My Doodley Do Days

Maybe I need a Good Cry!

2009-11-15T09:18:00.002-05:00

It has been a rough while for me lately. Much I haven't shared with even my closest friends and family. I am not gonna air my laundry on my blog ... but things have to change .. THEY HAVE TO! I feel like I am spiraling in this deep abyss, and I can't find my way out. The silliest things are bothering me .. and I am walking around as of late with a broken heart and soul. I hide it ... I am very good at hiding it ... I try to smile and brush everything under the rug, or lessen the severity cuz I don't want to face it and/or burden anyone ... which is silly cuz my family and friends are there for me ... I just don't know how to ask for help! Maybe this is it ... the depression I have been expecting and just never allowed myself to cave to. Maybe I need to cave and just go thru it already so that I can find my way back! Maybe it's time to admit that I am not all that atrong right now ... and that's okay .. It is okay right?

I need to get off this rollercoaster of emotions .. it's making me sick .. literally! I feel like a bundle of nerves and I am looking into things that aren't there .. over analyzing! It's snowballed enough already!

Well .. here are the tears, and I am just gonna let them flow .. I need to let them flow .. to get them out .. so that I can lay my head down and have a good peaceful rest already .. so that |I can wake up and start fresh!

Sorry so heavy ... I just had to get it out!

KATIE 1 - RACHEL 0

2009-11-03T07:49:00.002-05:00

ALRIGHT ALRIGHT ... I admit defeat! I hang my head in shame and won't offer up any excuses like my entire family was so sick thru most of the month of Oct, and I had to look after them, and I was too busy to scrap, and I really needed my rest to be the best mommy and friend I could be .. I AM NOT GONNA GIVE ANY EXCUSES ... insert roll eyes! BAHAHAHAHA!

So .. honestly ... Katie kicked my big beautiful behind in the LOAD Challenge for Oct .. I mean she didn't just beat .. she creamed me! LMAO .. So now I have to put together a gorgeous kit from my ridiculous stash, for her creating pleasure!

All I have to say is thank goodness it's nearing the end of the year .. cuz I am gonna try and keep up (I seriously doubt I could beat her) in 2010 with her ... A likely serious set up for failure if you all know Katie and her speed scrapping ... but it'd sure be fun to try!

And yes .. if you think it's ridiculous that we compete .. IT IS .. but it keeps us both motivated to scrap .. hence why the friendship works .. WE LOVE TO KICK EACHOTHERS ARSES! BAHAHAHA!

Have a look at her flickr account ... enjoy!

LOVE YOU KATIEROO! LOL

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Scary Halloween Urban Legends!

2009-10-29T10:59:00.012-04:00

I REALLY LOVE HALLOWEEN!

I love the scariest, creepiest, blood drenched, eyeball popping, soul sucking darkness of it all! I also LOVE LOVE LOVE the stories that make your skin crawl and your hairs stand on end!

So no creative entry today .... just some hard core HALLOWEEN READING! Grab a cuppa and enjoy!

OH AND TO STEPH .... don't bother with this post on my blog hun .... I know you don't like getting creeped out .. and with Stephane hunting you don't need to read this girl! LOL LUVS YA and I'll do a Stechy friendly post for you soon! MMMMMMMMWWWWWWWAAAAA!

All are curtosy of About.com!

AREN'T YOU GLAD YOU DIDN'T TURN ON THE LIGHT?

Two dormmates in college were in the same science class. The teacher had just reminded them about the midterm the next day when one dormmate — let's call her Juli — got asked to this big bash by the hottest guy in school. The other dormmate, Meg, had pretty much no interest in going and, being a diligent student, she took notes on what the midterm was about. After the entire period of flirting with her date, Juli was totally unprepared for her test, while Meg was completely prepared for a major study date with her books.

At the end of the day, Juli spent hours getting ready for the party while Meg started studying. Juli tried to get Meg to go, but she was insistent that she would study and pass the test. The girls were rather close and Juli didn't like leaving Meg alone to be bored while she was out having a blast. Juli finally gave up, using the excuse that she would cram in homeroom the next day.

Juli went to the party and had the time of her life with her date. She headed back to the dorm around 2 a.m. and decided not to wake Meg. She went to bed nervous about the midterm and decided she would wake up early to ask Meg for help.

She woke up and went to wake Meg. Meg was lying on her stomach, apparently sound asleep. Juli rolled Meg over to reveal Meg's terrified face. Juli, concerned, turned on the desk lamp. Meg's study stuff was still open and had blood all over it. Meg had been slaughtered. Juli, in horror, fell to the floor and looked up to see, written on the wall in Meg's blood: "Aren't you glad you didn't turn on the lights!"

THE BOYFRIEND'S DEATH

A girl and her boyfriend are making out in his car. They had parked in the woods so no one would see them. When they were done, the boy got out to pee and the girl waited for him in the safety of the car.

