Happy Birthday Kristi Smith!

This girl makes me laugh almost every day!

Sooo...

Have a great day and thanks for being such a great blogging bud! I wish I could come spend your bday with you! :) HUGS!!!

What Do I Do with Myself?

My boys are gone to Maine to spend the week with my in-laws on the lake and my good buds Rachael and Cindy are on vacation all week. What am I gonna do with myself without them to chat on the phone with and my boys to keep me occupied? Does anyone want to come and visit so my house isn't so quiet? LOL! It was so strange after Michael left this morning. I had no one to tell, "brush your teeth, wash your face, put some sunblock on", no lunches to make, and the house was eerie! You'd think I'd be doing the happy dance but I'm not! LOL!

Maybe I'll get some scrapping in! I've got to get to Staples for more in though because my printer ran out of Photo Magenta and Black yesterday. I had black but no PM! Dang I hate that! I'm gonna buy one of every color so I have them on hand! The one thing I am going to look forward to is if I need to stop and do any shopping this week I can and won't have to worry about being late for daycare pickup! Oh and I was folding laundry this morning because I was ready with 45 minutes to spare! So that's a plus! But I can't wait till Friday when we'll be heading up to Maine to see the boys.

Oh and I just talked to them both and they are having a blast already! It seems that my oldest Jake and his cousin Joey (there are 4 boys up there) were playing Tether Ball and that Jake may have given Joey a black eye already! So the excitement has already started! They are off to go tubing very soon (something I don't want to think about) becae it's a gorgeous day already up there. Funny it's pouring here!

Anyway, that's all I've got for now. Have a great Monday!

Need a favor please!

This guy is in a battle of the bands and is the best friend of my son's awesome guitar teacher. I'm trying to help him get to first place. He's in 2nd right now. If you wouldn't mind can you go here:

www.haverhillrocks.com

Click on the "Vote" part of the image in the middle of the screen.

Scroll down until you see Tim Cannon and vote pretty please!

Thanks in advance! You all rock!

Have a great Wednesday!

I Paper Scrapped!

And it felt good! Of course it wasn't even a page for me! Chris needed someone else to scrap her photo for a challenge she is in and since she was visiting and had her camera with photos of her son on it we figured it was the pefect time to do a page! So then I got the bug of course but I just did that one page and then we took the boys to the lake for a swim. When I got home I went for a walk with Josh and then it was dinner time and after dinner I was too tired to do anything so that one page is it for me I guess! So here is the page I did for Chris:

Chris and I had a nice but too short visit. I picked her up on Sat about 1ish and we went to AC Moore (paper was 40% off) and got some cool stuff, then she took me out to lunch and then we stopped at Wally World so she could stock up on some adhesive she can't get at home and then we went back to my house for Pomegranet Martini's! YUM. I think I've converted Chris from a wine drinker! ;) So although I got to spend 24 hours with her I'm glad she's coming back next month too! CA is just too far for one of your best friends to live!

And now it's Monday morning and time for work so have a great day all!

It's Friday!

Woohoo! I was a bit under the weather yesterday but I am feeling a bit better today and I'm so glad the weekend is almost here. Just a few hours at work and two glorious days off! I am hoping to make it to my scrapbook room maybe at some point, other than to clean it before Chris comes! LOL! I really am cranking out the digi pages but its' just not the same! I need to get my hands dirty! :)

In the digi news, I did do three girly pages this week though! I love doing girly pages! I signed up for 3 photo swaps just so I could do them! And I totally hate doing swaps! I always stress doing someone elses photos! But at least with digi if the photo owner doesn't like the page they just delete it. It's hard to throw away all that awesome paper stuff if you don't like the page! ;)

Anyway, I swapped photos with girls from Shawna's CT and Traci's CT. I ended up with two on Traci's team because we had an uneven swap amount, and guess what, I was good with that, more girl photos for me! LOL! Here are the three pages I did:

First is Laura McGee's niece Hailey, she's a cute little blond! I used Traci Reed's Vibrant kit for this one:

Other credits can be seen here: http://123-scrap.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=12618&cat=500&ppuser=12

Second was a photo of Meghan (flirtatousbrat)'s gorgeous daughter. And I barely even used pink on this one! I know I shocked myself too! LOL! I lifted this design from my good friend Cindy!

Credits Here: http://123-scrap.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=12651&cat=500&ppuser=12

And lastly I got to do Maria LaFrance's adorable daughter Piper! So cute!

