Project: Organization

Way back in January, I decided to de-junk and de-clutter the house.  I did a good job for the first little while, but have slacked off lately.  Yesterday I tackled the grils' room.  It isn't finished, but it really wasn't my job to begin with, so they get to finish.  I am just frustrated because I washed all the clothes in the kids' hamper a few days ago and now, because of all the clothes all over their bedroom floor, the hamper is overflowing again.  I hate that!  I want to go get my bedroom taken care of.  It is a disaster right now...bins all over full of kid/baby clothes, stuff on the floor.  Steve and I are both bad about leaving stuff all over, so I feel like I'm single handedly fighting a losing battle all the time.  Why won't my family just pick up after themselves?  My life would be so much easier if I could convince them to do that.  I'm working on it, slowly, but surely.  :)

Five Little Monkeys

Two of my latest CT layouts.  This kit is Five Little Monkeys by Sugar Moon Designs.  I love it!  The minute I saw it, I knew that the picture of Mr. Man with his broken foot was perfect for it!  The bright colors and cute elements make me so happy!!  When I made the second LO, I didn't include any journaling because sometimes a picture just needs no words, and that's how I felt about this one.  :)

100 days!

These photos are terrible.  I can't believe that I am posting the types of pics I am lately.  It's embarrassing, especially since I own a photography business!  But, I'm too lazy to get the big camera out, I'm not super happy with my point and shoot, plus I can't find the darn charger, so we are stuck with phone pics until I figure that stuff out. 

Anyway..yesterday (Feb 21) was the 100th day of school!  Jakey stayed home sick, but Rachel was super excited for all the fun thing planned.  She had a vest that we had glued 100 things to, a baggie full of 100 things to use for games at school(we used little rings), and 100th day hat to wear and a "100 days smarter" certificate!  She had lots to tell everyone after school about all the cool things they did (went on a parade though the whole school, played games, etc) and was excited to come back to school today and finish, since they had too many "100 day" things to do for only one day of school!  :)

CT Layouts!

Here are my first two layouts since I have joined the Creative Team for Missy's Bits and Sugar Moon Designs.  This kit is Chocolate Valentine by Missy's Bits.  They both sell their stuff over at Divine Digital, so go check them out!!!

Working out

My brother is working at LA Fitness and got me a free 30 day pass to try it out.  My mom has been so awesome about going with me.  We've averaged 4-5 times a week for the past three weeks.  Never thought I'd say this, but it's a lot of fun!  I have already lost 5 pounds, and can really tell a difference in my stamina and ability.  We usually do about 30 minutes of cardio exercises and then work on the weight machines or do floor exercises like Pilates and such.  We've even done laps in the pool a couple of times.  I've never actually used swimming as an exercise before, I usually just play in the water.  Let me tell you, it seriously got my heart rate up and worked my arms doing all that swimming!  :)  I am hoping to find a way to work a membership into my budget.  I am really hoping that if I continue, I can start to look and feel better.  I'm really hoping it will help my depression as well.  :)  I'll keep ya posted!

The crazy begins...

So, remember a couple weeks ago when I said that Steve and I had both gotten new callings at church?  We've both finally been sustained, so I can tel l you what they are now.  I am the ward YW camp director and Steve is the YM President.  I am also still in the nursery. It shouldn't be too hard to do both, just a bit hectic on the days I need to leave the nursery to go talk with the girls and YW leaders, but it can be done!

I am both excited and apprehensive about Steve's calling.  Up until last October, he had been in the bishopric for five years.  After only 4 months in the nursery, he is back in a really big, really busy job at church.  I jokingly told him that the bishopric must think that he and I have a strong marriage or they wouldn't keep giving him callings that require us to be gone from home a lot.  I hope they're right!

I am excited and a bit stressed about being the camp director.  All the crazy prep work for the fundraiser, getting the huge list of supplies required for camp and organizing the pre-camp hike are all weighing on my mind.  I'm glad that I will have the YW and YM boards to help with the fundraiser.  I think once we get into the planning and such, it won't seem so overwhelming to me.  It's just thinking about it makes me want to hide in my closet.

To be honest, the hike is seriously freaking me out.  The 1st-3rd year girls are required to do a 5 mile hike as part of their certification.  It's no secret that I am out of shape...can I even hike 5 miles?  I have no idea!  Oh, and we all know how traumatized I was (and still am) from the whole lice experience two years ago.  I am not looking forward to lice checks.  Just thinking about it makes me itchy!  I'm also nervous about making the whole camp experience fun as well as a place to nurture their tender testimonies.  Plus, I snore sometimes when I sleep and I don't want to keep anyone awake at night, lol! 
It will be fine and fun and exciting, I know that.  I just tend to worry about everything, so I think it's my way of sorting through stuff and getting through it.   Woohoo!  Bring on camp!!

I made it!!!!

HOORAY!!  I made the CT team!  I am now proudly scrapping for Missy's Bits and Sugar Moon Designs at Scrapping Artistry! I am so excited!

So excited!

I remember back in high school I had gotten a new pair of cute ballet flats.  They were purple with a fun bow on the top.  I was so excited about them that I kept showing my friends and telling them how happy I was to have new shoes.  One of the guys said, "Geez, you're not hard to please, are you?"  Hee hee!  I always get excited about little things. It's a thing about me.  My primary love language (have you read that book?  I HIGHLY recommend it!) is gifts.  I love to give people gifts, and receive them.  It's how I show love and feel loved best.  It sounds selfish, but if you read the book, you see that it mostly means that I feel loved because someone took the time to think about what I might like, and I show love by doing the same thing.  Anyway...it's true.  It isn't hard to please me.  Someone can give me a sticker or a flower or make plans with me for something and it makes my day.  So, I have been feeling badly about our house for quite some time.  It just feels old and run down and knowing that we don't have the money to fix it up makes me feel icky.  Today Steve stayed home from work and he and I went to Home Depot.  We looked at and priced out what we would need to redo the downstairs bathroom...completely gut it and start fresh!  Even though we didn't buy anything, we picked out a new sink, toilet, mirror, faucet and flooring.  Only lighting and paint left to choose. I don't know when we will get it started/finished, but just knowing it is coming has made me so happy!  It's nice to see a light at the end of the tunnel!

Confidence

I did it!  After years of wanting to try it, I applied for a digiscrapping creative team!  I have been so nervous!  I have been on one creative team before, for an awesome designer.  She is a friend, so I didn't have to apply like I did for this one. I just asked and she said yes.  That was lots of fun, and I plan on applying for her CT again after I get some more experience.  Ack!  I'm anxious to hear back from this new designer and hear what they say.  :)