Nothing real exciting to blog about but I figured I should give an update on the LO I had planned to start, oh …. probably almost a week ago now. LOL I’m actually still struggling with another LO of Paige and I’m not one to really set aside a LO and start another. I think I may have to start giving that a try. I wanted to try something a little different on this other one and maybe the particular style I’m going for doesn’t really suit me. :( SO, tonight I believe I’ll take a break from that one and get started on the one of me and Braelynn. I did complete an alpha yesterday although I think I’ll be including it with one of the kits I’m working on so not sure if it’ll be ready by Wednesday’s deadline. I also printed almost ALL my pages out for a new 8 x 8 album that I picked up recently. I am loving the 8 x 8 format rather than 12 x 12. So far all of my LOs have worked well without having to change any journaling font sizes or photos. Quite honestly I think most of them looked a little too big at 12 x 12. Go figure, after spending the extra money on a wide format printer. But I DO love my printer so I’m certainly not gonna complain. At least now I’ve got options. :)

Had a big family gathering last night. So fun to see all the aunts and uncles and some of my cousins. Had Kylie overnight Saturday night and gosh is it fun to wake up to her smilie face in the morning. That girl has a smile on her face 90% of the time, maybe even more! :) I did get some photos of her and took some of Eva last night but haven’t downloaded them from the camera so I’ll update my photo of the day calendar tonight. I PROMISE Nina. ;)

Other than that I am back to my 3 hour diet and doing my pilates again. I know, normally a beginning of summer thing, not end. I’ve never really had to worry much about my weight (not that I couldn’t stand to lose some, just don’t fluctuate much) but I think as I get older it’s gonna be something I’ll have to pay more attention to. So I’m on a roll, pilates two days in a row and I’ve been eating better again. Chicken Caesar salads here I come! Good thing I love ‘em. :) And I bought a new headset for my cell phone so if anyone else has free minutes after 7 and wants to ‘walk & talk’ with me some night let me know. I’m hoping to ‘walk & talk’ with Kari some time this week or next and I won’t sometimes know much ahead of time but if you see me online and wanna walk feel free to buzz me. And if you’re one of my sisters or mom and reading this CALL me if you wanna ‘walk & talk’ actually in person. ;) They were workin on the bike path this morning and you just can’t beat fresh blacktop! :)

Well, it’s back to work today. Somehow even with the log weekend I could still use another day before going back. I only started one scrapbook page and haven’t even finished it. I did get 6 pages done for a wedding album Selena and I are doing for a photographer she works with. I’m excited about doing these and the money is great! :) Gotta love doing something you enjoy and getting paid for it. :) Tonight I plan on finishing a couple more pages and sending them off to Selena and then hopefully finishing up the LO I’m working on and get started on another. I thought I’d post here my thought process so far on the next LO I want to work on. Amy did something similar awhile back and I thought it was a fun idea. :)

I’ve been wanting to scrap these photos from a boating trip we took to Saugatuck about a month ago. I tend to scrap photos of just the kiddos and would like to be able to look back years from now and have at least a few pictures of me actually interacting with them. Problem is I hate photos of myself so it’s rare to find any that I’d care to look back on down the road. ;) I couldn’t believe how perfectly Gina’s Twist of Lime kit went with these particular photos. The flower paper you’d think she picked the colors directly from Braelynn’s life jacket and the coral color works perfectly with my outfit. So hopefully tonight I’ve got enough creativity to put something together with all of this. We’ll see! :) If not tonight, I’ve got the day off tomorrow again and I think it’s supposed to be rainy here. :)

Workin’ on SBB stuff tonight and hoping to do some scrappin’ and of course watching Big Brother. Not nearly as excited about it since Kaysar’s gone. I think of the ones left I’m hoping against hope that James can somehow negotiate his way out of being evicted tonight. We’ll see. :)

And I finally finished the alpha I’ve been working on this morning, not in time to get it in the store by this week but at least I’m ahead of the game for next Wednesday. :) This one was TONS of fun to create and I ended up making it in 3 different versions. With the little ring to use as a charm, without the charm ring and then just the glass pebble part of it.