all in all...

i think it's a good weekend when most of the time you look like this:

don't we just look soooo happy to be together?

we were!!!

more deets later.....

be inspired...

Our latest challenge is up over at Kiddie Lit! We're being inspired by Alice in Wonderland this month. Come join us!!

Here's my layout:

Other updates on me:

-school is going well....if we can all stay healthy!!

--Looking forward to seeing my nephew and sister and bro-in-law this weekend. Who am I kidding? Looking forward to seeing my nephew, everyone else is just a bonus! :)

The whole fam is headed up to Atlanta for Jackson's FIRST birthday! ...and to see their beautiful new house!

--Can't wait to spend a few days with this girl...chillin', laughing, crafting...ahhhh...yay! and as a bonus...this girl's joining in on some of the fun, too!

COME PLAY WITH US!!
This weekend, over at scrapgal.com, is our Fall Haul Online Crop. We'll have games, inspiration, challenges, and prizes galore!
Find info here!

here i am!!!

I should be ashamed of myself...but alas, I'm really not...just busy!!
I could try to fit in all of what has transpired over the last few months, but forget it!
here are the highlights:
--in June, I got to go to Nashville/Franklin to hang with a huge fun bunch of crazy artsy gals...pics here.
--in July, i continued to work part time for dad at Northwestern Mutual and helped out part time at the Sylvan up in Palm Harbor, my sweet niece turned 2!!!, and I got to go to CHA's (Craft and Hobby Association) big trade show with my girls from my design team at scrapgal.com...come see us...we are a HOOT! We giggled A LOT and got to see lots of pretty new scrappy things.
--Then, in August,....and sort of partly in July as well..... I got a new job!! woohoo! I am now working back at Northside Christian School in St. Pete. I really never thought I'd be in the classroom again, but God likes to pretend He doesn't hear me when I tell him what my plans are. I am teaching the Yearbook/Journalism classes (2 middle school, 2 high school) and supervising 2 high school study halls. The kids have been great so far and I'm looking forward to helping create a fantastic yearbook!
--I'm also teaching part time at the Sylvan in St. Pete and apartment hunting so I can get out of Dad's house. :)
So, here we are in September! I am happy, enjoying catching up with old friends from St. Pete, making new ones, loving living so close to Kennedy(and my sister, of course:) ) and trying to get my body accustomed to getting up at 6:30 am....especially since I think that time of the morning is just unnecessary. coffee sometimes helps.
Things I'm looking forward to:
--Dad's birthday coming up
--going to see my sister and her family in their new digs in Atlanta, and celebrating my nephew's FIRST birthday! wowzas!
--going to see this fab girl...cannot wait! we are kindred spirits, i've decided.
--finding a new place to live
--cooler weather
--holidays coming up and lots of fun family time

Ok, so I may or may not get better at this....but thanks for reading anyway! xo

oh dear.....

apparently, unbeknownst to me, I took a summer hiatus from blogging.
I promise I'll try harder....
I'll be back soon with updates!!

hey, artsy peeps....

We gotta crop happening this weekend! Join us May 15th and 16th from 7pm-Midnight EST. Loads of challenges, games and chattin. Check out our Crop Forum for full details!

Creating...

Yesterday was National Scrapbooking Day, which means lots of challenges, prizes, etc all around the web!
Here's a couple of pages I did for NSD:





I also told you about being on the Design Team for the new Challenge Blog: Kiddie Lit: Inspiration Between the Pages---all inspired by Children's Literature! Our first Challenge is inspired by The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Here's mine:

COME PLAY WITH US!!

Here are my two May Design Team pages for Scrapgal:



When you don't have a job, you gotta find something to do with all your time! ;P