Headaches and Tag!

So I've been missing again! I have had a headache for the past 10 days... goes in stages, it will be gone and then in the evening it returns! Now at first I thought it was hormonal.. but then work has been so crazy so I thought maybe tension.... and the weather has been insane, tons of humidity.. so maybe that is it. Then it came to me that I've had these headaches since working out! So my OT and PT friends tweaked my neck a bit and it looks like my neck is all weird and that is causing the headaches. It does go away when I work out and then comes back shortly after. Hmmmmmm... a mystery. All I know is that it hurts and really I"m not a huge complainer. Ibuprofin is now my friend LOL and yes I plan on going to the doctor this week!

Work has been insane! Like I said the weather has been crazy and I'm sure the barametric (sp?) pressure may have something to do with this. Wednesday had to be the worst day I've ever had.. I got pooped on, puked on and almost every kid tantrumed that day. (And I wonder where the headaches come from!) But Thursday everything was back to normal.

Last Saturday I headed to Tucson for the night with my mom and aunt. They were raised there, so they like to go down and visit the "old hangout" spots! It was fun and can I just say I REALLY enjoyed sleeping in! We went and saw the movie "The Devil Wears Prada"... so stinkin cute! I really enjoyed it. I still need to go see Pirates.

Last but not least, AmyK tagged me!
1. Have you ever been searched by the cops?
Nope.. my Dad was a police officer so I was too afraid to do anything to get in trouble!

2. Do you close your eyes on a roller coaster?
No.. I get really quiet!

3. When's the last time you've been sledding?
Probably in High School.. we lived in Colorado.. lots of snow!

4. Would you rather sleep with someone else, or alone?
With someone else if the bed is big enough. I don't like to be touched when sleeping and I need room to spread out!

5. Do you believe in ghosts?
Yes! I love the show Ghost Hunters on Sci-Fi Channel... so spooooooky!

6. Do you consider yourself creative?
Not really

7. Do you think O.J. killed his wife?
Who doesn't??? Of course he did!

8. Jennifer Aniston or Angelina Jolie? (silly, I know ... but very "now")
Jennifer and Vince is so much better than Brad!

9. Can you honestly say you know ANYTHING about politics?
Only a tiny bit.

10. Do you know how to play poker?
Yes.

11. Have you ever been awake for 48 hours straight?
Not that I can recall.. I live to sleep!

12. What's your favorite commercial?
I like the fed-ex one with the caveman (I'm sure I know others but can't think of them ATM)

13. Who was your first love?
My very first love was Jerry Bumgarner in High School in Kansas. We broke up when my family moved away.. very traumatic for a 16 year old!

14. If you're driving in the middle of the night, and no one is around you, do you run a red light?Yes, only if I have been waiting for more than 3 minutes

15. Do you have a secret that no one knows but you?
Yes.

16. Boston Red Sox or New York Yankees?
Probably the Yankees, but I really dont' watch that much baseball.. too slow!

17. Have you ever been Ice Skating?
Yep.

18. How often do you remember your dreams?
Not very often.

19. What's the one thing on your mind?
Work

20. Do you always wear your seat belt?
Yes, always.

21. What talent do you wish you had?
I wish I could sing.

22. Do you like Sushi?
Only california rolls and avocado rolls

23. What do you wear to bed?
a t-shirt and a pair of shorts or pj pants

24. Do you truly hate anyone?
No.

25. If you could sleep with one famous person, who would it be?
Vince Vaughn

26. Do you know anyone in jail?
Not at the moment.

27. What food do you find disgusting?
Mushrooms... I would rather have a root canal!

28. Have you ever made fun of your friends behind their back?
Probably... but nothing horrible.

29. Have you ever been punched in the face?
Yes by my brother once and I never picked on him again after that!

30. Do you believe in angels and demons?Yes.

I tag.. Mish (ohiotubagal) Tiffany, Mrs. S., Michelle and anyone else who wants to jump in!

Burning up!

