Friendship................

1 week......

I cannot believe that I have had nothing to say for a whole week..... I am sure I have had something exciting in my life happen?! Now that I stop and think it has been pretty non eventful. I do know however that there is not enough hours in a day to accomplish everything that I want to accomplish. Working full time, two kids, a husband, a cat, a house, a yard and a scrapbooking obsession, how in the world do you fit all that in a 24 hour time frame????- no sleep maybe, but then the evil Tami would appear! (Yes, hard to believe that there is an evil side to wholesome me). The weekend is just around the corner so it is time to make the 'LIST' of chores to do..... it is pretty bad that I have to make lists to remember what needs to be done, or what needs to be bought at the store. I am nothing without a list, although it has not come down to me having to write down 'use restroom today' so things are still good! In the past week I have done some creating.... you should see my scraproom.... tornado city times 10!! I will share a layout I did about me and maybe if I get up the nerve I will take a pic of my scraproom mess and share the sorrow..... yeah sorrow because it means I will have to clean it- no wiggling of the nose or snap of the fingers to whip this room into shape! Happy Thursday ya'll!!

"TRANSFORMER-Jayton in disguise"

I tell you what..... if you have a young boy who is in to the whole super hero & Transformer mania that most young boys are, this is the coolest gadget ever! My friend Tina bought Jayton a voice disguise Transformer helmet. He can put this thing on and talk and it changes his voice to a deep, robotic Transformer voice, or you can push different buttons and the actual Transformer voice will make a statement. He loves this thing and has been wearing it most the evening since he got it. Then Jeff gets home and is putting it on and Jayton wants it back and Jeff is saying " just a minute, let me do this......" and it is like the two of them are fighting over who gets to play with it. (Maybe it is for boys of all ages 0 - 100) Anyway, had to share he is too cute with this huge helmet on his head. Now I need to find him the whole costume get up to wear and he will be set. I think we have a Halloween costume in the works and it is not even August!!

We're back!

Hurray we are back from our trip to seattle..... this was Jayton's first trip to Seattle and it was the second time that Ashlyn has gone. She was three the first time and does not remember a thing about the trip. We took the kids to the Space Needle, Music experience and science museum and to the famous Pike Street market. We also did a ton of shopping, the store choices are far better in the Seattle area then around here. We rounded out the trip with a Mariners Game, and we road the Seattle sounder (train) to the game. The kids thought that was cool- us too, we did not have to mess with the traffic!! I think that the kids had a wonderful time on the trip. I enjoyed the time off and being away from the scorching heat we were having in the valley. The temperature is much cooler in Seattle.

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My students were GREAT!

I taught a class tonight a the store and the gals who came (my students) were great! I called this Christmas in July- to get a jump start on Christmas gifts and the handmade ones are loved by everyone. We made a 2008 calendar using the Junkitz decor boards- I love them. They are so versatile to be made into many different projects. Most of the gals are planning to make several more as gifts- how exciting. Now Ashlyn wants to make one..... my little scrapbooker. She wanted to come straight home after my class ended to make hers. But, I had to be mean mom and say shower, brush & bed. We are heading to Seattle so she will have to wait a few days to be creative. I am exhausted though, this was my largest class yet and them gals wore me out! So- good night ya'll!

Check Mark

You are probably thinking ' check mark'? Where could she be possibly going with this title. Well, I made an attempt at one of my ultimate goals...... and it is to become a design team member. So, hence check mark! Kristi O would tell me all the time to go for it! She first wanted me to try for scrapbooker of the year- ARE U CRAZY GIRL.....! Baby steps.... so yes I took the plunge, stepped out of my box, moved my cheese and all those other expressions. The design team call was for Ally Scraps (link is on my blog to the left). I had to choose 5 layouts which was so hard to choose- I had my son Jayton help pick- he did well- mostly agreed though on whichever one I pointed to then wanted to look through all the scrapbooks. So that is my announcement. I am proud of myself for even trying. Win or lose I will let you all know. They make a decision July 15- I will be in Seattle at the Mariners game on that day-so I won't know anything until I get back-..........anyway keep your fingers, toes and eyes crossed for me.
Tami