awwww!

Chloe had a blast!!! she is soooo tired right now from barking and greeting everyone and hearing them say awwwwhhhhh. lol.

we didn't have too many trick or treaters this year, and most of them were older. i had one cute little guy. he was a scarecrow. sooooo cute! and then another lil girl was dorothy from oz. she had on the red slippers, sooo cute.

well markie went to work tonight, and i haven't heard from her. cross your fingers. she was sick again so i called the doctor and they did alot of blood test and they all came back ok. now if it continues she will have to have a ultrasound. uuuughhhh!

well i had my mammogram today. squiswh. ouch. but it all was good from what they said. thank goodness.

well bout time to turn the lights off and head to bed.

didn't get much done with my scrap stuff tonight, guess that will have to wait til tomrrow night.

Happy Halloween!!!

Well it looks like a awesome day for those trick or treaters for tonight!!! why did it seem when my kids were little that it always rained, was super cold, or even snowed? i was never prepared for it either. ya know, the year it snowed they had skimpy outfits (not houchie skimpy, lol and just where did that word come from, houchie?). guess i better go get some candy, the first time in years i haven't gotten my candy early. the trick or treaters may have a chance at the good stuff from my house this year! (we usually eat it before we can give it out!!)

Last night was the last night of my photography class. i LOVED it! i hated dragging my butt there, but once i was there, i was entranced. lol. he was a very good teacher and i recommend his classes to anyone. the advanced class starts in a couple weeks and i am looking forward to it. i have always wanted to do this, always. my dream is to take younger kids photo's all the way up to seniors in high school. i don't want to do weddings. to much pressure. i think i could do it, but that is a get it now shot and if you mess up, there is no going back!! and to be honest, i've seen some of those bridezilla's and momofbridezilla's. and i am sure i will be the latter in a couple of months!!!!

be back in a little while.

See That Puppy Up There?

well she is rotten. spoiled rotten. she knows when she is gonna be left all day when we go to work. she sulks in the morning when i'm getting ready. she is rotten. i wish i could stay home with her all day!!!! i am so tired of working. i guess i am going thru the mid life crisis stuff, lol. but i am just tired. tired of working, tired of taking care of everyone, tired, tired, tired. i just want to have a month off to do what i want. clean house, paint my house, scrapbook, go out to lunch when i want, where i want, take a road trip, walk in the park, ya know, fun stuff. i don't want to work!!!!! and everyone at work knows it!!! they probally think i am the meanest b!$#$ around. guess they better get used to it, cause that month probally won't be happenin' any time soon.

ok, so everyone has been saying they have been reading my blog. HOW FUNNY. boring ole me. and no one every posts a comment, except for my friend Penne!!! lol. but ya know, i find myself reading people's blogs i don't even know. why? don't know. i guess i like to know i am not the only one who has problems with teenagers. who thinks the way i do. who wishes teh same things i do. then i thought, what did we do before BLOG'S? I was reading someones blog and they said the same thing. they thought that maybe blogs are taking over the long ago tradition of meeting the neighbors in the backyard and talking over the fence kinda thing. hmmm. good thought. i don't know, just some deep thoughts. lol. (now you know how really silly i am!)

Yesterday we got lunch from My Daddy's Cheesecake. yummy. I had to go get it and that store/resturant is awesome!! never been inside their building, but it was cool!!! i want to go again soon and eat there. they had some of the yummiest looking treats. not sure how much they were, but we all need a treat sometimes!!!!

My good friend Debbie (hi debbie!) called me yesterday. she lost her furbaby lexi yesterday. makes me sad. lexi was getting old and it was a hard decision for debbie to make but she let her go on to a bigger and better place. how hard. i NEVER knew how much a pet can mean to you. and now look at me and chloe belle. oh and debbie, markie was sad when i told her about lexi. she even remembered her name!!! i was surprised. remember last week Amanda and Neil's dog Scout got hit by a car, well he is doing great. we took chloe up there sunday and they played together for awhile. it was funny. at one point scout ran over chloe. it was so funny. chloe was like, what the h&#$ was that?!?! lol Amanda called yesterday and he had gotten into stuff in the garage and tore a bunch of stuff up. we told her. well, now she knows! amanda also told me that Neils brother hit his dog (with his truck) yesterday and it died later in the day. poor Malibu. he was so unhappy anyway because of scout, they were big buddies and then scout moved to amanda's.

oh, and yesterday was markies first day of orientation. she got sick right before she was to go. puked. at rhodes. went in and they sent her home. great. uuuuggggghhhh. can't argue with puke though. uuuuuggggghhhh. she said her boss was nice, said she had last week. well lets hope it doesn't go against her. uuugggghhhh.

cynde

Had a awesome weekend!!