I'm about to die of heat! I know Arizona is hot, but yesterday it was 114 degrees and I'm not even sure what today was.... all I know is that it's HOT! Now usually I can handle the heat ( I mean I'm a native of Arizona!) but for some reason we are also having some humidity, which is just insane! I walk out of the house and my hair is immediately wet and straight! The best part of all of this is getting in and out of a steaming car, especially when my seats are leather. I'm sure I leave a small sample of my skin on the seat each time I get in. It's supposed to rain tonight too, which will hopefully get rid of the humidity and will cool things off just a tad.. :)

Ok enough of me complaining. I did go shopping today and I really didn't find anything. Don't you hate it when you go shopping with money to spend and you can't find a thing. Of course if I went with out my gift certificates in tow I would have found something for sure!

On a bright note, I did go work out 5 times this week!!!! Now don't faint, but I did. I can hardly believe it myself. I'm waiting for the miracle of more energy to happen and so far it hasn't. I am enjoying the tanning booth there though. Jeff keeps telling me I shouldn't be tanning, but as I tell him, "Tan fat looks better than white fat" and with that, I'm off to get Ellie to bed! Have a great night!

Digi Pick of the Day!!!

So can I just say that my horrible day (long story) has totally turned around when I just found out that my LO "Walk" (see last post) was chose today as Digi Pick of the Day!!! I almost fell out of my chair! I guess I did get some mojo back after all! LOL!!

1/2 Mojo

So I may have some mojo back.. not 100% but at least some. I've been cruising the galleries trying to get some ideas, even looked at some of my old pages and here's what I've come up with.. now don't faint, but I actually got 3 pages done!!!!

(Credits: Heather Rosellit's new I pledge kit found at the Digichick, star stickpin by me from the Rakscraps June Mega Kit)

(Credits: Heather Rosellit's new Growth Spurt Kit found at the Digichick)

How fun are those colors! This kit is awesome and I can't wait to use it on more stuff. And here's the 3rd one and the one I'm having the hardest time with.. I really need some CC on this to finish it off..

(Credits: Laura Alpuche's new Poolside Paradise Kit)

Congrats to Robin on her toot of selling her designs at Scrapbook-bytes! How awesome that would be. Nothing too exciting planned today.. just some laundry :( then it's back to work tomorrow. I'm not really looking forward to working 5 days a week in the fall, this 3 days is so much nicer LOL.

Crash

So tonight I'm having a quiet night at home. Jeff flew to California to go see a concert with some friends, so it's just Ellie and myself. I had grand plans of getting about 3-4 scrapbook pages done since I am behind and everyone has new kits. I was playing around on the computer having MAJOR scrapping block, I swear I worked on one page and redid it about 5 times before I chucked the whole thing. Then I saw that the movie Crash was going to be on, and taking Tania's advice I decided to watch it. Can I just say I don't think I moved. That is one amazing movie!! I cried. Amazing is the only word I can think of. I think I'm still numb from watching it LOL.

But really I'm at a complete scrappers block. I even checked out all the galleries to get ideas, I even thought about scraplifting and I just can't come up with anything. So please send me some mojo.

I joined Shape Express yesterday, which is kind of like Curves. It' s a circuit workout program. I went today for the first time, and I have to admit it was nice to actually do something good for my body. In all honesty, I haven't worked out since before I was pregnant (2 years???) Hence the extra 70 lbs. UGH! I look at a donut or my beloved mexican food and it goes straight to the thighs. The good thing about this place is that it's seriously around the corner and it only takes 30 mins.. I figure Jeff can give Ellie a bath and get her ready for bed and I can get my workout in. I'm hoping it will increase my energy level, because lately I've had none.

Ok off to watch more TV since scrapping isn't happening

35

Today I'm 35!! UGH! And for some reason I'm really bothered by it... 35 just seems so old. I don't feel 35 though. I'm not sure how old I feel.. I mean I don't feel like I'm in my 20s, but I certainly don't feel 35 LOL!! I really have no reason to complain though, I have an awesome job, a great husband, a beautiful little girl, a great family and awesome friends. What more could a girl possibly need!

