tracking you now

Ok, I'm still not in bed yet, b/c I just took care of something that has been bugging me for a while. I finally put up a site counter here on the blog. I can now keep track of how many visitors (all of you wonderful people coming here to my little corner of the web world) are stopping by. I've been meaning to do this for a while now...pretty much since I first set up the blog, but just haven't gotten around to it. The count starts now...
:)

busy, busy, busy

hi everyone!

I hope you're all having a great week and are looking forward to a wonderful relaxing weekend. I wish I could say the same. Well, I'm looking forward to the weekend, but it's not going to be to relaxing that is. August has been a busy month for me, so I haven't been able to post as much as I'd liked to. I really shouldn't be posting now either, seeing as how it's almost 3am, but I wanted to stop by to say HI! I actually just stopped working on a simplifying scrapbook organization project that I've begun thanks to an idea and inspiration I got from here. Thanks Robyn! (I've also learned a lot about how to use my Cricut Exp. from the videos on her blog. I just can't wait to get the time to play.)

So, I'm in the process of transferring the storage of my clear stamps to clear CD jewel cases. I just started tonight (last night) and have only transferred 2 complete sets, and it only took me about 5 hours! One set had 44 individual stamp pieces to it, so that was a lot and took the longest. I'm stamping the image with black StazOn ink on the outside of the jewel case and then the stamp goes inside. I know that a few different companies manufacture their stamps that way, so I'm probably a little way behind with the idea. I don't have a whole lot of stamp sets...yet...so before I grow my stamp stash any further, I needed to come up with a way to easily store them in as little room as possible and be able to see them to know exactly what I have. (A few times now, I've almost purchased the same set again that I already had, but didn't realize.) I purchased one of those Sterilite CD/DVD storage crates @ W-M the other night to store my stamp CD cases in and it looks like it's going to hold a lot of stamp sets. I'm really excited about it, but it's soooo time consuming. I know that it's going to be worth it in the end though and in the future as I buy up a new set, I'll immediately transfer them. Once I've finished them all, I'll post a pic.

Ok, so I need to jump off of here and try to get a little sleep. To quote one of L's most used phrases lately "I'm not tired!", I still should at least try to get a little sleep before the kids wake up. We have a homeschool group meeting later today, plus I have to make a service call to W-M this evening after DH gets home from work. I'm hoping ***crossing my fingers*** to come back and update you with what's been going on. Lots of stuff! There've been school days, birthdays, and everything else in between.
Have a blessed day!
:)

to blog or to nap...what is the question?

One thing I'm noticing as I begin to get older is that now, unlike before, when I'm up really late into the wee early hours of the morning on just only one night, it takes practically the rest of the entire week for my body to really feel good and rested up again. Monday evening, I didn't get to work until 8pm instead of 5:30 or 6pm. To make matters worse, I ended up working 6 hours b/c the card dept. was totally trashed and I had 4 boxes to put out that came in earlier that day. By the time I cleaned up my mess, tossed my plastic, paper, and cardboard, and then found a member of management to sign my clipboard (just stating that I had been there), I didn't get home until sometime between 2 & 3 AM! By the time I got something to eat and entered my time on the website, it was around 3:30 AM!! Anyone ever notice how fast and yet still slow time goes by in the wee early morning hours? It's now been 2 days later and I'm really feeling the effects of that lost sleep. I'm fighting the urge to hit the couch for a quick snooze before L gets up from her nap for lunch and we get back to our school day. I desperately want to make a special announcement post and a catch-up of our last week, but I don't think I could do it without dropping my head on the table. I just put E down for his midday nap, and would give anything to get in 1/2 an hour.....aahhh....so much for that. L just answered the question....she's up now. After we finish our table work (desk work), we're heading out to the park down by the riverside, plus I have to go by & pay the water bill which is on our way.) We also have Wednesday night service at church this evening. Oh, if I can just make it through the rest of the day, I can go to bed at my normal bedtime. A good thing is that I saved my C-F-A sweet tea from last night. Maybe it'll help. I'm off to make some PB&J's for lunch. Have a blessed day!
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breaktime

The kids are busy watching Elmo's World on Sesame Street, so I'm taking a quick moment to post. Our first day of homeschool went really well. L says that she likes school so far. But wouldn't you know it that when I want to capture her first day of Pre-K, the camera battery is dead!! Just my luck I guess. I had forgotten to charge it after church Sunday evening. I did manage to snap a pic from our 2nd day of school. I know what you're probably thinking...but no, that didn't happen. She's still very alive and very well. :) In science yesterday, we were studying body parts (head, arms, legs, hands, feet, etc.) and the lesson was to make a puzzle person. I had her to lie down on some banner paper and I traced around her body. Today we're going to cut it apart & make it a puzzle. She already knows her body parts, but it's going to be a good learning tool for E who is still learning his. We're getting ready to start our 3rd day of school in about 4 minutes. Yes, it's actually 3 hours later than scheduled, but that's one of the beauties I'm learning about homeschooling-being able to do it at your own pace and when it's convenient for you. I ended up working 8 hours last night at W-M (from 7:30p-3:30a), so I needed this morning to sleep.

I can hear the closing music for SS, so I need to get E a snack and get started with our day. Seeing as how we're getting a late start today, there may or may not be a nap for L today, and we'll probably school all the way up until it's time to get ready for church this evening. We'll just see how things go. At some point today, I have to go to W-M for a meeting with one of the managers to discuss vendor bin space. That's a whole other story that I'll have to go into later.

Everyone have a blessed day!
:)

bad blogger again

Ugh!!! I can't believe that I let it happen again!! Is there anyone still out there? I apologize for what seems like abandoning my blog. I haven't really. There were many days and nights when I wanted to write up a post, put up a pic, or just say HI, I'M STILL HERE...but alas, never did b/c I either didn't have a free minute, or was just way too exhausted. Somehow among the course of things over the last year, I have let things in my life spiral a bit out of control. Some good, some not so good, but still blessings. Well NOT ANYMORE! I'm back to regain control of my life and this blog. I've made the first step and wrote myself up a little schedule. L has started homeschool this year, and I had to write up a schedule for her anyhow, so I thought I may as well do one for myself. The bell just rang and according to my schedule, computer time is over and it's time to start the crock-pot. Be back tomorrow with first day of school highlights.
Have a blessed day! :)