Can't sleep tonight!

So much has happened these last couple of weeks that I have just been sooo busy. We are looking for a new house. Trying to find furniture for the new house. Helping my cousin have a baby...well, help as much as someone who has never been pregnant before can help anyway. Playing rescue brigade to my cousin who had the baby. Trying to not fight with my grandmother...that's always fun. Went to the awful dentist to get my teeth worked on again...I think I've spent over 500 bucks there...good grief!! Went to a Premier jewelry party...not what I expected. I think I thought that it was going to be like a U Design party but it wasn't even close. Not only was it not the same quality as U Design...but it was a completely different thing. You don't get to design your jewelry...they are trying to sell stuff that is already made. Kind of a bummer but I did buy an anklet that is really kinda cute. Definitely not sterling silver but it's silver plated and since it's going to be on my ankle, i figure that's okay...but I will definitely not get earrings from there...besides, I like to make my own stuff...it's fun! I get to choose the design and the colors and if I don't like it I can take it apart and try again. When you buy jewelry already made, well, you don't get the options of taking it apart and putting it back together again...well, you can, but it defeats the purpose!

Oh, so I'm supposed to be teaching a class some time this month but I still don't know when. I still haven't even made the project. It's getting kinda frustrating. Do you want me to teach or not!??!?!?!?!? Oh, well, hopefully something will come of it because I'm really hoping to start getting a following and then when I get my own store....BAM!! I got some people who want to take my classes. I have talked to a few members of the church that are totally interested in having a store in the area. It's really kinda hard to get the scrapbook supplies that people want because the stores around here are so small. What needs to happen is someone, such as myself, needs to provide this town with a large scrapbook store that gives scrappers an opportunity to purchase items that they can't get at the smaller stores. Archiver's is a great store and I don't have any problems with sending customers to them because I won't be able to carry everything. Who can!!!??? Michaels and Hobby Lobby can only carry so much..well, same goes for me! Hopefully, my store won't tank within the first few years. I really want my store to be successful and a place for scrappers to go to retreat from the dulldroms of everyday life! I want it to be a haven...a home away from home! That's what I'm hopeing to achieve! Now if only the stupid economy will get better...I'll feel better about starting my own business then.

Oh, speaking about scrapbook stores...I saw the other day on ScrapHappy's website that they were hiring. How frustrating is that. I would have loved to have my old job back...if Melissa would even let me back. I really wanted to work there and I worked my little butt off but maybe I just wasn't good enough. It was fun while it lasted though! So Candice, if you ever read this, congrats on getting a very awesome job! Melissa is one of the best bosses ever!

So this is just a tidbit of what happened since I last blogged. That doesn't include the Gladys Knight performance that I went to, along with Time Out for Women...which both were absolutely fabulous! Saints Unified Voices, if you ever get a chance to go to the performance...take it without question. It was amazing. The music was just so wonderful. The spirit that was there was just so fabulous. And I got to see some people that I haven't seen in a long time! It was fun! Oh, and Time Out for Women...total life changing experience. Michael McLean, Hilary Weeks, Cherie Call, and a whole lot of other speakers just made me feel like I was someone special. It seemed like some of the presentations and talks were directed to me. Like they were only for me. It was just a total spiritual explosion. Just fabulous! They are having one for couples coming up in November I think in Phoenix or someplace like that. I'm gonna try and get tickets if the money comes in by then...which i'm desperately hoping it does...don't ask!!

Oh well, it's almost one am I guess. I think I might take some Tylenol 3 and go to bed!

Blog you later!

Another busy day

Wow! This morning was fun! I got to teach a papercrafting class today at the Warrenton Ward Relief Society Super Saturday. It was fun! The ladies there were sweet. The classes went well. No major incidents happened and I got to play with my cousin Kayden for most of the morning...ah..that baby is just too cute. I'll see if I can get some pics. I need to find my camera...it's missing since I moved...my stupid roommate better not have touched it...Anywho! This morning was a blast. Mom took Sister Munson's organizational class..apparently I should have been there too! But I got the handout and mama took notes...mental notes but notes none the less. I only had one lady in my first class..nobody in my second class...and then a whole bunch came at the end! It was fun! There are so many sweet sisters in that Ward. I just loved them. There was one lady that was soo surprised that she managed to complete the project and that it looked cute. She was such a sweetheart. Mom made some cards during the second hour when we didn't have anybody in class. And the third one we managed to work our little tail ends off. It was crazy!!! But it was fun anyway!

