{tiny tidbits}

{Lovin' Ms. Rhonna!}

LOL OKAY, you have to understand, I am so not one to get caught up with the "celebrity" scrappers. I, too, feel that a lot of the scrapping world has become too inundated with people who are selling a line, a product, themselves, etc...

That being said, I really do adore Rhonna Farrer. I just get the sense that she is really, uh, REAL! LOL I think that woman just oozes talent and this, the scrapping world, is her creative outlet. She has inspired me through her faith, her amazing talent, her upbeat attitude and her ability to juggle a family and a self-made career, making it look effortless! And I really appreciate how she has run those 21-day challenges, keeping people inspired with her blog and her artwork.

SO, I like to give credit where credit is due (I think it's the teacher in me) and I emailed her to tell her thanks for being inspiring, blah blah blah, I started a small challenge and I want to give her credit, blah blah blah, TOTALLY not expecting an email back.

Well, she emailed me back saying I made her day (!), yada yada yada, and then even commented on my blog!

OKAY - I TOTALLY ADMIT TO GUSHING HERE. But it made me feel good! LOL

I think I have everything RF has designed (ummmm can you say, "blog banner?") ...her papers (digi and her paper lines) are just too stinkin' scrumptious for words. I don't know if I've ever liked a line as much, but it seems I just devour everything that woman puts out! LOL  My latest drool fest is over her Scribbles Alphabet stamps:

So, thanks, Ms. Rhonna, for allowing me to use your wonderful designs to spruce up my blog! Thanks for being so stinkin' creative! Thanks for inspiring people! Keep on doin' what you're doin' girl! You so totally rock!

{THE CHALLENGE IS ON!!}

SO, it's 3:00 and WHAT HAVE I DONE FOR ME LATELY???

http://gallery.scrappindeals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=584

I am really excited to actually MAKE time for myself for these 21 days! Without further ado, here is my *partial* list. Partial because I know I can always add to it, the stinkin' thing is not written in blood or permanent sharpie for cryin' out loud.

MY ME LIST:

SCRAP SCRAP SCRAP!!

Read DaVinci Code (better late than never!)

Get my hair "chunked" (generally speaking, I don't like the word "chunk" involved in  describing any part of myself, but I like the way Kelly Clarkson's hair looks here:

EXERCISE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Read Daily Bread with Mom (and keep a journal)

Watch a girlie-girl movie and bawl my eyes out!

Have a cuppa tea/coffee on my swing by the garden

WRITE WRITE WRITE! (whether it be my blog, my Josh Journal, short stories, whateva!)

Update my Art Journal

Clean my scrap room (yes, this is for me!)

Did I mention -- SCRAP!

SO, tonight, I am going to make a point to start cleaning out the scraproom so I can begin having fun again in there! I mean, really, I have room equipped with AC, cable AND it's off of the main house - WHY AM I NOT OUT THERE MORE??

ALSO, After a little clean-upping, I WILL work on my art journal. I just love free-style writing and drawing. It really unwinds my mind. (ohh I should make that a bumper sticker or something...lol)

SO, after dinner, I'm going to go to Dunkin (where there have my "usual" ready as soon as I pull into the parking lot, sad sad sad) get the little dude to bed and then it's ALL ABOUT ME for a change!

Since I have this totally fascination with quotes, here goes the first one for the challenge:

                                                                             

SO, what am I regretting? What dreams am I letting drift away? Right now, I would have to say, preserving my family's history. I am not doing enough. I am going to make the time. Our lives are valuable, have meaning, are important.... That means, I gotta start scrappin'....

                                                                                                          

{I'M A PWINCESS!}

...that's what my little not yet 2  1/2 year old told me yesterday. I put a skirt and some blingin jewelry on and he said,

"OOHHH MOMMY! Jou look like a pwincess!" 

I just love that little guy SO much.

I love being a mommy.

I love spending time with him.

