sun..........glorious SUN!!

the rain has stopped and the sun is shining...........what a glorious day!!!!!!!! it's soooo

wonderful to see all the tender vegetation becoming green and flowers starting to sprout! i especially love to see the pink and white dogwoods along the highway each day as i go to work.......also a few deer nibbling on the fresh grass in the morning......just pray they don't stray onto the pavement.

the puppies went to the groomers and rex snapped a few photos of them.......what handsome boys they are.........

well...........off to the plant...........then off to scrap st. louis for the weekend......ohhhh the joys of playing with girlfriends!!!

i love my life!

wonderful day!!!!!!!!!

wow..........what a fabulous day this has been.......have been soooo very productive.....cleaned up some of the mess that is actually our family room and breakfast room.......still needs some work......however we are still painting and redecorating........so it's a slow progress!!!

i changed my blog...........can't believe i was able to figure it out......however it was fun and will try to change things up frequently!!!!!!!!!! also made some thank you cards for friends today....will get those in the mail tomorrow!!!!!!!!

also did laundry.....NO naps.....and it's 330pm.............course i could nap now before mr. butt comes home.............will have to decide on that one!!!!!

well..........want to play with some clearScraps.....and some new paper!!!!!!!! have a wonderful day.............anyone want to come over and play????????

i love my life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ckc, friends and a little contest!!!!!!

hello all......what a busy week & weekend........worked long hours this week (only to get them cut drastically this week!)   got lost going over to collinsville to drop some things off to jackie and janet of ClearScraps......then got closed off in the parking lot in the rain......some ya-HOO decided to park his large ass pickup truck in the main entrance.....and he took his sweet TIME to come on down and move that bad boy...........lazy ass!  anyway, got home.....got little sleep and went back on over the collinsville on saturday!!!!!!  what fun that was........shopped (and spent a little too much.....now i want to play and have to get my home back in some order......having a garage sale in two weeks......hope to sell the living room furniture and order the pottery barn couch!!!!) then we went over to zapata's for a little cocktail and snacks............what fun!!!!!!    i'll post a few photos.......

*******there is a contest going on over at the clearscraps blog.........post a little spring design using some acrylic to win some fun stuff.......come on.....you know using acrylic is easy.....and fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!   here is a link for the blog....   http://clearscraps.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/04/spring-contest.html

okay everyone.....come on and play with us!!!!!!!    CLEARSCRAPS ACRYLIC ROCKS.......IT'S SOOOOO EASY TO USE.....AND FUN!!!!!!!!!

tagged by becca.......okay, i'll play along!!

okay......i have never played the tag game.........haven't ever figured out how to link blog addys here.............and still not sure.......however i'll play along!

this is a self-portrait tag.....and i'm tagging barb....the queen of everything!! becky.....the best special ed teacher around, and monica because i love her smile!!

here's the rules......

* take a photo of yourself....NO primping or preparing.....just snap a photo NOW!

* load onto your blog....(yep...mine will appear!)

* tag 3 people to play.....can't wait to see what great photos you girls take!!

my photo is a little rough around the edges.....just crawled outta bed.....yep....slept in til 915 this am..........what a glorious thing sleep is! so put on a jacket since the house is chilly and put on a ball cap to contain the wild hair! oh well......it's in the name of fun!

i love my crazy life!!

Clear Scraps and Chicago!

had a wonderful time while in chicago......it's was awfully chilly (shelley didn't seem to think so!) however after being used to our warmer weather chi-town seemed like the dead of winter! i shivered and did my best to stay warm.....keeping in the sunshine helped!

kathleen was just radiant! she seemed genuinely surprised by the shower! it was delightful for me to see so many ladies from the chicago area! nan gudenhauf hosted the shower/crop, cathy doyle, jeanne k, kandi, sue, teribeth, melanie, kath w, melissa, shelley were all in attendance! (hope i didn't forget anyone!) the gifts kathleen received were wonderful.......a handmade afghan from jeanne, a baby wipe warmer (adults could use this item!) a germ guard type item for shopping carts!, clothing, books and other baby stuff! what a great time!

shelley and kathleen took me to dinner and shopping at windy city! the food was delish and the shopping was wonderful! i scored some of the new heidi swapp stuff.....loving it! and can't wait to play with it!

