Well I know I have been gone for a while but I can explain.. The last two weeks in July I was in NY with my daughter. Then I came back home along with my mother and brother. Five days after getting home, me and Dominick left to go to Las Vegas for vacation. Wow did we love it. I cant wait to go back. We did a lot of sight seeing and gambling. We played craps for the first time and did real well. After a over 12 hour flight (with layovers) we made it back here in Jax. With only 2 hours of broken sleep I took Emily to a BBQ to say goodbye to some friends who are and already has moved to W VA. Later that night we did a girls night out. So between running around with my family that is here in town and my daughters playgroup life, Along came TS Fay. This storm lasted for 3 days straight. Talk about cabin fever. But some good news.. My scraproom is done. I am now on the market for a workdesk and plan to get in there soon. I have a lot of new pictures that I need to work on. I bought some supplies to use for these pictures. I cant wait for all the hecticness to die down. I just want to sit with my music and my pictures and scrap away.

No I havent been hiding under a rock or anything.. Things have just been seriously busy here. Dominick's business is really taking off and I have practically become the office girl. LOL But I have been trying to get some scrapping done in between. I have started working on Mary's kit and I might add that its coming out pretty good. I am guessing that this is my way of learning techniques outside the box. Some of the things I have been doing I would have never have thought to do. Shes a good teacher. LOL. Well last night I attended a all day crop. I needed that too. I was able to get three pages done. I am wanting to work more on Mary's kit today. I just wanted to make sure that I had the pictures I needed to add to it. I hate not being fully prepared. I also need to hit the stores too. Making memories has this new passport line. I need to have it. I dont think I have ever felt that I needed the whole line of any product before. LOL Any way here are some of the stuff I have done recently.

Well scrapsimmee is less than a week away.I am sooo excited. The things we have planned for that weekend should really make it fun. This past friday I hosted a crop. Mary was working on a LO that came so cute. The theme was scrap diva. And we all served her. My job was serving her cookies. Like I said it came out so cute it made LO of the day!! (on the scraptastic site)That night I was able to work out on a LO as well. Cute but not nearly as cute as the stuff that Mary comes up with. I keep joking that I am going to work on her SG kit at scrapsimmee and when I am done I am going to have her autograph the last page. LOL she is going to be a scrapcelb soon enough. Well gotta run dinner is on the stove. But here is my layout..

Time is sure flying... Scrapsimmee is quickly approaching. I am getting nervous and excited at the same time. This will be the first time I am leaving Dominick and Emily for that long. This is also my first retreat. I know I am going to have a good time. Anyway, I havent been up to much lately due to the fact that I have been soooo busy. But this was the most recent thing I have done. I soo cant wait to get my scraproom done. There would be more progress

Ok so I haven't posted anything new in a few but a lot has happened in the past 2 weeks or so. I found out that I am going to scrapsimmee with the girls from the scrap group. Money did play an issue, but my SIL told me that she will be covering the hotel portion of my trip. These past few weeks I have been taking care of my nephew and it wasn't just a stay during the day thing. This was a stay a over a few day thing. Plus I will have him staying with us for a week. My SIL and BIL are going to Mexico for a week. Plus, I found out that Kerry reserved the room. Me and her are rooming together. I am really looking forward to this retreat weekend. Its from April 18 to the 20th. Emily will be staying at home with Dominick. I am not worried about him taking care of her I am more worried about what type of mess I will be coming home to.
This past friday we had our scrap group hostess crop and our hostess this month was Mary. I stood at her house till about 2am. Kerry was actually the last one to leave. I was able to get 2 layouts done that night. I was getting sidetracked or else I think I would have gotten more done. Check it out:


Last night I was in the mood to get something done so this is what I did:

I think the next thing I do is alter a book. I have been in the mood to do that for a while. Also a big congrats to Mary!!! (applause) Her SG kit sold out in less than a week. I am guilty of purchasing one of those kits! I can't wait to get it too! I guess I will have something to do at scrapsimmee! On that note here is a countdown to scrapsimmee! I dont get out often. lol as you can see...
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Ok. So I was able to get a page done last night. This was before I put Emily to bed so I was kinda surprised that she didnt disturb me while I was cropping. Anyway, I tried to get more silly with it as Dominick would say. Check out what I did: On a happy note. I am more than likely going to scrapsimee with the scrap group girls. All I have to say is that I am going to be dead tired when I get back. I was able to do some budgeting and everything looks good. It even seems like I will have a bit more cash than I expected. Whoo Hooo!! I cant wait.

Finally I am able to say that. What a week I had. I have been watching kids (other than my one) for 6 out of 7 days. All I can say is wheew. I am not sure if I want to do that again. Plus, my mom was in town until yesterday so that was a big help. I think if I had to do it by myself I would have really lost my mind. By weeks end, I was completly done for. But now its time to move forward. I made a trip to the scrapbook store today to buy some goodies. I am hoping to get scrapping sometime soon. I need it.