Wierd Wenseday

I'm feeling a litle wierd today. i'm tired of alot of things that have been going on recently. trying to keep it to myself, but it is about to blow. family. gotta love em. but i'm 'bout to show them just how much i don't LIKE them. lol. i have always tired to be so fair with my girls. you get this amount for your birthday. i spend this amount on christmas. i feel like i've done a good job. well not everyone does as good a job as me. i'm about to blow. i'm done. i'm tired. i'll leave it at that.

now lets get on to happier things!!! lol i think i am gonna order my own christmas present this year. i think. if i don't chicken out. lol. i'll let ya know if i get it. it is something just for me. me. me. me. i am so self centered lately. lol.

have ya seen my places to hang on the right grow lately? man some of these blogs i have been adding have some amazing projects going on! i have always loved tracey Niehaus, and now i've found her blog. i am soooooooo excited. she is a awesome teacher also. me and rona had a class with her at the very first memory trends we went to and i have been a big fan since. her classes at cku were amazing. she is teaching at for keeps sake in st louis in next year sometime. i would love to take her class, but you have to take the whole thing, and it is a bit expensive. i could buy a ton of stuff with the money i would spend on the weekend. so i probally will not go. bummer. she is a neat, genuinely sweet person. i admire her, esp in recent events of the sb industry. she remains cool! and have you seen the queen and co blog. some awesome idea's on that blog as well. check out those blogs if you have a minute, or hour, lol.

well better get back to work. have a great day.

oh and don't forget about the crop on friday night!!!! i'm coming in my jammies, how about you???????

Tuesday!

good tuesday morning or evening, whatever it is! i wish it was friday, lol. sell it looks really pretty out there, but i bet it is cold! amanda is having some kind of makeup party tonight, so i guess i will go to that. sounds fun. markie did not go to school today. her glands are sooooo swollen and she found another knot in her neck. i don't know what to do with her. i have a call into the doctor, i wish they would call me back.

My friend Therese and her husband Jared will be on kfvs at 5 tonight with their daughter they adopted from guatemala. i can't wait to see it! Grace is such a cutie and VERY smart. she loves to walk and explore things. i have only gotten to see her a couple of times, and it's about time i see her again! Therese and Jared are such good parents. what a cool christmas they will have this year!

so are you going to the crop friday night? i guess i am, gotta get my gifts done! i am almost done with all my gifts. i can't believe it! we did not get the tree up last night and won't tonight. guess it will have to wait til tomorrow night. markie has to work thursday. she isn't getting as many hours. not sure why. she's not going to like that come payday!!!

well guess my lunch is over. see ya later!!!

I will not lie

I forgot to do my own challenge. what a dork. but i will get it done tonight. markie wants to put up the tree and we will probally do that, but i will get my page done! so if you don't have yours done either, you have one more day! see how easy this is. and i did not take very many thanksgiving pictures. my bad. i will have to work with what i got. that whole toe hurting thing got in the way. i have hit it a couple m ore times this weekend, so it still hurts, but not that pounding, i think i'm gonna die pain. i will be back.

back for a minute. so we can no longer check our hotmail or yahoo mail at work. i hate that!! so if you need me during the day you will have to call me on my cell (i answer it!) or post me a message here.

had a quite weekend. saturday went to walmart real early and got some groceries. i have been craving lagasna since angelia said something about it on her blog so i made it for supper. our friend and his daughter came up. i hadn't seen sydney in soooooo long! she is getting quite big! and talks and talks and talks! she had a blast playing with chloe and vice versa. tims wife billie stayed home and got some things done. i remember those days!!!! lol we had a good time, played some cards, you know like old people do, lol.

i had to clean my table off so all my scrapbook stuff is unorganized yet again. well pretty much my whole house! but we will put the christmas tree up tonight anyway, lol. i hate getting it all out and putting it all up but i love the way it looks wehn it is all pretty! so it shall be done. markie says she is helping this year, well i hope so! mark is off again today. what a slug. he takes so much time off during deer season. what a jerk. be back.

