wowsers......lookie what i won!

biRthday giveaway....

last week
was rhonna farrers' birthday and she had a little giveaway on her blog...wow, how lucky to
have won one of these beauties!

still working on the ugly masterbath room remodel......the glass tile was delivered on friday night, and the vanity/bathtub fixtures arrived yesterday. now....we just have to wait for
the next delivery of the travertine and the bullnose trim! hopefully we will have a functional
bathroom by the holidays.....say a little prayer!

happy fall days to all!

more bathroom demo

what a mess.........drywall/floor dust everywhere............rex working on plumbing for over 6 hours.......and it's still NOT finished.........
it will all be worth it when it is finished...........just so much work and soooooo messy!!!!!!

check out the photos for evidence of the disaster!

hello again.......

wow,,,,can't believe so much time has elapsed since i last posted... life is just so busy and it seems the last thing i remember is to post on this blog!
spent last evening with linda, monica and beth playing with paper and glue!!!!! what fun that was..........and dinner at CPK.....delish white pizza with pesto ......yummmmmm

demo'ed the master bathroom last weekend and going to work on it this weekend.....the plumbing and electric has to be moved to accommodate the new vanities..... so much work.....for such a wonderful space!!!!!
rex is taking down the Hooks from the old 9 foot mirror.....someone is coming by to pick it up now......yeah,,,,,less crap in the garage!!!!!

i purged the ANNEX again.....and put a few things up on ebay..........going to have a little spending money when it's all done...........also cashed in some old gold jewelry and added that to the savings account........feeling lighter about doing all of this..........want things to be simpler and less cluttered...........minimal.........loving it!!!!!

wonderful......wonderful weekend!

rex has had the entire week off......and the master bedroom floor has been finished......yeah for hardwood!!! the painting is done and i found some different drapes for the window at BB&B...while out doing a little shopping with Erin! she just finished her guest bedroom and purchased a pillow and some art for the walls! so now we have decided to remodel the master bath with new vanities,travertine tile and glass mosaic tile.........so looking forward to getting this done! then some slate for the guest bathroom floor.......lots of work however it's so much fun when it's done!

cropped on friday night with linda and monica......and of course we accomplished absolutely nothing!!!!! however the company was FABULOUS.....................dinner at Cheesecake Factory......leftovers brought home for mr. butt..........and my scrap crap is still sitting in the kitchen!!!!!!

rex remodeled my closet......and now i have 3 shoes shelves.....a shelf for my handbags......and it's so damn organized it's wonderful!!!!! now i just can't wait to finish organizing my annex.....it's starting to come together......and i want to get it done so i can play with paper and glue soon!

well........happy week to all...............i LOVE my life!

friDAY THE thirTeenth!

wowsers.........i used to like friday the 13th.........however today sucked the fun out of it!!!!

happy weekend, all!!!!!!

new design team for me!

wow....i can't believe so much time has gone by since i last posted! the pool party was fantastic! and i just spent the weekend with the most wonderful girls ever........i was totally non-productive and seemed to have no MOJO.........however i did have some great KARMA and won 3 prizes over the three days! how fun is that?????
okay......the new design team thing is that i get to make layouts/cards/altered items using my cricut or silhouette........you can't beat that with a stick!!!!!!
this is my first layout and i just loved playing with my silhouette and using a cute photo of Apollo.....my main squeeze!!!!!! check out Kitty's Cuttings at visualdesignsbychris.com.....she is working on her blog and has some really cool files that are quite affordable and available right now!!!
well.......happy work week to all!!!!! be good, stay cool........or come on over for a little pool time!

Helmar Adhesive Guest Designer***

check out HelmarUSA.typepad.com....the post on their blog should go live tomorrow. i have had so much fun using their products....just wish i had more time to play....

i will post photos of the projects on sunday (having guests for a pool party on saturday!) so hang on.....

i love my life!

Guest Designer for HelmarAdhesives for July 2010

playing with some delightful paper and the WondErfuL HelmarAdhesive!!!!! this GLUE rocks the house......it will hold anything.....and is withstanding the 98 degree heat and 3 thunderstorms!!! how cool is that!!!!! will post some photos soon!

i just LOVE my life!

vacation fun!!!!!!

having a great time on vacation..........last night was a RiverCityRascals game........minor league baseball in our town!!!! it was hot and humid......and the hair DIDN"T curl.....yahoooooooo!!! course today it looks a little flat.....have to wait until tomorrow to shampoo!!!!!

spent the morning poolside.....started a new book......the Glass Castle .......intriguing...... hope to finish before i'm back to work!

after some pool time, i was off to the studio to make a little camera bag........something that donna downey had on her blog a while back.......turned out totally cute! course rex said he wouldn't carry it! too bad for him.......doesn't have any sense of style!!!!!! thinking of getting the laptop bag to carry my mac!

hopefully going to cut some stuff from my silhouette to use with my design team project!!!!! and perhaps cut some funky vinyl and apply it to my laptop.......spice it up a little!

well.......going to have a snack and then rex and i are off to the circus!!!!! Circus Flora is a local circus that performs in a air-conditioned big top at the Powell Symphony Hall......it's supposed to be fabulous..........then tomorrow is WICKED!!!!!!!!! i have never seen it......and i'm totally psyched about going!!!!!!!

well........hope to post some photos of the circus........as well as some of some fun stuff from the studio............

