Giddy with excitement!!

Hey there!

I hope that your Sunday is
just as blessed as mine is!

I am giddy with excitement!
To show you this layout
I did for
Shimmerz!!!


You can check out my post on the Shimmerz Blog!!!! it was a lot of fun creating this layout.
I used the IAAS kit for this one. Again it was fun using this
really cool stuff!

Since I am posting today I am
going to list my grateful list!

1. Starting to actually organize my den closet.
2. God's patience.
3. Making coffee for people who love it.
4. The serenity of our home.
5. Truth because it really does set you free.
6. Lists because I do well with them.
7. Days off of work because they refresh me.
8. Really good dinners that are totally yummy!
9. Giving because it warms my heart.
10. A really good kid who I am blessed by daily!

Well I am off to spend the day with my family!
I hope that you can spend the
day with yours as well and that
you find joy!

Up

I know that writing about this
means that we are a little slow
on the draw with this movie.


However, when you can go
to the movies for .99 each and
then get popcorn, milkduds,
and peanut M&M's for a total
of $12.00 you wait to go see it on
base. Yeah it's that cheap, which
is why we wait.
So A & I went to the movies today.

First let me share with you that D
couldn't go. Nope. He's at work today
and tomorrow pulling 12 hour shifts
because someone under him messed up
something and they felt like since D is higher
up, that he should of seen his mistake and
caught it. Well this guy is just a level lower
than D and normally they don't go back
and check over guys that are just a level
lower {I'm talking 5 and 7 level here. It's
got nothing to do with their rank but how
they are qualified with their job} because at
this point they should be doing their jobs and
doing them well and right.
Of course, someone over D decided that
cause the guy didn't do his job and got
something wrong, then D had to suffer and
pull weekend duty with the guy that messed
up. I am not certain really why D had to pay for
this guys mistake, but he is at work.
And honestly I wasn't too happy about it.
And of course neither was he.

So that's why we went to the movies today
just she and I.

This was the first time that either one of us
had seen the movie. And I knew nothing about
the movie except the flying house part.



I LOVED this movie! I loved the messages
throughout the entire thing and I not only
laughed, but cried too. It was that good!
We'll be buying this one for sure not only cause
it was good but so that D will get to see it too!

There were many parts in this movie that are
already my favorite. But my biggest favorite
was when near the end he watches the house
he so very much loved float away into
forever.. And him finally letting the house
go and realizing that it is just a house.
What was important were the memories
from living in the house. I loved that part.

Oh and the changes on my blog again?
I loved the Americana theme.
However I wanted something
a little more subtle that I could
keep around for a tad bit longer
and this one fits the bill!
No more changing for a bit since
it takes time and my time is pretty
precious!

Speaking of that.
I am off to play Yahtzee with Alyssa!
Have a great night!

Updates!

Well since I don't have much to write about
I'll update you with what's
been going on!

D finally got home on Tuesday.
Just in time for me to hang out with
him for about 2 hours before I had to go into work
and work my first night shift.
Not that it's really night shift
cause we're only open until 5pm
but that's a huge difference for me!
Working nights was okay.
I like days better cause I get out of there
at 12. But I liked closing the store and
setting it all up to open the next morning.
I did almost everything at night so I didn't have
to prep much for the daytime!

It's good to have D home.

Alyssa is taking archery classes this week.
She loves it!




My trainer is still kickin' my tail.
This week for some reason
she's stepped it up a notch and I am literally
in the gym for 2 hours.
So I work out right after work for an hour
and then come back later cause
I cannot physically get through the entire
2 hours in one shot.

It's only 14 days away until my girlie vacation with Sarah!
Not that I am counting down the days or anything.

I am slowly scrapping again! I think that I
seriously scrapped so much last week
I was on fire! But it slowed down
when I got a lot of my DT work finished.
I am still plugging along with some
things that I'll show you soon.

After this week, Alyssa is going to go
to another CYT camp. This ti me
it's a broadway show camp, she's pretty
excited about it too!

Oh yeah! And we are going to a concert!!
In November they are having
Skillet/Hawk Nelson/and some other bands! We
are going to surprise one of A's friends and take her too!
How fun will that be!

Well nothing else, pretty boring...

Barbie. Sparkling grape juice. and God!

Well it started out that way but God has a way of changing it up!

I was a tad bummed to be quite honest with you
that Dayv was gone for the 4th. That meant that
we weren't doing anything... It's my favorite holiday
and every year it seems to go down hill for us.
We weren't going into town, that much I knew.
Call me a chicken {I am fine with that} but
driving downtown by myself with Alyssa at night
with tons and tons of people really didn't seem
like something I wanted to do just to see about 30-45
minutes of fireworks.

So we opted to stay home and of course
you guessed it do nothing.
Which in a big way was okay with me.
Except there wasn't a BBQ cause I don't know
how to work the grill and I didn't want to make
a bunch of food for just A & myself. So we ate
off and on all day, just little stuff and then some
junk too! LOL. We stayed in our pj's.
This pretty much sums up our day...







Let me just share with you that I love to BBQ
and make potato salad, baked beans, deviled eggs, etc.
I love wearing Old Navy tee-shirts and taking a million
photos of us in them. I love watching fireworks and
being able to take photos of those too. I love ooohing and
aaaahing at each beautiful one. It's just a wonderful night!

