How about a little series?

I thought it might be fun to do a small little series on how I organize and prepare my scrapbooks.  I think I've talked about it before, but that was ages ago...as in actual several years.  So, I thought I might update it a bit.  I'm going to do a few posts on several different ideas such as:
*organizing and printing photos
*sketches and scrapbook layouts
*organizing pages in my scrapbooks
* turning your sketches into layouts
*getting ideas for sketches
*and any other ideas that come up along the way.


Please keep in mind that while my craft room looks like an actual bomb went off in it, I am very anal about organization and the order of my scrapbooks.  And really my craft room doesn't look that bad as I can actually see the floor and my desk.  That is a small victory.


If you have any questions or suggestions for this, please let me know.  You can email me or leave a comment in the comment section.  Let's have some fun with this, and feel free to share with your friends.

Weekend Round Up

Maddie's new pet...A Venus Fly Trap.  He is obsessed with it.

 Blooms on our plum trees.

My herb garden

JoJo's wardrobe malfunctions.

The weather this weekend has been beautiful.  I have been waiting and wishing for warm weather and it finally came.  We spent most of our time outside getting the garden and yard ready.  We got a composter as well.  So we will be composting fools around here.  

I hope you all had a great weekend too.

New Simple Stories AVAILABLE!!!!

Beautiful new Simple Stories can now be ordered.  Go here to find the products.  Just click on the Simple Stories section.  

On another note, I'm getting everything ready for my February Project Life spread.  It may be a little late, because I have to order a few pics online and have them delivered in the mail.  But I will share as soon as possible.  Have a wonderful and blessed weekend!

JoJo You...

JoJo You Are:

•A "Mota" boy...that is short for Kabota.  You want your very own Mota for our house.  Every time we drive by the Kabota Dealership you actually get upset that you can't have one.

•You want to be a backhoe, or an excavator operator when you grow up.

•You also want to be a Police Officer when you grow up.  You asked me yesterday if you get turn into one and I told you when you grow up.  Then you asked if you could grow up now.  I told you No, and you got upset that you couldn't grow up right that instant.  But you want to be a police officer so you can have a taser, a gun, and handcuffs, and a police car.

•You love to eat blueberries and salad.  

•You are so helpful.  You always want to help me do stuff around the house.

•You are my forklift.  When I do laundry and need towels put away, I yell, "Forklift."  You come running down the hall making tractor noises with your arms extended and get the towels and take them to the closet.

March Memory Works Sneak Peek

Go here to order, or you can email me too.  I hope you all had a great three day weekend.  We did, except for we were lazy with a capital L.  I know I'm going to hate myself tomorrow for it, but oh well.  At least I made it to the store so we have food.

Ripped in 30

I've been doing this DVD for the past week, and I have to tell you that I am DYING!  My legs, and butt are so stiff and sore it is a miracle I'm not traveling in a wheelchair.  

But despite that, I really like this DVD.  It's a circut:  Strength, Abs, and Cardio.  Jillian is a little annoying in the video.  Sorry, Jillian, you are my favorite Biggest Loser Trainer, but I had to say it.  What I love about this DVD is that it is only about 25 minutes give or take, a workout.  25 minutes, that is so easy to fit into a schedule.  I do it when I get home from school.  Then I have the rest of the evening to do what I need...at half speed due to the soreness.  But, it does feel so good to be sore.  And I already feel so much better.  I really needed to start working out again, and I'm really, really glad that I have.  

My workout schedule goes like this:

Saturday:  Week One

Sunday, Monday: Week One

Tuesday:  Rest

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday:  Week One

Saturday:  Rest

Sunday:  Week 2

And so on and so forth for week 3 and 4. 

Just thought I'd share.  

Love You (12x12 Layout)

All Supplies are from Memory Works Express January 2012 Kit 

As promised, a Valentine's Day Themed Layout.  I don't know why, but this is one of my favorite pictures of Erik.  I just love it for some strange reason.  

Happy Valentine's Day!