NO INTERNET

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, that's how I felt about not having internet for a few days. My modem died on Tuesday the little bugger just stopped working, luckily AT & T send a new one out rather quickly. So after a few adjustments I am back on the internet, (sigh) how i missed it sooooo much. In all honesty it was a good thing, I spent time doing things that I should normally be doing but don't because I am on the computer. So I am off to surf the net, have a good night!

100th Post - WOW

I didn't realize I ever had that much to say lol. Well this is exciting, sorry nothing special to say except that I am glad I have been getting back into blogging, so here is to the next 100th post!! YAYYYYYYYYYYYYY. Anywhoo today after I posted about my favorite layouts, I started to get inspired so i pulled out pictures of my little monkey Abby, and decided to scrap them. Now keep in mind I have a bad habit of being way to matchy matchy but I decided to take pictures that I would have never normally used for these paper and make it work. Well I loved the way this layout came out, it was just what I needed. I love it! By the way when I say I love my own work I am not saying "WOW Jess you are such an amazing scrapper", I am actually just so in love with something I created, totally absent of vanity. Now that I have cleared that up lol here is my LO.! TTFN

My Favorite Layouts!!

I haven't done any truly personal scrapbooking in a long time, sometimes when I need to be inspired I go check out my favorite layouts and the ones below are a few of my recent (well not so recent, it's been about a year) favorites. I love them because they are so me and I love them because I love them even if nobody else loves them, does that even make sense? I just love looking at these layouts, they are so seemingly chaotic, but aren't really. It's organized chaos - the story of my life. Don't these layouts look like my scrapbook room exploded and some random stuff landed on these pages lol. I love it!! So there you have it what looks like chaos to the world are actually highly thought out pages (kind of like me). Have a great day and keep on Scrappin'.

Royal Slumber Crop

Check out my Scrappin' Escapes Blog to see the fun pics of this event. Scrappin' Escapes Blog - Royal Slumber Crop

LUV THIS TUTU!!

This weekend I had the pleasure of hanging out with some good friends and making new ones at the Scrapbook Royalty Royal Slumber Crop. There was soooo much going on, despite that I still found time to stalk one of the silent auctions . . . I bid on a darling TUTU for my 2 year old Abby, I would have purchased one for my Madison, but they didn't have any in her size so maybe next time. Here is the link if anyone is interested, Twirlin' In Tutus

Plus here are some pics of my munchkin wearing her adorable tutu, and yes I know her outfit doesn't match. I had to pry that thing off of her on Sunday night, she was ready to sleep in it lol.

Scrapbooking Updates!

This Friday I will be heading out to San Marcos for the Royal Slumber Crop, sponsored by Scrapbook Royalty. I can't wait for this fun filled 2-day event, I am sponsoring a table on behalf of The Memory Studio, not only will it be a great time it is also for a great cause! Now you are probably thinking what is the Memory Studio? It is a project I have been working on for over a year now I have been wanting to start a project kit company so once I started teaching locally I decided it was the right time. The Memory Studio website has been under construction for some time and I am in the process of ironing out all the kinks and we are almost there. If you just can't wait to check it out feel free to visit the site www.memory-studio.com.

Oh yes My San Diego Retreat! How could I forget that well it was a fabulous weekend, I got to see many familiar faces and many new faces. As always I truly beleive that what makes my events rock is the awesome people who participate!! Click on the link to visit my the Scrappin' Escapes Blog.

So Cal Scrap Clearance Sale!!!

So Cal Scrap is having an awesome clearance sale, they are making room for tons of great new product! Check them out and get some amazing deals!!!!!

Everything .25 cents
Everything .50 cents
20% Off Sale
30% Clearance Sale
40% Clearance Sale
50% Clearance Sale
60% Clearance Sale

New Classes, a retreat or 2 and other fun stuff!!

Hi everyone!!

I have been busy getting ready for my San Diego Retreat, I am SOOOO excited, it is less than 2 weeks away and we have some fun stuff planned for our attendees!! I have also been getting class samples ready I have a pretty full calendar for March and April. Plus I have been invited to be a Guest Teacher at Scrap & Yap in Monrovia, I am totally excited about that!!!! Check out the adorable new 2 page layout I will be doing there in April, plus I will be doing a 10 page in 3 hours class, the layout to the right is called Fun Times! So I will keep posting pictures of upcoming classes check back soon!

FABULOUS WEEKEND!!

This past weekend had all of the makings of a great one, Friday & Saturday I joined an awesome group of girls to celebrate our friends Rochelle's & Robin's birthdays at the San Diego Scrap Inn (Great place, these ladies have done an amazing job on this house, definitely a place to check out for a comfy and cozy weekend retreat!). I had such an awesome time laughing, eating, scrapping, and even some Karaoke, I had to sing Mamma Mia I am actually in shock that I did it! As if a couple of fun days with the girls was not awesome enough I spent Sunday at Disneyland with my family, we had such a great time all 3 of my kids behaved pretty well, no excessive whining, crying, pushing or shoving everyone got to ride what they wanted . . . I felt blessed several times this weekend, I felt blessed that I have such and awesome husband that is willing to hold down the fort while I scrap with the girls. I felt blessed to be spending some fun time with my children, riding rides, laughing, and just enjoying each other's company. I actually stoped at a couple of points just to look at my kids and husband and smile because I am sooo thankful for them all no matter what I say whey they make me mad (wink).

