beautiful day to scrap a card - 2S4Y # 52

wow!  another beautiful sunny warm day!  had lunch with my sis, sushi at koibito in tumwater. had the cali roll & shrimp tempura roll and oh so yumm-o!

got home and decided to do a card using sketch card # 52 from 2 Sketches 4 You.  here's my take:

a few deetz, used a Fiskars border punch and star punches, Hero Arts stamps that I just got yesterday using a gift card i got as a going away gift from former coworkers (love them!):

here's the inside of my card (can never forget the in's, it's special too!):

and for the outside back with my siggy:

gonna enjoy the rest of the day and continue my "everyday project."  hello sunshine.

look what i did this morning....

here's the inside:

and for my signature (w/c i always put in the back of my cards w/ punched butterflies):

this is a birthday card for my mom-in-law..it's coming up..happy birthday mom/mimi!  i used papers from a scrapbook kit one of my co-workers got me as a going-away gift.

here's a card  i did awhile back for my bro's graduation for the National Guard:

so proud of him!  used pretty much American Crafts for this one.

i pretty much have been taking pix all day of my everyday stuff...thinking about doing a little project for it too.  but today i'm also gonna at least organize my photos in a photobox, spend maybe an hour doing it, gotta do it little by little.  then maybe take some inventory photos of one of our rooms since i was not able to do it yesterday like i planned.  i decided to change my plans at the last minute and went to my work's bbq recognition celebration.  and i'm glad i did b/c i had so much fun....there was a band playing, some co-workers...so talented...never knew we had some american idolz in our group.  took some photos too...

i'm gonna miss working there...but...life must go on.

tfl!  gonna get a snack...i'm feeling kinda hungry to my tummy!

going back to da old skewl....

hmmmm... when i went thru my LO's organizing them... found a few that i never ever posted...did these last year...

"HOPE" for my bro...the journaling notes "Air Force" but he ended up joining the Nat'l Guard Army (you sucka!)....

"All for Love"...made this while my hubz was deployed last year...

"dear jo," a tribute to my bestest friend, my sis...

and now for some old skewl photos...guess who these are if you dare...

can you find me?  you may be in there somewhere too?

gotta scrap these someday... 

as of 10 a.m. today, i am....

....on vacation!  woohoo!  i worked for 3 hours today and it was a good 3 hours.  it was sad to say bye but i'll be visiting everyone before we really really leave.  i was there for 8 yrs and they were great, even through the bad times (b/c i learned so much from them too!).  i'm gonna miss working there but i'm gonna miss the people more. besides working in seattle, it was one of the best 8 yrs of my career.  now i'm gonna try the SAHM route (stay-at-home-mom) and it's gonna be an adjustment since i've always worked.

it will be nice actually not have "to worry what i need to do at work tomorrow" for once.  but that does not mean i'm gonna be vegan (sp?) out every single day...that's just not who i am.  gotta lot of prep stuff, take care of stuff thangs to do before the move.  i'll still be busy.

totally looking forward to sleeping in a little bit.  i usually wake up at 4:30 to fit in some exercise but i think i'll move it to 5:30 and do wateva until i drop off my daughter at my mom's for school or at her bus stop. will definitely put in a jog at least 3x a week.

yey-yah!  and of course scrap, organize, clean, watch some reality tv (real housewives of nyc, oc and jersey; million matchmaker; the hills; the city, etc), watch some on demand sex and the city.  and yey-yah...i get to cook more often now (one of my favez aside from scrappin).  tonight cooked up some spaghetti for my fam...

gotta plan the menu and experiment ya know...yey-yah!  luckily my husband and daughter are the victims, i mean, my gp's, i mean, my fans of my cooking.  heehee...  hmmmm what to cook next?

today i spent my day organizing the downstairs a bit especially my scrapbook layouts....yikes!  they were all dusty b/c they were out in the open...had to dust them off with the swifter and organized them by the date of creation...and holy 'camoley!  i had piles of them since january 2007!  i actually think there was another album somewhere hiding...didn't count them but will tomorrow.  check it out...

i usually display my most recent LO's by the dining room window sills (that's the only place to display them!).  i practically took over the dining area for my scrap stuff..

hopefully in our next home, i can do a better job of organizing and hiding my scrappy toys from public view.  my hubby had a great idea of doing a wall exclusively for my most recent LO's.  he's so thoughtful!  i love you babez!  can hardly wait!  so happy i took up this wonderful hobby and artform. 

tomorrow is a totally new day...definitely will have to do some house cleaning, call the bank, laundry and maybe take some inventory photos. 

busy life as a SAHM.  yey-yah!

well it's time to head out for now... will be blogging more often now that i've got some extra free time.  wink!

HAPPY MAMA-Z DAY!!!!!

this will be a beautiful day!  my hubz and maiya are taking me out for lunch today...not sure where yet...but it will be nice and fun...got my camera ready for action!  thx in advance my 2 fave people in the whole wide world!  heehee...

since i have already given these out to 2 special women, my sis and my mama...here's what i made for them...

for my mama:

and for my sis:

have a wonder happy mama'z day!  i sure will!  tfl!