Been a long time

I've been off my blog for awhile. I have just been super busy with lots of different things, lots of projects and I went to Northern Cali to see friends and family. Wish I could share the cute pics of my family and friends but there identity is a secret :)

So here are some of my best pictures from my vacation. I was really pleased with these ones. I have lots more but thought I would share these! I will uploading some of my projects I have been working on too, but for now...

Exhausted......

Ok, so I have been cleaning and purging, cleaning and purging, and cleaning some more. I won't go into the details, but I am exhausted and pretty satisfied all in the same breath.

It is not easy when you have accumulated so much stuff over the years! And where does all the paper and clutter come from? It is just insane! Dust oh my goodness, where does all that come from too? It doesn't help that I have 2 very large dogs and my backyard is half dirt. It is so hard to keep up!

Anyways, amongst all that I have been taking some local day trips and involved in way too many swaps. I have vowed to quit the swaps after Christmas. my last ones will be my annual ornament swap and my annual secret stocking swap. All the girls on two peas are very excited about that and currently we are doing the secret goblin swap which is going pretty well and they are having a ton of fun with it! One of my girls, Wendy made me a handmade paperbag Halloween album. Too cute! I can't wait to gather some Halloween pictures for it!

Oh and let's not forget the whimsey swap - OMG - Stacy went way overboard! She spoiled me rotten and you can see what I got on her blog Minor Details, the link is on the right. I beleive it is the first slide show under whimsey. THANKS AGAIN SO MUCH STACY!!

Ok back to my little day trips. I have had the best time going to San Vicente Resevoir, driving through the mountains chasing thunderstorms and going to Palm Springs this summer. Low budget trips, but the bests times spent with the husband, family and friends. We have taken about 700 pictures I am estimating! Here are a few, but I wont bore you with all 700 hahahhahah.

NO EXCUSE.........

for not posting. Just kinda wrapped up in a few things. I'm trying to clean things up around my house! I have been busy with a few projects for swaps. I made some women's b-day cards for Mandy's card swap on 2 peas. I am looking forward to getting those back. Also I had Tink and Sulley for a Rachel's disney atc swap on 2 peas. those took forever!

I have also organized the secret goblin swap over there as well with 30 other women. If all goes right, it will be one of the biggest swaps I can remember for a secret sister swap. At least that I have organized. The girls seem to be having lots of fun with it. I will be getting my Halloween supplies in order, so I can make some fun stuff!

Peggy is hosting a vintage Halloween ornament swap and I am so excited about that one too, but I must complete about 3 other projects before I can do that one. One of them is Teri's 8x8 page swap and my theme is Stories of Christmas past. I can't wait to get that started and I better hurry!

Took a drive on Friday to the mountains, where I used to live. Lots of pics. But I will only bore you with a few! I grew up on the other side of that big mountain in the first on a ranch.

So that was the extent of my pics for my projects I was talking about and the land that I love!

My silly beast

She has those sticky blue plumbego flowers all over her. I went outside and saw her and just had to giggle!

Free digital kit by Chaos Lounge Creations - Thank yOu!

CHARMS GALORE!

I had 2 spots in the black and white charm swap over on 2peas and these are my entries! I made 46 of each design! I cannot wait to receive them all back! There were 40 different ladies participating! I have seen some of the other charms, and they are fantastic! I will update more tomorrow on g3neral stuff!

I SPLURGED......

On something new to wear, but only because I found a $20.00 coupon and I only had to spend $40.00 before the coupon was taken off! the shirt was originally 36.99, so I had to get one more thing, found these suede platform pumps, 3 1/2 inch heels in my exact size, (even wide width) for $6.98. Take $20.00 off and 4.95 for shipping, I got these two things for $31.19. YAHOO!

Ok, here is the downside, I don't even wear high heels, but these are so cute, and I am in the need for something a little sexy. I figure I can carry them to the car with me, put them on before I go into the bar or whatever lol, and then take them off. at least I will be carrying sexy shoes!

It is also so hard to find something cute in my size, and I am just sick of Lane Bryant clothes, so I found this coupon in the magazine I bought from Lane Bryant last time I got some pants. I really like the clothes up there, so go check out http://www.fashionbug.com/ if you are a size 14+ or if you want to check the shoes, jewelry, or handbags! Today is the last day for the coupon and I am not sure if it will work for you but I can send you the code! Let me know!

So look below to see what I got!

LADY BUG

that's it, just something beautiful God gave me one day :)