GET ORGANIZED...

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU HEARD ME SAY THAT? I KNOW EVERYTIME YOU'RE WITH ME...I HAVE GOOD INTENTIONS, I SWEAR...I BUY THINGS TO GET ME ORGANIZED AND IT NEVER SEEMS TO WORK...I'M SO MESSY, I HONESTLY WISH I COULD BE MORE ORGANIZED...I WENT TO THE CONTAINER STORE TODAY AND BOUGHT SOME JARS TO KEEP MY RIBBONS IN THEM BY COLORS...LETS SEE HOW LONG THAT LASTS...I PLAN ON ORGANIZING THE PLAYROOM/SCRAPPING ROOM TOMMORROW...I HAVE BEING PUTTING IT OFF FOR SO LONG...I READ ELSIE FLANNIGANS BLOG AND SHE POSTED HER BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES OF HER ROOM...THAT INSPIRED ME TO WANT TO CORRECT THE CLUTTER THAT I HAVE GOING ON IN THAT ROOM...I HAVE SCRAP SUPPLIES EVERYWHERE...GARAGE, LIVING ROOM, SCRAP ROOM, CAR...EVEN I'M GETTING TIRED EVERYTHING BEING EVERYWHERE. I ALSO BOUGHT MAGAZINE ORGANIZER AND SOME BASKETS...I'M ON A MISSION!

ANOTHER TOOTH...

I CAN'T BELIEVE MADISON LOST ANOTHER TOOTH...I THINK ITS HER LAST ONE IN THE FRONT PART OF HER MOUTH...SHE LOOKS LIKE A RABBIT...THE TWO FRONT TEETH STICK OUT SO MUCH...ITS THE ONLY THING YOU SEE WHEN SHE IS TALKING...THE THING THAT SURPRISES ME THE MOST IS THAT RUSS IS THE ONE THAT PULLED OUT THAT SUCKER...I COULD NEVER HAVE DONE THAT...I AM CHICKEN LITTLE...THE BLOOD WOULD HAVE MADE ME PASS OUT...I GUESS THE TOOTH FAIRY WILL BE MAKING A VISIT TONIGHT...I STILL DON'T KNOW HOW THE TOOTH FAIRY CARRIES THE MONEY???

RAIN, RAIN...GO AWAY!

OK THE GAME WAS CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN....I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO IT ALL DAY...MADISON HAD HER UNIFORM ON, MY FRIEND MARTHA WAS READY TO TAKE SOME PROFESSIONAL SHOTS...MY DAD WAS EVEN GOING TO GO...OH WELL! I GOT MY HAIRCUT AND DYED LAST NIGHT...MY HAIRDRESSER DID IT AT HER HOUSE INSTEAD OF AT THE SALON...SHE WAS LEAVING ON VACATION AND SHE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I WAS DONE BEFORE SHE LEFT! THAT WAS VERY COOL OF HER BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO DO IT...EVENTHOUGH I HAVE BEEN GETTING MY HAIR DONE WITH HER FOR 20 YEARS...CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT I HAVE HAD THE SAME HAIRCOLOR (CHERRY BARK) FOR THE PAST 17 YEARS...THE NAME IS ACTUALLY BERRY WOOD...BUT THATS AN INSIDE JOKE (CFB3) NOW IF I CAN ONLY GO GET A PEDICURE AND A MANICURE...MAYBE ON SATURDAY FIRST THING, WHILE MADISON IS AT PRACTICE...I ALSO WANT TO BUY FIREWORKS THIS WEEKEND SINCE THE 4TH IS NEXT WEEK...I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO THAT DAY, WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT I'M OFF...MAYBE WE'LL HAVE A B.B.Q....MAYBE WE'LL GO SEE SOME FIREWORKS...LAST TIME WE WENT TO SEE FIREWORKS, WE GOT EATEN BY MOSQUITOS....THAT WAS YEARS AGO...I'M NOT SURE IF I WAS EVEN MARRIED THEN...

OH SO PROUD...

MADISON CAME HOME FROM DANCE CAMP SO EXCITED..."I'M A BIRD MOMMY!"...SHE KEPT REPEATING THAT PHRASE OVER AND OVER...SHE WAS SO EXCITED BECAUSE SHE GOT THE PART OF A BIRD IN THE PLAY THAT THEY DO ON THE LAST DAY OF CAMP...SHE HAD TO SING INFRONT OF EVERYONE AND THE ACTING TEACHER CHOOSE HER TO BE ONE OF THE THREE SINGING BIRDS...I'M SO PROUD OF HER...SHE CAME OUT OF HER SHELL...AT THE BEGINNING MADISON THOUGHT THAT TA HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT...BUT TA ASSURED HER THAT SHE DID IT ON HER OWN....TA WASN'T EVEN AT CAMP WHEN THE ACTING TEACHER MADE HER DECISIONS...TA DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT MADISON WAS GOING TO TRY OUT FOR A SMALL ROLL IN THE MUSICAL...SO THAT MAKES ME EVER PROUDER OF MY CUKES!

