ENERGIZER BUNNY vs. EASTER BUNNY!

Man oh man.........Where does all that strength/energy come from when you are running around? Get up take the kids to school, come home do all the chores, errands, phone calls, yaddy...yaddy! Pick up from school, come home, try to eat something in between & take a 2 minute break. Yes a 2 minute break! There isn't much time for a break is there? LOL! Cook, serve dinner, clean up after dinner, do homework.........geesh!!! I sometimes forget there are only 24hrs in the day, it seems as though it doesn't end. LOL!!! But all is good, I don't know where this Energizer Bunny gets the juice to keep going but I do somehow. For all the moms out there: KUDOS to you for keepin' it going!

What about the Easter Bunny? He only comes around once a year, looking all cute with his basket full of pretty decorated eggs that of course we decorate. He just stands there and does nothing! LOL!!!

(Smile) It's a beautiful day if you are in it!

S.I.S.T.A. Scrappers Weekend!

Wow this was fun!! It was Scrapbook time this past weekend at my house, and we all had such a great time!!!! We scrapped, we danced, we sang, we ate, we drank, and we even went on a field trip to different area Srapbook stores. Yes it was great as always!

We finally came up with a name for our Scrapping group, and that was a surprise in itself, after many ideas floating around, and attempts to agree on one, we simply came up with one in the midst of a conversation! LOL, and poof there it was......S.I.S.T.A. Scrappers which means Scrapbooking In Style Together Always.

The fun part of course was our field trip day on Saturday when we went together to different area Scrapbook Stores, we had such a great time!

I love these ladies and they truly have become true Sisters to me, I wouldn't want to be on this journey without them. Surely once my move to Chicago becomes a reality, I will miss the fun times we have had together across the years.

Here we are exhausted after a whole afternoon of Scrapbook shopping! LOL!!! Ok, ok, we were actually waiting for one of our SISTA's to come out of the store and she wouldn't (you know who you are, lol) so we took a nap while we waited!

So whats New for Me?

As I mentioned in my previous post, I have jumped on the band wagon of reading once again. I am currently reading "A New Earth" Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckart Tolle. This book is part of the Oprah Winfrey Book Club. It's just one of those things I have brought back into my life, the joy of reading. The reason I wanted to read this book in particular, was due to the fact that the title represented one of the goals I have for 2008 which is; my journey to come into my "own" and become a better me.

It is an amazing book and one that will surely either Awaken you or have absolutely no effect on you depending on where you are in life. If it awakens you, then you are off to a much better and enlightened life.

Another thing that has become new is my MySpace page! This is the link to find me if you happen to have one and would like to be one of my friends in this MySpace world ( www.myspace.com/scrapmania). At first I was quite mistaken that this was a world for teenagers and not for adults. Soon enough I became aware of many adults I know that have a MySpace page, for example our families. Being that my sons also had one, I wanted to monitor the situation and get more informed as well regarding this new form of human connection. Of course if you have a MySpace 9 out of 10 times you have a page on Facebook as well. They call this the "preppy MySpace". I have family & friends that only use Facebook so I created a page there as well. However, I must be honest I don't keep up with this a whole lot, it is just a way to keep in touch with long distance friends and family and keep in the loop of modern communications.

Our move to Chicago is still in progress, we are currently waiting on the results of our final Home Appraisal for our house in Florida and see where that goes. The plan is to be up in Chicago by this Summer, but everything depends on this house and its sale to my husbands employer. As we all know, the market is not doing so good and they are purchasing the home at Fair Market value so we will just have to wait and see what happens. I will keep you all posted!

In light of the potential "summer move" my Scrapbooking buddies will be coming to crop at my house this weekend. It will be an all Girls Weekend Crop getaway at my place and I am siked! I am so excited to have them over and get to have some down time with some of my favorite people in the world! I will post some pictures of our fun weekend. Well that's it for now and I will post more later! Have a happy weekend everyone!

2008

Well I skipped a whole year there, LOL!!! But that is how busy and crazy my year went! Incredibly enough, 2007 was a year of many changes. Some changes brought us challenges and difficulty but in the end it is all working out for the good.

To sum it up I will be leaving the beautiful Sunshine state of Florida and heading up North to the cold, windy city of Chicago, IL. Many of you may be thinking that's simply insane, well I thought it too, but the right job opportunity came along for my husband and so the decision had to be made. It was a major Family decision for us and in the end the majority agreed that it was the right move for us all. So up to the North pole we are heading, LOL!! Ok, not so much but it will feel pretty close.

In any case, we have already gone up to Chicago twice, once in the fall and once in the winter of 2007 and have searched for homes in the areas we think would be suitable for us. They have absolutely gorgeous homes and we are praying we will find what we are needing. The house in Florida you may ask? Well we are currently in the process of working out the sale of our Florida home with the company that Louie is going up there to work for. Yes I did say his company is buying our home, so I guess you know why we jumped at the offer! LOL!!! It really is depedending on the fair market value of course and what we can work out from there so it's still in the process but I believe it will all work out fine. So if anyone out there knows of any wonderful places to live in Chicago then let us know!

I am still actively Scrapbooking, that hasn't changed and I am actually holding a crop at home during this month of March with all my Scrapbooking buddies. I am so excited it will be an entire weekend of pure Scrapbooking fun!!! Yippee!!!!

Some of the other things I am into this year of 2008 is reading, I officially joined up again (I've done it before) the Oprah Winfrey book club! Besides wanting to get back into reading, I figured I should get into the Chicago spirit since I am moving up there! LOL!!!

Anyhow, I will try to post more often this time around if things don't get too crazy for me with the move! Which by the way the official move will not be happening until Summer sometime, so I still have time here to enjoy the sunny skies of Florida................(smiling).