The coolest scrap stuff I have ever seen!! I got it all. Thanks to Paper Tales in MI. She has every single new thing ever made in that store! Now to go do some layouts for the contest!!!!!



Their really are people like me!!

I am so excited LOL. These people get up, fix breakfast, not just any breakfast but Biscuits and Gravy!!! then they go to the park and feed homeless people. These are the real heros in life. These are people that make a difference in other peoples life. I am so happy for the homeless family that found a home and got a new jeep! Yay for whoever donated it!! Hearing those types of things makes me feel good and lets me know that God does pay attention and help people. Good things really do come to people who deserve it the most sometimes.

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Why am I still the Kool-aid mom? My kids are in their twenties! Kevin and I created a no fun house so everyone would leave but its not working!!! We thought we made it too fun and easy for everyone so we got rid of some things. No big screen tv's, (actaully we moved that to our bedroom haha) no video games, no snacks sitting around, no loud music. Josh even has his own house!! They still come....

I have never clearly understood why people want to congragate at my house. I know I have 5 kids and they each have 5 friends etc.... but I have always had a large number of people who come to hang out and just love it there. These people are now all grown and they still want to have pajama parties!

We just had to put Alahnda out yesterday. Had to PAY for her to go home. She had no money with her, car broke down. She lived with us all last summer until she got her own place. Now she wont stay there. She "misses" us. Well I miss her too for about 1 day. Then my visit is done and I would like her to go home. It didn't take 15 minutes for word to get around that there was a vacancy so to speak at my house for Angela to come trottin over with her baby. Kids will come to my house and they will pile up on the floor to get to stay there! My house is not big. My house is not that much fun! Why do they love us!!!!!!

This is my scrapping room. I love it dearly. Kevin made this room for me in our basement out of some extra supplies had left over from a job he did. I love it!!! Its carpeted and warm and cozy. My computer desk is on the other side and scrappin Ariels scrappin space is right next to mine! Kevin is such a great husband in so many ways. His consideration for our wants and needs overcomes what drives me nuts about him! Do you see that big black box under my table? Kevin thought my room needed sounds... Yeah, its a big bass box. I also have speakers in every corner and the ceiling. Did I say Kevin surprised me with this one day? Yup, I came home and my room was done and my sound system installed! So in my scraproom we scrap a little, dance a little, scrap a little, dance a little.....

Time to face realities in my life. I have coranary artery disease, Arrhythmia, and one of my valves is pumping blood under 40%. I always knew this could become a problem for me. My doctors are at Wood Cardiovascular. They are pretty good. I had appointments all this week and I go for 3 more tests before I see my doctor again. She will then give me the final breakdown of it all and let me know if I can improve or fix what is already bad. I can tell you that I am not feeling good at all. My palpitations have increased, I am very tired all of the time and I am having a hard time catching my breath and sleeping.

They aren't digging my grave yet, but you could say they are pricing shovels. I have always known in the back of my mind that I might not live until my 90's ya know. My mom died at 27, my aunt and grandmother died of heart attacks. But I am not really ready to go just yet. Half of these problems are my own fault. I didnt exercise when I knew I should have. I haven't eaten well. I dont know if its too late or not but I am thinking that half your health is in your mind.

I have already taken steps for the last few years to calm down my chaotic life and to just rid myself of people and things that were not good for me and caused me stress. That part was easy. For the last few years the only thing I really do is hang out with Kevin and the kids. We are all very laid back and I try to keep it simple and stress free.

I have decided to "catch up" so to speak with all the things I should have been doing all along. I am going on a drastic, strict diet. I have a eliptical trainer and I am going to get on that every day. I am going to try to get as healthy as I can as quick as I can. I think that if I drop some weight, exercise my heart and try to lower my cholesterol it will help. At least it wont hurt! It's very evident my doctors do not think I can do this. Probably because I have not done any of this in the last 3 years they have been telling me to. I dont think that it's too late. This might be hard for me to do. I love to eat. I boredom eat at work all day long. I need coffee every morning. I eat while on the computer at night and this all has to stop. I really want to be here for my kids and my grandkids . You think it would be easy to stop when you think about losing your life. I wish it was that easy.

I have created a monster and we call her "Scrappin Ariel" All she wants to do is "make stuff" She sits at my scrapping table with me and scrapbooks. She is learning more every day. She used to be happy using Sticky tape to tape her flower to her pages. Now she uses brads. Every page of hers has to have a flower. She is also a water lover and loves to take pictures. She is so much like me it scares me LOL.

Well here it is! My blog. Why did I make this blog? Because I spend so much time browsing my favorite blogs and maybe, just maybe some of the blog owners I stalk might like to know who I am :)



I have declared it Christmas at my house!

Why? Well because all six of our kids decided to move home. One by one. Well technically Josh still has a house but since his brothers are home this is where he stays too. So we have Vernon, Josh, Evan, Holl, Alex, Kiya and Ariel. Evan moved back to MI from OKC just last week. The month before Vern thought he could find a better job in MI so he moved home from OH. The girls never left yet and my stepdaughter Kiya moved in with us a few months back. That means I went from 6 kids to just the 4 girls to the 4 girls and 3 boys! Now if it were Christmas and they were all visiting together I would be in my glory so I have declared it christmas in March!

The three pictures you see above will be the main characters of my entries here I am sure! They are my grandbabies. Ariel, Evan, and Brenden with the red hair :)