I love listening to what he has to say (which is A LOT). He TALKS all the time!

I LOVE his laugh! It is the most infectious, adorable thing I have ever heard!

I love reading to him. (he can't get enough of books!)

I love his hair! (curly & red)

I hate that I waited so long to have him, but that's what life had in store for me! He is such a sweet little fella too.... I am sometime amazed at the sensitivity he has towards people. I truly believe that comes from the fact that my parents live with us and they are both ill. My mom is bed-ridden, but he just adores his Maimee. But he likes to be a "manly-man" too; show his muscles, puff out his chest and say, "Look Mommy, I'm a TOUGH guy. I'm a HERO like Daddy! I'll GET those bad guys!!!" Then he starts swingin as if his little fists were packed with dynomite, able to explode all the "bad guys" with just one little powerful punch. To me, it's just perfect combination of "toughness" and sensitivity.

The other day, at the children's hospital, there was a little boy with leg braces and crutches. Josh looked at me and said, "Is he okay?" I tried to explain to him the reasons the little boy (about 5) would have to have crutches and how that probably made him feel.  He jumped down off of my lap, went over to the little boy and said,

"I like your cwutches. Der cool! I'm Joshua. Wanna share my toys?" 

I could feel my eyes start to sting with tears. I never said anything about going over to him, or that he should say something nice... I looked at the little boys mother sitting nearby and she had tears in her eyes too. I smiled and kind of laughed, and she did the same. Big wusses we are. LOL I read them both and Bob the Builder story and he and the little boy played until Josh was called for the Dr. It never ceases to amaze me - he does things like that on his own all the time.

He gets so upset, even on cartoons when he thinks someone is hurt. (even the fish we caught. LOL) He loves to share; something I was worried about since he is an only. If I am having a rough time doing something or get frustrated, he'll come right over to me and say,

"Jou need a butterfly kiss Mommy."

And then he will proceed to flutter his little eyelashes all over my face. Afterwards, he'll say,

"Feel much better Mommmy?"

Of course, the answer is always yes.

I just love my little boy.

{Blog JUNKIE!}

Okay, I am rapidly becoming a blog junkie. <sigh>  It really does take the place of keeping a hand-written journal and ever so convenient! However, I would like to dabble in my art journal as well!

Dr. appt went very well today! <BIIIIIGGGGG WHEW!!!> He basically told me that since I was little (5 feet!), and my DH is a little guy (5'8) that Josh would be a little dude too. (UM, can we all say a big DUUUHHHHHHH here?) Stephen (DH) thinks that great because he can have a career in racing. hardy har har.  Me, I whisper "Goooo to Princeton" in Josh's ear as he falls asleep hoping something subliminal slips through in his sleep. We are only about an hour from Princeton, so sugar plum thoughts of Ivy League dance around my head when it comes to him. LOL  Of course, he will probably grow up and want to move to California.......

ANYWAY, I digress, as I have an unhealthy tendency to do.  The Endo wants to run some tests to rule things out, but he did say that growth hormones weren't necessary right now as my Ped thought. (I mean really, growth hormones at TWO?? CRAZY MAN!)

So, I feel better. What my guy lacks in stature, he will make up for with personality plus! He is such a smart, lovable, adorable little dude; I know he will have trouble with his height and it breaks my heart already thinking about the teasing he will have to endure. BUT, we will just direct him into activities that he is good at and give him CONFIDENCE galore!!!

Then we went to the Please Touch Museum. Ummm sorry to report, it was pretty lame. Not to mention we picked a hideous day to go; seemed like every elementary school in the area was having a field trip there. AHhhhhh there's nothing in the world like the smell of 253 revved up elementary school children confined in one small space. Yeeehaa.

Okeydok, so on that note, I am off to cook somethin yummy for dinner. Don't know what yet though, but I guess I will figure it out.

I can't wait until later to play with my bloggy toy! That will be my Me thing for today!

