Give a Girl some Beads and she makes a Necklace or TWO!!

Earlier this week my Craft Pizza Box arrived from Club Scrap and I was more than excited when I opened it to find an awesome assortment of beads!  Yes it came with some great scrapbook papers as well but it seems like I'm more interested in the beads these days.  I get very inspired to create some beauty when it arrives.  












Take a look at what I created!  I think the necklaces are awesome!

Wordless Wednesday...Birthday Celebration!

 Me and the not so happy hubs!

 Now he's happy!

 Yummy food at Bucca,minus my son's naughty finger!

 Trying to get Diesel to pose for a picture!

 Not so much!

 Perfect Family Picture!

 My Birthday cake! Snickers Cheesecake! Yumo!

July Craft Pizza Box has arrived!

My Club Scrap Craft Pizza Box arrived today.  I wonder whats inside of it?  

Last month it contained some awesome finds.  Including enough beads to make a bracelet, necklace and matching earrings!  

Stay tuned later this week to see what fun things I made from this months pizza box!

Tech Tuesday...My Fitness Pal

Today's Tech is actually a great little app my Friend Carrie told me about.  Its call My Fitness Pal its a free calorie counter that tracks everything you eat and best of all it includes a bar code scanner so all you need to do is simply scan the label of the food your eating and it will automatically track your calories.  

Birthday Blues....

Its once again that time of year, when I get a little bit older, allot wiser and tend to be very on edge and touchy.  

When I was a younger I really used to look forward to my birthday.  My grandparents would make it a super awesome day.  My grandma would make sure I had a cake and my grandpa would make sure I had flowers and I would get to do whatever I wanted.  (as you can see from the picture to the left, I even got to sit on the table) 

As I grew older my grandparents would still make sure my day was special, having dinner, and one thing that I could alway count on was for sure there was a birthday card in the mail with a check in it for what everyone called "The Birthday Allowance"  not a ton of money I think it started out at $20 and every year my family would ask me how much the "The Birthday Allowance" check was because I was the one that usually set the going rate.  Once I turned 30 the allowance grew to be $30! 

2 years ago the cards stopped coming, and my birthdays stop being so important.  I have also noticed that I tend to become very irritable, easily upset and depressed the weeks before my birthday.  


My husband thinks its because they spoiled me so much and I now that their not here anymore I don't get spoiled anymore and even if he tried he couldn't spoil me as much as they did.  He probably right in some ways. But I'm pretty sure I fell like this because it makes me realize how much I miss my grandparents and that they are no longer here to celebrate with me. 


Before my grandpa passed away I asked him who was gonna love me unconditionally like he did. He was the only man that loved me no matter what and I could always count on him.  He told me that I could count on my husband, and that I needed to give him a chance to show me how much he really loved and cared for me.  


My husband is a pretty terrific man and sometime I forget and don't see that.  I need to remember what my grandpa told me and trust and let him take care of me and love me like I need to be loved.  

I also have a pretty terrific son who loves me unconditionally and is always there for me.  


I need to let my boys spoil me on my birthday and not get disappointed if what they planned falls short of what I have come to expect.  


I'm hoping this birthday is awesome and filled with great surprises. 

Monday Quiz About Me #MQAM

1. What was your favorite childhood toy?

-I would have to say my Barbies.  

2. Where did you go this weekend?

-We put 200 miles on the Bike, Watched my Cousin Fall from the Sky, Bet My son's friend go cart racing and went to the Trapshooting banquet.   

3. When was the last time you shopped for yourself?  What did you buy?

-a few weeks ago. Bought some summer dresses.

4. Paper, Plastic or Reusable?

-I like paper, then we can use the bags to start fires in our woodstove. 

My 5th question this week is...

Birthdays....celebrate them or is it just another day?

-I'm torn on this.  My grandparents used to make my birthday something special to look forward to.  Now that I'm older and they are gone, it seems like its just another day.