OK that was my pep talk to myself. Thanks for being apart of it!!!!

I can't wait to see Pirates.. especially Johnny Depp.. Love him. Such great eye candy!!! I also want to see the Breakup.. again great eye candy with Vince Vaughn. I'll stop drooling now.
Adios!

Happy Belated 4th of July!

So yesterday was the 4th and it was pretty uneventful for us. We went to the mall and hit a sale at Old Navy and Macy's and then we went to some friend's house for a BBQ. Then we came home (by 5pm) and that's about it! No fireworks for us. Having a small child puts a damper on that. She is in bed by 7 and fireworks around here aren't until 9 or so. Plus I had a feeling she would have screamed anyway. She's kind of at that age where she wants nothing to do with loud sounds. But all in all it was a nice day. I've been pretty creative lately! Here are 2 kits that I made recently to give out as prizes:

Denim & Daisies.. a fun little kit with denim textures :)

And here is my Happy Flowers Kit which I gave out for the June avatar challenge! I thought it turned out pretty well and I love the colors!

So what do you all think of the new shows being advertised for this fall?? Is it just me or does that Friday NIght Lights look good on NBC??? Could it be the cute coach??? Remember he was the cop who got blown up on Greys!!! Right now I"m watching The 4400 and National Treasure. Other than that, it's all about the reruns! And with that I'm off to bed! NIght all....oooh and Tin congrats on your Toot!! I'm so happy for you!

Third Times a Charm

So I just got back from my 3rd Trip to Vegas (in the past 4 months) which really sounds crazy since before these I hadn't been there in years!!! Anyway, this time I went with Jeff and our friends Chris & Tiffany. We had a great time. Much calmer than my last go around. We played Craps most of the weekend and then ate our hearts out! I did win big on Friday night, but over the corse of the weekend I gave it all back except for the $100 Jeff gave me in the beginning to start with. We stayed at the New York, New York and as much as I like the hotel in general, we were not impressed with the rooms at all. Which really in the scheme of things doesn't matter since you are barely in the room anyway :)

Last night we had dinner at the Foundation Room on top of Mandalay Bay.. again it's all who you know. Through a friend, we got to go to this place. I guess you have to be a paid member there and from what I can tell it's pretty costly. So thanks to the connection for hooking us up! We had awesome appetizers and then a wonderful 3 course meal.. not to mention the awesome dessert we had too! Here is a picture of Jeff and I from the top and here is the view we had. It was really a cool experience!

I'm so excited that I have tomorrow and Tuesday off!!! YEAH! Not sure what we have planned for the 4th, probably something low key since Ellie goes to bed early and the chances of a babysitter that night are pretty slim. Ok off to finish up some things!!

I'm still recovering...

from VEGAS!! We definatley had a great time and I'm still not 100% in the sleep department. I just dont' think my 34 (soon to be 35) year old body was made to live like a rock star. I went to Las Vegas with my friends Stephanie, Lisa, & Krista and it was awesome. Lisa came from Georgia and Krista came from Ohio. We stayed at the Paris hotel which was pretty cool. We got in Thursday night and went out to a club at the Wynn hotel called Tryst. Very cool place, but man was it pricey. 4 drinks cost $65.... UGH! Needless to say I didn't have just one that night and I paid for it dearly the next day. On Friday we hung out, went shopping, looked at the other hotels and then went to a club called Tao at the Venetian. We ended up sitting in a skybox with some friends of friends and we had the royal VIP treatment. It was amazing. I came home at 3:30 am, Stephanie came back at 5 am and then the other 2 stayed out until 8 am... Pure Craziness I tell you! Anyway, it was so nice to see my friends and relive my youth LOL. I came home, told Jeff all about it and the next thing I know he made reservations for us to go next weekend AGAIN!!! Of course this time will be a little calmer because I am going with my husband and another couple.

