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As you can tell I have been very busy crafting.... Did I mention that I love Easter? In the past we haven't really celebrated holidays to their full potential but now that Cody is here it seems like my family has a reason to celebrate the holidays and I love it.

I decided to use my favorite Tigger diecut on the pooh cricut cartridge to create a Hershey nuggets pouch and a cirle tin. I used fun spring/Easter colors and some glitter paper for the eggs.

Besides crafting I have been cleaning my house like crazy! Ricky and I have decided to move into a place that is much less expensive now that I am not working full time so that means we will be showing the townhome. The only thing I don't like about that is that I have to clean!!! I am now completely aware of how messy my family is, not to mention there is not enough space for all the stuff we have! I really don't know what we are going to do when we have to down size. Oh well I am so much happier now that I am job free and getting things in my life done that I needed to. Plus when we move the community we are moving to has a pool so I plan on being super tan this summer/ or should I say looking like a lobster???

Well kids I really need to finish up burning cody's pictures to cd's and get a quick work out in. I really should have worked out earlier but this is my punishment for being bad today. Could there be a worse punishment besides cleaning???

Posted in: on Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at at 7:27 PM 0 comments  

So tonight I decided to make a quick card, and after throwing some ideas together I came up with this cute sympathy card. Don't worry I don't have anyone to send it to just yet but it doesn't hurt to have one on hand just in case something happens right? I used paper from papertrey ink and some stamps from the hot spot bin at Archiver's, I think they were the Archiver's brand made by imaginese. I know its pretty simple but I wasn't up for anything too complicated tonight, I just felt the need to be crafty.

Friday was my last day at work. It was very bittersweet. I honestly thought I would cry after I turned in my keys that I have held onto for 4 years, but it was more of a relief then anything. I finally made peace with everything and the day just drug on. I got to say goodbye to a lot of people though, so that made me feel good. There's a going away party for me and one of the other co-workers that left, and I can't wait to spend some time with all the ladies. The only bad thing about not having a job is that you become completely aware of everything you need to do (cleaning the house, errands, laundry, ect...), so tomorrow will be a busy day for me. I better get going, but you will see some more work in the next few days now that I will have the time!!!

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I just learned yesterday that I am losing my job. They are re-vamping the company I work for so they cut all the fulltime positions except for the store manager and assistant. I pretty much knew this was going to happen since the retail industry has suffered so much; however, it happened so fast! I was given four days to determine my fate, and a week before I am done. I am really bummed out because I absolutely loved my job but I don't suppose I should give too much thought to a company that would just cut someone so fast without regaurd to their family and giving them time to figure things out.

So now I am going to find myself with a little time on my hands and I think I am going to make the best use out of it. I have a little over a month left until my vacation to Turks and Caicos so I am going to focus on exercising and eating better so that I might lose a little weight before trip and figure out a whole purpose for my extended vacation from work.

I am also going to work on the rest of my scrapbooking stuff so you will see a lot more of my work on here :) Maybe I'll even look at doing some designer work now that I have the time.

I am now going to head out and enjoy the rest of my day until I have to go to work for one of my last shifts. Enjoy your day, and for you Minnesotians enjoy the snow on this first day of spring!

Posted in: on Friday, March 20, 2009 at at 7:00 AM 0 comments  

Please forgive me for the bad photography skills on taking a picture of the layout photos, I was just too lazy to goof around with the lighting so I could turn off the flash. Anyways, I started this layout late last night and had a hard time stopping so I could get some sleep. Its a fairly simple layout but it looks really great! For this layout I used: Bazzill paper, Basic Grey fall line, Quickutz moxie alphabet.

In these photos we were at the pumpkin patch and Kali kept trying to get me to take a family picture. I still felt pretty out of shape after having cody and didn't want to be in any photos so Kali decided to be my "stand in" . Looking back on it all I find this quite funny but I did wish I would have just stepped in myself and had taken a family photo, but oh well.....

Well I am off to try and read a few chapters and maybe catch a nap before I have to go get Cody from school. I finally had a day off during the week and got everything done (errands, not house tasks) early this morning so I think I have earned the right to be lazy for just a few hours. Then I think I am going to take cody for a bike ride and try and enjoy this fantastic weather.

Posted in: on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 at at 9:03 AM 0 comments  

Please excuse me for all the posts today. As you read on further you will see why I had so many. I think I finally got the hang on how to do the photos so hopefully things will be a little different next time.

This layout is my favorite layout of Cody and Ricky together. First off I just love the photos of them walking down the trail, its so fitting for father and son. Plus I got to write alot of journaling, and I am a big journaling fan (even though I'm not a big fan of my own handwriting).
In this layout I used: Bazzill Papers, Basic Grey fall line, May arts ribbon and the cricut for the lettering.

Thanks for taking the time to read and go through my blog, I hope it gives you some ideas! Until later, see you!

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