silly as it sounds...

good quote find:

There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination.
Edmund Burke

it's here!

CHA, that is...

leaving bright and early tuesday morning and will check back in off and on...if my roomie ;D has sweet mercy on me and lets me use her 'puter for a bit.  :)

had a great day with the kids; so relaxing and fun.  (its amazing how nice things go when i plan ahead...LOL...packing done and just ready to spend some happy time making sunny memories.)

braxton was so sweet...found this heart shaped rock for me.  he has a knack for that...i think this is the fifth or sixth one he's given me.  :)  such a sweet kid. 

woke up waaaaaay too early this morning and did chris ford's freestyle #12 speed scrap challenge...30-someodd minutes, actually. LOL. it was pretty invigorating.  ;)  (the page is on the Freestyle Blog, as is Linda's fab new challenge #14...i am SO doing that one when i get home!)

okay....off to tuck in the kiddos for bed....

have a creative day!

my little girl

remember my little girl...that one who emerged from my 21 Day Challenge?

well she's back!  :)

she really means something to me.  she really feels like a PART of me.  it was a big step for me to put her out there in a commercial way.....it is a personal extention.  it was hard.  it took me awhile.  but i finally let out an explosive breath and launched her.  :)  i know.  that probably sounds REALLY wierd.  but aren't artsy-types SUPPOSED to be weird?  ha ha ha

i have created a set of printable "greeting cards" you can download featuring my "little girl" and some sweet little simple sayings for Two Peas:

[image below copyright 2006 www.twopeasinabucket.com, used with permission]

they're in the new Digital Kit section: 2Peas Digital Kits where you can also find a ton of other new releases...WOW these girls AMAZE me!!  their fresh, innovative, new ideas and creative energy just floor me!!!

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yesterday was a wonderful "lake day" and it was sooooo relaxing.  love laying on the shore and listening to the rhythmic "thump thump thump thump" of the floating dock bumping the shoreline...the cool breeze...the warm sun...MMMMmmmmmm.  it was beautiful.

and my heart is so happy this morning....braxton actually WILLINGLY went to church today (to another ward with his good friend Joey) and that is such a 180degree change from the last few months.  it has been like pulling teeth to get him to go..but more than that. he actually throws downright temper tantrums the night before.  but i've stuck to my guns.  see, i'm all for free agency and letting someone make their own decision about things.  but it should be an informed, well thought out decision.  not a knee-jerk reaction to appease common developmental rebellion and an inflated sense of egocentric, effortless existence.  and his little ten year old self is smack-dab in the center of that phase right now.  niiice.  ugh.  tell me that goes away?

haaahahhahaahaa james just showed me he can de-pants himself with all his shorts he owns.  GO JAMES!  (he's been running every day and steadily losing weight)  i made him go put on a stinkin' belt.  silly guy.

so what's next on the agenda?  oh, yeah.  packing for CHA.  aaahhhhhhhh.........the dreaded PACKING!  ugh.  i still suck at that.  i bumble around the airport like an inexperienced tourist with bags that are sure to pop a seam at any given moment, with as many across the shoulder accessories as i can rig up, while straining with all the grace i can muster to stay balanced and pull the enormous weight of piled up cargo behind me...oh, i am SO not a good traveller.  i was perusing the 'travel accessories' aisle at the store yesterday in total consternation, completely bewildered by the uses of all the gagetry.  i'm sure if someone actually explained it all to me, i would find many a useful tool to make travelling easier.  but i just stood there like a dope scratching my red head with confusion until i finally just gave up and walked away.

and i am still of the firm belief that a laptop would solve ALL my problems.

aaaaahahahahhahahaaaa.  if ONLY.  :)  but i DO desire one very badly.  i hate that i will be computerless for an entire WEEK.  gggggrrrrrr.....  it makes me cranky.  :P

okay....time to get crackin'.  have to get the troops in gear for church.  :)  and the highlight of my week...once again....getting ready to teach the Nursery Class for our ward.  2 hours with too-cute-for-words 3 year olds alongside my hubby is such a treat!  (but maybe i can feel that way cause none of them are mine, LOL!)

red again. more red. love me some red.

i REALLY did not intend to go red.  REALLY.  but i have this ROCKIN hairdresser that is SO GOOD at what she does, and i always end up just letting her PLAY.  :)  hey.  hair grows.  no biggie....but i LOVE what she did!  technically, the color will settle down a bit and cool off in a few days, but it is so funky and playful...i really feel like it's...me.

can you dig it?

i know.

it's pretty crazy.

but so am i.

such a sweet, happy birthday party tonite at home with my family...my mom made my FAVORITE homemade-from-scratch strawberry cake.  MMmmm.  and they spoiled me with delightful presents and love.  so happy.  just.....

happy.  :)

"We all live with the objective of being happy.  Our lives are different, but the same."  -Anne Frank

dude. like, totally.