OMG LOOKIE LOOKIE what I did!! LOL

After 15 saved attempts, I finally added a banner to my blog!! WOOHOOO THANK YOU Adobe Fireworks!!!! (Ummmm can we say FREE TRIALS ROCK!!)

www.adobe.com

I am now officially PSYCHED about bloggin!

Thanks to the Anne Lang flower brushes and this handy link: 

http://6a.typepad.com/resources/2003/11/banner_images.html

I managed to figure it out. It's nothing fancy, but hey, it's a first attempt!

Okay, so today...

DH fixed my bike so I can go riding tomorrow morning.  The wheel was doing something funky and he just flipped it over and fixed it right up! I barely managed to get the air compressor out and fill the tires earlier in the day, and he makes it look so easy. He also put the seat for kiddo on so I can take him for some scenic rides along our countryside. SOOO yeah I am back in the saddle! He is so stinkin' wonderful - I really need to tell him that more.

The ME CHALLENGE is not "officially" on yet however. I emailed Jackie (owner of www.scrappindeals.com) and am waiting back to hear how she would like me to procede with the challenge on the board.  In the meantime however, I am beginning to babystep the challenge. I guess you could call it stickin-my-toesies-in-and-checkin-the-water kind of thing.  I am also like dying to know who made the Design Team for the store! ARRGHHH I hate waiting!

I did get a layout done tonight as well! It's only a 1-pager, but I like how it turned out! The color is horrendous because of the lighting, but I am just toooooooo tired to redo them. *ahem* it IS 3 am after all! LOL

 

Okay, so I need to add "new scanner" to my list of toys to get. <sigh> Maybe then I won't have to deal with having to stand over the layout on my dining room table, adjusting the flash, dealing with the discoloration, because I will be able to STITCH my layouts! GrrrrrrrRRRR!

BUT first gadgety-gadget to get off lay-away is MY CAMERA!!!!

http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelDetailAct&fcategoryid=139&modelid=10464

Yes folks, I put the Canon EOS 20D on layaway in January and will hopefully be able to retrieve my baby in a couple more months.

Isn't she so cute! LOL   I got the upgrade kit (with some cool fancy-schamansy filters), a 50mm macro lens and an 85mm 1.8 lens as well....

DID I MENTION THAT I CAN'T WAIT TO GET IT!!!

Well, I am off to bed I think. I am very proud of myself today:

• got a layout completed
• got my blog out of diapers
• got my bike fixed
• got MAD amounts of laundry washed, hung on the line and put away
• had a wonderful hose fight with Josh today and had so much fun splashing in the kiddie pool!

Tomorrow..... into Philly we go. Worried. Josh has an appt. with an endocrinologist to see why he is not growing. My pediatrician told me not to worry, but I'll tell ya, no matter what I've been doing today, nasty little "what if" thoughts kept creeping into my head....

So, I will try to think happy happy joy joy thoughts like, after the Dr., we'll go to the Please Touch museum!

http://www.pleasetouchmuseum.org/

We haven't been there yet! (but I'm still worried.....)

Well, going to sign off now!

{What Have I Done For ME Lately CHALLENGE!}

I was typing a new thread on a scrapping message board I just starting visiting

(www.scrappindeals.com)

and suddenly got a bolt of motivation that almost knocked me out of my seat. LOL 

The thread goes something like this:

Okay, I hope this doesn't sound stupid, but I thought if I participated in a challenge I could relate to, and have it be "public," meaning have people who I am accountable to, it would be just the kick-start I need to get myself into a good habit. LOL 

I loved the idea of Rhonna Farrer's 21 Day Challenge:

http://rhonnafarrer.typepad.com/dreamy/

Pick a challenge and stick with it for 21 days, make it become a habit....

I am SOOOOO totally inspired by Ms. Rhonna's style, techniques, faith, outlook on life. She is truly an amazing gal!!

