This is what happens...

when you try to spray paint when its too cold outside!

I had painted a board purple. Wrong color of purple to match the picture I made. So, I bought a darker purple. Thought I'd just spray over the other color real quick. Let it dry. Pick up my pictures later and I'd be able to finish the board! Not so much! There is a reason the can of spray paint says best results when air and surface temperature are 50 to 90! It doesn't really care if you are in the garage or not! It made some kind of mess on my board. I guess I won't be doing any boards until this weather warms up! Hope its soon! I wanted to finish these!

The planner...

this is what started the whole Photoshop addiction! Last Friday some friends got together and we made this!

Now - the green and brown was Andrea's. She is the brains behind all this madness. She created the whole thing and did hers over Christmas break. We absolutely loved it and had to have one! She agreed to help us and in the process it taught us some things on Photoshop (we knew nothing going into this!). Even though I have this awesome planner and I must say way cute - I can not take one bit of credit for it! It was all Andrea! YEA! I am doing creative things but only because I'm being instructed. I love doing it I just don't think in that type of creative way! I have to have help! :) So, the pink and brown one is mine and the blue and brown is Kristy's. I won't tell you that it took us all day - and I mean all day! From about 8:30 A.M. to about 7:30 P.M. We were on a mission and not stopping til it was complete. Oh well, we did take a break to eat lunch at On The Border (where else?) and pick up photos at Costco. There was also standing in line to get a membership! That took a little while. :)

I can't wait to print this!

I hope the printed version of this page is as good as the picture on the computer. Or I just hope I did it all right and it prints correctly! This is my first 12 x 12 layout done on Photoshop. I absolutely love it! I found these great papers (free) on a blog that Kristy told me about! It so fun! I can see myself getting more scrapbooking done if I do it digitally. I still like paper but for at home when you don't want to drag all your stuff out - digital is the way to go! The kids are hating it cause I won't let them near the computer. :( But I've been busy creating!

Why are my kids so crabby in the morning?

Seriously. My boys are not morning people. It amazes me every day of school I am downstairs hollering for Jacob to get up! At 7:00 I am hollering "You better get up now! You are NOT missing the bus!" Mostly cause I'm still in my pj's, not ready and like this morning...freezing cold! I don't do cold! He is less than pleasant about having to get up. Come Saturday morning though he'll be up at 7:00 watching TV! WHY?!??!

Then there was Jerrad. Usually we just don't talk to him in the morning. Its much more pleasant that way! Plus who are we kidding...he gets up at 5:45 and leaves for the bus at 6:40. I usually don't roll out of bed (to start waking Jacob) til 6:45. So, most mornings I don't even see him. Not this morning. Steve needed to borrow the digital camera Jerrad has for work. Well, he was less than pleasant about that...he was in the office studying (semester exams today). Right before he goes to catch the bus he comes in my bedroom and asks (a dumb question)..."Are the buses running today?" Me - "Why wouldn't they be?" Jerrad - "Cause we get out early today." Right...Jerrad they are going to let 3300 kids find other ways of transportation today and not run the buses! This is what...the 3rd year to take semester exams...to get out early on those days...and the buses have always ran! Does he realize that if the buses didn't run there would be no school? Does he realize that only happens when we have bad weather and the roads are bad? Does he realize that hardly ever happens...it is Texas. I can think of 2 maybe 3 times since he started school that they've had to cancel because of the bad roads! Not many!

The bright side...we have a 4 day weekend...we won't have to do mornings on Monday and Tuesday! Jacob better sleep til noon! I know Jerrad will cause he'll stay up late - since there isn't any school!

Tinker Bell...

I was going to get this picture on here sooner but kept forgetting. My family was here for Christmas. As usual we end up splitting - the men/boys go find something to do and the women go shopping! We went to the Disney store and my sister, Andrea, bought my niece, Jennifer, this Tinker Bell outfit (complete w/little clear shoes!). She loved it. She wore it around all afternoon! But what was so cute was how funny she had to walk in those shoes! They were definitely made for looks and not comfort. Its like she wouldn't bend her feet and was walking stiff legged! But she wasn't taking the off - hurting or uncomfortable she still walked around here in them!

I FINALLY DID IT...

I finally created my own custom header (with the help of Andrea - teaching me Photoshop and giving me the header measurements)! You have no idea how many hours of I have sat at this computer searching how to do this. Trying to do it. Getting frustrated. Searching some more. Trying some more. This has been going on for months. I would sit down after the kids went to school and play around with it and before you knew it I had to leave to go get Jacob! Thats pretty stinkin' sad to have sat here that long and accomplished NOTHING! Its not the fanciest header but its a start! Now that I sort of have an idea how to create it I can work on it and improve it (as I learn more in Photoshop)! I'm just glad to have something up there at the top! Thats a load off my mind. One thing I can mark off my to do list! :)

All caught up...

sort of! I am caught up on e-mails! I got a tag e-mail (twice - same one) and a recipe exchange e-mail (twice - same one)! But I think I've done it all and sent if off (to more suckers!). :)

Jiggle Butt Run 2009...

This morning (bright and early) my friends and I did a fun run/walk (called a run but you know...we walked it!). It was fun to spend time with friends. Of course all that walking built up and appetite and we had breakfast at IHOP before going home! :)

Christmas 2008

I think I've waited too long to even be in the mood to blog about it. Really...I might just not be in the mood to blog. I'm kind of tired and probably could really fall asleep right now! Christmas was good. Just like it is every year. We got up Christmas morning and the boys opened gifts with Steve and I. Then we headed to Staci's house to have Christmas with Steve's family. We hung out over there for a while. My parents came into town. Came home and mom was making a cheese cake (for Steve) and I got everything ready for our dinner Friday night. That way it just had to be cooked and mom and I could go shopping Friday morning. Which we did! My sister and her family got here around 4:00ish, I think. Opened more gifts, ate a wonderful dinner and hung out. I think we actually all watched the movie Get Smart. Pretty funny. Saturday was more family time and hanging out. Steve, Jerrad, Dad, and Tommy met big Jacob and Mark and went to the gun range to shoot (new hobby for Steve and Jerrad). Me, Andrea, Mom, Katy, Jacob and Jennifer did some more shopping. Saturday afternoon we all went to Cheddar's for a late lunch and my family packed up to head home. Mom and Dad actually took Jacob with them. That felt a little odd him leaving me! It was good for him to get away with his grandparents by himself. Although he wanted Katy to stay and Meme and Papa's the whole time too so they could play. Jerrad and I went to OKC on Monday afternoon and stayed til Thursday morning. Then we came back home. It was a nice time but I was really ready to get home.