Good Black Friday Morning!!!

So is everyone stuffed?? i am at work, boohoo! it is my turn to work, so i will not have to do it for another 3 years and by then hopefully our new and ohsoexciting heart center (i'm not sure of the official name!) will be open and it will be a whole new world and i won't have to work it! lol for P&G today is a holiday. ?????? strange. christmas eve isn't but the day after thanksgiving is. i'm sure there is a good explanation. i'm sure there is. lol

sooooo i did not go shopping but mark and the girls did. and my mom and dad. soooooo not fair. i am usually the only one going. creaps. lol. markie is having alot of fun. she got her first big paycheck and i think it is all gone. i keep trying to tell her she has 2 whole weeks before another one, but she doesn't care. oh to be young again. lol

so did you have a good thanksgiving? we my family never starts on time, but i was 20 minutes late and they started on time. what the heck? lol so by the time i got thru the line, the chichen and dumplins were all but gone. 2 spoon fulls, but they were good! i wasn't in the mood to eat, right before i got in the shower i stubbed my toe on my kitchen bar stool. oh my did it hurt. it's the one next to my lil toe. it is purple, blue, pinkish, swollen, yucky. and hurts. i did mentioned it hurt right? it had these burning pains shooting up my foot. i know, waaaaaaw. but it hurt. i'm such a baby. oh well, maybe iwon't gain 100 lbs from all the food i should of eaten. lol


well better get back to work, it is soooooo slow. i brought some stuff to do thou, lol.

have a great day and weekend!!!

Are Ya Ready?

I am! can't wait for tomorrow! but i have alot to do until then!!! i want to hand out some of amanda's save the date cards so i can save postage, but they are not done!!! my computer is finally done at best buy, so i guess i will print them all out tonight. oh crap, i haven'tgotten my mpix order yet, so i can't. dang it. i need to email them. and hotmail is down here right now. i feel sooooo lost. i even tired to get it at home last night, but i either got distracted or it didn't work there either, i can't remember, lol. i am having withdrawals with out my email!!!!! so if you have sent me a email and i haven't responded, you know why!

OMG i am almost done with my christmas shopping. i can't hardly stand it!!!!! i have a few more things for amanda, i need to get neil something and then my inlaws! i *might* get mark something, not sure. we usually don't exchange, but i think he needs a GPS. he doesn't have a clue what it is, but he still needs one so i can borrow it when i need too!!! lol and it think it will come in handy when we start to go camping more in a couple years!

my mom already got me my birthday present, a lamp for my living room. i really like it, but i need to get the right wattage bulb. i don't like the light it gives off right now, lol.

so i went to hobby lobby yesterday to return some things and get a model with my 40% off coupon for toys for tots. i spent way to much. i was like 'what did i buy?'. but it all adds up. i got some more bell ornaments, i am really into bells this year for some reason. and then i found some candle stuff for candles for the wedding. cool.

Happy Tuesday Before Thanksgiving!

first of all check this post out at 2peas.

makes me sick. of course i have heard about this story, but for the Wall Street Journal to have a story about it, wow! and for someone on 2peas to get upset. wow! ok, i will not go any futher. it just made me upset again and go wow.

so are you ready for Thanksgiving? i am! me and the girls go to my mom's side of the family, the Crafts. there are about 80+ people there. OMG the food is to die for. everyone brings a dish. YUMMY!!! i can't wait. Mark goes to his mothers. there is about 10 people there. lol. he doesn't like big crowds and this way we both are happy!!!!we've done this for years and it works for us!

oh, gotta go, will be back in a bit

Challenge Week of Nov. 18th

Ok so this is a Holiday week. Lets make this one easy! Lets do another 1 page layout. use what you have in your stash. anything you want.

now, lets talk about next weeks challenge. this one will be harder since we have had 2 easy ones in a row. You will have a whole week to think about this one!

