What are you reading?

I have been reading like crazy. These are a few books I got from my cousin to read, but I have finished them already. Can anyone recommend any more good books? I don't know what else to read. I am running out of ideas.

New addition to the house...

Here are the stairs that my daddy and my hubby built for our house...Aren't they great?!? I absolutely LOVE them. Now we don't have to worry about wobbly stairs anymore. We can run up them if we want to...ha ha!! :)

I love how the wood grain looks on top of them.

I'm melting...

I am sitting here in the heat just thinking about how crazy I am. It is so hot out here at the campground. Thank goodness we just came to spend the day out here. We are supposed to go swimming later. I can't wait. At least we will be able to cool off then. :) I know I am complaining about the heat a lot but at least I am not home and bored. I wouldn't be doing anything if I was home. My FIL is barbecuing so that should be good. My hubby was trying to fish but didn't have any luck. The fish are smart over here. Anyway. I am just babbling. I am writing this from my phone. I am sitting under the awning of the camper with the fan on me. On the good side, I might be losing some pounds. It feels like a sauna anyway. Ha ha. :) I guess I will stop talking now. There isn't much else going on.
I will show you pictures of my new stairs soon. My daddy and my hubby made them. They are awesome!! Have a great 4th of July!!

Pictures...

I am trying to post some pictures with this, but it's NOT WORKING!! Ugh!

Wait...let me try again...

There!!! Finally!!! Just some backgrounds I was working on a while back...

Another inspiring video...

Warning: Random Thoughts Ahead...

I am just sitting here with nothing to say/do or think. I am so sorry if my blog hasn't been up to par lately. I have been feeling kinda out of it. I have been so tired lately. I haven't worked in my journal in like a week (maybe that's why I feel so blah). I don't know. It could be the heat too. It has been so hot. If it's this hot now, I don't want to feel the heat in August. Ugh!! I will have to do lots of swimming and fanning. I have been working alot because the teachers have their vacations during the summer. That tires me out too because the kids are nuts. They drive me crazy some days, but I still love them all. :) I don't know. I guess maybe I will get better soon. I just don't know how to define it. It doesn't feel like a "slump" or "depression" or anything. I am just out of it (I know I said that already), but I don't know how else to describe it. I am kinda in my own world. My hubby or someone else will try to talk to me and it's like I don't even hear/understand them. My mind just goes blank or something. Oh well, I only have to work one day next week so maybe I can take some time to chill. I can do art work all day or go swimming or knit (anything that I feel like doing). We shall see what happens. As for now, I guess I will just try to pay more attention when people are talking and sneak in some art journaling when I can.

Anyway...what is with all the deaths lately? My hubby's grandma died a couple of weeks ago and his grandpa died this week. Also, I found out that Ed Mcmahon died yesterday and today I found out about Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett. I know that they are just celebrities, but still. (I don't mean it that way...I just meant they aren't part of my family). To find all of that out in just a week. That's rough!!!

Just pages...

Yay!! I got the juicy Watermelon award from Lynda over at Butterfly Dreams!
I am supposed to pass it on to 6 people and tell you 6 things I love. So here goes:
6 things I love right now:

1. MY INTERNET FRIENDS
2. SPRAY INK
3. CUTTING UP AT WORK (HA HA)
4. WATCHING MY HUBBY SLEEP
5. MINDLESS TV
6. HAVING PAINT ALL OVER MY HANDS

Let's see. 6 people to nominate: Hmmm...this is going to be hard...
a girl & her journal
Octopi Crafts
Creative Every Day
D'Blogala
Little Blue Sparrow
Ruby.Claire. (:

I won a giveaway!!! :)
It was from Mushroommeadows. You should check out her blog. Her stuff is really cute!!!

Art journal pages...

Blah, blah, blah...

