My 100th post!! WOW!

Who knew I was such a chatty cathy?? :) Anyway..just some completely RANDOM stuff. Don't forget to comment for your chance at the spooky blossom ittie bitties (pictured in post below).

So...a gal sent me a picture of what she was using her bitties for...and it totally made me SMILE. :) How could you not love this photo? It's a bittie covered pumpkin. :) LOVE IT!! And goodies are on their way to you Cindy...thanks for sharing!!

Ummm..I made this cool board for my boys. The one side is their allowance...each spot represents a quarter. I thought that having the visual would help them with the whole getting money thing. For their allowance they must: keep room clean, put dishes in sink, put their clothes in their hamper and LISTEN. If any of these things are not done on a daily basis they must go get a 'spot' and put in the pocket. I'm amazed already with the amount of time that they study this board and count up how much money they have earned!! The other side is their Stellar Day reward. They don't start out with this money..they have to earn it. Each boy is able to earn an extra 2 quarters every day by having good behavior. Mathew's is in the morning before school and at night after school (as his behavior is questionable while at home...and I started it with Auston and had to give Mathew the same opportunity to earn extra money). And Auston's teacher is AWESOME...she actually made a book for him called Auston's Great Days. And he gets a sticker if he has a stellar morning...and a sticker if he has a stellar afternoon. We are hoping to train him to learn how to pay attention to his behavior...versus ADD meds. So they get to take a spot out of the pocket and adhere to the board if they have a stellar day!! Auston is SO excited as today he had a stellar morning...and he lost one of his allowance quarters due to failure to listen (and fit throwing)...so he's so stoked because his stellar morning made him back up to $3.00!! So hopefully this works.

So rambling. Just finished watching 90210...boy it has changed..amazing how risque everything is now a days...do you remember watching Dirty Dancing on the sly because it was such a *gasp* movie? :) But now I'm gonna jump on my gazelle and watch Priviledged...my other new show that I'm loving. Have a great night ya'll!!

Okay already...and another chance at the giveaway..

So I kinda feel bad for all of you who really want to know what my EXCITING NEWS is. :) And Vivian...no...I'm not pregnant..but if that happened somehow I would probably be the richest woman in the world..since I'm gutted. :) tee hee

It does have to deal with scrapbooking...and I think I mentioned before that I was going to start doing crops and classes monthly now...to pursue the AC Bailey thing and also promote my etsy shop a bit more. Plus...regardless of anything else..I will miss that atmosphere. But...I have hooked up with a couple other gals and we are going to do this together...so I won't be doing it all alone (which is a HUGE relief since I'm a little harder to break out of my shell...I would be nervous to the point of throwing up if I had to do it all alone...I know..I'm such a weenie). BUT...it's bigger than that. We've been given an amazing opportunity and have someone HUGE who is going to back us in all of this. I cannot begin to tell you how excited and giddy I am. We are meeting with these people on Monday...so maybe after then I will be able to share more. So that's my really EXCITING NEWS...kinda. Those of you who live near me will freak out...and be super excited. So...sorry everyone...didn't mean to be a tease..its just one of those things I can't release all the juicy details just yet...but for me IT'S SUPER DUPER EXCITING!!

Okay...so am uploading more stuff throughout the day to my shop. And don't forget to comment for your chance in the drawing. :)

Another giveaway....

I kinda like doing the whole giveaway thing. :) This weeks giveaway is...a set of spooky halloween blossom ittie bitties...(may vary slightly). All you have to do is comment on my blog...AND for every item you purchase in the store you will also get another entry into the drawing!! I am busy today creating more things to put into the shop so check back when you can. :) This giveaway will go until Friday the 3rd. :)

I am off to take the boys to the skate park for awhile..and do something I haven't done in a very long time...TAKE PICTURES!! :) I will be uploading some Sweet Pea Scraps layouts too...hopefully. :) But with Shawn gone tonight is my night to stay up...watch movies and scrap. :)

Oh and I'm going to be able to divulge MY EXTREMELY EXCITING NEWS sooner than I thought...I'm guessing within the next week and a half you all will be able to SHARE MY EXCITEMENT!! :)

Wow...

what a day!! Seriously...I called my friend Missy today and said...you remember that little bubble I used to live in?? She kinda giggled and I said...I need to live in it again. :) Seriously...I have had more go on in my life this last month than I have in the last year. It's mostly because I live in a bubble. :) Inside my bubble it's all nice and toasty safe...outside the bubble...all sorts of weird stuff happens. Seriously. (I just had to say it 3 times...you know that whole odd number thing.)

But today...was a day...holy moly. :) It was nice though because I have a little closure on one matter...although am totally confused by another...and I have the MOST FREAKIN' EXCITING NEWS EVAH TO SHARE AND I CAN'T SAY ANYTHING YET!! That part is going to kill me not to be able to just shout it out loud!! Time, my dear warped loyal readers...in time I will divulge my little excitment. I'll tell you what it's not though...it's not a freak pregnancy or anything to do with children, sadly, KI didn't call and beg me to be on their team as they OBVIOUSLY realized they made a huge mistake *rolls eyes*...and I didn't win the lottery. But it's equally as exciting.

Had a good sale day today...my Christmas bitties are gone already...and I just posted them last night!! I'm thinking I just might have found my niche'?? I still REALLY really love making the embellishment kits...but apparently only one person loves them like I do.

