Uggghhh!

So I was going to do a blog about our camping trip this weekend and post lots of wonderful pictures. I plugged my camera in to download and there were no pictures on my card. WHAT!
I let one of the Boy Scout leaders download my pictures to use at the next pack meet and he must have deleted them off of my card when he copied them to his computer. Ack! Now I just hope I can get at least the good ones back before he deletes the ones he doesn't want to use.

Creativity thrives!

It's been a busy weekend for me with nothing on the agenda. Normally I Loathe having absolutely nothing to do while everyone else is either playing on the XBOX or computer. I feel so left out. This happened earlier this week and I found myself sitting in front of the sewing machine making more of these...

I managed to crank out 2 more of the green guys but with bigger eyes this time. Too Cute!

So Saturday comes and everyone is occupied with their electronics so I head upstairs. After debating over which of several things I had picked out in my head to do I decided to do some scrapbooking. I printed out some pictures from scouting a few months ago and never got around to scrapping anything, until today that is.
Here is what I came out with on Saturday.

This took me a couple of hours and I kinda like the way it came out with the Awards in there and all.

Saturday evening I started making a dough for cinnamon rolls. I thought it would be finished in time for everyone to have one for a snack before bed but I guess I started too late. I didn't take into consideration the hour and a half needed for rising. So I finished them up after the kids were in bed, baked 4 or 5 for Ben and I to taste, and put the rest in the fridge for the AM bake.
I got up early enough to get ready for Church AND put the Cinnamon rolls in the oven. I didn't get to have one until we got home from church (and Wal*Mart) though but a few seconds in the microwave and they were awesome. This is all that was leftover from a double batch (or 3 trays full)...

So Yummy!

So after church and Wal*Mart and cinnamon rolls I was once again on my own. Ben was working on the rockets for the upcoming Rocket Derby with the boys in between having them clean their rooms and XBOX.

The Baronator and The Killer Whale

It took me a couple of hours to finally decide how everything should go and what to use and what to leave out but here are the final pages for today's scrapping...

So far it has been a productive weekend. No school tomorrow but a day full of activities planned so the creativity is probably signing off until it finds some obscure uneventful weekend/evening to play again.
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Crafty Me!

So Ben has been gone a lot lately and I have not really had a lot of time to do anything really but I can always find time to do some crafting. I think it is a good outlet for just about anything that ails me. I have a million other things I could be, or should be doing but just find solace in sitting in front of the sewing machine and admiring my handy work. Here are some of the things I have done in the past few weeks:

Valentine's Day Decor

Cookies for my Valentine

Home made Lasagna twice in one week.

Pretzels twice also. Had to make second batches of each because Ben complained that I only made the good things when he wasn't home to enjoy them.

Benny's hockey puck shirt that he loves...

Andy showing off his Penny shirt. The kid picks up ANY money he finds and loves to show off how many pennies he has. This design is so very appropriate for him.

I love the back of his shirt.

 

Made these cute Monster Tooth Pillows (to eat lost teeth and spit out dollar bills). 

I even had time to organize the bookshelves and rearrange some furniture. Not very crafty but somewhat relaxing knowing that everything is in it's place and that everything HAS a place other than in the middle of the floor.

I also added some curtains to the windows in the living room (no pic though) and found the boys curtains from our last house and got them hung up. I squeezed in some family time (family pictures) and worked on 4 Pinewood Derby cars, (see Pinewood Derby Time). I did so much this almost month but I still feel like there is so much I didn't do. A mother's work is never done!!!!!