HA!  Lonely? I doubt that!  It’s always something going on around here.  It’s just so nice at 9:30pm and its absolutely quiet here.  AH!!!!!  So, crusin’ the forums and saw Jen Surge’s blog entry about the Photo Tag so if you’re reading this…then ‘TAG’….it’s your turn!  LOL  So, here it goes.

#1 - Dream Vacation - Yes, it’s the Maldives Islands and that would be so awesome to get away to a luxury resort and be waited on! 

#2 - Self Portrait - Yeah, this was me earlier.  There is no way you’re going to see me right now.  I’ve had 2 grandbabies tonight and one heckuva day at work!

#3 - What the kids are doing now - Well, since I’m watching the grandbabies tonight because ‘mom & dad’ (my oldest son and his wife) went out for a company costume party

I have these 2 darling boys (2 & 1 years old) and right now, they’re in sleepy-ville!  AH!

#4 - The Closet - OMG, y’all….I so need to clean this out!  It’s pitiful!

#5 - Favorite Room - That would be my bedroom and, at this time, NO WAY!!!!!  Just trust me, it’s fabulous for sleeping! So instead, you can see my beautiful Azalea bushes in the front yard!

#6 - Favorite Shoes - What shoes aren’t my favorite?!?!  I love all kinds of shoes but here’s what I wore today!

#7 - Laundry Room - There’s just no hope for me in this room.  I clean it and it still ends up like this! Ewwww!

#8 - Bathroom - Since I have two doors in the big bathroom and if I turn the light on, it’ll wake the babies up, I’ll show you DH bathroom.  It’s just a 1/2 bath but it would definitely be HIS favorite room!  It’s the Harley Room!

#9 - The Sink - Well, I’m not completely done with the dishes but it’ll do.

#10 - Fridge - Yeah, it’s Friday and I didn’t clean it out before Trash Day so this will have to do for now!

Well, yeah….I’m no Martha Stewart or a real clean freak.  I wouldn’t mind being more organized but at this point….just send someone over to help this girl out!  Pah-leeze!  LOL  Until then, we do have a clean house and my family is happy.  With 5 kids between us, they all love coming home and I can cook!  We’re happy, clean, and healthy so what more can we ask for?  Yep, $1,000,000.00 but Publishers Clearing House ain’t knocking on my door either!  LOL

Hope you’re having a wonderful day!  Enjoy the weekend! 

WHEW!  What a month this June has been this year.  Started off with being in Austin, TX for 10 days and sneaking off to Dallas for a weekend.  It was great…both the training and visiting Sarah & Billy.  We had the best Mexican food at Esprada’s and we’ll definitely be going back again!

Then, last weekend, Bill & I went to Louisiana to visit my grandparents.  I was saddened by the condition my PawPaw is in now with Alzheimers.  He looks the same but his mind is just not the same.  I love him dearly and am grateful for the time we have spent together.  Here’s this wonderful man that I scrapped a page about using ScarlettHeels Designs Bloomin Altered:

His Cymbalta had kicked in and he had this cute grin on his face.  Believe me, a few hours before, he didn’t know who I was and seemed to be moaning most of the morning.  Bill went crabbing with my uncle and I guess he had a great time because he went to Wally-World and got him a fishing net.  Silly!  I’m glad he had a good time!

Then I was off for more training this past week.  Nothing too exciting but I am so glad I’m home now.  I love traveling but I also love being home and eating some home-cooked meals! 

I’m hoping I can catch up on some laundry today and we’re heading over to my parents for some Crawfish Stuffed Potatoes later this evening.  Oh yeah…..I’ll definitely take some photos for ya!

Hope you’re having a great day.  ~Mwah~

Check it out!  I’m on Gabs Promotional CT as a Guest and got my hands on this awesome kit by JanaM Designs:

Here’s what I did with it…..

My grandsons and future grandkids gathered together on the porch swing.
Kit - Party of Life by JanaM Designs
only available during this week on evitangels blog http://evitangel.blogspot.com/

HA!  Yep, your eyes are not deceiving you.  I am back again!  Not too much to tell ya except that I have one helluva test tomorrow and, hopefully, I’ll be a certified Mac technician.  Cross those fingers, toes, eyes!!!!  I’m going to need some heavy-duty prayers!  LOL

I’m returning home late tomorrow night and will be nice and snuggly in my bed by 1am!  Then up at 3am to send DH off to work so that he can get off work by noon.  We’ve got to go to the funeral of my co-worker and friend’s son.  It’s going to be an exhausting day, I can just feel it.  I think I’m still stunned by this tragedy.  I guess the fire was due to a faulty connection in the air conditioning unit.  The so-so good news is that the little girl is doing better and went home today.  Her burns will heal but I’m sure this little girl will never forget this or her brother.  It’s just plain sad!

