boiling mad!

So this post my seem vain to some of you-
so i am asking you not to judge me!

I have a BOIL! On my face of all places!!!!
My friends who know what i went through in the last couple of days will understand-
{and thanks to those of you who called me and showed me they love and care for me, i'm REALLY lucky to have you! you took the time to care and call, and listen, thanks a ton! but i'm really o.k -now...}

I get this stupid boil when slammed with severe stress, and just last night it occurred to me that i got this thing right around the time i met my husbands ex- wife! funny huh?

i'm heading to the dr. 1st thing mon. morning, probably for antibiotics, lucky girl i am!

so for those of you who think you will be sneaky and stop over to see me, i will be hiding in my room with a mask on, so don't even bother trying to see it!!!!

Here comes the vain part..

I won't be coming out in the light of day or anywhere public till it doesn't appear as though i have a second head any longer! So there you have it! the joys of having your very own nightmare of an ex wife! lucky, lucky, lucky.. i know you wish you had one too!:)

So from that movie " how to lose a guy in ten days" where she shows him the photo album she photo shopped of the family they will have one day, and the kids look scary, and matthew says " our kids are ATTRACTIVE", that's my sweet husbands way of making me laugh at this thing. He'll look at me and say " i love you honey, you look ATTRACTIVE!" and we both bust up!! i'm glad one of us can have a sense of humor right now!

Now how to give him the boil .......

The Gear

So my order from Pine Cone Press just arrived and now I have to come up with some cool make 'n takes for the Scrappin' Friendzy in April. there are so many cool products out there, I had a hard time picking which ones to order! what fun! I am so excited to play with these!

So far I think I will do a Scrabble Letter Tiles Card, and print the pictures right off the Canon Selphy CP 720 I bought Jordan for Christmas {it's a compact photo printer} and a Gift box with some felt embellishments on it not real sure of what the box will be for yet.

I've been reading the catalogs the different paper / product companies have been sending me and checking out some cool web sites trying to find something 'out of the box' that was asked of me, so far i think it's going o.k.

Next months class for our Church scrap class will be ABC's with paper lunch sacks,

And the next Ballard Camera class is a Recipe Box, with vellum recipe card holders.

Wish me Luck!

And if you have any sites for me to check out let me know!

might i suggest

i had these photos done when i was pregnant with shilo

and i am so glad i did

to capture the precious moments
in life


sweet memories
of those times

the pictures were taken about a week before i had my c-section

when i look at these pictures i think of happy times- the wonder of life

and joy fills my soul

chastin was a month shy of 4 and i was two months away from turning 24

san fran 07

Last Summer we went to California- my home state

We decided to hit San Francisco on the way home
None of us had ever been, so it was a new adventure for everyone
Well, i am in LOVE with this place! I can see myself living there one day, and then i'll move to my ranch in Montana to recover from the city.
If you have never been- might i suggest it!

A sign we have no idea about- we used it as a stop sign???


things you might never see
the main park, where you see Alcatraz
cool bench in town w/ 3 of 4
seals in the bay

We ate at the ghiradelli chocolate factory, roamed the pier, went to fishermans wharf & stopped in all the little shops for treasures! the kids all got SF shirts, chastin got a bobble head to add to his collection, al got a ski hat to add to his collection of them, jordan found a charm for her bracelet, and shilo was happy to find a stuffed animal to her liking.

John & I can't wait to get back there ...
So i think i'll stop working on this and plan us a weekend getaway...maybe for our anniversary?

the confident cut

jordan has wanted her hair cut for a while and today we were able to get it done {not by me this time- but by one of the way cool dads i work for}
last weekend jordan asked me how i can feel confident with changing my hair color & cut all the time
to be honest, she took me by surprise because confident would not be a word i would use to describe myself...not ever
so i told her if she had confidence in her self, others would follow suit, and to do what she feels is best for her
the before


and after


so she followed my advice and didn't worry about kids at school and what they thought... and i am very proud of her.. { plus i think she might have come up with this hair cut on her own}

from the back
so i thought i would post her new do - normally she will spike it up in the back for depth, but i took this right before bed, and she had already showered

i love my life

and i LOVE my husband

happy valentines day to my sweet heart

torrie-

i'm not looking for love

for now, something more

a friend and companion

to flirt with adore

not by destiny or chance

are relationships formed

but through laughter and fun

two hearts can be warmed

seeing you from a distance

be it great, or very near

my heart races so fast

excitement or fear

a beautiful girl

just happend along

coincidence? chance?

we build something strong

a jump start of my heart

has just been received

-john

shilo mae

usually i don't leave a blog post that long but i thought the comment from my cute husband was sooo funny that i wanted to give everyone a chance to read it

so just a quick note on how funny my little girl is...

• there is a picture of shilo and i at her friend rachels birthday party a year ago or so on the fridge- shilo says"you look skinny" i said "then- or now?" and she says "both!" sweet girl!( maybe me telling you about this will make sarah, rachels mom, who reads my blog and doesn't leave any comments- leave a comment!!!!!!)
• yesterday in the car- while in the pouring rain shilo says "it looks like were driving in a glass of water" so true...
• a lady standing at the corner in ballard- while waiting at the light- says "you are georgeous!"{ to shilo of course} shilo replies "thanks for noticing... "what a crack up!
• last week she tells a little boy in the store who is pitching a fit about leaving without getting something "you should learn patience" then turns to me and says "right mom? i think the mom was more embarassed than i- afterall, it was her child making the scene...and shilo was right...
• she tells chastin- while doing puzzles with him- "that's a bunch of nonsense chastin"

when did she start paying attention to the world and everything around her? she makes me smile, she makes my heart swell with joy, and my belly ache with laughter.

btw- here new favorite word she calls every one is a SNOG HEAD.

don't know where it came from, but we all think it's hilarious!

and a LOOFAH is a SOFA...what a funny bunny