i played with some clear scraps while at the crop/shower and completed this little mini with the leftovers from the above album.....the pp is from MyMind'sEye and is the "justDreamy 2" line .....janet and jackie hooked me up with this while i was visiting them last weekend in quincy! (i sound like a world traveler!!)

i will try to post more photos.....seem to be getting better at this.........course now that i have tooted my own horn something will happen!

thank you to shelley for having me as your guest at your home...my hugs to max and harley!......also to nan for having me at your lovely home and all the wonderful girls for their laughter, smiles and fun!

here are some additional photos!

leaving on a jet plane

Going up to chi-town to see the girls. Shelley has been after me for so long that I finally caved having dinner with Shelley kathleen Melissa not sure who else

Hope to finish a dt project. Wish me luck


I love my crazy life

missing my big brother....and KARMA

well......having some issues with the little red miata..............the engine light came on after rex drove it to work to have the hail damage fixed.....so i called him and asked if we needed to get this checked.......he made an appointment for me at 245pm .....(note....this happened yesterday!)
so after a long day at the plant i scooted off to the dealership.......cruised down clarkson road......turned onto manchester and turned into bommarito's parking lot.........just about the time i was turning i started to think about TOMMY......my brother who died just 3 short years ago on feb 18.......he used to to work at bommarito with rex and was a great friend to rex......and HE was my big brother.........anyway......i thought about tommy and knew that i missed him and wondered if he was okay.....safe and not hurting anymore........when i pulled up to the port to call rex to have him come out and meet me......i looked into the bay (port) and the car that was hoisted into the air and in view of the windows had a license plate that read "MONTY-6"....now....for those of you who don't know my brothers' last name is montgomery....and he used to go by monty instead of tommy...........so i KNOW that my big brother is okay.....safe ....no longer struggling to breathe..... LIFE IS GOOD!!!

i LOVE my crazy life!!!!!!!!!!!!!

mighty angry bug!!!!!!

damn skippy......this wicked angry virus bug really is ticked off at me.......sneezing, coughing......fever, sniffling and feeling like crapola...........anyone want to come over and be my nurse??????   i only whine for short periods of time........you can pilfer through my scrap crap and take some stuff home with you..........what.............no takers????????      chickens...........it's not like i asked you to bathe me or feed me..........just sit with me........make sure i'm still breathing........have a sip of h20 every now and then...............

   well.......guess i know who's not getting this little piece of o'fallon!!!!!!

planning on going to chicago in april.............mr butt has some business up there.......will arrive on wednesday and i will fly up on thursday pm.............WHO WANTS TO PLAY AND SHOP WITH ME ON FRIDAY APRIL 10?????????     I WANT TO SHOP EVERY SQUARE INCH OF IKEA....... and if any time remains....I WILL BE UP FOR JUST ABOUT ANYTHING!!!!!!!

come on.........someone has to want to play that day..........kathy,,,......cricket........shelley...........kathleen.............anyone............bueller???????

well...........guess i could just try it myself.........would be very sad............

think about it..........perhaps i could bring bribes for those that want to play!!!!!!!

going down fast now..........the angry bugs don't allow me to remain upright for long periods at a time...........then i crash and sleep for hours.......only to arouse and not be able to return to sleep for a while...............talk to me........any time.......day or night........just never know when you may get a response!

my goal for this month/march is to complete my digital classes and will be able to make some decisions on my own...........and perhaps use some of them on my projects with my design teams!

well......still love my life.......just don't like viral bugs..........they should be wiped from the face of the earth.......

Virus bugs are icky

Had a great time in Quincy. The class was greAt. Met julie from the design team and chatted for just a minute or two
planning on going back on march 7. Anyone want to come along. Let me know !!!!

