My first handmade card!

I just love the way this turned out! Close to MY Heart has a product called Liquid Glass! I love this! you can put it on anything and it will dry clear! I used that Spiral clip and added some beads, applied Liquid Glass and let it dry. It appears that the beads are floating! I also used CTMH acrylic stamps for the card! It was so much fun and so easy!

Happy 4th of July

I want to wish everyone a early 4th of July. My son & I are heading out of town for vacation.

As I mentioned in my last post I have been Scrapbooking and have found out there is so much more you can do with paper. I made this great 4th of July container! It can be used for many things. This on will hold I gift for my son's girlfriend!



Have a super 4th...be safe!!

What a Life!!

I have been just so busy...I forgot how to blog!!

I recently started Scrapbooking because I needed a new hobby....and boy did I dive right it. Its like an addiction! I have bought so much stuff I ad to turn my office at home into a scrapbook area! I even signed up as a Close to my Heart Consultant! Thats right!! Now I have 3 jobs! I just started so be patient with me. I will post some of my work as soon as I actually finish a project!

I am really excited about my new adventure. I placed a link in my side bar>>>>> It will take you to My web site there you can browse the new catalogs, see training videos, get new ideas for your scrapbook pages & cards and even place an order online!

Have a super day!!!

Why?

It has been a very emotional week in our small town as we have been trying to come to terms with the violent murder (yes I said it). No one wants to say that Steven was murdered, they just say he is gone. The truth is Steven was murdered along with his girl friend Jennifer, by the hand of another 18 year old boy. Not just two young lives but three have come to an end by the jealous rage of Reyes Carrillo, after hearing the news of his sisters death, Jennifers brother Billy was driving home to be with his mother and crashed his truck and died.

My heart goes out to Steven parents & Jennifers mother. I can not even begin to imagine the horror and grief they must feel.

Steven was taken from this life on May 11, 2008. He was born Oct. 12, 1989, in Chico to Dan and Denise.

Steven was a senior at Willows High School where he was a popular student, played lead trumpet in the band, and was a member of the Willows Honkers football and golf teams.

Steven was a dedicated Boy Scout, achieving the highest rank of Eagle Scout in December, and continued to be a mentor for younger scouts. He enjoyed all things outdoors and lived his life with an open mind and heart. Steven was a very loving and caring young man who was generous and giving with his family and friends.

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A new chapter..

Today I feel as if and old and I mean really old chapter in my life is finally closed. I took my first step into my fathers house since his death, almost 2 years ago. It has been a long and unnecessary legal battle, that at this point I don't even care to think about. I just know in my heart that its over, and I did my best to do as my father wished. I actually smiled as I pulled into my driveway tonight and was glad to be home and I felt at peace. So after Christmas I will help my sister move into the home built by my Grandparents and handed down by my father to her, and I hope that each night as she pulls into the driveway she smiles and is happy to be home................

And life goes on...

Where did I leave off last....Hmmmmmm...depressed! Well imagine that I'm still depressed from lack of sleep...So I'm off to have a nap. Maybe something brilliant will come to me in my dreams!

I'm Haning in there!

Sometimes I wonder how....I do have to admit things have been really crappy since the death of my father and with the passing of my Grandfather 10 months later and to top it off in April 07 I lost yet one more important person in my life. Jack, he was like a father to me and also my neighbor for 9 years. It just seems like death have been following me around and I wonder who death will come for next. It has been such a roller coaster of emotion for me. Just when I feel my grieving process has reached an end I have to start all over again.

I'm broken and am trying so hard to come to understand all that has happen. I feel that this is a first step...reaching out and posting again....so bear with me if I ramble....screw it! Its my blog I can ramble if I want.

So I guess I'm back...kinda...

Happy Mother's Day

Please help me!!

I know this is shameless, but if you could please vote for Miss Penny. I would be so happy! I know I'm probably the only one in the world that thinks my dog is the perfect dog. But with that smushy face how can you resist.

Vote here!!!

Have a super evening!

OMG!

