Variety Monday

I didn't want to look up which volume of minutiae I was on, hence the temporary title change.  It's still the same old ramblin'

Took this cell phone picture of the dashboard of my car at around 4:45 pm.  (Also posted it on FB so everyone on there could see the temp!)

In other news:

We got kids' meals from Chick-Fil-A and their current toy is called Amazing Academy, and there are different tools to be used to spy and solve crimes.  It sounded sorta science-y so I thought they might like them.  When they opened them, they were little mirrors with a cover.  You use them to spy on people behind you, I guess.  John Sam looked at it and said, "It's just a mirror, that's not amazing at all."

Caroline put the prong collar and long leash on her huge stuffed tiger.  She pulls it down the hallway and past her dad, who said, "What are you doing to that poor tiger?"  She answers, "She's not poor, she likes it."

Sitting on my desk right, I have four yellow roses that don't smell, and three red ones that smell heavenly.  We'll discuss the piles all around me at a later date.

Good night! xo xo

Happy Mother's Day

I had a relaxing day for my holiday.  :)  I slept in, opened my cards, made bacon at about 11:30 a.m. (*gasp*), got lunch from Jason's Deli around 2:30.  Then I cut some roses off my rose bushes, took a little doze, then went to Aunt Cheryl's for John Sam to play the Wii, I mean visit, ate some cake and ice cream--the kids all think every time we see each other we must have cake & ice cream!  Came home and made nachos, then Caroline wanted to use my camera to take pictures of me on Mother's Day.  She started out giggling, but then after a couple of tries, she started getting serious about getting me to do particular poses.  My favorite one is the one of all three of us.  Happy Mother's Day to all the moms we know and love--

 

 

xo xo xo xo xo xo xo

from John Sam, Fran, and Caroline

National Scrapboook Day 2011

Since I haven't done any real scrapbooking in quite some time, I decided to post some of my all-time favorite layouts in observance of National Scrapbook Day!!!

A lot of these are layouts that I submitted to contests and magazines for publication, but they weren't chosen.  I was sad that I didn't get any of these published.  When I look back on these pages, I realize.... I'm a darn good scrapbooker.  Good pictures, good colors, good writing.  Made with creativity and love.

Happy National Scrapbook Day 2011!

First Movie Show

 The Keys to My Heart

John Sam's Footprint and Hand Page

Caroline's Footprint and Hand Page

Wrong, Wrong, Wrong!

Toiling with Benefits

7 May 2011

Say Anything!

Life Takes Joy

Tender Heart

Bunny Ears

Life Takes Beauty

Luv My Girly Girl

 Eye Contact

Kismet

Sissy's Birthday

Happy Birthday to my little Sissy!  Here is a cake I whipped up on my lunch hour....

You deserve to have all your wishes come true!  And they will!

We love you,
B.B.S., J.S., and C.G. plus Tokyo

Another birthday for Tokyo

Cinco de Mayo is the (observed) birthday of our very own Miss Tokyo Jones.

She got a vigorous walk, more than 5 or 6 Milkbones, and got to pose on the couch for pictures with her favorite "puppies."

She has the evil eye because of the flash, but she doesn't have an evil bone in her body.  She is a very good dog and we love her very much.  Happy Birthday, T!

4 May 2011

Oh, the joys of working with people who won't stay home when they're sick.  *sigh*  Already one person has caught it - not me - and my hands are dry and raw from hand sanitizer.

Anybody seen my SARS mask????

Art Display at Literacy Night

I can't remember how many book fairs we've been to at LCE, but they are always so much fun!  Bought some books, got some free books, and free super-cool T-shirts!!!

John Sam's is the bottom drawing--

I think it might be a road track for Hex Bugs?  :)

Caroline's is the one in the middle
with the beatiful eyelashes ;) 

Poor picture quality is courtesy of my cell phone!

Current Events

The Royal Wedding?  What a beautiful, romantic, historic event.  They seem like the sweetest two lovebirds ever.  I DVR'd it and will probably watch it more than one more time (I know, royal geek alert). Congratulations to newlyweds HRH Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge, Catherine Middleton.

As far as the figurehead of Al-Qaeda.... karma, baby.  I am so grateful and in awe of our military, it makes my eyes water with pride.  Thank you, thank you, thank you to our soldiers in uniform.

Still waiting for my grade to post online.  Sure hope it's high enough to keep me in the running for some scholarship awards. 

Kids are squeaky clean and into the bedtime groove.  Staying up so late last night to get all the details is catching up with me! 

xo xo xo

May Day 2011

Happy May Day 2011!

I'll try to be better about blogging regularly. No excuse since I have a couple of weeks off from school.