Have a awful cold or virus , feel icky fever chills achey all over and still have to be at the plant. Sometimes life sucks

I still love my life

Sent via iPhone

alone.....and lonely

mr butt left town for the greater midwest.......i'm lonely!!!!!   we just ichatted....which was fun.....however i miss him.......hearing his soft breathing.......having a warm hand on my arm.....the puppies miss him too........he will be home tomorrow night.....which isn't soon enough for me!!

it's toots' birthday today!!!!!   called her multiple times and sang to her.........hope she has no permanent hearing loss from that!!  she is joining me to go to quincy this saturday to scrappin' it......teaching classes, shopping and having some girl fun!    can't wait!!

tired, sleepy and lonely.............going to bed now...        also remembering tommy tonight.....yesterday was 3 yrs since he died.......i know he is at peace.....no longer suffering.......however i still miss my big brother very  much................turning his high school ring around and smacking his little sisters with it...........i miss him much!

i still love my life!

insomnia....in St. Louis

well......had fun at the "book" thing last night......monica, julia and i rocked at the trivia contest!!!!!!    damn skippy!!!!!!   we split the grand prize.....i scored some fancy pants felt die cuts and some rub-ons letters........monica took the ki album kit, punch and some other stuff....julia took another album, punch and some other scrap crap!!!!!!

tried to sleep......tossed and turned.....feels like i only slept a few minutes........at one point, rex rolled over and put his leg onto me.......OUCH>>>>>>>  i woke him up and told him that he had some kind on scab or something on his leg that stuck me@@!!!!!!!  NOTHING WORSE THAN HAVING A HORNED BEAST WAKE YOU FROM A FITFUL SLEEP.......  fast forward 4 hours and little sleep later...................rex rolls outta bed to get the puppies out for their am potty......since i was awake i said something to him like "lets check out that injury on your leg!!!".....his response......i DON'T have any injury.......!!!!!!!!    well....nothing on his knee anyway!!!!   i was determined to find that "thing" that stuck me......    just below his knee was this small protruding barb!!!!! well.......a scab anyway!!!!!!    he looked and said...."guess i got a scrape at work!".......   fast forward another 10 minutes.......he comes back upstairs....(with puppies pulling up the rear)....and announces "i think i have something in my leg!!"...  so off to the tool section of the bathroom and out comes the pick-ups (medical lingo for tweezers!) and a few seconds later out comes a shard of metal almost 1/2" long!  damn skippy.......i couldn't believe it........neither could he!!!!   he didn't feel it go in.........the area around it was reddened so obviously it had been there for some time (not just a few hours) however........now the offensive item was gone.....i was awake.......so on with the day!!!    have a headache from little sleep....

also.......got a little valentine's surprise..............rex ordered a wide format printer for me (((((i am paying for it with my bonus check) and it arrived yesterday!!!!!    can't wait to break that bad boy out and give it a spin!!!

well....guess i better move it along.......there is cardboard to rip into......breakfast to eat......stuff to be done!!!!!

i love my life!!!!!   (horned beast and all!!!)

Another day. Another 1.50. Before taxes

Just read the post from ScrappinIt. And they have posted about the class I'm teaching on feb21. Sat. If anyone is interested in a roadtrip. Call me.

Back to the plant

I'm here. Listening to a doctor curse like a truck driver

Been gone too long. Working overtime and not getting much else done. This time of year just seems icky. Cloudy and windy. And a chance of tornados.

Hoping to find the mojo to get some clear scraps stuff done this weekend wish me luck!......

Sent out the blog prizes yesterday. Sher,Kath & Melissa...keep your eyes open!!!!

Okay. Back to the plant

tried to make another post.........miss lucy is running amok in our bedroom and trying to keep us intertained!

   had a fun time last light.......i actually got a few things done last night!!!   feel good about that!

hope to see you girls soon!

happy days!@@

First post via iPhone

Well. .......going to try this .....if it works will add photos.

Let me know if it works!!!!!

Kathy &jose aka Sparky

and the WINNERS are............

okay.....after spending the weekend with the ClearScraps girls and wearing myself out........i had mr. butt choose the winners...........i put all the names in a bag and he pulled out 3......yeppers THREE!!!

so without further ado..........the winners are.......

