Finally finished the layout!

Only took like 5 days to complete this one..... I really really like it though. I wasn't sure at first if the papers went together.... the blue scallop circle is from a different line, and the white is really stark, but I think it works. I don't know how old I am in this photo, 6? 7?. I don't know. it's cute though. going to bed.

Getting organized

Still working on that layout I mentioned the other day.... its nearly done. it's not really complex or anything, I've just been busy. I'm working on organizing my clear stamps right now into these clear binder page things.... it's taking a long time, so far I've only done one page. I'm excited for it though, that is, if it works.....wish me luck.

I think I might just be done....

You know when you have those moments in your life where you're like "okay, enough shit, I'm moving on"? Today was one of those days. Ryan says I should quit tomorrow, but I just won't do that. I'm not like that. My debate now is whether to give 2 weeks tomorrow, and then try to find a job that will let me take my 3 weeks vacation, or take my vacation and then find a job. I guess I need to start a job hunt and decide from there. To back it up, for those of you who I haven't ranted and complained to today..... I just can not any longer stand the lack of concern, compassion, or dedication from Lynette. I truly feel she is done with her store, and just doesn't want to be there. Which is fine, whatever - but do something about it. Don't screw off and not be there for me. Don't tell me you're here to help, and not do the one thing I ask you to do. Do stand by while I totally impale myself (yes, I ripped my pants and sliced a huge gas in the back of my leg on a paper rack today) and not even care enough to ask if I'm okay. I think she might have said "are you okay" but not "wow, I'm sorry, I'll fix that rack I had no idea" not "do you want to go home" not "did you sterilize it" not nothing. Just the standard what you have to say response and thats it. Although, I really have come to expect only that from her. I had a class tonight, and a bunch of ladies stayed really late to shop - like an hour and a half extra. which is fine, I don't mind, however I KNOW Lynette won't pay me for it. She should, I know she should. She should not only pay me, but pay me overtime. But we've gone through this before, and she just weasels out of it. I know I should fight more for it, but is $16 bucks really worth it? I guess it should be. So anyhow, I know exactly to the penny how much money I owe, so I'm going see if she pays me extra for the shopping time. That too might affect whether I quit now or a little later. I love that store, I love my job, I love the customers, I really really can't stand her. I actually think I went to hating her today, and I really haven't hated a person in a long time. I'm tired, I'm going to bed. I'll stop my run on paragraph here.

Dad's Card and Some News

This is Dad's Father's Day card. I made it this morning and am really happy. I ordered this stamp from Little Paper Shop. Totally cool because Dad used to have a car just like this. Although, Dad's was black, but I didn't trust myself to colour a black car and not make it look like a total blob. It's not really a fancy card, but it makes me happy and I know he'll like it.

So, I phone the college today about whether I have to take all those courses I've already taken. I don't, which is a relief. HOWEVER - the transcript they have from UNBC doesn't have my freakin' degree on it! They didn't even know I graduated! Stupid UNBC sent them some old transcript, which is why I got accepted into the freaking two year program instead of the one. So fuck. Isn't that just wonderful eh? So they should be in the process of getting the new transcript now.... but I don't think I'll be able to go back into the one year, I think it's already filled up. How lovely for me. Anywho... what's done is done right, must have happened for a reason. Should become apparent one day. I'm off to go run some errands.

I need a big scanner....

Man, I SUCK at taking photos of my layouts. One day I will quit at the store and I will seriously miss our large scanner. I think I will need to purchase one of those. Although, I do figure my coming days will involve being a strict budget that does not include thousand dollar scanners. So unfortunately you are just going to have to look at these crappy shots. Sorry guys. Today I scrapbooked with Jane and Crystal. We all worked on the exact same paper which was really fun to do. They all turned out totally different - that's what I love about scrapbooking. It's to each their own and whatever you like goes.

This is the layout that I worked on with the girls. Again, sorry for my horribly crooked shot. This paper was just plain white with the flowery design printed on it. It's meant for water colour pencil crayons, but I used my beloved Copic markers. It was really fun to shade in the flowers and all that. Took like an hour to do though. Anyhow, these are old photos of me....


