800 feet above

yep! thats how high abby and i were when we went parasailing on our beach vacation. it was a blast (minus the motion sickness i had and all...LOL!!)

woohoo!

i'm a dork. i am aware of this:) but imagine my surprise and total happiness when i saw this...

and to think i had given up hope that i might EVER be published...well this may be the closest i get, but dang it made me smile:)

this was in the august creating keepsakes magazine (scrapbooking magazine).

the fruits of my labor (or something like that)

here are some pics of my yard, mainly for my parents. i was very surprised when i got back from vacation to find my garden and yard had like tripled in size. insane. this picture is right after i put these plants and beds in in may.

here's the same shot taken today. looks much better!

here is my garden: the insane plant dead center is zucchini, corn to the right of it and then squash to the right of the corn. sunflowers backing up against the barn.

this is the long shot of the whole garden:

a little baby zucchini:

hard to tell because of the lighting, but the middle 2 rows are carrots, 4 corners are watermelons that are trying to live and then on the left center is parsley.

and last but not least, a baby squash:

so there you have it...my garden is doing much better than anticipated. now onto the things i wasn't TRYING to grow...

my husband sent me sunflowers for our anniversary last fall. very sweet of him since those are my flowers of choice. once they died, i threw them in the compost pile and low and behold...they have come back to life.

then there's the mystery plant growing next too the sunflower, to the left of the black bin (it has the big leaves). i am thinking its pumpkin...but it will just have to be a surprise. and to think i wasn't even trying!

miss me?

i know i have been gone for awhile. went on vacation and have been unpacking, etc ever since. plus its summer and i have some tending to do to my garden! (thing decided to triple in size overnight!) anyways...here i am...

catching up

wow i have neglected my poor blog. i FINALLY got the preschool scrapbooks done. they look so cute! i am not gonna know what to do with myself!

so i have been on a huge cleaning binge lately cause the house has really gone to hell in a handbasket since i have focused ONLY on those books. i managed to finally relocate and organize all the toys...clean the kitchen, clean and organize my scrappy area, vacuum...its been awesome! i feel great! now if i can just get all the laundry done and put away!!

here are a few new things. the layout i actually made like a month ago for a challenge, but never posted it. and the card is just a quickie.

choppy, choppy...

notice anything new? (hint...not related to the banana at all:)

on the home stretch!

ella has 3 more weeks of school and abby has 5...i don't know if i can last that long! LOL! i am SOOOOOO ready for summer break to start!

i am still working feverishly on those preschool scrapbooks...gonna be pulling some late nights here for the next couple weeks. i did actually get to play with a card yesterday. we have a niece that is graduating from high school...and i needed to keep it simple. but it was fun to play for a short while!

during the past week things have gotten real interesting as i managed to pinch a nerve in my neck and pretty much lost almost all use of my left shoulder. it is getting better...S.L.O.W.L.Y. i start physical therapy next week. i really don't have time for this! LOL, but i don't have a choice. i am no good when i am not running at 100%.

the die cut image is from lyrical letters cricut cartridge.

now back to reality!