Next weeks challenge is do a TWO page layout using your stash but use NEW THANKSGIVING pictures from this year! you may buy 1 new thanksgiving item, wether it be patterned paper or embellishments, but only ONE thing!


so i see that one person completed last weeks challenge, but i don't know who yet! It was about 830 last night and i realized i hadn't done my own challenge yet! so i made a very simple layout. i will try and post it tonight. i just used a fancy pants overlay and some of the new felt thingys and viola! a page! oh i slapped a picture of me and amanda at rain forrest cafe in downtown disney on it too! lol. oh and some bling. can't forget bling! i guess i need to journal. dang it! i forgot to journal. that is the MOST important thing!!! i will do that tonight!!

ok, happy scappin and get busy!!!

cynde

I'm Almost Done!!!

Yes that is right, me, Cynthia Kay Sharrock is almost done with my Christmas shopping!!!! this has never happen in the last 17 years as a wife and mother, that i have been done with Christmas shopping this early!! i am loving it. AND i shopped all weekend long. 3 days. every day. and i got things done around my house too. not big things, but washing some stuff, sweeping, vaccuming. YEAH for me! i am sooooo happy to be off that medicine. it really drug me down.

so friday me and my friend Debbie and her daughter Krista went out to eat at one of my fav's Applebee's. yummy! then we went to Simply A Dollar. i love that store. i had just been the night before, but i had to go back. i spent $144.00!!! OMG! i did buy this metal containers for the wedding for 5 bucks and bought 6 packages. these are those things that we also use for our scrapbook storage, lilke target had in there $$ spot but theirs had magnets on them. anyway, you get 24 for 5 bucks and they are made by wilton. i also got some hard heart candy (wilton again) that we will put in the containers. sooo cool. soooo cheap. and i also got 4, yes 4 idea's for classes. did i say i love that place. well i do!!!!! i also got 40 small wire candle holders for decorations for the wedding. Amanda is so confused as to what we are decorating with. she must trust me, it will be ok!!!! lol. i keep telling her if i buy something she doesn't like to just tell me. i think she is afraid too!!! lol

so then we went to petco cause miss priss (as in princess) had a spa day. she got her hair cut (really short, she had knots and was so uneven) her teeth brushed, her butt done (that gross stuff), her nails cut, ya know a puppy spa day!!!! lol me and debbie saw that they were gonna have a fashion show the next day, so we signed chloe and zoie up for it! i will post pictures when i get them from amanda, me and debbie both forgot our camera's. lol. they were so cute!!! after the fashion show we went to hobby lobby and scored some 80% off stuff. then i bought some other stuff that is now on sale. sooo off to hob lob at lunch to return some stuff. only 6 bucks, but 6 bucks is 6 bucks! oh forgot we went to kohl's to and got some cool new christmas stuff!! yeah! i can not wait to decorate! to bad i have to work friday!

yesterday me, my mom and markie went shopping. Markie scored most of her christmas yesterday. she got a camera and that pretty much is it from me. when you like expensive things, that's what happens!!! lol and boy does markie like the expensive stuff.

so i still have some for amanda and neil and the parents. and i'm pretty sure i know what i'm getting them. yeah!!!!

sooooo how was your weekend?

Charm Bracelet Swap!

Ok, here goes. I copied and pasted this from 2peas, since they have done this a couple times now, i figured they knew what they were talking about!


Charms Size – No larger than 1.5 inches

Each person’s charms they make/buy should all be alike (look the same).

No paper charms that would tear easily, unless they are laminated or reinforced and protected.

Charm must be attached with a lobster claw clasp or spring clasp.

Bag each charm individually

I will hold sign ups until Friday November 23rd at 5pm. That will give us 2 weeks to get our charms done.

