these 3....another wedding layout

sharing another scrap page layout i did this past saturday...
this one is of our 2 oldest daughters and my hubby...
of course...
i used scraps from our wedding ceremony/reception...
m.u.s.t....r.e.c.y.c.l.e....i.t.s...a...g.o.o.d...t.h.a.n.g!
the brads, ribbons, black-white polka dot paper, stamps are from the collection from michael's.
this stuff is literally from the wedding decor.
then there are jenni bowlin papers from an old, old a million memories kit.
added some glimmer mist spray ink in slate and crackle paint in red by ranger.
used some punches by ek success & martha stewart.
got some tone on tone with the circles and of course my doodling of the border and on the american crafts letter stickers as the final touch.
love how this one turned out.
i'm on a roll baby!

here it is....

and the lil deetz of course...
ya can't forget about 'em!

it seems i can't get away from finishing a layout with doing some kind of paint, ink, circles and doodling of some form.
is this my signature?
i guess so.
but then again it could change...
or stay the same.
who knows.

oh...
sometime this week i'll share my project life cover pages for 2012 & 2013.
so excited to really dive into this.
diving slowly but surely.

i've got key spouse training later this morning.
and for some reason i'm excited about it.
do you see me jumping for joy?

heehee..

and it continues....

warning:  photo overload....

a week of photos...

crockpot honey sesame chicken w/ jasmine rice...

got this for 50% off...

we got a new printer, canon pixma mg5320.

love it so far...

see those lil pudgy hand making a sneek for it?

from maiya's point of view during a trip to & from the commissary....

my fave, it started sprinkling...rain drops on the car window...

yesterday, maiya & i got to spend some qt together...

she got a new haircut, with some cute angled bangs & lots of layers...

got some hair dye, black, for the both of us from target....

then lunch at panera bread...

went to the mall but didn't find anything that appealed to us...

but we did drop by the MAC counter to browse...

lol...

and today at 9:35 in the morning...

she loves her oinky...

it's rare she stays still for a photo shot...gotcha!

pretty much stayed home today...

a lazy sunday....

but i did manage to start on my Project Life which i'll share on a later post.

also did some photo uploading, blog surfing, practicing up on some photoshop.

hubby is dirt bike riding with the "big boys" as i type this.

he deserves to have lots of fun too!

i'm kinda happy today is a lazy day.

i was gonna run.

but i don't feel like it plus hubby is still out.

oh well.

lazy lazy.

oh sheez, i still have to pick some hamburger buns or maybe just make something else.

i'll figure it out.

maybe tomorrow or so i'll share my photo-a-day.

like i said lazy lazy.

before it goes bonkers...2 layouts

yeah our internet has been doing some funny shit lately ever since we upgraded...

so i want to share these as promised...

2 layouts...

one for the wedding album....

used of course scraps from our wedding ceremony/party...
love the 7gypsies paper & red crackle paint by ranger.
see that black paint blotch in the left hand corner?
well...that was a mishap...
that turned out to be a good one.
i had black paint on a piece of paper and forgot about it my layout just happen to accidentally happily dip into it...giggles.
love lil accidents.

and it's been a long time since i've done one with "so so random" in the title...

for this one i used the cocoa daisy january kit "pemberley"
love that kit, everything about it!
had to do some doodling of course.
that just hit the spot.

here are 5 of the 10 facts about me that are on this layout:

• i love blue cheese crumbles on my salads
• i love to shop at ny&c & tilly's
• i am a MAC addict especially for their Lipglass and now their eyeliner pot
• i love running (as you already know if you follow my blog!)
• i am going to be doing project life even it if it means starting with 2012

well hope you have a wonderful friday!

time to pick up maiya from school!

couldn't go back to sleep, now i'm sleepy

sheez...what's up with the insomnia?
i woke up about 3:45 a.m.
studied up on some excel skills.
now i'm blog surfing and uploading photos.
but now i'm getting sleepy.
it's 5:52 a.m. now.

just thought i do some photo-a-day sharing:

1.18 shadow...
after our morning walk...

1.19 delicious...
dinner at black angus with da hubby & selene...

1.20 something you saw...
i saw this in santa monica...
we went there for the day.
was suppose to run, but ended up walking the whole time...

1.21 what you do...
i've been scrapping at least once a week...
or doing lil scrappy things during the week...
a partial peek of what i did last saturday a.m....

i'll post 1.22 & 1.23 and so on, another time.
(i think i may have deleted my 1.22 photo tho!

since i let you peek into one of the scrap layouts i did last weekend...
here's another one i did for the wedding album...

i'll be sharing the whole sha-bang either tomorrow or sometime this weekend.
dang it...
my 6:00 alarm went off...
it's time to really start the day despite my sleepiness.

maybe i'll try to take a nap with selene during her naptime.
we'll see.

have a good "T" day!

12.07 mile run....boo-yah!!!!

I did this and set a new PB for myself:



I'm obsessed... Yes.
Are you proud of me?
I am.

when I hit 10, my legs were dying!

believe me I wanted to stop & walk....

but I kept telling my ass to keep going, don't quit.

so I kept running.

and dammit....

