mommy madness &volunteer scrapping..sort of

so sunday i heard a commercial on the radio for chevrolet. they are doing this Mommy Madness contest and will be picking 5 STL area blogging moms to test drive either an Equinox or a Traverse for 4 weeks. i applied and have my fingers crossed! how great would it be to get to drive a new car, the only problem will be giving it back, lol.

so i WANT to be scrapping and working on my Tally DT submissions but instead i'm making banners and signs for Villa Hills FD's booth at the Octoberfest. i need to get these done so i can get back to the FUN scrapping! i finished cutting out the letters for the banner...one sign down, 3 more to go!

i'm in the gutter.....

with the gutter girlz that is! i've always enjoyed reading their prompts but have never really played along...until now. the prompt they posted on the 15th seems like it was meant for me so i had to do it. here it is! so be sure to check them out!!!!!
i enjoyed my crop day on sat and got a few LO's done. i did my Tally survivor LO and started on one for Tally's DT call (which i cannot post until later) but heres my survivor team LJ week one LO.
i also did a LO for ScrapFit. this was fun. it had to have a picture on it but with NO people. so guess what i scrapped?????

setting in.....

so this week is the first time its really set in for me. we had our first dirty fight since the split, he threatened me with court, i called him a bully, he blew up then apologized...whatever. i'm so over his crap.
anyways.... i got the ball rolling with my plan. i want to go to school for nursing. i filled out my fafsa. requested my h.s. transcripts, now i wait. hopefully i will be able to start the fall semester on Oct 26, fingers crossed!
today and the rest of the weekend, i'm reorganizing and re-arranging the house the way i want it, he's not living here so i'm changing it! i'm moving the computer out of my bedroom to the living room, moving my scrap room from the sunporch to my bed room and i'm wanting to turn the sunporch into the kids play room. i just need to winterize the porch so they can play out there when it gets cold.
oh, and i sold my rings. he has no clue! i sent them here and i cannot wait to get my check. check out the site, its very humorous!!! every email they've sent me has cracked me up! they sure know how to make u feel good about a break up.
thats all for now, i hope to scrap some this weekend...but we'll see

blog slacker

so yes i admit it, i've been not blogging, or really scrapping lately. i have lots i haven't posted from a few months back but with all the craziness of the summer and other goings on. Thanks to Stacy for the motivation to update this thing. she has also been a bit of a blog slacker too so i thought i'd let her know she's not alone.

along with the update, u may notice i've changed the name of my blog. my life is going through some drastic changes and i really don't have an outlet to vent. i cannot vent on facebook or myspace due to the in-laws (soon to be out-laws) being in my social network. yes, u've guess it, the hubs and i have decided to part ways. being a stay-at-home mom is going to put me at a disadvantage. i've got 3 kids and no income, but i do have a plan. just need to put the plan into action.

i've decided that i am going to scrap this process. i need a creative outlet and a reminder to myself. so i'll be doing a book of me and i'll be sharing it here. i have some great quotes that fit this situation. one of my favorites is something that Linda has said to me too many times to count, "take the knot from your stomach and hand it to the person causing it" couldn't be anymore appropriate and has earned a coveted spot in my book. Stacy always posts amazing quotes on her facebook and a week or so ago she posted one that really hit home for me. that one will also have a page.

thanks for reading and keep a look out for the 1st pages of my book of me.

check out this cool giveaway! http://lisafalduto.blogspot.com/2009/06/prize-package.html

i know its been forever since i updated this thing...maybe i will later on, lol

friday the 13th faves

wow, so what a great day today will be! my BFF melissa will be here later tonight from Texas. i cant wait!!! so here are my faves!!!

**dole mandarin orange fruit cups: my kids LOVE these and they are so easy! no need to peel!!! i hate peeling! lol

**Sam's Club: i went for the 1st time yesterday and it was AMAZING!!!!! you wouldnt believe how much cheaper is is to buy string cheese in bulk!!!

**HOT SEX: no, not the dirty kind, lol. its a kind of liquor and its SOOOO tasty. i think ima get a bottle for melissa's visit.

**PRIMA: sorry they are just gonna be on the list for a while. i've never seen so much prima stuff in person! its amazing!!!!

**The Melting Pot: OMG its amazing! I'll be heading there Wed night for ladies night dinner!!! WOOT

****PRIMA Heaven****

guess what!!!!! i got my Prima box today and boy is it LOVERLY!!!! lots of great goodies in there, i'm so happy to be the lucky bad girl!! here are some pix as promised.
can't wait to get creating with this stuff but for now it will have to wait a bit! my BFF melissa is coming to visit me for 9 whole days!!! its been 2 years since we've seen eachother so the visit is long over due!today was a great mail day for me because as well as getting the Prima goodies, my Tally Sis sent me a package of goodies as well!!! YAY ME!!! (done in my best London Tipton voice, lol)