Think on this

How do things change in such a short time? How do feelings change? How do you come to realize things you didn't just 30 some days before. Is it lightbulb moments? Do things just start to click? Did you know them all the time and it was just denial? Or is it just time? Time can do so much. It can heal, it can take away, it can hurt, it can give.

I don't have the answer to this question, nor do I think there is a correct answer. Just something I am pondering..............

And this is Deep thoughts with Bry........

Happy Chinese New Year!

Its the Chinese New Year so I had Chinese for lunch. Beth and I and Zanna ate, and it was good. I had an even better fortune in my fortune cookie! More like a statement cookie but still good. I am not telling cause this one needs to come true! HaHa....Speaking of coming true. I found this and I love it.

post your secret or wish :)

ExampleLike "I wish I could get to know that girl at the rec center"I W I C G T K T G A T R C
Or "I want pudding"I W P.
Repost your wish for the title.Within 5 minutes and the wish will come true.

p.s. don't tell anyone or your wish wont happen

So here goes mine!!!!!!

I W I C H H F G!!!

Got it? Come up with your own!!!!

Also good news! Ryley went back to school today, and he was picked to be the escort for the class Homecoming Representative. Its the same girl that he was class favorite with last year. So I am so excited to dress him all up and get pictures!!!!! Of course I will post when this happens. It is next weekend!

Other news....I am waiting to hear if my puppy is born....This week. I can't wait to see! This weekend should be busy. I hope to take in a movie with Beth and Jess(who should be back from the honeymoon) and it is Stacey's birthday weekend.....so Party out Saturday Night. Kind of excited to go out and party with the girls!

Well it is Wednesday morning and I am sitting here watching it POUR!! Schools are delayed 2 hours which I am kinda bummed about because I wanted to get to the gym! Ryley is home sick again. I got the call to come get him from school Monday. And yesterday I spent a wonderful morning at the hospital getting xrays, steriod shots, and breathing treatments. YEAH! NOT! Took forever! I was able to get the name of a surgeon though! So I am about ready to get his tonsils out and maybe put an end to all this mess. Enough all ready! My friends made me feel good though as I sat there for hours. Jess called from her honeymoon in Jamaica. She held the phone up and said "Hear the waves crashing?" UH! Wish I could trade places! I know she is having a wonderful time. I miss her! I have not seen Beth hardly at all either because of both are kids being sick. But she called me at the hospital to ask if I wanted food. Can I just say that I have great friends. AND!!! I really do not want to leave them!!!!! Speaking of good friends, Stacey joined Scrapshare and thus signed up for a jewelry swap! Woohoo! That made my morning! Good going girl! I can not wait to see what you come up with my creative friend! I need to get mine finished up and postal! I am making 3 of the princess bracelets. 1 for Kendal and her two friends Emma and Zana. I am behind on everything else. No scrapbook pages, no deck of me. Maybe I will get caught up this weekend. We shall see! I am not to worried. With sick kids and a MIL in town what can you do! MIL is leaving today.......which is always good! Snort! We just get under each others skin. But she has helped me out this week so I am thankful for that.

Thats about it for now, but here is a very cool pic I took from my back door. The cardinals just hang out all morning in the trees behind my place. They are beautiful!

