March Project 12

Egad March blew chunks!

Honestly I had the March blues, cabin fever or the grumpiest of grumpies 90% of the time.

March came in like a lion, stuck around like a lion and then slowly crept out like a Lion.  I really did not feel like myself this month for one reason or another, I didn’t feel like the best Mom and I certainly was not enjoying work this month.  My skin was acting up; my body seemed to be failing me at every turn, or at least my resolve to do something about it.  I gave up on going to Church with two toddlers.  Everything seemed like an epic fail, and Facebook updates didn’t sound that upbeat either:

☻March 2 at 8:35am: Dear Jack...I am only asking for 10 minutes, Please stop climbing my back.

☻ March 2 at 10:15pm: Ottawa friends...A referral for a dermatologist to fight this redonkulous onslaught of adult acne. 

☻ March 3 at 8:35pm: Michael’s new habit: Clicking his tongue on the roof of his mouth , whilst humming race car sounds. Perfect. 

☻ March 5 at 7:49pm: 3 nights in a row I have had the privilege of having front row seat & backstage passes to the live performance of Michael’s "I'm almost 4" temper tantrums. Sets included, "I don't want to take a bath", "I don't want to go to bed", I need a new band-aid", I don't want to brush my teeth", and my personal favorite, "MOMMY, MOMMY...COME BACK HERE MOMMY!!" I'd like to give away my tickets to tomorrow nights performance. 

☻ March 6 at 8:55pm: Pinning...slightly addictive. 

☻ March 7 at 7:52pm: Tell me please that the almost 4 year old crazy tantrums are going to go away. 

☻ March 11 at 10:21pm: Praying for the people of Japan. Thinking about you Lisa. Stay safe!!! 

☻ March 17 at 6:39pm: Me= grumpiest person ever. 

☻ March 19 at 7:22pm: Learning shapes with Michael.....Quatrefoil is a tricky one. 

☻ March 19 at 8:07pm: Creative juices are flowing. 

☻ March 20 at 8:30pm: Banana Split. 

☻ March 23 at 7:58pm: Michael: Michael is going to school in September!!! 

☻ March 23 at 9:33pm:  mumble mumble mumble....Me: who are you talking to over there? Bruce: Ted Nugent...he's going to get his ass whooped. Me:*crickets* 

☻March 25 at 10:15pm Longest. Day. Ever. 

☻ March 27 at 7:12pm Love it when my patience fails. 

☻ March 29 at 9:22pm Retail therapy at my favorite store. 

☻ March 30 at 11:33am It is WAY too nice to go to work today. I will go, but it will be grudgingly.

March did leave.  My grumpies left with it.  I’m sure the world rejoices when I am in a better mood.  I’m positive April will bring more smiles then showers and flowers. ☻

So here it is...My Month documented with pictures to prove it existed:

 

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I'm happy to report that two weeks in I am in a much better mood.  The snow is gone, with the exception of the freak show blizzard that happened after dinner last night.

Looking forward to the months ahead.

I have it on good authority that there will be some parties around these parts of the Thomas variety in two weeks.

Happy April to you!

x/o

J

Together, feeding the birds...The scrap version

It's not often that we all get together lately.

With Family priorities, full time jobs, shift work, rare weekends off, its hard to get together.

It's also a bonus to get pictures taken together.

You know what I do with those pictures right???

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Tina gave me these papers from  my little shoebox  to work with. 

So cute.

I laughed when she gave them to me because they were a little outside my comfort zone and that is exactly what she said. 

I think it is because I am so used to using brown, aqua, yellow, red and orange for my pages.


Notice I snuck the brown and aqua in anyways.

Old habits die hard...



And that concludes my drive by blog post for the evening.

As always, thanks for the visit!

Nighty night!


 

HAWAY!!!

Say what?

That is how my little J says Hooray.

We were driving in the car last month and "if you're happy and you know it" came on.

The song ended and a little voice from the back seat said "haway!"

So frickin' cute.

Tina gave me some Jillibean goodness to create with soooooooo you KNOW what I did....

Off to enjoy this sunny day with the boys,

Happy Sunday!

Back when I thought Jesse James was cool....

I used to love watching Monster Garage with hubs.

This was also B.C.  during the "don't get out of your PJ's and watch Nascar all day Sundays."


ahhh good times...good times.


Believe it or not dear old Jesse was my latest inspiration.

What you say?

How could that possibly be???

Behold my friends, My latest creation for Tina's Scrapbooking Creations.

Hee  Hee.

My boys love to get into that Garage of ours.

And I'm not sure if you remember, but it has become the "Man Den" of our neighbourhood.

Shag carpet and all.

*shudder*

But my boys are busy making memories in that garage so I try not to think about the grime.

One day it will be a funny memory.

Mostly because I took these pictures and wrote down the deets.

I'm good that way.  ;)

Nighty Night.

February Project 12

MY OH MY,  February was fun!

There is partial sarcasm in my written tone there.

I was on Vacation for half of the month because Gramma was away whooping it up in Vegas.

I had a couple of challenging days with the boys during that time but interestingly enough some of my favorite pictures from February came from those days.

It just goes to show that you always have to keep your eyes peeled for those moments, otherwise you just might miss them.



Soooooo, me and my Project 12.

Have I mentioned that I love this project?

Have I told you that my Sister is on board this time????

Have I told you that I used the same products this month as I did last month??

Nope...Haven't told you that yet because you haven't seen what I did yet....silly me.

The sketch:

I had a really hard time with this one. 

I don't normally do well with photos that are randomly placed.  I'm usually a line em' up kinda gal.

But not one to back down, I pushed my creative self..HA!

It started out looking like the sketch when I started placing my patterned paper...until I added the pictures and embelies and my journalling.

Then it morphed into something else...

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 I used my sassafrass monthly labels for the title again. 

I also used the same paper pack as last month.  One of my all time favorites from Basic Grey.

You can't see my journalling for two reasons. 

1. It was way too long for the space.

2.  I really wanted to use these envelopes.   My new favorite product.  It is tucked away in there.

I just love the picture of my babies walking side by side....gives me the warm and fuzzies.

So there you have it.  In the end I enjoyed the process and that is always going to be what counts.

Nighty Night!

It was supposed to be muddy.

We went for a walk today through one of the many parks in the greenbelt today.

We were going to feed the birds.

I had it on good authority from my tour guide that the chickadees would eat out of your hand.

It had been raining for days around these parts, after a huge dump of snow.

We were prepared for mud.

There was no mud.

But there were chickadees that ate out of your hand.

Clearly, I had mistaken the chickadee for a Pterodactyl.

And I was not the only one that was a little freaked out.

Ahhh the boy is all mine.

Soo many funny pictures from today.

I feel some scrappiness coming one.  ;)

Nighty Night!

Please excuse me...

While I unplug.

Nothing noteworthy to report.

Dealing with tantrums and it is sucking the life out of me.