Jumping on Beds..........

Sappy Scrappy

Hi there....

I suppose I have Valentine's on the brain today....celebrating LOVE! :)

Just sharing a little mini page I made for fun!!

I am throwing this into my Project Life album.

I am feeling sappy for hubby today and feel like I haven't  made a Mannie layout in forever which is probably true since I don't really scrap anymore!!

I had fun making it! Nice to get out the ole stash!

Have a great day!!

Here is one more......mini LO's just might be the answer to using my stash and getting some LO's in my PL album!!! Wow, I am actually scrapbooking!!! Quick, easy and fun!! 

Have a good one!

Jan. Project Life

Hi there!

Busy night but taking a few minutes for myself to blog.

We had cheerleading and just before that, Cami's bird, Sky, passed away.  It was heart breaking of course.  We don't know what happened. Cami went upstairs to see the birds and found Sky at the bottom of his cage. 

She is sad but one thing that comforts her is that her brother and sister have gone through this and Sky has some bird friends in heaven.  

I took her out for ice cream after practice. 

Cara was home sick today so she missed practice. 

I am caught up on Project Life.....nothing fancy, no major details but a decent representation of the month so far.  I am not seriously doing PL but just a mellow version this year. 

Here is what I have so far:

Here is a little 8 x something LO....

and the back side of that 8 x something page protector...

Charlie took it upon himself to write a little report on China the other night so I had to include that!

And the menu he made for us on Chinese New Year:

Here is a cute little pic that Cami made on the computer:

That is all I have.....all caught up.  I don't have the page protectors I would like to use so I am making due with what I have.  That means turning some page protectors around and hole punching them in different spots. Interesting.

Hope you are having a great week!

It has been a busy one here! 

Chinese New Year

We had our second annual Chinese New Year celebration last night!

The kids had such great memories from last years celebration, they insisted on another one this year!

I couldn't turn down the request of course because I was so touched that they loved last years one.

Charlie made up the menus...

We made up fortunes like we did last year and of course we had the real deal too!

This year was a little different however.....we are busier! We had to jet off to practice and of course get homework done so it is a miracle that I even got the food cooked and anything on the table.

So, it was a shorter celebration this year. 

The things we are busy with are good but a part of me can't help but look back on "time on our hands" together with fondness.

So, it was short but sweet and the kids had fun so that was good!

Today's plans are to work on the bedroom again....my dresser is painted so now it is time to paint Mannie's dresser. I am also trying to convince to paint 3 of our walls in stripes but he thinks that will look ugly....I keep telling him he needs to look at Pinterest and then he will understand!!! I am not giving up!

I need to put back all the clothes in their proper place and it will feel so good to get that organized.  I threw away so many pairs of socks with holes and old unmentionables that were just cluttering up my top drawer! Now, I got a couple of organizers for socks and whatnot. I am really happy about that!  Before it looked like a Victoria Secret hoarder lived there!

Oh and the big news around here is the Giants are in the superbowl!!!! I just knew it was meant to be due to the superbowl taking place in INDY! How could we not get into the superbowl? It is the year of the Indy, not the dragon! ;)

Anyway, we watched together on Sunday and we were all on pins and needles watching the game.....the ending as usual was heart stopping.  I broke down and sobbed!!! when we won.  The kids were all dancing around...Indy didn't know what to make of the whole thing.  

Other news from the Adams abode....

The girls are in cheerleading and are loving it!!! They will be performing at the half time show of a Globetrotter game and I am beyond excited!!! 

Charlie is going to try out TKD.

Mannie is sick right now and due to rain(yesterday) and illness is home today.

I get to have my first mammogram on Friday! YAY! can't wait for Friday!!!! ;)

I am thinking I will know for sure on the job situation by Thursday.  It will be a two day a week, sometimes 3 gig.....so Sheela, no worries we can still hang out!! :)  Thanks for the nice,encouraging words on my job interview and portfolio!! :)

That is all from here! Hope your day is wonderful!!!

Project Life Teaching Portfolio

Happy Saturday!

Great day over here......rainy which is perfect since my goal was to stay home and get stuff done!

I cleaned out my dresser today and started painting it!

We made popovers too!

I also printed out all the January photos I have taken thus far.

We have a lot going onto our calendars lately and it is all good stuff but getting busy nonetheless! 

I had an interview yesterday and may have a job!! 

Here is part of the porfolio I took along for the interview!

Here are a couple of pages from the beginning of the portfolio:

This is from the "Stay at Home Mom" section of my portfolio!

