a little scrapbooking

March Bulletin

For March I've been loving:

• Hillsboro Library : the movies, the books, the adventures.
• Been reading the Total Money Makeover
• A future date night with my honey on April 10 to watch the Lakers vs. the Trailblazers.
• A Hello Kitty Toki Doki blanket - way too expensive!
• Looking for Hello Kitty fabric
• Still love Coach.
• Grey's Anatomy Season 5 - been a tear jerker!!
• Hoping to someday upgrade my nikon camera.
• Digital scrapbooking. Haven't started that yet - not wanting to shell out the money for it.

Hope everyone had a great weekend and a fun filled Spring Break! We finally have sunshine!

M. I. A.

Been quite preoccupied with LIFE these days. Lots of changes but of course just as many routine stuff. It's spring break around here, and keeping the kids busy can be a lot. But this year its different. Boys are older - and sometimes its not cool to hang out with mom. So Ashton and Troy been bonding together on XBOX live, and been hanging out with their friends.  Jadeline has been my other half - more like a tail if you ask me. 

   ....And of course with this economy have been creative with our adventures. Hanging out at the library to watch movies. Borrowing the cultural pass for visits at the Children Museum. Playing at the park. Tomorrow is a visit at the zoo and hopefully a visit to the coast over the weekend. 

Been completing a few craft projects. Finished up ANOTHER caterpillar quilt. Made birthday cards. And getting ready for that scrap layout that i need to scraplift for winning that layout a few weeks ago. Just waiting for that kit that they need to send me.. woo hoo-something free. 

       Will post pictures as soon as i can upload them. Jadeline has been my personal photographer. 

stinkin' busy!

To think i had lots of time to do things.. but man, things are piling up!! I've been productive but wish i could complete them... where shall i begin? **lots of pictures to keep this as a quick post.

Schedule time... need to get this turned in by tomorrow!! Need to make that deadline! And that means I'm back at work tomorrow night.

House chores: Bobby is still working that 6-3pm schedule (covering someone whose family died a few weeks ago). So that means, I've got laundry to do.  One more load of towels, and its done! Bathrooms, carpet, kitchen - clean and done!

Craft time?!! No scrapbooking! Need to get this quilt and another quilt done by end of March!

I'm still working out at least a minimum of 5x a week (915-1030am). I'm 101# and don't want to lose any weight! So been drinking some protein shakes to keep this weight! On Sundays I take a break - and find myself in another home - its church day. ;)

To top it all off... Jadeline got that ear infection! At least we don't struggle having her take her medicine. It would be my child who looks forward to and reminds me of her medicine!

Bobby's arms has grown.. and its sure stronger!! .. I wonder how long it will last for him to lift Jadeline that way - she's 50#!!!

A family favorite... enchiladas! It was yummy!

Knee is better.. that photo was a few days after i banged it. Bruise still got bigger and darker! Its finally better - doesn't sting anymore. BUT i haven't tackled that cycle class again... maybe wednesday??

And of course, decorating for St. Patty's Day. We've already built a trap to catch that Leprechaun for Jadeline's class project..  she believes we'll catch him!

Have a great week.. and i better lay off Facebook!!

A bucket list - check...almost!

REMEMBER THIS . . . just a few days ago???? The one night that I chose to scrapbook while Bobby went out drinking with his friends?

One of my lifetime goals is to someday get published in a scrapbook magazine with one of my scrap pages. Well, I entered a contest for fun... and honestly thinking I could win this!! So check this out!!

Scraplift Contest - Winner Announced here!

by klink ink on Tue Mar 10, 2009 11:54 pm

Congratulations to Jean Rivera!! Her "Date Night" entry to the Scraplift Contesthttp://www.cocoadaisy.com/forum/gallery/pic.php?mode=large&pic_id=1282 is our winning layout!

Jean will win a free April kit and will be asked to create a layout for our monthly Scraplift column. Jean - please email me at krista at cocoa daisy dot com and I'll send you the details.

Thanks everyone for participating. We have some more great contests coming your way, so stay tuned!

-Krista

Now if i can really get published in a magazine!! Then i can really check that off my bucket list!

Lakers 94 - Blazers 111

Alright.. so the Lakers didn't win. Its okay... although its so unlike them to not win. . .  although i did wish Kobe had played to the point where I did want to be screaming . . .  and I am still a Laker fan. I won't be jumping on the Blazer band wagon because they won. I still love watching the Lakers. As much as i enjoyed watching them with mom and dad when Magic played.. or when Kareem played. I'm still a laker fan - .. . . although I live in the home of the Portland trailblazers. (hmmmm... I need to recover with another Laker game on April 10th!)

scrapbooking...

Found some time to scrapbook. Bobby had a boys night, Jadeline was sound asleep, and Ashton was playing xbox live... and i thought, "wow, its a ME TIME." So i found myself scrapbooking just one page and got myself caught up watching the Bachelor and Ugly Betty. 

(By the way, my knee is better. It just looks worse than the last picture i posted. I've now got a huge black and blue bruise!!)

Happy Birthday, Sweetheart!!!

My first born and now a young handsome teenager, 

Happy 15th Birthday Sweetheart!!

Spin class... gone bad!

Went to a spin class @ 24Hour Fitness. It was my second time cycling. It was suppose to be easy. No big deal right? I even got into it and joined the class singing "I love Rock and Roll." Well, when the instructor said to give 100% - i gave more than 100%.!! I cycled and spun my knee into that resistant knob, and knocked my water bottle out of its holder onto the floor. I was amazed that i continued cycling - thinking it was just a big scratch. Until I came home to find a huge bruise with a throbbing pain in my knee... No cycling for awhile.

our date night

Our date night was on 2/27. We use to do this at least twice a month - you know to help keep our marriage sane and strong. It began when my coworkers (who has been married 20+years) told me that its healthy and its something you NEED to do.  I agree. Being married for 7 1/2 years now - lots of happiness but also lots of obstacles, challenges ... IS a  lot of work. I want to do whatever it takes to keep my marriage strong. And if my own parents have survived it this long without a divorce, I am very inspired to do the same.

So Bobby and I went to P.F. Changs for happy hour. (With this economy, you still have to watch what you spend right). My favorite is the asian pear mojito ( I order it with light ice - more Etoh) So one drink does me good all night. And of course can't go home without having their tiramisu. But since Bobby, wasn't in the mood for their desserts, we head to Baskin Robbins where he has a banana split, and i have a scoop of Jamoca Almond Fudge - another favorite.