I wanna be rich and I want lots of money

(I decided to go head and post this post since I took time to write it way back in June lol. Enjoy!)

I know I said my next post was gonna be a video blog but I am never dressed and cute looking to do one. When I am I usually am going somewhere. It will happen just don't know when lol!

I have been a busy little bee lately. Besides cleaning and going places Hubs and I ripped up the carpet! YAY us! It was hard work...thank goodness I had a strong man helping me. He is a good hubby. We had a few surprises under that carpet. None good. We have a patched hole under the window. Looks like that is where they were going to put the ac vent and decided not to. Under the tv is a big hole yikes! They were kind enough to do a shitty job patching that up with some 2x4's lol! So we will some day patch those ourselves but for now I am just living with it. Not a big deal really. I love how the room looks now. I HATED that ugly ass carpet. So stained and bleck. Then I pulled off the cheap white tiles on my fireplace to expose the brick underneath. Love it much more. I have a whole shabby vintage look going on now.

I picked out my curtains I want.

This pic really doesn't do those justice. I seen them in the store and you can "pin" them up so they kind of have this wonderful billow look. Well you will see when i get them lol!

I have been so inspired lately. I just want to fix my house up. I had been in such a depression about our house. See I was one that would go look at model homes all the time. Dreaming of the perfect house. My perfect house would be a old Victorian something like this...


(priced at only 79,500 I could so afford it...Sniff sniff)
This house makes my heart melt. It is soooooo beautiful. I want it! BUT I am stuck here. My father in law left us this house and didn't put it in his living trust. It has to go thru probate but sadly we don't have the money to do that. Like I said stuck. If I could sell this house I would have. STUCK. I was depressed for many years about this reality. I hated this house, I hated being so far from my family, I hated that I was stuck. I tried to just not think about it. I never fixed it up or added my personal touches to this cookie cutter type house. I just couldn't do it.

Now I think I have finally got it in my head that I am probably never going to leave this house and I just have to make the best of it. Yes my heart still aches for my dream home up there. Will it ever happen? I don't know but I am not holding out for that. I need to make this house work for us for now. I need to stop wishing it was bigger and nicer and start making it a home that my kids and I can feel love in. I really feel if you don't love your home then no one will. I am changing my heart.

So stuck I am and stuck I will be but that is ok. This little old house will be filled with love and someday it will be my pumpkin turned stage coach in my fairytale.

I have many many ideas for it. I am starting in the living room because that is where everyone sits and mingles and watches the telly. I would love love love to go with all white and add my pinks and creams and cottage style shabby chic-ness...Eeehhh WRONG! 1. I have 4 kids not to mention 2 of them are boys. 2. I have a hubby with an opinion. LOL! I don't think he would like that much girlie ness in one room. I think I compromised some. I choose a red for the walls with white trim. My inspiration is this picture here.



That is from a double wide trailer. I mean if they can make a double wide trailer look like that I can make this 1938 rectangle look good right? LOL!

I also want these beauties from dali decals.





The branch is going to be in white and coming from the window and the words also in white but I am going to put it on a old piece of roof tin that I am going to paint black.

I am on a very tight budget. VERY VERY TIGHT. This all may take a month or two or 3 lol! I am selling a lot of scrapping stuff that I don't use anymore to hopefully get some of the money for the decals and what not.

I found some awesome finds at the goodwill the other day. I dropped off some clothes there and had to look around.

They have a ton of frames so when it comes time for me to get some frames I am going to go there. I have a few music sheets I bought from a antique store a while back I want to frame. This is a great way to get cheap art. I only paid 5 bucks for these.

No scrapping to share. Haven't had time. I will be doing some of that soon tho. I have watched many movies. we took the kids to go see up. Sooooooooo adorable. I loved it and cried like a big baby. I always love pixars shorts. The one they had at the beginning of this one was just awesome. I recommend this movie. You have to go see it.

I also have seen...

The hangover- freakin hilarious!
Gran Torino- AWESOME
Drag me to hell- Pretty cool
Land of the lost- Not bad

We had planned to go camping this weekend but it has been so cool that we decided not to go. Last night it rained! WTF? Is this June? I am greatful tho that it hasn't been to hot. I haven't even turned on my ac!

