Cool New stuff

I saw this cool new stuff at Michaels last night. We dont have it at Archivers and I am not sure if we are getting it, but it is super awesome!
Making Memories Vintage Findings

Love it and cant wait to use some of it.

Wow - I suck at this

I was going to start this blog by saying that it had been a while, but it hasn't been a while, its been a YEAR! geez i am so bad at this. I see all the time people posting to twitter that they have a new blog update and I just can't be that person. I have made a lot of stuff lately. i am actually working on a HUGE bunch of stuff for the minneapolis farmers market on August 1st. I swear to all of you loyal readers that I will post some pictures later today.
gabby

precious alone time

Today I got about 4 hours of alone time and about 3 hours of scrapbooking up at my Archivers! It was much needed and I got a lot done. I got a few pages in each kids book done.

New Kids on the Block

In October Erica Koop and I will be going to see NKOTB at the Excel. This has been my childhood dream, one that never went away. There will always be a place in my heart for Joey McIntyre.



































I have another love in my life, it is my TIVO. they are so nice at tivo and always giving us new little free things we can do with our tivo box. The latest thing is that we can download music videos. Yesterday I downloaded all the NKOTB video, all of them old, except the new track called summertime. The old ones were, of course, classic and dorky and I loved them. The newest one had the same sound as the old ones, kinda poppy, BUT the guys just look old, almost perverse. I mean its hard to see a close up of a "pushing 40" Jordan Knight with laugh lines singing about being a boy from the city calling your house after 10pm.
whatever though, I'm just going to suppress these feelings and enjoy myself in October.

Tamales!!!

This week/weekend I made tamales and I thought I would make a little picture set since it was SO MUCH WORK! We now have about a years worth of tamales in the deep freeze, lol. I made beef, chicken, and pork.

Anticipating Aweful

For some reason, I feel like this week is going to SUCK. I also feel like by saying and thinking that, it probably will be even if it wasnt going to be. I just have so much stuff to do that I know it will pile up emotions until I loose it all. The boys and I are up early today. I cut my thumb yesterday slicing strawberries for the dehydrator. Blah blah blah...

11 Years Ago Today

11 Years ago today the first of my "little" boys was welcomed into the world. 7lbs and 6oz, he came out in the company of his dad Neil and his favorite Aunt Jenny early in the morning at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota. It was and easy, quick, unbelievable experience and is part of the foundation of my lifestyle today. There are a lot of things that I could have done better, and I am so blessed to have such an awesome son. Here are 2 baseball pictures.




I am going to get him on July 3rd and he will be at our house until the end of August. We are very excited to see him and have him meet Link. He was a little disappointed that he didn't get a sister, but hopefully that will blow over.