Credits: http://123-scrap.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=12652&cat=500&ppuser=12

I actually finished 9 pages this week since Saturday! Not bad! I can't finish 9 pages at a weekend long crop when I do paper pages! LOL!

So that's it for me, I'll be back on Sunday or Monday! Have a great weekend all!

My Gotcha Page

The Digi Chick had a great weekend full of challanges and awesome prizes this weekend. I ended up winning two gift certificates from it. One for Natalie Braxton's store and one to The Digi Chick store so that was even better! Anyway, one of the challenges was to download a stock photo and make up a story about it. I knew exactly what photos I wanted to search for on Stock.xchng and had a lot of fun with my page. Here it is:

I also did a bunch of other things from the challenges they had, it was a very productive weekend digi wize. Granted my paper scrapping has really been slacking! I need to get down to my room and soon before I forget how! Plus there will be so much dust down there from lack of use I'll actually have to clean it! ;)

I get to see my good friend Chris this weekend so I'm very excited about that. Unfortunately it's not for a happy occasion that she is coming all the way from California, her Gram died and the funeral is back here. I am sorry about her Gram but she did live a very long life of 99 years and I'm very happy that she's coming to spend a day and night with me on Saturday! Can't wait! Not sure what we are gonna do but it will be great no matter what!

So that's it with me so far this week. I hope everyone has an awesome Tuesday!

Digi Deal!

I know I'm a hardcore paper scrapper but I haven't been able to get into my scraproom for awhile (other than some hybrid projects) so yes, I'm talking more digi here!

If you haven't already, you need to go and sign up for Traci Reed's newsletter.

Go here: http://www.tracireed.com/lists/?p=subscribe

You get this kit for FREE and a different free kit every month just for signing up! How cool is that?

And you should also run over and check out the big sale Shawna is having! She's retiring a bunch of stuff and pretty much her whole store is on sale right now!

So not much else new here, did a couple of challenge pages for The Hawt Mama's Blog Challenge. An AAM page which I'm so not good at and also my Hybrid project is over there too. And that's about it.

So happy Hump Day! Have a great one!

It's Saturday!

Man I hate short weeks, especially with a day off in the middle, they seem so darn long! I didn't think Saturday would ever get here! I woke up bright and early this morning and while everyone was still asleep I had my coffee and did a couple of digi pages. Credits can be seen here: http://123-scrap.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=12590&limit=recent

Credits Here: http://123-scrap.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=12589&limit=recent

And once everyone wakes up I'm going to clean the house and then go out and do some yardwork if the rain stays away. Tomorrow it's supposed to be in the 90's so I want to get it all done today.

And that's it for now. Hope you all have a great weekend!

Back Bloggin!

Hello all you out there in blogland! First off all can I just send out each one of you that has commented and kept me in your thoughts a HUGE hug! Thank you all so so much! It has meant a tremendous amount to me to have such awesome friends!

I'm still working out a lot of stuff but the last month has definitely seen some changes. First with the 6" I cut off of my hair! I have had the same hairstyle for 25 years and decided it was time for a change.

Now to lose this weight I've put on and work through some of my other issues.

I was accepted to two new Creative Teams, two of my dream teams as a matter of fact!
Shawna Clingerman most likely got sick of me and just let me in I've applied every time she's had a call and was even guest for her at the end of last year. I've been a huge fan of her work since I discovered Digi Scrapping.

Traci Reed also invited me to be part of her 'Altered' CT. I have also been a huge fan of Traci's since I discovered her stuff. AND I get to digi and paper scrapping at the same time! I made my first altered project this past weekend for the Team Blog go and check it out, instructions are included and you paper scrappers can just use your scrapping stuff! ;)

So that's what's up with me since my last post. I just want to say thanks again for sticking it out with me!

Have a great 4th of July!

Thank You Blog Buds!

I just wanted to pop in here and say thank you all for the wonderful comments I've been receiving via email thru your blog comments. Your friendship and caring means the world to me at this time and always. I don't want you to think that I haven't responded out of ignorance, it's because I don't have all of your emails and when the comments come thru they have a no-reply address. So I'm receiving them all and I appreciate each and every one! I'm still here and still working out my 'stuff'! Thanks for thinking of me! Hugs!

Back in a Bit

To my few faithful blog readers...

