HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

Well another year has come and gone! Seems like only yesterday Dalton was just learning to walk..................but i blinked my eyes and now he will be ten in less than two months!

Alot of things have happened this year both good and bad...............but hubby and i did quit smoking. So we can cross that off the list of New Year's Resolutions. I never really make a list of things i want to do for the next year.........but this year i am going too. I have decided on three for now. But i may have to extend it when i am not so tired and can think harder.

1. Keep from having surgery a third year in a row.
2. Make it on to a design team or be published in a magazine. Maybe both?? ( I guess you have to actually submit to get published??)
3. Take a family vacation with all the time off hours i save from not having surgery.........LOL

So here's to a great year in 2007!!!
what are your goals/resolutions??

HOLY Waves of NAUSEA..................

I have done it again! stapled my finger to my scrap page that is.....................this make twice! LOL i don't care what they say blue (staple) mixed with red does not always make purple!! but it will turn your face green..............

Can you say N-e-r-v-o-u-s????

Ok, i just submitted my entries for a DT contest at www.createmykeepsake.com ..................let the jitters begin!
I'm happy with the entries that i submitted and i am going to remain positive! But at the same time human nature kicks in and says, "Whoah nelly!! That's a long time to wait and second guess yourself!"

Get ready to rock!!

We had Christmas with my mom and dad tonight..............Dalton was so super excited when he opened his big gift to find a GUITAR!!!!

Mine and Russell's ears may never be the same, but hey it's all in the name of having a fun childhood. right??

anyways..........we bought him a book to go along with it and he has been strumming away in his room since we got home. Now if he could just tune it to jingle bells or something festive..............LOL

Oh yeah! And by the way mom............is this a payback for the time i begged you for an organ and you let me have it?? or the time i wanted to play the clarinet in the 5th grade band and had to practice at home?? Just wondering.....................

Well, that confirms it.................

I'm a fruitcake! LOL i've always known, just didn't want to admit...........................
so hop on over and take this little quiz and then let me know what you find out by posting a comment here!

You're a Fruitcake

People pretend you're sweet and precious, but they know how weird you really are!

What holiday food are you??

Take the holiday quiz

Dalton at the park.............

After being at home all day doing nothing.............Dalton and I decided to load up and head down to the Alley Springs Park. It was such a nice day for December! We walked the trail and Dalton let me take pictures of him...........(i know doesn't sound like much) but this is a big deal that Dalton actually posed for 76 pics!! he usually is like, "um, mom. can you put the camera down now? ok, mom. that's enough. ok, i'm not smiling anymore. etc....etc......" so anyways, i picked a few to share :)

Feeling sorry for myself..............

Have you ever had one of those days........or weeks..........when nothing feels like it is going right??
I have felt this way for a few days...........i try to be creative, but it is not appreciated. i work hard at my job, not appreciated. Work Harder! they say!..........i try to have good relationships with family, again not working. Someone please flip the switch to happiness on!!

Ok, rant over..........please return to what you were doing before i exploded.

Make A Snowflake!

In light of the upcoming holidays i thought this was fun! Not only is it fun, but money is being donated to Salvation Army when you make a snowflake. It's free to you.......and i'm not getting anything out of the deal.........so click here and make a flake!

Explosion!!!

Ok, so dalton is sitting on the couch........minding his own business (for a change)...........eating some Toasted Wheat Thin chips and putting some squirt cheese on them. When all of a sudden....... BLAM!! the cheese can blows cheese everywhere!!! all over the couch, the ceiling, the wall and you guessed it.......on dalton! I've haven't laughed that hard in a really long time! And of course i had to take pics so i can laugh about it later too!

Breaking News!!!

One of my scrapbook layouts made the layout of the day today on www.createmykeepsake.com !! First time ever!

Ok, now back to your regularly scheduled programming................

The Tree is UP!!

Christmas is fast approaching us! The tree is up and soon it will be time to add presents.......What will Santa be bringing this year????