Monday we are going to pick up his aunt from the Airport in SF. We decided to make a day of it. Taking the kids to the pier. I can't wait. Then on the 29th we are going to Santa Cruz! My heart leaps for that city. It is so beautiful there. I wish i could live there. I know the kids are gonna love it.

Man this post is getting long. That's what I get for not posting in a while. On to my garden. It is doing good. We have been snacking on fresh picked raw green beans. Yummmy! We all love them that way. There are so many green tomatoes on the bushes. I have made squash twice now, and we have a pumpkin growing! I am so excited but I hope i get more then one lol!

Alright I think that is all I am going to spill for now. I will be back soon with pics of the house and some projects I am working on. Have a wonderful weekend!

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Do you know your Enemy

Tomorrow I go get my hair done...Yay! My daughter Raven is also getting her hair done. She is very excited. I will do the video blog tmw and post it sometime in the next few days. Even if my hair turns out terrible I will still post it lol!

Working on some pages for pmp right now. I'll be down there the 29th for a crop. If you are in the area come and see me. I may not do much scrappin but I will do a lot of blah blah blah lol!

Here are some more things I have done the past week or so.

Our Tea party album. If you want to see all the finished pages I posted them at sis.


My silly boy Aeden.


Circus pics. I have been trying to use up my stash and those film strips I have had for like 3 years lol! They work.

Watched a few movies.

Anvil- the story of Anvil~ Not bad. I feel really sad for these guys. I am glad that finally something is happening for them they totally deserve it.

Sex and death 101~ Again not bad.

Tale of despereaux~ Very cute!

A few movies that are on TV right now.

Population 436~ I liked it. Not great but totally worth watching.

The Abandoned~ strange.

Little Shop of horrors~ I haven't seen this movie since I was 10. I DVR'ed it for my kids and they loved it! Great movie.

I watched the season finale of lost and survivor...ACK! Ok lost man that was good. I am sooo sad it is ending next year. I knew it was but I had thought maybe just maybe they wouldn't end it. Boo! Survivor...Yay JT! I am glad he won although very sad they didn't take taj to the end. She def didn't need to win but still it would've been nice to keep their word. Coach is a piece of work. WOW! HAHA I can say he made me laugh.

Camping trips are being planned. Kids will be out of school next week and we have only 2 months to do stuff. I hope to have some good times with them this year. I am thinking of doing a talent show in our back yard. I think they kids would get a kick out of it. Thanks Danielle for the idea.

Our garden is coming along nicely.



Our first radishes.


We have some squash.



Tomatoes.


Spinach


Figs on our fig tree.

I am so proud of our little garden. I wish it was a bit bigger with more stuff in it lol! Maybe next year.

I am hoping to rip out the carpet sometime soon. Just got to build up some motivation.

My husband is so sweet. He brought me some gladiolas the other day. Just because he loves me. He is a wonderful husband.

Almost all flowers remind me of my grandmother. She gave me my passion for gardening and I love her to bits. That pic is of here way back when.

Well it has been pretty hot here. We did go swimming and we are going over for a memorial day bbq on Monday. I hope you all have a nice cool holiday!

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Oh little sister you and me can rise above

How was your Mother's day? Mine was beautiful. Husband bought me some roses(above) and we picked out some clothes.I found these oh so cute cardigans at target for only 15 each. I had to get them. I didn't take a pic of me wearing it and right now I am in my pj's with no hope of changing lol! This pic will have to do.


Aren't they adorable? They had a grey one but only in a small and xsmall. Yeah so not gonna fit lol!

I have been a scrappin fool lately! I must've found my mojo or something. So glad it is finally back. Wanna see some things I have done?


Tattoo session. This was for the boys day out and they all got fake tattoos. I love those pictures.


My hubby and myself on our anniversary. We went to the movies and they have a photo booth. Love taking pics in those things. Did these 2 at nsd.


My son Aeden came up to me about a week ago and said Look mom I can make a heart with my hands. I had to take a pic and of course scrap it.


Another one of those photo booth pics. The heart was made by Nikki Peterson. On nsd she did a project and cut that heart out. She threw it to me and said here. Loved it so much that I had to come home and use it right away. Thanks Nikki!


My daughter Raven at our tea party.


