Upcoming Posting Ideas

I thought I should write down some of my posting ideas before I forget them all!

Photos of recent pages
Write about my wishblade
Write about digital sb
Post digital sbpages & cards
Write about my camera
Write about my journey to sbing
Write about my sbing friends & family

I'll add more later

Scrapping Cruise?

Ever since I could talk I've been promising to SOMEDAY take my mother on a tropical vacation. Seriously, I can't remember a time when I didn't talk about doing this. When I was growing up she was a single, very hard working lady and I just always thought she deserved something like that. She's STILL hard working so nothing has changed! Yet I know to this day, that though she could probably swing it one way or another now, she never would.

Flash forward to today. I haven't managed to take her just yet. Highschool turned into college turned into a new marriage and a career turned into starting my family. And here we are. My babies are too young to do this just now, but I think its a good idea to start saving for it! It'll take a few years

Ok, so now to the Scrapbooking part of this. I've been into scrapbooking for three years now. I REALLY enjoy it. It is my creative time, my ME time, my time to relax, my time to vent off the commone frustrations of life.

Two years ago when my first son was born she got hit by the scrapping bug too. This has now become something that we enjoy doing together. She was here just last night cropping away with me.

SOOOO.... while cruising the scrapbook.com forums I saw someone mention a scrapping retreat. That made me start thinking about scrapping cruises I've heard of. And POOF I was thinking maybe I should take my mother on a scrapbook tropical cruise.

What do you all think? Anyone ever been on one? How'd it go? Pluses? Minuses? I'm thinking it'd be a cool way to share time together, add a little spice to a cruise, and give us something to focus on that we both enjoy ( besides my children LOL! )

Happy DAY!

Hello Everyone!

I hope you all had a fabulous Thanksgiving yesterday! I know I did. My dear hubby and I hosted it at our house for the first time EVER! It went fabulous! I can't take too much credit though because my hubby Todd did all the cooking! I did do the dishes however.

So today is a GREAT DAY! Why is it a great day? Because my mother has my older son for the day and Todd has the day off so he can mind the baby (when I'm not nursing him of course). So what do I get to do??????

SCRAP!!!!!!!!

My goal is to clean up my room and get my CJ ready for the mail!

I'm so happy I've been dancing around my room as I clean up! Who would have thought cleaning could be so fun?

I'm off!

ohhhh, Perhaps I'll manage to post a LO or two by the end of the day! ;)

Let's Try This Again!

So, long time no post huh? I think I was a tad bit lost about what I wanted to write. Oh, and just a few days after my last post I found out I was pregnant! HOORAY! But that will just sap the brains right out of your head. I don't think I've been able to put a coherent sentence together since!

That precious baby was born not long ago. He is healthy and happy and growing like a weed! Both of my boys keep me totally awed. What precious gifts from God they are. I'll never figure out why He intrusted so jewels to my care. Obviously God sees something in my that I am blind to.

Since my last post we also sold our home and purchased a new one. I was around five months pregnant when we were packing up and clearing out. What work that was! We are all settled now and truly enjoying our new spacious home. The best part..... I HAVE A WONDERFUL SCRAPPING STUDIO NOW! HORRAY!

My sweet boys need my attention just now. I'll be back

Scrapping Therapy!

Good morning everyone!

It's pretty darn early! 6:19am as I write this. Considering I have no place I have to be today, my husband isn't working today, and I have no place to be... it's early. I've been up a good hour already. But the house is peaceful and so I had time to be alone with my Bible and my prayers. Now I have time to reflect on lot's of things. Tomorrow being my birthday, 29th, I guess I'm sort of in a relfective mood!

My sweet sweet husband insisted I spend some time scrapping and crafting yesterday. You see, I suffer from that guilt complex so many mom's, wives, and women in general suffer from. If the house isn't clean, or if I think I should be spending time with my son or husband, then I feel too guilty to lock myself away with my paper, punches, taper runners, and pictures. Or perhaps I fear I'll miss out on something cool. Either way, I always put myself on the bottom of the list and that often means scrapping.

Yesterday I took advantage of my husband's push and sat down and completed what to me is a very special layout. My son's first Christmas. I played with my new wishblade and cut out some wonderful shapes and lettering. I am very proud of those pages. I know others here would have done something different. But I scrap what I like and I am very very pleased.

By the time I stopped to take a break I noticed a HUGE change in myself. Lately I've been feeling pretty crummy for absolutely NO real reason. I've been feeling unlovable and unworthy. I've been feeling lost. I've been feeling pain. I've not believed my husband when he's told me he loves me, that I'm beautiful, sexy, the most wonderful wife in the entire world. I've had stupid fears about him leaving me. I've been beating myself up for not being really the perfect wife or mother, despite my husband insisting that in his eyes I am. Now, I've kept most of this inside. I haven't expressed it really. Though I'm sure it showed. My usual happy, self confident self was just being stamped out by what I KNOW are irrational and false thoughts..

For some reason, when I took a break from scrapping yesterday I felt INSANELY different! Like my old self again. I felt like I deserved the time I took. I felt like I really am something resembling what my husband describes. I felt ready to be a part of my absolutely wonderful life and family again. I felt.... ALIVE again! My patience for my son and his typical toddler ways just went through the roof! My wanting to love my husband just exploded. I just wanted to cry because all of a sudden all those yucky feelings were just GONE! Replaced by everything opposite.

All because I scrapped for a few hours.

After Noah was to bed I talked to my husband and explained to him what I was feeling. My own self negatvity is so oppressing. Sometimes I fear that if I can't pull myself out of it I could ruin my family, myself, and my relationship with God. Of course my husband told me "I tell you all the time to go relax and scrap. You don't listen to me. Now I'm going to MAKE you." Then he hugged me and kissed me!

I prayed in church yesterday that God help me with those feelings. I asked him to lift them. To help me feel whole again. My prayers were answered.

Thank you God!