Almost was Friday the 13th!

Missed it by a day - whew! Seriously, not superstitious at all! Just noticed it on the calendar.

This blog won't be seeing as much of me after today. I guess that's what a break in routine can do. Heading back to school Monday. It's okay; the break was refreshing and i feel rested and pretty much ready.

Passports are ALMOST done. House kinda clean. Scraproom looking good except for table tops. Cleaned out some old clothes; need to do the boys'. Need to workout today, but just don't feel like it. Scrapping this weekend!!!! A nice way to end the break, I think.

Got a few monthly kit club packages this week - Freckle Friends and Mosb Posh. Though i don't have subscriptions yet, i'm really getting hooked in to these kits! I hope to play with the stuff soon.

Enough rambling for now. Ciao!
sherry

2nd to the last day of Spring Break

It's Thursday and spring break is almost over. It's been nice and i've enjoyed it greatly. We've not done anything special or in particular, and I think that's okay! I've been cleaning and rearranging AGAIN in my scraproom. I think it's close to what i want! We'll see soon enough.

Here's a pic of our state capitol. Can't take credit for the pic, but took it from a scrap friend of mine. It's a beauty. Think i'll use it to put into a word bloom album like this one:

Isn't it a cool looking album?

An acquaintance that works at Scrapbook Fever (hi Pam!) makes them now; her new home business is called Heart of Texas Studio. She's making new words all the time. I'll be taking a class next Wednesday and will do one on the (Air) FORCE. Looking forward to that one. I've already purchased a soccer and Texas album, and got a LOVE one as a scrap-a-thon gift. One could go crazy doing these - they're so fun.

My local LSS who sells these is holding a contest on the best word bloom album created. Saw some TOTALLY awesome ones. I had wanted to enter, but just didn't get around to it. Kinda glad I didn't 'cause the competition is stiff! My two favs were a girl scout one and a Texas License plate one. The lady who did the license plate one must have copied a plate about 6 times and then had to line them up evenly for each page, and it looked so real!

One thing i've been doing to help me reorganize and hopefully make more accessible my hoard of supplies is to make a ribbon bag, much like this one:

I had a leftover makeup bag from Crate and Barrel and punched it up, added eyelets and pulled ribbon through. Quite cute! I then bought a clear bag with black trim, much like the one above, from Target, punched it, added eyelets, and pulled more ribbon through. I just punched more holes in it once i found i could and will add even more ribbon to that bag. No eyelets this time. The one above didn't use them, so i'm saving the rest of mine and will see if the holes hold up.

Well, off to the scraproom again.

20 Questions

Okay, here's some fun facts for me to remember later when i hopefully do an "About Me" album. Got these from my counselor for Tim and I to use on each other.

1. 2 closest friends: Kathy, Mindy (but can't leave out Mary, Reve, Holley)

2. Fav music group: DUH - Journey!

3. Nane one of my hobbies - another DUH - scrapbooking!

4. Stresses facing right now (3/12/08): working on marriage, some student/parent issues

5. Fav relative - not counting my brother, i'd say my cousin Cindy since we've gotten along well and are close in age

6. One of my greatest fears - dying while my boys are young

7. Fav meal? Chicken fajitas

8. Personal improvements I want to make: not to be such a procrastinator, lose this weight, find my value in Jesus and not through or by others, pray more

9. Fav vacation: Right now, probably my Chicago trips (as an adult), Williamsburg, VA (as a child)

10. Fav ways to work out: Walking with MP3 player; Curves

11. Ideal job? Something with or in the scrapbooking industry or maybe in music

12. Fav Magazine: probably Creating Keepsakes

13. Best friend in childhood: Stacey Lovell (church) and Shaun Stallones (neighbor)

14. Least fav relative: can't think of any that i just don't care for

15. What am I most sad about: marriage troubles and loss of my parents

16. Side of bed I prefer? from foot of bed, it'd be the right side.

17. Medical problems I worry about? weight issues that may start affecting my health, depression issues

18. Most embarrasing moment: Probably in early college years when, in a dress in front of a cute guy (and others), i feel down some cement steps at an apartment complex. Busted up my right index finger bad enough for minor surgery. Now it's fused and have a scar to always remember this incident by!

19. Secret ambition? to honestly be content in whatever circumstance i'm in and to be the best mom i can be.

20. Fav song - TOUGH one. Still They Ride and/or Stone in Love both by Journey.

Should be interesting to see how some change in a few months. Hopefully for the better!

Ciao!

Happy Spring Break!

Well, it's been a long time coming, but it's finally here - spring break! We're actually almost half way through it now, and we're definitely enjoying our down time!

Here's what's new since last post:

1. Going on an Alaskan cruise in June. SO looking forward to this. Going with my brother's singing group, among others, and my cousin and her family will also be going.

2. Basketball season is finally over. It was a good season for both boys. Caleb was the little star of both the A and AA teams; scored several 3 pointers and really had a good season. I think he's found his sport! Aaron did well, also. Though slow going at first due to healing of his broken arm, he got a decent amount of playing time, scored several baskets for his team, and also enjoyed himself. Was a very busy season, but worth it.

3. Caleb starts track now. This should be interesting.

4. Taking a word bloom album class next Wednesday. So excited about that.

5. This weekend is my LSS monthly scrapathon. I always look forward to these! SO fun.

6. Mindy and I are hoping to go to NY to see Ms. Kathy towards summer's end. We really miss Ms. Kathy. I pray she'll come back to TX soon.

Been cleaning and reorganizing AGAIN my scraproom. Tim would prefer i find something more productive to do on my spring break. Oh well . . . .

Guess that's it for now. A few pics for fun.

Toodles,

Sherbear

JOURNEY

Life is a journey. I like this word. I also like the band JOURNEY. My all-time fav! I could eat, drink, and breathe JOURNEY music. Just wanted to post some fav pics i've found in regards to my fav band! More pics later.

Happy New Year!

Well, the new year has begun and it's hard to believe, once again, that we've made it through another year! 2007 was a year of good and bad, but we're healthy and totally blessed by God and all He does for us!! Will be interesting to see what is in store for 2008; i won't even begin to guess.

I read on another blog about choosing a word for the year and think it's a great idea! One picked 'dare'; another one chose 'peace'. One word that keeps coming to my mind over and over is 'HOPE'. I think this will be my word. I want to put my 'hope' in God - not in my children or my husband, Preacher, Dr. John, friends, work, etc . . . . I want to hope in God in the good and through the bad. I don't know exactly how to do it, but i'm going to find out!

Aaron will be turning 11 on the 11th! He wants a Pumping up Party. He deserves one after 2 years of no party! Shame on Mom. Caleb is 13 and totally acts it, too. Here they are, above, at MawMaw's house for Christmas. Got Guitar Hero, PSP's, stocking stuff, $$, gift cards, clothes. It was a good one for them! They sure are growing up TOO fast.

We go back to school the 7th and it will be a while before another holiday break comes - Feb. So we'll be enjoying these last days of freedom!

More later - signing off! HOPE

Made the DT!

For the first time, I entered a design team contest at my lss. The layout is of my dad in his younger years as a student of USAF. The lss gave us the following assignment: Use only papers given in kit and limited embellishments we could us. It was challenging for me but really fun. I use an Ali Edwards' book for help, drew a sketch of what i wanted so as not to waste paper, and assembled. I asked several people to vote for me - :D. I won! Along with 4 other ladies. So now i'm officially a member of a design team. I'm really excited! I'm working on my first assignment for the store that is due 9/17. Almost done. Just gotta figure out what to do in addition to the layout they require. They ask us to do a double layout along with another project - such as a card, tag, or something else creative.