my week....oh my gosh..unbelievable!!!

Ok.......this is going to SOUND totally crazy......but ALL (yes ALL) of this stuff happened this week.... I am just going to list it...it will be easier....

sunday...ate at babe's yum...fixed up booth in muenster...nothing crazy...

monday...drama...believe me..pure drama

tuesday..kaney was sick...YUCK!

wednesday...taxes (need i EVEN say anything more) ok..yes, I do say more because it was our weigh in for the BIggESt LoSer at school.......lost 1 lb.......grrrrrrrrrrr

thursday...oh great..this is when it starts getting juicy...

Texas Day..woke up EXTRA early to get to STARBUCKS who so very

graciously donated sleeves so we could make our FAbUlOus armadillos

(pic coming soon!!!) and guess WHAT...my car won't start....I think that right now it is also very important to let you know my kids and my attire....(mind you we DID not wach the weather) kane...sweatshirt..tennies...jeans (no coat) Hunter...sweatshirt...pants...coat (thank GOD) tennies....ME (lovely) short sleeve texas tee...khaki pants....OPEN TOED leopard shoes...denim jacket......my steering wheel WON"T budge..so I call my daddy..long story short..he and the neighbor man can't get it to work...so I am going to call the Ford House after Texas Day....don't get to go to Starbucks to get sleeves for armadillos because my daddy has to take me and my kids to work and babysitters........grrrrrrrrrr

Thursday (mid morning) sleeves arrive for the armadillos....a ROOM MOTHER saves the day! We are in the midst of Texas Day in the gym racing our CUTE horses and I hear rain...but it is sounding more like SHARP pieces of ice..rather than rain...I am thinking to myself..what on EARTH is that......

Thursday (noon) the blizzard begins......(ok..so that is a little over the top...it didn't actually start getting TOO terrible just yet) I am like..what is that SNOW?! I am THEN informed that we are supposed to get 4inches of the white stuff...we LAUGH because it was 60 degrees the day before

Thursday (noon-thirty) BLIZZARD BEGINS....naptime for 3 year olds....fun everyday..this day ESPECIALLY FUN!!! they finally go to sleep after doing snow dances (cute) mind you there are 16 three and four year olds..you can ONLY imagine :)

Thursday (noon forty-five) reading enrichment classes begin and I start making my rounds..only to see that the snow is REaLLy sticking...interesting..how can this be...the kids begin to get WILDER...because it is really snowing and blowing out there...

Thursday (noon fifty-five) I get a call from my teacher friend across town saying that they are dismissing early...at 1:30...run DON'T walk to office and inform them...they are already on it

Thurday (one"ish) announced that school will be closing in thirty minutes...have to go back into classroom and WAKE UP sleeping three and four year olds......LOVELY! start calling parents to come and pick up kids (by the way..it is now getting VERY bad outside)

Thursday (one fifteen "ish") I realize that I don't have a car at school...panic mode begins...call babysitter to bring son/and pick up her grandson ( a little trade off) in the mean time we are dismissing kids....in the SNOW...and it is TOTALLY FREEZING *remember the open toed shoes...bRRRRRRRR) ...the kids are TOTALLY wild and I am in PANIC mode..thinking that I may have to walk home :( call mom...she has no ride..she is waiting on my daddy to come and get her...think I will wait for her at my school...BAD IDEA!

Thurdsday (one forty-five ish) finally realize that I am stuck if I don't leave THEN..finally had KANE run after a friends mom and beg a ride (she just lives down the street...thank goodness)

leave school....takes 45 minutes to get home...it usually takes us 3 FLAT!

Friday...car STILL won't work......grrr...school starts late at 9am....tv stops working

mechanic comes to my house.can't fix it by beating on it with a rubber mallet....has to be towed....have extended warranty..dancing a gig...until i realize that it is 3/7/08 and it went ON 3/3/08...dreams shattered......tears commence

have to go and get kevin...pile kidsin truck...go get TUNA sandwiches at the HIPPO *YUM* get home and decide to go to blockbuster...have gift card...send kevin with STRICT instructions to NOT get something TERRIBLY ridiculous...like Patton and expect me to watch it...kevin comes home..gift card not working.....two DUMB dvds later (and oh YES he did rent patton) he finally unveils another bag with American Gangster in it....good movie..but YIKES!