We will exchange our charms at the December 7th Crop at Stamps and Scrapbooks at 9pm, or sooner in the evening if everyone is done, and there! if you can not be there you must make arrangements to get the charms to me by the 7th. if you do not, you will be excluded from the swap. sorry, but it is to busy of a time to try and get everyone their charms after the meeting!

Please email me or leave me a comment if you want to participate.

also let me know if i have left anything out.

ok, get your thinking cap on girls!!!

Well Now.

I guess i am the only one updating my blog regularly. lets see who's not, that would be Nikki, Penne, and Angelia. Rona does a ok job updating her's but i am the WINNER. oh, you didn't know there was a competition? to bad, i'm the winner. lol
ok so really i'm not that bored that i have to dream up competitions, but dang those girls need to update their blogs more. i know they aren't that boring, lol.


You know i'm hating all the sad news in the papers these days. the young man from Fronha that got killed in a auto accident. and his cousin is now gonna face charges. i know it's the law, but that poor boy is gonna have to live with that for along, long time. i feel soooo bad for him. he was doing what alot of others of us have done and never have had to pay the price he will have to pay. I Pray for peace for all the families involved.

and call me crazy, but i feel bad for the teen from jackson who shot the other young boy. he is soooo young and now he will have to pay 30 years for something he did as a young boy and knew better, but doesn't really know the conequenses, kwim. don't get me wrong i think he should get some jail time, but 30 years is a bit much. i wish Morley Swingle would go after the REPEAT dui drivers the way he goes after a 16yo boy who was on drugs at the time of his crime. i'm sure we all know someone who has had REPEAT dui and are still driving. i know i do. and i think they should be in jail. get them there before another accicent happens. and these are GROWN people that have done it OVER and OVER and OVER. i'm not talking about the ones who have done it once. yes that is not a good thing, but we all make poor judgements BUT hopefully we learn from our mistakes and don't do it again. boy i really need to get off my soap box. i'm sure i made no sense.

i need a me day again. i've been taking those alot lately. lol

have a great day.

Charm Bracelet Swap

Ok i have a question, do you want a reg charm bracelet swap or a christmas bracelet swap? let me know ASAP so we can get this going!!! leave me a comment or email me!

A Challenge!!!!

lol. well mark is home from going who knows how many miles to go deer hunting. he got home yesterday afternoon and by dark he had a deer. so why did he spend all that money, he could of just stayed home. oh wait, then he wouldn't of left and i wouldn't of got to spend all that glorious time to my self!!!! lol you know i try and compare his hunting to something i do. i guess scrapbooking is close. or shopping. wait, are those one in the same? lol seems like all i have been doing lately is shopping and not doing any pages! lol. but i have decided i MUST start doing my pages. for me. and use up all this stuff i have been hoarding.

soooooo on that note, i think i will start a weekly challenge. i thought i would start it Sunday, that would be a new week, but no. we will start NOW. when i say we, i mean YOU and ME, ok? so since this is a short week, lets start with something easy and doable in 3 and a half days. Lets say a one page lay out and it will be due Saturday at midnight. oh ok, i'm not picky about time, but the next challenge will begin on Sunday.

ok, now i guess we should have details as how this will work. let me see what i can pull outta my hat.

here goes---


*A new challenge will be posted every Sunday, no later than Monday, on my blog. i will title it week of _________ challenge, that way you don't have to read all my other entries!

*This round of challenges will end at the end of December. we will play it by ear and decide in January if we want to continue.

*at the end of December everyone who has kept up with the challenges will receive a goodie bag from me! now we are all adults and i will take your word that you have kept up or not.

*the only thing you have to do to join in on the fun is let me know either by email or post me a reply. if you don't you can still play along, but there will be no prize at the end of the journey!

am i forgetting something??? let me know!

