Had to blog this

Sam has made up a friend, A few of them really, since his brothers have been gone. He has been playing ball with his "friends" in the hall for a couple of weeks now, When I ask him what their names are, he has just said, :" My Friends, My Brothers" The other day he was yelling at his Friend.. I said Sam, who are you yelling at? He told me he was yelling at his Friend " BAGEL DAVE" , Why are you yelling at Bagel Dave? " Cause he is not catching that ball! " LOL... I tried very hard NOT to laugh out loud at that one. .... he and Bagel Dave played for a while, then he was done.. later I asked him where he was and he didnt know, but another friend was sitting on the floor next to him and he was so tiny ( Sam told me this by holding his thumb and Finger tip together) Oh, so VERY tiny..... Sam said the tiny friend was hanging out with him cause there were a bunch of them fighting under the couch , and his friend wanted to watch TV.....
Today Sam was back in the Hall, Playing Baseball with, Get this " JAKE JONES of THE BOSTON RED SOX" ..... That one cracked me up, he is so cute, and So missing his brothers, THANK GOD they come home tomorrow!!

congratulations To Kent Little League Majors Advance To Regionals!!

They won STATE today and will advance to Regional play in CA next weekend! This is very exciting news for the Team, ( they are a year younger than what Jake Plays). This is the first year in the 20 year history of Kent LL that any of our teams has advanced to Regional! Here is a picture of the Team, taken at one Of the Local Naval Stations , One of the boys on the team's Dad's is in command there. I know two of the boys on the team, and their familys, Taylor , And AJ, Both are very good friends of my Nephew Scotty, and the mom's are very good friends with my sister, Shelly. Good luck to them all in CA!! to read more about them go to: http://KentLL.ORG

I caved...

Quickutz was having a sale at the store, And everywhere else for that matter. I dont own a Quickutz, but I just may soon, I did however buy 1 die, I figured My Neighbor Lynette has one, I can run over there and cut out things.. Doesnt sound to resonable? Well the one Die I got was the "pennent" I figured I would use it alot with all my sports pages that I do, Also, I pretty much know what color I am going to use through out the book, depending on the Team colors, so I can Cut out a bunch and last me all season! I also got the Icing Rubons, Now, those are awesome, And to top it off Same neighbor has the dies that go to the rubons that I got! My only thing I should have gotten, was the Varsity #'s, I think they are the perfect size, and I would use them alot... Is the sale still on somewhere?

Scott has spent so much time in the yard lately, I keep telling him that Sam's Birthday party is in two weeks, and we will party outside, so do what you can to get it ready.... last night I came home to pretty new bark along the pathway under the roses, and solar lights along same walkway.. very nice.

We are planning a trip to the zoo today, but I am not sure if we will make it, I need to check the weather forcast, it looks like rain... And what a difference in temp, its only 60 degrees right now!

It seems my mom fell down her stairs the other day, she is ok, she just has a really bad swollen Butt.... She cant even really sit, So Alec has been driving her all around town... Which is Funny, cause the boy never wanted to drive here, still just has his permit, even though he went thru drivers ED over a year ago... Could it be that she has a mercedes to Drive, and I only have a Jeep?

Today Brett is 15!

15 years old... how can I have children that are 17,15,13 years old? This is crazy! Happy birthday to My Son, the boy with the big blue eyes that will win over some ladies heart one day... He had a good day , from what I could tell , from the pictures that My Sister sent me. HE had a pool party at my moms, with his brothers, Cousins, and Friends, And tonight they are all at game works playing games till midnight, is that heaven for a bunch of teenagers , or what?

Onto other news, The car had a Tire on it tonight when I drove by! Doing the happy dance here! LOL. Scott said that he noticed the guy called someone out to help him, and I did see the guy leaving when I drove by.. maybe now it will go into the garage, or at the very least, its now fixed and we dont look like we live in Mexico anymore, ( or Spokane, lol ) .

Sam wouldnt say happy birthday to Brett today, he just didnt want to talk to him... I am so glad I am not four, lol....

The Car now has a Ticket on it!

I got three messages from My Neighbor Lynette this am, one on my phone, one instant messaging, and one email, To let me know that the police were putting a ticket on the Broken down car! Whoo hoo!! I never thought I would be so happy to tell on someone, but Yes, I am. Now tonight when I get home from work, that Car have better been moved!

UPDATE on CAR in NEIGHBORHOOD

I called the police on it today, I know, That may be bad, But I am so stinkin sick of looking at that damn car! I will give it till Friday to see if it has been moved, and ticketed, or better yet, TOWED.... If nothing, I will call again, And call again, till its gone. Yes, I am a Bitch, But, that is just part of my witty charm!

