Love livin' in the OC............

I know it seems we are busting at the seams here in the OC....life is always on FAST forward around the city and people aren't always the nicest.....But being born and raised here in Orange County i have to say that i am still a fan. Yea, sure there are a few other places that i dream of moving to but when it comes right down to it........the OC has my heart. Where else can you take a drive to the mountains or even the desert during the day and spend that evening watching the sunset on the beach. Gotta love that!!!!


(this is the new Cosmo Cricket line "hello sunshine" the whole line is adorable. It reminds me of vintage aprons - so pretty - come to the store and check it out.............TFL!!!)

all clipped up.................

OK...... so i worked on my space a little bit more today. I am so excited, I have my clip-it up pretty much full and with all the extra space in my drawers i can see everything - i am sure i will use a lot more of my stash that i forgot i even had. That's whats so great about the clip-it up............it's right there next to you and if you can see it you will use it!! Even better if you scrap on the go or in a different room............just pick it up and you are a "mobile" scrapper!

Hope you are making progress with that quest for organization.............i know i am!!!

I even scrapped one LO and a card tonight. A clean space is to inviting!!!!!!!!!

another one bites the dust...........

Another one bites the dust..........now that's just mean isn't it? Yes, since i will be the next, and the last i might add, of us girls that hit the big "40". It was my dear friend Sheri's turn. Sunday we all drove up to her beautiful home in Arrowhead for the birthday bash. Friends and family were there and we had a blast..........oh and we had margaritas too!!!! We keep telling ourselves that "40" is the new "30"..................that will be my motto for the next year!!!!

Monday we spent the day at my Dad's for a traditional family BBQ and celebrated my sweet little niece Emma's birthday...........wow i can't believe she is already 5!!! Happy birthday Em!!!

Clip it up...............

If you are like me you are on a constant quest to organize your "space". Well the newest item i have to help in that quest is the super cool "Clip it up". I've been working on this a little at at time but i wanted to share just a little of what i have so far. I've taken all my stickers, rub-ons and anything else i had in binders and "clipped them up"...........it is so amazing what you can fit on this thing. Check out how much room i still have left. I'll give you another peek at my progress soon.

Weekend Wrap-up.............

Well the hubby is now officially "40"!!! The BBQ was fun - even though he did most of the work, you know, King of the Grill and all. We Celebrated Spence & Sonja, visited with friends, played a little badminton and watched the kids get crazy on the trampoline - -good times.

Then Sunday after he got home from work we (the kids and I) took him out to dinner since it was officially his birthday. He wanted fish so we headed to one of our favorites - King's Fish House. Love that place.....always eat way too much bread when i go there - how can something so bad for you taste SO good!!!! I hope he enjoyed his weekend - we agreed with the big vacation plans this year that we didn't plan on having any big birthday bashes, both of us just want to EASE into this whole "40" thing nice and mellow like. ;) ..................oh, and check out the new toy he got. He may be 40 but he is defiantly still a kid at heart. He LOVED it!!!!

Hope your weekend was full of fun and you survived your Monday too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Friday Fun Scrappin'..........

Well, last night I actually made it to the store for some Friday night scrappin'. It was a perfect night - a lot of my scrappy friends were there too............Heather, Anne, Erika and even Michelle got to play in between helping customers. Fun night ladies.........hope to do it again real soon!!! OK, it's no surprise -but i didn't get a whole lot done. Besides the fact that i can take MANY hours on a layout (working on that issue) we were chatting and i also made the Starbucks run - so there!!!! Got the page done for the Little League year book............the girls were teasing me cuz, well it's not your average layout. I had little space to put lots of in hopes that i got at least one of every player on there. Then i finished a couple others (i'll share later)..............still have some journaling to do but most of it is done!!! So, Thanks girls for a fun night! Now, to put on a birthday BBQ for my hubby and dear friend Sonja who, i might add, are both turning "40" tomorrow........hee hee!!!!!!!!!!

Yikes.........those boys!!!!!!!!!!!!

OK, so this is what happens when you take two 13 (and almost 13) year old boys - add in a Spanish extra credit project "Salsa tasting contest" and then you let them do their thing.............OMG what a mess!!! Good Times!!! Ty and Jess have been friends since Kindergarten. I love that my kids are growing up with their friends. We moved a lot when i was young so this is something that was important to me when i had kids. BTW............their salsa was so spicy - my mouth was on fire. After they saw me run to the fridge to extinguish the flames they gave each other that "cool" hand shake thing they do ........ you know the one that took the place of the "high-five" cuz that's just not cool anymore..............I think they achieved their goal.

OK......now that i got that mess cleaned up, I'm off to my class at TST.........Fun Fun!

A Happy Mom............

Today was so fun. I woke up and the kids had breakfast made for me (hubby had to work) coffee and peanut butter toast - my fav. ( I'm so lucky my son can make my coffee now.....one of the perks for having a pre-teen!!!)

As I walk into the living room i was surprised by this......my hubby has been wanting to get me one for so long. I talked him out of getting me the expensive kind last year when we were talking about it.......I just want to cruise on the beach or bike trails with the kids........not race up and down mountains!!!! OK, so i do have a confession - last night i was told NOT to go in the garage - i do not snoop, i love surprises - but i was up late, i just couldn't get to sleep after coming home from the airport and before bed would you believe i forgot and went out to the garage to grab a water...........oops - there was my cool bike - of course the kids don't know, i put on a good show this morning!!!

Then i opened the sweetest present of all...........Brooke made me this in school. It is a picture of me (doesn't it look just like me) and a poem of sorts about her mom "me"....it reads:

Mom

Kind, helpful, beautiful

Wishes to go to Hawaii

Dreams of roses

Wants to be a professional scrapbooker

Who wonders about my tests

Who is afraid of rats

Who likes reading

Who Believes in God

Who loves me

Mom

Is that the sweetest thing or what my heart just melts when i read that........she knows her mommy well!!!!!!! I will cherish this always!!!! I am so blessed to have my children even when they are driving me insane i love them to no end!!! I hope your mother's day was full of blessings too.

I'm back.........

Well, I've been on the road a lot lately. Pismo a couple weeks ago with the girls and now i am just returning from Corn, Oklahoma. A little different than Pismo for sure!!! Why there you ask - well i took my mom there so we could visit my my sweet little grandma. She means the world to me and even though it's not much i go and see her at least once a year. She is 91 now and every time i leave i am in tears......(i don't let her see tho).........i am always wondering if it will be the last time. She is hanging in there but let's face it 91.........WOW.........i will be so sad when the day comes that she is gone but i am so lucky to have her in my life. I sometimes have trouble remembering things from my childhood.......but more than anything i can remember the times i spent with my grandma and grandpa.

Feeling a little Vintage!!!!

I am so loving her and her............i'm not sure why but i am really loving the vintage stuff lately. That is so not my norm but it is so beautiful and these ladies so inspire that for me!!!!!
I've never ordered a monthly kit before, for obvious reasons, but hmmmmm - i'm thinkin i just might have to get this awesome kit from Jenni!!!!!!!!!!