Love

Yesterday I celebrated 8 years with my Love. It doesn't seem that long ago that he approached me in the coat check line. Time flies I guess when there's Love in the mix. Bill's last name is Love, mine isn't. Not sure what happened there, it would be nice to share the name Mr. & Mrs. Love. I started to get all sentimental last night after everyone went to bed. I was thinking about all the fun times that we've had. I pulled down the little 7x7 album that I started of us. Its amazing to see the changes in us in 8 years. We met in 2002, and I had started scrapbooking in 2004. When I went to that first Creative Memories class at my sister Lisa's house back then, I had ordered their limited edition 7x7 Love Sentiments album. I decided I would start small and it would be an album of us and only us! To the right is the first photograph that we had taken together. I had invited him to a wedding just 2 weeks after meeting him. He was a bit nervous because my entire family was there. He got through it, and the fam accepted him.



This is one of the very first pages that I had created when I started my scrapbook obsession. Its fun to see how we've changed throughout the years and how my technique in scrapbooking has changed.
I also noticed that I only scrapped things that we've done between 2002-2006. I make sure that there is always pics of us at everything we attend, holidays, bbq's, vacations etc. So I need to focus on this cute little album again. I have 4 years of pics that I've neglected. Yikes! I need to scrap-to-it!


Sharing scrap pages throughout the years is fun. I plan to share more of the old stuff. Thankful that I've learned some new ideas along the way!


Update on my Wii Fit.....not going so well, gotta get back on track!

TGIF

Good Morning! It's Friday and I am thrilled to pieces. I have to finish this workday and then I'll go home to my family make dinner. I'll need to freshen up then I'm going to have a couple of drinks with my neighbor. She needs someone to listen to her, her relationship just ended with her boyfriend. The rest of the weekend is up in the air, I hope its all good fun. I might come up with an idea to do something fun with the boy. Some sort of project, or game even. I don't really have much to say right now. Here's to a great weekend!

Wii Fit is going good.....11/86

Top Banana!!!

So my little man in my life Lucas is 5 and he is in Kindergarten. In his class each week the teacher does a one page newsletter with what they will be learning that week and a feature child, known as the TOP BANANA! My son finally made it to that ever so awesome spot.

She does alittle interview with each kid and well, "Kids Say the Darnest Things." We've gotten many chuckles out of the other kids that have had there time on the newsletter. We couldn't wait to see what Lucas had to say. Very cute he is, but we were shocked that he said we were too busy to play with him on the Wii & Xbox. His dad plays everyday with him at least half of the playing time. I usually play Xbox when I can. So we were hurt by this, I couldn't sleep over it last night because I know we do so much with him. I have all sorts of projects that we do together, I'm a scrapbooker I have plenty of ideas and fun stuff. Anyways, maybe I'm thinking to much into it but I don't ever want him to feel like we don't do enough for him. His dad was an only child and his father wasn't in the picture, so he makes sure he does plenty with him. He doesn't realize what he said, and he's 5 so I'm going to get over it....I just don't want others thinking poor kid. Anyways, that was my mom moment that didn't make me feel very good. Well he's a good boy and I love him, and I will continue to do what I do now. Its plenty my mom says she's never seen parents play as much as we do with him. So on that note I'm out!

Wii Fit count 9/86....the trainer on My Fitness Coach said that when I come back today it will be a Physical Challenge.....yikes!

1st Challenge at Allsorts

Hello all....

So I was doing challenges with a company that I had found on fb, but they never seemed to do as they said they would. Always giving extra time to complete the project, never announcing who the winner was yada yada. So now that I'm part of this blog world I came across Allsorts and I love the format of the challenges you can scrapbook pages, cards, gift boxes whatever your little ole heart desires as long as you follow the theme that is given.

So I did my very first challenge yesterday, now I'm a scrapbooker all the way and dabble very little in cardmaking. I noticed at first everyone did cards with such elaborate designs. I looked through the other crafty bloggers and saw such beautiful cards. I decided well I'll do a scrap page, then changed my mind because my sister went in for surgery yesterday and thought lets do a "Get Well" card. So I did, and I was very surprised at the pretty card that I made, where it may not be as fancy as the others but it is way beyond what I've done before in cardmaking. So I'm posting, to which I need to figure out how to post on that Mr. Linky deal. Above to the left is the sketch we had to follow and then my take on it on the right.

Wii Fit is going good, I'm getting stronger each day! 8/86

Gotta scrap!

So I haven't spoke much about scrapbooking in my blog. I haven't had much time to do it, I usually can once every couple of weeks. I love to give ideas or even read other scrapbookers blogs and get new inspiration.
My sister Lisa is my partner in crime, we love to sit together scrap and chat. I've missed it lately because she has had some pretty horrible back issues the past few months, so she hasn't been able to do anything. On Monday she is having surgery to correct it. I also have back pains but nothing like her. I hope all goes well. I miss our crop outings! We do have a weekend planned in October. WOOT! WOOT! It's in Traverse City off of Spider Lake at Harold's Resort (pic with cabin is where we stay). We typically go with up to 4 other ladies, but this time it may be just us. We've done that twice before and its so nice because we think the same and there isn't any drama at all.

My Wii Fit standing is 5/86!

40 years?

This is me and "the boyfriend"

We went to a 40th wedding anniversary this past Saturday. It was so nice, to see the couple again. They were neighbors to my parents, so naturally their kids, and all of my siblings and I were friends. We don't see each other much anymore, usually when there is something big going on.

Anyways, my bf got all sentimental on me, stating "I'll have to be like 75 before I get a party like this!" I didn't really respond. The topic of marriage is a strange one w/ us. It will be 8 years next month. We have a awesome 5 year old son. I don't know really how to explain it other then......the curse of the house we live in. We live in the house that my sister and her bf lived in for 13 years and finally got married once they moved and their child was 12 when they got married. I'm hoping this year is the big year. I don't want to wait another 5 years for married life.

Yikes!

BTW.....my Wii Fit countdown 3/86, oops I missed 2 days in there because I was so sore I couldn't do any exercise but I'm good now. I am just curious as too how many of the 86 days can I complete before my vacation. Time will only tell!