Join me at the Royal Slumber Crop in San Marcos!!

If you are looking for a fun event check out the Scrapbook Royalty site, if you haven't heard already they are hosting the Royal Slumber Crop in San Marcos to benefit the Cancer Coping Center and the San Marcos Boys and Girls Club.

Join Scrapbook Royalty March 14th-15th 2009 in San Marcos, California for the Royal Slumber Crop!! They will be hosting their annual crop to benefit the Cancer Coping Center and the San Marcos Boys and Girls Club.

The Cancer Coping Center, constitutes a group of professionals who volunteer their time and expertise in order to relieve the suffering of those afflicted with cancer by providing coping strategies for cancer patients, their family members and caregivers.

The San Marcos Boys and Girls Club is a non-profit, youth development organization. Their goal is to provide every child with the essential tools needed for a successful and bright future.

You won't want to miss this amazing two day event. And YES, it is now TWO DAYS of cropping and fun!!! This event includes breakfast both days, lunch, tea time, awesome classes and so much more, check out the site for all the royal details. I will also be hosting a flower bed for this wonderful event when you register just e-mail Elena and let her know you will be joining me at the Memory Studio flower bed!! Hope to see you there!

Royal Slumber Crop

Happy New Year!!

I hope you have a happy and safe New Year!!

A great Christmas and some snow fun!

A wonderful Christmas and hopefully a wonderful new year! I had a great Christmas, I think what make is great for me is when I am a peace with myself and my family and I was. In between projects, cleaning, and everything else that requires my attention we managed to take some time to go to Big Bear. Let me tell you a holiday weekend is not the time to head up to Big Bear, it took us 3 hours to get up the mountain and 3 hours to get down. Morbid curiosity propelled us forward, we were already on the road and figured we would go all the way lol.

Before we could enjoy the snow we had to sit through 3 hours of this!

No MORE PICTURES!!! My Abby got a little sick of pictures.



 

Big Bear!

 

Aren't they cute??????

My girls are at my mom's house decorating her tree and my sister sent me this pic of them. Just thought I would share! Any day now I will figure start adding new pictures on here.

MAMMA MIA, I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!

I have been waiting to check this movie out for awhile, I finally purchased it for myself (a little early Christmas present to moi). It is sooo cute I love musicals and this one was sooo fun I loved the whole cast and the music, definitely worth checking out.

New Look

"The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short,
but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark."

-Michelangelo

isn't this a great quote, I love it!

How do you like the new look, I found this template from this great site (click here), She has the coolest templates definitely worth checking out if you need to spruce up your blog. Anywhoo Abby is sick, yup has a nasty case of bronchitis. We had to rush her to the ER this past Saturday because she woke up wheezing, very scary. We are actually familiar with all of that my Madison use to need breathing treatments every time she got a cold, but Abby has been healthy since day one so it scared me. She is doing well, sick enough to stay home from school, well enough to get into EVERYTHING lol.


I have hinted at some of the things I have been up to, a new website, classes and a few new events coming in 2009 don't worry I will be unveiling them in the coming weeks.

And until I get my computer issues fixed limited pictures.

I also have some awesome classes coming up in January & February, you are not going to want to miss them, I will keep you posted.

Have a great day!

SOCCER IS OVER!!!!!

YIPPEEE!!

Don't get me wrong I actually had a great time with the girls, I had a team of 9 - 7 & 8 year old girls including my very own Madison. But it takes a lot of time and energy to coach so I am happy I had the expericnec and and happy it is OVERRRR!!

Now I can spend my time focusing on other tings like my family and um of copurse scrapbooking I have not scrapped a ting for myself in ages. Bummmer! I am hoping tonight i will get some time to scrap. So that is it for now, I am off to continue cleaning my office.

Have a great Sunday!!

No title today, I had no idea what to call it, since there is no real excuse for not blogging for over a month. But again I will try to keep up on it. It seems I never have enough hours in the day to get anything done. I use to be a total night owl , I would stay up until 2 - 3 in the morning now with my son having to get to the bus by 6:30 it seems that life has completely turned around, I have to get up earlier and then I am ready for bed by 11 or so. Plus my Abby had croupe for about 3-4 weeks so we kept her out of school and then she broke her leg, well not her whole leg lol, just a little bone in her shin area. Although to a 2 year old and to the mother of a 2 year old it is all the same. Point being I haven't had a lot of time during the day to get anything done, so hopefully now that soccer is almost over and Abby will be hopefully getting back to school I might find time to get something done. So that is it I leave you with a picture of my Abby in her BIG BRIGHT PINK cast. Have a great day!