Can't wait for all the fudge and spending time with my family. Hubby is lucky enough to have 4 days off this christmas to spend with us and i have taken a whole week off........... plenty of time to lay on the couch and be miserable from all the christmas goodies that will be layed out for us to graze on!

Hope everyone has a Happy Holiday!

The deer hunter and his very proud grandpa..........

Dalton was feeling a little disheartened because it was the last day of season and no deer yet........but low and behold the very last evening he bagged this nice doe! Of course Aiyea (grandpa) was beaming too!

My momma is sooooooo excited!!

Today my dad took my mom to west plains and got her a Jeep Liberty! she was so excited she said she could just kiss it.................and well..........she did! LOL Congrats momma :)

Look out Ladies......heartbreaker in the making!

What a fun weekend! My aunt and cousin came home for the weekend and we had a great visit! Michael Jay is sooooooo much fun and so sweet. He directed me on how he wanted his pictures taken and then checked to make sure they were good before posing for another..........I got a lot of fun shots that will surely make awesome scrapbook pages! Thanks MJ for sharing your time with Aunt Jaim.

Got this pic in an e-mail from a friend and just had to share!

The Great Pumpkin and The Sherriff Have Arrived!

The boys had such a great time for Halloween! and of course they got enough candy to last until next year! Poor Jacob was stuffed so full that the first little hill we went up he fell......and rolled..and rolled and couldn't get up.
He soon learned that a smile and "tick or teet" "tank you" would get him lots of candy!

Dalton was my handsome sheriff and i can't believe how grown up this picture makes him look. He is growing too fast!

Well it's that time of year again! We got our pumpkins carved last night...........and dalton carved the BOO one all by his self! and nobody lost a finger or anything!

It will soon be time for all the ghosts and goblins and fairy princesses to come knocking on the door looking for treats.........and of course dalton will have to share his treats with mommy! LOL

Sister is bringing Jacob over tonight so we can go treating together. I love the small town atmosphere so that everyone knows everybody and you don't have to worry about the kids getting something bad in their candy.

I have a great next door neighbor who is in her 90's that always calls right after school on Halloween and wants Dalton to come over so she can treat him. She is not able anymore to do the traditional treating..........so she goes and stays at a son's house. My mom has a great aunt who lives behind me who is also getting up in years and not able to pass out treats to everyone........but let me tell you, if we don't bring dalton and jacob up to the door for her to see and treat them.......there are phone calls coming in!!

Happy Halloween Everyone!!

Finally!!!

a good relaxing weekend! i got to scrap all day on saturday and then spent all evening playing cards with my aunt and my gram! no boys allowed!!! Sunday i stayed in my pjs all day and got some more scrapping done! i swore i saw a pig fly by my window...........i haven't got to scrap that much in two months! and can you believe the hubby took me grocery shopping! he even carried it in the house when we got home! it's funny how the little things make you feel like a queen for a day...............

things that make you go grrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

so i guess today quiet evening at home scrapping and relaxing translates to: dalton having 2 pages of homework, kicking, screaming, crying and pouting for 1 1/2 hours! then jerry.........being the lovable sweet puppy that he is coming in the door like a wild camanche after two minutes peeing in the rain and knocking over an entire shelf full of dishes and breaking all but two! and let's not forget the laundry in the wash and dryer. that's it!

if anyone needs me i'll be asleep under the dining room table!

Evading chores?

Ok, so apparently i have passed on my dislike for laundry to dalton...........hubby was washing, drying and folding clothes the other night, and just about the time he got to the part where dalton was supposed to put his away......he called for him, but he didn't answer.........he called for him again........silence. so i checked his room and only saw Jerry Dog taking advantage of the extra space in Dalton's bed. After searching for a few minutes.......hubby found dalton here.........under the table............and asleep. i guess you have to do whatever it takes to avoid the laundry! maybe i'll try that the next time i have to put laundry away!

My first blog post........

Ok, so i have finally taken the plunge and started a blog. I hope to share with everyone a little of the happenings around here........so stay tuned and see what happens next. LOL