After waiting five minutes, the girl got out of the car to look for her boyfriend. Suddenly, she sees a man in the shadows. Scared, she gets back in the car to drive away, when she hears a very faint squeak... squeak... squeak...

This continued a few seconds until the girl decided she had no choice but to drive off. She hit the gas as hard as possible but couldn't go anywhere, because someone had tied a rope from the bumper of the car to a nearby tree.

Well, the girl slams on the gas again and then hears a loud scream. She gets out of the car and realizes that her boyfriend is hanging from the tree. The squeaky noises were his shoes slightly scraping across the top of the car!!!

THE BABYSITTER!

A teenage girl is babysitting one evening. The children have been put to bed and the babysitter is in the living room watching TV. Just then, the phone rings. When she answers it, she hears a man laughing (alternatively there is either silence, or heavy breathing) on the other end. He asks her in a gravely voice to "check the children". When she asks who he is, he hangs up. Rather than checking on the children, the teenager decides to ignore the call. The stranger then calls back several times throughout the evening, demanding to know "Why haven't you checked the children?!", each time with increasing anger. The babysitter becomes frightened and calls the operator. She asks him to trace the call. When the stranger calls back again, the babysitter manages to keep him talking for several minutes, in order to trace the call, but when she asks who he is again, he again hangs up. Then, the phone rings again. This time it's the operator. He orders the babysitter to get out of the house, as the calls are coming from the other telephone line inside the house. The operator tells her the police are already on their way (in some versions, the babysitter calls the police herself). As the terrified babysitter races toward the door, she hears, and then sees, a shadowy figure clumping down the stairs. She runs from the house in hysterics into the arms of the awaiting police. They kill (or in some versions, arrest) a madman wielding a bloody butcher knife. The children are all dead, silently hacked to pieces by the madman, who had gotten into the house through an upstairs window, murdering the children as they slept in their beds. He was waiting for the babysitter to come upstairs, as he intended her to be his next victim.

THE HOOKMAN!

A teenage boy drove his date to a dark and deserted Lovers' Lane for a make-out session. After turning on the radio for mood music, he leaned over and began kissing the girl.

A short while later, the music suddenly stopped and an announcer's voice came on, warning in an urgent tone that a convicted murderer had just escaped from the state insane asylum — which happened to be located not far from Lovers' Lane — and that anyone who noticed a strange man lurking about with a hook in place of his right hand should immediately report his whereabouts to the police.

The girl became frightened and asked to be taken home. The boy, feeling bold, locked all the doors instead and, assuring his date they would be safe, attempted to kiss her again. She became frantic and pushed him away, insisting that they leave. Relenting, the boy peevishly jerked the car into gear and spun its wheels as he pulled out of the parking space.

When they arrived at the girl's house she got out of the car, and, reaching to close the door, began to scream uncontrollably. The boy ran to her side to see what was wrong and there, dangling from the door handle, was a bloody hook.

HUMANS CAN LICK TOO!

A young lady is alone in her apartment. She goes to bed with her dog on the floor beside her. In the middle of the night, she is woken up by a strange sound. She is alarmed, but reaches down to the dog, who licks her hand. She is reassured and goes back to sleep. In the morning, she finds the dog hung in the shower. Where the dog slept, she picks up a note which reads "Humans can lick, too."

THE KILLER IN THE BACKSEAT

One night a woman went out for drinks with her girlfriends. She left the bar fairly late at night, got in her car and onto the deserted highway. She noticed a lone pair of headlights in her rear-view mirror, approaching at a pace just slightly quicker than hers. As the car pulled up behind her she glanced and saw the turn signal on — the car was going to pass — when suddenly it swerved back behind her, pulled up dangerously close to her tailgate and the brights flashed.

Now she was getting nervous. The lights dimmed for a moment and then the brights came back on and the car behind her surged forward. The frightened woman struggled to keep her eyes on the road and fought the urge to look at the car behind her. Finally, her exit approached but the car continued to follow, flashing the brights periodically.

Through every stoplight and turn, it followed her until she pulled into her driveway. She figured her only hope was to make a mad dash into the house and call the police. As she flew from the car, so did the driver of the car behind her — and he screamed, "Lock the door and call the police! Call 911!"

When the police arrived the horrible truth was finally revealed to the woman. The man in the car had been trying to save her. As he pulled up behind her and his headlights illuminated her car, he saw the silhouette of a man with a butcher knife rising up from the back seat to stab her, so he flashed his brights and the figure crouched back down.

HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE READ!

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COUGH, HACK, SNIFFLE, BARF, SLEEP!

2009-10-26T08:08:00.003-04:00

AAAAHHH the glorious reality of my life this past week! LOL

John and I are much better, and Angie is good to go to school today .. but Alexa .. oh my poor Alexa .. is really gettin her arse kicked by this bug! While she is more energetic, she crashes quickly and hard. Her cough is still nasty, but no fever, and she is eating and taking in fluids. Still not gonna send her to school to spread that around so I am asking for her homework to be sent home so she can get caught up! These bugs seem to be getting worse and worse throughout the years .. so scary!

