Teacher Appreciation Week.........

This week is Teacher Appreciation Week at our school. I 'm room mom with another mom and we have the BEST teacher ever. I'm sure I have bragged about her before. She also taught my son 2nd too........5 years ago!!!! Anyway we have been putting some fun stuff together for her: Monday was The Queen Ocelot crown and wand - i know her well and knew she would be a good sport and where her Crown, and she did!!! Today we gave her Hydrangeas - her favorite flower. Wednesday will be a jar full of DARK chocolate also one of her favs. Thursday i scrapped a cute picture for her it reads "Thank you for teaching us to shine!" Friday we are giving her a Nordy's gift cert. and a BJ's gift cert.

I know she would be happy with anything but we put a little extra out for her. She is so awesome and goes above and beyond. Sometimes i will pass the school after 6 at night and see her car still in the school parking lot. She is so devoted to our kids and we want her to know how much we appreciate all she does. So, a little reminder if you haven't already.....thank you teacher, even a simple card will let them know that they are appreciated.

My Scrappy Weekend's Work..........

I Love Pismo..............

Well, I'm back. Spent the weekend in Pismo with the girls.......did what we always do - shop, eat, scrap, laugh and shop some more. Visited a scrap store up there (forgot the name)- the owner was super nice. We talked shop a little and i browsed.........but was good and bought nothing, can you believe that??? We always stay at the same place right at the beach near the pier. The weather was incredible!!!! Read out on the patio (Jodi Picoult- "Harvesting the Heart"), watched the sun come down over the water, so relaxing. Got nine pages scrapped, not bad for someone that can take FOREVER to do one page. Since it wasn't just a 24-7 scrap trip i think i did pretty good over all.............really loved the pages i got done too. I will share later. Oh, and have to tell about this great store. We found it in Morro Bay and I fell in love with it. Just look at the name. All the Iron was 50% off...i tell you i could have spent some serious money in there but controlled myself.

Well, hope your weekend was full of sunshine and good times like mine. Tomorrow is Monday so make it a happy one!!!!

WOW - look at that hair................

OK........so you are probably wondering why i am blogging a picture of myself on graduation day, right???? Well, tonight us girls from The Scrappin' Table took our super terrific boss, and friend, Michelle out to a surprise dinner - and we pulled it off too. She had no idea - hee hee!!!! While enjoying dinner we were chatting about scrapping photos from our past and then the subject of big hair came up - well here ya go girls is that some hair or what - and that make-up????? I just couldn't bring myself to put my prom picture here.....I'll share that with you another time - or not????

Of course i should be doing a hundred other things right now but i forgot how great it was to look through old photos. I've been wanting to pull out some old pictures and start scrapping those - this was a good way to get me going. Now - how do i scrap that "hair" picture????

Tonight was too much fun ladies. Hope we can do that more often!!!!!

Congrats to the new Leads.............

Just heard the great news........Fiskars has chosen their new lead fiskateers and they are all great ladies. I have been lucky enough to meet most of them. They are super sweet and i am so excited to experience the Fiskar love with these wonderful ladies as leads!!!!!!!!

That is Cheryl and I at the Spring Fling....i have a cute picture of Angela, Wendy Jo and I from CHA - but i can't find it right now.........i will blog it when i do.

Congrats again ladies!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My Concert Buddy................

Would you just look at those crazy girls............those were our younger concert hopping days.....94' to be exact!!!! Check out the buckles and the boots..........we were just a "little bit country" back then. Too much fun............14 years, i can't believe it. Time really does fly when you are having fun. I feel so blessed to have a friend like Sonja in my life.............even now, the two of us out enjoying each other's company, kicking back people watching and singing with Elton John.........we went to see him last night at the Honda Center.........he always gives a great concert. Don't you just love those songs that even if you haven't listened to them in years you can still sing every word........that's Elton John for sure!!!!!

Sonja, my concert buddy, my shopping buddy, my coffee buddy, my everything buddy........I love her!!!!

Playing catch-up.............

Wow......it's been a week since i blogged - and i thought i was doing so good. Well, let's see if i can catcha' up a little:

Vacation plans are going good...........with the help of some sweet friends i think i have everything set just waiting for the hubby to confirm that he got the date change on his vacation request. Looks like we will get two tickets out of those miles we were going to use for Hawaii.........so pleased with B of A for returning those to me without a fuss!!!!! Hope to confirm everything this week and start making my reservations and such...........which i had no idea i even needed - thanks CP and ML for all your tips!!!!

Room mom stuff is starting hit in a big way...........door decorating, teacher appreciation, teacher b-day, carnival and more.............i have a great co-room mom and we will knock all that out NO problem.