I am such a baby

Alec left this morning, and Sam and I have been in a poopey mood all morning... Sam wanted to go wake him up. I told him he wasnt here, that he was already at Grandma's.. so then he started to cry , saying ,"Alec needs to be home with me". How sad is that? After he cried for a while, he then said Alec had cookies in his room and we should go get them, lol. I told him no, But that Alec left him some downstairs, so he was then happy again. We will see what happens, I hope it just quickly and Before we know it, they are all home.

I got two more Baseball layouts finished last night, Only one left and then the Album is finished! YEAH!!then I will move on to Alec and Sam's and in between all that, Finish what I am working on for my classes.

We have a problem with one of our neighbors, He has left his Car without a tire ( up on Blocks) for the past two weeks, in front of his house. Not in his Driveway, Not in his GARAGE ( which is empty, by the way) but on the street, in front of his house. We have a small neighborhood, ( 13 houses) and this is really an eye sore. The Man next door, Steve, Asked Scott if he knew anything about it over the weekend, and Steve is getting sick of it , as well as Lynette , who is right across from him. I have thought about calling the police and telling them about it, it is , afterall on the street, and it is not a working car, so they can ticket it or something like that... I think that may be the only option , and the only way this man will do something about it. What would you do?

What a nice weekend!

Take away the disgusting heat that we had here, and it was a nice weekend. Started Friday night with the Red Sox game, ( as stated below) Great game, The Sox had 5 home runs, and won ( they better have won with 5 home runs!) I got an autograph and enjoyed the game with Alec ( even though we were melting into puddles) . Sat AM, We dropped Sam off at Scotts mom, where he spent the night and Enjoyed the beach, ( See pictures) and entertained his Grandma... Scott and I went the the day game of the Red Sox, and even though they lost, it was a very good time. We had fabulous seats, and I had Red Sox fans everywhere I looked , it was a good time, And Scott didnt say too much about the fact that the Sox lost, He was happy, but he didnt rub it in, and I didnt pout, lol. Best of All, the whole weekend went by without, ( are you ready for this) not one single fight between Scott and I ! thats all I will say about that.
Alec leaves for Moms WED AM, I can say, he will be missed by myself and Sam.... Alec and I have a special mother/ Son Bond, and I will really miss our late night talks.. ..

OMG its HOT!

when we left Kent last night for the RED SOX game at 4:30 it was 106!! That is insane for us! The game was HOT , very HOT, but oh so good! The Red Sox had 5 Home runs! We were happy to see them all. Here is just one Many picutres that I took. My oldest and My youngest Sons... a picture says a thousand words, right?

I also got an autograph! The rookie pitcher, Lester, ( with a 5-0 record) was kind enough to sign my ticket, so that will go into the shrine that I have, ( yes, you read that right, a Red Sox Shrine) . I ran into Jakes friend and Family Craig, So that was fun, his mom, Kelly, said " of course I would see you at a RED SOX game"! LOL, of course she would.....
I have a great picture of Sam that needs some fixing with the lighting, and Another one that needs some red eye taken out, I will post them later, I need to get ready for the game today !

Four Teenage boys had a Choice

My Mom gave Brett, Jake, And two of my Nephews a choice on where to go for a couple of days ( they are in Las Vegas at her house now, and she wanted to take them away for a couple of days) The Choice : The Grand Canyon, OR Laughlin. The boys Picked :














LAUGHLIN!!! Are you kidding me?? My sister and I could not believe that our sons picked a gambling town, over THE GRAND CANYON! We had wished that mom drove right to the Grand canyon and ignored what they boys wanted, knowing that once they were there, they would have loved it. But no, she did what they wanted . I think it may have had something to do with the drive, 1.5 hours, instead of 5 hours.. That I can understand.


Sam is really wanting to talk to his brothers these days, he doesnt say too much, but he is indeed enjoying the talks. This is a big weekend for him He has a few firsts happening :

Tomorrow is his First RED SOX GAME!!!!!! Scott calls it a "mariners game" I am calling it , and documenting it as : His first Red Sox Game. Where he will be wearing his David Ortiz Tshirt, an early birthday present. I cant wait to take pictures, and see him enjoy this game. Then on Saturday, Before Scott and I go to the SAT Red sox Game, We are dropping Sam off at Scotts mom, for his first sleepover at her house. She is taking him on a Ferry ride, and then to some local beaches. I do think he will love that day with her, and I think he will be fine to sleep over. How odd to be home and not have Sam home with us , what are we going to do Saturday night?

When you go to get your hair cut...

ok, When you go to get your haircut, and you bring a picture, the point is to style the hair as in the picture. She got the Cut right, but didnt do the style thing AT ALL, it would have taken her about 5 mins to run the straightening iron though it , and then she would have been finished, Instead, she styled it the way SHE wanted to, and that annoys me just a tad. And speaking of hair, I dislike very much having to try new products on said hair. Trying to find just the right combo that works just right for your hair/style is a complete pain in the ass, if I may be so blunt ( of course I may, its my blog, I can say what I want) . I dont think I have found just the right mixture of products, but I do feel as if I am getting closer to finding it.