However, although I am TOTALLY inspired by all the great scrappers out there, the truth is, sometimes that's what makes me feel intimidated! LOL Their layouts, photography, composition, is all so, so, so perfect!

Most of the scrap challenges I see are very specific. They are designed to try a new technique, or are themed in some way.

This is absolutely WONDERFUL - don't get me wrong, but I think I am in a place where I am lucky to put my feet up on the couch by the end of the day and eat a left-over cookie, let alone fancy doodle in my art journal!! LOL I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to be able to do that every night, but I just can't!

But I started to think......why can't I??

Why can't I have just a little bit of time everyday to just be by myself and do whatever I want? scrap because I want to, not because I feel pressured.......

have a cup of tea with lots of sugar and cream (or a pina colado lol).....

read a chapter or even 2 pages of a book I've been wanting to.....

use my stinkin on-demand and TIVO every now and since I pay an arm-and-a-leg for it....

EXERCISE (YES I SAID IT!)......

call an old friend and chat......

GO shine my sink because it's THAT time again (any Flyladies out there? lol).....

SIT my butt on the computer and talk to new friends :)

WHATEVER it is I wanted to once a day.......

SOOOOO <follow me here, I am going somewhere> AFTER my gettin-a-ticket-for-not-wearin-my-seatbelt-episode today I was feeling a little blue.  I looked down at the magazine I bought and saw on the cover, ole' Janet Jackson with a new, improved body. Of course, this made me even sadder being that the "before" picture of her in the article is really what I look like now. :(

http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/arts/story.html?id=d826d88a-397e-4cb7-a7cd-ee19e4f68e3b&k=43486

I mean really... 60 pounds in 4 months?? HOW can someone seriously loose like, what 15 pounds a month?  I don't know about you, but sometimes my lunch is the left-over oreo cookie tops that Josh doesn't finish! LOL Not good, I know...

AND then, realizing that I ACTUALLY bought into the impulse buy at the register, I actually wasted money on this stupid magazine that I could have bought scrapbook supplies with for Heaven's sake.... made me even more depressed!!! OKAY, so $50 bucks wasted on my first ticket in like 10 YEARS, coupled with the fact that I was never going to look like Janet Jackson again because I DON'T have a personal trainer or chef who wake me up every morning with fresh-squeeze, pureed juice and a motivational get-outta-bed speech, set me over the edge.....

However, I thought Janet + Rhonna have the RIGHT idea!

I thought of Janet's song...

"What Have You Done for Me Lately" + Rhonna's wonderful 21 Day Challenges  (partly inspired by Dr. Blume How to Rid Youself of Bad Habits)

http://drgingerblume.com/scripts_bad_habits.htm

...and  I thought:

What Have I Done For ME Lately?

The sad answer is that I know it's been days even weeks since I have done something, for me, really me... not doing something for everyone else even though that does make me feel good...

What have I done for ME lately? I eat the wrong things, drink too much coffee, probably shop too much which makes me feel guilty, and I can't really think of one thing that I have which was particularly good for JUST me.

YES, I LOVE being a SAHM, I LOVE LOVE LOVE hangin with my boy every day, but there are times when I want a quiet moment just for me and there is nothing  wrong with that!

I KNOW THIS SOUNDS SELFISH --- BUT,

In fact, just the opposite! It energizes my spirit, makes me feel good about myself, helps me to stop resenting others and allows me to focus more clearly on the the ones that I love with all my heart so I can BE a less-stressed, less-distracted, less-irritable mommy/daughter/wife/pet-owner/you-fill-in-the-blank-for-yourself.... lol

What is doesn't mean for ME is letting my 2-year old run loose around the house while I kick up on the couch, watch the lastest episode of my soap that I haven't seen in 15 years, and pop bonbons in my mouth without worrying about what's for dinner! By all means, if anyone else wants to do that, have at it and eat a bonbon for me! LOL

It's hard for me sometimes to NOT think of this as something selfish... 

