Can we just put a hold on ONE day???

Things here have been crazy...on top of Christmas, getting together with family and friends for the Holiday, getting gifts wrapped and trying to visit everyone...why must it feel like nothing else can get done or finished??? There is just not enough hours in the day...but than if there was I would be even more tired than I am right now haha! I think this is my first year where I have felt overwhelmed with it all. My scrap room is a total disaster from all the last minute homemade projects and I'm hoping to get it cleaned up soon and back on track so I can start making cards and creating again! I'm so behind with Pink Papery challenges and I feel so bad but, just think of all the stuff I'll be posting VERY soon on my blog...I have lots of pictures of projects from Christmas that I have done just no time to post. I may get some up later today but there are no promises here this time. I can just promise I'll get back on track VERY SOON!

I hope you all have a blessed Christmas and hope you will have A Happy New Year!!!

Here are some digi tags I made before Christmas hit and my computer crashed. I got the digital kits from misfitsscraps and bluedreamdesigns. You can find both of their blog links on my side bar.

Computer Crash...

Hello Blog friends...Last Wed. my computer crashed because of a bad spyware it got so I've been unable to update the last few days. I got it back from the computer repair guy last night. He was able to back up everything (THANK GOD!) so I'm up and running again and will be updating soon!

Jumping for JOY!!!

I'm sorry I've been MIA for the last week or two...maybe three? I lost my mojo somewhere along the way haha! but tomorrow I've got to get off my butt and design, design, design before I fall anymore further in a hole.

I've got some GREAT news for you all...YAY! I'm sooo happy to announce here on my blog that I have become a desiger for Pink Papery Studios! I will be a desiger for the months of Nov. & Dec. Here is the link to the blog so you can check it out for yourself http://scentfullyyours.blogspot.com/ .

And to let you all know my term for Pink Cat Studio is up and I'm sad but, very Thankful to Melissa for giving me a chance to design for her and her company...she's the best and I've been blessed with a great friend! And now on to some VERY good news for you!...Pink Cat Studio is doing a design team call so make sure you head over and try out to be a designer for this awesome company and good luck to you all! http://pinkcatstudio.blogspot.com/2008/11/design-team-call.html

Some digi stuff...

I made a few digital tags for myspace page with LilyBells free digital kits. If you would like to stop by her page she makes some awesome kits! http://lilybellscraps.blogspot.com/

I have a blast with photoshop and love to make tags, icons, banners, layouts ect. So if I'm not stamping this is what else I love to do on my spare time.

These were some other ones that I did a month or so ago.

MY Birthday Weekend...

I had so much fun and had LOTS to do.

On Sat. MaryJane and I had signed up to go to a Stamp Camp a while back and it just so happened it was on my Birthday weekend..woo hoo! It was so much fun, not a lot of people and the projects were super cute, easy and the people were SO super nice! Here are the projects we did minus one of them because I messed it up REALLY bad.

These were hanging on a water bottle isn't it just the cutest idea ever!

Ant picked me up from there and surprised me with these beautiful flowers! (the grad monkey is from my Mom haha! she said that I just about had every single monkey but not a grad monkey so she bought it for me.) She also got me 3 new movies Enchanted, Alvin & The Chipmunks and Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium.

After stamp camp was over Anthony and I headed home to rest a little. Then we got ready to go have dinner with Jake and Monique. We went to eat at the Macaroni Grill and then to go watch that movie Ruins. It was a pretty good movie. If you don't like to watch bloody movies DON'T watch this movie haha! They gave me a gift certificate to get a pedicure and Ant got some golf balls and some tee things...don't know much about golf but it was something to do with that.

On Sunday, I had the monthly Stampin Up circle to go to. THAT was lots of fun. We did two super cute projects. MaryJane made this ADORABLE butterfly cupcake for all of us to celebrate my Birthday with and they all even sang me Happy Birthday. They are all soooo SWEET! After the circle was over we headed over to MaryJane. Her and her super amazing cook (her husband) cooked us dinner. We had stuffed chicken, rice and salad and of course another YUMMIE home made carrot cake by MaryJane. BOY was I all caked out the last few days. MMMmmmmMM I love cake so I didn't mind haha!

I also got lots of goodies from my Best Friend Blake which I can't wait to scrap with! I just got another gift in the mail from Sonya it's a BEAUTIFUL statue fairy for my cute backyard! Anita got me a little basket with some goodies that really made me smile it was so CUTE! She said she didn't know what to get me but did know some of the things I did like..A box of cake mix, cupcake cups, frosting, tea, monkey cups in a little cute pink basket! That was just an adorable gift! MaryJane and Bill also got Anthony and I a gift card for the Olive Garden and you know that cute cupcake cup butterfly cake she made me? well I got a pan to make one too!!! Her awesome hubby made us a coat rack (which I don't have pics of because it's at her house still because we couldn't fit it in the car). I got lots of lovely cards and Happy Birthday wishes! I hope I didn't forget anything else.

I would love to thank all the people that spent my birthday with me and thank all for my gifts. cards and most of all for your friendship and love.

MY Birthday!!!

I had such a WONDERFUL day! It's such a blessing when I get to share it with all the people that I love. Of course, there are a few of my friends that I didn't get to spend it with because they live out of town :(.

