Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Urban Anthology dt

I'm thinking about trying this out, they have a great first sketch if anyone is interested, check it out.

Monday, March 30, 2009

It's been awhile...

And I am tired and ready for bed, but thought I'd drop in for a minute and update things. Since my last post, Mike got sick but thankfully it wasn't a full 7 days like the kids. It rained the rest of the week and so progress again halted on the house. Marc has a toddler bed now (as of Sunday) and is loving his big boy bed! Course tonight he comes wandering out after I had already put him in bed so we had to discuss that he couldn't get back up. We had off today, so I had my 34 week dr's appt and got our groceries. I remember now why I've been letting Mike do the grocery shopping! I am EXHAUSTED! It was dry today so Mike spent the evening working on the basement. It looks like he might have another dry day tomorrow and then they are calling for rain, yet again! This is the wettest weather this area has seen in quite a few years and it is driving me nuts.
Here is a layout that I completed for SD4U challenge, you needed to use at least 4 blue items. I ran out of white cardstock so I put this on a shimmery white, yuck! Needless to say, I went and bought a huge pack of white cardstock so that I won't have to use this stuff again.
I also completed this layout for a challenge that called for stripes, circles and clear item.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

We are germ free!

Yesterday I panicked b/c I thought Marc wasn't getting better - took him to the dr. Of course, there was nothing that could be done b/c it was the flu, duh! So, Buggie and I got out the olive oil and dosed Marc down and prayed - he slept last night! Today, minus still being conjested and tired he is completely well! Thank you Jesus, b/c I couldn't handle anymore I don't think. I am excited to have my bed back to the 2 of us and Marc back in his own and my night to myself. Course, now him and Bruiser are talking up a storm, I guess Marc isn't tired now. :( Mike has been at Dry Valley all day as he worked late last night here on campus. It is funny how your perspective changes depending on the view. Depending on which side you are on the house looks huge or just good sized. When you walk inside the basement you feel even more confused. One room looks much larger than I thought it was supposed to be while others look smaller. Guess we will see when it is done. Our basement is scaffel high now and fast approaching being done. Mike and I spent most of Sunday afternoon making sure the Timber Truss had everything where it was supposed to be so the walls could be built. Tomorrow is supposed to bring some cool weather again (40s) and rain, I am hoping that changes. I think this is probably the wettest SW VA has ever been and it is driving me nuts. It has been nice taking the kids outside each night for a little while so we will see what we can find to do tomorrow instead.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Finally, sunshine!

Today was a beautiful day and it really got warm by the afternoon! It was so nice to see the sun again, I really hope the rain stays away for some time b/c I've had enough of it!
We still were all pretty worn out with school, but it went better. The kids went back to their classes minus PE and made it. I think we will try the same again tomorrow.
I had a dr's appt today; I can't imagine how big this baby must be. I'm still measuring large - about 2 weeks ahead of schedule. Also, at 30 weeks the baby was just shy of 4lbs and on the chart in the dr's office a baby at 7 months is weighing about 2-2.5lbs! The dr mentioned today that if it looked like the baby was too big we could be induced, but I plan on sticking it out. Childbirth is so much easier when it is time - maybe this one will come on time (yeah right).
The kids and I took Bug to dance this evening and then had cheesy roll-ups from Taco Bell for dinner - talk about heartburn city! Ouch! Mike is working on the basement, still, and he took his big lights along so even though it is dark and almost 9pm I'm thinking he won't be home for awhile.
Here's some layouts I did lately (First Grade memories and wall hanging were for SD4U and Oh Toodles was for Inspired Blueprints):

Monday, March 16, 2009

Alone

Kids are in bed and Mike is getting groceries for us - finally a quiet moment and I am bored! Go figure! With such a small living space, even though I don't like it, I've gotten very used to sound/commotion at all times. Anymore the only peace I get is in the shower - I've found that 15 minutes can be very useful for devotions! When I think about having a real home again I wonder if we will know how to act, what will each one of us do? I can see Marc running everywhere, Tracy will go to her room and "create", Anthony will probably also go to his room and finally be alone. What will I do? Hmm... I will probably putter around rearranging things and organizing and touching all of the pretty things that have been packed away for two years now. Yesterday was actually 2 years from the date of our settlement and when we left PA - it makes me very emotional to even think about that. I'm not sorry by any means b/c I still very much believe in the destiny the Lord has planned for us, but I've learned in the past two years that it is a road to destiny. It can be smooth at times and bumpy at others. Sometimes you are so tired you can't go on. Most of the time it is very lonely. Your always meeting people, but you must continue on leaving friends behind. It is something that causes you to get up everyday and go again b/c you have a road that you must travel - it is what you have been trained to do. You learn perserverance. You grow stronger each and every day. Unexpected curves and turns appear in your road, valleys and dips seemingly leading you away from where you thought you were going. But there are 2 choices and each must choose for themselves: to believe in the destiny the Lord has for you no matter what and finish the race or give up, live a nice life, but never follow your heartbeat which will in time cause your heart to stop beating b/c you have ignored your maker's call. Michael and I have chosen to continue on our road to destiny no matter what happens. We can't ignore the heartbeat that the Lord has placed in us; we might hestitate and stumble, but we won't quit. We are more than overcomers and will fight a good fight, we will finish this race! As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.