Onto the big news of the day SAM TALKED TO HIS BROTHERS today on the phone! its about stinkin time! I asked him this am if he wanted to talk to them and he said sure, just so matter of fact like... " sure" . Well I called them , and wouldnt you know it, they were out! I then called a total of four different #'s trying to find them, but no such luck. Later we did get them at the house, and Sam did indeed talk to them. yeah... so glad we got that out of the way. I asked a friend today how can a 4 year old hold a grudge? the friend said " well it must be a son of yours" I guess that was a comment about me holding a grudge?, I dont think I do that, I must REALLY dislike you for me to do that...

I got all 12 cards done for the class! That was great to get them finished, I really didnt like having that hanging over my head, now I have two classes down ( Oct, And Nov) still have to do Decembers class, and then the second class for all the months is the same one, and we are only doing a couple of projects in that one... Now I am going to go so I can scrap for ME....

Sam at a birthday party

We went to a Birthday party today for my neighbor's Little one , Trevor. Sam had a blast, they rented a bouncy house thing, and at first sam didnt want to go in it, but the first moment it was empty , there he was, climbing in, he had a great time too, ( see picture), They had a pinata, and the boys squirted one another with water guns, a good time was had by all, and the best part was, he wasnt upset when we left, even though he could still see the bouncy thing from our yard, he is such a great kid . On another note, He still isnt talking to his brothers, I think he just forgets why he isnt talking to them at this point, really, how can a 4 year old still be mad after 10 days?
Other than that, not alot went on today, I worked on my cards a bit more, I have 6 finished, 6 more to go , so far I am very happy with how they are turning out, which is great, cause it would suck if I didnt like them!

NO FEATURED LO OF THE WEEK!

So its friday, and still no Featured LO of the week from me... My whole point in featuring a Layout was to also feature the Artist, and I seem to like all the same peoples Layouts week after week! I also tried to Feature friends, Or people I know, Cause lets face it, what is the point of Featuring an Artist if they never know that they were featured? I think All Scrappers like to know that their work is admired by others, Isnt that why we post our layouts on Message boards and Tell our friends " Posted a new LO, come see"? I know that is why we do it!

I have been busy Scrapping, Working on Jakes Baseball album for 2006, and I want to finish that before I start Alec's or Even Sam's , Well Sams will be more like a Page or two, Since I didnt get to too many of Sam's games, And Alecs wont be quite an album either, I only have about 60 pictures from Alec,... yes, that may sound like alot to some, But I usually have over 300 to choose from for an ALBUM for Jake... I just got to more of Jake's games than Alecs. Jakes season was also from FEB to June, Alec's was May to July......

I have to have all my projects for my fall classes to Sharee ( the owner of the LSS) By the end of August. This is for all classes THRU December... I better get a move on with those !

Have a great day everyone!

PS, Sam still wont talk to his brothers, And We miss them lots!

A choice you make

Did you ever have a time in your life that you had to make a choice, that you knew it was a life altering choice, and no mater what choice you made , you felt like you would always wonder if you made the right choice? Or do you look back on a choice that you made, and it was life altering, but you just didnt know it at the time? I have been thinking about a choice that I made years ago, and wonder what would have happened if I took the right, instead of the left? How different would my life be right now, had I gone right? I think about what that life would have been like, and I wonder if I will ever be able to get back to it. Do you ever get the choice again? I can only hope so, and I try to look at it this way, I am only three lefts away from that right.

Random thoughts for Tuesday

Well, Sam is still not talking to his brothers, He asks for them, wanting to know if they are almost home, so they can play outside with him. but still no talking. again, how sad, he is just a sad sad little boy.


I have a friend who is having a tough time right now, now more than normal. She lost her son two years ago this Thursday, he was two years , three months old when he died. She is having a hard week and I hope knows that she is loved by many, and is in everyones thoughts. I have only known her 3 months but she is an amazingly strong woman, who has gone through something that no-one in their lifetime should have to go through, but has survived. Pleae keep her in your thoughts....

Ok, I will leave you with a thought , something that I have thought about alot lately....

We only have so much energy... so much to give. That is how I feel lately, and I wonder why we waste time and energy on things that dont need it, and why dont we know this at the time. why is it only AFTER we have wasted all this time and energy on things that dont matter , do we know it? This is really something that WE SHOULD KNOW that we are doing it, at the time that we are doing it... if that makes sense.... just a thought.

Conversation with Sam

Me: 'Sam your brothers are on the phone,they want to talk to you'

Sam: ' I just dont want to talk to my brothers'

Me: ' how come Sam? They want to talk to you'

Sam: ' I am just mad at them, I dont want to talk'

Me:' Why are you mad at them?'

