sorry i've been MIA

I don't have a computer right now because the cabinets have been going in. I took the computer down on Saturday and havn't checked in since then. Let me just tell you how beautiful they are - they messed up on a few things that i'm not to happy about - but i'm not going to complain because i'm just so dang excited. The countertops come in the morning and then they have to fix a few of the drawers and replace the drawer in front of my computer with a keyboard tray (asked for this in the beginning) and then i can take pictures. Be prepared to drool - not kidding. I don't know how i got so lucky!!

So sorry i havn't been around or visiting your blogs - just don't have a puter. Shaker gals - tell Michele I tried to login today to check in but i can't remember my password - i'm just used to being automatically logged in and so i don't remember it. I can't even remember my password to get into MSN so i havn't checked my email for days either!

I'm not sure i will be checking in for a while either. I am getting surgery done next tuesday (partial hyst) its time - i've had alot of health problems and i'm hoping this makes life easier. So i will be in the hospital for a few days then staying at my parents for a few days. So i will get back to it when i'm feeling better. Thanks to all my loyal friends for checking in.......XOXOXOX

Dont get mad............

I can't get mad at her anyways for some reason - but I was on the verge of mad today - probably because i dont feel well and i'm home with all of the kiddos on Presidents day and Dean is Ice fishing. I do have to say that he redeemed himself on Valentines. He ended up calling me while I was in town at a Dr. app. and asking me to go to lunch - so he took me to Cafe Rio (my favorite) and gave me flowers (i wonder if he reads my blog) - and then that evening we went out to eat with some friends at the Pizza Factory and then we did the I FLY Indoor skydiving at the gym. I had done it before with Mason when it opened so i knew what I was getting into - it was alot of fun!

Still in the middle of cleaning out the office so not much scrapping going on here - just me and a bunch of sick kids today - Ethan is already in tears in his room for some reason - mom to the rescue - BYE!

randomness........

Another layout i did up at Sherwood a few weekends ago. It was kindof hard doing such BOY layout after using pink and flowers all of time. I like how it turned out though. I used some of the paper for the November Kit for the The Shaker Box . And i used the left side of Pencil Lines Sketch #69.
Time is running out and my cabinets are going to be done next week and i havn't even started clearing the room - so thats my goal - this weekend is to clean it out. Its just so hard to get started - its such a big fat mess.

Happy Valentines day to all my friends and family - at this point - i'm not sure what we are doing. I'm probably setting myself up for dissapointment thinking he will plan something. I did all the planning last year with a scavenger hunt and fruit dipped in chocolate and a movie. Its just not in his blood and you'd think after 11 years of marriage I would get over it - but sometimes i just wish............He's a great guy - just a busy one. So i will just let the day come and go not expecting anything and if i get something GREAT - if not thats okay too. Hope you all have a great one!! XOXOXOXO

Oh yeah - forgot - there is another CROP over at the Shaker Box this weekend. Its just a small one - i won't be around much but if your looking for some challenges- head over and check it out!

the last of my Vegas Posts...

Just had to share the Hooker purse and then a few pictures - one not so good picture of me and Carey but i still love it - and then one of my sweet friend Carey who put up with me for 3 days! I havn't even talked to her since - so 'Hey Carey' - miss you already - and thanks again for talking me into the purse - LOVE IT!

Here is a layout I did for the GDT contest over at BackPorch Memories - not much for contests like this - but they use the Sketches from Pagemaps and I love love them. So i did it last month and this month again! Absolutley love these pictures of Baylee - and it seems i've been doing alot of Pink and Green these days too! The Crop up at Sherwood was great - only got 3 layouts done but had fun. The boys had so much fun with uncle Brad - they swam and stayed up late and ate ALOT of junkfood. That doesn't happen often at my house so they were thrilled! Baylee did great with Grandma - so all in all it was a great weekend. Dean should be home from Vegas later tonight. So i'm off to pop me some BUTTERY Kettle Corn - get my diet Coke out of the freezer (I've officially switched to Diet Soda - i figured going to the gym and stopping on my way home for a Cherry Coke was pointless - so I finally gave in) and watch Deal or no Deal! Goodnight!