Kathy W.......winner of Caroline's Caffe Clear-N-Chip 

Miss Quido.....winner of the Skyline Acrylic Album

Sher ......winner of  the Mini Arrow Album

please email me your addresses and as soon as CHA is over and these are shipped to me.....i will send them to you........with some additional goodies!!!!!!

thanks to everyone for playing!!!!!!!    i think i will definitely DO this again!!!!!!!

day after...........feeling worn out and old~!

i think i will need to STOP these little weekend events........staying up past midnight......drinking......laughing..........wetting my pants............and getting LITTLE done are taking their toll on me..........i have done NOTHING today except sit on the couch with 2 little puppies.....snuggle and nap with them!!!!!!!

crapola......it's 8:18 and i'm in bed ready to sleep........course i DO have to be up at 415am to shower and get to the plant to save lives!!!!!!!  directly followed by a mac class.........then i'm sure i'll come home and crash!

i'm spending next saturday at FKS for a 12 hour crop and just designed my page swap............8.5x11 is an odd size for me..........however i'll make it happen!   parakeet, wild pansy and some creative cafe felt paper is just up my alley...........along with some crap from the cricut .............hope it turns out cute!

well.......tomorrow night i will draw 3 names for the winners of the blog contest........keep your eyes and ears peeled!!!!!!

night night!!!!!!!!!!!    sparky!!!

weekend with ClearScraps......and drawing!!

hello everyone!!!!!!   thanks to all for the comments.......you will ABSOLUTELY love clearScraps.......i had the opportunity to teach a class for them this weekend.....and had such fun!!!!!

didn't take ONE photo....too bad for me!!!!!!!

i will draw tomorrow for the Blog Winner.......guess i will make that winners....(just need to verify with J&J to numbers!!) and then the goodies will go out!......now ...just an FYI.......these new ClearScraps are all being released at Winter CHA, so it may be a couple of weeks before they are shipped!!!!!    i will make sure that J&J let me know when these are shipped.....and i will send out additional goodies to go with them!!!

thanks again, everyone!

kathy      AKA sparky!!!!!!

actual link!!!!!!!

wow.......i can't think of anything more difficult than this.......anyway.....here it is!!!!!

http://clearalbums.com

just scroll down and check out the fun!!!

ClearScraps and a GIVE AWAY!!!!!

HELLO, everyone!!!!!    wow...life certainly is busy......   i finally finished my CHA items for Clear Scraps.....wish i would have had more time to spend playing with all their new items......if only i didn't have a mortgage.....if only i didn't have a credit card with wedding expenses......IF ONLY!!!!

oh well.....life goes on and i continue to work, play with paper, glue and ClearScraps!!!   

check out the link attached...(hope it works!)  you can check out some of the new items ClearScraps is debuting at CHA and some of the work done by the design team!   One is even designed for a upcoming class!

okay....i haven't ever done this before.....however i'm going to have a giveaway!!!!!    just post a comment about all the new ClearScraps on my blog and i will give away one of the new items......i will even add some extras from my own personal and EXPANSIVE stash!!! 

hope that all sounds enticing!!!!  good luck!

CHA...clear scraps will be the MEGA WINNER!!!

the owners of CLEAR SCRAPS have done it again.....they have designed some of the most delightful albums and mini's ever!!!!!!!!!! i have had the privilege to play with some of them....(wishing now i didn't have a mortgage and could do this full time......
so with no further ado........here is the latest!!!!!!!!!!

hope everyone is enjoying their NEW YEAR!!!

i love MY life!!!

happy next year...........with BAD NEWS!!!

crap...........our wonderful GEEK neighbor (he's a computer GENIUS!!!) came over last night to check out this flipping computer..............and I downloaded a VIRUS!!!!!!!!!!!! disguised as a virus protection that had expired!!!!!!!!! when it asked for $65 for the download i stopped..........and now it's totally screwed up my pc!!!!!!!!!! kevin said he is going to try to find an answer..........and if there is no fix.......well..........it will be time to dismantle this baby and start over!!!!!! last night i spent over 4 hours trying to back up all my documents......photos didn't go so well.......going to burn those to cd/dvd's today..........HAPPY NEXT YEAR to me!!! at least i haven't lost everything so far! (note to everyone.....BACK UP YOUR STUFF!!!!! external hard-drives are NOT that expensive!!!)

on a lighter note.............i love my life!!!!!!!! things feel so much better here......laughter....chasing each other around the house...........talk of painting the inside (i know....AGAIN!).....and granite countertops!!!!!!! also.....worked out a new budget .....i'm now the CFO again........my goal is to pay off the credit card in 1 year!!!!!!!! with erin's wedding, we got way over!!!!!! i think we are even past the national average!!!!!! wish us luck!!!!!! i may be working a lot of night shifts to help with this one............however after that is paid i may be able to cut back on days i work at the surgery center!

wishing everyone health, happiness and joy! i love my life!!!

some more!

