Our little Purrrrrincess!

Stella had her picture taken today with her dance class. She will be having her recital on Saturday, June 28th, so it was picture day in full costume. If you can't tell, she is a Kitty Cat, well Copy Cat to be exact. It was fun getting her ready, a reminder of my former past as a ballerina. Most people probably don't know that I danced for about 7 years, everything from ballet to jazz to tap to hawaiian to clogging. At the time I didn't totally appreciate it, but looking back, I'm glad I did it. I think in a strange way it formed who I am today, someone able to adapt to situations and be who I am in a group be it silly, talented, serious, poised or a hopeless goof. I love her more than I could have ever imagined and to see her doing things I once did yet seeming so different from how I remember myself as a little girl, it's almost cathartic. To me, she was the cutest one there, but I'm sort of partial I guess.

The Week Of Boo Boos

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So, it may or may not be obvious, but I know have a working keyboard and my sentences will be rife with s p a c e s and 123123123 and """""""""" and --------'s. Alright, aside from the new keyboard that arrived so did a very clumsy lady. It started Wednesday, she sat on the edge of a tv tray in front of the television and as it collapsed, she hit her chin on the edge of the table the tv sits on. She began to cry and then as I placed the band aid on she audibly said "Ahhhhhh." She's pretty tough, always has been, not a big crier out of pain, mostly out of annoyances. When ever she falls down now, before we can say anything at all, she yells "I'M ALRIGHT!" Later that night while outside with daddy, she ran and fell hurting her knees and staining her new tan capris, UGH dad! Again, she was alright. Today upon returning from grandma's house, she lifts her shirt to show me yet another scrape. This one looks to be the worst yet, and she tells me she got it when she "fell on the old pic-a-nic table." Love how she says things sometimes. So, she was tested this week by gravity, and while scathed, no worse for the wear.

On a different note, I am toying with the idea of participating in both the CK Scrapbooker of the Year Contest and the Memory Makers Masters Contest. Just think it would be good to get me scrapping again. And, yes my new venture she be launching in June, I will continue to keep you posted.

*I was just informed that on a bike ride with Daddy tonight while I was gone, Stella biffed on her bike. Fell flat on her chest, even elicited a person peeking out of his door to ask if she was alright. She cried for a moment and then got right back on her bike. That's my girl!

-Peace

Forgot To Post...

So a while back when the weather was first nice, I forgot to post about the day I built myself a picnic table. You see, I really wanted one, but we just do not have the extra right now to drop $400 on a piece of wood, so we cleaned out the garage and found perfect substitutes for everything to build a nice sized picnic table thing. We found a piece of an old fence and 2 saw horses that were the perfect height for our collapsible chairs we use. Everything just came out very nicely and I only needed to paint on one coat of white paint to make it look good. Here are some shots from that day, Matt also built a bike for me that day from some spare parts. It was a great little family day and Stella had a blast!

Computer Lesson #1

OK folks this is the keyboard lesson. Don,t drink and type. Especially if you are a spazz like I am and spill drink on said keyboard. The only way I,m able to write this here message is to copy and paste a sentence with already existing spaces in it and as you may have noticed, my apostrophe doesn,t work either. Tomorrow I really need to buy a new flippin keyboard!

Giving A Shout Out To My Homies!

So, ok, technically they aren't my homies, but I've been chatting it up a little with Jen from Bam Pop and they are an amazing company. www.bampop.com

Not only do they design really cool stuff, but they are a genuinely nice and kind company that's willing to give a newbie a good bit of information with which to commence her journey into this all to often unfriendly world that is scrapbooking materials design. So, to you BAM POP I say I "Heart" You! And, I will be a customer of yours forever.

I Scrapped, I Scrapped, Oh My God I Actually Scrapped!

I think I'm gonna start checking in with Effer Dares, www.efferdares.com on a regular basis to get myself scrapping again. The challenges are simple, but they are also just that, challenges. Basically just a one sentence prompt that will get you going and it got me to scrap about something I rarely get involved with, myself. It was fun and got me to take a new pic of myself. Not the most flattering, but yet another that Stella can look at later in life and show her kids when they ask what grandma looked like at 30.

Moving on, I soon will be involved in a new and exciting venture that I can't wait to reveal to all 3 people who read my blog (she chuckles, but it's true). I can't say exactly yet, but I will tell you that the name of the site involves something yummy to drink and something pretty that grows in the ground. The owner of the site is very excited about getting involved in digital scrapbooking kits and so are Mars (my partner from AZ) and I. Once things are fully established and live, I will clue you all in. I'm thinking it could be as soon as June perhaps. So, wish me luck ladies.