Twilight......

I'm seriously obsessed with this book series - honestly i've never read a book (for pleasure) until everyone I know was telling me how great these books were - so I borrowed them to take for the plane ride to Vegas - needless to say I read 2 600 page books in 3 days - staying up till insane hours in the night because i couldn't put them down. I just started the 3rd one and have been a bit more under control - but they are soooo good. So if you havn't read them - i suggest you do! But i have to say - i will never read another book again! I hate how it consumes your thoughts and your days until your done - its like pausing a dang good movie to do things that are necessary for survivial - then back to reading. I should have just waited for the movie to come out..................

Vegas was so fun - I didn't do anything touristy (is that a word?) there - just hung out - we shopped - i will have to take a picture of the RED purse i boughtt - i was a little unsure at first - but Carey assured me that i didn't look like a Hooker walking down the streets of Vegas - out of my box - but I love it now. We went to the movies - made cookies - watched TV and ate some REALLy good food. I was just nice to spend time with her and see her cute family. So Thank you Carey for letting me intrude on your family and Thank you Tyler for letting me have her for the weekend.

On the scrapbooking front - nothing new - I am going this weekend to Sherwood Hills for a little retreat - Dean is going to be in Las Vegas this weekend for business - so i initially had told them i couldn't go - but my SIL brings her whole family - Hubby and kids that are older and he offered to watch my boys up there - they are just going to SWIM and watch movies and hang out in the Hotel - so my wonderful mother said she would watch Baylee so i'm set! Can't wait...........

Vegas - HERE I COME

Here is another layout I did for the Crop - it was a Scraplift Challenge and i had Mel's gallery to choose from and I chose this one . My pictures of my layouts aren't very good they seem blurry -need to try something different.
So Baylee is getting surgery at 7:15am tomorrow morning - wish us luck - i'm sure she'll do fine - they are putting tubes in - the dr. said she would bounce back that day - i'm hoping for that so i don't feel guilty leaving her and heading to Vegas on Thursday (which i am SOOOOO excited for). So I won't be posting again till next week.

Other news on the home front - the cabinets for the new scrap room won't be ready until February 22nd - hopefully. I was PMSing the other day when he was supposed to be here to pick up my 1/2 down payment for them and he was like 2 hours late - and has been such a procastinator with things - just super forgetful - but i heard he does great work and his prices were great (and Dean went to school with him) so i have been giving him the benefit of the doubt. Well Friday I was not having the best day -and he was late so (i still can't beleive i did this) I called his office and left a not so nice voicemail - stating that if he was just to busy and didn't have time for my business that I would take it elsewhere and that i couldn't deal with the flakiness but that if he wanted my business that was great - just do better. Well - he showed up at my house like 15 minutes later - SOOOOOOO nice - apologizing like crazy (hadn't heard my message yet) and proceeds to tell me that he put mine in front of a big builder job so I could get them faster. Okay - I feel like a big JERK - i havn't talked to him since - but after he left - called and left a message on his viocemail again (talk about WUSS - i should have said something to his face while he was here) apologizing for my behavior and blaming it on my bad day. So hopefully my cabinets still come in one piece.

I will talk to you all soon - thanks for all the visits and nice comments!

Online Crop

If anyone is interested we are scrapping away over at the Shaker Box . There are tons of challenges going on right now - I am trying to squeeze some of them in here is one i did for the *Sparkle* Challenge - used a little bit of glitter on the title and then the bling heart! There is something for everyone over there.

and this is baylee trying to yank the flower off of the layout while i'm taking a picture of it!

Dean is in St. George riding his new motorcylce so hopefully that means a little bit more scrapping for me today.