Before I Fall Asleep....

I know it's only 7:30, but I am exhausted. I didn't sleep well last night and today was a very busy day in my lemony cupcakey world. :)

Introducing the newest member of the extended family, Baby Issac. He was born this morning at 11:58 am. He's 19 inches long and 7lbs 14ozs. My brother and his girlfriend were blessed with a very healthy baby. He's kinda cute too. :)

So I am off to bed because I can, lol. G'nite!

I'm a little bummed tonight

I am feeling kinda blue tonight. I have been trying to make some new friends (scrap buddies) and I'm feeling kind of leper-ish. I really enjoy hanging out and scrapping with another gal but I just can't find anyone. I know, I'm whining. I have a couple of friends, but they don't "get" scrapbooking. And lately it seems as though our lives are heading in different directions, so I'm not getting a whole lot of contact with them anyway. Maybe they sense that I'm starved for adult interaction. I dunno.

I would love to try going to a crop, but logistically it's hard. Just finding somewhere to stash the kiddos for a little "me" time is a challenge. And I'm not really good in groups of people that I've never been around before. I always feel awkward and out of place, so I don't say a lot. And I think that makes me appear snobbish, when in reality, I'm not. I tried to meet a fellow Pea in person and I think I may have scared her. I know I talked her ear off. Desperation is ugly..... *sigh*

Alright, I guess I'm gonna go feel sorry for myself while I bake some brownies or cookies or something else I'm not supposed to eat. Hopefully, I'll get into my scraproom and play around and that'll make me feel better.

It's 12:30am and guess who can't sleep?

Bet you got that answer right, lol. I've been up finishing homework and then I spent the last ten minutes looking at Stampin' Up. I ordered from them last week and am very happy with my purchase. I have to admit that I got sucked in because I wanted a certain stamp set that was "free" with a $50 purchase. Like my economics professor says, there's no such thing as free. ;) But wouldn't you have wanted it too?

Well, to meet the $50 I bought a couple of cool things. #1 - A white pigment ink stamp pad or as SU calls it : Craft Stampin Pad - Whisper White. For the record, this is totally AWESOME! I don't have a lot of experience stamping, but I have tried to stamp white on a dark color, like black. I never had a lot of success. This stamp pad changed that for me. I used it last night and I'm in love with an ink pad. Go figure. #2- a very large skull vinyl decal for the older girls room. It ROCKS! I just need to figure out how to get it up on the wall. :) #3 a stampin' around wheel kit, stamp, roller and ink - in Scary Skulls of course! #4-Rockabilly papers (notice the skull theme continues) #5 - the scalloped edge punch, because every scrapper should have one. :) The part that really sucks is that I am on a strict no spending spree through the month of April, or until I get a job, whichever comes first. But I can guarantee my first purchase will be more of those yummy ink pads, because I'm getting into this stamping stuff. :)

Speaking of which, I SCRAPPED!! Yes, yes, I did. My son's teacher is expecting her first baby next week and they had a shower this afternoon for her. I stayed up until the wee hours of the morning making this little album:

The part that took the longest was waiting for that white ink to dry, but man, it was fun to play again. His teacher loved it by the way and thought I should try selling them. Maybe once I've improved my technique. But hey, craft fairs happen a lot around here. So maybe......

Alright I should try going to sleep. I don't sleep well all alone, and its starting to show. Plus I have 5 kids here tonight that I have to get up with and feed in the morning. I'm babysitting the neighbor kids. So I guess I'll shut the laptop down and try for some shut eye. Oh! Before I go, I guess I can show a pic of my chopped off hair. I got it cut this past week. It was buggin' me be so long. The girl at the salon cut it too short, but that's the way it goes. It's hard to judge curly hair like mine. Anyway, what do you think?

I *heart* recycling! :) And IT's ALIVE!!!!

I have been ordering scrap stuff as a form of retail therapy. I know I shouldn't be, but it makes me feel good. And it all comes in those cool priority mail boxes that I recycle in my scraproom. They make great paper holders. :) I've gotten like 6 in the last two weeks, lol. And there's a couple more coming, which is good because I have more paper.

I got a letter from the Girl Scouts today. According to their records, I've been a scout for 15 years. It really feels like much longer, lol. I am supposed to be presented with an award at a luncheon, but I already have plans for that day. :( It's still pretty cool, I love being a Girl Scout.

And my most exciting news ~DRUMROLL PLEASE!!!!

My wishblade is now connected and operational! I finally got it to communicate with my laptop. Now, I get to learn the software. I'm so excited!!! I may never go outside again, lol. :)

Alrighty, I am going to go back to searching for wishblade files and then I am headed to bed. Tomorrow I am going to attempt to make fried chicken for dinner. I'm feeling ambitious, lol. We had Burger King since we had scouts tonight and I just hate that. So I thought I'd do something home cooked tomorrow. Plus I have potatos that need cooking so we'll have mashed potatos. My poor kids have to live with my cooking experiments. Don't worry, I bought a new bottle of Pepto this morning. ;)

Good Night!