Sad Week

It has been forever since I blogged, it seems time disappears in an instant. In those moments sometimes good things happen and sometimes bad things happen, yesterday my husband's grandmother passed away, after a week in the hospital her little body gave out. She was an amazing woman and I truly hope I have her zest for life when I am 89. Grandma Clark was always up for anything not to long ago she was down on the floor playing UNO with the kids, always smiling and genuinely a wonderful person.
I often joke that my family is a blessing and a curse, I love having them close and sometimes it feels like it is too close, but at the end of the day all of these people in our lives are part of a machine each a unique piece that keeps the others working in sync, the loss of one piece leaves the machine debilitated and never working quite the same.
The sadness of the loss is lessened in the knowledge that she was not in pain during her passing and that she lived a full and active life till the very end.
So remember to hug your loved ones and let them know how much you care and how important they are to you, because tomorrow quickly becomes yesterday.



I love this picture of Grandma, it was take this past April, we were having a BBQ at my Brother in laws place and everyone was eating those Popsicles that you throw in the freezer and can buy like 100 for 2 bucks lol. You know which ones I am talking about, anywhoo my hubby being the obnoxious grandson asked his Grandma, do you want one Grandma? And her response was OK, sure i'll try one. That was her in a nutshell always willing to try something new, i had to snap this pic of her eating her popsicle.


This is a picture of Grandma Clark with Abby when Abby was just 2 weeks old (my little munchkin is now 2)

Getting back into the routine plus I have been tagged!!

Well as many of you have all read I have had a heck of a time adjusting to my kids all going off in different directions, my baby started pre-school, my son started middle school, and my beautiful Madison stayed at her school, thank goodness something remained the same!! It has been chaotic getting use to this new routine let me tell you I am always running from here to there, but I love it! Yup if I wasn't busy I would be going crazy. So I apologize I have been neglecting my blog for almost 2 weeks now but it has been nice to find so many nice comments and I even got tagged by a couple of wonderful So Cal Girls, Ching and Trisha! So of course now its my turn to tag a few very cool people.

First I was tagged by the lovely Trisha, she runs the Yahoo group Who Gives A Scrap, this is a fun local group of scrappers who do all kinds of stuff all over So Cal and super fun to scrap with!!

Next I was tagged by Ching-A-Ling - This girl is a wonderful designer and very active in the local and online Scrap Community, if something is going on in the local community Ching knows about it!!

Ok onto 7 random facts about me, hmmmm ok:
1. I am terrified of zombie movies yet inexplicably drawn to them, Dawn of the Dead absolutely terrifies me and then I can't sleep at night.

2. I rarely wear white socks, I have worn white socks less than 10 times in the last 10 years. White socks have no character lol.

3. I am a Sci Fi Geek.

4. I am a total Fanillow (spelling?) and if you know what the means you probably are too lol

5. I was an Urban Planning major at Cal Poly, with an emphasis on Urban Re-development. Ditched the major when I realized I would spend 90% of my time behind a desk writing reports, although the whole subject is still completely fascinating to me.

6. I love the Harry Potter books, I was so sad when book 7 came out, not more HP for me. I have actually had long conversations about the books with other HP geeks like myself lol.

7. Believe it or not I am a total introvert, anyone who has ever scrapped with me is probably laughing in disbelief, but really I am. Here is the classic definition of an introvert:

Definition: Contrary to what most people think, an introvert is not simply a person who is shy. In fact, being shy has little to do with being an introvert! Shyness has an element of apprehension, nervousness and anxiety, and while an introvert may also be shy, introversion itself is not shyness. Basically, an introvert is a person who is energized by being alone and whose energy is drained by being around other people.

Introverts are more concerned with the inner world of the mind. They enjoy thinking, exploring their thoughts and feelings. They often avoid social situations because being around people drains their energy. This is true even if they have good social skills. After being with people for any length of time, such as at a party, they need time alone to "recharge."

When introverts want to be alone, it is not, by itself, a sign of depression. It means that they either need to regain their energy from being around people or that they simply want the time to be with their own thoughts. Being with people, even people they like and are comfortable with, can prevent them from their desire to be quietly introspective.

Being introspective, though, does not mean that an introvert never has conversations. However, those conversations are generally about ideas and concepts, not about what they consider the trivial matters of social small talk.

So there you have it 7 random facts about me!

Now onto my victims . . .

Kari - Kari is the owner of Urban Anthology a new kit club, be sure to check it out. Nice and tons of fun to hang out with. It has been great getting to know Kari more of the last few months!

Kristi - Super nice and talented fellow So Cal Scrapper and of course owner of So Cal Scrap as well!!

Robin Robin is one of the nicest people I have ever met! I have had the pleasure of scrapping with her on more than a few occasions, she also owner of So Cal Scrap online store, check it out!

Stacy C - Stacy is super talented and super nice, another fellow So Cal Scrapper! I love what she does with flowers!!

Sorry girls had to tag you!!