Help [ME] Ronda

almost

Color Room Palette #12.  Yum.  And i so could live in that room.

her last year of high school.  Lexi is so excited about being a senior.  She decided i am going to take her senior pictures.  We took some "test" senior shots last week.  It was so much fun.  I just grabbed one of our antique folding chairs & a hat (because she said she was having a bad hair day) and headed to an empty field right next to our house.  Here are a few of the pictures. 

Warehouse Sale

Cocoa Daisy is having a warehouse sale and you are invited to join us for incredible savings on kits, patterned papers, embellishments, cardstock, albums and more! 

The sale will run Saturday and Sunday June 26 & 27th from 9am to 4pm. 

We are located at 3322 Pinnacle Place Philomath Oregon 97370.  We’re just outside of Corvallis — an hour north of Eugene and 45 minutes south of Salem.  If you have any questions about the sale feel free to give us a call at 541-609-0093 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              541-609-0093      end_of_the_skype_highlighting or email us at mailbox@cocoadaisy.com. 

feeling a bit

tired, it seems a summer cold has settled in

overwhelmed, so much on my to-do lists

overjoyed, my bff martha will be here sunday

chilled, this cold comes with a fever that just won't break

crafty, even though i am tired i got to play a little today

reclusive, haven't been on the computer much lately... just trying to rest

blessed, simply because there are so many good things in my life

Inklings

I was thinking about Lexi's 9th grade year.  I wasn't sure how we were going to make it through that year.  Living with teens is so different.  I used to think it would be easier once they were grown up & able to do things on their own.  Wrong-o!  It just different and you face different obstacles.  Blessedly she has mellowed out, for the most part.  Boys go through it too.  All those hormone changes takes it toll.  It seemed Anthony's 8th grade year was very "teenish."  I am waiting to see if that holds true.  I have learned so much as a parent. I learn that i need a break from them as much as they need a break from me.  I have learned that consistency is the key.  I have learned when to let the reins loose a little bit.  I have learned they need me around just as much....but more of a background figure.  I have learned to ask "do you want my advice?"  It's funny how they will say no right away.  After they have had time to think about, they usually will come back and ask...."What's your opinion?"  I am sure they have more to teach me.   and i have a few more lessons for them.  But i can see inklings of the adults they will become and it makes me proud. 

5 minutes

that's the standing joke here in Colorado.

"Don't like the weather?  Wait 5 minutes, it will change."

These photos were taken over 3 days. 

Call me crazy, but i like it. 

I love the changes. 

I love that you can watch the weather come over the mountains and know what it will be in about an hour or less.

and the clouds....

gorgeous!

the keys

I use to scrap only my kids & the events.  Some where a long the way, i started doing more layouts about me.  After all i know her best.  I tend to pour myself into a layout.  I use my layouts for scrap therapy, to express my feelings & thoughts not only about me, but about my kids, my hubby, and other things i find important.  I want it to be real and not all the rosy moments.  I am human after all and that is a beautiful thing. 

The summery color inspiration comes from the Color room, palette #10.  Have you played yet? 

O Summertime

The boy finally stood still long enough for me to get a picture

one photo minus a goofy face, rolling eyes, or a hand in front of the camera

would you believe he just had a haircut a couple weeks ago?

we have been going going going

and on the computer less & less

which i admit i like except a lot of my friends live in the computer

the days have been gorgeous even with the occasional thunderstorm

i love watching the sunsets over the mountains

i have been continuous deep cleaning the house

& wondering how did i let it get like this?

don't get me wrong, it isn't hugely filthy 

it just needs some TLC, those maintenance items that take more time than you think

Andy has been gone for 10 days and we won't see him for another 6 days

who knows what his schedule will be like after the training is finished

and lots of you have asked (which just warms my heart)

Jake & Parker will be coming out this summer in July

I just can't wait to see them

Lots & Lots of Summer Lovin'

today's delights

a finished canvas for Crate Paper

chatting with friends

motivation to go work out

having the refrigerator clean (note* i didn't delight in cleaning it but i like the end results)

seeing lexi want to change some of her eating habits

a berry smoothie

an interesting idea that is roaming around my brain

anthony's laughter

dina's art journal class (I am still working my way through the lessons)

the blah mood receding, thanks for all the suggestions

and now i may take KL's suggestion & go jump on the bed just to make sure

blah, blah, blah

it's just been one of those blah kind of days

come to think of it, i have had a few of those this past week

nothing really wrong, just no motivation

just blah

i am just trying to go with it

i might go play with paint

what do you when you are in a funk?

i feel

sometimes that i am walking in slow motion & the world around me is moving at such a fast pace.  When you are trying to change some of your habits, some of your behaviors, it feels as if you are walking in the wrong direction.  To rearrange your thinking, to view things from a different perspective seems like you are climbing Mt. Everest.  But once these changes really start to take hold, it feels so freeing.  You get to decide what direction is right for you.  It seems like i never knew that.  I get to decide.  What a simple concept and yet it was so hard for me to grasp.  Until now.  It is up to me to decide what i like, what i don't like, and what direction i want to take.   And the perspective, the view... simply spectacular.