52 questions

52 random questions

1. Would you forgive your best friend for sleeping with your wife or husband?uh......
2. Where were you on your 17th birthday?uh.......
3. Have you ever seen a live bat?Yes
4. Is there anyone you hate?totally
5. How much are you on the phone daily?all the time
6. Do you like the color orange?not really
7. Do you find it in your heart to forgive?hmmmm......not really
8. Have you ever seen a prostitute?sure
9. Have you ever seen a real redneck?i live in alabama
10. Do you like tattoos and piercings?yes!!!!
11. What size shoes do you wear?9.5
12. Whats your favorite season?Fall
13. Do you care if people talk smack about you?not really go right ahead..... cause I am probably talking smack about them! Ha
14. Do you like someone?Yes
15. Does your dad call you a nickname?yes
16. Are you in a good mood?yep
17. Do you think people will exist forever?nah, we are too stupid
18. What is your sign?Virgo
19. Do you believe in luck?yes
20. Would you rather sky dive or bungee jump?Sky Dive definitley!
21. Do you like snakes?not really---have I done this survey
?22. Where is one place you would like to visit?Italy
23. Do you like waffles?not really
24. Anything you are looking forward to?yes
25. What clothes are you wearing?shorts, sports bra and hoodie
26. Do you watch TRU TV?nope
27.Be honest, do you like people in general?generally yes
28. Big or small dogs?Both
29. Do you like Big Macs?Never had one! if you can believe it
30. Did someone bother you today?not yet, but it is early
31. What do you think about death?I try not to think about it
32. Sometimes, do you wish you were someone else?sure, I would love to switch lives........like in the movie The Holiday
33. Does someone love you?Everyone loves me
34. Do you know anyone named Dave?yes
35. Name a friend whose name starts with an M?Misty
36. Has anyone ever mistaken you for a family member?my sister
37. Got any nicknames?B, BB, Brick, Breezy
38. What color is your hair?brown
39. Do you like starbucks?not really
40. Are you named after anyone?nope
41. Say you were given a drug test right now. Would you pass or fail?pass
42. How tall are you?over 5'8
43. Are you taller than your mom?yes
44. Do you like the color blue?yes, I do......
45. Who was the last person to send you a AIM?
46. Last restaurant you went to?Ruby Tuesdays
47. What do you order at Outback Steakhouse?steak.....what else
48. How do you like your steak cooked?med. rare, depending on the place.....I like it almost cool in the center and bleeding all over my plate!
49. Last voicemail you receive?Laura....Como esta?
50. What is the first thing you would do if you won five million dollars?vacation
51. How many hours did you sleep last night?not enough
52. Any upcoming concerts you want to attend?don't know of any

The wedding

Jess' wedding was yesterday. It was simply beautiful. A very long ceremony (over an hour). But the priest kept it light and fun. The bridesmaids looked so beautiful, especially Beth. I could not get over it. And of course Jess. Stunning dress and she looked like she was having fun. I did not even see tears! I got to the reception around 3.....First one there(how lame) They wedding party showed up around 4 and we had a pretty good time. I did not Chicken dance or anything but hey, sometimes you just got to say no. Ha, Ha! It was very nice evening.......all though I was there alone. We waved them goodbye around 7 and Beth and I headed out to the car. I was kind of sad my friend was leaving.......but she is having a blast in Jamaica!

Here is a pic of me and Jess. Yes I wore a dress! LOL. I do not have many other pics. My batteries died in my camera. I wanted to CRY! So all my pics of Jess and Ben are blurry. I am waiting for their website to be up so I can see all the professional pics!

Pictures of the Jewelry Swaps

First pic is of the completed Anything Goes Jewelry Swap done by the girls at Scrapshare

Second is the Sweetheart Swap done by the girls at Scrapshare

The Pink charms are my charms for the Little Princess Swap that is Due in March

The green charm is my charm for the Spring Swap due in March

I have two other princess charms and one other spring charm set that I got to find the pics for. I will post later.

So thats what I am working on

3 Princess Charm sets

2 Spring Charm sets

1 Shades of Black Charm

1 Shades of Blue Charm

1 Shades of Green Charm

The Shades of Sets are due in April so I will work on them and get them posted. Hopefully I will be doing a Disney and Patriotic Swap! Can you tell I have a new obsession? I lurve it!

Catching up!

Okay, it dawned on me that I have not been so good with all the challenges. Well you know how it goes. You make all these resolutions in the beginning of January only to let them all slide by the end of the month. The most important things to you always remain clear but the excess usually gets trimmed off. So here is the updates on mine(because I am no different!)

LOAD Challenge. I made it something like 18 days........and then I missed a day. And then another day. Then a week. And then never started back. I wish I could have finished the challenge BUT, I gotta be in the mood to scrap and well I just lost all motivation! Still I love the pages I did, and I got alot done. Thinking back I should have split up those two page spreads and used one per day. So technically I got more done!