It was totally be-ut-iful!!! i LOVE this weather. so. much. i love not getting hot, not having to wear a jacket, wearing long sleeves to cover up my fat arms, the SMELL of fall. i love it all!!!! bring it on some more!!!!!!

My cousins daughter, which makes her my cousin too, got married this weekend. it is so hard seeing these young ones grow up and start families and knowing you used to CHANGE THEIR DIAPERS! i feel sooooo old, but I'M NOT! i refuse to grow any older.

anyway the wedding was beautiful. the reception was fun. i love watching the kids have fun, and they were. my other cousin had her 3 children there and they are the cutest things. 2 boys and a almost year old girl. we had a blast with them. the girls are just like me and love kids, and these kids are NO exception! they teased them that they were gonna dance with them, and to a 4 and 5 year old boys, that is the most awfulest thing!!! but they did. it was so cute!!! i will have to post pictures when they stop downloading.

i also got to take some pictures of the girls inbetween the wedding and reception. we went to my grandpa's farm and used the barn as our backdrop. waaaayyyyyy cool. let me see if i can download some. hang on.













well i think it worked. lol

last night i continued to sort out all my scrapbooking stuff. OMG. i have to much of everything. it is time to start scrapbooking and stop hoarding all this goodness!!! so i plan on going to the crop on friday night at the store and playing, playing and playing some more!!! on the stamps and scrapbooks blog Rona says to bring what you have been working on to the crop, hmmmm, should i bring all my organized stuff? she would probally be happy to see that too!!!

How Funny!

Ok you know i said previously that i was not happy with my personilize ribbon from the knot. well i have written two reviews now, not good ones i may add. the first one never showed up so i decided to do another one. Now i am usually not this 'mean' but man they made me mad. so i went and did another one, lol. this time i let it post to my blog. how funny. the wonders of modern day electronics!!

oh, i had a brain storm. i think i am gonna do a teens class called Mom and Dad's night out. i'll do it on a fri or sat night. i'll make it from 6 til 10pm and we'll have pizza for supper and do a couple of projects. after saturday's retreat, i'm ready to do some teen and pre-teen classes!! and see, then mom and dad can go out for dinner and do alittle christmas shopping!!! maybe they will buy the teacher a gift! lol

cynde

My Review of Deluxe Personalized Ribbon

Originally submitted at The Knot

Personalization is a sign of a well-planned wedding. You can do so with ease with these ribbons available in a wide variety of colors to match any color scheme. Tie everything together by adding them to your favors, decorations and even invitations. The 3/8"-wide ribbon comes in 100-foot spools; ch...

Deluxe Personalized Ribbon

Personilized Ribbon

By cynde from missouri on 10/24/2007

 

1out of 5

Pros: No pro's

Cons: Writing rubs off

Best Uses: None writing rubs off

Describe Yourself: Parent Of Bride/Groom

The writing rubs off. i was told by 'The Knot' not to touch them after they had been personilize. doesn't make for a very useful product.

(legalese)

Rainy, Rainy Day....

what a great day to sleep! but since i am at work and they kinda frown on sleeping on the job, i guess i won't! i did go to bed last night at 8. missed charlie (two and half men, my fav! and charlie could just stand there and i would drool. they say he is jerk irl, but heck, who isn't, lol.) and everything. dang it. but then i was up at 1030, 1230, 230, 330, and slept in the chair from 330 til 530. i have got to figure out this cpap thing. i wake up gulping for air. kinda scary and kinda strange it started after i went off that d@%* medicine. i do need the cpap machine, i had a sleep study over a year ago and it said i did, but i never used it. to weird for me and my clostrobic mind. but i have a appt with the resp. therapist so maybe there is something new for me to try. i could just loose weight and it would be all better. hmmmmm. kinda makes that high calorie breakfast i just ate not seem worth it! lol

OMG, markie starts her job thursday. i can't wait. she is already saying she doesn't want to drive to cape for a job. wth? i do it every day. i told her she is NOT quitting this job, so forget it. she is sooooo spoiled it is not even funny.

so sign ups for the Small Town Retreat are on ON!!! I just might have to do angelia and penne's classes myself!!! they are too cute! Nikki hasn't gotten her's done yet, she is really busy and i totally understand. i hope she gets one done!

I just looked over at my shamrock plant (i'm not sure that is the name of it) but that plant is the best! i have had it for probally 7 years and it keeps going. just when i think it has died and there is no hope, it springs back up and then it'll have flowers on it. it is the coolest!!!! it is the only plant i have that i have kept alive!