I'm a caregiver to my bed-ridden mother....
my father who has heart problems and was diagnosed with early Altzeimer's...
my "high-spirited" (as my Dr. called it) 2 year old who needs to be actively engaged constantly lol...
a care-giver to my husband (who is also disabled, run over by a bull-dozer 16 years ago) He can get around, but some days it's hard for him...
a care-giver to my dogs and my parent's ailing dog as well.....
even a caregiver to my garden. LOL   

I don't feel bad about anyone these things, I feel bad because they are ill and need care; they don't wanna be like that either!!! I truly feel God only gives us what we handle, and I want to handle my life with grace and dignity and not resenting or complaining about it because there's no time for me <meekly> I am important too! No, more like:

<I-am-important-hear-me-roar!>

But really, who would I BE if not a care-giver of one kind or another.

I would like to find out.  I would really like to get to know me again! LOL

Reading this helped

http://www.surgerydoor.co.uk/level2/carers_takingcare.shtml

But I figured if I "challenged" myself everyday and left myself to my own devices, I probably would taper off and then fizzle out with the challenge. I have to be "accountable." I guess that's the teacher in me. I think I work better when I know other people are expecting me to come through. Even if it is just signing up or hosting a challenge and only 1 other person who participates!!!!

SOOOOOOO This challenge I thought would be:

...a challenge that allows me to do something, anything for ME every day and record it however I want, in a journal or a notebook, on a blog (and I don't even know how to go about "bloggin.") on HERE?

...a challenge that, throughout the duration, has no time limits such as 15 minutes of reading or 1 hour of exercise every day for 5 days... like I said, sometimes it's hard enough to find time to just sit. LOL But during that time it can be anything you want, any time of the day, a take-it-when-you-can-get-it kind of thing.

...a challenge that is for me, just me and is all about ME! LOL (appeasing the inner child in me) for once a day, 21 days, which doesn't include strawberry picking with my son, or making a lovely dinner for my family, or whatever for anyone else but me. LOL  (I KNOW I am soooo selfish!) Some days, this might be scrapping, or a movie, or it may be a quick as a 5 min cup of tea or I took some pictures of flowers, but the idea is to spend whatever quality alone time I can, with (you guessed it!) ME!

....carpal tunnel setting in, must. type. faster...

OKAY so the point of this blog is to be a computer journal for me (uhh duh,) and a place to record my progress for posterity. I am so baby-steppin right now in the blog scene, so I won't worry about making it fancy - schmansy right now with design and all. I think all I can tackle right now is the cool font color changes. LOL

I want to propose a challenge to anyone who wants in to take the:

What Have I Done for ME Lately Challenge!

It can be for care-givers, scrappers, SAHM, full-time exec, ANYONE who wants to rekindle an old flame - theirselves!!! LOL

If it's just me in the challenge, that's okay too! This will be a place I can record my thoughts, progress or setbacks, a place I can be accountable to, even if that person is just me.  Most often, I am hoping to have SCRAPBOOKING or PHOTOGRAPHY as my main way of having some "ME" time, but I know that won't be every day.

SOOOOOOOO if you read this far, why not take the challenge with me??

SO? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

I will start when my family and I get back from camping this Memorial Day Weekend on Tuesday, May 30. 

Okay, the sign up list is:

Susie

WOOOHOOOO One very important person participating.... ME! LOL

Let me know if you are interested, we could challenge each other ! Or, if you just want to read my bloggy ramblings, that's fine too!

SOO, uhh, ok, wrote a blog-book here so signing off and have a great weekend!

I was typing a new thread on a scrapping message board I just starting visiting

(www.scrappindeals.com)

and suddenly got a bolt of motivation that almost knocked me out of my seat. LOL 

The thread goes something like this:

Okay, I hope this doesn't sound stupid, but I thought if I participated in a challenge I could relate to, and have it be "public," meaning have people who I am accountable to, it would be just the kick-start I need to get myself into a good habit. LOL 

I loved the idea of Rhonna Farrer's 21 Day Challenge:

http://rhonnafarrer.typepad.com/dreamy/

Pick a challenge and stick with it for 21 days, make it become a habit....