Scrapshare Page Challenge

Totals
32 total pages done
1 Altered Big Clip
2 altered drink cases(frappachino and coke)
2 altered soup cans

Also I have done a 4 jewelry swaps.

picture a day--okay, this is really hard. I TRIED! And I did pretty good. But here is the truth. Taking them is one thing , uploading them and labeling is another. UGH! But I have taken quite a bit more in January then I ever would have with out the challenge and that is a good thing!

I have not done any of the Scrapshare Blog Challenges. One I had nothing to write about the other I am still pondering. Sometimes you just got to ponder.....You know!

The night before the wedding!

I have officially had 4 hours sleep. The bride had less. Not sure about the groom. Probably the same. Its all good! I spent last night going out to eat with my mother in law and kids. I did some running around to get some wine and made it over to the church about 9. We loaded up gifts and me , Beth and Jess headed over to the house. The other bridesmaids showed up a little later along with Ben(the groom) and his groomsmen. What happened to Jess's rule about not seeing the groom the night before. That kind of flew out the window! LOL! She said as long as they did not fall asleep and then wake up before the wedding and see each other. Hmmm....okay! We all proceeded to sit around the kitchen table drinking as much as possible. Probably not the brightest move, but hey, I am not the one in pictures today. Can you believe we broke out with the Boones Farm? I mean who does this? I have not drank Boones Farm since like High School. Now I remember why!!!!! At one point we just passed bottles around the table. Sad.....I know. But hey good times to be had, oh, and we had them! Have I mentioned I am going to miss these people when I move?

Good Luck today my friend! Beautiful Bride !

ABC's of me......I am boring you right ?

ABC of Me

The Letter A
Are you available?: to do what?
What is your age?: 28
What annoys you?: one up people. Thank you Laura for teaching me that!

The Letter B
Do you live in a big house?: better question....Who cares?
When is your birthday?: August 25th
Who is your best friend?: I have several great great friends that I could easily call the best

The Letter C
What's your favorite candy?: hmm........lifesavers
Who's your crush?: a vampire called Mick St. John
When was the last time you cried?:????

The Letter D
Do you daydream?: sure do
What's your favorite kind of dog?: I am not sure I have a favorite. It just depends
What day of the week is it?: Saturday

The Letter E
How do you like your eggs?: egg whites only, scrambled
Have you ever been in the emergency room?: To many times to count
What's the easiest thing ever to do?: smile

The Letter F
Have you ever flown in a plane?: yep
Do you use fly swatters?: I am guessing I have, but I don't actively have one in the house
Have you ever used a foghorn?: uh, maybe a couple times

The Letter G
Do you chew gum?:all the time....fav is orbit white wintermint
Are you a giver or a taker?: both
Do you like gummy candies?:hmm.....gummy lifesavers

The Letter H
How are you?: I am fine, how are you?
What color is your hair?: brown, blonde, streaked

The Letter I
What's your favorite ice cream?: one sweet whirled-Ben and Jerrry's
Have you ever ice skated?: yes, took some lessons as a kid
Do you play an instrument?: piano, very poorly and I used to play the flute

The Letter J
What's your favorite jelly bean brand?: jelly belly
Do you wear jewelry?:sure

The Letter K
Who do you want to kill?: what kind of a question is that.?
Do you want kids?:got them
Where did you go for kindergarten?: Central school in huntsville

The Letter L
Are you laid back?: most of the time
Do you lie?:yes....snort(kidding)

The Letter M
Whats your favorite movie?: pride and prejudice
Do you still watch Disney movies?: sure with the kids
Do you like mangos?: yes....nummy......

The Letter N
Do you have a nickname?: lots! B.B, Brick, Breezy, etc. etc.
What is your real name?: Bryonny
Whats your favorite number?: 25
Do you prefer night over day?: depends

The Letter O
What's your one wish?: Just one? hmmm......I could think of several
Are you an only child?: no , one sister

The Letter P
What one fear are you most paranoid about? I guess it is a good thing I can't think of much....maybe snakes, but I am not paranoid or anything
What are your pet peeves?: whining, people who insult you in a round about way
What's a personality trait you look for in people?: someone who likes to have a good time, someone who can make me laugh and smile, someone who can listen without judgement