I'm thankful for you I really am, you are the one stable thing in my life right now but I've got to take a break from everything for a bit. There's some not so nice things going on in my life that I'm really not capable of going into but just know that once I can figure them all out, I'll be back to my random musings. Thanks so much for coming here and checking in on me, I really do appreciate each and every 6 of you! ;)

Hugs!

Play Kaboodle Bingo at Elemental Scraps

Go check it out here:

http://www.elementalscraps.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6007&highlight=Kaboodle

Weekend Recap

We had a nice visit with my MIL and FIL on Friday and Sat. but I ate way too much! Then Sunday and Monday we kind of just hung around and I got some paper scrapping and a little beading in. I think this bracelet reminds me of the beach, I wished I'd had some kind of beachy charm to add to it but I think it turned out OK:

I did 3 paper pages, no new photos because my printer was out of ink but at least they are done. This one is based off a sketch I created for 123-Scrap and I loved the papers but I think the black flourish is throwing it off. I may need to change it. I thought with the rub-ons it would be OK but I think because it's not flat it sticks out too much, KWIM?

And this one is of course in my favorite color combo since I can never resist the chance to use it! It's based off a digi sketch template by my friend Rachael

And this is a digi page I did last night. I found these old photos over the weekend when I was looking for some other photos on CD for Michael. I couldn't resist scrapping these since they make me smile so much! Sketch Template by Jen Caputo, Kit is Little Bug by Peppermint Creative, Stitching and Frames are by Gina Miller:

And that's all I've got for now. Hope you all have a great Wednesday!

Happy Memorial Day Weekend and A Freebie for my Digi Friends!

It's an extra long weekend here at the Bumbaca household. My MIL and FIL came to visit yesterday and they just left a few minutes ago. We had a very nice visit. They brought the newest member of the family to visit with them. I was a bit leary of that but that's another story and it turned out to be OK anyway. My newest BIL, Mickey is 10 weeks old and very cute! Here is one photo of many I took of him over the last two days:

I am wiped out! I cleaned house until 9pm Thursday night, got up and ran errands Friday am before my inlaws got here, cooked a big spaghetti and meatball dinner salad and strawberry shortcake (thanks to Kendra for the craving) for dinner last night, then today made sausage biscuits with gravy, eggs and fruit salad for breakfast, we went for a nice walk this afternoon and then I made marinated steak tips and some yummy potatoes for lunch and some cookies before they left this afternoon! And of course in between took lots of photos and played with the puppy! ;) Oh and did I mention Jake had a baseball game in there too! LOL! I plan on doing nothing tomorrow! Well except maybe head down to my scraproom for a bit! I'll need to go to Staples for some ink first since I am out of yellow and I know I'll just have to scrap some new photos from this weekend even tho I've got a million older photos needed to be done! ;)

I got a fun kit from Kendra left over from one of the classes she taught in the mail today and since I can't take any of her classes that's the next best thing! She is incredibly talented and I am thrilled to have the kit to at least make something she designed!

OK, I've done enough chatting. On to the freebie. I made these silk flowers during the same time I made the shades of blue kit. I've not been back to the whole designing thing again but I've got a few things stored up to share every now and then. I'm going to have to do a lot more learning to be any good at it that's for sure but hopefully for my digi friends you can get some use out of these. Here is the preview:

And here is the download link:
http://www.4shared.com/file/16708984/e654da18/pretty_petals.html

Enjoy and have a great rest of the weekend!

I Paper Scrapped!

For the first time in a month! I only got one page done but boy it felt good! I tried to start on an altered project too but I started to feel yucky in my tummy and had to quit. I'm headed down there for a couple of hours before I have to get ready for a double header baseball game and then a wake after this post to see how far I can get again today. Karen maybe I'll finish your bday present! :)

So here is my page. I used Teresa Collin's of Junkitz Extreme Boy Line. Love it!!! I've been waiting for a special photo to use these papers, I think I found it!

It's been raining here all weekend which is why they are trying to get a double header in today but from the looks of the rain today not to sure that is going to happen either. Well maybe more scraptime for me then! ;)

Hope you all have a fabulous day! See ya tomorrow hopefully if I have anything to post about!

Nose for Sale!

I want a new one! One that doesn't run! Man allergies are the pits! I'll sell these itchy eyes while I'm at it too. LOL! I got some eye drops from the doc, they are supposed to be really strong, the co-pay was $45 (which means they are tier 1) and they worked for all of 5 minutes. You can use them twice a day. I won't be refilling those! I also got Allegra. Not high on my recommendation list either. Another one that you take 2x a day. It works all of about a nano-second.