Rainy, Rainy Tuesday

and i have to work, so it's a good thing.

mark called and said they are on their way home from deer camp. they didn't get a deer. dang. i was thinking they should stay til they got one! lol

i have my photography class tonight. i'm excited about it. he said we'll be talking about flash and more about better pictures. i can't wait. i really want to take a photoshop class too. not sure when i will be able to do that with the wedding stuff. speaking of wedding, lol, it is expensive!!!! even with me doing a lot of it! but sfmc is doin this thing where if you give them a name, addy, and ph number of a RN, CRNA, OT, PT, Pharmacist they will give you 25 bucks! so my cousin gave me several of her coworkers and people she knows. all that money will be used on the wedding. so if you are a one of these fine individuals and want to help a girl out let me know! lol i think all they do is call you, you say you aren't interested and that is it! and i can mark one more thing off my list!

Markie has her ultrasound in the am. i don't want anything to be wrong, but i want to know something! there has to be a reason for all of this yuck!

ummmm, i had panera soup and sandwich for lunch and the soup was soooo dang good on this rainy yucky day!!!!

i have to let you in on a secret. i got a good buy at victoria secrets, go here and you can too! http://bargainshopperlady.com/?p=39 just follow what she tells ya and it works!!! about 80 bucks for 20bucks. yipppeeee. i haven't told you about this yet, have i? i am so forgetful!!!
well better go, it's almost time to go home!!!! yeah!!!!!

Sunday Already?

I can't believe it. the end of my 4 days off. oh well! got some stuff i needed to get done, done. yeah!

Yesterdays retreat was great!! i had a blast. i hope everyone had a great time. our classes went way over, but the projects were awesome!! now to plan the next one!!

Chloe was sooooo happy to see me last nigth. she doesn't like being here by herself i don't think. lol. she doesn't let me out of her sight today. lol

Markie worked her first full day at culver's yesterday. she reallly likes it and likes the people. she told me this morning that she likes that everyone started at the same time and no one already knew everyone. some know people from school, but that is different. she is really getting along good with them too. she went to a girls house last night for a small party. that is good for her. she doesn't go to too many partys, which is a good thing, but i want her to get out too. i don't think at her other jobs she 'fit' in. everyone already knew everyone. burger king was too tense, i don't htink they know how to treat young kids. that is something that culvers seems to know. they let the kids know what they expect, but in a respectable and non condesending way. kwim? and American ice cream just didn't pay enough. she never knew what she made there, her boss never told her, but we figured it up and it was less than 3 bucks a hour. doesn't make sense. i haven't been there sense for that reason. that wasn't a good first job experience for markie, but i think it was a good lesson for her. but now she has this job, i hope she's learned something.

and as me and mark was leaving culvers the other night her boss followed us out, he hadn't a clue who we were, until we told him, and he was so nice. said markie was a very conciousience (sp) worker and if she did something wrong, she was very hard on herself. made us feel good! he also was concerned about her belly problems. we said we were worried since it was a new job and she already was sick. he seemed genuinely concerned. wheew. lol so all is good on the job front. YEAH!!!!!

well better get some things done around here. have a great sunday!

Clean Carpets!!

and wet! i forgot they would be wet afterwards! they aren't bad at all thou. and just when i thought i would spent the rest of the day cleaning, chloe needed to go to the vet. butt problems. don't ask, trust me when i say it is gross!

another beautiful day! i am loving it! i need to wash my sheets and hang them out. maybe tomorrow.

amanda's floor in her kitchen is done and we're going up this evening to help her move in the fridge and stove. after 3 months it's time!!!! i'm on a taco salad kick since i made it for work yesterday aso i'm gonna take up to her house tonight for supper. i'm gonna take it to the small town girls retreat on saturday for lunch too.

have you signed up for the retreat on saturday??? we're gonna have a great time and there is still seats available!!!! hope to see ya there!!