The Letter Q
What's your favorite quote?: If it is not madness, it is not love
Are you quick to judge people?: I hope not, some people you can right away, but most people I like to get to know before

The Letter R
Do you think you're always right?:I was only wrong once, but it turned out that was a mistake
Are you one to cry?: no , I am not

The Letter S
Do you prefer sun or rain?: depends on what I am doing
Do you like snow?: yes
What's your favorite season?: Fall

The Letter T
What time is it?: 9:05
What time did you wake up?: 7:10
When was the last time you slept in a tent?: Its been a couple years

The Letter U
Are you wearing underwear?: yes
Underwear or boxers?: both

The Letter V
What's the worst veggie?: carrots when they are cooked
Where do you want to go on vacation?: Italy

The Letter W
What's your worst habit?: drinking caffeniene....Is that a habit?
Where do you live?: Ft. Payne, Alabama
What's your worst fear?: ? I don't know

The Letter X
Have you ever had an x-ray?: yeah
Have you seen the x-games?: no
Do you own a xylophone?:no

The Letter Y
Do you like the color yellow?: not so much
What's one thing you yearn for?: hmmmm.........I am not telling :)

The Letter Z
Whats your zodiac sign?: Virgo
Do you believe in the zodiac?: why not
Favorite zoo animal?: elephants

Here is another.......

Welcome to the 2008 edition of getting to know your friends! Okay, here's what you're supposed to do, and try not to be lame and spoil the fun! Copy this entire email and paste into a new email that you can Send, change all the answers so that they apply to you. Then send this to a whole bunch of people you know, INCLUDING the person that sent it to you. Some of you may get this several times (that means you have lots of friends).


1. What is your occupation? stay at home
2. What color are your socks right now? bare feet3. What are you listening to right now? hannah montana
4. What was the last thing that you ate? blackened fish and green beans
5. Can you drive a stick shift? yep7. Last person you spoke to on the phone? jess
8.. Do you like the person who sent this to you? yep!9. How old are you today? 28
10. Favorite drink? beringer
11. Favorite sport to watch? Baseball
12. Have you ever dyed your hair? Yep13. Pets? not currently
14. Favorite food? italian15. Last movie you watched? The wedding singer16. Favorite Day of the year? oct. 31
17. What do you do to vent anger? get really pissed off and spout off to my friends! They are good and let me vent!
18. What was your favorite toy as a child? my little pony19. What is your favorite, fall or spring? Definitely fall20. Hugs or kisses? KISSES
21. Cherry or Blueberry? cherry
22. Do you want your friends to email you back? sure23. Who is most likely to respond? ?24. Who is least likely to respond? ?
25. Living arrangements? an apartment, just me and the kids
26. When was the last time you cried? ? 27. The friend you have had the longest that you are sending this to? krysten
28. The friend you have had the shortest that you are sending it to?laura29. Favorite smell? salt water30. Favorite sound? the ocean waves crashing31. What inspires you? getting out there and trying new things. Doing the things I have always thought about and trying them
32. What are you most afraid of? I am afraid of life passing my by and not doing the things that I want to do
33. Plain, cheese or spicy hamburgers? spicy
34. Favorite car? currently an XTerra, but any truck will do
35. Number of keys on your key ring? 5
36. How many years at your current job? To long :)
37. Favorite day of the week? Saturday
38. WHO WERE YOU NAMED AFTER? A Louis Lamour Book
39. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING. sure
40. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? Turkey41. DO YOU HAVE KIDS? 2
42. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? sure, I am fun! :)43. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? yes, see question 42
44. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? yep
45. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? oh yeah!!!!!!!
46. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Lucky charms47. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? no, but I should
48. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? I am realizing I am!
49. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? cookies and cream or ben and jerry's One Sweet Whirled
50. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? Their body type, jaw lines(I know I am weird) , smile
51. RED OR PINK? both
52. WHAT IS Your LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOU? I don't give myself enough credit.
53. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? DH has been gone a long time
54. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? no shoes, and black exercise pants
55. Do you exercise? Everyday!
56. HAIR COLOR? brown for now
58. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? nope, perfect vision
59. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? happy endings
60. SUMMER OR WINTER? summer61. FAVORITE DESSERT? I love Tiramisu ! good answer Kylene
62. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW? The Harequin by Laurell K Hamilton
63. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? plain black64. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT? part of the Biggest Loser
65. Favorite Singer? Jimmy Buffett
66. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME? Mexico?67. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? Lots of them
68. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? Huntsville, AL69. WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK? everyone's