As for scrapping, I got 2 pages done this week:

(credits: Laura Alpuche's Ties -n- Trousers Kit found at the Digichick)

(credits: From the Digichick Dezine - Remember Collaboration Kit)

Ok Ellie is waking up and I need to get to Costco.. the trick is can I get out of there for under $100.... doubt it. Adios Amigas!!!

I've been MIA....kind of

So I'm really struggling with finding the right balance lately. I want to work on my designs, do some scrapbook pages, play my video games, spend time with my family and also fit work in. The problem is that there are only SO many hours a day of free time and deciding which to do is really hard. The past 2 weeks I have been all about designing and my games. I only did 2 pages this week for scrapbooking and that was yesterday and today :( I miss it terribly. I was reading Amy's blog.. she took a week off of everything and in a way I kind of feel like I did too. Of course she found a more deeper meaning to it, where I was just goofing off play a game. I do miss my blog buddies and it's amazing what a week away will do.. you feel so far behind! It's so weird how you feel like you really know these other people just by reading their blogs.. kind of like diaries that are open to the public!!

So I'm back... at least back to scrapping :)

I am heading out to Vegas this Thursday for 2 nights. I meeting one of my best friends from Georgia and her friends.. we are going to have a blast!! I can't wait!!!! Here are the 2 pages I did get done. The first one is for Laura's Team using her new Bobby Socks Kit and the second one is from Heather Roselli's new Father Knows Best Kit.. both are at the Digichick.

Where to begin?????

My I have so much to share!! First of all last weekend was my 2nd anniversary and Jeff bought me a beautiful diamond pendent necklace. I almost fell out of my chair. I on the other hand got him a shirt. LOL. Go figure. Seems like whenever he goes all out, I go with the basics and vice versa. I'm not complaining though.. I love my necklace!! Here is a pic of it:

Then we went out to a cool little wine bar for dinner and wine (of course). It was so yummy!!! All together a very great night and I can't believe we have been married for 2 years already!

My other exciting news: I applied to rakscraps to be on their element team as a temporary member for the summer. The next thing I know I'm on the permament team!! UGH!! I'm so excited and thrilled and then also scared to death!! What if the stuff I make stinks?!! Really though I'm so excited. In fact I already started making my contributions for the June mega kit!!!

Yesterday was Robin's big 30 Birthday!!! Happy birthday Robin!

As far as scrapbooking, I am sooooooo far behind. My main computer is so loaded with stuff that it keeps shutting off. I'm busy going through things getting rid of some stuff, transferring stuff to CDs and just trying to get organized. My laptop is working great, but of course none of my scrapbooking stuff is on it yet.. only the new stuff. So that's my excuse for not doing any LOs for a week!!! UGH. (oh and yes I've been playing my game too!!!!) I can't even remember the last Chick's LIfe page I did!!

Ok here is a question for all of you 12x12 scrappers out there... where do you print??? I usually print at Costco, but I'm looking for something I can do online and then have them sent to me. I don't want to pay an arm and a leg, so if you have any suggestions let me know.

Check out the new Avatar challenge at Rakscraps, I just posted it today. Time to show off your Dads!!!!

And with all of that, I'm out of here. I'm only working 3 days now for the summer, so hopefully I can actually get caught up. LOL sure!

Hello my name is Audra and I am a

NERD!!! Yes you heard it straight from my mouth, I am a nerd. I am a video game junkie and I used to play quite a bit.. for instance, DH and I used to play Everquest.. then we got Everquest 2. We used to play for hours on end, up until the wee hours of the night. And yes I gained weight because all I did was sit behind a computer and play games. Then after Ellie my addiction turned to digital scrapping... which I love. So now I barely play games anymore. I did start to play Kingdom Hearts 2 on my playstation 2, but that's only every now and then. So why am I telling you this.... because as of tonight, Jeff and I are now playing World of Warcraft!!! Like I have the time right??? I'm actually waiting for the thing to install as I sit here and type. I have heard that this one is easier to play for just a little bit and log off, so you aren't stuck playing for hours. hmmmm.... we'll see about that. So if you notice I'm not around, then I might have been sucked into gamer's world again!! LOL

On a brighter note look what I made:

Here is the mini kit I did to give away for the photo inspiration prize:

And then I gave this one to Mish to give away for her Trippy Tuesday Chat Challenge. I have the bigger kit, so I gave her parts of it to make it mini :)

And with that I"m off to play my game!!!