This is on my desk at the moment - it's a photo of Ryan, his sister, and cousin. I'm not quite done, because I need to get a hold of his mom for the date, it's got 86 sitting on there, but I'm sure that's not right, because he'd only be 3.... Those are just kind of the numbers I dug out. Pretty cute shot though, I love seeing old photos of him. Again, shitty photo. I was too lazy to take this one out of the page protector, so it's all flashy. This one is Jenny at West Ed. My last West Ed. layout. She was so brave - you wouldn't catch me on this thing in a zillion years....

Neocitran and a Cupcake

That's right, I'm drinking neocitran and eating a mint chocolate cupcake. two things that don't really taste so great together, but are making me feel better. The neocitran for my stuffy nose, and the chocolate for my spirits. It was just a long day, filled with cranky people. whatever, the cupcake helped me get over it.
I can't post any layouts today because really, I've had the same stupid thing on my desk for 5 days now. I just haven't had time to work on it. This cold is making me go to bed early, and I've been busy. Crystal had a class at the store today and I stayed and hung out. I didn't scrap, I just chatted and whatever. It was nice to not be alone.
Here's a couple cards I did a few days ago.

This first one looks like the cupcake I just ate, only mine had green icing. Yummy! The only stamp on here that is mine is the saying, the rest I borrowed Junes for. Sometimes other people just have cooler stuff.
Same thing, all these stamps are June's. I HATED this card for a while, but now, I really like it. The colours are really different.
This one says "You might be old, but you can still be immature" or something similar on the inside. I might jazz it up a bit more, I dunno yet.

Online Shopping makes me broke.....

Oh my love of scrapbooking can be so dangerous.... I just placed a 2 peas order for $150.... that includes shipping, and some of it is for a friend, but still......... I probably spent about 2 hours looking and carefully deciding on my purchases. Will I use this? Will that go with this? If I get that, then I don't need this.... That's the fun part, it's like a hunt. Can't wait for it to come. Most of it is paper, so it should arrive in a big heavy box. Eeek! I can't wait!
I heard about my teaching program. I got in :) It was a big decision to commit to it and do it. I haven't gone to school for 2 years already! And now, I've gotta grow up, have a career and all that jazz. Okay, that's still 2 years off, but it's more of a reality now. No more frolicking around scrapbook stores with ribbons and glue all day any more. That both breaks my heart and makes my heart smile all at once. I'm ready for a change, but I really do love that job, and I really will miss all the customers (except for the crazy ones, I hate them). It's a totally fun job, and I'll have to try my best to enjoy my final few months.... I haven't officially told Lynette yet that I'll be leaving. I'm afraid she's going to go all "You Die Now" because I'm leaving. It'll suck if she stomps around hating me more than she already does for my last few months.....
Off to bed now, I will try and posts some cards and possibly a layout or two tomorrow...

We're back!

Ryan took this photo as you can tell. He took it while riding his horse, I really like how it looks. He's got this "yeah, i'm on a horse, i'm cool" look... I laughed so hard when I saw it I snorted. I can't wait to print it out really big. I'm a little blurry in the background, but hey, he was bouncing around on a horse when he took it.



This is a shot of the lodge. It was really pretty. Ryan really likes log cabins - he wants our house one day to be a log cabin. I like how they look, but when I look at them for a little longer, all I see is nooks and crannies to dust. The lodge is about an hour and a half out of Fort St John. Definitely will go back out there again, it was so quiet.

Today we went horse back riding for about 4 hours.... my butt hurts, a lot. But it was cool. Last time I rode a horse was in 2002 in Mexico. Ryan had a great horse, his was older and obeyed. Mine...... it was young and ran me through the bushes a lot. She was really itchy so she kept walking through little evergreens and stuff. My legs are so scratched up. The guide kept getting mad at her and trying to discipline her, but she just wouldn't listen.
I love this photo. Another one Ryan took. The scrapbooker in me can't wait to blow it up to 8x12 and journal in the empty space to the right. haha. We crossed rivers - 3 of them each way. So 6 times across water. My horse, remember, she's a baby and doesn't listen, liked to play in the water so she kept dipping down and getting me all wet. My socks and shoes were soaked.
After that we went to the WAC Bennett Dam. We took a tour underground, and played with all the educational displays. It was interesting to see just how much more efficient LED and halogen bulbs are compared to conventional bulbs. I'm going to go on a hunt in my house and find all the old bulbs and change them out. Ryan also pedaled this excerise bike to light up bulbs. They had this thing that gave you little shocks so you could feel electricity..... anyhow, the tour goes underground and they show you how the water feeds in and the machines that they run through. We had to wear hard hats and visivests, but couldn't bring our camera.......