OMG! Rona got in the new Prima stamps. they make the cutest frames. i can not wait to play with them!!!! fun, fun, fun!

well, better go back to work. make sure you check out the small town girls blog and sign up for some classes!!!

Cynde

I Love My Friends!!!

ha! thought i hadn't posted again, didn't ya. lol sorry for so long without a post. i'm not really sure why either! lol.

So i have lots to talk about!!!!

first:
This weekend's retreat was a blast. the signup's were down, but the people that did come, were alot of fun!!! and can i say i love my new $1.00 rolly chair i got at the hospital 'gargage' sale!! i'm not sure shannon like it much, i rammed her table as i slid just a little to far!!!! guess ya had to be there. I will say that i love having the younger girls take my classes! not that i don't like you OLD people (i'm just kidding, you know that, since i'm old too, lol) but they were soooo cool! we had three 12/13 yo girls and let me tell ya, they can scrap witht the best of us!!! i sure hope they continue to come to our retreats.

Saturday night we went to my dad's farm in illinois and they had a hay ride for a TON of young kids. we just stayed behind and sat around the fire. now that was real relaxing. i even drank me a couple beers! it is nice to have children who can drive ya! (ok , well only sometimes!)
and not to sound like i'm reliving my younger years, i went to a going away party friday night for one of the doc's in the cath lab and it was at bel-air. it was so much fun!!!!

awww geez. amanda just called and said their dog got hit by a car this morning. they are taking him to the vet, but he can't walk. she is gonna feel so bad. they have left him at neil's mom's until they can get a place ready for him at their house. see, this is why i never had animals. it so heart breaking. but then again they bring so much joy. dang.

ok so now i've forgotten what i was gonna say. i'll be back later.

cynde

OK, WHERE WAS I?

Scout (amanda and neils dog) is gonna be ok. he is gonna stay at the vets tonight with iv's and will get to go home tomorrow. whew!!! wasn't sure i was ready for all that drama.


oh, oh, oh!!! so Mark comes home last night and say's 'ya wanna move to utah?' i told him several months ago that P and G was gonna build a plant out there, so i was like Yeah!!! but only after Markie graduates. i think he was joking, but wouldn't that be fun! he said they hadn't said anything about it yet officially. but i'm not sure he was to happy when i said 'You do know that utah is the scrapbooking capital of the world, don't ya?'. lol priceless! but ya know, i have never moved anywhere on my own, without my parents and family. wouldn't that be fun! he would only have to go out there for 3 years. i think i could stand it! we'll see!!!

well it looks like ck has tried to make up for the HOF mess. i think i can accept their apology. but i am still a little defensive and will be. i subscribe to their mag anymore, don't really like it. my fav is For Keeps. i LOVE that mag!!!!

OMG!! me and markie went to a auction yesterday that amanda and neil were at. we had so much fun. everything was going for like a dollar. it was cool for us!!! i got this OLD camera for a buck!!! it was to much fun. and it was a perfect day!! now i have auction fever!!!

well it is time to go home. i will be back tomorrow!!

I Love My Friends!!!

Ok, so i have been off my meds for a entire WEEK!!!!! yeah!! i almost wanna cry.


Anyway, the post from saturday was from my house from my laptop. it is sooooo slow and i think it is having some issues, it may need to go to the geek doctor. but anyway can you see the things i got done?? the first thing is my event calendar i am doing for the retreat. it has been so much fun to do. it will make a great gift! i am gonna give one to my sister in law, and not sure to who else. but i picked out the rest of the paper saturday. i got some cool different paper for each month. it was so much fun picking out 12 different lines for one project!!!! lol.

then i made a album for Alisha's shower. it was fun doing a album again!!! i hope she liked it. she made a pre pregnancy one and had it at the shower and it was sooo cute. i love that she loves to scrapbook!!! and she is what, 8 1/2 months pregnant and she looks so cute. when i was that far along, i was misreble! she just glowed!!

Then the third thing is one of those tall skinny tins. i had so much fun decorating that using the Heidi Grace papers. and of course i had to use the new glitter!!! ok, now this is where i get to the part of lovin my friends, lol. i wasn't quite sure what i was gonna put in this tin, maybe some hot cocco mix, BUT Julie had this great idea of putting those long chocolate dipped pretzels in it!! isn't that perfect???? so when i give this away for gifts at christmas people are gonna think i am sooooo smart for making this cute tin just for the pretzels!!!! lol. Really Julie, thank you for the idea!!!! it's the best. That's why i love going to crops, or heck, just running into friends at the store!!!!