Girls weekend!

So I got back this afternoon from a night in Flagstaff with some good friends of mine. We had so much fun and it was great to just get away for a night. We didn't do too much in Flagstaff, just shop and went out to eat and then drank a bunch of wine and talked. It was like a grown up slumber party!! Lots of talking and laughing. A much needed break for all of us. Jeff stayed home with Ellie and this was his first time solo with her overnight. He did a great job!! :)

Today we went swimming in our pool and it's finally nice enough to really enjoy. Ellie was scared again at first, but then started splashing in the water and all was good.

Tomorrow is my last day in Wickenburg until August. YEAH!!!!!!!!! I will have Mondays and Fridays off for the whole summer and I'm so excited. I have alot planned... and yes it includes scrapbooking and designing.

I got a page done tonight, here it is:

(credits: Laura Alpuche's new Symphony Kit found at the Digichick)

Ok off to upload it! Have a great week!!!!

Oh My Grey's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Holy cow!! I just finished watching Grey's Anatomy's series finale and I'm in shock!! I won't ruin it for those of you who haven't seen it yet, but oh my! How long till it's back on again??

As for my Mojo... I found it again. I decided not to really overthink my LOs and here's what I've come up with:

(Credits: Berry Sweet Collaboration Kit by Correen Silke, Robin Cabana, Racheal Disckson & Jeanine Baechtold of Scrapdish)

(credits: Papers/elements from the Amaze Kit by Kimberly Giarrusso of the Digichick)

How sweet is that?? In fact I'm pretty sure this could be one of my favorite LOs now. I printed it and then framed it for my mother for Mother's day. She loved it!!

I've been tagged by Gina!!

Five things in my fridge: watermelon, milk (Ellie started drinking whole milk), left over pizza, salsa, & yogurt

Five things in my car: Ellie's toys, Ellie's carseat, my coffee cup, cds, & an itrip adapter

Five things in your bag: wallet, lipstick, lip liner, papers with notes on them (to do stuff), and my ww book (not sure why I have it still?!)

Five things on my DVR or video player: Grey's anatomy, Desperate Housewives, Little Einsteins, American Idol, & ashamed to say so but... Days of our Lives

Five things in my wardrobe: Old Navy T-shirts, capris in every color practically, too many shoes to count, belts & a ton of clothes that no longer fit.. keep them just in case!

And with that I"m off to bed!! Adios Amigas!!!!

Lull

So I feel like I'm in a complete Lull right now! I'm completely blocked on ideas for scrapping right now. Also, 2 design teams that I belong to have been disbanded. I'm completely bummed about this, but I also understand 100%. Both Tania and Amy have decided to stop designing for a bit to focus on family, life, etc... I will miss scrapping with their stuff because they are both so talented. So if you two are reading this, just know that I go kicking and screaming LOL.

I am behind one LO for scrapdish for April, not to mention May still. Laura has come out with some new frames for her team to play with :) Heather also just gave us a new kit too. And a Chick's life..... way behind!! So I need to find my Mojo soon. Please send me scrapbooking vibes!

On a bright note, Jeff suprised me with a new laptop for mother's day.. how stinkin sweet is that!! It's beautiful... as much as a laptop can be I suppose. It's an hp pavilion dv 1000. I love it!!

American Idol: Shocked and confused!!! How in the world did Chris get voted off. I admit I didn't vote because I didn't see it on Tuesday night.. Tivoed it until Wednesday. He looked so shocked! I really feel for the guy, but it's probably a blessing.. he'll probably get a better contract in the long run! And when his album comes out, I'll be in line to get it!

New shows!