So the weekend was eventful regardless of the fact that we were down and out for most of the week! Saturday started by taking Steph's canvas class at The Scrapbox. GORGEOUS! Katie decided to surprise us by joining us for the afternoon!

John dropped the kids of at my brothers for the night and we went out on a date. A much needed date let me tell you! We ended up going to Lonestar for dinner, then grabbed a Starbucks (pumpkin spice latte of course), and went for a nice drive around the city! Once we got home, we had a few wobblies and curled up on the couch and enjoyed Twilight, and Saw V. Both are awesome! I won't go into details on what happened next cuz this is a PG blog .. but let me tell you ... WOW WOW WOW! LMAO!

Yesturday we slept in, and went to pick up the kids. Had a small visit with my brother and his fiance Karine and their kids, and then went to DeSerres so I could pick up a couple of much needed things (insert roll eyes cuz you all know that I NEED IT!) ... LOL We then drove to Barrhaven and caught "Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs" 3D. What an awesome movie! The girls giggled and it was so warming to see them sitting between John and I, with their little popcorn combo on their laps, and the glasses on their faces... it was so much fun!

We then went to Kelsey's for some apps and dessert, and home for the night! It was wonderful.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY HUNKY HUBBY! I am so happy that we celebrated as a family and had such a fun time doing it. The girls and I are going to bake a cake and make him a nice meal on Wednesday and then we are heading to my parents place this weekend for Halloween and Birthday celebrations (John's, my niece Paige, and my brother's).

All and all a great weekend, and I am hoping that this week I can get caught up on some e-mails and some blog reading .. oh ya and HOUSEWORK! BLAH! LOL

HAPPY MONDAY!

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Can't catch a Break!

2009-10-20T12:25:00.002-04:00

Horrible ear infection right now ... I look drunk when I walk and so much pain and pressure! THIS SUCKS ARSE! :(

Some Strange Things!

2009-10-16T06:41:00.015-04:00

So while surfing the net and enjoying that marvelous first cup of java this morning, it occurred to me that there are some serious strange things out there .. especially creatively speaking! LOL Anyways, art is art, and ones person perspective is anothers horror or delight ... so you decide ... what do these things say to you ... is it so far out there, or is it down right cool and interesting??? Regardless, I am sure they will make you think HHHMMMMMMM!

Enjoy!

SLASH - Paper Under the Knife. This is an exhibition that the Museum of Arts and Design will be hosting soon. It's all about paper art ... this picture really drew me in, and made me want to go and have a look at some of the pieces out there ... go on and have a look .. bet you'll be completely blown away!

Forgive me, I couldn't find who the artist of this piece is. I'd be sure to credit is I knew!

Check out this freakish yet amazing cake (I love abstract art) from megpi's!

Well while I am chatting 'bout cakes I have to say I love the site called CAKE WRECKS! Here are a few of the cakes featured over there that made me LOL!

I could go on and on .... you get the picture! LOL

Here's a pumpkin Penguin ...LOL

Here at Bloggie Stylish you can find a picture of how you can dress your doggie up as grapes ...LOL

UK Artist Jason Hackenwerth made these Balloon monsters!

Even donuts cannot evade science! LOL Created by Kevin Van Aelst

I can't seem to find the original artist to this but what a way to use your potatoes! LOL

WOW .. check out these nails! Curtosy of BOING BOING!

Well that's about it for now! STRANGE HUH?? Hope you enjoyed ... now off to get my monkeys up and at em, and start their day!

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WOW JENNI BOISVERT FROM SHIMMERZ!

2009-10-15T05:29:00.000-04:00

I have to admit this ... I ADORE JENNI BOISVERT! For those of you that have no clue who I am talking about then please let me introduce you to her!

I first "met"Jenni at Bad Girls a couple years. She was a member at first and soon after that was asked to join the DT there for obvious reasons .. her work is CRAZY INSANE TALENT! She is a digital goddess IMHO as well and one of the best photographers out there, but when it comes to her creative projects .. she blows my mind!

I just watched this tutorial of this canvas she made for Shimmerz (she is a proud DT member there), and I am loving it! Do yourselves a favour and have a look at it here!

If you are into Graphic 45 aswell ..... then Jenni is your girl! WINK!

I adore you girl .. and thank you for always being an inspiration to me ... I always feel like getting my creative on after I visit your blog and your DT sites! Hugs and LUV YA!

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Creative Day!

2009-10-14T06:56:00.009-04:00

Today will be a great creative day! I start my Alter This class over at My Creative Classroom. I am really looking forward to getting my hands dirty and learning some new things .. hopefully this will give some new inspiration as I haven't been super pleased with all I have been creating lately. I am lucky to have my friend Dorrie join me on this adventure! It'll give us a chance to hang out and get to know each other better!