Well the old man came back from camping, dang it! i am still not talking to him. thankfully he has to work nights tonight and i am convientley going to do errands this evening and not make it home before he leaves. he'll wonder where his supper is. to bad. Men.

So Much Fun!

Omg! so penne came up last night and we scrapped until 1am!!! and i didn't even get tired til about 1230. and i even didn't take a nap yesterday afternoon!!!! and i got quite a bit done. here is a coupe things



If you want to see the pictures closer just left click on the picture.

So Happy

it's Friday. so, so happy! and Mark is gone for the weekend fishing with some friends. Thank goodness. he REALLY made me mad last night and i think i told him i was glad he was leaving. he is gonna pay. i am off my meds and i am feeling a little edgy and he just pushed me over that edge. stupid, stupid man. enough of that!


SSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO i went to the store yesterday and she had gotten in TWO of my fav's that i have been waiting on to come in. PAGE FRAMES AND QUEEN AND CO. oh my, my, my. i love those clear albums. i have so many ideals. i do. i am going back today to get me another package of the BIG Circle's. i want to do some for the wedding. and then the smaller packages of hearts stars circle, well those are way to cool. so many uses! i plan on doing Christmas ornaments, gift tags, page embellies, oh the possiblities!!! I got a book too, not sure which shape, but i'm gonna do a Chloe book. i. can't. wait.!!!! ok then the Queen and Co. i love, love, love the new felt cut outs on the roll. OH MY HECK! I love the christmas shaped ones, the winter shaped ones, the scrolls. ALL OF IT!!!! so i went looking for some paper to go with the winter themed felt and found this AWESOME Heidi Grace paper and some chipboard embellies (for 4 bucks! OMG! and whole sheet!) and it is sooooo pretty. there is this flocked paper. be still my heart! i just may have to buy every single piece of it. (just kidding) it is sooooo pretty!! so i am hyped. i am ready to scrap. the husbands gone. i'm mad at him so i don't care what i spend (not that it ever matters, lol). so i'm scrapping tonight at my house and if ya wanna come, come on up!!! my house is a mess and i don't intend to clean it so you will have to deal with that! lol

ok i sure hope it is busy here today and the day goes like super fast cause it is beautiful out and i don't want to work!!!!

have a great friday and great weekend!!!

cynde

I hope i survive!

So i haven't taken any of the yucky medicine since sunday night. i am having awful dizziness, ringing in my ear, and just all around weird feeling. but i think i can handle it! yeah!!! but i do feel a little more edgy! lol. examples:

Markie's car agreement said she could not have a grade lower than a c at anytime. i haven't threatened to take away the car, it's the beginning of the year, i will give her a break. that was wrong. SOOOO grades come out next week. i am gonna call the secretary today and get her grades. if she has anything lower than a c, you will see me driving her car!!! she freaked out this morning. "but Josh is coming home". um, so. she is freaking out. totally. and i hope she learns something from this. i think she has a d+. but is not her fault. so i ask her whose it is. can't answer that. she tries she really does. BUT she NEVER brings a book home. NEVER. NEVER studies for a test. she says it's her test that bring her down. uh, duh. you don't study for them that is what happens. plus she has ADD and she NEEDS to be in a different room than everyone else when she takes her test, but she doesn't think so. so i'm not gonna make her. maybe she will listen to me, maybe not. now she's saying Josh will break up with her if she doesn't see him. um ok. I see no problem with that. He is 19, doesn't have a license or car so the only way he can see her is if she picks him up and she drives. oh the joys of having teenagers!

then i order some personilized ribbon from 'The Knot', it's a online wedding site that you can order things from. well, the personilzation (names and date of wedding) rubs off. so i email them. this is their response 'The ribbon is personalize with foil its not embroider so please be careful with the foil ink. The personalize ink is very flakey so please don't touch it when it dries.' well what are you suppose to do with it. unroll it and look at it. and i paid 30 bucks for 100 ft. i emailed them back and i was not nice. lol

I will make it, I will make it!!!

My Retreat Classes

Page 1 Purple Passion

Page 2 Purple Passion

Inspire Me Idea Notebook

Page 2 Fancy U (sorry scaned it in wrong!)

Page 1 Party

Page 2 Party

Page 1 Forever Love

Page 2 Forever Love

Page 1 Fancy U

Retreat Sign Up's

almost forgot to say that i will have the projects for my retreat classes up here soon. either tonight or tomorrow evening. they are all done and at the store, so if you get a chance stop by the store and check all the cool classes out. everyone has outdone themselves AGAIN!!!