Got this in an email......so passing it along

Welcome to the 2008 edition of getting to know your friends. What you are supposed to do is copy (not forward) this entire
e-mail and paste it onto anew e-mail that you'll send. Change all the answers so they apply to you, and then send this to your friends including the person who sent it to you. The theory is that you will learn a lot of little things about your friends, that you might not have known.

1. What time did you get up this morning? 5:40 am
2. Diamonds or pearls? Diamonds
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? I am legend
4. What is your favourite TV show? Uh, I repeat Laura........MOONLIGHT.....Is there any other show!!!
5. What do you usually have for breakfast? Powerbar, coffee, water bottle
6. What is your middle name? Anne
7. What food do you dislike? onions
8. What is your favourite CD at the moment? jon mclaughlin
9. What kind of car do you drive? Toyota Corolla
10. What is your favourite sandwich? Quiznos, classic club with bacon....yum
11. Favourite item of clothing? cute panties
12. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation,
where would you go? Italy.....yep already bought the tickets
13. What color is your bathroom? boring white
14. Favourite brand of clothing? no favs, just has to look good
15. To where would you retire? The beach, maybe a island
16. What was your most recent memorable birthday? hmm, fav birthday.....is it sad I can not think of one?
17. Favourite sport to watch? Baseball
18. Farthest place you are sending this to? Afghanistan
19. Who do you least expect to send this back to you? Chris
20. Person you expect to send it back first? Kylene
21. Favourite saying: Nummmy.......Instead of yummy....HaHa
22. When is your Birthday? August 25th
23. Are you a morning person or a night person? I used to be a night person, but this year , I have definetly become a morning person
24. What is your shoe size? Ahhhh 9.5
25. Do you have a pet? A cat MIA who is now living at my parents, but I am getting a dog next month
26. What did you want to be when you were little? a marine biologist
27. What is your favourite candy? Mr. Goodbar if we are talking chocolate bar.....but lately I have been addicted to lifesavers!
28. What is your favourite flower? white daisys
29. What is a day on the calendar you are looking
forward to? November 8th is the set date to leave for Italy! But I am looking forward to some dates in March and April
30. What is your full name?Bryonny Anne Robbins
31. What are you listening to now? The rain
32. What was the last thing you ate? Ice cream cone from MCD's
33. What is the weather right now? raining
34. Do you like the person who sent this to you? Yes!
35. Favourite soft drink? diet mtn. dew
36. Favourite restaurant? This little bar and grill on Treasure Island in Tampa , FL
37. Siblings? 1 sister
38. Favourite day of the year? October 31
39. Favourite toy as a child? care bears, my little ponies
40. Summer or winter? Summer
41. Hugs or kisses? kisses
42. Chocolate or Vanilla? Chocolate
43. Do you want your friends to email you back? Yes
44. When was the last time you cried? When Jess was telling me some of the songs for her wedding and the reasons behind it......I kinda teared up.....yeah, I know so not like me!!!
45. What is under your bed? some boxes
46. Who is the friend you have had the longest? Stacey, ever since I met her in the bathroom in 6th grade....
47. What did you do last night? Passes out watching a movie after going to MCD's with Jess and Ben.
48. Favourite smell? Citrus
49. Plain, buttered, or salted Popcorn? Plain!
50. How many years at your current job? What job?
51. Favourite day of the week? Saturday
52. How many towns have you lived in? 9-10 easily!!
53. What is your pet peeve? Hallelujia Laura! one up people.........move on!!!!!!!

recipe for me~just a little fun

The Recipe For Bry

3 parts Genius2 parts Fearlessness1 part Prosperity Splash of Silliness Limit yourself to one serving. This cocktail is strong!

What's" the Recipe for Your Personality?