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

ClearScraps Guest Designer

i was the guest designer for ClearScraps this month.....and designed a little wedding album ...complete with photos from my nephew's wedding! i had such a great time working with the graphic 45 papers, prima flowers and the ClearScraps album!!! i do hope to design for them again in the future!

here are a couple of the photos of the album.....i will be giving this to julie and shane soon!

i LOVE my life!!!!!

hello new week!!!!!

cold is starting to ease and feeling better!!!!! and just think, it't the beginning of a new week!!!!! i spent saturday cleaning my studio........found the floor and desk top.......and COMPLETED 3 layouts..............yeah........damn skippy of me!!!!! i also finished my latest little album.....of my nephew's wedding.....it was pretty fun!!!!!! it should be on the ClearScraps blog soon!!!! i will post some photos in the next day or so.....need to wait until it's up there!!!!!

took mike to Pi for his birthday.........what great pizza!!!!!! it was the same pizza that Obama had flown to DC..........so damn tasty!!!!!! got some fun photos....too!!!!!

well.......home alone.......rex is working on erin's kitchen........well.....helping work!!!!! i'm just crashing on the couch.........have to be at work at o'dark thirty...........!!!!! crap.....i don't like gettin up early!!!!!!

i just love my life!!!!!!

lost saturday

still sick........rex spent the day with erin and mike working on a slate floor for their kitchen......while i spent the day on the couch..........still nursing this flipping illness..........thought the meds would work much faster....however i still feel like a dirty washcloth.......lifeless and limp!

any suggestions for feeling better.........send them my way!

holy crap......still sick.......

called joe,md....love him!!!!! now have meds that will kick this bug (bugs) butt!!!!!

this may turn into pneumonia and that would really suck!!!!! so if no difference within 3 days......off for xrays.......then i will probably glow in the dark!!!!!!

wish me luck getting my dt project finished this weekend.......have some fun wedding photos waiting to be picked up at walgreens......then add some fun stuff to the album.......feeling the mojo..........just bugs keep getting in the way!

happy thursday to all..........i love my life!!!!!! (bugs, and all!!!!)

summer colds SUCK

have some kind of head cold.......spent most of the last two days on the couch........sucks.......freezing my butt off right now.........looks silly to be under a big throw on the couch when it's sooo warm outdoors.......

here's wishing it goes away soon..........i have DT obligations!!!!!

wedding and anniversary!!!!!!

yesterday my nephew married his girlfriend.......the ceremony took place in my sister's garden and was wonderful.........sunny, warm and a little muddy!!!!! however everyone had a great time! then off to the reception! the bridal party finally arrived a couple of hours later........after having some fun on the PARTY bus.......wonder what happened on it!!!!!!

erin and mike drove us and had some plans, so we skipped dinner and left a little early! however i hope rex got some great photographs!!!!!!! plan to use them for my next guest designer project and will send it off to my sister when i'm done!

in other news.......rex and i celebrated our 34th wedding anniversary yesterday!!!!! wowsers.....we were just kids when we got married and still love each other.........and tolerate each other!!!!! course a little tussle occurred while in the bread company on saturday morning........just because we live together for so long doesn't mean we don't fight like cats and dogs!!!!

today we tried to work on the guest bedroom, finishing up the drapes, and artwork!!!!!! then to finish moving in the dresser and done!!!!!!! next will be the study.......repaint after installing hardwood floors.......then our room and lastly the loft!!!!! oh.......to have all this done.........and all the while we are trying to do some stuff around the pool.........we need more time and more MONEY!!!!!!!

made a simple going away card to leeanna........she is (was) the manager at ARchiver's at chesterfield and is leaving for greater adventures..........will miss her bright smile!!!!!! good luck, leeanna!!!!! and tanner!!!!!

happy monday to all.............i LOVE my life!!!!!

design posted at ClearScraps blog!

had fun making the little travel brag book.........thinking of what i'm going to do for june!!!! then going to come up with something fun for the HelmarAdhesive guest DT thing for July!!!!! going to be a busy girl!!!!!!

hope everyone is doing well..........saturday is my 34rd wedding anniversary and my nephew is getting married that day! pray for nice weather........it's been raining for almost 12 days........would love to see some sunshine!!!!! we have actually had to turn on the furnace.....and the fireplace to get the chill and dampness out of the air!!!!!!

thinking of playing with watercolours tonight........have a fun little donna downey camera case and hope it looks good when it's done!

i love my life............happy monday to all!!!!