5 more!!

yep, more photos!~

more photos!!!!!!!!!!!

yeppers........more photos of the holidays!!!!!!!

merry christmas and happy next year!

can you believe it.....i'm posting on my blog!!!! november turned out to be a very difficult time for me.....and december just flew by!

i have finished all my gifts.....yep....just finished the last of them today......and it's a few days after the BIG day!!!! would love to post a photo.....however i still have to deliver some 10 of these....and don't want to give it away! hope everyone enjoys their goodies!

christmas eve was fun....rex and i hit the mall early......just to pick up a few bargains......and watch the crazed men that waited until the last day! some of them are down right pitiful!!! i think i saw one buying a CHIA pet!!!! damn.....i would throw that at mr butt if he gifted me with that!!! we made cookies......wrapped gifts.......napped.......and had a quiet evening! nothing at all like the ones when we first got married.....or when erin was young. we would always spend the evening at my parents with all the other siblings, their spouses and children! at one point we had upwards of 25 people in their home! food.....voices rising to be heard.....mom getting ticked off because someone is late......her standing at the door, handing out paper plates as the late ones arrived! some wild and wacky memories......just wish i had more photos of those times!

christmas morning was fun.......i had asked santa for 2 things....an iphone and a flip video! well....santa became a little befuddled with the iphone and setting up a new service.......so after a couple of hours of cajoling (that morning!) he finally printed off a photo of an iphone and gave that to me stating i could pick one out the next day...(actually saturday since he had to work at his real job.....then play at the barn that evening!) so......a new iphone lives at my home! and my flip video is sooooo damn much fun! course the only videos i have been able to get are of the puppies.....miss lucy loves to entertain for us! erin just won't participate any longer.....rex did get a little snippet of erin, mike (the son-in-law) and me playing smarty pants on mike's wii!!! that was so damn much fun.....course my shoulder hurt afterwards from pulling too hard at tug-o-war!!! i also got some wonderful perfume....trish mcelvoy #9.....smells divine!

the extra bargains that we purchased on christmas eve turned out to be the same thing for each other!!! i purchased a pair of ugg slippers for rex and he bought me some ugg slides! they are soooooo damn warm and comfy!! too bad those weren't on sale!

i also found a fun little pink tree.....wanted to add it to the tree forest.....however mr. butt wasn't too cooperative in that arena.....so the little pink tree sat alone.......until i added the children's' gifts under it......then it looked beautiful.!!!

i almost forgot about the excitement.....the small oven fire!!!! erin loves sweet potatoes smothered with melted marshmallows.......needless to say her dad (and I ) try to accommodate her.....sooooooo slide in the dish with the added mallows.....and wait for the chaos to ensue! it only took a couple of minutes to notice that they had spilled over onto the bottom of the oven.....then the BLACK smoke started to billow out.....i grabbed the fire extinguisher while rex started pulling out burning marshmallows.......what a disaster!!! the fire alarms started going off......mike tried to disconnect one.......then discovered they are electric.....so fanning with new jeans (first item to grab) began vigorously!...soon the smoke had dissipated and dinner began! oh what fun it is to .........cook......burn.......ride!!!!!

comet or lucy is scratching at the door.......she is just like a 3 yr old.......in & out....in & out.....IN & OUT........and she whines........it's the highest pitch whine EVER!!!!!

enjoy some photos from the holiday......and Happy NEXT Year!!!

i DO love my life!!!

sadness

wow.....driving home from work today the sadness was overwhelming..........also i feel soooo damn naive...........i really thought yesterday was all about qualification, morals, values, ability.........NOT RACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! however i found out i was wrong!!!!!! and i'm sad........
i am NOT a racist............and i voted for the man i think can do the best job to bring this country back to greatness.........however when i hear people talking about "the first african-american" it makes me sad........can't this just be about his abilities......not the color of his skin.......... i'm just sad.........

enough said.

