love 3.26.16 & this was what's up

just did this one this morning... used a photobooth pic we took at last month's Easter Fun Day held at the Arctic Oasis Community Center.

"love 3.26.16"

loved how this turned out.  i am so happy i chose this green cardstock which not a color i would usually use.  but it went so well with this one because of the spot of green at the bottom. match made in heaven.

Supplies:  Kelly Purkey clear alpha stamps, American Crafts Zing embossing powder in teal, gold metallic Sharpie marker, evalicious circle die cut (Best Day Ever), all others from old Cocoa Daisy kits.

so in love with this layout.

here is what's up these past few days:

after Selene's bday, we went shopping and then headed to the anchorage museum...

these 2, i love so much.  they text this to me as i was at the commissary with my parents...

s'mores time with the whole family...so yummo!

loving the graphics on this...

my wednesday night zumba class was bumpin'!!!!!

last night with my parents, dinner at one of our faves....

love the vibrant colors for our taco night dinner (last night)...

i have recently gotten into a new hobby and art:  brush lettering.  i am taking amanda arneill's "let's start lettering" course and i'm so happy i invested in it, because its been so helpful and fun!  i'm struggle with the curves of the u's, upside down u's and o's, but i'm seeing progress with lots of practice. so loving this art and i can see myself using it in my scrapbook layouts and possibly selling my designs once i get the hang of it...  btw...tracing paper is da bomb!

and this morning's Zumba Saturday class... i had a great playlist and a great class.  i'm gonna miss these ladieZ...they are some of my "loyals" = my regular Z students and friends....

about to go shopping with my girls in a bit. and i've got a few bucks to spend if i can find something. kind of excited to spend time with my girls.

until next time...xoxo.

the past almost 2 weeks

oh my it's been a busy couple of weeks...

 treated ourselves to starbucks, zucchini three cheese lasagna rolls for dinner, and happy mail from inspire lovely and ali edwards.

 the tinies snowman ever...

 finally got all my written Zumba choreo in this red binder and used these $3 dividers i got from target...i feel so much better they are in one place.

 side planks kick ass...trying to improve on them since they're one of the most effective ab WO.

 getting back into studying for my ACE Personal Trainer certification exam in may.

 outside target, she saw this and had to play and i had to photograph it.

 we got to eagle river a wee bit early to pick up maiya, so selene & i stopped by startbucks for a treat and we saw the work of art above their fireplace, twisted heart.

 jesse was out of town for ashley's cheerleading competition in ID, so on this friday night me, maiya & selene headed to michael's, petco and bed bath beyond and window shopped.  it was kinda fun to spend and chill time with my girls.

 finally got these outline stamps from kelly purkey.  i have been waiting for these since they were sold out and finally amazon fulfilled my wish. also got some other stamps from michael's Fun in a Jar. a couple of my best purchases as of this day.

selene & i went to barnes & noble while maiya was her friend's birthday party.  so great to just relax and let selene browse the books.  on our way out the door, found these on sale, $6.98 & $8.98.  what a bargain, i had to grab them for me (300 writing prompts) and for maiya (sketch book). another couple of great worth it purchases.  that 300 book has got some great prompts in it to kick start your writing juices.  i randomly choose one each day and write.  (literally, i randomly unevenly divide the book, turn to a page, and blindly point to a prompt and do my thang).

we also finally got mine (coral) and maiya's (platinum)...

so worth it and such a wonderful planner.  it has truly been a blessing. it's helped me out organize my day, week and month better. i did not buy extra inserts.  but after using it for a few days, i am finding that i definitely need the daily inserts.  i also found free printables on pinterest too.  i am thinking i will order the daily inserts and create my own based on them.  i like the fact the daily inserts have the time frames on them and i really need that part since a lot of my schedule/to-do is time-driven.  so worth the investment of $40. i love this planner.  i don't plan on going all out on decking it out like i've seen on instagram, i'm keeping it simple and to a minimum if i do deck it.

gonna post some scrappy stuff in a later post.  see ya very soon.

this is... life...

a scrap LO i did this morning using some instagram pix from last yr in cali....

use the cocoa daisy "record label" kit.

tfl!

2 months later....sheez!

omigosh!  wtf! 2 months has been too long!
well a lot has happened since then...
I started teaching my own Zumba classes, started on jan. 13, 2014!
ever since then i've been non-stop, Zumba-wise.
i've subbed twice at dance plus fitness and just recently at the elmendorf gym on base.
gonna sub again soon on march 26th at the buckner gym on base too.
gonna start saturday classes starting april 12 at the arctic oasis community center...
also gonna do one saturday per month at the elmendorf gym.
zumba life has been good but without the haterz too.
oh well, brushing it off my shoulders.

my current zumba page profile pic

got back into scrapbooking again, layouts, cards..yes!
i'll post photos of those in a future post.

completed my project life 2012 album!

waiting for game of thrones season 4 to start, 23 more dayz til GoT 4.6!!!!!

and waiting for hubby to come home so we all can go on a mini-vacay.

can hardly wait to visit my family and friends in WA this coming june!
can hardly wait to Zumba it away with my sis and the Z-gang in WA...

photo courtesy of my sis Jo (the whole gang not shown here)

i have been losing weight and keeping it off successfully..

working out and eating clean.

nutrition is the key...

you can find out what these all are on my instagram.
i love instagram!

life has been good to me.
looking forward to more and moving forward.