Standing On the Edge...

{TallyScrappers}

Look what went on sale today at TallyScrappers!! 

This ROCKIN' kit!!  However, it is already SOLD OUT.  This kit sold out in under 5 hours!!  The June kit will post on the 15th of June so mark  your calendars.  Oh, and TallyScrappers is now shipping internationally!!  Woo Hoo!

I created my new blog banner (above) and this layout with May's Tally kit!! 

So much yummy goodness in this kit!  I am off to create more!!

On another, sadder note:  My little cuddle cat, Gibbs (our Manx) has been missing since Monday.  I am so bummed.  I miss him waking me up in the morning with his husky half-meow and his bunny rabbit hop of a run.  Erik and I checked the animal shelter yesterday in hopes that he was picked up or turned in but no such luck.  I know we have all kinds of wildlife behind us including coyotes and bobcats so I know the possibilities...  Here's hoping he turns up soon with his catch of the day be it mouse, lizard, moth, or even bird.

The one missing him the most is his brother ZZ, he wanders around the house meowing and looking for him.  Their birthdays are coming up next week on the 24th!  The same day Erik turns 16!  I can't believe it has already been a year.     

{Happy Mother's Day}

Being a mother has got to be the hardest job ever but the rewards are priceless!

Mark had to work today but brought me some beautiful flowers yesterday!  This morning Erik brought me breakfast in bed along with the Sunday paper!  He's a GOOD boy!  Ryan had a long night last night with prom and when he woke up the three of us headed out for lunch.  It was very nice and the boys gave me a card.  We then got ice cream cones and headed home.

When my mom got here we took a few pictures outside and are now just taking it easy as I need to prepare for this crazy upcoming week!

Even with me wearing 3 inch heels the boys tower over me.  They have grown into really cool teens/young adults and I am proud to be their mother!

Look at me towering over my mom!  LOL!  No not really, I am actually only one inch taller than her.  Love my mommy!

Also, I want to wish my little sister a Happy Mother's Day!! 

This picture was taken at the Carlsbad Street Faire where we shopped for our mom's Mother's Day and Birthday gifts!  It seems that the May event always works out that way while the November event works our for Bre's birthday shopping trip!!

{PROM and more...}

Tonight is Prom for Ryan.  He is attending with his date, Rachel and they are traveling via limo with Ryan's good friend, Damon (his girlfriend just moved to Arizona) and Rachel's sister, Nicole, along with her date, Clint.  The Prom is being held over an hour away...a different post all together...

They all looked so nice.  They just took off for Sushi then off to the dance.

Don't they all look so NICE!!

OKAY, a follow up to last night's post.  LOL! 

"She" arrived!  This is the doll I won from Nicole's Blog!!  Isn't she adorable!! 

Nicole makes the totally cute dolls called Raggedy Old Annies!  I own a total of 4 now and was so excited to add this one to the Raggedy family!  If you haven't seen these dolls yet, RUN, go check them out!  They come in various styles and sizes and are just too cute!!

Sorry if I scared a couple of you with that post, NOT!!  Did I have you wondering?

Last picture for tonight is one that was taken by one of my college students.  She and a fellow student (who happens to live down the street) were driving by just as Mark and I were getting ready to take off for the Grand Opening of Whisper Studios where I am a Whisper Girl.  They saw us outside and she pulled out her camera.  I said "okay" but you have to send it top me!! 

{It's A Girl}

She arrived today...darn pictures aren't loaded.

Post to be continued...

{head above water}

Do you ever get that feeling that things are just speeding along and you are doing everything in your power just to keep up?  Well, that is how life has been lately.  The semester is almost over at work and the kids have finished testing.  Erik is looking for a job...well, I am looking for a job for Erik, LOL, he hasn't started looking on his own yet.  He will be 16 in a couple weeks (16 days!) and my goal is for him to be employed by then!

Ryan is counting the days until he turns 18 (in 14 days!) and for graduation (5 weeks away)!!  Prom is this weekend and Ryan picked up some extra work at the tux shop to pay for his tux rental and for some extra spending cash.  They will ride in a Limo all the way to Anaheim.  I hate that they have the kids travel so far for prom.  The school even called to let the parents know that the 91 freeway heading home will be closed that night...GREAT!

My latest layout was created from a personal challenge given to me by Minda over at TallyScrappers. 

