Flag Football!

One medium sized boy with flag in hand, makes boy very Happy. With a little encouragment from Mom, Brendan tried out for flag football this year. The night before the first game he wasn't sure he wanted to stay on the team. After the first game, "Mom I love this game!" His team is currently 4-1 with 3 games left in the regular season. He's already talking about next year. I'm so glad he's had a good time.

Now if only his hockey season was going as well. It's a young team and they have things they need to work on. They won their league opener against Dexter 5-2. I need to make a game. Which means I need to work less. This weekend will be busy, I have a 12hr crop on saturday, my parents are coming for the weekend, Brendan has a football game, Kyle will be in town with the Rangers for 2 games and Kaiti has a singing concert on sunday. Whew....tired already and I just listed everything. I'm off to finish cleaning for Patsy's (my Mom) arrival.

One Crazy Weekend.

Well I survived. My weekend was so wacked out I'm not sure where to begin. My son had friday off school and I had to work. Sooo I hired my niece to babysit. Sam, she's the best. I had to be at the store at 9:45, made it on time. Worked till 2, it was unusually quiet for a "freaky friday". Then I jumped in the blazer for a trip to Burton (near Flint) for a Michigan Ice Dogs (MID) jr. hockey game. Should have stayed home. I think my kids did. We played so bad I'm embarrased to say "I'm with the team". I had lots of injuries on both sides and worked like crazy. Lost 9-2. OUCH! Then as if that wasn't bad enough, I needed gas before I drove an hour home. So I stopped at the Shell station. Got out my credit card and cash, so I could run in to Wendys and grab a bite to eat. Locked my keys in the car. Complete Dork! Well it cost me $55 and about 30 minutes. But I did get to eat.

Saturday we played much better and won. And Sunday, early game 10 am, oooohh real early. We played well as a team but goaltending was weak and we lost in a shoot out.

As I sit here tonight I'm dead tired and ready for bed. Just waiting for the kid to get home. I'm hoping for a semi productive day tomorrow but I'm doubting it. No MID hockey for 2 weeks, thank god.

CRAFTY Day!

Oh what a fun afternoon. I didn't get our my paper and scissors but my nippers and pliers. I recently ordered beads from Fusion Beads and pulled then out to make a pair earrings and then a bracelet. OHHHH I love them! The glass beads are the perfect fall colors! The second pair of earrings I made for my Aunt. When you take your Mom and Aunt to the Bead store they buy just enough stuff to make 2 pair of earrings each. They were so much fun to shop with. Sorry the second pair is a little blurry but its tough to zoom in on little things.

Lets hope the inspiration continues. Next week I'm taking a Christmas card class at one of our local srapbook stores. (Not the one I work for though....pssst. don't tell).

Have a great afternoon. I will now that I'm wearing my new stuff.

Just a couple favorites!

I wanted to post a couple favorite layouts so people can see my work. These are a couple I've done over the summer. The first one is of my niece Kaiti who I love dearly. I don't have a daughter so she allows me to use her and make girly pages.

I love brown and any color right now but "pink and brown" are fantastic together. This was just a collection of great photos I had of Kaiti. They really show off her personality. Shes a joy to have around.

This next one was a swap I participated in off the CKMB. 6x6 summer camping pgs. This is what I had to offer. One of these days I'll get around to doing all the pgs I received. The pictures were from a few years ago when we camped in Alabama with my cousin Mikie. Oh Look Kaiti is singing for us.....so typical. I think we watched a Kaiti show daily. If we were lucky we had beer while being forced to sit in the sun and watch. I'm pretty sure she has a hairbursh as a mike, wonder where she learned that.

Last one for today. This was a kit I put together for the store. It was a dynamic doubles workshop of quick and easy 2 pg spreads. I loved it. Used a variety of old Brendan photos in one layout that were just in a box. He is my" Super Star"!

Well I guess my next goal is to get better photos of my layouts. Or better yet learn how to scan them. Maybe single page shots for the next upload. Umm something to think about. I need to get upstairs and create some new layouts. I'll show off my room soon. First I have to clean it up a bit. lol

IN or OUT!

This is Spencer he's the newest member of our family. He is a Boxer-lab mix and will be about 30 lbs. We hope. We got him from the humane society in mid july. He was just too cute to leave there. I currently feel like his personal doorman. He "WOOFS" to go out and then "WOOFS" to come in. 50 times a day! Oh well I guess thats better then 50 accidents on the floor daily. He's pretty mild mannered. Just watch your toes. He's got a thing for nibbling on toes inside socks. If your missing socks he'll nip at your ankles. Funny little guy. Brendan is his favorite target. He looks like a little Tiger with his dark stripes on a tan body. You just gotta love him. Yes he has flaws....don't all puppies. He doesn't always listen well and if not clipped to this chain will run off investigating. Which would be OK if he came back when called. But no such luck. To him its a game of chase. So he ends up in his crate for a period of time when this happens. He'll learn sooner of later. Lets hope it's sooner.

Well I'm off for now. The girls on the AMR mb have inspired me to blog more often. We'll see how I do. I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you.

Meeting Spencer

Oh check out our newest addition. He has now been in our family 7 weeks. Hard to believe. I took this picture the first day he came home. He's weighing in at 17 pounds now and has quite the personality. Especially in the evening when "Puppy Hell Runs" begin. Potty training has been fun, you better be paying attention when he goes to the back door or you'll be cleaning up the mess. He must be at the teenage phase right now. He doesn't listen for shit. It drives Rob crazy.

Well I'm off to run errands before Brendan gets home from his frst 1/2 day of fifth grade.

Fall is coming!

The days are getting shorter and the nights cooler. A sure sign Fall is coming. As much as I love summer the changes mean the kids will go back to school, the Lions will begin to lose football games and Hockey season begins. Brendan is ready to start his first year of travel hockey as a Peewee. My team, the Michigan Ice Dogs, will start the year in a new league, at a new level and with a new coach. I'm ready for the changes but I will miss all my buddies from last season. Join us for our home opener Saturday September 13th as we take on Tri City at the Plymouth Cultural Center. Game time 8:20pm.

I have a couple scrapbook crops planned for the fall, 2 wonderful causes. The first is September 13th, Scrap Pink, to benefit my friend Karen who's walking in the Breast Cancer 3 day. The 2nd is October 18th, for the kids going to Sea Camp. Both events will be held at Garden City High School in the cafeteria. Event info: cost $35, time 9am to 9pm. For more info email me.

My goal is to begin updating this blog daily....realistically everyother day. I must be honest with myself. Tomorrow you'll get to meet Spencer.