I will find out next week if it is for sure! 

Thank goodness I have been blogging since 2007 because I had lots of pictures to choose from! I was so thankful!

That is all for today! Hope you are having a great weekend! 

Off to get back to organizing!! 

Getting Stuff Done!

How are you? It is a gorgeous Wednesday here in Cali!

A busy week here but getting stuff done slowly but surely!

We reorganized our spice cabinet! Actually, quite a few cabinets because of a simple addition of a shelf in each cabinet. 

Here is before..... (see only 3 shelves)

After......(4 shelves!)

Our spice cabinet is not a pinterest pin up or anything but it does look a ton better and easier to manage when we open it up!  Feels so good to accomplish these little things.

Mannie and I have been opening it up just to look at it! We open and go, "Wow, now that is a lot better!"...too bad we didn't think to add an extra shelf 7 years ago! 

I got to meet up with Laura and Susan yesterday and had a great time hanging out and chatting! 

I have been scrapping this week....I am working on my teaching portfolio and I have been having a blast scrapping the photos.   So much fun to look back on all the memories and how much fun we(the kids and I) had back in the day! 

The last time I worked on this was back in 1996 mostl likely.....it had the magnetic page protectors and they were all yellowed. 

Anyway, I will share a few of the pages I make just for those teacher/scrapbooking friends who might be interested! 

I also took Indy to the dog park today.  The dog park is my new best friend!! It wears her out SO MUCH! She ran around with another dog for maybe 40 minutes or so! Now she is completely wiped out napping in the kitchen!  She does need a bath though as the dog park was really muddy!

Check out the "bracelet" Mannie got for Christmas! A tool bracelet! 

I could use one that hangs onto my phone, keys and lipstick! No more need to drag a purse around! ;)

Time to get back to my portfolio while the doggy is sleeping! Have a wonderful day!!!

The Weekend....

How is your Monday?

I am having a dandy one thank you very much!

We haven't done much of anything but we are all together (thanks to the rain).

This weekend was a weekend that we:

1. Stayed home all together....actually no, that is a lie, Gia took Cam and Charlie over the Irvine Fine Art Center to work on some magnets on her art display there...will have to get over there to see their projects! 

2. Went to Home Depot 3 times.....again, an outing! :) But other than that we stayed home.

3. Watched every football game.

4. Loved that the Giants pulled off another win!

5. Made big meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

6. Snuggled up by the fire and let Indy snuggle with us in the family room since we spent most of our time in there. 

7. Got our game plan for a few home improvements.  Right now Mannie is working on a gate for my scraproom since my crafty dog can't seem to stay out of here!  

8. Got Cara a recorder and have listened to "Mary Had a Little Lamb" at least 50 times....she has mastered it btw! ;)

9. Watched the Golden Globes....personally, I thought it was sort of a snoozer.  I guess Mannie watched UCLA and SC play but I missed that one.

10. Hoping for a repeat of this weekend.....NEXT weekend! 

Staying home is the best sometimes, isn't it?  It was so needed.  I have mentioned the unorganized clutter here and we at least got started on tackling some of it.  

Little things on the list include:

1.Adding a shelf and reorganizing the spice cabinet! 

reorganizing bathroom cabinets

continue with "Master bedroom revamp"

a little more Indy proofing.

Next weekend I am hoping to paint furniture in bedroom....and clean out our closets! (this one has been on my list for years!)

Big projects for the future.....new flooring downstairs so we can get rid of most of the gates.  I can't tell you how much of a pain it is to constantly climb over the barracades we have up to keep Indy contained. If everything is hardwood flooring then that illiminates the barracades.   This will take place within the next 6 months we think.....can't come soon enough! 

So, today the kids decided that they wanted to make a jungle mural.  They still have good memories of making a rainforest one years ago! So my little troop has been working away in the playroom! 

I am making bbq chicken tacos for dinner! Doesn't that sound so good? I can't wait for dinner! 

Oh and btw, just in case you were wondering.....I have only done 2 days of the workout dvd!! BUt I am hoping to get moving on it this week! :)Mannie is threatening to cancel the whole camera deal so I better get moving! I can't let him win!!! ;)  I guess I have to move the date up past Easter a bit! 

See ya later alligators! 

 

 

Faves....

Taking time to look back on some old posts.....so much fun!  So here are some of the oldies but goodies! 

We sure have had some good times!

 

wow, do I miss these days...

1. personalities

 

2. for photography...the fair.

3. Disney Adventures!

4.the little things.