I took plain black card stock then drew the overlapping circles with white Sharpie and colored them in a bit with the red Galaxy Marker. 

I then took what was the inside roll of my glue dots and stamped the paper with white inked circles. 

Everything is then lifted off the page by using foam squares.

Been loving the vintage pin-ups like this one

and came across these other FUN sayings, LOL 

and my favorite one: 

Okay, I have had a few request for pole dance pictures or scrapped pages...so here is one for now.  NO LAUGHING...

{Flex your Photo}

Been playing with FotoFlexer.  It was mentioned on TallyScrappers some time ago and brought back to my attention when Rachel posted a challenge using it to create a new avatar for NSD.

Here are the 2 versions of my avatar and a couple of other photos I played with.

{Cinco de Mayo already!}

and a Happy Birthday to my lil' Bro-ham-ski-slice who turned 34 yesterday!!!

{Happy National Scrapbook Day!}

Yes!  Happy NSD!  Might even turn on QVC scrapbooking as background noise while scrapping the many Cyber Crop challenges featured at TallyScrappers!!

Check out these other layouts created with the FAB the ScrapRoom May kit! 

some cards

and this cute little mini album

 

Earthquakes and shark attacks...gotta warn you about Mexico & California 

{Crafty Weekend Ahead}

Gearing up for National Scrapbook Day!  Yes, there really is a Scrapbooking "holiday"!  There is a Cyber Crop happening at TallyScrappers with challenges galore!  Try you hand at card making, digital play, cooking, photography and yes, of course, layouts!  Oh and don't forget about the FABULOUS prizes and the online store where there is always the latest and greatest along with some smokin' deals!

Created quite a few items for the upcoming revel of the May theScrapRoom kit!  Here is one layout I created using the new MME Star Bright line (one of FOUR lines you get in TSR kits)! 

Last Saturday night Mark and I went out.  We headed to Escondido and meet up with Lourdes and her hubby, Fab, who was playing with his band at Hacienda de Vega.  It had been such a warm day that sitting outside in the evening with a cocktail listening to music was just SO nice!  I mean good friends, great music and a drink or two, yeah, it's kinda like that! (reference from old Sierra Mist commercial)

Tomorrow starts testing for Erik.  He wrapped up this season's tennis by sitting out today's matches due to feeling ill.  Poor guy!

Ryan heads to Knott's Berry Farm in the morning with his senior class!  Just a warning that tomorrow probably isn't a good day to visit KBF!!  Planning is on the way for Grad Night and I have officially volunteered to help with the food service starting at 10PM and going all night long!

The decision has been made and the deposit was sent today for UCR.  Ryan will attend in the fall as a Creative Writing major, something he is very talented at and obviously did not get from me!

Pole dancing class in the morning!!  Yes, that is what the bruises are from!  No, Mark has not started beating me after 19 years of marriage but that damn pole gets the best of me now and again! Ciao!

{Crash, Bang, Boom}

Going to start with the good news! 

Last Wednesday I had the chance of meeting another TallyScrpper gal, Lorelie aka scrappychica.  We met up at the LSS.  Did you know that Lorelie placed second on the HSN scrap contest?  How cool is that!?!  Here we are with her two little cuties, Marcus and Even (who by the way is related to pizza, he tells me!)!  Lorelie brought me the most beautiful cards!  Thanks so much! 

I am excited to be a participant in Rachel's Spring Cream swap.  My items shoud arrive in Oregon soon where they will be swapped out and new fun items will be on their way to me.  Here is a look at what I sent. 

and now the not so great news... 

Yep, my mustang...she's okay and oh, so is Ryan.
Wednesday after school Ryan was heading to work to pick up his schedule for the week.  He was driving down the road and a white Chevy Suburban, with a NoTW (Not of This World) sticker and license plate 4XGL689, cut into Ryan's lane causing him to swerve to aviod being hit.  Well, he swerved right into his Spanish teacher's car.  So relieved it was someone he know since this is his first accident in his 2 years of driving.
She kept him calm and the damage to her car was minimal.  Ryan's car actually took the brunt of it.

Sigh...Erik is off in the morning to sing again.  This time at a location near Knott's Berry Farm.  After which they get to go hang out at KBF! 

I have gone back to the pole dancing classes and am feeling much better!  I am feeling stronger and my moves are getting much smoother!