Sam:' Cause they are not home, and I miss them'


AWWWW, how stinkin sad was that?? that was last night when I called the boys so Sam could talk to them, he wont talk to them cause he misses them! LOL.. ok, silly boy. I feel bad, he is a bit sader around here, kind of moves a bit slower since they have been gone... What is going to happen for that last week when Alec goes too??

I had a great time shopping with Cari on Friday! WE picked out 7 different Girly themes for her party, each girl is going to pick what they want to use to make their albums, Then when we got back to her house, Shelly thought it would be nice to get another set of things, just so the last girl doesnt feel like she got "stuck with" the last choice, which makes sense. But while I was at work that night, I got two more , instead of one more, but that was cause there was one that I really wanted them to do, but when Cari and I were shopping I couldnt find the paper, but I did find it later. I also enjoyed spending Shelly's money.

Here is a thank you card that I made for Jason from the Mariners, For when he took us all on the tour, He is such a nice guy, I thought he deserved a Mariners card!

Left on a jet plane

not me, Brett and Jake did early Thursday morning... Scott brought them to the Airport since it was on his way to work and it was so very early ( they left the house at 4:30 AM). I was up with them and we said our good byes, I always cry after they leave, I always think the worst and I cant sleep till they are safe on the ground with my mom. Once that happened, I slept Great!
I am taking My niece Cari shopping today for her birthday party, I am hosting a Scrapbook party for her and 6 of her friends on Monday! they will be making paper bag albums, so we are shopping for all the goodies today, I think I am as excited as Cari is!

So far so good, Sam that is, with his brothers leaving him. I made him a calendar and each night Sam puts a sticker on that day, and it says when they come home, so he knows he is one more day closer to seeing them again, he likes that alot!

Ok, Off to shop, I will post a LO of the week later, I took last week off, but I am starting it again today!

OMG, ITS WED already?

where has the week gone,? Work one day , off, work one day, off, that has been my pattern since SAT...And to be honest, My off days have sucked. I have been fighting with Scott, on and off for days, and it hasnt been good. The bright side of all of the days was the fireworks, that Sam and I went to see with My neighbor Lynette and her family ( kids, Mom, DH) We went over to the School across the street where you can see PERFECTLY the Fireworks from Lake Meridian... Sam kept looking back at the ones his brothers were lighting off, but when the Lake ones started , there was no looking back for that kid! And he was so good too! No crying, not scared at all, He even looked at me at one point, held my hand, and said " Mommy, are you scared'? I told him no, and I asked him if he was, and he said no, But held my hand a little harder. He was so good! I have one picture of him and the boys watching some fireworks, and here that is.

So on the fighting front, lets see what we fought over the last few days, the Air conditioner, and his ability to fix it, ( must say, he did fix it) Sams playset, and how he wanted nothing to do with it, Getting it from my sisters, Putting it together , renting the truck to get it ( He again pulled thru and shocked me, put it together without a complaint, But MY GOD, getting it here and in the right spot in the yard cause A FEW fights right there,) And then he had Ice Cream One night, And if any of you remember , I dont do well when people eat ice cream around me, the noise of the spoon hitting the bowl makes me ill, I can feel it in my stomache, that is the only way to explain it,. But if I could, I would have thrown it across the room and felt MUCH BETTER. And then the fact that I went to watch the Fireworks across the street instead of in the driveway.. I am sorry, but watching My three sons and Scott blow up fireworks is not my idea of fun, may be theirs, but NOT MINE!

A girl I work with mentioned tonight that we seem to fight alot, I thought about that , and you know what, She doesnt even know the half of it.....

Catching up

Sam is a little white, Dont ya think?


ITs been a few days, Today was so nice out, slightly on the warm side, ( 80's) but its been nice inside. We had a slight problem with the AC , ( sparks flying out, wires burning, ect) But Even though I didnt think he could do it, Scott seems to have fixed it. YES, I underestimated him on this one, but that is only cause the Sparks flying and wires burning, WAS indeed caused by his actions of 'fixing it'.

There are FOUR RED SOX going to the All star game! I was very happy to see that, But Sad that Jason Varitek didnt make it as catcher, I just love that man! Happy with the four this wonderful team has going! And their Four game lead in 1st place.

We are getting Sams play structure from my sisters in the AM. I cant wait for Sam to have it , and his little friends down the street can come play on it.

I scrubbed our deck today, simple green is great stuff! I had to do it in two different stages cause honestly, it was too hot to finish it earlier today. But it looks so much better, and now its ready for Scott to stain it again....

I took some pictures of Sam playing in his sprinkler today, and driving around in his car, I bought him a flag for the back of his car for the 4th, he liked it. See pictures .