Yesterday was exciting. We had tornado watches start up at about 2:30. Right when my son gets home from school and an hour before I leave from work. I'm 40 minutes away from home. Jake calls and says "Mom, when are you coming home? It's raining like crazy and there are tornado watches!" I say "Can you go next door?" He says "Nope, they aren't home." Great! So I say, "Watch the news, if the tv starts that buzzing noise you call me right away and I'll tell you what to do." What else can I do? In the end we just had some serious downpours, thunder, lightening and no baseball! :) But that means a makeup game tomorrow night. Bummer!

The CK Convention is in town this weekend and I was hoping to sneak over there. Oh well, I guess I'll save a few pennies. Who am I kidding I'll save mega bucks! :)

I am really hoping to get down to my scraproom this weekend . Granted I have to figured out when I'll actually have time to do that but maybe just maybe. I've got so much stuff to work on pending down there and some major dust bunnies building up from no movement in that room! LOL!

OK, well I've got not much else going on so I guess I'll leave you. Have a happy day!

Check This Out!

My good friend Rachael isn't just designing templates anymore! She's joined the element and paper world too! She was invited to join the 2nd Digital Tag team! The kit is fabulous! And for 8.99 it's a steal! It's jam packed with stuff! Here is a little sneak peak.


In other news we had a fabulous day in Boston on Mother's Day. We went out for some great eats to a restaurant we learned about when Jen and Adam came to town last summer. My DH actually wants to go back for Father's day. Jen want to come with us? ;) And we took the boys to the top of the Prudential Center and they just loved that! I got some fun photos of a Red Sox game going on at Fenway Park!

and here's another of the City:



It was just a perfect day.

Last night Jake had a baseball game. They won, 17-6. Jake had 4 terrific hits to the back of the field, I thought he was going to hit one over the fence for sure! I think this is his year for his first home run! It was a great game! They played the Red Sox of all teams to beat! ;) Funny Josh's team got crushed by the Red Sox on Saturday! ;) Tonight it's Soccer practice and tomorrow night it's two more games at the same time different fields, I wish I could clone myself so I could be at them both! I hate having to say no to one! :(

OK gotta work! Have a great day!

Busy Saturday!

We are off for a full day! First Jake has Baseball pictures at 8:10 and then Jake has a baseball game at 9am and Josh has a soccer game at the same time. So I'll be running back and forth trying to take photos of them both! Then I have to run Josh to the car to change for after his game gets over at 10 for his baseball photos at 10:30! Thank goodness this is all at the same place! Only because it's not raining today! If it were yesterday we'd be running clear across town! Then we get to go home to take a breather and eat some lunch and it's back to another part of town for Josh's baseball game! This is my life until the end of June or maybe the beginning of July! At least I'm driving today so I can do it myself instead of being a 14 yo again and having my mommy take me! LOL!

OK I'm outta here! All you Mom's have a very happy Mother's Day tomorrow! Hugs!

Not Much New Here

I'm still working from home and going to PT twice a week. I go back to driving on Monday. Mother's Day is Sunday and because I'm not driving I have not bought cards or gifts yet! Of course Michael calls me today and says, will you order yourself that lens that you want? It's never a surprise for me! LOL! I'm getting this:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00009XVCU/ref=ord_cart_shr/002-3265576-0568058?%5Fencoding=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&v=glance

And a wireless remote, some lens hoods I need and of course the UV Filter for it. Sometimes it's not bad shopping for yourself! :)

I am not getting much scrapping done, I'm spending only work time on the computer and my neck can't handle paper scrapping at all even if I had the time. We have baseball games/practices, soccer games/practices almost every night and most of the day on Sat! I think we may have one night off this week. My mom's been a trooper driving us all over the place but man I feel like I'm 14 again! LOL!

So that's all I've got. Hope you all have a Happy Hump Day!

Happy NSD!

To all my scrapping pals! I hope you all got some great scrap time or scrappy shop time in! Today I had 2 soccer games and one baseball game so needless to say I did no scrappying what-so-ever. I did manage to spend some money in the digi world tho! Can't miss out on those sales! ;)

Speaking of sales check out the May Mega Kit at Digi Scrap Shak :

Aren't those colors awesome! And the size, yep it's Mega alright! Hurry over to the shak and scoop it up!

And be sure to leave a comment and tell me all the fun stuff you did to celebrate NSD! Hope it was great! Have a terrific night!