if it's groovy!

i can finally announce that ms. groovy deborah has invited me to become a member of her groovy design team. how exciting! i'll be working on 2 page layouts (ooooh a challenge!) and also participating in her monthly challenge. i was asked fairly close to the april deadline (and i'm pretty sure the surgeon took my sb mojo gland instead of the one he was supposed to remove), so i haven't got a layout for april. yet. but i'll be working on it!
this month is national frog month (go figure!), and that's the theme for deborah's monthly RAK opportunity. so pull out your froggies, whether they be princes or toadies, and hop on over to if it's groovy to enter the contest :)

i'm not usually the type to pass things like this on, let alone pray for anything, but i find i cannot resist this poor, innocent baby and the struggle he and his family are going through. if you have it within yourself, please send a prayer their way:

i had the surgery on thursday. ask me again in a week, but at this point i never would have chosen the procedure if i'd known it was going to be this painful. i feel like i've had a good pounding in the face by a very large man with brass knuckles, a scent of garlic and a name like vinny. my poor nose hurts (as do the rest of my sinuses) and is swollen to nearly twice it's size. this too shall pass?

i haven't gotten much scrapping done, but i manage to finish all of my c2p layouts before the deadline (well one was a little late...) sweet bug, let's go fly a kit, bubble beard, and swimsuit models were done with the delicious march kit; fancy pants daily grind papers and embellishments. while i really like most of amy's kits and always have fun working with them, this one is definitely in my top three. :)

although i've been out of it (i had a panic attack coming down from the anesthesia and that in and of itself was scary, and then vicodin is just not good to me), evie was very excited coming home from her ballet class today--they got to try on their costumes for the upcoming spring recital. i must have missed the day miss liz showed the pictures, but that'll be a nice surprise. i believe they will be blue and lavendar butterflies :) she was also told that she needs to practice at home, so we'll have to work on that. evie's not so good with independent activity. like me, she prefers to be with other people. :) school has been going very well for her--this year has been amazing to me. she's READING! and getting so good at spelling and sounding things out!

andy's about the same. they lost someone at work and so he's been busier than usual, having to take customer support calls. he'd rather program but is glad that this is spurring the new sales guy to help out with the phones more.

i've started a new project for my sister--she gave me a shoebox full of pictures that i'm scrapping for her. don't really know why i've taken on another project when i have many many many shoeboxes full of photos, myself, except that i'm no good at saying no, especially when it's from someone i love and also a sincere compliment. :) so the "too much party" and two senior prom layouts are for her.

squeeeeee!

i've just received notice that four of my layouts will be published in the next issue of scrap 'n art ezine! i'm so excited :D :D :D
i will have to take these down for the period between april and july, but i'm just so tickled!!

lots of catching up to do!

in fact, i often feel like i spend most of my life rushing to catch up on something. or with something. i really have to remind myself to slow down and enjoy things. :)

but here's a random happy thought that just happened to make itself accessible to my camera:

how can you not be happy looking at a little girl curled up under the couch cushions sleeping in a sunbeam?

the CAT scan went fine. it was weird but the entire thing lasted under 5 minutes. heck, i was in and out of the office within 15! anyway, i'm not really sure i get the whole thing; like every specialist appointment i've ever had, there was more waiting than there was time with the doctor and i never think of the questions i need to ask while i'm there. he thinks a surgical procedure that has something to do with my mucus glands and draining my sinuses will help, so i'm scheduled for 3/19. it's outpatient so it shouldn't be too bad. :)

so i have been one busy scrapper this last month! first, i finished off my february c2p inspiration squad layouts. this kit was way out of my comfort zone with it's bright blues and reds but i really got into it and managed to make some pretty layouts, too. at least i think so :)

then there are several for a weekly challenge i'm participating in:

poetry in motion--a haiku and photos showing motion

bling baby! lots of bling and at least 6 embellishments


over under sideways down--i don't remember everything lol but you had to have one vertical and one horizontal photo, an element going up and down, something with at least 3 layers, and something hidden.


the last challenge was to use the oldest, ugliest, FUGLIEST patterned paper you could find! i had this really bright and obnoxious tinkerbell paper pack. i cut out the butterflies, leaf, heart, and flower from some of the more obnoxious papers and used the pink, green and orange for blocking. :) i think it turned out rather pretty!

sorry...it's been a month since i last posted so i've got a lot. :D

i realized the day before evie's school valentine's celebration that i had no valentine's cards for her to hand out. i asked her if she wanted me to go get her some pretty ones or if she wanted to make some with me and she chose make them, of course. so we ate dinner and got to work. she went to bed and i kept working. then we lost power at 10-ish and it didn't come back on. so i finished the last 2-3 by candlelight. thank goodness there are only 10 children in her class!!






....and that's all folks! i'll be back soon with my march commit2paper layouts :)

my february c2p kit!!

it's SO FUNKY! i'm having a lot of fun with the prima {you}th collection!

more snow?

yes, indeed. we have now had snow on the ground (enough that you can't see grass) consistently since thanksgiving. we currently have a good 18" to 2' that's lasted since early/mid-january. and guess what i just saw when i looked out the window? yeah, you guessed it. it's snowing. oh, sure, it's light. BUT IT'S STILL SNOWING. gah.
anywho, this sinus infection that i haven't been able to kick is still kickin' my butt. it's been since the beginning of december now; i've had two rounds of antibiotics and it's still there. so my doc is sending me to an ear/nose/throat guy, which means i have to have a CAT scan. i've never had one before, trying not to dwell on it too much.
so what's a girl to do? tired, snowed in, achey in the head? well, scrap of course!!