You learn something new everyday

Yesterday, I learned how list stuff on Ebay. (yay me!)

I also learned that if you leave the box of Baby wipes on the lower shelf of the changing table, little toddler fingers will pull out EVERY SINGLE WIPE in there (all 180 to be exact!) and leave them in a pile on the floor.

Another thing I learned is that if you leave toilet paper in reaching distance of those same little toddler fingers it pretty much ends up in the same shape the wipes did.

Needless to say, Jackson had been very curious lately! LOL!

Taken at the Mall playground 2 weeks ago.

Happy Thursday!

Come back later for pics of Christmas cards and a contest!

I'm back!

And thank goodness! Not having internet at home nearly killed me. And not just because I couldn't tweet or email (although I missed that too) but it seemed like the day after we had it turned off I needed to print out 10 different assignments for school, and I had to drive onto campus to do it!

LOL, so long story short, I found a better monthly plan for cheap, and here we are.

I kept the cable off, we never watched it anyway, and when we did I felt like it all just turned my brain to mush (or made me hate my body...I could go on, but I won't :-).

Tonight I am making A TON of christmas cards to list on Etsy tomorrow, so if you're in the market for some cute homemade cards this year then you'll have to check them out!

Until tomorrow...

Wordless Wednesday!

I love baking in the fall! Happy WW!

Looking for a creative Holiday gift?

I just listed several of these on my Etsy today.

They are pre-made scrapbooking pages in matching sets of 5. They would make the perfect gift for someone who wants nice, creative pages but doesn't have the time to make them herself!

I'll be listing several more this evening as well.

If your gift recipient is the type that would prefer to make pages for herself (or other crafts for that matter) then you can purchase all kinds of ink, stamps, ribbon, scrapbooking paper etc. HERE!

If you have any questions, or would like a custom order, please leave me a comment or email me!

Thanks for supporting a "Momtrepreneur" like me, and helping to ensure that my little man will have a few gifts this Christmas! :-)

It's Stampin' Up's! Birthday

You're Invited!

WHAT: Stampin’ Up!®’s 20th Birthday

WHEN: October 1-31, 2008

RSVP: Contact me today to celebrate with Stampin’ Up! and get 20% off select stamp sets!

Spend $20 in regular catalog merchandise and qualify to purchase any preselected birthday/celebration stamp sets at 20 perent off.

Item #	Page #	Description	Retail Price	20% Off Price
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112895	62	Cumpleaños genial y divertido (Spanish Big Bold Birthday)*	$27.95	$22.36
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110994	64	Bitty Birthday	$12.95	$10.36
111618	64	Crazy for Cupcakes*	$23.95	$19.16
111546	65	Simple Birthday Thanks*	$17.95	$14.36
111702	65	Time to Party*	$16.95	$13.56
108559	68	Crab & Company	$27.95	$22.36

And as always you can shop online 24/7 here!

It's really that serious

Today I went and canceled our Cable service/internet which should disconnect sometime tomorrow, so I'm taking a moment to write this post before it happens.

That is really how broke we are, wow. It's sad, but at least we are being responsible about it.

We also canceled our netflix.

I will still be able to blog from school, just probably not as often. Just wanted to give everyone the heads up.

Now, I'm off to cut coupons!

Some new layouts

The colors on these look distorted because I took in them in bright light, but I wanted show them off anyway.

Enjoy!

There just aren't enough hours...

**Warning! In this post I make very strong political remarks. If you feel that these would make you uncomfortable, I suggest you skip over this post. Thanks!**

In the last few days I went on a big cleaning binge with my house. I have been dusting and mopping and vacuuming like a crazy woman.

Strangely though, deep cleaning takes up time, which leaves less time for everyday activities. Like, say, blogging.

So even though I have lots of cool stuff to show you and tell you about, my apparent lack of extra hours in the day is holding me back.

I am enjoying the fact that my house feels nice and cozy now though (and that when I have people over for my Pampered Chef party in a couple of weeks no one will be able to judge me...I hope).

On a final little note, I would just like to add that I am so fed up with our dreadfully failing economy it;s not even funny!

*Steps up on Soapbox here*

I know, I know. I have never discussed politics on my blog, and I probably won't make it a habit, but I've had enough!

I hate that even with cutting back on everything, like my hair coloring (which I now am using the 2.oo box kind from wal-mart), excess driving, re-selling Jackson's old clothes at a consignment shop for credit to buy him used clothes, and canceling all my magazine subscriptions we are still BARELY getting by.

As of today I am cutting out extra snack and Junk food, as that was the last little treat we were allowing ourselves, but no more!

Groceries are ASTRONOMICAL compared to what they were even a year ago. And I cut LOTS of coupons people!

I am MOST angry that people in one political party are going around like nothing is wrong or that this, this, and this are NO BIG DEAL! Or, that we can just make small band-aid liek fixes now and everything will naturally right itself sooner or later. What are we all supposed to do until then????

Meanwhile many middle to lower class are suffering more than ever, and my family is feeling it more than ever. And we are hard working people, busting our behinds in school, so that our child will hopefully have a better life than this one day!

I don't want to name call or endorse candidates here, you will ultimately vote for the candidate you believe in, and that's fine.

My main concern is that so many are genuinely suffering while an elite few are still basking in the "golden" sun.

When did people lose their concern and empathy for others? When did we lose the values that this country was founded on? When did everything become so cutthroat?