Shawn is heading out tomorrow to go hunting...again. But I have big plans for the weekend...besides a couple hours for work...I"m thinking about painting my bathroom...I cannot handle the floral wallpaper ANYMORE. It's just gotta go. So I might tackle that. I've already picked out some photos for the October Sweet Pea Scraps kit so am planning on conquering those...and of course making more stuff to stock the shop. And...have to do tons of brainstorming for my EXCITING NEWS THAT I CAN'T DIVULGE YET. Are ya sick of the caps yet?? :)

Okey dokey...I'm going to take a nice hot bath...read my Eragon book (cuz you know Brisinger came out on Saturday...but I have to reread Eragon and Eldest before I can read the new one...which yes..I bought on Saturday!). And I feel good today...I just need to be the person I expect ME to be...and all will be good. Sweet dreams!!

Happy Hump Day!!

Soooo...my day started out kinda bad....mostly because I ADORE my grampa...all I ever want is his approval. I know...I'm 32 years old and I still let him get to me. But he made a comment that totally crushed me and I pretty much cried all day over. Get them big girl panties on I say right? Honestly...I spent SO MUCH time with my grandparents growing up..and my grampa was the only male figure I had until I was blessed with my dad at age 10...that I just look up to and respect him so much....and he has this way of just saying the most hurtful things. *sigh*

But through all that...my night ended really nice. A neighbor showed up at my door tonight and her and I, I thought could become really good friends...seemed like we had a lot in common. Well a huge misunderstanding later and we were both not talking and barely acknowledging. Which killed me because I'm just not that kind of person normally. But she came to the door tonight and we talked...and found out how silly it all was. And I think we are just hunky dorry now..and I'm SO grateful and thankful that she came to me...it would be MONTHS before I got the courage up to go confront her!! lol So see...night ended okay. :) And another point proven that I am just better off all alone because I tend to mess EVERYTHING up...and that I'm really thankful that I work with men. *giggle* Cuz yeah...maybe it IS me. Maybe I am just socially retarded...heck..what am I saying...I'm not maybe...I know I am!! tee hee

Just posted some Christmas ittie bitties...I am loving this style lately. My spooky halloween ones sold already so I think I better make another set!! And I'm still trying to get that boy kit put together. Shawn is out of town this weekend so I know I can stay up late watching a movie and working away. AND scrappin. Since this whole etsy thing I just have hardly scrapped...and that is SO sad. I miss it.

THANKFULLY I received my October Sweet Pea Scraps kit...how freakin' cool does this look? AND...my date raffle tickets are in this bad boy too. Double cool. :) So..go GET ONE. :) Every person who sends me a layout using my date raffle tickets from the kit...will be entered into a HUGE mega prize. :) I'm not going to give away any secrets yet...but it will definately be worth your time. So GO GET A KIT...HERE. :)

Whew...

Monday....is over. :) Had to go to Polson for my orthopedic appointment...and excited to say that I can get BOTH my shoulders operated on at the same time!! Woohooo!! That is SO exciting. :) Have to get some new MRI's done and then should be good to go. AND he said probably only 3 weeks tops missing out of work..so that's a good thing!!

Have to share a picture of my adorable boys. :) Grama Steven's got them camo for Shawn's birthday (that's what he asked for!)...so here they are all sported out in their gear. Boy they are some good looking boys...not that I'm biased or anything!! tee hee

Uploaded a few new things in my shop...including some spooky blossom ittie bitties which I'm in love with. :) And will be working on some new stuff including a boy embellishment kit. I'm also going to do more with these journaling circles that I designed...I love that cute little button...it adds so much. I have never seen that done before...well..until a couple days ago!! lol But have some plans on making something up using more of those. I'm being cryptic...guess you'll just have to wait and see. :) I'm learning not to describe too much until after I've uploaded...although..not that it matters much.

AND...here is my Random Chaos layout....my grandparents on their wedding day. I also made a mini kit using everything in this layout so that's kinda cool.

oh and doing a craft fair here in Kalispell in November with 2 other gals...REALLY excited about that so wish me luck. :)

oh and I ran 1/2 mile tonight...wasn't near as hard as I expected it to be. Wow...what a choppy blog post tonight...I'm thinking I need to head to bed. :)

My kids are MUCH better at this!!

The winners are.....Missy and Tiffany Martin!! Congrats girls!! And yes...technically there was only to be ONE winner but like I said...my kids are much better at drawing names. Apparently I had two pieces of paper wedged together...so I guess you guys are just super lucky. :) 1 of you though will get 2 different 7Gypsies cards than the ones pictured. :)

Just got back from my 2nd walk of the day. Yay me. Now i'm thinking a nice big fat bowl of ice cream sounds YUMMY. :) *giggle*

Going to create some more...I decided I gotta just keep doing my thing or I'm never going to 'win' in this thing called life righto?? And I have to finish cutting. :) My date raffle tickets are going to be in the October Sweet Pea Scraps kit...how cool is that?? Thanks Julie and Kristin for the great opportunity!! I still have a lot to cut so know what I'll be doing off and all the rest of the weekend. And hopefully tomorrow I can upload some more stuff into my etsy shop. Oh and I have to do my layout for Random Chaos tonight too!! It's a fun challenge...so ya'll have to check in on Monday to play along!

Okay..that's it for now..have a fabulous Saturday night!!