I plan to sleep in Sunday but probably won’t because I want to get back to my scrapbooking.  I miss being online with my ‘girls’!  WOW!  I can’t believe how many awesome goodies are out there that I’m missing out on.  Did y’all see the cool designs at TheDigiChick?  Those girls and guy just rock!

Gotta run and get some more studying done.  The ROT Biker Rally is in Austin and all I hear are motorcycles and it’s 10:15pm.  ROT is the Republic of Texas and man, there are a ton of bikes here.  Dang, those folks come in huge groups!  Love seeing all the cool bikes and people.  And of all weekends, there’s a Gay/Lesbian Pride Parade at the same time.  Who would’ve scheduled these two events at the same time in the same city…..pretty much on the same street?  That’s just crazy!  Oh well, I’ll let all those folks sort it all out…..because…….I’m OUTTA here!  Going home!  Wish me luck!

~mwah~

I’m here in Austin, TX taking the Mac O/S and Hardware classes for certification. The good news is that I passed my 1st of two tests towards certification. Yeah!!!! I was excited and relieved that I passed. It wasn’t an easy test and the next test is sooooo going to be hard but I’m studying and praying that something will get retained in this brain of mine so that on Friday, I can pass this course. Wish me LOTS of LUCK!!!

I’m not here alone, though. Last Wednesday, David, Ernie, Dustin, and I all flew in and took the O/S course together. Friday evening, Ernie flew back to LR and I flew to Dallas to meet up with Bill and we spent the weekend together at Sarah’s place with her, Billy, and Bruce. It was a fabulous weekend and glad Bill and I got to go there. Of course, my car has a major oil leak now. I wasn’t too sure if Bill would make it home without getting stranded on the side of the freeway but he made it home. And I flew back to Austin for the next part of Mac Training.

Dustin, David, and started the second half of the Mac Training on hardware yesterday. Everything went well but last night Dustin got some awful news that is just breaking my heart today. I have hardly been able to concentrate on the class. His two step-children were visiting their bio-dad for the week and during the night there was a fire that consumed the trailer that they were in. Unfortunately, his 6-year-old step-son, Harley, was killed in the fire and his 8-year-old step-daughter was burned on her hands and feet and is now in the Burn Unit at Children’s Hospital. I am so sad that this happened and praying for Stacy’s healing and my heart goes out to Lynn and Dustin as they have a terrible week ahead of them. Dustin had to fly back home on emergency status and I can’t imagine what he must have had to go through, being so far away from home. He is with his family now but my heart just aches at this news. I’m trying not to cry but when I think of this….it reminds me of how precious our time is here on earth and how such a young life was taken way too soon. The hopes and dreams of his parents have vanished in a matter of seconds. I wish them a heart that heals soon.

Well, if I can make it through this class this week and actually pass the exam on Friday, I will be Mac Certified. Oh, I know there’s some kind of crazy acronym that will be created by it. If you’ve got a crazy, funny one, please feel free to share it in a comment. I’ve got to have something to share with my instructor. LOL

Please, if you’re reading this, please hold Dustin, Lynn, Stacy, and Kristen in your hearts and prayers.

Okay, gotta get back to studying. Wish me well.

~mwah~

As part of SSDs ‘From Our Blog 2 Yours’, I took the ColorQuiz to see what they think my personality is based upon the colors that I chose.  This was kind of fun actually.  I’m somewhat surprised at the results and will continue to review it.

melrio took the free ColorQuiz.com personality test!“Demands that ideas and emotions shall merge and bl…” Click here to read the rest of the results.

 Did a couple of layouts this week:

I have more but I’m not using my usual editor.  Oh well! 

It’s Friday!  Billy & Sarah are coming in this weekend and we’re supposed to have a Crawfish Boil.   I’m hoping Wade & Chad make it over and I’m sure they will.  I doubt they would miss a free meal of CRAWFISH!!!  So…I hope to take alot of photos. 

Until later y’all…..gotta run!

Yes, I am but slow.  It feels like fah-evah since I was here.  I guess because nothing exciting happens around here.  Okay, life does happens and, of course, more freakin’ storms.  This has just been one crazy spring here and I’m about tired of the tornados!  Dang, give sister a break!  Power — No Power, Rain — No Rain, Internet — No Internet!  Aughhhh!