I guess the last thing I have to say is that I'm scared. We are in such a deep rut now, I'm not sure what the remedy will be (or when it will come).

And with all that being said, I'm sorry if you were offended, this is just my personal point of view, and I'm sticking to it. Things are just too bad to keep quiet any longer.


And now I'll step down.

Exciting Stuff!

I'm excited to tell you I got a Stampin' Up! website finally! You can visit it here! I think it's super pretty!

It's a great tool for me, but also super useful to all my customers out there, because now you can order direct from the website 24/7!

If you're like me that's a great thing, since I have a tendency to realize what I want at four in the morning, but could never call my rep then, and by morning well, I had forgotten!

Also, I'm now scheduling a 20 tags for $20 class in anticipation of Christmas!!! (yay!) and I'm scheduling 5 cards for $15 classes as well (though the spots are going quick, I got three reservations just this week!).

So, if you're interested, please let me know soon, I'd hate for you to miss these awesome projects!

Weekend Fun

I just love fall! One of my favorite things about it is The Texas Renaissance Festival (ours is the largest and best in the U.S. if you haven't heard :-). I have been attending it since I was a little kid, and I just love it. It makes me all warm and fuzzy inside.

My SIL feels that way when she walks into the Magic Kingdom. I feel the fuzziness when I can smell the turkey legs, patchouli incense burning, and hear the bells wrapped around the waist of the passing gypsies.

Call me nuts, but I love it! So of course, we went yesterday and had a blast. I am extra proud this time, because Jackson got his face painted for the first time ever, by the lady who has painted my face since I was small (and did so up until last year!)!

Here are pics!

So ...

stinking....

Cute!

This guy will stop and serende pretty ladies and give them flowers. Awesome!

My favorite people!



And a few more from the parade...






What have you done to enjoy fall so far?

It's ok

Thanks to several wonderful ladies in the blogosphere, I can now say to you that it's ok.

• It's ok that I don't get every single crumb swept up off the floor at night.
• It's ok that I feel insanely overwhelmed while going to school myself and trying to manage a one year old at the same time.
• It's ok that I'm not a tooth pick, and that I don't dress like the women on Desparate Housewives everyday.
• It's ok that for right now I prefer the Drive Thru to a sit down meal.

It's all ok because I am still a loving mother and wife, who tries to give 100% of her heart to her family everyday. That is all that matters, not all the other superficial stuff. Who cares if I'm not super Mommy...I'm Jackson's mommy, and to me that's all I need to be!

Last minute plans...

So randomly I decided to attend the Pajama crop this Friday at my LSS. You will recall I attended the one they had in April as well. I had a ton of fun, even if I came home exhausted!

15 hours of cropping will commence tomorrow night @ 6pm! Yay!

I had sort of been juggling the idea of whether or not to go since Monday, but the temptation of scrapping child free was just too great! So, I'm going.

So now, I have to neatly pack up all 10 tons of my stuff, because I'm OCD like that. :-)

Fun, fun! So that's what I'll be doing this afternoon, what about you?

Also, I'm thinking I'll be having a giveaway for some neat jewelery here next week, so spread the word!

Have a great day...it's almost Friday (woohoo!).

My current definition of Fab

I want (NEED) this. I do. Really.



But there is no justification for that sort of thing in this Mommies life, but still, I can dream.

Right? ;-)

The goodness that keeps me going

That would be my family, and scrapbooking. And the two go together really well, coincidentally. :-)

It is with great pleasure that I show you the layouts and cards I've been working on, because it feels like it's been forever since I've have something to show you.

I'm also fairly certain that the reason my mood hasn't been the greatest lately is because I didn't have the time to scrap until now. I' m just saying, don't come between this Mommy and her crafts!!! :-)

So here are a couple cards I made using the SU! set "Happy Blessings". They will be for sale in my Etsy shop later today.

I just love the little scarecrow!

The first of many Birthday picture layouts.

Another birthday layout.

All about the goodie bags.

This one is my favorite from the weekend. It's called "Everyday Awesome". Not only do I love those pictures of Jackson so much, but I feel the layout turned out amazing. (thanks V! for all the neat stuff!)

Hope you have a great day!

A little slow on the draw

I'm late posting today because it took me this long to get motivated and doing things today...but at least I finally DID get motivated after all.

I am feeling bummy mostly because of a little thing called PMS (sorry TMI!). Knowing that, I'm trying to stay as positive as possible being that it should pass in a few days and it is now my favorite time of year! Which leads me to my next point....

So here's why Food Channel will never want anything to do with me.

That's my Halloween Gingerbread house that I attempted to decorate one night last week. Not exactly "designer food". *sighs* It looks nothing like the one on the box, LOL, but I'm ok with that. I guess I'll just stick to scrapbooking for now! Regardless of how silly it looks, I had a great time making it, so really that's all that matters!

Here is Jackson, being precious as ever. :-)

And just one more for good measure!

I'm working on thanksgiving cards and Jackson's birthday pictures currently, so hopefully I'll have some nice projects to show off tomorrow!

And finally, Fireworks!

These are from the show "Wishes". I took them the night before we left. So, this will conclude my Disney photo series. Yes, I have more photos, but you've seen the best ones now.

I'll probably be scrapping these photos from now until Easter! :-) I'm just now on Jackson's birthday!

If you have any questions or want tips about Disney, please leave me a comment, I would love to help you out!

I hope everyone has an awesome weekend! We are going to a local festival on Saturday, so I am very excited!