activities, and because we have a week long vacation coming up. Also, we didn't take a Monday and go to Cedar Point like we usually do. I haven't had the refresh button clicked in a while, so I think it's just wearing on me.

I've also been thinking a lot about scrapbooking, of course, because I have no time to do so. (Unless I cut out a few hours of sleep and scrap in the middle of the night... LOL)

This weekend there will be a lot going on, a murder mystery dinner, the Howell Balloonfest, and tonight is the last night of Vacation Bible School.

I've been a crew leader all week at VBS, and was blessed to have between 5 and 8 girls every night so far. They are between the ages of 4 and 8, and they are all pretty bright. The only problem is I'm not used to so many little faces eagerly awaiting my instruction. It's kind of scary and humbling, especially when they seem to have a better relationship with God than myself. I feel almost like they should be leading, and I should be following, but God knew this is exactly what I needed, and why he urged me to sign up to help with VBS. I checked the "help as needed" box and guess what? Crew Leader it was!

I will definately have to take some time and scrap/reflect over this week and all I've learned with and from the girls. I hope that tonight I'm blessed with even more girls, and that they are eager to continue their journey with Christ. (I just pray for strength and patience with so many little girls around!)

I also want to take the opportunity to thank whomever is reading this, you are loved by whatever higher power you believe in. (I believe we all believe in the same God, we just call him different names)

May: Scrapbooking Month!

In celebration of Scrapbooking Month, Close To My Heart is not only cutting the price of becoming a consultant in half, but they are giving away extra product, made specially for Scrapbooking Month!

For more information, visit Melissa Burch.

Days Off Usually Become Idle

Days off usually become idle, no matter how good the intentions... Doesn't help that I get distracted easily either.

I'm participating in the Monthly Make 2011 (there is a picture on the side bar to learn more information) and here is my update on said participation.

Well, the skirt purse is coming along, yesterday I cut the hole for the keys pocket and I've been sewing some of it's seams... I just don't have any patience lately...

I seem to have deleted the before picture of the particular skirt I'm making, so here is a pic of one of the other skirts that is almost identical. You can't tell, but the skirt has pockets. lol

I have this one, a deep orange one, and a purple one with a little different pattern. $3.00 each at Kohl's on the clearance racks. I'm thinking $10-15 for the purse, just to factor in the work I put into it. Sure, it is super easy, but I'm adding snaps, a inside pocket, etc...

I did get some scrapbooking done (a whole two whopping pages, that's what I get for deciding to scrap late at night)

Free Scrapbook Classes 1/12/2011

Just got an e-mail from scrapbook.com, the web class series is free today only, go sign up!

http://www.scrapbook.com/university/?utm_source=scrapbookbanners&utm_medium=banners&utm_campaign=LearntoScrapbookClass