So I haven't posted my LOAD the past couple of days, and have already told Katie I owe her a kit (our little side bet), little did she know she was getting one anyways ... BAHAHAHAHAHA! I have to say that to make myself feel better and justify my falling off the wagon! LMAO Is it wrong that I am sending her fall off the wagon too vibes??? LMAO Well Katieroo .. atleast we'll always have brutal truth! HEEHEE

Here are some LO's that I have posted over at LOAD and needed to post on my blog!

EVERYDAY I LOVE DAD - 06 Oct

A LO of my brother and his handsome son Noah! I placed this in a shadow box for him to hang in his new home!

FUN IN THE SUN - 07 Oct

My girls enjoying some summer fun!

OH MY WORD - 08 Oct

I have always loved this pic of Ang when she was a baby! I thought the title went really well with the pic! LOL

HI GRANNY - 09 Oct

My kids always had a thing with pretending they were talking to Granny on the phone!

SWIM - 10 Oct

This pic is so old! This is Alexa as a baby, and her first time in her mini pool!

PRETTY IN PAINT - 11 Oct

Alexa looking most intent in getting this painting done! LOL

12 Oct - where's the wagon I fell off?
13 Oct - chasing the wagon, but didn't quite make it! LMAO

HAVE A GREAT DAY FOLKS!

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LOAD share!

2009-10-06T08:56:00.007-04:00

After a fun filled scrapping weekend with my girlfriends I do have work to post! Here are the LO's I have posted for my LOAD Oct 09 so far! I will post more of them later!

LO - YOU BRIGHTEN MY DAY - 02 Oct

Angelina at her B-day party this past summer .. thanks Katie and Steph for getting this up for me .. even though I gave you the wrong PW ...LOL

LO - "ARR" LIVE LIKE A PIRATE - 03 Oct

I know I know .. shitty pic! LOL But I took this in my mom's basement at O DARK BUFFALO and I am way too lazy and sick right now to retake it! LOL This was Angie at last years Pirate Day at school!

LO - TOGETHER WITH JOHN - 04 Oct

This is my sitters hubby John. Henny and John are part of our family now and have become surrogate grandparents to our girls .. we are truely blessed to have them in our lives!

LO - MY CHEEKY MONKEY - 05 Oct

Alexa just having a cheeky moment .. a simple LO!

Well that is about it for now ... I am in bed sick with a nasty ass cold .. and I have a mild fever .. so I am taking it easy today! Just got Alexa off to school, and Ang and i are gonna snuggle until she has to get to school .. then curling up for a much needed nap! John has the car today so I am hoping this means that he will be home early today!

Thanks for stopping by!

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A shout out to DORRIE!

2009-10-05T09:02:00.002-04:00

Thinking of you today babycakes .. a new you! Hugs and kisses!

Here is a little TEEHEE for ya!

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Yes I am BACK! LOL

2009-10-01T19:37:00.012-04:00

Okay first things first .... Laurie be sure to take deep breaths cuz if you hyperventilate cuz I actually blogged, I'd feel really bad! HEEHEE!

So ... how are ya all? LOL It's been a busy time in the Tops house .. and I am certainly not gonna blog all about it in one sitting .. so I will pick an event, and add a LO .. and then hopefully that'll keep my blog mojo rolling!

So let's see ... hhhmmm OH YA APPLE PICKING!

So a few weeks ago, when it was much much warmer, we went to the orchard in Orleans and indulged in what I thought would of been a full afternoon of fun. Well the full planned afternoon actually took 20 minutes ... BAHAHAHA! But it was a fun filled 20 minutes!

So my girls go rip roaring down the hill trying to find the perfect tree with some luscious mac apples... well we had to go quite a ways down as all the apples in the trees near the entrance had been raped and pillaged, and looked like they had seen a better day or two .. but the trek down the hill was so worth it!

Here are many shots of our fun filled 20 minutes! LOL

So there it is .. 31 pounds and 23 bucks later! LOL I have since made 8 pies, but I have to make apple sauce yet, and apple muffins for the freezer! Oh and I can't forget candy apples! LOL

On the scrapping front ... I have made a few pages that I need to upload! But today I embark on a new adventure with my fellow scrappers, Barb, Nat, Dorrie, Katie and Sonya! I am participating in LOAD (Layout A Day) for the month of October. That means 31 LO's in 31 days ... it's crazy to think that I will even come close, but this SAHM stuff leaves me with 3 whole hours of afternoon time to myself every weekday ... so I think I just may have a chance .. truth be told .. if I fall off the wagon who gives a shit cuz it'll be far more scrapping than I would likely have gotten done! LOL Katie and I also have this strange competition thing between us .. so GIRL IT IS SO ON! LMAO

Anyways here is my 01 Oct entry! This was a pic taken of me on my honeymoon as were leaving Punta Cana in 2001! I got to use some of the Bo Bunny I had in my stash and some of the new Prima flowers and stud centers.