I have really been out of my life lately. I don't know what else to call it. I have been feeling blah...I don't know. I guess there is always a little blah in me, but I think I let it take over these passed few days. I had to work all week and so when I came home, I was tired. I didn't feel like doing anything. I haven't checked my blogs, I haven't written any blogs, I haven't done any art journaling or knitting, I haven't done much of anything. I finished reading a library book...that's about it. I am trying to get stuff done today. I need to do some housework and maybe later, some art journaling. Right now, I am just going to be checking blogs and getting that done. That will take a couple of hours. Do any of you "downsize" the blogs that you read everyday. I have a list of at least 40 and it is so hard to get them read everyday and it's also really hard to stop reading them when I have too many. I just don't know what to do about it. I spend more time reading about other people's lives than living my own. ha ha :)

Signs of Summer...

Not done yet...

Here are just some close-ups and such of pages that aren't done yet. I just thought I would show you some of my under layers and the texture of some.


I hand carved these eyes.

I also hand carved this girl.

New video...

I just watched this video this morning and I really like it. I think more people should watch it and BELIEVE what she says!!! :)

Long time no blog

I have been busy doing nothing lately. I have been working but when I am home I have just kinda been sitting around. I tried to post a couple of days ago but I didn't know what to talk about so I gave up. I haven't even been journaling. I guess I was giving myself time to refill the well so to speak. I journaled today for a while and got a few pages done but that's about it.
My anniversary (5 years) was Friday. My hubby got me this gorgeous ring. (I will have pictures later). I was very shocked because he doesn't surprise me very often. I usually figure out when he is getting me something, but be did good this time.
Anyway. I am so glad that we have a 3 day weekend. My hubby has off of work just like me. I am glad because that doesn't happen very often. We are going to go to my mom and dad's house for dinner. They are cooking ribs and invited us. That should be fun. I will probably bring my art journaling stuff with me to do some more pages or maybe I will bring my laptop to check blogs. I don't know. I guess I will decide tomorrow.
Goodnight everyone!!

Just chillin'

I had the day off today and I ACTUALLY used it wisely. When I woke up, I went to the library and then shopping at Dollar General. I came home with new stuff to do. I bought some seeds and some potting soil and got to work on planting some flowers. I will take pictures later when they start sprouting. I also cleaned the bathrooms in my house. I wanted to do the floors, but after all that I was too tired. I will do the floors another day. Tomorrow I have to work all day so it won't be then. Anyway! I am watching "Monkeybone" right now. I like this movie, it's a bit trippy, but cool! Good night everyone!


PS: My Journey to Hope is having a giveaway for her birthday! Go check it out! :)

Bye Bye Fire!!!



Hello Summer!!!

Multi-tasking...

I have been carving stamps! I am loving it and will have to take pictures of them to show you!

I tried to upload more journal pages, but the blogger upload thing is messing up! It is annoying me! Oh well, I will try again tomorrow!

Here are some plates that I bought at Hobby Lobby a few months ago. I absolutely LOVE them!!! They are so cute! I don't even like to eat on them, because I don't want to mess them up. ha ha :) Isn't that sad?!?

Anyway! I am cooking right now. I am making chicken in a gravy and I am baking chicken. I am doing this to have leftovers for another day. I don't do that very often because I don't really like to cook, but let's just say, it was time! I am tired of eating out or just eating Hot Pockets or whatever. I wanted a home cooked meal, so I cooked. My hubby will be happy too. He won't have to scrounge around in the pantry to find himself something to eat.

The weather is horrible outside right now. It is pouring down raining and thundering/lightening and stuff like that. It is pretty windy too. The electricity has already blinked a time or two. I hate when that happens because then I have to go around and reset all of the digital clocks in the house. Actually, some of them weren't even fixed since the last time the electricity went out. Oh well, thank goodness I am on my laptop because I can still be on the computer. I am totally multi-tasking and checking blogs and stuff while I am cooking. I am even writing this while I have a YouTube video playing in the background. Maybe I do TOO MANY THINGS at one time. I don't know. I guess I am used to it. One day, I guess I will have a baby on my hip in the middle of all this too. HA HA :) Oh well, my hubby just got home. Talk to you later!!!!