So tonight I have been watching that new show called "Big Love". I'm addicted... like I need another show to watch. I barely have enough time to watch my current shows. LOL Seems like I've been watching quite a few new shows lately. "King of Cars" on A&E is like a bad accident, I just keep watching it, I can't stop! And Deal or No Deal... well that's just crazy, but again I can't stop watching it. And then there's "House" which is just an awesome show. I have watched it for a while now and somehow I stopped and then again this week I'm hooked.

I finished that kit I was working on and gave it away as a prize! Here's what it looked like when it was done!

Other than that, nothing too exciting. My house is full of gifts still that I haven't put away, the laundry has made a mountain in our bedroom and tomorrow I'm finally off. I have some serious catching up to do.

On a different note I did get my own website... Jeff helped me do it. I need to design it (in my spare time) and stuff but I'm pretty excited about it. It will be my own little space in the internet world LOL. It'll just be pics, blog, etc...I'll keep you all posted. On that note, I'm out of here!! Night!

A year ago...

I gave birth to Elyse "Ellie" and what a year it has been. I am completely overwhelmed with the fact that a year has gone by. Some days it seems like just yesterday and then other days it seems so long ago. I guess that's how time works.

The party was a success! We had a lot of fun and Ellie was great! Here are some pics from the party:

That's Ellie in the pink dress hanging out with her little buddies :) and her Aunt Erin.

Ellie in her birthday hat eating cake... she loved it!

Look at that face.... priceless.

We have been very busy with family and tomorrow we are doing even more stuff... so by Monday I should be completely wiped out!

Planning a Party!

So tomorrow is Ellie's first birthday. I can't believe a year has flown by. I'm in awe and yet I haven't had time to dwell on it too much because I've been planning a party. Tomorrow we are having a party for Ellie at the little park down the street. It's going to be so much fun.. we are expecting about 50 people...yikes!!! Of course this is all for us and not Ellie, but it's still going to be great. Jeff's parents (both sets) flew in from California and so did his sister. Last night we went to dinner with his father and stepmother and tonight we went to dinner with his grandparents, mother and sister.... phew, lots of socializing for us.

I will hopefully get lots of pics tomorrow.. or at least hopefully my brother will (he's on camera duty!) I just stuffed some goodie bags for the kids and I'm ready to take a hot bath. I did manage to get this page done for the chick's life challenge.. we were supposed to scrap a birth story.. how appropriate. I used Heather Roselli's new "It's a Girl Thang" kit found at the Digichick.

Still busy!

I swear things have not slowed down one bit. First off, Ellie has another STUPID cold! I took her to the doctor this morning and they said her ears were clear and so was her chest and that she probably just got another cold on top of the old one.. UGH!!! The poor girl's nose is full of junk! I mean she can hardly breathe. So hopefully this won't last as long as the other one. At least she doesn't have a fever this time.

So tonight I actually got some scrapping done.. last night too as a matter of fact! Here is a page I did tonight:

Guess what is so great about that LO?? I made ALL of the elements/papers! Woot look at me go.. LOL!! Actually I really like this kit and so far it's getting big. I'm going to add a 3rd color I think. Probably a cream color. Anyway let me know what you think. I think I will give it away as part of my avatar challenge this month :)

Ok off to bed, I'm exhausted as usual!

Catch up

So after a week of not working I am now playing catch up. Catch up on everything.. work, life, etc.... We had a great time on Easter. My family always goes to church and then we all head to the park for a picnic and some outdoor fun. Ellie did great. She was still not 100% but you couldn't tell. She looked great in her little dress and of course she kept pulling the bow out of her hair. Here are two pics from the day: (straight off the camera & not edited!!)

That is the 3 of us before we changed for the picnic!

Ellie in her adorable purple dress that you can't see very well!! Doesn't she look better :)

Other than that nothing else to really write about. I'm in the process of planning Ellie's 1st b-day party! It's going to be huge I think. I know it's mostly for us, but oh well.. a party is a party right?! It's going to be on Saturday April 29th... Lots to do before then.