I started the JM 30 day shred. I am on my 4Th day. Kicks my butt! I am hoping to be more toned and lose some more weight in the days to come. As I have said before my one year (surgery date) is coming up June 6Th and I am no where near where I had hoped to be. I have about 40 pounds to lose to get to my goal. As the months go by the weight gets harder and harder to lose. I am not giving up tho.

I took a trip to the thrift store yesterday. Dropped off some clothes my kids don't wear and found the boys some swim shorts. I think we will be headed to my mom's house this weekend for a swim. I hear it is suppose to be summer weather. Mom if you are reading this uhh we are coming over lol! I found these slippers there. Brand new had the tags on and everything. I was eyeing them at target when they had them but just didn't break down and buy them. I couldn't pass them up at only 4 bucks!


I ♥ slippers.

And look at this cute handmade hair bib. My mom usually cuts the boys hair for me and I thought this was perfect for those times. Only 1.00!


I was so inspired by Jen and her video blog and how vulnerable she let herself be that I decided in the next few weeks I too will be doing a video blog. I am sure I wont sound the way you all think I do because I know I had a voice for Jen and when she spoke it wasn't the voice I had in my head lol! DUH! I go get my hair done the 23rd. I cant wait! I think after I get my hair done is when I will do the video blog. I'll do a before and after.

Well that is about all I have to share for now. I am off to lovely moments like this.

(Hubby teaching Rowan to play guitar)


Have a wonderful day!

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Happy!

(my son Aeden)
Hope you all have a wonderful Happy Mother's Day! Hug your mother and if you have kids make sure they give you lots of love!

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Close your eyes and it's passed...story of my life

Happy Late NSD and Happy Cinco De Mayo! What did you all do? Any scrappin done? I know that sat was officially nsd but I went to the movies with my hubby that day. Actually I had a fun filled weekend. Friday I took my hubs out and we decided to stop by Fat's bar and grill here in Stockton and he got up and sang me a song...Billy Joel "Just the way you are"...So sweet. Then on sat we went and saw the soloist. I really really wanted to see X men but he hasnt seen any of them and I did want to see the soloist too. He ended up feeling bad and agreed to take me on Sunday to see X men after I got back from NSD. The soloist was very good. I didn't cry like I thought I would but still it was good. Last but not least I got up at 630 am Sunday and packed my junk up for a scrap filled day over at PMP on Sunday.



I should have took more pics but I just was feeling so blah. In fact we named our table the un-motivated because none of us felt like doing much of anything lol! It was so nice to see my girls tho. Kerry Lynn and Nikki are such a breath of fresh air. Love hanging out with them. We laughed, we bitched, we ate...Good times!


There was a game played with some of the girls bra's yeah that's right bra's.I kept mine on thank you very much lol! Wish I woulda thought to grab the camera then tho. To funny.

I did manage to get 2 pages done! WOOT! That is a miracle for me. I don't scrap well at crops. I will share them soon.

I just posted the new Mojo...Here is my take.



I said I would share my projects from PMP and here those are.


My fav out of all the pages. It was so fun to take those pics and I have to laugh at how funny I look. My husband and kids love it and you can bet you will see pics of them wearing these mustaches.


My sister Tiffany.


My daughters Raven and Aria.


Father's day card using the hambly stashes.

Hmm I think that is about all. Oh I have lost 140 lbs! I have about 40 more to go to get to my goal but I will be happy with 35 more lol! I am really gonna step it up for may because my 1 year is in June.

I am off to watch some movies with hubby. Have a wonderful week!

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Well I had a lovely weekend with my hubby. Here are the events that took place. Hubby fooled me into thinking I was going to get hair done. Blind folded me and drove me to a hotel. (NOTE: Being a passenger blindfolded is a hard thing to do lol!) He then left me in the room blindfolded saying there was a note in a bag for me. When he left I could take the blindfold off and read it. Well it was simply lovely and lets just say there was candles, roses, strawberries and whip cream involved...Tehehe! We later went out to eat and then caught a movie. Observe and Report. Funny!!! We had such a wonderful time. Once we came back home we wanted to go back to the hotel lol! I asked if we could run away and he said yes but we never did. I think maybe in June for our wedding anniversary. My only regret is I didn't bring my camera! Grrrr!

The new Mojo is up. I love love love this one. I have always loved peter pan. The movie the play the book. I could probably do a whole art journal using stuff from peter pan...Hmmm sounds like a idea lol!