I have been gone way to long! I miss blogging...Has it changed? I have! Oh wait... I'm still a bitch! I'm doing ok. Just got back from a trip to DC & New York with 19 kids and 10 parents. Its was fun and fast paced. I myself would like alittle more time to enjoy things. The kids had fun except for the days the got the flu. That really sucked! Imagine being stuck on a bus with a bunch of kids & some parents throwing up for 5 hours! It was pure hell! Now I need a vacation to unwind from my vacation!

Hope you all have been doing well!

Have a super weekend!

Empty Can

Today I went to where you spent most of your days
It was where I remember you the most
Where I spent many hours with you
Always working on something
You could always fix anything
My eyes scanned your tools
Untouched for over a year
As if you never left
My eyes came to rest on an empty Pepsi can
It was just an empty can full of cigarette butts to most
but to me it was so much more
It brought tears to my eyes as I picked it up
I shook it alittle and then
I could see you working in your shop
Making what was wrong right again
I touched your tools that still lay on your work bench
and I could feel you there with me
Today I wished you where still here.

Happy 2007 !

It is my hope that this year will be better than the last. I turned 43, made it through the holidays with out my Dad and Grandpa. For me that was the biggest part. I feel that I can start fresh in the new year as old wounds heal and new memories are created.

Life goes on!

Penny meets Santa!!

Oh Yes! I took Miss Penny to see Santa......Lords knows what I will do next!


Happy Hump day!!

Monday always sucks.....

But my weekend double sucked! Some of you who read my blog may know that I have Fibromyalgia, if you did not know...Now you do...So to make a long story short it really really sucks, but after 6 years of having this crap I have learned to deal with it. To help control some of my pain I take low doses of medications and get lots of sleep. Lately I have not been sleeping well and thus having more pain. So I head off to my Doctor. He decides that maybe my meds have stopped working so he adds a med at night and changes another night time med. This worked well for 4 days. I started feeling yucky on Friday afternoon and by Saturday I was pretty sure I was dying Woo Hoo Lucky me!! So after some searching on the internet I realize I am in withdrawals. Within 2 hours of taking my old night time med, I start feeling human! Oh the JOY!

The internet is a great tool, but what I found while searching for symptoms of withdrawal from a medication was alarming, I was shocked that when I clicked on a link that sounded just like the information I needed, I was taken to a site that sold the same medication out of the US! No prescription needed!!!! Its like it set up for people to abuse prescription drugs, and that just not right! I just do not see how this can be legal.

Hope you all had a better weekend, and hears to a better week!

Update!!

I have spent my morning updating my Blog roll. I have been gone for some time and it seems that some people have moved or just vanished! I hope you will all visit Hope for Taylor and send her and the family prayers or if your not into prayers just some good old fashioned thoughts!

I had a weird thought this morning. How is it that you can be sober in a room full of drunk people and they slur their words so bad you can hardly understand them, but if your in the same room and drunk like the others you can understand every word they say???!!!

So what to you think the reason for this is? Is it some kind of special language that only drunk people can understand?

I'd love to hear your thoughts on this one!

Penny has no thoughts on this one, but I'm sure she would love to hear you thoughts on her new Polo shirt!


Have a super weekend!

FYI

Ok............. people this is just a friendly reminder that it is NOT and I repeat NOT ever ok to put your child in the Microwave or any other major appliance that you may have!!


Thank you for your time!

Your prayers are needed!!

For this very special little young girl and her family!!!
Please visit Taylor Parkers Blog !
http://taylorparker.blogspot.com/

I know I have been MIA for awhile now, but I hope to be back to posting soon again!

For my kids...

I will protect you at any cost...I will do my best to keep heart break from ever touching you and when it does I will be there to hold your hand until you can stand on your own again. I will do my best to keep fear out of your life and when it creeeps its way in....I will be there for you. I will protect you from all the harm I can.......I will always be there for you, in everything you do and everything life throws at you. For you are my life and I would stand in-front of all who try to harm you..............and I will always be there to hold your hand......for you m sons...I will love you forever!!!!

Grandpa

09/19/1914-10/16/2006
I will miss you forever Grandpa!

Penny update!

That sweet little puppy I brought home has turned into a huge puppy! Here she is showing some love to Lucky!