Ok so maybe someday I'll actually do this regularlly and learn to spell. I would love to tell you I've been off doing fun exotic things that has kept me from blogging, but no, just laziness.

I have made a couple of wonderfulclasses but have not taken pictures of them to post, sorry. :( But I have taken pictures of the Tigers game I went to lastnight, even tho they didn't win I had fun with my camera. Ok I don't think they came out that bad since I was sitting up pretty high.

Ok I really don't have much more to say, maybe that's why I haven't blogged, I live a very borring life, nothing to blog about.

Boy where does the time go? It seems just like yesterday that I just blogged, but it's been too long not much has gone on in my life I'm really boring. But some of my bestfriends are starting up a new monthly kit club more on that to come as things get really started. I have finshed another class a recipe box.

I'm working on a trunk box too, just wait until you see it. There is also a class in the works using water slide decal paper, on glass jars. Now just to find the time I need to do all I want to do.

You should check out the store for all the wonderful classes going on www.papertales.com

Ok Cass this one is for you. While I have been gone for most of the weekend, I have had a little time to work on a class project for you, by the way I did bring her in one last week, It's a Dr. Suess Graduation book. But on to my other project, it has a little bit of a garden feel to it, but not really themed or titled so it could be used with anything. It has flowers, birds and butterflies and ofcourse my favorite ribbon and lace.

If this is not your style you should check out the other classes and www.papertales.com there is something sure to please everyone there.

Ok I have decided I am very bad at keeping up with this whole blobbing thing. I know some people that do it daily, I just have no time, and I have some friends that haven't blogged since November (you know who you are). Me I just have no time it seems like, but it seems like I never know what I do with my time, half the stuff on my list never seems to get done, maybe I need a shorter list.

Well here is one thing I can cross off my list, I finally got my CJ pages done, I only signed up for it about 6 months ago, and ofcourse waited until the last minute of the extended dated, no I didn't ask for the extention, but very happy for the extra time. Why I signed up for something you are suppose to journal on I have no idea, I am NOT a journaler, there for my journaling is hidden on my pages, and for all you smart a$$'s yes it is there I did not omit it, it is on the tag, you just have to be one of the privalage few to get one of the pages to see it.

Thanks to all who voted, but I already had this one printed so I just went with it, I think it got the most votes anyway, although #2 was a close second.

Jon's Grandmother does have lung cancer, and it doesn't look like there is much thet can do for her, they are running more test to see if it is anywhere else, right now I think they are looking at just making her comfortable, she is in her 80's, and she has lost the will to fight. In the last month she has lost her baby sister and one of her sons, she is ready to go home I think.

More sooner than later I hope.

Ok, I've been putting this off now for about 4 months, so I really need to get this done, the Due date has even been postponed to give me more time but did I take advantage of this?????? No I still waited until the last minute. I need to make 21 CJ pages and don't have a picture yet, ok I did take some photos, I finally had a day that I had to put on make up so I threw the camera at Jon and told him to take some but I don't take very good pictures, so I figured I'd let you guys chose the lesser of the evils and pick the picture to go on my pages.

Where does the time go?????? It seems just like just yesterday that I had Drew and now he's 17 yikes!!!!! I am so lucky he is such a good kid that has to face such adult issuse these days. I don't think I would survive in High School these days. Well here is my adorable son at 3 months olds.

Then here he is a few months ago.

Can you guess where I am????? Come on it's not that hard. Jon's head is in Colorado, so where am I standing??????

Ok, that's not a fair question 'cause I'm at home sick. He's fishing in New Mexico for the week and I'm at home with a cold and to finish the cold off I came down with a mild case of the Chicken Pox, ugh!!!! I get them way too often it is something in my genes, my Dad got them often too. It is my bodys way of handleing my immune systme being run down, they aren't bad and tthey don't last long, the Dr. doesn't even think I'm contagiuos when I get them, just my bodys way of saying stop and rest.