Clear Scraps Acrylic ROCKS!!!

hello there, blogland!!!! trying to keep up with my blog.......some days it just seems like there are only 2 hours in the day......while others seem to have a total of 24 hours! work is never the same start time each day.......and i never work the same amount of time......so i just can't get into a routine schedule...........oh well..........not going to bitch about it.........i still DON'T have to work weekends, holidays or take call like i used to!

okay......i finished my album earlier this week......did a fun little layout last night........and then made a cute little christmas card while playing with the the trick or treaters and giving out candy!

the christmas card was made using the plain 12x12 clear scraps acrylic......i cut it to 4"x5" to fit a standard card! using the new cuttlebug embossing folder "Lace Tree", i inked the "debossed" side of the folder with Black Cherry Staz On ink.....then carefully placed the acrylic onto the surface and ran it SLOWLY through my Sizzix Big Kick! i then opened the folder and gingerly removed the ClearScraps Acrylic (to prevent any smearing of the ink!)

Using the new Helmar Gemstone Glue sent to me from Tracy W. from our design team (thanks Tracy............check out her blog and the Helmar Design Team opportunity!) i attached pointsetta colored gems from The Robin's Nest to the front side sparingly. Next i cut Bazzill Diamond Bling Cardstock ( i had NO white American Craft Cardstock...:( to size and attached the ClearScraps Acrylic with brads. using a craft knife i made small slits at the bottom where the tree trunk would be and threaded a red ribbon through and tied a small bow......trying to emulate jackie, i impaled myself with said craft knife......howled for attention and since mr. butt was busy with the children needing candy i got NO attention........so i just went on about my business!!!.. Now...i couldn't find any red brads......what with answering the door to hand out candy to those little greedy children.........just kidding!!!......and running downstairs into the old studio looking for some red ones.........i just used gold ones that i covered with VersaMark from Tsukineko and then added Whispers Crimson Red Embossing Powder and heated until nice and glossy! i punched holes into each corner with my crop-a-dile and inserted the brads to anchor it down!!!

once this was done i attached this piece to red cardstock cut the size of a standard card! i think this design may be the one i use for all my christmas cards!

okay...........the lights are out and there is a substantial amount of candy left!!!!!! thank heaven most of it is chocolate.....so i won't be eating that! i stopped on my way home from work and bought a really fun coat for winter.......(it's really cute since i removed the faux fur collar!).....i also tried on a couple of holiday dresses............which fit soooo poorly!!!!!!!!! i really have to drop a couple of lbs...............and i just don't want to give up all the CRAP that i eat.......or work out on a regular basis...............course that is the only way it's gonna happen! wish me luck!!!!!!!!

okay......i love my life.........and i still have to pack up some stuff to take and work on while at a crop with toots and the girls!!!!!!!! my toes and ankles are swollen again.......so i called toots and i'm going to bed now.....and will pack my bag in the am............she's soooo agreeable and is willing to wait for me!!!

loving the design team!

i am just loving being on the CLEAR SCRAPS design team!   i had such fun making the wedding album from erin & mike's ceremony!   the photos are stunning and the acrylic makes things look great!   just wish i could post the photos of the book!  it will have to wait a few days!

spent the weekend with michele, linda, cathi, barb, becky, nancy and gwen!  also some other friends!!!!   we stayed up way tooooo late and played with paper, glue (and ACRYLIC!!!)   and we got lots accomplished!!!  we were also given a MakingMemories Slice die cutter.........FREE!!!!!   can you imagine that!.....and they offered all the accessories for 20%off.......sooooo i just had to buy the SPELLBOUND  cartridge.......the font is really cool....and it has some cool looking clip art........crowns, crows, bats, skulls.....etc!!!  i also ordered the carrying bag.......after mr. butt said it wouldn't be a good idea.........hate it when he tells me NOT to do something......especially  since i work 3 jobs........guess i can afford it! 

lucy came over on sunday evening......she played with comet and apollo........well.....she tried to play with comet.....he is just not one for playing with her.....however apollo just loves to play with lucy!!!    erin & mike were here also.....they had dinner.....then mike and rex worked on the layout of their bathroom!!!   they hope to gut the room.....add some space and redo the room!   it's pretty tiny now.......and very retro! (and not in a good way!......i like it however the kids aren't tooooo fond of 50's style tile!....

okay.....well.....better get off to bed......have a long day ahead of me!   i love my life.......want to play with some more acrylic!!!    have a few ideas up my sleeve!!!!

bad blogger.......still working on healthly living!

