Exploring Fall with Kolby.

Kolby and I were waiting for Kruz to get home and we decided to explore the yard. Kolby was so funny. He was running around looking at all the plants and of course the lawn mower. It had rained for a couple of days before this and the lawn and plants are happy. With cooler weather coming, I knew we had to get out and enjoy it while we can. I got a couple of cute videos of Kolby looking for his Dad and playing Peek-a-Boo. I will try to post those later.

Kruz and his School Bus.

Kruz gets to ride a bus to school Monday to Thursday. He really likes it. He even gets a little nap while he is traveling home. He gets off the bus in a great mood, most days. He wanted me to take a picture of him wearing his Lightening McQueen back pack. They had a Mock Evacuation from his school yesterday so he had 1/2 day off. He spent about an hour with Kelly at his office until I could get off work and pick him up. He really likes Dad's office. Today I am not working so the boys and I get to spend the day together.

My 1st Scrap Swap

Kara's Halloween page. ^

Back to School page. ^

April's witchy page. ^

This one is mine! ^

This one is Janel's Spooky page. ^

This is a back to school page. ^

A Halloween page. ^

Heidi's back to school page. ^

I went to a scrap swap last Tuesday. I took the day off. Yes, you read it right, I actually took a day off. Eight of the CTMH consultants in the Basin area got together and we swapped scrapbook pages. I came up with a Halloween 2-page spread. Then I made enough kits for the other 7 ladies to put my page together. When we got together, we all traded pages. I went with 8 of the same pages and came home with 8 different pages. It was really fun. I learned a lot and was able to get some great ideas. We are going to do this once a month. I am still getting to know everyone, so I don't have their names on all of them. My scrap group meets next on October 9th. I can't wait. We will be putting together my Halloween page. Each time we meet, I will try to teach a new technique. I will be teaching about making our own patterned paper. The cobweb paper on my page is stamped paper, not bought that way.

Live Your Life...

New goal for me:

To live my life in such a way

that when my feet hit the floor in the morning,

Satan says, 'Oh crap, she's awake.'

Bye, Bye Travel Trailer

So yes, we sold the trailer. It was a hard decision to make, but we know it is the right decision for us. We will miss it, but will eventually buy another one. Most likely a smaller one. I would like a smaller fifth wheel. We can't have a fifth wheel without a truck. That is a long way into the future.

A message from Kruz...

Happy Birthday Mica!

How to maintain a healthy level of insanity.

Here it is ... a list of ways to maintain a healthy (or not so healthy) insanity.

1. At lunch time, sit in your parked car with sunglasses on and point a hair dryer at passing cars. See if they slow down.

2. Page yourself over the intercom. Don't disguise your voice!

3. Every time someone asks you to do something, ask if they want fries with that.

4. Put decaf in the coffee maker for 3 weeks. Once everyone has gotten over their caffeine addictions, switch to espresso.

5. Finish all your sentences with 'in accordance with the prophecy'.

6. Skip down the hall rather than walk and see how many looks you get.

7. Order a diet water whenever you go out to eat, with a serious face.

8. Specify that your drive-through order is 'to go'.

9. Sing along at the Opera.

10. Put mosquito netting around your work area and play tropical sounds all day.

11. 5 days in advance, tell your friends you can't attend their party because you have a headache.

12. When the money comes out of the ATM, scream 'I won! I won!'.

13. When leaving the zoo, start running towards the parking lot, yelling 'Run for your lives! They're loose!'.

14. Tell your children over dinner, 'Due to the economy, we are going to have to let one of you go'.

It's called Therapy. (Not that it would work.)