I haven't worked in two days which is driving me nuts because I know Prima is suppose to come in this week, we are very low on flower at the store. The sad part is I haven't felt very creative so I haven't done many class samples only one, I've slept most of the time. Got tons of ideas in my mind just no energy to do them :( But Deb has felt very creative and has brought in some awsome class samples so you should hope on over to www.papertales.com and see what she has come up with, even tho she told me that she was going to bring in some ugly sample she didn't, they are great, I have decided she really doesn't like me ;) (she knows what I mean).

Ok here's my public service. GO and GET your MAMMOGRAM!!!!!! Had my first on done today and it wasn't my favorite thing to do but I lived through it and truthfully I've had worse test done, you know the other yearly one we have done. I will be getting them done regularly now, my Grandmother is a ontime Breast Cancer survivor and didn't win the fight the second time around, so from now on they will be checking me regularly. Ok my lecture was short and sweet,but too the point now go get your booby squished.

I am really excited about stuff going on at the store www.papertalesinc.com we are going to be at CKU doing make and takes with Junkitz new line Extreme Boy, pluse we will be doing make and takes all weekend long during CKU at the store. We also have some wonderful classes coming up you should check out the site, including a Breast Cancer book for April 24th. Caroline from Maya Road will soon be teaching a class or two at the store, I can't wait to see her again and Noah is always a cutie you should check her blog out she is always giving stuff away and has many ideas http://mayaroadandme.blogspot.com/ Then once there check out there DT blog for wonderful ideas too.

I do beleive I have been neglecting my blogging duties, sorry, sad to say no one really reads it much any way but a few freinds that I much appreciate.

This week Caroline from Maya Road has posted a R.A.K. with a twist you need to do a project or LO using old stuff, well heck I have a ton of that lying around here, of course I had to move all the new stuff to get to it. But I felt I was up for the challenge it only took me all week to do it but here it is, it's a cigar box of my Dad. Some of the stuff beside being really old from the 1950's I've been collecting for years ok so for the past ten since his passing, the Bulldog paper is perfect for his school and the coal in the jar for the coal mining town in grew up in and moved back to, it all has meaning to something in his life. So I wanted to thank Caroline for pushing me to do this project.

By the way notice MR tiny crown stamp is perfect for the Prom King photo.

Well for those of you who read my blog and are doing the boodles 28 in 28 here is # 28 early. I couldn't decide on one challenge, I had a few picked out being so far in the month, a few of mine did get taken along the way but these two are still left so I combined them, you only have to do one but feel free to do both. The first one is easy you must use a die cut we all have them or have a machine that can make them, mine is the swirl ropy thing (tech. term) going down the side. The second one might take some thought,but those of you who know me know I'm not a journaler, so what I did I took song lyrics and changed them to fit but then HAND Journaled them on the page, now it doesn't have to be fancy but you must hand write your journaling on the page. It could be a poem or your favorite quote, or if you are good at being sappy wing it, I'm not an emotional person, or should I say it is very hard for me to put my feelings into words, I am a very emotional person.

Well I haven't posted in a while, I've been busy. I have managed to get some stuff done but have forgotten to take pictures to show you, I'll try to do that today. I did think that I would show you the Mess behind the "My Creative Mess" it's kinda scary that I get anything done in here, but here's a quick look at my room. I know I'm very lucky to have my own room to keep my stuff in and I should respect it more by keeping it clean, I just can't seem to function very well in an organized space, I thrive in caos.

Well for those of you who read my blog from KnK and want to get a head start on my challenge here it is, use up your swap stash. It doesn't matter to me what it is you have total freedom with that just something you swapped, I have tons of the stuff, just the other day I found my big bag of chip board from our last swap. :0 I used Fastenators, brads eyelets, ribbon, flowers, and chipboard all from swaps I have been in, I think I'm swapped out for a while. Here is my sample.