so here i sit pondering about my week..and all the OTHER things that happened that I didn't even list......and I still smile....pretty unBeLieVaBLe huh!?

gotta go...painting a cross...super cute!!!

tata chickas.........xoxo.ash

i've been tagged..........

a. four places I go over and over
1. wal-mart
2. mcdonalds
3. grand central (gas)
4. big lots (love it!)

b. four people that e-mail me regularly
1. mrs. schumacher
2. breigh ann
3. aunt terry
4. kimberly rose

c. four of my favorite foods
1. lasanga flourentine (yum!)
2. oranges
3. liver and onions
4. diet cokes....

d. four places i would rather be right now...
1. in my bed
2. in my classroom (loove that place!)
3. in my scraproom (not existent just yet, but I am VERY persistant!)
4. jamaica

e. four movies i could watch over and over
1. shag
2. runaway bride
3. zoolander (HanSel..............he's so in right now)
4. wedding crashers (sorry)
4. little mermaid (ok..it was a TIE)

people I am tagging.........hmmmmmmmmmmm....krystal h., kelli kay, tiff, anyone who READS this blog........I know that you exist..b/c my counter says it has a TON of hits..........so SPEAK! :)

oh my...it's been awhile

oh my gosh....what have y'all been up to!? well, we have been cleaning cleaning cleaning around here....it is looking pretty nice....laundry is taken care of..imagine that...

not much has happened since I last visited with y'all....let's see...it has been a LONG time, but the time is just flying by...back to teaching full time and actually taking care of my housework...so that is a nice change :)

my new quest is WEIghT waTcHeRz.....I am only supposed to have 20 points...and pretty much for the first two weeks..we were in MAJOR starvation mode....but now, I am thinking that I might have it all figured out :) the hardest thing was NO dr. Peppers.......ahhh man....I also had to cut out starbucks...( sob sob sob)..so basically, I eat cottage cheese/peaches for lunch....then eat some kind of fruit...no snacks..and a nice dinner.......or maybe one of those smart ones...I have been limiting myself to just under 20 points...but on Valentine's Day..I TOTALLY blew it...hello cupcakes and cookies....I will have to say that I used up my flex points with a vengance! NOT GOOD! but...anyways...I think that it will work..I have done it before..and lost weight..so hopefully I can do it this time TOO! I am doing it with my team teacher, Sherry...she is a ROCK an keeps me on task :) love HER!

Valentine's Day was lovely....the kids were SO cute...I made their valentine's cards...they turned out pretty sweet....that was them at the top... :) I had fun making them as you can see :)

kevin got me a starbucks gift card...HELLO....don't you WANT me to lose weight?! I was like GREAT..I will have hot water :)..how many points is that?! It was too sweet of him though...the last thing for Valentine's day he got me was rose bushes about 8 years ago...so we are back in the saddle this year..haha

let's see...oh we had Dynamite Dad's Day at school a couple of weeks ago...it was Precious..the daddies LOVED it...I added some pics of it :) My kids gave their daddies bbq sauce...check out the CUTE labels..that was FUN! I added a CUTE picture of hunny and daddy...so sweet!

so basically that's it..>i will HOPEFULLY be adding some pictures of some new projeCts that I have underway..........BIG PLANS for my new CRAfT RoOm too....just say a Special Prayer that i get my way........ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh...

oh my gosh....I am TOTALLY lovING not having the store.......ahhhh...it is SOO nice..I miss everyone...buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut.....oh my gosh...those saturdays at home..ROCK! TOTALLY..I mean...I am LOVING a&e's morning lineup...2 hours of sell this house 2 hours of flip this house LOVE it! I spread out ALL of my done laundry and fold it on the den floor and sort and fold the laundry for the WHOLE morning... oh my GOSH...this is LOVE!

so girlz...thanks for checking in........I am still getting invitation orders so YEAH! keep em' coming!

gotta buzz........I am off to make me a DELECTABLE smart one........ cross your fingers that I make it..my target is to lose 20 pounds......oh my gosh...I hope that I can do it...kevin has promised NEW clothes........ahhhhhhhhh..how cool is tHat?!

tata chickas....xoxo.ash

ARRRRRRgh....

well, today was pretty fun...laundry...laundry..laundry and more laundry...I did manage to squeeze in some scrappin' a little anyway...

ok..............guess what i am watching..that's right friends...THE SOUP...I am really shaky..because it is HILARIOUS..............great STUFFFFFFF!!!

