No-Kids, No Husband Weekend

So I had a girls weekend this weekend. David and the kids went up to a cottage that his parents rented and I had my girlfriends over for a hang out and sleep over on Friday night. We had a big breakfast and lounged around on Saturday day, then went out for Thai food for dinner. Later we were supposed to go out but I was too tired from the night before and so I actually came home at a reasonable hour.

Here's us checking out our friend's licence for comical reasons I won't go into. I wasn't able to get any more pictures by the time I took my camera out in the morning. Everyone ducked and hid so that I wouldn't get them and put them on my blog in their pajamas. DARN.

Today I cleaned and did some laundry and got some scrapbooking done.

On Wednesday we went to the beach with my sister in law and my two nieces Lauren and Mallory. The weather was perfect and the kids had SO much fun in the water.

Ella and Lauren running through the water:

Ella's face is prime:

Mallory wanted to eat that shoe...and everything else:

Tomorrow morning we are headed up to the cottage for a week or so and I will have no computer or phone. I am totally looking forward to it. It will be the first time we are making it up to the cottage this summer. We have been so busy working around the house in all of our spare time, there just has been no time. Anyway, if anyone sends me any emails I won't get them until at least Friday or Saturday and possibly later.

She just did this

So Ella was being really quiet a few minutes ago. I knew she was in the bathroom, but I was doing other things so I wasn't fully paying attention to how long she was actually in there. Anyway, this horrifying monster is what emerged:

Like seriously, you really had to put thick Halloween makeup all over your face. Really? And just for the record it is still on her face...right this minute. I might just leave it there for a while. See her face in the first one? She's trying to guage my reaction. She got really confused because I just looked at her, said nothing and grabbed my camera. She was NOT sure how to take this. What a freak.

Eleanor Roosevelt was and is the shiz

David and I stumbled upon our old baby names book this morning and he looked up Eleanor. Under famous names, was Eleanor Roosevelt, which for some weird reason hadn't even occurred to me that she and Ella(Eleanor, our daughter)share the same name. I would love to be able to claim that she was the reason that we named her that, but it was actually really random and let's just say that Ella was not named for two days, that's all I'm going to say about that, hehe. Anyway, I remembered that as a child I had a really fond sentiment towards the woman after seeing her character in "Annie" and learning bits about her at school. I googled her, and I came across the following 17 quotes which astounded me on THIS quotations website.

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962) [check the time, first off]

A woman is like a tea bag- you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.

Do what you feel in your heart to be right - for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do, and damned if you don't.

Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.
[this is SO true]

Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people.[wow...truth]

I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on.
[beautiful]

I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.

If someone betrays you once, it's their fault; if they betray you twice, it's your fault.
[so completely true with just about everything]

It is not fair to ask of others what you are unwilling to do yourself.
[amen.]

Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both.

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.
[i completely agree]

One thing life has taught me: if you are interested, you never have to look for new interests. They come to you. When you are genuinely interested in one thing, it will always lead to something else.
[boy, i have learned this to be true]

The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
[A-FREAKIN-MAZING]

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
[fo sho]

People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.
[the key is in the honestly and courageously]

 

Not only are her words incredibly true and extremely relevant still today, but they are also words that aren't spoken or truly understood by everyone. These are the words of a truly evolved woman/human. She was born almost 100 years before me. This is not the wisdom that comes simply from being a first lady, or from being privledged, this is the wisdom of a woman who was truly ahead of her time and probably much ahead of most, still today, in terms of self-actualization.

Sly Fox Card FREEBIE, Cricut Project

I had to make a card today for a party that my son was going to, so I decided to share it! Spent a good hour on it and then Owen wouldn't even stay for the party. Oh well.

You can download this free kit HERE. You will need the SCAL software to use these files with your cricut. Below is the completed project. Putting it together took seconds, just getting it all designed took some time. If you use my cuts, I would love to hear from you, Used or not, I would love any feedback.

I used Core'dinations cs for this lo, stitched some buttons and attached as eyes. I used a white sakura gelly roller to outline the brown cs for extra detail. For the nose, I used some crystal laquer, but had a bit of a mishap and it got all gummed up, so I just went with it and it has a slightly foggy appearance, which only looks weird if you know it's supposed to be crystal laquer. I cut the word "fox" with the cricut and drew the rest with a black Zig marker.

looooove family get-togethers

On Wednesday some of my cousins and my sister cam to our house to spend the day with us. We went the beach, had a bbq at the beach and then cam home for some fresh drama. After that was settled we ordered some pizza for supper and then spent the rest of the evening filming ourselves, which I will share the hilarious results of soon.

Here's Jeff at the beach:

Us

Meaghan(my sister and Alanah, my cousin)

Joshua, my cousin....lots...too much um, hair.

The following two pictures were taken by my cousin Joshua and I edited them up. My sister looks flat out gorgeous!

Ella, back at home:

My kids are animals...

I crunched Ella's head, i lnow it's not nice, but sometimes it's just one of those days.

Trip to Walmart last weekend...David wanted to kill me for taking pictures at Walmart:

A few pictures of the kids playing outside the other night.

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

More Sketches

I am having a lot of fun doing sketches, it's not for any other reason other than me being a weirdo who gets into something for a while and then goes buckwild on it for a while until I get bored. So for now, I'm totally into doing sketches! I would love to see your work if anyone ends up using any of my sketches. In fact, I might have some sort of contest even, maybe with a prize from my stash. I might get this in the works. Also, I have some more exciting news to share at some point...but not yet suckers! BA HAHA HA (crazy tyranical laughing) All I will say now is that my habit might be getting quite a bit cheaper soon!!!!

Scrapbooking Sketches

This is my first set of sketches that I've ever done. It was fun to do and I think I will keep doing them. I have often done them for myself but have never shared them before. SO use them if you like them. I will be back soon to post some recent pictures and stuff and to give updates, not that there is anything really exciting to share although I am working on a very exciting project but I can't share the details until later this month.