For those very few of you how read my blog that aren't a member of KnK, we are doing our own version of 28 in 28, and I am in charge of day 11. 28 layouts in 28 days, so far I haven't kept up but I am working on them, so I hope no one feels slided, if I don't get to their right away.

Well I know it has been a while since I have blogged, but I am not as bad as some of my friends (Kelly November really). I have been busy working at the store a lot while Cass has been away at CHA buy all kinds of new fun stuff for me to play with, now I can't wait for it to start coming in. Hopefully some will come in this week before I go cropping with some of my friends on Sunday. I'm hoping to catch up on my 28 in 28 at KnK we are doing our own version I think I'm on 4, but as of right now we are only on 6 I think so I'm not that far behind, wait no today is 7. I'm trying I really am but I also need to get some classes done, I have a Ragged Ann book on my desk now, my mind is going with so many ideas there just aren't enough hours in the day to do them all, then with Cass' Mother being ill I might be working more at the store, if she needs me I'll be there.
Well here are my Layouts so far for the 28 in 28. As some of you may or may not know I really do not like challenges so for me to do these is a real struggle, so if I do not do your challenge don't take it personally, I am trying to get to all of them in some form or another.

Well since I last posted I turned 39 yikes!!!!! And I am still waiting for DH to come home with a Birthday present, he did come home with a fishing pole for himself, thank goodness no boat. At this point and time I don't think I'm getting one wich is fine there is nothing I need, but I am have a wonderful time reminding him he still hasn't bought me one, yes I am evil. And to make things worse I know what I'm getting him for his birthday next week, no not a boat, although he is going fishing in Florida in Feb.-Mar. just to get in some practice before he goes to New Mexico in March. This is his hobby he has decided on, I'm waiting until he complains about me wanting to but some big scrapping product, at least I make money with my hobby not much but some.

Here is what I have been working on, it Teresa Collin's Tin book from Junkitz and Melissa Frances papers.









































































This is a layout I did of my Mother using Cosmo Cricket Wonderland.

Well I must say that todya has been a very good day for me, it will be even better if my husband (Jon) doesn't come home with a fishing boat. He's at a fishing show and wants a boat bad, I told him to wait until spring and buy a used one.

Had lunch with MIL today, of course she had them sing to me and bring balloons for my birthday tomorrow, no one has done that since I turned 21 (that was about 3years agao right?). We went shopping after that and I got some more stuff for organizing my scraproom, that's my dream to have a clean organized room someday. I told Jon that's what I wanted for Christmas and I didn't get it, but he said I wouldn't let him in it with the big black garbage bags :( Maybe I should call him and remind him NOT to come home with a boat :)


I need to be getting ready for the crop this weekend, don't have one thing packed yet, have no idea what I'm doing, actually I know what I want to do, I just have to find it all and throw it in a bag.

Well I have finally finished another class project, Yay me. This one drove me nuts, I don't know if I'm experincing some sort of block or maybe I just want to stop and clean my room, but have no time for that, don't know, maybe it's just that I was sick when I started it and nothing ever works right then. It is done with Creative Imagintions Puzzle pieces, Rusty Pickle paper, that I adore Lots of ribbon , primas and a little Maya Road, I'm really getting into cutting their swirls to fit my smaller projects, so fun. I can't wait until the store gets more MR sheers in to play with, those flew off the shelves realy fast, but here's my Puzzle Book.

Well I finally got to sit down and do some scrapping :) yeah me. I haven't done that since about October :( . So her is a class project I am doing using the Maya Road Heart Binder book and some Scrapworks Paper, I'm usually not a pink person but I threw some green (my favorite color on there so it's all good. I'm really falling in love with the MR swirls here I cut them to fit where I wanted it, and the bottle caps are to die for.

Here's a layout I did of my Mother. I've been wanting to use this ribbon but have been waiting on the right paper, well it came into the store the other day and went out just a quickly, I should have picked up more than two sheets.

