I won! and other ramblings...

I won the SEI monthly contest over at www.imaginecreatescrap.com in the altered division with my version of an altered mini tin. Cool-i-o! Thanks to the great ladies over at ImagineCreateScrap. It's been fun getting to know the group there.

Rainy, messy, yucky cold day here. Leah came in this morning and said she was going into school late. So I rushed home at lunch to get her to school by 11:30am. After I get back to work, she texted me to tell me that in order to be counted 'present' for the day, she had to be there at 11am!!! What? When did THAT change? It's ALWAYS been 11:30 for as long as I can remember. UGH! Both she and I are trying to cough up a lung. I went on to work, but am about worthless except for being a warm body in a chair. I just want to go home and curl up in bed. Coughing, stuffy head and just don't feel good. Please pass the chicken noodle soup and a blanket.

Scrapping projects. I have a few to work on. I finished up an altered item this weekend. Well, I think I am finished with it. I might have to put a few extra touches on it. I'm not 100% pleased with it yet. It is part of something for a Christmas gift. When I am happy with it and with the photos; I will post one.

Christmas shopping report: Darling daughter and I went shopping Saturday. We pretty much finished her list and I even got a couple of others on my list marked off. My son told me he just wanted Carhart jeans; that is it. Easy enough. Maybe I can finish up my shopping in one more day and a few lunch time errand runs. It will be here before we know it!

Run! Don't Walk ....

Several things make me think of running this morning; we are into November and the holiday 'rush' is bearing down upon us. But none of them are classified as the exercise kind of running.
RUN! It's time for shopping and the crowds will already be thickening. I used to shop early in November and beat the onslaught; however, everyone is thinking shop early now.

RUN! Right over to the CupcakeScrapshop! It's a new kit club, ran by a friend of mine ~ Colleen. She has a sneak peak up of her premier kit and it looks SOOOO YUMMY! Colleen and I work at the same U. We actually 'met' at an online scrapbook site, but we hit it off the first time we met in person. She is just the coolest! So check out the goodies and tell your friends too !!! Here is the link: http://www.cupcakescrapshop.com/currentkit.html


RUN! To get the big coats out. It's dipping into the 20's overnight in Georgia! Brrrrrr! Guess I need to make sure Leah pulls out her longjohns for Friday night's football game. It's gonna get cold people!

RUN! I feel like I am starting the sprint. So much to do and very little time to get it all done. My daughter plays in the band, it has been non-stop practice four days a week since late August. Then the football games started. In October, the band attended three competitions on Saturdays. So it has been a whirl wind. Their highschool football team is undefeated; which means we will be going to some portion of the playoffs. Ugh! Ok, ok I know. Where is my school 'spirit'? Sheesh, that is what being a teenager is about - pep rallys and spirit and YOUTH. Mom's just want a break!!! The busy holiday months, extra practices and thoughts of midnight taxi runs to the dark and cold band parking lot after away games is not my idea of getting into the 'holiday' spirit.

Besides, can I say it? Will I be tar'd and feather'd? I'm NOT a football fan. Yep, it's true. I grew up going to all the local football games with my dad and I enjoyed that father/daughter time. I cherish those memories. However, I'm not a fan. Daddy used to at least talk during the game to the players and coaches - Not that they heard a word of it with us in the stands! But it made it fun. Now I go to watch my daughter do the halftime show and I usually sneak out after talking with her right after their performance. Yep, I'm a 'halftime' parent. Let's face it, I wouldn't be sitting in the cold night air at all if my daughter wasn't in the band. So I don't feel bad about leaving after I go and support her. I sat out for about 8 hours last Saturday watching bands at the competition. Do I get a medal for that? *wink*

Run! One other little run and then I am done. My wonderful teenage daughter has to constantly run her mouth. Yep, we got into one of those mother/daughter 'discussions' last night because I wouldn't let her go out on yet another school night with her friends. She hates me. Said so. I just suck the fun right out of her life. Of course, she fell asleep in my chair and went to bed early. Guess she might actually be TIRED? Sleeping beauty too, cause when I woke her up to send her off to her comfy bed, she kissed me goodnight and said she loved me.
Ahhh... sometimes it is harder to stand my ground than it is to 'run' for everything life tosses at me.