A FRESH NEW FACE...

SO DO YOU LIKE MY NEW FACE?...I WAS GETTING TIRED OF THE OTHER ONE...AND SINCE I AM AN AVID BLOGGER NOW, I THOUGHT I NEEDED A NEW LIFT...I HOPE EVERYONE LIKES IT...

Father's Day Gift...

A LITTLE LATE...LAST WEEK WITH ALL THE COMOTION I FORGOT ABOUT FATHER'S DAY AND BUYING A GIFT FOR RUSS...HE HAS BEEN WANTING AN IPOD FOR SUCH A LONG TIME...I BOUGHT HIM THE 60GB IPOD...I ALSO BOUGHT HIM SOMETHING CALLED THE ITRIP...IT GETS CONNECTED TO THE IPOD AND IT PLAYS THRU YOUR CAR STEREO OR YOUR HOME STEREO...I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A COOL THING TO HAVE...WE BOUGHT IT AT THE APPLE STORE IN THE FALLS...NOW I JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO COMPLETELY USE IT!

WHY NOT CKU IN CALIFORNIA...

I THINK I MADE A WRONG DECISION IN PICKING PROVO, UTAH OVER SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA...IT SEEMS TO ME THAT EVERYONE IN GOING TO SAN JOSE...CALIFORNIA WOULD HAVE BEEN A MUCH COOLER PLACE TO GO SEE...
MAYBE NEXT YEAR!

TEAM #4 FIRST BASKETBALL GAME...

OK, SHE IS READY...NEW UNIFORM...NEW D. WADE CONVERSE'S TO MATCH....RULE'S MEMORIZED...THE GAME WAS AWESOME AND THE TEAM DID GREAT!...NOT BAD FOR A TEAM THAT NOT ONE PLAYERS HAS EVER PLAYED THE SPORT..GORDO MADE THE FIRST SHOT OF THE GAME AND MADE 2 POINTS FOR THE "PIRATES"...THAT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME BECAUSE HE IS A GREAT ATHLETE...YOU KNOW THE SAYING "BIG THINGS COME IN SMALL PACKAGES" WELL THAT APPLIES TO MY GORDO!...I WAS ALSO SURPRISE WITH MADISON, SHE DOES NEED TO WORK ON BEING AGGRESSIVE...BUT I CAN'T COMPLAIN, SHE IS A DANCER AT HEART!...

DANCEWORKS WEBSITE...

WWW.DANCEWORKSOFMIAMI.COM (TOO COOL!)

GOODBYE UNCLE DON...

OUR ENTIRE FAMILY HAD A ROUGH WEEK AND WEEKEND...UNFORTUNATELY OUR PRECIOUS UNCLE DON PASSED AWAY FROM A HEART ATTACK...HE WAS BORN JUNE 13, 1931 AND DIED ON JUNE 13, 2006...TO ENTER THIS WORLD AND LEAVE THIS WORLD ON THE SAME DAY ONLY 75 YEARS APART IS KINDA WIERD...HE WAS A GREAT MAN...ALWAYS THINKING OF OTHERS BEFORE HE TOOK CARE OF HIMSELF...HE LOVED MY DAUGHTER AND THAT MADE ME LOVE HIM EVEN MORE...
" DO YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MADISON I HAVE EVER KNOWN?" I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT STATEMENT...HE ALWAYS SAID THAT TO CUKES WHEN HE SAW HER...HIS FUNERAL WAS FRIDAY AND IT WAS A NICE SERVICE...HIS DAUGHTER ARLETT SPOKE ABOUT HER DAD AND IT WAS VERY TOUCHING...RODGER, RUSS & JORGE WENT UP THERE TO SPEAK ABOUT UNCLE DON BUT RUSS COULDN'T EVEN GET A WORD OUT...THEY WERE ALL VERY EMOTIONAL...IT WAS VERY SAD....WE LOVE YOU UNCLE DON AND WE ARE GOING TO MISS YOU VERY MUCH!

SANTO DOMINGO SUCKS!...

DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR A VACATION...ALONG TIME! SANTO DOMINGO WAS GOING TO BE THE BOMB...SAND, SURF, AND SUN...WHAT ELSE COULD I WANT? SOME SERVICE WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE...MAYBE ALITTLE A/C DURING THE DINNER HOURS...NOT TOO MUCH TO ASK....IT ALL STARTED OUT WITH RUSS & MADISON NOT GETTING THERE PASSPORTS IN TIME TO LEAVE...THEN THE SHUTTLE FROM THE AIRPORT TO BAVARO PRINCESS ASKING ME FOR VOUCHERS THAT I DID NOT HAVE...ONCE THERE I REALIZED THAT THE PLACE (HOTEL/RECEPTION AREA) DID NOT HAVE ANY A/C...AND THE ROOMS DID NOT HAVE INTERNETS ACCESS...OK I COULD HANDLE THAT BUT WHAT I COULDN'T HANDLE WAS THAT I FOUND OUT THAT THE MEN HAD TO WEAR LONG PANTS AND COLLARED SHIRTS TO DINNER EVERYNIGHT...NOT A PROBLEM IF I WOULD HAVE PACKED RUSSELL SOME PANTS! YES, NOWHERE (INTERNET/TRAVEL AGENT) DID IT INFORM THAT THIS WAS A HOTEL REQUIREMENT...THATS BECAUSE ITS A RULE THAT YOU FIND OUT ABOUT ONCE YOU HAVE PAID AND YOU ARE THERE! AT THIS POINT I WAS YELLING "SANTO DOMINGO SUCKS!" RUSS & RODGER WORE MAINTENANCE WORKER PANTS THE ENTIRE TIME WE WERE IN SANTO DOMINGO...TWO SIZES TOO SMALL BUT THEY WORE THEM PROUD...THATS NOT ONLY THE WORSE PART...OUR TRAVEL AGENT FORGOT TO MAIL US OUR TRAVEL VOUCHERS...SO WHEN WE GOT TO THE HOTEL THEY ASKED US FOR OUR HOTEL VOUCHER (THAT IS HOW THEY GET PAID) WE HAD TO CONTACT OUT AGENT AND HE OVER NIGHTED US OUR VOUCHERS BY UPS...THAT DIDN'T STOP RUSS & RODGER FROM CALLING LISA EVERYNIGHT AND ASKING HER FOR HER VOUCHER..."YOU, NO PAY DE BANANA!" IF IT WOULDN'T BE FOR THAT STATEMENT THIS VACATION WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ONE TO REMEMBER!

OK LETS TRY THIS ONE MORE TIME...

OK LAST NIGHT I SPENT LIKE 2 HOURS BLOGGING AND WHEN I TRIED TO POST THE SERVER WAS DOWN AND I LOST EVERYTHING..."THAT MAKES ME SAD"...NO, WHAT IT MADE ME WAS PISSED OFF...OH WELL, IT COULD BE WORSE....WELL LETS SEE WHAT I HAVE I BEEN DOING FOR THE PAST MONTH...WE (THE SCRAP GIRLS) WENT TO PROVO, UTAH FOR A CKU CONVENTION...THAT WAS FUN, I GOT TO MEET ELSIE FLANNIGAN...WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT...I LOVE HER LAYOUTS AND HOW SHE CREATES BUT OMG, SHE IS A VALLEY GIRL...EVERYTHING MAKES HER "SAD"! SO THE NEW JOKE IS THE "SAD/HAPPY" COMMENTS...I TOOK A PICTURE WITH HEIDI SWAPP SHE IS AWESOME...EVERYTHING ABOUT HER AND HER PRODUCTS ARE AMAZING...WHAT A NICE, DOWN TO EARTH PERSON...OH, AND DONNA DOWNEY- SHE ROCKS!...AND SHE KNOWS IT! LOVE HER...ALL AND ALL WE HAD A GREAT TIME, BUT I MISSED MY FAMILIA SO MUCH...LISELY GOT SO SICK AND WAS IN THE TOLIET LIKE EVERY 5 MINUTES...I THINK SHE DROPPED ABOUT 10 POUNDS IN PROVO...WE PLAN TO GO BACK NEXT YEAR, BUT MAYBE JUST TO SHOP...OH, I ALMOST FORGOT TO MENTION MARTHA'S OBSESSION WITH TAKING PICTURES OF THE MOUNTAIN...I HAVE A PICTURE OF EVERY ANGLE....IT IS A BEAUTIFUL MOUNTAIN!