Fun times with the girls

Great party! I can't believe it has taken me a week to write about it. I have been putting in some major hours at the gym, and then of course it was a short week. Time sure does fly. Chris birthday was this week. It was the second year we spent it apart. Last year we got a cake and celebrated. This year , I just let it pass. Sometimes you just have to let days go by. Time is doubling up. I have already lived a January with out my husband. Anyway! STacey came over to go to the party with me as well as my cousin Krysten and her friend Evelyn. We had a great time. There was about 13 of us there including the consultants. The bubbly was flowing and the party got off to a great start! Of course put me and Stacey in the same room and we kind of feed off each other. i love that about our relationship! We had fun posing for some great pics. Had way to much to drink, but had an incredible time. We hooked my girl Jess up! She should have a great honeymoon!!! The wedding is just a few days away, I am very excited for her.

Well I forgot to post highlights of the week so I will now.

1. The party-alot of fun, and its been awhile since I had a girls night!

2. Spending time with Stacey. Its been a crazy year for both of us. We both wish we could have more time together. But that is what is great about our relationship, whenever we are together we always have a great time!!

3. I will add today's run to my highlights. I did about 8-9 miles. I am exhausted but man did that feel good. I feel like I am finally getting back in the groves of things.

best pictures for the week

It has been another crazy week here. I should be up cleaning the house and doing laundry. Tonight is the bachelorette party and I have some friends staying over. The kids are at the grandparents house and I had last night to myself again. I sat around , finished up my Anita Blake novel, and watched Moonlight. I am so not happy about waiting possible 6 months for the return!!! It was a good episode, but a little bitter sweet knowing it was the last one. Sheesh, I have not been so hooked on a show in so long!

It snowed this week. Wedneday afternoon it came down for hours. Nothing accumulated but it was so pretty. I met Jess at spinning class and we all watched it through the windows as we rode. At the end of class we did this pretend road race(called drafting) We turned out the lights and pulled up the blinds as it snowed. It was exhilirating! Great workout. I have been to the gym a few times this week , but slacked off the cardio a little. Did well on the diet , and did well on the weight lifting but only did 3 days of good solid cardio.

Chris sent some new pictures. Well they were uploaded to the Nuristan website(link on your right). I love seeing pics of him when I have not seem him in so long. Its an odd feeling. We are almost to the two month mark! Better get my butt in gear! I am adding a pic here of him, he is wearing the Alabama Hat I sent him. It looks totally out of place, I love it!

Oh yeah, and I have kept up with the LOAD Challenge. It has been a struggle this week but I did it. I have another card for the deck of me challenge to do as well. I will get some uploaded later.

Brave Girl

Kendal is so brave. We went shopping today with Jess and Emma. Emma has her ears pierced. Well this intrigued K, who constantly goes around with clipons. I will admit I secretly want her ears pierced but would always want it to be her choice. Well we walked into Claires to get some bows, she saw the earings and asked me to get them done. She was determined, even after I told her it would sting or hurt a little. She made it through the first ear, Eyes got real big, but not one drop fell! Second one......She let it all out for about a minute. Them she was so proud. She showed them to everyone! She is still very happy, I am not sure how happy I will be with all the cleanings, but it will be easy I hope! Oh did I mention she picked the most expensive ones out. So my child!

Best of this week

1. Box from Laura.......Laura was continuing with her gifts for the year. She altered a paint can for me. It was absolutely awesome!!! I need a pic of it , and will get one on here soon.

2. My workouts.....I ate great all week, staying on the diet and worked out faithfully every day!

3. I had friday night to myself without the kids. I just stayed home watched my Moonlight and scrapping and that was a great break.

4. Got my new phone, so I am not going around with my headphones on.

5. Moonlight(I can't forget this)

6. Laughing on the phone with Laura over you tubes!



Here is a pic I took yesterday as well. I am still taking them almost everyday , just not uploading them as much! I am really enjoying altering pics. I spend way to much time with this.

keeping busy

Here are the recent layouts for the LOAD Challenge and as promised my Deck of me Cards.