Monday Again

I couldn't get outta bed again this morning. I felt like i was gonna throw up if i moved. ugggggghhhhh. that medicine has got to go. i am gonna try to take my final dose thurday. we will see. ok enough of that!! had a great weekend scrappin at a all day crop saturday with Penne. Angela and Mary was there too. it was great!!!

Is it ever gonna be Fall??? I think Brian said on the news this morning that by the end of the week it should cool down alittle. i sure hope so!!!!

Mark is gonna go camping and trout fishing with the guys this weekend so i will be free to do what i want!!!! Since Josh is only home on weekends, Markie will be at his house, sooooo, whats a person to do??? lol. gotta make some plans fast!!!

not much of anything else. have a great week!!!

cynde

She Got a Job!!

YEAH!!! i'm so excited! Culver's called her last night. i really hope she likes it. it seems like such a cool company to work for. i went with her to the open interview, to make sure she went, just gotta know markie. and one of the owners that started the company (i think) started talking to me and dang, i almost wanted to work there!!! lol i think she is excited too since it will be brand new. the only thing that bothers me is that it is in cape. but she has a cell phone and can call me when she leaves and all that good stuff. it was hard when amanda started working in cape and had to leave late at night. i/we will survive!!!

well, i am off tomorrow and i may get to go meet my friends new baby she adopted. i'm so excited. it is so cool. and i am so happy for therese. she is the coolest person. she deserves happiness!

soooooo tomorrow night is the crop at the store, can't wait! i had so much fun at crop pink, i want to continue having fun!!! mark has been really cool about me scrapping (which he never really says i can't, just has some smart a$$ remark, lol) and when i told him i was gonna go to another scrap pink in dexter on saturday, he didn't say anything. it could of been because i said i would bring him home some hickory log ribs, lol. we love hickory log ribs. yummy. when i told him about it i had it all rehersed about scrapping and getting ribs so i said it real fast! lol he didn't have time to get mad!! (really he wouldn't, just those smart remarks!) soooo i'm excited about going there too! no one will know me, so i have to be good. hmmmm. wonder if i can do it. lol.

Mark went and helped Amanda and Neil put up some lighting fixtures. me and markie stayed home. markie has another bladder infection and didn't feel good. it was time for my ycuky medicine so i stayed home too. amanda probally thinks i hate her, but when i have to take this crap i might as well go to bed. hopefully it won't last to much longer. although, i can tell i'm not on it much anymore. stupid people are making me angry again, lol. kinda just kidding. lol i had a run in with the school nurse yesterday. haven't went to the principle yet. but i will. i keep telling myself that i have only a year and half left.

What a Beautiful Day!

and i have to work! oh well i only have 2 more hours to go!

so i was telling ya about scrap pink this weekend, well while i was at the store saturday i picked up a cool new magazine. it's called 'for keeps (yeah! they don't capitalize either!) creative scrapbooking'. it is the coolest! it is just my style. i love all the stuff they put on the pages. the bright pages. the flowers. the bing. oh, i am in love. yes it is pricey at 10.00, but dang wear you tshirt and get it 20% off!!! it is worth it!!! i have a new love that has all my loves in one place!!!!! lol. ok. i did freak out a bit at first. it is a Austrialian (sp) publication. it kind of freaked me out (yeah, i know easy to do) when it said in the editor's journal that she was more than ready to say goodbye to the chilling august winds and hello to spring blossoms. huh?? ok, so i'm still confused. ok i have lived a sheltered life and i DID NOT pay attention in geography (shhh, don't tell Markie). so help me here. right now they are preparing for spring and summer while we are preparing for fall and winter. that does make sense i guess. never really thought about it, never had any reason too. but that would mean christmas in middle of summer? am i right? or am i loosing it. ok, don't answer that one. don't want to know the answer esp since i am going off my medicine. (didn't want you to forget that! lol) so someone please fill me in on this one.

Yesterday we took a table and chairs to amanda and neils that a friend of ours gave them. they put in their basement. then we went to walmart in perryville. man it is really nice. they have remodeled. but we left Chloe with amanda while we went and Amanda said she freaked out. thought we left her for good. she was sooooo happy to see us!!! she is a sweetie. well not to mark. he took her outside this morning and she came back in and pee'd in the hallway. ooppsie. i could hear him spank her all the way in my room. of course i jumped up out of bed to save her, well not really. she needed to be scolded, but mark was MAD! so i cleaned it up and she just layed there flat on the floor and looked up at me with those big eyes. she knew she had did something wrong, poor baby. i don't think she iwll do it again!!!

tomorrow is band fest and my photography class. i don't know what to do. do i go to my class or to see markie twirl. what is a mother to do? it's hard being a parent sometimes!!!