this guy.........straight CRAX me UP!

ok....I had just a FEW pics of Kaney and was like hmm..what to do...so I made up this layout..hope you LOVE it...the goodiez are mainly Krystal Hartley (shizock)

the goodiez....papers....the sweetest thing...PDP Bar....it's open http://www.polkadotpotato.com/ 99cents!!

film strip..amanda pdp

fancy corners...terriann pdp

skelliez...can't remember...pirates at digitals.com I think :)

night night...

xoxo..akw

i'm baaaaaaack....

oh good grief..i won't EVEN get into the week that i have had...just please know that my mind was 10million miles away from digi scrappin'....so much has happened....lots of sad stuff..I know that y'all don't know my family...but just please say a special prayer for my cousin Jason...he is going through a really rough time..so are his parents...they are all very special to me and are in need of some prayers...thanks!

on a MUCH lighter note..kaney's birthday ROCKED....I didn't get the invites (yes, the precious ones that y'all have already seen) mailed out..my mind was playing tricks on me..by not working...all of this craziness started on the eve of my birthday...and my week just was totally shot from there...........I procrastinated SO much (shock) that even i am amazed that I could TOTALLY pull of Kaney's birthday party...it was QUITE a success..kev cooked up some scrumptious DOVE and DUCK..yum..the cake was delicious and AWESOME and most of all Kane was the KING for the DAY! He had a BLAST...and I think that everyone else did too..even if i did have to call and invite people instead of sending out invites :)

Well, I have managed to do a few layouts....they are from QUEEN KRYSTAL http://www.polkadotpotato.com/ go and check out the potato bar...she is LOADED lots of GOODIEZ on there...GREAT stuFF and only 99cents! WOHOO! lots of other STUFf on there..I loaded up!

I hope that y'all have a FANTASTIC week...ice is expected in our neck of the woods on Tuesday..hmmmmmmmm..interesting to see how this is going to pan out....

hope you LOVE the layouts..they were FUN to do! More to come..promise! :) This week is going to be SUCH a better one than last week..I just know it! :)

xoxo...ash

credits....

hunny and kloe: krystal Hartley potato bar BFF http://www.polkadotpotato.com/ , a family thing, stitches and flourishes lifetimez software

best friends: krystal hartley potato bar SOLEIL, amanda's grunge photo frames, terriann's fancy corner frames http://www.polkadotpotato.com/

I LOVE this idea...but it wasn't mine :)

ok...i know i know..it is cute..but I can't POSSIBLY take the credit...who you may ask though...I have NO CLUE....I can't remember where I was when I saw it..but I LOVE IT! This layout is for my momma...today is my b-day..she made me a CHERRY CHEESECAKE..yum and a QUILT...double YUM! Locker talk for my cricut is on the way..TRIPLE YUM! I hope that y'all LOVE my layout...I wish that I could have dreamed up this one..I did tweak it to my likin' though...you know gotta make it your own..right?!? Oh....say a little prayer that Kaney's nose isn't broken...he was accidenly pushed and hit my heel of my heel nose first full force..it was UGLY! There was MUCH tears....let me tell ya! I am thinking that there HAS to be a broken bone in there somewhere...I am also positive that there are going to be two black eyes from the fall...LOVELY!

alright..night night...I am thinking of using this as a theme THINGS that i LOVE! just a little hybrid project I have in the works..enjOY!

thanks for checkin' it out! ash

credits....Krystal Hartley ( http://www.krystalhartley.blogspot.com/ ) ...aren't they the CUTEST elements and alpha!?? LOVE THEM! and lifetimez stitches and and the black mono, too!

xoxo..akw (now I am 31...it is past 11:55 pm) :)

ps..................I am still reeling from the cowboys loss...so sad....poor boys...can't wait for next year..I hope that they all stay...I did also say at school today that I would shave my head if the patriots were beat....OH NO...my face is too round for a short haircut....much less NO HAIR! what if.............. maybe NOONE will remember that little remark....cross your fingers... :) lol...

the goodzzzz....

Credits...
Krystal Hartley...peppermint creative.....lifetimez...scrapbook elements probably a TON others...hope I didn't leave anyone out!

leave me some LOVE...I will back with more hopefully LATER! night night! ash
ps..........poor cowboys....have you seen the press conference...TO was crying...so sad...