Oh, see the cool pics of my son..........he joined his football team last weekend for a trip to a UCLA football practice where they got to meet and talk with the coach and some of the players.......it was very cool. After their visit to UCLA they rushed back home just in time to make most of his baseball game. Dad dropped him off just in time for him to be up at bat...............and would you believe while my hubby was parking the car our superstar hit a homerun. Talk about guilt-i wasn't there to see it either. Of course the one game i don't got to my big guy hits one out of the park..............so sorry i missed that bud - but Mom already knows how AWESOME you are!!!

What to do?????

Well, with all the airlines going out of business our Summer vacation is up for debate again. The more i look at the flights and crunch the numbers i started thinking........we ought to spend that kind of money on a new vacation destination........in other words i need to stop being so selfish!! Don't get me wrong the hubby and kids love Hawaii, but not like i do. I could go there a hundred times over and still be in love with it!!! So here is the latest............we are getting our money back from my credit card company for airfare and insurance and to my very pleasant surprise my 48,000 miles were credited back to me as well...........guess B of A came through for me after all. Just a little FYI.........travel insurance will cover a lot of things - trip delays, baggage issues, even if the airline goes on strike you are covered but if an airline goes out of business you are out of luck!!!!!!!!!!

So, it looks like we are leaning towards a Disney cruise.............most people plan for many months for a vacation like this but i think we will be able to pull it off. It's actually kind of exciting now that we are looking into it. Wow.......me being spontaneous............that doesn't happen everyday! I am such a planner!!!! Wish us luck...................

Oh, and wanted to share this layout i did last night for the store............Have a wonderful weekend!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Monday..........

Well it was back to school today and there wasn't a happy face in the house this morning. It's hard going back after a nice long break...........but they survived the dreaded Monday!!!! Yesterday we spent the afternoon rollerskating........it was a birthday party that we have been practicing for. My hubby took her a couple times since she had never been on skates.........she is still trying to work it all out but she's not afraid to get out there.........unlike her mother. I am such a chicken!!!! Oh, take a look at what i made the birthday girl..............i hope she liked it, i know her mom did!!! I was so crafty this weekend...........I also made my dear friend Carey a gift...........it was her birthday on the 2nd. I'll blog pics later..............that is if i can part with it. Have you ever made something and just been in love with it............i love this little book i made her. I know how much she will love it too so i guess i will let her have her gift............just need to get it boxed up and shipped off to Idaho..........that's all for now. Hope you had a happy Monday!!

Rare Moments.............

Peaceful Beauty........

My Kids getting along.......

A California beach all to ourselves......

Spring Break..........

Well it's spring break for the kids and we hit the road to Laguna. Wasn't sure what the weather would bring but we really got lucky. Even with some early clouds we hit the beach all three days.........YIPPEE!!!!!!!! The kids love to stay at a hotel and we love the beach so it was the perfect getaway.
Day 1 started out rocky..........i told the kids we could not check in until 3 so do not bug to leave first thing in the morning. Well, of course they were buggin' me by 10am. So for the next 2 hours i heard gripes and fighting........by the time i left the house they were both getting in big trouble and if it wasn't for the fact that it was too late to cancel i tell you i could have done it in a heart beat. On the way down to the beach i had to run into target for some sunscreen.......keep in mind i am still in a very bad mood.........well while in line i remembered i had a $10 off a $100 purchase that i tried to use at least twice before (can you believe my totals both times were less then $100) - so i decided to do a RAK to help put me in a better mood and passed on my coupon to the lady in front of me..........her total was already well over $100.........she was so thankful! After that i felt a little better and then both kids apologized and we started fresh!!!! Got to Laguna hit the beach. Later took a drive and grabbed dinner then back to the room for a round of scene-it disney until bed time. Day 2 we went for a walk......it was pretty cloudy so we decided to hit fashion island and ate at CPK one of my all time favs!!! Walked downtown Laguna and then the sun broke through and we hit the beach again. It was so nice sitting on the beach while the sun was coming down glistening on the water. Later off to the skate park then dinner and back to the room for some episodes of The Office I love that silly show. Day 3 the sun was out early and we hit the beach again before we had to check out. Loved it!!!! Then back to the skate park were the hubby met us ..... it was so funny since he was on duty - (in uniform) - Ty got the skate park to himself...........none of the other skater dudes wear helmets so afraid that my hubby would ticket them none of them rode. Oh, then on the way home i was on a mission to find my fiskars scallop border punch.............only took two targets and found it at the Irvine spectrum one.............Yippee!!!! Oh, besides that the only other souvenir i brought home is a huge cold sore on my lip.............nice huh??? I work all day tomorrow.........hope i don't scare any of the customers away!!!!!!!!!! Wow.........that was a long post. Hope i didn't bore you.