Meeting Miss Scarlet

Hiya!! Waving furiously & jumping up and down to get your attention. Alot has gone in my not so simple little life. I would never bog you down with the dirty details, just know it's been a character building time in our family's life. And, we done be filled up to our gills in character. Probably enough to last a lifetime. But, that which doesn't kill you only makes you stronger... Man, you should see my pipes!

But, that's not why you're here. You're here for some crafty inspiration and a chuckle or two to help get you through YOUR character building life. So, without further delay... I've been asked, more than once, how I get everything done that I do. I mean, I AM a mom of five and the wife of a man who serves our country. Well, it's simple. I make lists and break the bigger tasks into more manageable steps. Like blogging, for instance. I typically keep a list of things I'd like to chat about and use that as a reference when I sit down to upload photos (both chaos-related, ahem, family-related and crafty) for the post. Then, in the evenings, after the dinner crumbs have been brushed away and in between preparing lunches and pulling five sets of clothes for the following day, I sit down with my lappy and compose a post to go along with the selected photos.

So... that's how you arrive at my blog today with Sassy climbing out of a trailer that LOOKS to be filled with the cold white stuff we know as snow. Well, that would be the case IF I prepared this post today, but alas, this post was started back in October when the walls started coming in around me personally. I just couldn't let this special day I spent with the twins and their classmates go by without me mentioning it here. Frick and Frack on their first fieldtrip... at the farm.

Some scrappiness using MME's Alphabet Soup. Love this bright, happy fun line. Did these for Scrapbook Express.

Random goodness...

A fun Sassafras page for Croppin Paradise. All of these goodies are still available in the stores.

Even though things have been off, I still have TONS of fun scrappy assignments to share, so be back soon, k?

THEY Are Why I Keep Going

Still kicking. I am. Still kicking. I figure if I keep repeating this, I will believe it and carry on.

Back to your regular programming, already in progress. The Fab Five on my favorite non-red/green holiday...

The Bigs on Storybook Character Day at school. Tell me again why we can't dress up for the Halloween, but we can do THIS which magically falls on the Friday before Halloween?!? She's Fancy Nancy. p.s. I made those silly shirts for the boys.

Football season/cheer season ended with Little Bit's cheer competition. So proud am i.

yep, put that Cricut to good use...

No words... I took 100's of pictures, I totally took it easy on you. Meet Tinkerbell & Peter Pan, Luigi of the Mario Bros, Alex Russo of Wizards of Waverly Place, and Captain Rex of the new Star Wars.

Did these for Croppin Paradise's Fright Night Crop and for the blog...

Hosting the newletter article/challenge over at Scrapbook Express this week. Come play with us...

More Scrapbook Express goodness...Don't ya just love that new Tim Holtz paper rosette die?!

This is my November kit at Scrapbook Express. You can buy everything you need to make this including detailed instructions by yours truly.

And this last one I did expressly for Scrapstreet Magazine and Scrap That Baby. My very first pub. Love how it turned out. You can see it all here. That's me in all my glory on page 44.

Any Given Sunday

check that... make that any given Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, or Sunday. During the months of August, September, and October our lives consist of football, football, and more football. No, really I'm serious. Our entire Saturdays are built around football games or for lack of a better term cheerleading games. P.J. plays starting right tackle on our local Junior PeeWee Pop Warner team. Julia cheers for the same team, just at the Mighty Might level. They practice a total of 5 days a week and play 2 games on Saturdays. Thank God for my GPS. There is NO way I could navigate from point A (home) to point B (Julia's game), to point C (Bubba's game). All the while managing at least a couple of other kids, 2 chairs, a camera bag, a diaper bag, and fully stocked cooler. You'd think that with this being our fourth year in the Pop Warner Saints family, I'd remember just how much I really don't enjoy Bubba's games. I mean I really do, but the games are just so darn stressful. But, I am besides myself with pride. P.J. had to move "up" to the Junioer PeeWee level because of his size. So, this year was to be a building year. That is, he would practice and just play the minimunm plays all the while waiting for "next year" to get some actual quality game time. Much to ALL of our surprise, he started game #3 due to some rotating of players due to an injury on the line. Lo and behold, he's started every game since. Proud of my not so little guy. Most of the competition doesn't even have 9 year olds, let alone starting ones.

Suffer through some football snapshots and then I'll share some scrappiness...



He's #48...

Daddy at the Packers/Redskins game. We manned the couch...

Did this one for Scrap That Baby's October 15th prompt. There still time to play...

This is my class this week over at Croppin Paradise...

Some Basic Grey Oliver fun for Croppin Paradise...

Reminisce for Croppin Paradise, too...

We R Memory Keepers and BoBunny for Scrapbook Express...

Life as a grownup is a little too challenging these days. That's the cause for my absence from here. HOPE to be back before too long. Thanks!

Happy WCMD

Yep, you hears me right, it's World Card Making Day. We've got lots of fun planned for you over at Scrapbook Express. You have until Monday at midnight to complete any or all of the challenges for your chance at 1 of 3 gift cards to the store. Come play. Here are my examples for my challenge...

And some more random scrappiness for you to enjoy on this fine Fall day.

I know... I have NO SHAME mixing new Sass with Halloween products...

Later Gators!