I’ve been doing some pages but the mojo is slow, if any.  I’ve gotten some pages done, thankfully, but part of it is that since Chad and Michael moved out, its just not the same.  I miss the drama, I guess.  And I’m sooooo Anti-Drama too!  Funny, huh?

Here’s what I’ve done, although not 100% happy.  I think I like the more simple pages that I do:

I’m such a proud mama!

Our little Space Cowboy!

Another cowboy page~

And Nicholas’ newborn page!

Yeah, I’m loving being able to work with the new designs from TDC!  Ain’t life great!?!?! LOL

Oh, and check this out….

Mama likes…mama likes ALOT!!!  I’m having so much fun playing with it and have a ton of music and layouts on it.  I think it’ll come in handy when I go to LC and show my family my pages.  And I’ll have something to listen to than DH ‘ringing’ in my ears the whole way down there.  LOL

Okay, it’s back to the grindstone.  I’ve got pages I want to get done and DH has a colonoscopy tomorrow!  Oh yah…so much fun!  You know you needed to hear that, huh?

Til later…..love ya chickies!

I’m going to start off the weekend with SSDs FOB2Ys with this:

What Your Latte Says About You

You are very decadent in all aspects of your life. You never scale back, and you always live large. You are a very serious person. You don’t have time for silly antics. You have a good deal of energy, but you pace yourself. You never burn out too fast. You’re addicted to caffeine. There’s no denying it. You are a child at heart, and you don’t ever miss the opportunity to do something playful. You are deep and thoughtful, but you are never withdrawn.

I’ll be back…..

SSD’s FOB2Y has us doing a Personality Test!  This one might be kind of extensive as it pretty much sums me up but I think I can vary between a few of them.  (Remember, it’s how I’m feeling right now!)

You Are An ENFP

The Inspirer You love being around people, and you are deeply committed to your friends. You are also unconventional, irreverent, and unimpressed by authority and rules. Incredibly perceptive, you can usually sense if someone has hidden motives. You use lots of colorful language and expressions. You’re quite the storyteller! In love, you are quite the charmer. And you are definitely willing to risk your heart. You often don’t follow through with your flirting or professed feelings. And you do break a lot of hearts. At work, you are driven but not a workaholic. You just always seem to enjoy what you do. You would make an excellent entrepreneur, politician, or journalist. How you see yourself: compassionate, unselfish, and understanding When other people don’t get you, they see you as: gushy, emotional, and unfocused

Yep!  I guess I wanted to make sure I wasn’t dreaming or something.  I’m officially a DigiChick!!!  OMG!!!  I’m supah excited and life is Good!  See…I ain’t lying!

And if you didn’t get to see today’s ad, I’ve got two…yep 2 layouts featured in the ad:

No, I’m not putting myself down but the ladies on this team are absolutely the most awesome artists.  I’m in constant awe and so blessed to be part of the team.  **Okay, it was my birthday and I told Kim that it would be an awesome birthday present!**  Hey, I’m a DigiChick!  Hellllllooooo!

So, after getting a couple of layouts done, I’ve completely lost my mojo.  Well, that and it’s been constant go-go-go around here.  We went out and celebrated my birthday with some friends.  Crazy that the three of us girls have birthdays within 1 day of each other.  Oh, and I’m the BABY!  LOL  My parents took Bill and I out for dinner on Sunday at the Olive Garden.  YUMMMM-O!  And then Monday we headed down to the bar to celebrate J’s birthday.  That was a burger and fries night.  I whipped up something fast on Tuesday because AI was on and last night, my MIL took us out for dinner at Red Lobster.  Now….why am I telling you what I ate?  Because last night, when we got home….I was sick to my stomach!!!  I hurt so freakin’ bad and just wanted to sleep after I got my ‘biz-niz’ done.  I have done so well on eating smaller portions and lost some weight that I feel like I gorged myself these past few evenings.  Hopefully, I can get back to some normal eating.  I have got to lose a few more pounds and start exercising.  If I don’t, I am going to look like the Goodyear blimp!  LOL

Alright, I’m at work so you know what that means.  NOTHING!  LOL  Once 7:30am gets here, our bandwidth drops to nothing and I can’t even check my home email.  So, if I’m missing anything during the daytime, I’m sorry.  I miss being able to check in on the forums as it takes about 10 minutes for a page to come up, if at all.  I can’t wait until we get the new switch here at work which will be in like 2-3 weeks.  AUGH!!!

Gotta run!  Hope you’re having a wonderful day!  I will!