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Friday, May 30, 2008

wow!

time sure flies! Can you believe it's June 1st on Sunday??? MAN ALIVE! feels like it should still be like, March or something??

So the workshops went pretty good. Had 6 in attendance on the Thursday and then 15 on the Tuesday. Seems like a LOT of people are interested in doing the workshops --more so than ordering stuff. Which is fine with me :) I already have a dozen (actually more) signed up for a *one sheet wonder* class... even tho' we've yet to determine a date. LOL

I'm tired today. It actually hit me about mid/late afternoon. weird.

I have swaps and raks to work on and I seriously want to just go crawl into bed! (it's only 7:30pm)

not much doin' this weekend... which is sort of fine with me. Dawson has soccer pictures tomorrow, and there are a few events going on we *might* check out wingfest -we shall see :)

Thursday, May 22, 2008

darn dog! and other bits...

Yesterday was a 'terrible, no good, very bad day' -and to be honest, I seem to have a lot of those!
It started at 1:20am (I had only gotten to sleep around 11:30pm) and then along came Ally {sigh} I was just plum too tired to deal with arguing her back to her bed, so I suffered. Then one thing just lead to another all day and I felt like junk! Of course it makes me mad to feel so mad too.
I tried and tried to get ahead of the anger, I even baked!! :D a delicious pan of raspberry squares. They aren't "pretty looking" but they are yummy! and not too sweet ;) I had a piece, got Dawson out a piece -he didn't like it. Probably b/c it's not a sugar laden thing. Before it was cooled enough to put away... the dog decided SHE was going to have a helping! GRRR.... *fyi -I threw into the compost!

Thankfully this little monster makes me laugh.
Even tho' she is the bulk of my 'issues' -being 2 and all.

Last but certainly not least - I have 2 classes that I'm busily *trying* to prepare for!! One is tonight with about 1/2 dozen or so guests expected (still tons of room!! wanna come?). The next is Tuesday (May 27) wanna come? approx. a dozen guests!! :) I'm excited and nervous. I've been making these cute little candy purses -just a little thanks! **the penny is to give you an idea of their size. Cute???

Sunday, May 18, 2008

some pictures of my trip :)

Here are some pictures of our trip to SanFrancisco -- only a couple... I *had* to write my name on the beach :) with persuasion I touched a jelly-fish.

Jelly Fish -- I touched it, it felt like.... a Jelly fish :P


Alcatraz


Saturday, May 17, 2008

back home again.

So I made it home. I have a story to tell and I'm not sure I can give it the justice it needs as I'm pretty tired.(I will do my best)
Let me just say this: I am going to be letting United Airlines have a piece of my mind on Monday morning! --I seriously kept thinking, "am I dreaming that this is happening?"

our flight out of Sacramento was for 1:30 pm (PST) - as per their request we arrived promtly at noon (90 minutes before flight is scheduled for take off) We paitiently waited as that's what you do...


the flight was full and mom and I were in the same aisle but each in the middle seats opposite sides of the plane -no big deal. WELL... {deep breath} we all got packed in, and then they decided that they had to announce that there were "mechanical" issues GREAT! {eyeroll} like *I* needed to hear that!!! ~i'm a ball of nerves when stuff like that is mentioned.


So they had a mechanic 'fix' the problem, then when he checked it out to make sure that it was indeed fixed, it wasn't and therefore he did whatever all over again. Now, keep in mind... the weather is unusally HOT there this spring. Over 100F we're all sitting on the plane and for whatever the (insert word of choice) he was doing without the airconditioner on. I'm NOT kidding... it was NOT fun. I was milliseconds from asking to get off! We were delayed 2 + 1/2 hours in Sacramento, therefore missing our connecting flight in Chicago. GREAT! {sigh} The flight was horrible, a lot of "turbulance" (do you think that's even real? or something stupid they made up to justify scaring the hell out of everyone?) upon landing we knew we missed our flight to Buffalo it was off the departure screen. We (along with MANY others) stood in line at the customer service desk waiting to figure out what our options were... in the meantime they phoned home here to Steve to tell him of the changes made to my itinerary. *I'll skip the part of the crazy old chick that went all pyscho, for now.


When it was our turn to talk to the agent, he was VERY pleasant - he probably knew he didn't have a prayer otherwise. He gave us a vochure for a FREE stay at the Holiday Inn overnight, and told us where to go to get the shuttle, ok so we're feeling a bit relieved. Once we reached the shuttle area, we found a Holiday Inn shuttle that apparently wasn't the "right" one, and then a second one arrived, also not the "right" one -whatEVER! So I called the one we were booked to stay at and the guy (not speaking english -grrr!) ok -guess what he told us -ready for this one? "We don't have a shuttle service from the airport!" WHAT??? are you KIDDING ME??? How on earth do you propose we get there?? "well, ma'am, you can rent a car" WHAT??? RENT A CAR???? I should add this is all nearing midnight CST -- and we have to return to the airport for 5am. Once he figure we were NOT renting a car, he suggested a taxi --HELLO??? are you out of your head fred? Needless to say, I hung up! We debated for a bit and decided to go find out what the Hilton (a stone's throw from the airport) had to offer... $300 was their cheapest room. HELLO??? I want to rent a room not buy it! {DEEP SIGH} back to the airport... at this point we are out of the security section and security is now closed. GREAT! so we looked up to see how far the hotel was on the touch screen thingy and it wasn't even ON the screen. We went upstairs to see if we could find something to eat... nothing. We found a bench and that's were we sat/laid until security opened at 4:30 am. Horrible. I forgot to grab my jacket out of my suitcase before I checked it (duh) I was cold, STARVING, tired... FUN EH? {not!}
I'm smiling in the picture, mostly because I was SO tired that I couldn't believe I was in this situation!





My time visiting with *my* Shannon, was AWESOME --the only thing that sucked was that it wasn't ENOUGH time :( I think I'll post more tomorrow... I seem to get jet lag pretty bad. My body feels like it's still flying --VERY weird feeling.

Wednesday, May 07, 2008

the time has come! :D

wahooo!!! I thought it was NEVER going to get here. Tomorrow my ma and I are heading off to stay at the hotel near the airport so we can rise BRIGHT and early and get the heck outta dodge on Friday! :D

As excited as I am, looking at the BIG picture -- a break away from the kids, getting to hang out with Shannon, meeting Sandy & Karen... and whatever else we do. I am also feeling a bit nervous and sad. I just have to stay focused! I :NEED: this vacation.

so laundry is nearly done and I have YET to pack! talk about a last minute lucy eh? ;)

Friday, May 02, 2008

bloggin'

Sometimes I get caught up in computer-ville and find myself sometimes jumping from blog to blog... I usually end up saving some that really impress me. The most recent that I've been enjoying is Artfully Ila, her cards are incredible! I found myself challenged to at least ATTEMPT her style. I failed... :P However I *like* the way that my card turned out, but it just didn't resemble her style!
LOL I just read that she has some blog candy to offer... just fyi. ;)


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I sinned yesterday! Can you believe that I didn't even come downstairs to the basement at all!? which means I didn't turn the computer on~ LOL

I've actually been finding our basement -aka "family room" a not very inviting place to hang out. I'm hoping that tomorrow Steve and I can find ourselves motivated to work together to get it sorted and cleaned up! Toys are taking over our HOUSE! and it's time they shape up or ship out!