grow grow grow

yippie! my garden is coming to life

Strawberries

cilantro
lemon mint

ice box lettuce

Napa cabbage

bell peppers starting to blossom

some of the smaller zucchini /squash plants

rows of peas and beans

butter lettuce

cherry tomatoes, the big ones are growing too

the fruit trees are also in full swing

one of the apple trees

one of the cherry trees

I am so excited to finally start seeing results !!!!!

Got rak?

I got my rak in the mail from Pat http://www.ascrappinnana.blogspot.com/

and all I can say is WOW! Pat, this is one amazing rak!

thank you so much

in the groove

I got a late start last night, but I got to scrap, woohoo!

once I got going I was totally in the groove and finished 3 LOs (5 challenges)

this first one is a scraplift challenge from Scrapperie

you can see the inspiration LO here: http://www.scrapperie.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=7598

this page is for the http://www.colorcombosgalore.blogspot.com/ challenge #75

pink, orange, blue and brown
this one is for the current sketch challenge at Get your scrap on!

hear me ROAR

Wooohoooo, I got my whole list done!!!!!!

I have two big ol' blisters and a bruised heal (flip flops aren't good gardening shoes)

but, its all done!

I even set the stakes into the garden all by myself with a fence post pounder.

now there is just one more thing to add to my "to do list".....

SCRAP!

hopefully I can get some done tonight, if I can get my fingers to work

this is the yummy picnic bread that I made for dinner last night.... not a crumb left



and here is the amish friendship bread,,,,yummy

One thing I must accomplish today is...

One thing I must accomplish today is...

(today's blog prompt from scrapperie)

• weed at least half my garden
• get stakes and twine put in for the sweet peas, snap-peas and pole beans
• help hubby fix the chicken coop
• make something yummy for dinner
• research websites for Rhonda
• find a new home for scissors (note to self, do not keep scissors accessible to bathroom, you might do something stupid like cut your bangs when you are frustrated with them....)

great challenge blog

get over to http://www.getyourscrapon.wordpress.com/ and check out this rockin challenge blog! this week they have and awesome sketch to help you create either a LO or card


why are you still reading my blog???? get on over there

awesome designer chat set up .......the one and only Tim Holtz

WHEN: Tuesday, June 17, 2008

WHERE: Serendipity Scrapbooks chat room www.serendipityscrapbooks.com

TIME: 9pm EST, 8pm Central, 7pm MTN, and 6pm PST

For those of you that might be new or unfamiliar with Tim Holtz, here is a little bit of background about him. Tim Holtz is a Designer & Senior Educator for Ranger Industries, one of the leading manufacturers of innovative inks, paints, and embossing products. Tim plays an integral part in the development and design of cutting edge paper crafting products. Tim has teamed up with various key companies like Advantus, Tonic Studios, and Stampers Anonymous to bring unique products that work hand in hand with Ranger’s extensive lines. Tim has a vast knowledge of techniques and is always willing to share. You can also check out his blog http://www.timholtz.typepad.com/ for some very informative tutorials.

today and yesterday were super busy days!!!

Yesterday I got up in the morning and made some super yummy Amish friendship bread. I had Bible study all afternoon, and just other random busy-ness....

Today, I drove to medford (about 90mins away) to go to Costco. Just came home and made picnic bread for dinner. I am really loving baking from scratch!!!!!

But alas.... no scrappy time :(

Maybe tomorrow

but I did get to rock my awesome new glasses all day...

thanks so much

My mini book was chosen as the LayOut (or minibook) of the day over at Scrapperie
how cool is that!?!?!? I so glad that Rebecca suggested that I check out the scrapperie MB, I have really enjoyed myself there, the challenges and inspiriations rock (even getting me to be more consistent with my blog) and the people over there are AWESOME!!!!!

Blog prompt for today at Scrapperie "If I could take tomorrow off of work, I'd..."

well since my one and only job is being a mommy, this would require a really awesome babysitter... but here goes! I would go get a hair cut and color, a facial and maybe my eyebrows done. Then I would go shopping for a new outfit (including new purse and shoes) and maybe pop over to a awesome LSS for a little shopping spree. Finishing off with dinner and drinks at a good Mexican place with the girls (Rebecca you think you could make it???)

I conqured the minibook!

wooohoooo!!!! I finished my mini book!

I am so excited to have my mini done for round 5 of the gauntlet.

but this round is a two week challenge so I can't post it for another week

I was the second one finish, I really thought it would take me longer than that

so the little ones passed out on the couch today, I think from the heat.

this is how I felt after finishing that book......

