can’t I just scrap and stay away from all the garbage that goes along with it? I have friends that have successfully made the jump back to their hobby and away from the drama, yet I feel compelled to somehow involve myself in the community. I wish I could understand it. I think I just need to go get a real job, LOL, and that will keep me from being here with so much time to think about it.

Gosh, we’ve been sick this week. Sunday, Bailey had a tummy bug. Sunday midnight Casey did, too, but he felt better by Monday AM. Monday we stayed home and rested, but Tuesday, I had the bug…and it was like a mutant, three stories high with seventeen legs bug. It was awful, kicked my tail! Well, I was in bed most of the day on Tuesday and then when we got up on Wednesday, Casey acted like he felt bad. He just laid around all day and got hotter and hotter…accompanied by a rash. Yep, you guessed it, strep…with a side of borderline pneumonia. All this on our Winter Break! Poor kids. Anyway, they are feeling better today and we have MIL’s birthday party to go to so it should be an interesting day, to say the least. Oh, and on a side note, why can’t my DH understand the importance of plumbing? We’ve had problems since we moved into this house and we’ve had a plumber come out and clean the line a couple of times, but the problem keeps coming back. Today, when the kids were trying to get ready to go, the shower wouldn’t drain…ugh. I don’t feel like I can just take it into my own hands because it isn’t our house and isn’t our bill, but I am very frustrated with this situation.

Yeah, I know, I seem to just come here to vent, sorry. I’m having a bad day and needed to tell somebody about it…thanks for listening .

First, I’m no longer at SBG. Designing has not been my priority for a very long time and I actually find that I feel better about scrapping when I’m not designing. I have a few of my things in my own store and will add others as I have time, but am not making it a priority because, well, they don’t sell. Anyway, Maya and I agreed that it would be better to offer my studio spot to someone who is actively designing and promoting. I left on a good note and have nothing bad to say about Maya or SBG. I’ve enjoyed working with such a talented group of ladies.

Next, my big project:

I really want this to be a great resource for our community and I hope people use it and help make it what it has the potential to be. There’s lots of information, but not too many links, yet, as I am just now feeling it is ready to open to the public. However, right now most designers are so distracted with this horrible piracy thing that I hesitate to pop into the Designer area and post about it for fear it will disappear under the black cloud. Feel free to discuss it, send people over, all that great stuff, I’d appreciate the help letting people know about it. I need to make a blinkie or two, I’ll post them here when I do.

Thanks as always for reading!

Casey & Camron, his best pal from Texas:

Bailey and the cheerleaders:

It feels SOOO good to scrap! I really want to make the kids a hardbound book about our time in Texas and these pages are a good start.

Must go grocery shop and go to the bank this morning so the scrapping must wait for a while. Hope you have a great day!