To start off my day on Friday we first went and had lunch with the Ladies I used to work with many moons ago. These Ladies are some of the most caring and loving people in the whole wide WORLD! They mean the world to me. Three of them were unable to be there but maybe I can go back soon and get together with them.

(digital kit was made by Lillybelle http://lilybellscraps.blogspot.com/ )

Then after lunch we headed down to this place called Art Attack. Our original plan was to go to the Zoo but the weather didn't let us do that. So we found this little place to go to where you pick a piece of ceramic and paint it. So Anthony and I did that all afternoon and here are the pics from that. It was SO much fun!

By the time we were done there it was time to meet up with my Parents and Brother for dinner and some shopping. First we went to Target then out to eat at this place called Quarters. They serve BBQ and it's yummie! Then back to our house for some Baskin Robbins ice cream cake!

It turned out to be a wonderful day! There is a lot more to come since I did celebrate my Birthday all weekend long haha!

WOAH!

I can't beleive that it has been almost 3 months since I blogged! How time flies! I know that April was a little busy for me but what are my excuses for March and May haha! Well I hope that I can start keeping up a little bit more on here. Don't know if many people read...but, I like to keep up and read later on in life what was going on back in the days. I am going to try to remember whats gone on and try to catch up in the next few days.

On March 21st I cut ONE FOOT of my hair off! I had been wanting to do this for a while now but kept backing out. Finally I got it done and I was so happy to get it done. I just LOVE it! I donated it to locks of love http://www.locksoflove.org/ . Here is a few pics of my new hair-do.

April was an awesome and very busy month for me. April 11th was my 30th Birthday. I can't beleive I am 30 YEARS OLD! it's so crazy. I had an awesome day. Anthony took off and we went out and had lunch with some of the girls I used to work with. It was awesome! I just love to get together with old friends...I miss them all so much.

After meeting with the girls for lunch. Anthony and I met my Mom and Dad up in Albuquerque and went out shopping. At around 5-6 we met my Uncle Joseph and Grandma at Applebee's to finish off the day.

The weekend after Anthony and I met with MaryJane, Jamie and Trish at Mac Grill. Jamie wasnt able to met us the weekend before for lunch with the other girls so we just planned dinner the next Sat. We didnt take any pics with I so regreat not talking any. But we had fun and talked and laughed!

After that I went home with MaryJane. I spent the night and we made cards probably till about 11pm then headed on to bed. On Sunday we got up and made more cards and got ready to head to the monthly Stampin Up party.

Happy Valentine's Day!

I woke up this morning and found these on my desk... aren't they just beautiful!!! Anthony is the best I love this man to death! And they are PINK!!!!!

10 Things that make me happy!

Us girls saw that Elsie Flannigan blogged this and it inspired us to do the same so we used it as a blog challenge. So my top 10 things that make me happy are...

1. My boyfriend Anthony

2. My Doggie Dixie

3. My Doggie Fluffy

4. All my Monkey collection (I have so many more these are just a few)

5. Cold Stone Ice Cream

6. My Favorite Store

7. Flowers

8. The Beach in Santa Cruz


9. Hot Cocoa

10. And I saved the best for last! My Family & Friends

Snowed In and Sick

Its still snowing can you believe that??? We have lots of snow right now and its really pretty. I wanted to go make a snowman really bad but I am just way to sick for it and its best I stay in. I know I know that I was talking real big yesterday but I take it back I dont wanna be sick for a snowman haha! Anthony and I did take some pictures out in the snow today. We didnt stay out there to long. Here are the snow pictures!

Merry Christmas Eve

Today Anthony and I woke up early and headed out around 10:30 to Edith's house (I used to babysit her 4 girls when I was in High School). Vanessa was down from San Jose and Vanna was down from Portales so I got to visit with them for a while. It was really nice. I can't believe how grown up Vanessa and Vanna are. And the twins OH MY they are soo tall...a few inches more and they will be as tall as I am! I feel soo old knowing that I used to babysit them when Juanita and Mariah were still in diapers...man how time flies. I made all the girls these little gifts with little avon lotions, shower gel and chapsticks...

Edith gave me some really cute snowmen that she made out of pots and some brownie mix.

We stayed there and visited for about 2 hrs then headed to Belen to visit Anthonys parents for a while. We gave them their gifts and they gave us a card with money. We got home around 3ish and cleaned the house because my parents were coming over to open gifts. At around 6pm we went over to my parents house for dinner. They made turkey, mac n cheese, mashed potatos, veggies, bread, chili and salad. WOW the Turkey was the best I have EVER eaten it was so tender and juicy YUM!!!! After we ate dinner we all came over to my house to open gifts. We planned it that way because my Mom didn't put up a tree till the last minute and most of the gifts were here. So we made hot cocoa sat around the tree and opened gifts. There was paper EVERYWHERE! we had such a fun time opening gifts and laughing and talking. I got lots of cool gifts...

• an electric toothbrush by oral B


• a scale


• some piggies for my kitchen


• camera


• The little Mermaid movie


• money

I had a great Christmas eve night with the family! Fluffy even opened her own bones! Dixie usually does to but she wasn't feeling good so she was under my chair sleeping the whole time.