Good morning Friday

Good Morning and TGIF!!!!! Had a wonderful day with a few good friends yesterday scrapbooking. I did not get as much done as I had hoped but I did put some pictures in some layouts I already made, played with some stamps, and made these two cards. I suppose the best part of my open crop was spending time with my friends...it amazing how busy we all get. Years ago we all meet twice a month, we'd make dinner and let the kids play...now if were lucky we see each other every few months. So it was nice to get together. Weekend is busy...as always. It's all about Karate. My step son Ben is working on his black belt.. and this weekend is the finale. Tonight my MIL is joining us to watch Ben do his thing in the small arena and tomorrow kicks off the GRAND FINAL and dinner with the families. We also have plans to hit up a friends 40th birthday party...and spend the later part of the night (child free) at a local tavern enjoying the band One Hard Crank. Sunday...should I be able to move after the long busy Sat. I will be in the presence of watching my dear friends Sandy and Danny being baptised. And perhaps after the church service has completed....I can once again pull out the crafting supplies and get creative...however, as i glance around this house...I am thinking that at some point during all of this business I really do need to clean...bummer. Well here's my latest creation....the second card is using Color me Monday- Jeanette Lynton. Enjoy!

another project....

I have successfully worked on some project every day since Monday, and I have some gf coming over today to spend the entire day scrapping. WOW!!! Here is Top Stitch WOTG scrapbooking layouts. I also did one card from this WS and 1 color me Monday card using Jeanette Lyntons color combo for this week.

three days in a row....

Although I do not have a project to show, I did do several cards yesterday, and I started one of the Workshops on the Go. Hopeful to at least have one of those pages done today. I do have to work today. Surprised that I am not thrilled to go to work. Maybe it's because the kids are on vacation this week, but it may also be because I have been inspired to create, and I really want to play. i am having some friends over tomorrow for an all day open crop, I unfortunately feel I do not get as much done as when I am solo, but the company is GREAT!!! Well off to work...have all good intentions of posting at least one project before night falls. TTFN!!!

two more cards....

Keeping up on my creativity....here are two more cards..

Busy Monday :)

As planned, I did accomplish most of what I had set out to do yesterday. The kids are off from school this week, so I took my youngest to the MOST- Science Center here in Syracuse. They have a new Flight and Space exhibit. We also enjoyed the IMAX- Take Flight, and rode on the simulator. All things in the air. We are planning our family vacation around the 2010 CTMH Convention and it was neat to prep Gavin for the Air and Space museum in DC. later in the day I was able to squeeze in two card projects using the Veranda Basics and Butterfly wings acrylic stamps(all CTMH). I even made it to the gym with my girlfriends and did a little Zumba. Here's some Pics.

Gotta get back!!!

good Monday morning!!!! It seems I start every new change on a Monday.....but this time I gotta stick to it. I have allowed myself to sit in my FUNK for to long....and have made a commitment to myself...NO MORE I gotta get back. Appropriately it is a Monday and time to restart my engine, ...the MIB's are coming to my house today with a new stash of CTMH products....and I was given a new camera by my loving husband for Valentines day!!! Now I cannot blame my lack of scrapbook pages on NO camera...and no new supplies. Any excuse beyond that will no longer be accepted. I have also been blessed by a new job. Yippi...it is only part time, but it is a start, and it seems that NY state is going to extend the unemployment, which means I can stop sweating that concern. I have decided that instead of obsessing about what I need to do....I am going to simply do!!!! keeping with that spirit...the plan to pay more attention to this blog. hopeful that I will be back in full force....

been awhile....

WOW!!!!
I can't believe it has been nearing a month since I have posted on here. .... Have been NON-CREATIVE and camera BROKE just before Christmas.....guess i just have been focused on other things...actually I have been UNFOCUSED. It seems to me that I have been busy doing a whole lot of nothing. I continue to be plaqued with unemployment...and I guess that has consumed me as i have not been able to move forwards with much of anything. Initially once I was let go...I was all about taking time for me...scrapping, getting healthy ..going to the gym, being an active parent..all those things that work prevented me from focusing on...then somewhere somehow everything took a downwards turn...know it seems like everything has become a chore....I guess I just feel stuck. Quick senerio.....let go in Aug. 09 got a new job that was all about Theory in Aug. didn't start new job until Nov.....now it's Jan and new job has brought in about 6 patients....slow moving to say the least. So I applied for another job just before Christmas....waited for the Holidays to pass and went in myself to follow up was informed that there was a change in HR staff and that my stuff was still in a pile not yet reviewed.. last week called new HR person...she said she would get back to me...now its over a week and no answer.....Current job has started to pick up...but I am forever in limbo with if I am going to have work or not...and I am totally feeling like the step child nobody wants with this company. So with all of this I have become absolutely STUCK...I stopped my gym routine, I have missed Weight watchers, I haven't put in an order for CTMH in two months...and I don't even feel a bit inspired to do anything creative, doing anything that involves my son's school seems like a task so gosh darn big I have declined ANY such activities..even the cub scouts pinewood derby I secretly want my son to say he doesn't want to go....rationally I know that I NEED to snap myself out of this and get a GRIP, but I just can't seem to get myself motivated in any direction. ultimately that seems to be the problem.....I need to have something stable in my work routine because I continue to be in this LIMBO all of the time...I actually missed two patients on tuesday this week....and didn't even know I was sched. and Monday I wouldn't have gone in except that I just happen to call and ask....I had a 4am God moment today.....figured that I have been asking him to give me a sign about this job I had applied for as that seems to be a big part of why I am feeling stuck....then it hit me...HE HAS SENT ME MANY SIGNS with both JOBS....I NEED TO BEE SEARCHING ELSEWHERE!!!!! DUH!!!! I have been waiting for my current job to take off now for five months.....have been waiting for the ONE company that I applied for to get back to me for five weeks. I suppose I have been waiting for the weight to simply fall off my body, the gym to come and pick me up...put me on a machine and throw me into an aerobic class, waiting for the right something to inspire me to be creative, and wait wait wait some more....Just what have I been waiting for????? Didn't expect that this little blog would serve as a brain storming let get REAL and do what you need to do insert. WOW!!!! Guess i have found my own answers....seems i have been waiting just a little to long...better get a move on and re-start my life..it appears I don't have another minute to spare!!!!!