Week 1- Goals for 2008

Week 2-Quote that fits my life right now

Friday, Saturday, and Sunday

First of all Friday.......did you see the episode of Moonlight? Wow! again....Wow! Love it. My friend Kylene called me afterwards. I knew what that phone call was about! We talked for a long time about where the show was going and how hot we think Mick ST. John is! The next day I talked to Laura. Pretty much the same conversation except we spent the evening sending you tubes back in forth. Trying to out do the other. She sent me a "Im to sexy" one, after I had sent her the "naughty boy" one. Then we found a Hey Micky, and a "Im bringing sexy back" video. Seriously , we have nothing better to do........I wish I could post them all here for your enjoyment and some day I will get to it. I will try to put them at the bottom of the page. So scroll down, maybe I got it done!

Saturday was the bridal shower of a friend. And it went over well, took forever to open gifts, but afterwards we had a good time. Goofing around making pics. I love this girl, I tell ya. She has been a saving grace here. Here is a pic of us at the shower. The Bride(jess), me, and Beth. Now I got some really funny pics of her with bows on her head and stuff, but I am not sure we would like me to post that for the world. I am sure next weekend will be some even better pics at the bachelorette party! Can not wait!

Crazy week

I have been crazy busy this week, but I have managed to get the layouts done. NOt much else though! I have been working

out like mad and taking spinning in the afternoons. This is the first full week for both kids and it has taken its toll on me. One thing that did get done this week was the booking of my Italy Trip. I am so stinking excited about this! Going with hubby and sister and brother in law. Trip is in November for 10 days. I have never been overseas. My one place to ever visit overseas is Italy. Of course there are so many other places but if I only get to go once, I wanted it to be Italy. So this is very special, not to mention one of my "things to do before 30".

Other things happening this week......New episode of Grey's Anatomy, and Friday night is a new episode of Moonlight. I can not wait!!

Also I have a friend getting married in a few weeks so I have been trying to plan a "slumber" party for her. Its going to be really fun and a good friend /consultant is going to come over and do the party for us. I am looking forward to a night out with friends. Now to ask the parents to watch my kids. ugh! NOt fun. Same friend is having a bridal shower this weekend so I have got to ask them for this Sat. too. I was really doing a good job at staying away from my parents house. I mean I take my clothes to the laundry mat, pick up my mail once a week, etc. Oh well, it will just be one afternoon.

One thing I have totally slacked off with this week is my picture a day, unless you count taking a pic of my layout. So those will have to do. I need to get more in the habit of taking my camera everywhere. I will get back into this though! I will!

Oh and picked up another scrapbooking challenge. Deck of Me challenge. 52 cards, 52 weeks , one a week. Topic are being posted weekly. I think this will be fun, and its just for me. I will do it on the weekend. I will post some soon!

Pic for the day

K.K. taking a picture. Verdict is still out on this kid camera. How the heck do I get the pics on the computer? EVery time I try to upload it says there are no pics! One day I will figure it out. Like every other electronic in my house.....If I only had time to read the manual that go with them. We all cleaned the house today really really good. Then the kids played Wii while I scrapbooked. I like the Wii, except I am not liking my son's atitude when he does not get to play it. I believe that until I can work on a reward system for it. It will be restricted for the weekends. End of story! I am tired of fighting over it. With school back in session for everyone this week(yeah!) then there will be even less time for it during the week. I actually think that this will be a fun family system once Chris gets home. Right now, I can not get into it to much. It takes to long for them to talk about how to play and what is going on. Rye is constantly calling me into the room to read the screen. NO thanks!

Well January 6th the dreaded 1 year mark came and went. And now it is just getting through the next few months and this will all be over. Tommorrow is back to the gym. I only have 3 months to look really good for the return!!!!

I will end this week with my weekly blog challenge.

What made me happy this week:

• Moonlight tshirts from my friend Laura
• A box of books and a writing challenge from my friend Kylene(We had challenged each other to write things in each other we liked) It was a great gift to get hers in writing(I had sent an email!)
• The knowledge that I have great friends that interest , challenge , and love me!
• A year down, and the excitement of this deployment being almost over!
• Challenging myself to do layouts everyday.
• Scrapbooking on QVC-definetly makes me happy!