But ours was kind of boring actually. No offense at A cause
we did play some games together and then I scrapped
a little while she played her DS and a new game she
had gotten. But it was boring.
For some reason we decided to start a Barbie
marathon. Now you might think that's pretty boring
but I am a huge Barbie fan! So watching a bunch
of these movies was right up my alley! I loved Barbie
growing up, a lot!!
So I busted out the sparkling grape juice cause
that is what I was saving it for, we had some smores
and started to watch the movies.

By this time it's dark. The dogs are freaking out.
Kira is barking, Jake is shaking like a leaf.
And we keep hearing popping sounds.
I finally asked A to go outside and see if she could see anything
in between Barbie movies.

She comes running back in telling me that she can see
fireworks! I jumped off the couch and went outside
and sure enough...


There they were in all of their glory! Tons and tons
of fireworks, beautiful fireworks going off all over where we lived.
Of course I was surprised cause I thought for sure it was illegal
but they were going off. So A & I sat down on our sidewalk
and watched them for over an hour.
It tickled my heart and warmed me as well sitting there with A
enjoying it.
I felt like we had front row seats and we didn't even have to get
dressed!!! Yeah that's me all natural..


I thanked God over and over again because deep down
that is truly what I wanted to see, fireworks.
As we watched I went back in time to remember one of the
very last times I was with my mom {before I left for college
and all} that we went downtown in St. Pete to watch them.
I remember laughing at her for her ooohs and ahhhs cause
she over did them, but enjoying her none the less.
It was special to sit there with Alyssa and talk about Grannie
and how she did that. And of course we carried on the tradition
ourselves and ooohed and ahhhed like the best of them!


We watched for over an hour as I said and then we got cold.

So we came back inside and sat back down to watch another Barbie movie.

You couldn't ask for a better day and it really wasn't boring at all!
Thank you God for hearing my prayers!

Crawling back into my pj's.

Even though it's almost the evening I tell ya I wanted to crawl back
into my bed today.
I had a day.
It wasn't a very good day.
It just wasn't.
Work...
Oh my.. Trust me when I tell ya that I am blessed by this job
but it's really week 1 I am a supervisor and yet I feel like
all of this stuff is being pushed on me and I need to know it
simply, right now...
On top of that I spilled 3 drinks, big time everywhere
I messed up almost every order today too.
Just not my day.

But I went over to Lori's and vented it all.
She made me lunch.
Even a cup of tea.
Offered me some chocolate.
And most importantly she listened.
As I was driving home from her house,
I thanked God for her.

And then I let the day go.
Cause it will be there tomorrow.

This just came to mind:

Matthew 6:25-34

I am highlighting verse 34 because that is the one that stuck out to me the most.

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow
will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

That is very true.
And this is my learning scripture for the week.
Although I've known it, I want to feast upon it this week.
Alyssa and I started a pact to learn and memorize a scripture a week.
This one is mine for this week for sure!

Ah! Okay that's done.
Rant over.
As I sit here in my pj's I find solace and comfort in that scripture.

Here is my next layout that I created using the
CMK colorful July kit!


I really loved working with this kit a lot!
And I love these photos of D & myself too!
I miss him a lot.
Hopefully he comes home tomorrow!!!

You know what?
Tomorrow is going to be a better day!
I just know it!
Have a great night!

The Cool-E-O effect

I dunno about you but I often like to come up with funny
words that I make up. I've been doing that for a while now,
so that's where I get my title today!!! LOL.

Today I'd like to share one of my creations with you using
Shimmerz!!!

I've never used anything like this and more over,
using it is really out of my box!
But that is why I took on the challenge of being
their GDT member for July and August.
I figured it was a good product to get out of my box more
so than I do!!!
Shimmerz is a paint and well, I haven't painted much on my work
but that has changed cause I didn't realize how easy this stuff was to use
or how fun it was! I am going slowly with it, but its been fun for me!

This first project I used Shimmerz "Sunny".
I LOVE yellow so I wanted to ensure that I used it on a layout
that was bright, brought a smile to my face, and was cheery!


Although I didn't do anything new with this product I did put it on my flowers and also my yellow letters on the page.

If you look at it closely you can see it all Shimmery!
And to put it on, I used a Q-tip. I know that's rather odd
cause there are paint brushes I could use but I wanted to see if using it
would soak up more of the Shimmerz product to ensure that it got each thing
wet enough with Shimmerz!
I really loved how this layout turned out!

My whole goal using Shimmerz
wasn't so that I could do
something new and creative!
All that stuff has already been done.
My goal was to incorporate it into my
pages and let the product speak for itself!
Which I truly think that it does!!!

If you haven't had a chance to use this product, buy it because it will make your stuff
all Shimmery!!!

And I hope that you day happens
to have some sunshine in it too!

Happy 4th of July!

I wanted to say Happy 4th to everyone out there!
May you find freedom in everywhere you look
and enjoy that is which is around you...
Today I am going to post a grateful list of why I am grateful for freedom.

1. For me it means I can leave freely in a country that believes in freedom.
2. I can worship, talk about Jesus, and practice my Christianity in the open or how I chose.
3. It means I am free to have an opinion, even if you do not agree with it.
4. I am independent.
5. For those that choose the military way of life. To fight for our freedom daily means that I can live my life that way.
6. Sacrifices.
7. Honoring those that served and are serving now.
8. Pride in America.
9. Opportunities that some may not have.
10. Freedom to me means I can choose.

I hope your day is blessed beyond what any freedom you can obtain.