Friday, March 13, 2009

Someone is wound up...

And that someone would be Marc! Since he is well I let him stay up a little longer with mommy and daddy he is still going strong 1 hour later! Now what do I do??? I guess he doesn't get enough mommy/daddy time and is really soaking it up. I thought he needed time to play with his new "pee-pee" prize since it had sounds and would wake up Anthony but this is too much. Besides that; Tracy is still throwing up, but only when she gets herself worked up and then can't stop coughing. I've got to find a cough medicine that the kids can keep down b/c nothing is working. I tried cough drops wit her and that was like fighting a major battle. Anthony had a fever again tonight, but not as bad as last night so hopefully he can just sleep it off. Hopefully tomorrow will go better with the kids and everyone will feel better. I am getting a little weary of this, but I am enjoying my rest time. Hopefully I remember that I still need to get lesson plans together for the week, I seem to think that I am on a vacation or something!

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Okay we caught it...

It being the flu! Yuck! I only had a little touch so feel fine now. Tracy was the first to go on Sunday and she just threw up again tonight so I guess it isn't done yet. Anthony had a pretty high fever tonight, but he is always so calm and just goes on with life. Marc seems to be fine so hopefully he will be okay.
I decided to stay home from school today and not even attempt to get the kids all parceled out and so I feel much more rested now which is great. I got to do a little creating today so here are some peeks. Hopefully, tomorrow will be a much better day!

Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Just not enought time/space

I just can't keep up right now, with anything - such a bummer. I've got such great ideas swirling in my head of what I want to create, but between time and space, the ideas are just not happening. Today I did manage to get to school for about 45 minutes and check in on my class; test time tomorrow so shouldn't really need me there. Tracy seems to have caught the flu and I'm not sure about the rest of us; praying we will stay healthy, trying to keep her happy is taking a toll. After coming back from school I got Bug to bed and started laundry - 3 loads later everything is folded and put away (minus the socks of course). I did manage to feed everyone today even though our cabinets are pretty bare - hopefully Mike will get a chance tonight to go to Walmart b/c I've used up pretty much everything. Mike was supposed to spend the day at Dry Valley but of course that didn't happen. I'm trying to really believe our house will get built, but it is really hard. I am so desperate right now to get into a house; some days I'm okay, but lately that hasn't been the case. Talked to my friend Kana today, I really miss getting to do scrappy things with her. I still can't believe I will be missing Inspired! Hopefully next year things will work out and I can get some scrap time in away. I'm really hoping that Get Croppin will be held again, that was probably the best time ever.

Saturday, March 7, 2009

Getting ready to go!

We are leaving for Pigeon Forge, TN later this evening after Mike gets some walls built at the house. I'm doing laundry and trying to get things all packed so we will be ready when he gets back. I wanted to post 2 layouts that I finished last night for different challenges at SD4U.

Friday, March 6, 2009

Creating

Today was such a warm day, in the 60s and now most of the snow is gone. It was beautiful while it lasted, but it is time for it to go! Everything is very muddy now so the kids were in the house all day - YIKES! They are really into drawing sharks for some odd reason, I think b/c they saw one on the rubberdubbers. Who knows how their minds work though.
I created today, don't know why, but really enjoyed my time. I have one more layed out to work on so we will see if maybe I can get some done on it.
Here is a layout I've been thinking about for awhile and finally finished today.

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Visiting Grammy and Grandaddy

The kids had a wonderful time visiting at Grammy and Grandaddy's. They found so many treasures and of course managed to bring them home. Today's treasures were empty spools, cameras that need some help, peeps and other snacks. I got Gram to show me how to make pom-poms so that I can make this cute craft I found from the Martha Stewart website. Somehow we managed to stay way to late again and so we didn't leave until 8pm, that was not supposed to happen. The kids were tired though so we got them right in bed for the night. Marc wore his big boy pull-ups this afternoon and loved that - he is getting good with his bubbles, but not staying dry. Somehow I need to figure out his "schedule" before we go broke buying pull-ups! :)

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Snowball fight

Today was such a good day! We had an hour delay to start the day off with, which allowed me to sleep in. The kids wanted to go to school early so Mike took them over and I got ready then. Marc did "bubbles in the potty" again today so we bought some pull-ups for him (a little easier than those diapers). After teaching my one class for the day, the boys bundled up and headed out with daddy to play in the snow. I joined them after getting lunches made and such. After getting so much rest the past few days with the snow days I actually even joined in a snowball fight with the boys and Daddy. We had a wonderful time playing! :) It is still too cold and muddy for Daddy to be at Tractor Home bump so we enjoyed having him with us again tonight. Tomorrow is supposed to warm up so we might be back on our own, but today was really nice!