yep..........bad blogger!!! since i last blogged......let's see.......i worked non-stop for 2 days............had my legs and feet swell to the point i thought they may burst.......went to the doctor for said swelling.....started some old people meds.....swelling subsided........went to kansas city with linda and michele..........spent way to much flipping money on stuff i just don't need........came home sick.....(seems to happen each and every time i go away for a weekend).....

also......got the coolest dolce & gabbana bag from catherine......lime green leather,of course!!! and a really cool postcard from the great wall of china! she hinted there may be another trip next year...............if i can swing it....i'm there!!!!!!!!!!! course, i 'm NOT eating any bugs like cfe did........she's just whacked out!

okay.......i also received the biggest and coolest box of deliciousness (is that a word.....where is my english teacher daughter when i need her?)......anyway.....it has some of the most wonderful things inside.......and i need to get busy............course this sickly crap keeps hanging on! perhaps this week i can shake it completely......................and then i leave for a weekend with linda and michele again................so IF i come home on sunday sick......well....let's just say it could be the last for awhile!

mr. butt should be home soon...........then dinner and off to bed..............gotta face another week of fun and games!

i love my life!!!!!!!!!!!!

it's a SAD day in muddville

does anyone remember that story?????????? or am i just soooo damn old that i do remember it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

anyway..........it's been storming here since 7'ish this am......comet woke me with his incessant barking at the thunder..............and it's extremely muddy...........so the pool boys come......(fyi......hire your own pool boys.........the ones they send from the pool company are VERY hard of the eyes.............!!!!!!!! way too much beer...............too much recreational drugs......etc) anyway........they blew the pipes clear and put on the winter cover...............it's very, very sad................

does anyone feel sad for me??????????? by the way.......that would be comet in the upper left of the photo.............apollo was ducking for cover........he doesn't like to be wet!! he's very delicate......just like me!!!!!!!!! we are both like jasmine's...........very, very delicate!!!!!!

okay..........gotta shower before i'm off for the haircut............hope tom leaves some blonde on!!!!!!

i love my life!!!

waiting for my dt stuff...............loving the cooler weather

i can't actually believe i posted that.............i LOVE summer and the heat........however the pool water is sooooo damn cold i am just ready for cooler weather and fun new clothes!!!!!!!!

i found myself a new jEAN jacKet yesterday....(remember.......i lost mine while wasting time at Sky Harbor airport in Phoenix, Arizona!!)) ........went shopping with miss stinky mcgee......perhaps that would be mrs. stinky fluchel.........anyway......bought a jacket at express......then found another at gap..........bought them both.......rex and erin liked the one from gap best............so guess i'll be returning the other one!!!! no worries............perhaps i can find myself a pair a jeans instead!!!!!!!!! now......don't anyone tell mr. butt........he thinks 5 pairs of jeans are plenty for anyone!!!!!!!!!! NOT!!!!!!!!

waiting until the box of goodies arrives from Clear Scraps............kinda excited to get started playing with it..............making stuff.............i just wish i had someone to come and clean up all the other crap in this studio.............what a flippin mess!!!!!!!!!! i have had the last 3 days off........haven't gotten a thing done...........and still have tomorrow off!!!!!!!! damn.........in the olden days i would have worked from sun-up to sun-down trying to get things done........that's what age does to you..................if it gets done......GREAT............if not...........GREAT............i will not kill myself anymore for a clean/scoured home................it just doesn't make sense!!


mr. butt & i went to at&t yesterday to switch up our phones...........we have the lamest phones ever..........you can be sitting right next to them and still not hear them ring!!!!!!! well......after looking at jilly's and DOCTOR mikes' (and i say that with the utmost respect.............YEAH!!( anyway.........i have decided i would really like an iPhone...............soooooo after 1 hour of rex deciding which phone he would like....(not the iPhone) we decide to run home for the current phone contract....(att needed the info) and we find out that the contract isn't up until NOV. 29...................aaaaaaacccccccccckkkkkkkkkkkkkkk...........can you say CRAP!!!!!!!!! everyone who knows me knows i don't like to wait............however i will!!!!!!!!! who knows.........i may even change my mind!!!

trying to convince some other girls to join us at ScrapSt. Louis...........yes, CRICKET.......i'm speaking directly to you!!!!!!!!!!!! i think it will be a great time.............fun will be had by all............soooooo if anyone is thinking about it......come on down!!!!!!!