HONEYMOON HAPPINESS

I also wanted to give a shout out to my girls DORRIE and KATIE! They just found out that they have made The Paper Passion DT team. These girls are super talented and I know they are gonna add some spice to their projects and inspire a whole wack of scrappers ... INCLUDING ME! WTG Ladies ... kick some arse, I'll be over there soon to lend my support and take your challenges! MMMMMMMMMMWWWWWAAAAAA!

This weekend I am heading to my mom and dad's! Mom and I are are signed up for a two day crop over at the Scrapbox .. I am looking forward to spending some scrappy time with her .. it's been a while since we have been creative together! Then on Saturday my hunky hubby is bringing our girls there and Sunday we celebrate my dad's (AKA PAPA) 60th Birthday! I see football and chili and lots of fun with my brother and his family too! All around it's gonna be a blast!

So good to be back .. wish me luck on my adventures ...! WINK!

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I forgot what 5am looked like!

2009-08-13T06:33:00.013-04:00

YAWN! Well the alarm woke me at 0515 so John could get up, and I just couldn't fall back asleep. So I got up and enjoyed a coffee with my hubby, saw him off and then made some oatmeal muffins as a surprise for the girls when they wake up!

I forgot how much I enjoyed this time of the day. When I was working we were out of the house by 0630-0645, and I loved the serenity of the community, the smell of the air, the chirping of the birds, and the play of the squirrels. I sat on my back step this morning and just delighted in all those senses... it was bliss!

Soon enough the kids will be back to school and the rush of morning won't let me enjoy these few minutes of serenity (unless I set my alarm a few minutes earlier ... which in the fall I may do) .. so I will enjoy them while I can!

I can't tell you really just how happy my heart is right now! I am so blessed!

So today is the library (we watched National Geographic yesturday as opposed to going to the library, so I have a ton of knitting books to pick up), a play date at the splash pad with Katie and her girls (it's suppose to be high 20's.. feels like mid 30's), then after that come home and chances are John will already be home, and get a yummy homemade supper of fish and chips with corn on the cob! YUM YUM YUM! HEEHEE

In the meantime I have been meaning to post some pics and some videos of the summer.. so here they are!

Angie really loved her cousin Cyd .. although once Cyd left here, I can't say the feeling was mutual ... LMAO However, here are some sweet pics of the girls snuggling while looking at the laptop .. and then Angie sleeping, and then .. well.. Cyd joining her! LOL

Oh and here are a few more of the Go Kart race track from EastPark in London! SO MUCH FUN!

Angie and Mommy getting ready to burn rubber and beat Daddy and Alexa! LOL

Alexa and Daddy!

Last for now .. and certainly not least ... this one is for Laurie!

HAVE A GREAT DAY!

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SAHM BLISS!

2009-08-12T12:18:00.002-04:00

Hey all! Now that I have some time to blog I have to get this baby rolling! LOL

So my niece left on Sundays with their dad and Oma! Angie has recooped (she had a virus that left canker sores in her mouth), and all is less crazy!

So starts my first week as a SAHM! It has been heavenly! I have said screw the hard housework until the girls go back to school, and have been focusing all my time on them! Between trips to the local library, grocery shopping, park playing, general tidy in the house, back to school workbooks to get them back on school mode (and make the summer to school transition easier for them), cooking healthy meals and homemade everything, laughing and general play with the girls ... I am so tuckered at night, that I gladly leave the bedtime routine to John. With so little to do at night cuz I do it throughout the day, our family time has been an absolute treasure!

Today I am registering the girls in their swimming lessons and I think Alexa is going to do an activity called "Razzle Dazzle Pom Dancing" (at the community center 2 min walk away from my home), and Angelina is going to do a "Chefs R Us" as she is loving helping me with meals and baking! So that'll fill up some time in the fall and up until Xmas and then we'll likely continue with swimming and they can choose another activity to do in the winter! The ages that they are at right now is so much fun .. and while they are in classes I can run a few errands! I have also decided to do all these activities during the week. As Ang is only in half days, afternoon Sr K, we can do her activities in the weekday mornings, and Alexa early evening (means a later supper). This way our weekends are free to do as we like! Last year was a bummer cuz all the classes were on Saturdays, so we didn't get much done .. So we;ll try this out and see how it goes!

I have decided to take a couple of classes myself ... probably in the winter I will take a sewing class, and in the fall I am planning on signing up for a Floral workshop, and a seminar on healthy lunches. Just to get me out of the house and socializing and meeting new people too!

So that is pretty much it on the news ... I have a playdate with Katie and her family tomorrow and I am really looking forward to it! I am looking forward to hooking up with Karen and Dorrie sometime too! Man this summer is just passing by so quick huh? LOL

Have a great one!