Well Christmas has come and gone and sometimesit just doesn't seem like enough time with the family. We did have a wonderful time but I must be totally honest by time it was all don I was ready for everyone to leave, does that make me a bad person???? I hope not, I had spent 3 days with these people and just wanted time alone, I think I was getting on their nerves too. Here are some holiday pictures from me to you.




Tim wrapped my gifts with love.



















even Rascal is dressed for the occassion.

Right now all has come to a screetching halt at my house. But I am soooo very thankfull that it is this weekend and not next weekend. All was well, got up drank my coffee, didn't shower, why bother I was going to do some massive cleaning and get all grimmy and sweaty so I'd shower afterwards, right. I was cleaning doing the laundry, wrapping gifts, helping the cable guy, I didn't want him climbing around my village and didn't want to move it. The weather is abnormally warm so the kids are all outside playing, getting dirty. And did I mention I haven't showered yet????? We are planning on taking the In-laws out for dinner, need to get some baking done, truffle done, kiss cookies started peanut butter balls done, and bishops bread to go. I'm folding laundry and I'm so proud of myself, I never get it all done and hardly ever fold any of it. I go down stairs to change loads only 2 more to do, on average with the 4 of us we can do 10-14 on the weekend (two hoodies can be a load) I hear water running and think nothing of it at first, then I think it really doesn't sound right the dishwaher is done running and the sumppump sounds different, have I mentioned I haven't taken a shower yet????? Look over and the hot water heater is spuing water everywhere. Ok I'm the handy one in the house, but there are two things I don't mess with plumbing and electricity, and this is one of them. And wouldn't you know it not male was home in our neighborhood, they were all out Christmas shopping just like mine. I couldn't get the water to the heater to turn off the valve was stuck, and I even had Drew try it and as my FIL says if he can't get it to turn it ain't turning. Drew amazes doctors with how strong he is. well now we have no water I had to turn the main off and DH tried to fix the leak and broke something and now we are waiting for a new hot water heater to be installed sometime tomorrow afternoon. Have I mentioned I still haven't showered?????

But after all that I am very greatfull that it all happened this weekend and not next weekend.

Well Christmas is almost here, another year is almost gone and yet again I have not done half the things I wanted to do. I thought I would have been published or maybe even on a DT by now, but nope none of those things have happened. Then again I haven't really tried very hard. I just haven't had time, I've been doing more important stuff, spending time with the boys, not always quality but time.

I have managed to keep my kids alive!!!!!!!! That's a biggy for me, teenagers are not easy, but sometimes they can be fun if you have an evil side. I have watched them both grow so much this year. Tim both physically and emotionaly. I think that boy grew two feet since last Christmas. Drew has showed me he has great respect for somethings and yet none for others, he knows he is not invinsible, but feels he is too smart or maybe just too lazy to do anything. Sometimes I just want to ring his neck.

I have spent time with friends, made some new ones, and added a couple more countries to my list that I have been to. This year we sy we are staying home, although we said that last year too so we'll see.

Well I guess since I've been back from Germany I should post some photos.
This would be the Castle that we stayed in, I think it was haunted, long story.

This would be DH making friends with the goat that tried to eat me, the castle had it's own farm. I just don't think this castle liked me at all, although I enjoyed being there, it didn't like me and it let me know it.

This would be sun rising over the mote, once again I am the only on that saw things jumps out of the mote, by things I mean fish, no one else saw them. I am not loosing my mind.

This would be the main gathering room, did I mention the mirror in our room was made in 1750, I could still see myself. It was for decoration not for use you could tell it was really old and worn.

We had a ball and I have many more pictures I did take 509 most turned out ok, that surprises me. I would deffinately go back and even stay in the sam place the people were nice, and I still have to laugh at the castle, that I believe is haunted. We also visited the Netherlands , a few WWII cemeterys, Amsterdam, some Christmas Markets, and bought more chocolate that nay one could eat. Actually Mike bought the chocolate we didn't, he gives it out to his employees. He can give it to them as long as he takes me on the shopping trip for the chocolate.