I had some sort of allergic reaction when we were out there. I'm never allergic to anything. But my nose ran the whole time and my eyes were all red and scratchy. They still are actually, so I'm going to go hang out on the couch.

A little freaked out.

Calm down, breath. Aaaaah, ooohh... that is the sound of me breathing. I am a little freaked about my interview. What if they hate me and I don't get in? Then, what do I do with my life. What if I DO get in? Then, where do I get the money to go to school again? Do I want another student loan? Oh god, it's all too much. I'm going to bed.

Trying to be green.....

I just registered to get my cell phone bill through email instead of by paper. I'm pretty excited about that because bell is the largest paper waster I know. Seriously, I do not need a copy of every phone call I made in the entire month. 90% of them are to Ryan, my mom, or Adam. So what's the point. I already get my Shaw bill that way, so it should be good. Try and save a couple trees.

I wish we had the room in this stupid apartment for a proper recycling spot - I'd love buckets for cans, plastic, cardboard, paper etc..... Also, I've started changing our cleaning supplies over to green ones - so far, no difference, they smell nicer actually, not so harsh and chemically.

Anyhow, no photos of Ryan playing soccer. I wasn't allowed - he said people would call me his mom. Then after I pouted he said I could next time because people would know him well enough to know he's not a loser. haha. whatever Ry.

We're going to the WAC Bennett dam this weekend! Should be cool. It's the biggest (well, I think not anymore, but was when it was built) hydro electric dam in the world. There's dinosaur footprints there, they discovered a plesiosaur there (that's a marine dinosaur). Anyhow, the science geek in me is excited.

I need to stop slacking and get ready for work. I do not want to go! And ack! tomorrow I have my AHCOTE interview, wish me luck!

Happy Mom's Day

Happy Mom's Day to everyone - well, to Crystal I guess, because I think she's the only person who reads this who is a mother. So, Happy Mother's Day Crystal. I wish that I could have been down with my mom today, but I have to wait till July. I haven't sent out our cards yet, because I was waiting for Ryan to come home to sign them all. They'll go out tomorrow, better late than never right?

Tomorrow Ryan plays his first game of soccer in like 6 years. I'm excited to see him play. I never watched him in high school, he had stopped right before we started going out.... I told him I'm going to yell and scream and embarrass him, so hopefully I'll be able to do that. haha.
I wanted to share a couple more layouts - the first is from February, the second is from last summer....
I love Heidi Grace paper, it's freakin' expensive but so pretty! This stuff is flocked and glittered. I tried to mix some old letters on this page to use up some stuff. I hate it when you end up with random stuff from a set and can't make any more words.This is Ryan's cousin Carmen. I scraplifted this one from Scrapbooks Etc. The original page was done in Elsie product I think, so it came out really different. Good way to use up scraps.

That's it for today, tomorrow Ryan and I need to install the air conditioner. This teeny apartment is already starting to cook me. I'll try to get some photos of Ry's soccer game to post too.

Some layouts and complaints

Another posting for Jenny. In West Ed mall there's a huge pirate ship and then these little boats you can drive for a dollar each. I totally sucked at driving mine, but it was fun to squirt water and make bells ring and stuff. The chipboard shapes are my favorite, they really brighten up the dark paper.

This layout is really different for me. The clusters of stuff and empty space is really not my style. I found this photo of Ryan and his mom and I think it's just beautiful. Sandy looks gorgeous, and I was inspired by the colour of her bathing suit. It came out pretty good if I do say so myself.
This one is an older one, I did back in February, but I like how simple it is. The pink paper is Autumn Leaves from last year, back when die cut shapes were just coming out. I hadn't used it because I didn't really know how. But I like how this turned out.