5. Mommy moments

6. Date night

7. Pet peeves

8. Makes my mommy heart melt

9. More mommy moments.....ahhhh, the good old days!

10. Good times with cute kids!

11. Special memory

12. Preschool days

Australia!

 

Me in a nutshell...

 

I will have to do this again some time! I still have to look back on all the old science table posts as well as some of the special dinners! 

Happy Weekend to you! 

The News from here...

Hello there!

Hello Sheela! I am updating for you!! :)

I have been sort of busy this past week.....

Here is what we have been up to!

1. Got our garbage disposal jammed and got it fixed! 

2. I am going to start taking some online classes ( 4 in total) which will require 20 hours a week full of work...I am already thinking to myself that I will find ways to get out of that workload! But I will see about that! The classes are going toward an english learner credential that I need for teaching.

3. I am going to get my windshield fixed tomorrow after driving around for possibly a few years with a huge crack in it!  I like to ease into big changes to my car! ;)

4. This weekend I am going to see if I can rally Mannie to get moving on "Project House Reorganization 2012"....starting with our bedroom.  I want to paint our furniture white.  And I tried out orange as a possible color combo but wasn't in love with it....see pic:

And then this morning Cami put on a new outfit she got for Christmas and it has  a really pretty blue color and some brown together and I said to myself, "That is the color combo!" Thanks for your color ideas....blue seemed to have won by your ideas anyway! 

5. Cara is on student council....this was unexpected and I am very excited for her....more excited than  I would think I would be.  I guess it is the political science major in me ;)  Here she is at flag salute today....they called the kids up to the front! Btw.....I love the new stars line at Target!! I got Cara the sweatshirt and Cami the skirt! Perfect for 4th of July....or middle of January! ;)

(Let's see how many times I can put this..... ;)  in this post today! ;)

6. The girls may be taking on a new "sport".....we are going to try out a cheer performance team.  I am excited about that.....for now anyway! 

7. I have no food for lunch in the house today so I have to really keep reminding myself to BRING LUNCH TO THE KIDS!!!!! I have to remember at 3 different times today to go and get them lunches....Burger King for Cam and Subway for Cara and Charlie (their requests)....can I do it??????  How much of a heel will I feel like if I forget!!

8. I have done ONE workout with my buddy, Tracy Anderson, and she nearly killed me.  Last night I HAD to take the night off because I had a girls night out ;)....but today, I am going to try it again.  It was the craziest workout I have ever seen.....not that I have seen that many workouts but I IMAGINE it HAS TO BE the craziest workout!!! She started dancing/jumping and didn't stop for 20 minutes.....I was dying.  The kids wanted to do it with me and Cara and Cami were little bundles of energy bopping around! (damm those young, healthy, athletic kids!!)....they were laughing at me.  Of course in my defense, they don't have bladders that can't hold themselves together when jumping and dancing is involved so there!!! 

9. We had cheese fondue and baked potatoes the other night!!! yum! I highly suggest it......but maybe not right  before you are about to start working out with a madwoman though! ;)  So much for Tracy's mealplan!!

10.  Indy got out of her cone last night....she only had 2 more days to go....but we are going to leave it off. It is so nice to be able to hug her without getting a cone hit in the face. Here she is trying to destroy our swings....Cami and Charlie always swing there and it drives her nuts, so she is taking matters into her own hands and showing them who is boss!!!  (Picture taken yesterday when she still had the cone on)

That is all......have a WONDERFUL day!!  ;) ....... did you count?

The Dog Ate My....

You know the saying, "The dog ate my homework" ?

Yes, well, the dog ate my Project Life!! 

This dog!!!!! 

She has been reduced to being allowed in our kitchen only..we made that rule a few months ago.  But our smart and determined little Indy won't stand for that rule!!! 

No, No!! She has a mind of her own so the other day when we had the nerve to leave the house without her (;), she wiggled and wormed her way over the barracade we have set up between the kitchen and the hallway(with a cone on her head btw!!!....she had surgery last week and has a big ole cone on her head).....anyway, she got into my scraproom and went to town!! 

Apparently, Indy LOVES scrapbooking!! 

Yes, my little crafty dog  got into the Becky Higgins box and had a little journaling session of her own!! 

Oh my gosh! This dog!!! 

She sure is a handful! Thank goodness she is the cutest dog in the world (I am biased, I know) and is a sweetheart(when not trashing the house or biting me!). 

Just gotta laugh.  