Stinkin Typepad is DOWN, and that's a total bummer, man.  I made a brand spankin new banner this morning and was so excited to put it up.  You know when you are so excited to share something and just can't even wait cause the excitement is, like, all caught up in your throat and you try to do something and get all fumbling and ungraceful cause the adrenaline is pumping and then…..BAM.  You don't get to share it.   rrrrrrrrgggggggghhhhh.  okay.  rant over.  so hopefully by the time this post goes up, my new banner will be going up too.  its totally the kind of stuff that is in my head.  all urban and grungy and skater girl.  J  that's me lately.  look for some yummy new releases I'll have *soon* that have just this same KICK in the "cool" pants…hee hee.  blame it all on my son who is totally, like, a skater, duuuude.  and I just pretend to be all cool and stuff when I go into stores like Zumiez to get him his "cool" skater gear.  except some of it rubs off on me and I remember when I was a college dormie and went everywhere and then some on my rollerblades and learned to surf like the boys.  J  so then I buy stuff like this so I can feel cool and young and hip again:

Zumiez...Roxy Hibiscus Zipped Hoodie

i am a surfer girl at heart.

i'm serious.

quit laughing.

but then I put it on and just when I'm getting all full of my hip-ness, my husband says something like, what are you wearing THAT for?  is that, like, from the kids section, or something?  *sigh*  I am NOT 31 now.  sorry.  not happenin'.   :P

i think i want to run away and live on the beach for a few years and just surf and stuff. 

dude.

so here's something.  my favorite color of ALL TIME is red, but I've been realizing lately that the shade or hue of red is what actually changes for me….like, right now.  my favorite red is this bright orange-y red that makes your eyes water.  YUM.  I love it.  like those cheap plastic beaded necklaces your mom wore in the early eighties. (sorry mom)  HA!  dude.  like THIS one:

YUM.  love that red right now.  :)

i totally had to put it in my new 2peas kits, too.  :)  sorry, it HAD to be done.  hee hee... here are the previews in case you missed them...(images used with permission and are copyright www.twopeasinabucket.com.  please do not save them)

dude.  CHA.  i am so excited to get the chance to go again and participate...i'll be at the Autumn Leaves booth and hope to have a few moments to walk around and soak up all the new goodness released in the industry.  it's such an exciting time in scrapbooking!  there's almost a current in the air, man.  its palpable.

ch-ch-ch-changes

hooray...we're feeling better today. it was kind of fun to have a 'family sick day,' but we're all ready to get back to life.  braxton's birthday is coming up on sunday....EEK!  i will have a TEN YEAR OLD.  that's double digits.  that's....that's.....THAT'S OLD!  it hadn't really rubbed in yet that i've been married eleven years....but this birthday just may do it.  oy.  well, i refuse to feel old.  :)  nope.  not in my genetic material to feel old.  :)  anyway...tangent.  what do you get a ten year old boy when he's already gotten his "big" birthday gift?  hmmm.  i think i'll have him make a list today.  and we will ignore the fact the "31" is next week for me.  i'm getting my hair done next week, anyway, and have to stress about what kind of cut and color to go with.  i want something fresh and new, but i don't want it to be high maintenence.  i am SO not a high maintenence kind of girl.  suggestions, anyone?  i still want my length.  i was tempted when i saw my sisters' new cute short cut last week to go short...but i always end up regretting that.  better listen to myself.  and my REALLY fine, limp hair i've been "blessed" with doesn't lend itself to many prettily shaped hair cuts.  everything just pretty much hangs.  oh, the drama.  :P  i've also been wanting to re-design my blog lately.  i'm just so bored with it.  not sure what changes i want to make yet, though.  but something.  something different. 

sick day!

today is a sick day.

we all feel yeuch.  and poor, poor baby was up allllllllll night with a reeeally high fever.  :(

but here is a fourth of july funny:

this is called: "what you do NOT want to see from your front window on the fourth of july when we are all getting ready to set off fireworks."  by me. 

(yes.  i am a junie b. jones fan.  get over it.)  hee hee