Me Thinks I

have friends that are crazy! ok so i couldn't think of anything else, lol. yeah, yeah i flubbed up, again. i posted on the s & s blog and wrote it wrong, but my sweet friends let me know about it!! : ). lol. they are good that way.

so what ya think about this awesome weather??? i LOVE it!!! so crisp adn clean and cool adn the trees are beautiful. i am lovin it. all except for the stupid time change thing. i hate it!!!! why can't we just leave it alone for goodness sake. no one i talk to likes it. i say lets vote on it! lol

so i had a great weekend. went to the crop, had some fun, ate some good food, talked with some cool people. enjoyed myself! saturday went to eat at culvers for family and friends day. really, really good stuff. Markie likes it, YEAH!!!! she doesn't however like working till 11 at night and getting back up the next morning. she has to do it 3 times this week and twice in a row. she has 30 hours this week. i think that is tooo much, but it is the first week being open so maybe it won't be that much all the time. but you know what? i did it when i was in high school. worked at good ole Sonic (with some cool people! hey Deb!) and i only made 1.45. yeah. 1.45. i still have some of the pay stubs. i think they may be in my hs scrapbook. back on subject, sorry, went to culvers with my cousin susan, aunt dean, and cheryl and heather and macy. we had a great time!! got me some pants at cj banks for 4 bucks!!! so what they are purple, they are a pretty purple and i like them!~!!! might wear them with a red shirt and red hat! JUST KIDDING. i am not that old yet. sunday i just hung out at home and did a few things and worked on save the date cards for the wedding. man, it is creeping up on us. only 7 more months!!

Yesterday mom's bosses sister (did ya get that?) works at cracker barrell and they have a friends and family day and you get so much off. me and mom went and i got 3 bags full of coooool stuff!! had to leave it in the car cause mark was home when i got home adn i just didn't feel like explaining myself. i get tired of it, lol. although he is leaving for deer camp on friday and he doesn't give a rat's ass about much right now, except for hunting!!!! pure bliss! lol.

i am hoping to get to take tomrrow off. the people are coming to clean my carpets. anyone have Biard's cleaning do it? if so let me know how it was. i have never had them professionaly cleaned and didn't know who to get.

plus i have to put up groceries we bought at sams on monday. lots of stuff. and bulk stuff. gotta find a place to put it. but i love buying in bulk, esp stuff like tomato sauce, tomato paste, green beans, you get the idea.

sooo i can't wait for the small town girls retreat!! the food. the fun. and i may have to take some classes myself!!! lol

cynde

Tonights The Night..............

that's the title to one of my fav Rod Stewart songs. i need to dig my cd's out (heck maybe some of my cassettes! lol) and listen to them. I love his voice and that twang only Rod Baby has. see that is something you might not know about me, i totally LOVE Rod Stewart. goes way back to jr high days and living in California. awhhh the good life, lol.

oh yeah, tonight is the night for Stamps and Scrapbooks Crop (see, i think i have ADD, i get so off topic!). ARE YOU GOING???? Please come. i love seeing all my scrappin' friends, even if i don't get alot done, i love to socialize!!!!! I think i will wear my pj's tonight. i'm feeling a little loungey, and my pj pants fit, unlike my jeans. uuuggghhh. i must go buy some new jeans. i think someone came into my house over the summer and shrank all my jeans. my shirts are even getting a little little. i sure wish they would stop doing that.

Tomorrow culvers has VIP day and families get to go and eat! yeah Markie has to work from 12-3. she doesn't want me going when she works, but uh, yeah that is when I WANT to go.

My cousin is also coming down from troy and we are going to go to the mall tomorrow afternoon. Her daughter is younger, maybe 6-7th grade ( i can't remember, isn't that awful!). anyway, it will be fun!!! so i am looking forward to my laid back weekend. i love them the best! Mark will be going to deer camp next weekend. they go somewhere up northwest of st louis. he always has a good time, and so do we!!! and next weekend is Small Town Girls Retreat so i am really looking forward to next weekend!!!!