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LOLO Come HOME!

2009-08-05T08:28:00.004-04:00

Angelina is seriously missing her surrogate mommy! I am missing my dear friend! Hurry home Laurie!

OINK OINK OINK! LMAO I hope this made your day .. !!!!!

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COME PLAY - ABC SUMMER CROP!

2009-08-02T12:00:00.001-04:00

My gal pal Lucy Chesna owns this awesome blog called My Sketch World. She has turned that awesome blog into an awesome Community called My Sketch World. Lucy and her DT are hosting a fun filled ABC SUMMER CROP!

Come on out and join us for some fun challenges and some games, and some good times! I have known Lucy for a few years now, and she has never let me down!

See You THERE!

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Internet Findings - This one is for you Steph! LOL

2009-08-01T09:42:00.053-04:00

I know that my girl Steph loves these posts and since it's been so long since I have done one, I am dedicating this one to her! LOVE YOU BABE!

Before I begin, it's not one of the happiest days in the Tops residence. Cody is as I type flying home to Halifax... everyone is a little heartbroken! I am glad my nieces are still here for the week to soften to blow for my little girls, but I have a hubby who's pretty down and out right now. If you know my John, you know he doesn't get down and out all that much! I imagine it'll be somewhat of a somber day, but we'll survive. I'll post some funnies in some future posts to highlight some of the happy's we did have together! LOL

So I haven't been scrapping but I have been knitting up a storm! I made this shawl for me to wear in the fall .... it was so much fun to make! The yarn was so soft and colourful! Here are a couple of pics of it!

Some up close look at the stitching!

Found this awesome recipe for an avocado salad! YUMMILICIOUS!

Bad Girls August Kit has been revealed! The name is "Le Rue de Paris"
and here are the pics!

My fave is the bird cage .. oh and the colours of the entire kit and the shabbiness! I can't wait to see the projects that are suggested with the kit! EEEEEKKKKK!

I have decided to scrap my arse off for the month of August ... and get my money's worth of the Lifetime Moments Summer Scrapfest ... LOL I have done horribly this summer so far, and I always look forward to these challenges! So this month I am aiming for 15 LO's! Chant with me .. YOU CAN DO IT! LMAO

I've decided that Laurie has spent enough time in Winnipeg and I need her to come home! MAN I MISS MY GIRL! LOL I am also sending her HUGE CYBER HUGS cuz I am really happy that she had some great news to share! MMMMMMMWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAA Babe!

August Page Maps can be found here!

I came across this site called BookDaily. You get to read the first chapter of new releases, classics and everyday books. Then you can decide whether you would be interested in reading it. I have added so many books to my library request list because of this site. They do give you the option to buy the book, but seeing as I live in cheapville errrr smartville (LOL) now, I don't buy them anymore! I put my big girl panties on and learn patience and waiting for the availability from the library! LOL

So this past week has been a big one in the scrapping world! CHA Summer 09 in Orlando Florida! I have some stuff preordered already, and I thought I'd post some of the yummy's that have just been released!

Let's start with my fave manufacturer EVER!

PRIMA

Can you say OH MY! Steph are ya droolin babycakes??? LOL I SURE AM!

Here is some new BASIC GREY!

INDIAN SUMMER

EERIE

ESKIMO KISSES

NOOK AND PANTRY

BLING IT

BLING IT ON

YUM YUM YUM!

How about a lil MAYA ROAD?

FANCY PANTS DESIGNS

TRICK OT TREAT

CHRISTMAS MAGIC

DANCING GIRL

LITTLE SPROUT

ROUGH AND TOUGH

I can go on and on and maybe will post a few more in some upcoming posts, but I think that is enough for now! LOL

Katie has been busy scrapping up a storm (no surprise there..lol) Have a look here!

Steph got her Basic Grey LO put on the Basic Grey site! CONGRATS GIRL! Here are copies of her latest work too ... YUMMY!

Katie we so have to make this this month with the girls ..... HOMEMADE SIDEWALK CHALK! The instructions are here!

Well I am all blogged out for now! I think I have left ya with some good reads! LOL I am looking forward to getting back to normal and establishing a routine with my family! I'll be making my blog part of that routine too!

HUGS AND MMMMMMMMMMMMWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAA!

Let's try this again! LOL

2009-07-27T02:32:00.002-04:00

Laurie mentioned that the video below was set on private and that it couldn't be seen by my blog readers (thanks for the heads up girl)! So here it is again .. you should be okay to view it now!

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This is what happens when you mix teens with a 6 year old!

2009-07-26T13:05:00.003-04:00

Oh I am such a proud mama and auntie right now .. INSERT ROLL EYES! So while I was sick in bed, my nieces got their meat hooks in my innocent daughter (that's a load of crappola if you know Alexa.. BTW - WINK. So Alexa decided to get jiggy with it, and I see a real future in exotic dancing for her .. OH DEAR NOT NOT NOT!!!!!! LMAO I for see some serious blackmail at her wedding though ....

