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!