We had a very mellow weekend here.  I am not sure we did much of anything other than go out to dinner on Saturday to a new restaurant.  We loved it.  The food was great but we decided that we will only go there on date nights because the kids did not appreciate it and it was pricey.  (meaning expensive for a family of 5 to eat- otherwise, reasonable if that makes sense?)  They are still working out the kinks and got my order wrong (2 times) but I kid you not, I would go back because I really liked the atmosphere and I LOVED their pretzels!!! You can always win me over if a good pretzel is on the appetizer menu! 

Sunday we watched the Giant game!! LOVED it! Just in case you do not follow football, the Giants won(a playoff game) and they looked like their old superbowl winning selves again!! There is just something magical about watching a team come together and click.  Can't explain it better than that but my heart was bursting with happiness because the Giants are such a part of my spirit.  So, I was happy watching that in my pj's in bed with my ipad on my lap!

Then I had to run to Target and Trader Joes so we had supplies for the week! 

I watched a little bit of the Denver game but just missed the final play because I had switched over to the Kardashians for a minute! Magic  for Denver fans! 

Oh well.

In other news.....

1.Yvette, I use the Canon Pixma Pro 9000 printer! I love it.

2. MY Tracy Anderson DVD arrived Sat. and I am supposedly starting it today.  I was disappointed though to find that her "method" includes a diet plan!!! I am anti diet plans so that got me a little disgruntled.  But I figure that the deal with Mannie was that I do the workout for 90 days not the diet part.  So, I will do the workout (not very excited about it though) and I will be done somewhere around Easter!   Seems like forever for a gal who dislikes exercising!!  Especially if I am not going to end up with any type of flat belly because I am not doing the diet part!! But I am just going to have to get a picture of the camera I want and tape it up on my fridge or something!! 

3. My house is a complete mess of clutter.  Does anyone else feel the same? Please tell me that your home is bursting at the seams with crap too!!!! Please.  But, everywhere I look, I see "stuff" and it is driving me nuts.  One of the things I find a little disheartening is that I had organzied Charlie's Legos by color which was great and all. But he got quite a few Lego sets for Christmas and so there are a lot of things built and little pieces here and there and no where to fit it all.  I need to get him some shelves for his "masterpieces" because they are taking over his room. 

The only thing I can do is to take a deep breath and just do one thing at a time.....starting with my room.  My goal is to completely gut my room and reorganize and redecorate.  Wish me luck. Maybe if my personal space feels more relaxing then I can just shut the kid's room doors and pretend the rest of the house is fab! ;)

Okay, well, time to go try out the Tracy Anderson workout!! SO EXCITED!!!  ;)

Have a wonderful day!!

 

I DID IT!!!! I DID IT!!!

I DID IT!!!

I finished Project Life 2011!!!! 

Having a slap myself on the back party over here!!

Sorry, but this is HUGE for me!!!
I find it very hard to follow through with projects like this.....meaning those that require constant attention for an extended period of time.

But I did it and I want to thank Becky Higgins for this project idea!!!

 

I love the 3 albums and will cherish them always.

It was hard work and to write on that final journaling card on that last page was such a great feeling!!

Phew.

Here is the end of 2011.......

And the FINAL PAGE!!! Drum roll please!!............

Wahoo!

Here is my advice to you if you are starting......(I know, you didn't ask but now I am an expert since I did it for a year!;)

1. Today is January 6th!! Dude, get moving!! start printing or journaling....DO something!! It is a yucky feeling to feel "behind" on this project and TRUST me, no matter what anyone says, you will feel behind at some point! But get down some of those little details of these past few days! 

2. Invest in ink and paper.....and those page protectors! Nothing worse than sitting down to get "caught up" when your printer stops because you need a new cartridge of Magenta! 

3. Focus on the everyday stuff.....that is what I am most thankful to see looking back on it all.

4. Include all the little stuff your kids make and leave around the house and pieces of their handwriting! So cute.  

5. Get some handrpints in there too!

6. Print out those cute Subway art clips and quotes from Pinterest! They are a cute addition.

7. If I can do it....TRUST me! YOU CAN DO it!!! I am the girl who has tried to do a week in the life quite a few times only to make it to Tuesday and give up!!! 

That's about it!! Well....Maybe one more thing!  Don't get discouraged when you see some of the artsy ones out there!! This isn't for publication, it is for YOUR family!!!! If you try too hard with sewing and what not, you may not be able to stay ontop of the project! Just my advice, as I said, I am not the type to be able to stay ontop of a project like this so trying to get all fancy would have done me in a long time ago!

On that note......time to say good bye for today!

Here is what I am going to work on now......

Just arrived today!! 

Have a fun weekend!