If You're Happy & You Know it

It has been a few days since my last post. I am trying so hard to stay caught up on my bloggin'. This seriously has become my journal, my spot to record the ups, downs & in betweens of our family. I am really enjoying the whole blog thing :-). I still have my trusty, black leather bound journal that houses deeper thoughts & feelings, things that are too personal to post on the family blog. We have had another great week. Here are a few highlights:

It is 90 degrees outside again. Hello, where did our spring go? The only sign of Spring I am seeing today is the Mama bird who has returned to our tree. You may have remembered my post from last Spring, we enjoyed the MAMA bird & her babies for a few weeks. Well, she is back & is perched pretty high up in her nest. I am guessing that we will see some babies any day now. It is pretty exciting.

































I headed to San Fransisco on Saturday to see WICKED @ the Orpheum theatre. I went with a couple of friends & had the best time. The show was AMAZING! The cast was phenomenal, the music was fantastic & it was funny! I think I like it better than the original Wizrd of Oz. I hope to see it again before it leaves San Francisco. If you have not seen it, run & get your tickets NOW! You will not regret it.

I have been busy creating in my scrapbook room! During this process, I thought it would be fun to rearrange my room. It is a total wreck right now. I am trying to get rid of things or find homes for them. I will totally admit it, half the fun of scrapbooking for me is the shopping. I love paper, embellishments, ribbon, albums, etc...I am stating it right here, right now...I, Raimi will not purchase another piece of pattern paper no matter how cute or fun it is unless I am going to use it right then & there on a specific project. I will not buy it just because it is cute or the latest & greatest find in the scrapbook world at the moment. I need to use what I have. I could totally wallpaper the inside(and maybe the outside) of my home with the collection of pattern paper I have sitting in my scrapbook room. Amongst the mess of reorganization, I was able to create my project (2 little layouts) for National Scrapbook Weekend @ Green Tangerines. NSW is the first weekend in May. It really is a National day set aside for the scrapbookers of the world & what a party it is. Ladies come & scrap Fri.-Sun.. Everyone has a SUPER time. I am teaching that Saturday & I can't wait. We alwasy have a super group of ladies. I was also able to create last weeks Kit of the Week, birthday style. Again, this kit is available till they are sold out. I used Dasiy D's pattern paper, rub on's, & punch out die cuts for the title. Everything you see on the layout is included in the kit. All you have to do is create the layout by following the sample picture(included in the kit) & then plug your own photos in. I like to call it scrapbooking made easy.























I can't believe Brody's first birthday was almost a whole year ago. Time really does fly when you are having FUN!
































We are loving park days. We are trying to squeeze in as many as we can before the HOT summer weather is here to stay. Garrett & Brody had so much fun down @ our neighborhood park. I love that they love to run around & play together.





















I have been trying to get some reading in every day. It usually happens in bed right before I fall asleep. So depending on the day & how tired/not tired I am, determines how much I read. I really do love to read, I just wish I had more time in my day to do so. I always feel like I should be cleaning or doing laundry, not sitting on my tush reading a book. I think I just need to readjust my mind set :-)!

I'm still clipping my coupons. Today I scored 2 bottles of Dawn dish soap, 3 pkgs. of floss, 1 deodorant, & 1 Skintimate shaving cream for oh...about .38 cents. Woot-Woot! Oh, the power of coupons & register rewards @ Walgreens makes me happy -LOL.

I hope everyone is having a great week. As for my local friends, I hope you are staying cool. I finally caved & turned the AC on & up full blast.