Check out SISTV!

This is a fun site...lots going on. I did this LO as a challenge over there. I mostly like it. The idea was fun, I am just not too crazy about my stitching.

School's Out!

The boys were so excited last night because they didn't have to go to bed early, they actually stayed up and watched the basketball game until the end! They are looking forward to the time off, and honestly so am I. I still have to work but it's nice to not have to be on a tight schedule with dinner and bedtime.

I think we are going to ride tonight...we need to. I am not sure we have trained enough. It's only 32 miles, but 32 miles is a lot if there are lots of hills, hopefully not! Our team has raised close to $3000. for the American Diabetes Association I am so proud! We need to find a cure!

I taught a class last night at Scrapbook Generation, thanks ladies to those who attended. We made a mini round album using Cosmo Cricket paper. They all turned out really cute. One lady is going to use hers to document he Memorial Day Canoe Trip...great idea! Mine is a about the three generations of men in my husbands family, I love it!

I have found a new web site that I love, Scrapinstyletv.com, It is so fun. Very inspiring. I am working on a LO for a challenge over there, You are to make a LO like an Andy Worhal painting, FUN idea...mine is almost done, I am stitching on it (thanks to Allison and her inspiration) so I have to finish that and then I will post it!

Have a great day, get out and enjoy the sunshine!

Student Council !!

Taylor is running for student council for next year, he will be in middle school(i can't believe I have a middleschooler). Today he has to give his speech and then the election will be this afternoon. I hope he gets it! I am so proud of him for just trying, I never could have done that at his age, I am not sure I could do it now, stand in front of the whole student body, YIKES! He thinks it will come down to a populartiy contest, I hope not, I wish he would never have to deal with who is popular and who is not. In his speech he says, "I think that working together we make a strong statement that we are a class that will stick together and support each other and not allow one peron or group to control another." I am so proud! Good Luck Taylor!
On a totally different subject I saw that Amy and allison both listed 10 things they learned by cleaning their scrap space, I thought I would add mine....
10. Letters are an addiction...chipboard, stickers, rubons, who cares as long as they are letters. I have so many because I don't want to use them until it's just the perfect LO for them.
9. I Love paint.
8. Buttons are my new favorite embellishment.
7. I love pictures...they don't even have to be of people I know, I could look at pictures for hours. My favorites are of my kids in the summer and of my grandparents when they were young!
6. I could seriously open a store from my scrap space!
5. Can you have too much Pattern paper.
4. I like pink Cardstock. This is so weird because I am surrounded by boys, but I keep buying pink cardstock!
3. My scrap pile is taking over one corner of my space, I alsways have good intentions of using them but hten I don't!
2. MY pile of to do projects is getting smaller...so I may actually catch up!
1. INK,INK,INK...I LOVE INK! I have it in a zillion diff colors and use it an almost every LO, Katie swears I can't do one without and she may be right.

I LOVE THIS WEATHER!!

Yesterday, Mother's Day, was wonderful. I had a list of stuff I wanted done in the yard and we completed alsmost all of it. We had to take down our chain link fence because our neighbor put up a privacy fence and there was a gap between them that had begun to look like a jungle....so no more chain link and the yard looks some bigger! The only complication was my rose bush, it is at least 20 years old and I love it, problem is it was tangled in the fence. I managed to get most of it out without cutting too much and tied it to my new trellis. Love it! The next major project was my flower beds...they go all along the deck and the backside of the house and they were a mess. I hadn't weeded them yet this spring and there were plants that needed to be split and moved and then there was the weeds and Mulch had to be laid down and did I mention the weeds? I hate to weed! I bought mulch that is the color of chocolate, so pretty. The weeds are gone the plants are split and even a few new ones are scattered around and the chocolate mulch is down, it looks so pretty. My last project was filling my pots and hanging baskets and planting my impatients. Two hanging baskets are done, hopefully today I will finish the rest and get the last of my flowers in the ground, it is supposed to rain Tuesday and I want to be done before that happens.
So that is what went on here yesterday, and Iwas able to get this all done because I was served breakfast in bed by my boys. I had scrambled eggs, one of the few things that Taylor can cook, toast and a big piece of CHOCOLATE CAKE, they know me so well! YUM! We got around and went to lunch with my mom and my sister and brother. When we got home the work began, but it was so pretty outside, it made working outside fun! The boys may have a different perspective about the fun part.

What is making me smile today....hanging basket of purple petunias on my deck., the peonies blooming in my backyard, the last slice of dark chocolate layer cake waiting for me on my bar!

Have a great Monday!