Enjoy!!!! BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!

OPPS forgot to mention that it's sideways for the majority of the time .... I don't know how to manipulate it! LOL

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EASTPARK FUN! This is a long post! LOL

2009-07-17T10:02:00.022-04:00

So yesturday we took the load of kids (the entire load that I am bringing home to Ottawa..lol) to a place called East Park here in London ON. We had a freakin blast! We spent over 7 hours there and came home last night pleasantly exhausted!

I realized this morning going thru my pics that I must of had so much fun cuz I had forgotten to take pics of all of us in the waterpark! LMAO Man that pissed me off! LOL So I will just have to give you the play by play version! Grab a coffee or drink, cuz I am gonna blog big baby! LOL

So we get to my BILs place to pick up the older kids (Cody has been spending a lot of time with his cousins there as opposed to us stuffy old people) and after kicking some teenage arse to get moving, we were ready to go!

Here are the monkeys at the front of the park!

So John and I look at the price packages for entrance and proceed to snip and snark at each other cuz our communication skills with a wack of excited kids is something to be desired for! LOL All is well however and we decide on the waterpark with three extra activities each!

Here is Angelina and Cydney waiting to get in!

We decided that we were going to do the Go Karts first! Man that was so much fun! I drove with Angelina and John drove with Alexa while Cody, Morgan and Cydney drove themselves. I must admit that John and I had a little competition going on, and I beat his ass silly! BAHAHAHAHA! He doesn't call me Rachel Andretti for nothing ya know! HEEHEE!

Here are a few shots from the track!

Here are my girls and I getting ready to get into the cars! LOL

So like I mentioned above .. I didn't take any pics of us in the waterpark (I was having too much fun) but here are a couple of pics from the Go Kart track of the waterpark!

Cool huh? So before we head into the waterpark we decided to have a quick lunch. Then off we go! We find out that Alexa is big enough to ride all the slides but Angelina is only allowed to ride the one .. but hey it's not the kiddy ride so she is okay with that. We grab a mat, and up we go! I find out as we are getting ready to slide down that I can't ride with Angie. I ask her is she is okay with that and she say "YUP". I go down first so that I can at the bottom to make sure that she is okay and to maybe catch her is needed. I go down and I am so shocked as to just how bloody fast it is .. my legs are above my head, I can't sit up, we go thru a dark tunnel .. and all I am thinking is "OMG Ang is gonna freak out!" My anxiety is thru the roof at this point, the lifeguard tells me I can't stand at the bottom of the slide (like I listen .. sorry but that is my baby coming down, and it's her first time). John is there with me, and tells me to calm down and I am near panic at this point .. my heart is racing and I thinking of the worst case scenario .......... THEN...................................... here comes Angie, sliding slowly and happy on her mat, giggling her toushy off, happy as a pig in shit! I WAS FLOORED! She splashes in the 2 feet of water at the end of the slide, runs up the little stairs with her mat and goes for round number 2. I almost started to cry! MY BABY IS NOT A BABY ANYMORE .. and I had realized just how protective I am with her! I was so proud of her! Then Alexa comes down the slide full of giggles and laughter just like her sister .... she did so amazing too! John flies down next and is going so fast that he makes a splash like a whale at the bottom .. I LMAO so hard ... we then came to the conclusion that us fatty's must go super fast compared to the little ones .. although i totally thought it'd be the opposite! All the kids got stuck midway on the slide cuz it was so slow! BAHAHAHAHAHA! GO FIGURE!

John takes Alexa on the super big slide that you can ride double on ... and my goodness she really is a water baby! They went down several times, and each time just got faster!

The kids all played in the splash pad for a bit, then headed off to the arcade to play some games, win tickets and come home with a bunch of useless breakable trinkets! Man I miss being a kid! LOL

The lot decided to continue with the extra activities, so Angie, Cydney and Alexa went into the huge jungle gym to play around for a while, while the older kids (including my hubby..lol) went rock clmibing. I got some shots before my camera started to poo poo out (what a shocker there huh?).

Here they are!

The girls in the ball pit and the jungle gym!

Then the group rock climbing!

Morgan and Cody

John and Cody

All of them climbing!

I used Morgans camera to snag a bunch of pics of the bumper cars and she got the funniest video of John on the rock wall, but I'll have to post them at a later time as I don't have her memory card!

So after a sun and fun filled day, we came home exhausted and insanely happy! It was worth every moment!

Today it is raining, and we are taking it easy! My niece Cassandra and my nephew Brody just arrived, and we haven't seen them in a year. I can't wait to cuddle them silly!

So have a fabo day and MMMMMMMMMMWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

OH MY FREAKIN GAWD!

2009-07-16T18:54:00.002-04:00

DOES MY BLOG HEADER AND BACKGROUND RAWK OR WHAT?????