Here is my take on the challenge.

I took that pic of a feather at the park. I think it fits nicely with the title. Trying to use some of my stash up. Old anna griffin paper. The frame is a record sleeve I keep cutting on.

I also made these little guys a few weeks ago. I must say I ♥ them dearly.







As I was taking his picture I kept singing "crazy little thing called love." That ended up being his name...Love. No name for the rabbit yet.

It has been hella hot here! the other day it was 98 but has cooled down. I want to swim so bad. I should go see my mama but 45 mins is to far to drive for a few hours of swimming. The kids were out in the sprinkler.

We had our tea party last sat. OMG the girls loved it. I made them wear some vintage hats I had. I gave them invitations and told them they had to talk in a British accent. I gave them new names...Aria was Elizabeth Lola, Raven was Emma Elizabeth, and I was Lola Emma.





Ha! My 13 yr old wasn't talking so I knew she didn't want to talk in a British accent. After about 5 mins of me asking how the weather was, if they heard any gossip and if there were any boys they liked I told them they didn't have to talk in a British accent anymore. My 7 year old thought it to be wonderful tho. She ate almost all the berries and drank a ton of the green tea. We had so much fun. We will for sure be doing that again! I want to get them some vintage gloves from the antique store for our next tea party.

I went to Suzy's on Friday with cousin. We had a good time. We always do. Met up with Mj and Kristi and Sandy. Good times.


Gosh dont I looke thrilled? UGH! I hate my smile so then I try to play it down. I look tired (well I was).


This pic just sums up the fun that we have at Suzy's. Yes that is Suzy on the table...Don't ask!

Turned in my projects. I will post those soon. I will be back over there on May 3rd for nsd. Should be a hoot. Kerry Lynn and Nikki will be there. I'm hoping my girls Ginger and Diane are coming too... How bout it girls?

Ok now I am off to clean my desk and take the tent down in the back yard. Have a wonderful week!

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I was sleeping by the wasteside of tmw

How was your Easter? Mine was nice. The kids dyed eggs and had a messy wonderful time.





I may have made one too. *wink*

The kids woke up to a treat from the Easter bunny. We had "dinner" and hid the eggs. I of course was to busy helping the kids find the eggs that I completely forgot about my camera! Grrrr! No hunting pictures here. Bad bad mommy.

I am currently working on my next Mojo page. I really love this challenge...wait don't I say that about all of them? Ah well I do love the challenges. Anyway it goes up the 20TH so I know you will want to play along.

You remember in my last post I said I wanted to do something pretty and vintage and throw in some sewing...Well I kind of did that. I found this pattern on spool. I loved the mobile they made and I had to give it a try. Here is what I made.





I used some vintage fabric I got from my beautiful friend Kerry Lynn. I almost feel bad poking pins into its tail but I do love how she turned out. I have made more birds for different reasons which you will see soon.

The page I couldn't find a title for is now the page I found a tittle for. Thank you OLW. It went perfect with the picture. Some might say "why would u scrap that pic it is messed up" but I just loved the way it looked and then I found that quote that just went so well with the water stains.



My daughter Raven. Something I wanted to tell her. No man is worth her tears. Right now she need not worry about men though lol!

Before I forget my sass pin and magnets were featured on the blog! I was beginning to think they didn't like me over there lol! It's all good.

I have watched many many movies. I really need to try to keep track of them all. Here are some I remember.

Doubt- Not bad.
Splinter- pretty good.
The Grey Man- Strange but worth the watch.
The Ten- Lame.

That's all I can remember. Any lost fans out there? ooh wee, I am loving this season. Of course I am just as confused as ever lol!

I was inspired by the protest that has been going on here (they are having tea parties). No higher taxes. I decided to plan a tea party for my daughters and I for sat. Expect lovely pics from that. They are thrilled, as am I.

I am going to rip out my carpet soon and maybe paint my walls in the living room. This old house needs some beautiful things. a makeover of sorts.
I'll be taking pics so you can tell me what u think.

One more thing. Hubby and my anniversary (been together for 16 years on Sunday) is coming up and he has something planned.Shhh it's a secret... I can't wait.

NSD is coming up what do u have planned? I will be over at pmp. If you're that way I would love to see ya.

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