okay.......mr.butt should be home from the barn soon...............mozzarella caprese' for supper!!!!!!!!! can you say YUMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!

i love my life................................still would love someone to come help with organizing!!!!!!!!!

guess what............i got selected!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yeppers.........you read that correctly!!!!!!!!!! i was selected to be on the ClearScraps design team!!!!!!!!!!!! how cool is that!!!!!!!!! i love their products.............love to play with their word books....and also all the cool embellishments...........and i am learning some really cool things that can be done with their products!!!!!!! stay tuned for more information!!!!!!!!

same bat time
same bat channel!!!!!!!

i was even able to figure out how to add all their blogs to my blog...........check them out for some really cool inspiration!!!!!!!!!!!!! ...thanks cathy and the other dt girls that helped me!! kiss,kiss
wowsers...................i LOVE my life!!!!!!

oh......course now they want me to shop............send them a cute photo and send them information about myself! guess there goes the federal protection program!!!!!!!!!! perhaps i can find a photo of someone really cute........think anyone will notice??? of course someone will notice!!!!!!!!!

okay.........i have totally slacked all day......(i know....what's new......smart ass!!!) anyway......qvc hasn't had anything to offer..........so no money going off for crap i really don't need............

ohhhhhhhh........one redeeming thing........i did do some laundry!!!!!!!!!! yeppers.......washed.......tossed into the dryer...........well............i STARTED some laundry..........there is still time to fold and put in it's proper place before mr. butt arrives home from work!

love my life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

exciting news.............that i CAN'T SHARE!

oh..........i have some very exciting news........anyway it's exciting for me.......and i can't share it!!!! what a pooper!!!!!!!

life around here is pretty routine.........off to work............then home again......feeling much better..........not quite sure what the heck was up............still have insomnia and i don't think that was it...........however something kicked butt!!!!!!!!!

stopped over at the newlyweds home yesterday........miss lucy is just one big ball of spitfire.......she wore me out just watching...............while i waited for her to use the entire backyard as her toilet, i got eaten by at least 6000 mosquitoes...........they dined on my tender ankles and arms.............then i had to drench myself in benadryl cream......followed shortly thereafter with cortisone 10 spray.............i hate ITCHING!!!!!!!!!!! thank heavens these must have been toddler mosquitoes since the welps weren't large and the itching subsided quickly!!!!!!

i think i may send the book i did of lucy .....her royal highness off to a magazine...........even perhaps an online one...........just to see what would happen!

well.............super early day tomorrow at the center..........OOOHHHH>>>>>>tonight we shot a commercial for the next lt governor of missouri.........sam page, md!!!!!!!!!! i used to work with sam at st. john's...........he is an anesthesiologist......and now is into politics....soooooo we will see!!!!!

anyway..........still love my life................going cropping tomorrow at the store.........hope to get something accomplished!!!!!!!!

oh..........if anyone knows where i stuck my flash drive.........give me a call on my cell!!!!!!!

being ill sucks

yep.....still sick........not quite sure what's up...........no fever.....just chills and aches. went to work today.........just can't stay home and use up holiday pay!

still holding out hope of finding my lost jean jacket! lost it in phoenix.....between the car rental place and the hugh sky harbor airport..........i really loved that jacket.......and the fun buttons on it! especially the one from mary mitchell....."queen of the whole damn world!"........if anyone spots it................send it home to me!!!

hope everyone is well...............erin seems to be doing well with her second year at parkway west............has good students.............
lucy is doing well..............still having a few accidents...........however she is just a bitty girl.......and i still love her!!!!!!!!!!! michael is also doing well.........working hard as usual!

rex is still playing at the barn............usually just one evening or a sunday afternoon per week.........seems they are pretty slow............hopefully things will pick up for the holidays........otherwise the store may close! would hate that.............i think rex enjoys going in there..........it's not hard work........sometimes a little dusty.............however he seems to like it!

i like my other job..............only working here and there..........the money is good......and it pays for all of my little trips.........can't beat that..............love that i can earn the money to pay for these things without dipping into the money for housing and other things!!

well.............starting to fade...........was hoping to stay awake longer than 8pm tonight...........looks like 915pm is it!!!!!!!!!!!

i still love my wonderful life!!!!!!!!!!!!!1