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So I bought this banner and background at the House of 3! Then after cursing my computer in HTML code, I decided to throw a poor pity me e-mail to my girl Laurie to get this straightened out for me. SHE DID! LOVE YOU BUNCHES BABE AND IT LOOKS AWESOME! Thanks for adding my name title to the header as well! IT'S PERFECT! I OWE YOU BIG BIG BIG! LOL

I still want to change my sidebars, but now that my blog looks inspiring to post on again, I can share with ya!

So I have some pics to post but will have to do it on my laptop a bit later (I am at my BIL's home computer right now), and much news to sahre. It's been a great trip here in London! So good that I am returning ith two more kids... lol MY nieces. Morgan is almost 16 and Cydney is 11. So between my 3 and then my two others, I am gonna have a hopping house! LMAO! I can't wait ... fun times!

So I will leave with this post now .. be back with stories and pics asap!

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Hijacked Rach's Blog...

2009-07-14T22:11:00.004-04:00

Now don't go getting all excited that Rach actually posted THREE times in one week!!! I agreed to help her out a bit with the changes to her blog so I just HAD to hijack. I thought about posting some really brutal picture of her but a) i don't have any and b) I love her too much. But let's be honest - it's mostly because I don't have any (that I can think of)!!!

So instead I chose to post a picture of the two of us that I really love...

It was taken at the Vicki Boutin retreat...it was the first time I ever roomed with Rach and believe me I WAS TERRIFIED!!! I've witnessed what she is like without her morning coffee tee hee. But as it turns out, I had NOTHING to worry about - we got along amazingly well and it was a great chance for us to bond.

Happy Retirement Lovely...I hope you are enjoying a fun, relaxing and HEALTHY week!

Love you tons (and I hope you like the new look)...

Diva Loca

Gonna have some changes ...

2009-07-12T20:06:00.001-04:00

So if you are visiting and the blog looks wacky ... that's why! LOL

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DO NOT ADJUST YOUR SCREEN!

2009-07-12T10:00:00.002-04:00

Yes cuz I am blogging! LOL I really didn't have a choice however, as I am sure that Laurie would of started to threaten my life had I not posted already! LMAO

So we are in London ON right now having a visit with my in laws. We arrived last night and had a great drive down! It's always a late night the first night as we are trying to cram a whole year of news into a few hours. We tend to forget that we have the whole week to catch up! LOL

So much has happened since I had last blogged but I will post all about in the next few posts ... otherwise I'd be here all day and my kids wouldn't tolerate that for a second! LOL

I also wanted to change the entire look of my blog as I was really never pleased with the outcome of this look! LOL

So I leave you know with a HAVE A RAWKIN DAY!

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Here Ya Go Oma.. This One is For You!

2009-03-30T09:13:00.004-04:00

Thanks goodness for my very patient and loving MIL! LOL She'd of hung me by my toenails if I made her wait any longer for these video clips of Alexa's 6th birthday party! LOL

This first video is og the girls just having some fun.. and I was trying to figure out how this video camera works... LOL The picture looks really blurred so I am gonna have to check on that to see if I can frig around with the settings!

Here is Angelina signing Xmas Carols...LOL

Alexa opening her B-day gifts!

Cake cake and MORE CAKE! LOL

So, watching these videos has made me realize just how annoying my voice is... LMAO Is that what I sound like everyday? EEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKK if it is... BAHAHAHAHA!

Now to get motivated enough to upload some of the LO's I had done a while back! I am hoping my mojo returns soon, cuz I have been a bad bad girl lately and have all kinds of new goodies to play with! I just need a fire under my butt to get moving!

Speaking of mojo.. my mom has been scrapping up a storm! Here is a link to her gallery at Bad Girls. She has also created the most amazing LO she has ever done IMHO... I am rather partial to the pic.. but the creativity that went into it, blew me away! Keep RAWKIN the BG style mommy! You are just starting to come out of your shell.. I suspect and can't wait for you to WOW WOW WOW everyone! LOL

Here is the LO I was just chatting about.. she used the BG March Kit "Windsor Court"! Can we say PRIMA anyone?!

Mom is using this LO to enter in the BG Totebag challenge. The challenge was to use fabric on your LO! I think the way she used it is absolutely genius! She rolled it and made a vase to hold her paper flowers in... LOVE that and certainly not something I'd of ever thought about! Awesome Awesome job mom!

Well on that note.. I am gonna go and rest for a bit! I have an ovarian cyst that is either about to burst or has burst... it quite painful.. Good thing I am taking my HAPPY HAPPY meds...lol

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Will be updating this weekend!

2009-03-27T18:05:00.001-04:00

WINK! My MIL is about to curse me something fierce if I don't get her U Tube videos of Alexa's B-day up here...lol

I luv ya Ma... you'll have it by the end of the weekend! LMAO

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