I'm glad I did.

another one for my books.

as I write this I'm waiting for Maiya here at the Burbank airport.

her flight delayed 145 minutes..

bummer.

well at least I have her kindle to occupy my time.

I love technology.

faith

i dont usually talk about stuff like this.
but i will.
i have been meaning to blog this but i would either forget or i just couldn't think of how to put it down in writing.

awhile back i was questioned about my faith.
about me not going to church every sunday.
about me not being religious enough.
well...
i do have faith.
i don't go to church every sunday.
i am not what you would say as "very religious since i don;t go to church all the time."

but who is to define my faith?
who is to define "my religion?"
my definition may not be yours or anyone else's.
i am catholic, born and baptized as such.
just because i dont go to church every sunday does not make me a non-believer or have no faith in god or religious enough to have faith.
i do believe in god, maybe not the way you want me to or how you believe in god.
honestly and not trying to be rude...
oh well, what you think of me in these terms does not matter to me.
what matters to me is what i believe in.
what matters to me is that i do talk to my girls about this.
i tell them to keep their minds and hearts open.
i dont force them, but guide them.
if they want to all out, so be it and i will be supportive and loving.
do i agree with all of catholicism is about or preaches...
no i don't.
there are things in this religion i can not get a grip on or totally believe or have faith in.
i believe in a god and a faith in which there are no restrictions, restrictions which put guilt on you.
i don't believe in something or someone making me feel guilty all the time for something i've done or said that's so small or, even big.
i am not about that.

i respect those who go all out for their religion.
what i don;t respect is when one starts disrespecting me on my faith and how i go about it.
have you heard of this saying?:

"The Kingdom of God is inside you, and all around you, not in buildings of wood and stone. Split a piece of wood and I am there; lift a stone and you will find me."  quoted by the character in the movie Mario Petrocell.



believe it or not i learned and first heard of this from a movie i watched and still do enjoy..
stigmata, starring patricia arquette.
i truly believe in this saying.
i don't need an actual church to have faith in god.
oh, there are definitely beautiful ones that i have been in.
but that does not mean that i won't ever set foot in one.
what i'm saying is that i can pray by myself in my own home, car or anywhere, watch/listen/read up on joel osteen stuff, look up in the sky and say thank you lord, take walks or go for a run and just be...
and still have faith and believe...
in my own way.

respect that.

mine to being ready

ooopsies....
haven't done this in awhile...

my photo-a-day sharez....

1.6 mine....
what's yours is mine...
what's mine is mine...
lol...

1.7 street...
taking a morning walk and stopping...
it was a beautiful one...

1.8 something beginning with "T"
she turns Twenty-one months the next day...
a lil crusties around the mouth...
but she's still happy...
and so am i with this photo...
so cute.

1.9 paper...
at her pediatrician's office waiting to get her follow-up check up done...
good news, no more heart murmur...

1.10 one o'clock....
practicing my photoshop skillz...
i love it...

1.11 water...
drinking up after my workout...
i know it's dark, but still love that slight silhouette effect...

1.12 surprise...
we're at theater to watch Les Miserables...
love those hats, we got them for $5 each at one of the vendors outside of the bx!

(used the aviary app)

1.13 circle...
having a late afternoon snack while selene is taking a nap right beside me...
my coffee milk in one of my new white cups bought from wal-mart...

(used the aviary app)

1.14 something yellow
crossing the crosswalk during one of our morning strolls...
i love those shoes...

1.15 an ordinary moment...
photo-taking in the car while we wait for hubby to drop off his truck to get something done on it...
this is a lil something my daughter gave me awhile back from her burger king kids meals....
i was having a bad day that day and she noticed and handed this to me...
it made my day better...

1.16 two things...
well actually two peepz...
who i love so much...
this was when we picked up maiya from school...
selene was so distracted by the other kids, she didn't bother look at the camera...
that's okay because this was still a great shot and a great moment....
i love candid photos like these...

also found out that day...
maiya got her grade report for 2nd quarter....
all A's!!!!!
way to go baby boo!
we went to starbucks as a reward...
she got a tall iced chai tea latte, one of her favez.

1.17 ready....
for spring to come...
it looks like it's getting here...
but then again we do live in sunny C...

(used the aviary app)

most of these were taken on my canon eos rebel xsi and the rest on my iphone.
i love both.
on occasion, i'll use my point and shoot, fujifilm finepix z, which is always in my purse when i don't feel like lugging the canon along.
i love this one too.
trying to use the canon for most of the month tho.

this past week has been:

cleaning house
doing lots of loads of laundry
organizing photos (i'm done with 2011 and january 2012, moving forward)
organizing memorabilia by year & month and placing them in expandable files by year
running, walking, zumba, working out
blog surfing/stalking

it's been a good week even with lil spurts of small nilly bad stuff (not worth talking about at this moment).
today is getting the baby bouncer sold, get a run in, laundry (yuck!), maybe start Project Life, dropping off maiya at the airport tonight.
maiya will be in wa with her dad for the martin luther king holiday weekend.

have a good friday!