I am SOOOOO totally inspired by Ms. Rhonna's style, techniques, faith, outlook on life. She is truly an amazing gal!!

However, although I am TOTALLY inspired by all the great scrappers out there, the truth is, sometimes that's what makes me feel intimidated! LOL Their layouts, photography, composition, is all so, so, so perfect!

Most of the scrap challenges I see are very specific. They are designed to try a new technique, or are themed in some way.

This is absolutely WONDERFUL - don't get me wrong, but I think I am in a place where I am lucky to put my feet up on the couch by the end of the day and eat a left-over cookie, let alone fancy doodle in my art journal!! LOL I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to be able to do that every night, but I just can't!

But I started to think......why can't I??

Why can't I have just a little bit of time everyday to just be by myself and do whatever I want? scrap because I want to, not because I feel pressured.......

have a cup of tea with lots of sugar and cream (or a pina colado lol).....

read a chapter or even 2 pages of a book I've been wanting to.....

use my stinkin on-demand and TIVO every now and since I pay an arm-and-a-leg for it....

EXERCISE (YES I SAID IT!)......

call an old friend and chat......

GO shine my sink because it's THAT time again (any Flyladies out there? lol).....

SIT my butt on the computer and talk to new friends :)

WHATEVER it is I wanted to once a day.......

SOOOOO <follow me here, I am going somewhere> AFTER my gettin-a-ticket-for-not-wearin-my-seatbelt-episode today I was feeling a little blue.  I looked down at the magazine I bought and saw on the cover, ole' Janet Jackson with a new, improved body. Of course, this made me even sadder being that the "before" picture of her in the article is really what I look like now. :(

http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/arts/story.html?id=d826d88a-397e-4cb7-a7cd-ee19e4f68e3b&k=43486

I mean really... 60 pounds in 4 months?? HOW can someone seriously loose like, what 15 pounds a month?  I don't know about you, but sometimes my lunch is the left-over oreo cookie tops that Josh doesn't finish! LOL Not good, I know...

AND then, realizing that I ACTUALLY bought into the impulse buy at the register, I actually wasted money on this stupid magazine that I could have bought scrapbook supplies with for Heaven's sake.... made me even more depressed!!! OKAY, so $50 bucks wasted on my first ticket in like 10 YEARS, coupled with the fact that I was never going to look like Janet Jackson again because I DON'T have a personal trainer or chef who wake me up every morning with fresh-squeeze, pureed juice and a motivational get-outta-bed speech, set me over the edge.....

However, I thought Janet + Rhonna have the RIGHT idea!

I thought of Janet's song...

"What Have You Done for Me Lately" + Rhonna's wonderful 21 Day Challenges  (partly inspired by Dr. Blume How to Rid Youself of Bad Habits)

http://drgingerblume.com/scripts_bad_habits.htm

...and  I thought:

What Have I Done For ME Lately?

The sad answer is that I know it's been days even weeks since I have done something, for me, really me... not doing something for everyone else even though that does make me feel good...

What have I done for ME lately? I eat the wrong things, drink too much coffee, probably shop too much which makes me feel guilty, and I can't really think of one thing that I have which was particularly good for JUST me.

YES, I LOVE being a SAHM, I LOVE LOVE LOVE hangin with my boy every day, but there are times when I want a quiet moment just for me and there is nothing  wrong with that!

I KNOW THIS SOUNDS SELFISH --- BUT,

In fact, just the opposite! It energizes my spirit, makes me feel good about myself, helps me to stop resenting others and allows me to focus more clearly on the the ones that I love with all my heart so I can BE a less-stressed, less-distracted, less-irritable mommy/daughter/wife/pet-owner/you-fill-in-the-blank-for-yourself.... lol

What is doesn't mean for ME is letting my 2-year old run loose around the house while I kick up on the couch, watch the lastest episode of my soap that I haven't seen in 15 years, and pop bonbons in my mouth without worrying about what's for dinner! By all means, if anyone else wants to do that, have at it and eat a bonbon for me! LOL

It's hard for me sometimes to NOT think of this as something selfish... 