And finally, my complaints. Harold and Kumar 2 is the stupidest movie I have ever seen in my entire life. I hadn't seen the first, but Ryan wanted to go so I did. It was horrible. Totally racist, and totally not my types of jokes, I just don't get the stoner thing. The one time (seriously, the one time) I laughed was when Kumar made a joke about a Baby Ruth, alluding to "The Goonies". Now that is a good movie. Seriously, do yourself a favor and watch the Goonies instead, you'll laugh more.

Scrapbooking Fun

Last night I went to June's to scrapbook. Jen D and Jen S came too. It was one big partay. haha. I finished off my layout for my class I was working on, well, minus journaling, I need to think hard on that as I am writing directly on the photo and can not screw up. Then worked on some really old photos of Blair, I think he's maybe 2 in them (he's what, 9 now?.... bout time I did them). I'm going to take my album to work today I think and scan a bunch of it..... then I'll have lots of stuff to post on here.
Ryan is supposed to come home today, so I hope he does...... anyhow, I need to go have a shower or I'll be late for work.

At work

...shh don't tell. I'm bored. I seem to be always doing something when I'm at home, I haven't written much on here lately. Last night I didn't touch my computer at all which is totally odd for me. I was working on a layout of Ryan and his mom from when he was a baby. It's cute, I'll take a photo later when I'm at home.

So, I have officially decided to join a gym. I called, got all the pricing info, decided on which one, now I just have to go and do it. Want to know a secret? I'm scared. What if people laugh at me becuase I can't lift heavy stuff. Or what if I go and nothing happens. Or what if I go and stuff does happen, but then I stop cause I'm lazy and get fat again. So I'm writing on here so all 6 of you who read this can be my witnesses and I can not back down. ah...........

I'm cranky today because Ryan is supposed to come home and Shawn is supposed to be on his way here as a surprise. I have no idea when Ryan is coming home, it's all screwy. Who knows when Jeff is getting up there, Ryan may be coming back down with Lynette (lucky him) which means he might not be home till Sunday..... I'll be pissed. And Shawn is no longer coming, he totally backed out. I'm sad about it, a little upset, but I understand. We haven't seen him for like 3 or 4 years....... crazy.....

Back to work. :)

A gorgeous day....

....makes me want to hurry up and buy a house so I have a backyard to sit in and enjoy this weather. I hate my apartment even more now. Seriously, where do I go to read a magazine? I want to sit in the sunshine damn it. Enough pouting for now.
I went out to run a few errands today, and now I'm off to tidy my house. Not really a lot going on today. I like days off like this. Wanted to share a card I made at June's yesterday with her new stamp set. It's very cute and I think I might need to do a little shopping for some of my own....

Sick of my glasses already....

I'm so intelligent. About 5 days ago now, I went to change my contacts and realized I didn't have any more to replace with. So I phone the optometrist and learn I haven't been for a while so they can't just sell me some contacts, I need another appointment. I try to make an appointment for a Monday, since I always have Monday's off. I can't get one until mid-June. Okay......... next available is May 16th, how lovely. I'm spending every day in my glasses now until then. Don't get me wrong, often I choose to wear my glasses instead, but ah! I can start to feel them on my face, and see the edges and all that. It's driving me nuts.

EDIT: Creeeeeeepy! Literally 2 minutes after I posted this I got a phone call saying that they had a cancellation and I could go in tomorrow......... freaky! But no more glasses! Yay!

hahaha

Does anyone who knows my grandparents think that this could totally happen with them?

yawn

busy day today, my god. i'm exhausted, i'm about to head to bed at 9:30 on a saturday night. how cool am i? apparently i'm too tired for capital letters........... here's a couple shots of a layout i did. i haven't taken it to the store to scan it properly yet.


Today was National Scrapbook Day. my non scrap friends are going to laugh, I can hear it already. But anyhow, the store was busier than ever with the sales I had scheduled. it was pretty well nuts. I like it that way though. I taught a kids birthday party class today. we made picture frames. it was good stuff, they were all cute, and all came up with completely different ideas (except for one little boy who totally copied the kid next to him - the kid next to him was pissed, hehe). I like kids crafts, they're messy, but fun. Crystal told me that Hailey made a penguin out of a pop bottle, I still need to see this. Anyhow, I'm going to sleep.