ok.. all better now!

Omg!! its going to be 77 out today and partly sunny!!!!! I have to go to work, but I think I can do a bunch of homevisits so I wont be totally stuck inside! heehee.. I told natalea I was going to wear my bathing suit to work.. haha.. not!

this is the project I started after my last post two nights ago.. Ive had this kit for a year now, and finally its a good time to work on it!

I love these papers and used them for one of Elizabeths tag swaps too. arent they adorable?

I dont know why I didnt start this sooner. I picked the kit up at a creating keepsakes convention. I have another book from two years ago that I think I'll do as soon as this one is finished.

the convention is coming up again soon, I think in may or june, so I m hoping that maybe they have some other cute book kits, maybe one for torry pie!

OK.. just wanted you to know that Im in a better mood, though I do have to share I've got more craziness going on here.. got a new piece of news yesterday from another child of mine.. it never stops.. will let you in on that little secret later.

also, my sweet sister, whose husband has cancer is really struggling. so if you could send up a little prayer for them I'd appreciate it. she just needs a little bright spot in her days...

OK! Hi ho hi ho.. its off to work I go!!

have a great day!

sigh....just whining here..

what do you think it is? post holiday let down? too much rain? not enough sun? a stressful last week? my daughters wedding?? a little discontentment?? people irritating me?? hmmm.. I dont know.. but Im not feeling my normal cheerful self.
where is my freaken fairy god mother? I need a trip to where the sun is shining and its warm out.. I need to win the lottery!! Yeah, she doesnt exist..... never did. (I just really like to pretend! I like to pretend i'm a princess too.. but sometimes when reality hits... its pretty disappointing! lol!)
I think its been raining for weeks and its supposed to keep raining allll this week! theres never going to be any flowers this year.. they're all gonna drowned!
just call me debbie downer today! I think I could almost handle the rain if it was warm enough to sit on the porch and look at magazines or something.
I think I'll go eat some freaken chocolate candy! just what this fat old body needs!! lol! yes, perhaps chocolate for dinner would be good.
send me some sunshine girlfriends!!
PS I dont what any one to really worry, because I am fine, just a little whiney. I am still oh so grateful for my life as it is.. I must just be tired! oh, and cold and wet! lol!

HAPPY EASTER!

YOu know I'm all about cute little bunnies and chicks and cute as cute as I can get... but the truth of the matter is that easter is not really about bunnies and chicks and easter eggs. Just like christmas is not all about santa claus, reindeer and little elves! these things are fun to play with and to create, but the bottom line is that God had a son, Jesus and that he came to earth to live and to teach us how to live and that he then died on the cross as Gods sacrifice for us. So that we could be forgiven for our sins.. and after dying a horrible death on the cross and being buried in a tomb, he came back three days later! He arose from from his grave and he lives and because of Jesus, we can have everlasting life in heaven someday too! I dont know about you.. but I am soooo grateful for this!!

(be sure to take a few minutes and listen to this song thats playing on my playlist, My redeemer lives by nicole C mullens!)

HAPPY EASTER BLOGLAND PALS!

hippity hoppity easters on its way!

here comes peter cotton tail... hopping down the bunny trail! hippity hoppity easters on its way!

I have a little shopping to do today, as tomorrow is also my sons birthday. and tonight is game night at my friends house, so I need to pick up something to make.. probably stuff to make fruit and veggie pizzas.

last night we dyed easter eggs.. I do have pictures on my flickr if you want to see them. Its always so hard to decide which pics to put where! and I'm always afraid I put to many here and that it takes too long to load when some of you come to visit!

I've had so much fun creating cute eastery things this year! and I'm been in some pretty amazing swaps and I have sooo many awesome little easter treasures! just the thought of easter being over and having to put it all away makes me sad! well and, its overwhelming!!

then we enter the time of year that I dont have a lot of decorations hanging around. my family probably appreciates this! my house will be lacking in the cuteness department!

So what will you all be doing for Easter? do you cook and have family over? thats what will go on here.

I'll be cooking a big ham, mashed taters, asparagus, rosa marina salad, deviled eggs, cut up veggies, shrimp cocktail and bread or rolls and for dessert and because its my sons birthday a carrot cake.

Im also going to make some cut out sugar cookies today, because I have the cutest sprinkles to use!

If the weather cooperates, I'll be making my kids look for eggs outside. heehee.. they are not all excited about doing this! I told big torry that I had bought them all bunny ears and that they had to wear them while they were looking.. he believed me! haha! but it is a good idea isnt it!?

I still have to pick up some lottery tickets for all of the easter baskets. 10 baskets I have to do. thats just too many! I suggested to Bethany and tiffany that next year we do secret bunnies and each of us will be responsible for filling an awesome easter basket for someone else, with like a 50.00 limit. they liked that idea.. and sooooo dooooo I!!!! the guys might struggle a little with it.. but we'll help them out a little.

Anyways.. I ve got to run.. I really wish I didnt have to go out, but I do.. then when I get home I have stuff to do. I guess I'm officially done easter creating for this year. I have a couple projects waiting on the side lines. I hope to start the first one this afternoon!

I'll be back tomorrow to wish everyone a happy easter!

see yas then!

here comes the bride!

Well they did it! they're married. my baby is not jennifer neroni anymore but is now Jennifer trupo. there ceremony was quite short and a tiny bit awkward.. but sweet just the same. I'm already looking forward to when they renew their vows with a minister this summer! I cant believe that I only had a days notice about this hole wedding thing and that they were almost not even going to tell us!!

they are cute together.. and I think they will be happy.

We all went to the ceremony, luckily everyone could get out of work for the morning.. a few of them work afternoons anyways so it worked out for everyone. And Tony T's sisters and father came. I really like all of them. I had met his sisters before, but not his dad. I can see where he gets his sense of humor from!

(heehee!! look at my little Torry pie!! omg I love that baby!)

dont mind the weirdo in the back ground.. I dont know who that is! haha!

Jens new family! I'm making them all part of my family now too. I really like the girls and I'm glad that jen will have such great sisters in law.. father in law too!

I dont know how I did it, but I managed to get my house cleaned, shop and put together a brunch. I made a breakfast casserole, cut up fruits and veggies and dip, and bagels, donuts and cream cheese. plus I made a cake!

and I made the cake topper last night too! I thought for the last minute everything came together pretty well.

lol! just dont notice the sloppy job on the cake.. Im not a cake maker! but I did make homemade frosting and it is really good! the cake is two mixes. Everyone loved it though.

the smooshed the cake in each others faces!! it was pretty funny. I'm glad they did it!

they had fun I think. I really would have liked to do ten thousand times more for them, but this is what they wanted!

cake kisses!

My husband held them captive in the kitchen for a while so that they would notice that all jens siblings and their significants had gone outside to decorate their car! I think Bethany might have been the master mind. Look at her.. with her fathers boots on! what a goof she is!

Jen and tony t were surprised when they saw what everyone had been up to!

I'm so glad that my kids love and support each other so much. They really are all good friends as well as siblings. They do a lot for each other.

Including messing up cars!



So, one down... three to go!

I survived!