Here is a picture of the random office products that I cut-up to make my book

a Zebra striped scarf kinda day

Its finally pretty outside today, its in the 70s

today I have been working on my entry for round 5 of the gauntlet, the mini book. Now, next to the evil card, the mini book is my biggest enemy!

I always try to make it fit in the "rules" of scrapping..... But I have finally let go, and just started creating. I also found a medium that I really enjoy working with

I can't post any picks of it until next week

so I am posting these pics, I have been doing a week in Pictures at scrapperie

the above pic is today. I just felt like wearing the zebra striped scarf that my sister bought me. It is really hard to take a pic of the top/back of your own head!

boys

Ki pop culture!

Journaling: you have a great bond with all 5 of our kids

but your bond with our boys is special

Gardens and weeds

I spent this morning in my Garden, pulling out all the weeds. I really love doing that, it a quite "me time"
today is still very gloomy and overcast outside, kinda depressing! I hope the weather turns better soon

so that leads me to todays blog Prompt from Scrapperie.... whats your perfect summer day/activity

Lets see, in the low 80s with a cooling breeze, spending the day sitting on the beach watching the surf hit the shore and the kids build sand castles. Just relaxing!

today in pictures

first.......

woohooo, I am a auntie again!!!!

My nephew, Liam Blair Askew

was born yesterday at 3:15pm

8#12oz and 20 inches

I got yummy scrappy mail today!

this is one of the prizes I won on "ready set scrap"

can't wait to play with that rockin cosmo cricket!

I stopped by the secondhand store this afternoon

I found the great canasta cards, the pictures on the are awesome, I am going to use them for an upcoming atc swap
I also found this purty vintage lace!

and I finally got my hand on a 45, I still hope to get a few more, but if I can't then I will make do with one

Tim Hawkins Rocks

yes we are homeschoolers

a blue day

not sure why, but all my LOs are blue today???

maybe cuz my baby is sick...

these are all for the first week on the June challenges at scrapperie

this first one is based on a pagemaps 2 page sketch, I love the piece of vintage lace on the page, of course I rubbed stickles into it....

this one is a product challenge (had to use 5 things from a list)

I am not super happy with this one, but I love the pics
this last one is an ad inspiration challenge
I don't do many pages that are just about Frank, so this one was long overdue (love you Bubba)

poor thing

I just hate it when one of my little get sick

Poor Savannah is miserable today

She has been running a fever since last night, so we are the sick house today.

Hopefully none of the other kids will catch it

Yumminess

My oven and I have a serious Love/Hate relationship

It Loves to drive me crazy

and I hate it!

But tonight it was behaving, so I was able to make some yummy peanut butter choco chip cookies for my man

(I subsuited some of the peanut butter for almond butter..... Yum!)

Rebecca.........

Hey girl, I miss you!!!!!

I need a best friend living next door to me!

When are you guys coming to visit???

Oh, and Good Luck on the willow Trader Survivor

today

I spent all of today at work with my Hubby. I went in to work on the store website that I set up for them shoutlife.com/AbidingVine . I entered in all the new books in the store and uploaded a bunch of movie rentals, as well as wrote a few blogs for them. I also help rearrange the store and merchandise. I like spending the day there with him, but the kids were not quite as impressed with spending all day at the bookstore.....

The Monkey Farm

Create your own family sticker graphic at pYzam.com

Ready Set Scrap

This weeks ready set scrap challenge "in this moment"

I love this pic of my youngest, in his blanket sleeper and mud boots... zooming out of the photo. He had just learned to ride and wanted to do it non-stop

so you ever get caught up in the small details?

the arrow below is grunge board. I hand mixed a paint color for it, then stickled the details on the grungeboard. covered it in glassy accents and painted a black border around it......... 3 hrs of painting and waiting for one arrow (crazy...)

go green challenge 4..... fabric

here is my entry for the 4th go green challenge at cutthecrop. this last challenge was to recycle fabric.

I made the flower out of a strip of old burlap that I sewed together in a circle, then added a felt center and painted around the outside.

45s

Does anyone have any old 45s that they would be willing to part with???? I would pay for shipping. I don't care who it is, or the songs, they can be scratched (but not warped)........... Help please

cool beans

wowsers! I just checked my LiveJournal and found out that I won last weeks "ready set scrap" challenge

Woohoo, I am going to have some rocking good mail days soon

On to round 5

Doing the Happy Dance!!!!!

I made it to the next round, wooohooo.

So here is my Van Gogh inspired LO ( I have added a ribbon and hung it on the wall in my living room)

So the next round is a mini book...... the wheels in my brain are already spinning