Well, I'm gonna take off. We gotta work on getting ready for tonights jewelry party. I think it's going to be fun!

A whole lot of Stupidity

Wow! I can't believe some of the stupidity in my life...not only with myself...yes, I just admitted that I have stupid moments BUT my stupid moments won't get me in major trouble. The stupidity that I'm talking about is some of my family members. Without going into a whole lot of detail and not naming names...which would just be awful...there are some family members that are allowing other people to control their lives and manipulate them. They do things that they know they aren't supposed to do and that will get them into trouble. I just don't understand why some people do things that they know can get them into trouble. I guess it has something to do with learning things the hard way. I do that...this I do know. I always learn things the hard way. I can never learn anything the easy way or the first time.

You know, People always ask me why I don't have kids or do you want them. I was reading something somewhere...don't remember exactly where that said that one of the rudest questions someone could ever ask a woman without children. Yes I want children...can I have them...well, at the moment it doesn't seem to be. So, why the heck do people have to ask??? Just leave me the hell alone!!!

Okay, now that that is off my chest...we can now move on! On a lighter note, I am teaching a class tomorrow for my aunt at her ward Super Saturday! I'm actually kind of excited. I have most of the kits done...I still have to cut up a couple of things but then it's done. Life can be soo hectic. I have to be there at 8:30AM...not looking forward to that. Then we come home and recoup from that only to have a jewelry party tomorrow night....ugh...such a busy day. Lucky for us we have two days to recoup from that only to have a crazy day on Tuesday...my birthday! Okay, I'm done for the day! I'll write more later! Maybe i will have some pics to post tomorrow! Who knows.

Another Day in Paradise

Oh my, what another fabulous day at my house. My mom and step dad are at it again. I swear my mom can't do anything right according to him. He won't help with the house cleaning, which is important because we are having the elders over for dinner and there is a certain way Grandma likes things. See, George is a horder. He keeps everything. My mom keeps making excuses for him but meanwhile, the house is completely full of CRAP! So annoying. Of course it doesn't help that all my scrapbooking stuff is here at the house. We just have too much stuff. Now granted, most of my stuff is contained in two rooms...My room and a corner in the unfinished part of the basement. There is some stuff scattered but that's mainly where it is. Its sooo annoying. Oh well, maybe i'm pmsing....who knows!

Anyway, on to good news. Tony gets paid on Friday and hopefully it will be close to enough to get us our own place. We are back in MO for good now...sooo happy about that. Can't believe that we actually stayed in Tulsa for 2 whole years....amazing...time really did fly by pretty quickly. Although, sometimes i think it crawled by. But all in all, we made it back like we wanted to. Oh, and if Tony wants to finish his schooling, he has a place that he can stay to finish up with his airframe portion of classes. That will only take about 6 weeks to complete so if he decides to do that...more power to him...although, i think he's done with that and is going to pursue a different avenue....he wants to go to the community college in St. Charles to get his generals done and then we shall see where he's going next. Our life is forever changing and can sometimes be sooooo frustrating! Hopefully we will be getting some money our way soon....we can only dream!

Oh, a good note...i have a group interview at PetLand on Thursday, Sept. 11...two days after my birthday thank you very much!!!! Hopefully they will like me enough to do a one on one interview later on....I really would love that job. It's to be a Pet Counselor...basically I will be a puppy salewoman!! I think I can handle that! I love puppies and I love to put them in good homes. So hopefully I can combine the two and have a fabulous job! We shall see! I will definitely keep you posted! Well, gotta run and cook dinner for the elders...it's enchilada night!! One of the days, I'll post my recipe for everyone! Talk to y'all later!