Guest Designer for ClearScraps for May & June 2010

wow......what a great life.......i just finished a guest designer project for ClearScraps for the month of may.....it is to be posted next week........had some fun with the acrylic and photos from ikea!!! loved that store!

been extremely busy and tired in the last few weeks......working hard and not sleeping well.....then taking naps in the afternoon which just perpetuates the whole not sleeping thing!!!! wish me luck on fixing that!!!!!

saturday we are having a subdivision garage sale and i have been trying to get a few things together.........since we are installing hardwood in the second story of the house....we are trying to declutter and minimize all things!!!!

even with the storms we have had in the last few days, i just wanted to post a little photo of my beautiful and fragrant peonies!!!!! love these, just disgusted by the ants that come with them!!!!!

i love my crazy, busy life!!!!!!

Guest Designer for HelmarAdhesives for July 2010

wow.........what fun this will be!!!!!! can't wait to get all the goodies and start playing with paper and glue...their adhesives work wonderfully! i have used it in the past and again recently and can't wait to see what they send to me ...............

hope all are doing well.........may seems to be a busy month! first weekend i was away with the girls for scrapbooking.......next weekend going to Cirque de Soleil for Mother's Day....a treat from my son-in-law and daughter.....Cathy (michael's mother) is also attending........that will be so much fun! just love her......such wit and she is so dang intelligent!

the following weekend is the subdivision garage sale and i have LOTS of old scrapbooking stuff to send to someone else's home! sunday will be a day off.....................then

the following weekend is our wedding anniversary (34yrs!) and my nephew is getting married that day! so after the wedding then off to the reception festivities!!! not sure about that sunday.....i'm sure there will be lots of laundry and other house keeping duties to fulfill!!!!!

then the following weekend is memorial day!!!!!!!!! hopefully rex won't be working on sunday since i invited linda and jim over for some pool time and refreshments........hope the weather holds out!

well.....off to bed for me!!!!!!!! I LOVE MY LIFE!~!!!

weekend fun and a glorious day off!

wow.......i had such a great weekend.....spent saturday with gf's playing with paper, glue and WATERCOLOURS!!!!!! made some cards.....a couple of layouts and watercoloured on a canvas bag! now i just need to get some embellishments to add to it!

i had today off.........the sun was shining and the air smells so good!!!!! i could hear the sounds from the water fountain in the swimming pool........the water is blue and still quite chilly! once we add the solar blanket, i'm sure we'll be in it soon!

rex has been working steadily on expanding the pool deck......along with installing hardwood floors to the second story of the house! he painted the guest bedroom this past week.....he took a week's vacation to play and get some things done! he also visited the union hall and social security office........and he is planning on retiring within the next 8 months!!!!! hooray for him!!! at just 56 yrs old, i'm so happy for him! he has such bad rheumatoid arthritis in both of his hands.....and sometimes they just ache!!! so it will be good for him to get out of that type of work, and into something that requires less stress on his joints!

i finished photographing and typing up my information for my guest designer gig at ClearScraps for the month of May........i had fun making the little book and adding all the fun stuff from my first trip to Ikea............will post more about it next week...........

hope everyone is safe (with the floods and scary weather!)......take good care of yourselves!!!

i love my life!

worry.....just plain ol' worry

well......as i posted....rex drove 5.5 hours to chicago on thursday......spent 8 hours at a class on friday....(some of it on his feet.....most sitting in a chair).....then i arrive on friday night! after we drove to the suburbs of chicago, he complained about his calf hurting and started to massage it!!!!! NO>>>>>> never.....REPEAT.....NEVER massage a calf that is hurting!!!!! okay.....my public announcement is over......anyway......after i told him NOT to massage his leg, i took a quick peek... not red, swollen or warm to touch! so just told him to keep me informed!

saturday.......at ikea he again said it hurt!!!!! well.....ikea just happens to have little paper tape measures hanging around.......so i made him raise his pant legs and measured his calves.....just a 1/4 inch difference!!!!! so again told him to keep me informed............

drove 5.5 hours home saturday night and no further comments!!

sunday......rex goes to work at the Pottery Barn for 5 hours.............no comments!~

fast forward to monday am.........he calls me at WORK...(first time in over 2 years!) and tells me his calf is hurting badly and his foot is going numb! so quickly called joe (our primary) and then met rex at the ER...............1 hour and probably $1000 later.....no DVT. (blood clot)....thank god and just muscle inflammation! so home for the rest of the day

with the leg elevated and iced!!!!! so very thankful that he is healthy.......i love rex so much......i can't imagine a day of my life without him........

next month we will celebrate 34yrs of marriage!!!! wow....and some said it would never last!

i just LOVE my life!