I'm a caregiver to my bed-ridden mother....
my father who has heart problems and was diagnosed with early Altzeimer's...
my "high-spirited" (as my Dr. called it) 2 year old who needs to be actively engaged constantly lol...
a care-giver to my husband (who is also disabled, run over by a bull-dozer 16 years ago) He can get around, but some days it's hard for him...
a care-giver to my dogs and my parent's ailing dog as well.....
even a caregiver to my garden. LOL   

I don't feel bad about anyone these things, I feel bad because they are ill and need care; they don't wanna be like that either!!! I truly feel God only gives us what we handle, and I want to handle my life with grace and dignity and not resenting or complaining about it because there's no time for me <meekly> I am important too! No, more like:

<I-am-important-hear-me-roar!>

But really, who would I BE if not a care-giver of one kind or another.

I would like to find out.  I would really like to get to know me again! LOL

Reading this helped

http://www.surgerydoor.co.uk/level2/carers_takingcare.shtml

But I figured if I "challenged" myself everyday and left myself to my own devices, I probably would taper off and then fizzle out with the challenge. I have to be "accountable." I guess that's the teacher in me. I think I work better when I know other people are expecting me to come through. Even if it is just signing up or hosting a challenge and only 1 other person who participates!!!!

SOOOOOOO This challenge I thought would be:

...a challenge that allows me to do something, anything for ME every day and record it however I want, in a journal or a notebook, on a blog (and I don't even know how to go about "bloggin.") on HERE?

...a challenge that, throughout the duration, has no time limits such as 15 minutes of reading or 1 hour of exercise every day for 5 days... like I said, sometimes it's hard enough to find time to just sit. LOL But during that time it can be anything you want, any time of the day, a take-it-when-you-can-get-it kind of thing.

...a challenge that is for me, just me and is all about ME! LOL (appeasing the inner child in me) for once a day, 21 days, which doesn't include strawberry picking with my son, or making a lovely dinner for my family, or whatever for anyone else but me. LOL  (I KNOW I am soooo selfish!) Some days, this might be scrapping, or a movie, or it may be a quick as a 5 min cup of tea or I took some pictures of flowers, but the idea is to spend whatever quality alone time I can, with (you guessed it!) ME!

....carpal tunnel setting in, must. type. faster...

OKAY so the point of this blog is to be a computer journal for me (uhh duh,) and a place to record my progress for posterity. I am so baby-steppin right now in the blog scene, so I won't worry about making it fancy - schmansy right now with design and all. I think all I can tackle right now is the cool font color changes. LOL

I want to propose a challenge to anyone who wants in to take the:

What Have I Done for ME Lately Challenge!

It can be for care-givers, scrappers, SAHM, full-time exec, ANYONE who wants to rekindle an old flame - theirselves!!! LOL

If it's just me in the challenge, that's okay too! This will be a place I can record my thoughts, progress or setbacks, a place I can be accountable to, even if that person is just me.  Most often, I am hoping to have SCRAPBOOKING or PHOTOGRAPHY as my main way of having some "ME" time, but I know that won't be every day.

SOOOOOOOO if you read this far, why not take the challenge with me??

SO? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

I will start when my family and I get back from camping this Memorial Day Weekend on Tuesday, May 30. 

Okay, the sign up list is:

Susie

WOOOHOOOO One very important person participating.... ME! LOL

Let me know if you are interested, we could challenge each other ! Or, if you just want to read my bloggy ramblings, that's fine too!

SOO, uhh, ok, wrote a blog-book here so signing off and have a great weekend!