First day of school

Well August 26, 2009 was an emotional day for me. My baby girl Ariel had her last first day of school....meaning....She is a senior this year. It seems as if just yesterday I was putting her on the school bus for the very first time. Where has the time gone? I know she has grown up already. I know that is just a clone of her every time I see her mouth open and she starts asking what she should do with her life and what should she take in college. My baby is little bitty with big cheeks, and a smile that could make your heart melt. Where did she go? I know she is still here, for now....next summer will be different though and that I am not looking forward too.

And of course my crazy little boy started high school today!!! I know for a fact that yesterday he graduated from Head Start!!! No one will believe me though. He makes wonderful first impressions though....He was so excited about getting on the bus that he falls going UP the bus steps, lol...He gets up, everyone is laughing their butts off at him, he puts both hands in the air and says "How ya'll doin?" Leave it to Cody.... this picture does suit him, lol...


And last but not least, we have Joey. Joey is always happy to go to school :o) It is hard to believe that he is 18. He will be in school for 2 or 3 more years, I haven't decided yet as to which. He got off of the bus this afternoon and said "I had good day, I had fun, I had macaroni and cheese!" lol...

Sharing...

These are the first scrapbook layouts of my second grandchild, Gianna Sofia....


Isn't she a beautiful little princess?

A few projects...

I thought I would take the time to post some projects that I have completed in the last week.

The other day a friend posted a link to a blog http://frecklednest.blogspot.com/2009/08/this-is-my-favorite-idea-ive-ever-had.html She had found a vintage gumball machine and took it home, cleaned it up and filled it with white buttons. Lightbulb goes off in my head!!! I have two of these machines that have been sitting in a closet for 4 years now and now I know what to do with them!!! So I drug them out and my dear loving son drilled the locks out for me and then I cleaned them up and here is my finished product. I may spray paint it a different color in the future, but I was so excited that I just wanted to see the finished product. The other one will also house flowers, because, let's face it...as a scrapbooker I am a flower floosy :o)


Two weeks ago we went browsing through an antique shop that I love. I found a few things. I found a few vintage sewing patterns, a choir hymnal from 1915 and a wooden recipe box....this is what I came up with when I got home with my goodies and went to work....

Well, that is it for now...I am off to work on a layout of my new grand-daughter :o)

Toodles....Sandy

Wow...

I can't believe how long it has been since I have written anything here. So much has gone on! Since I was last here I took EMT classes and am now an EMT working part time. I took a hiatus from scrapbooking, but the bug has hit me again. Here are some of the layouts that I have done recently:
I also had a grand-daughter enter the world on June 2, 2009. I proudly present Ms. Gianna Sofia....

I will post more later :o)
Have a great day!!!
Sandy

This hectic life I lead...

I have a question... Why do us mom's take on so much? I mean it's not like I was busy enough with the kids and not having any extra time, but then I go and start taking EMT classes. Have I lost my freaking mind? I guess I coined it off to thinking that this is something for me to do, which it is. But why did I think that this was going to be a piece of cake? (and without icing no less)... Did I really think that I had the time to read, answer questions, think, study, take tests and all the rest of the stuff that goes along with taking a class? Well I must have thought I didn't have enough to do with homeschooling Cody, Ariel and flag corp practice and football games and dances (you know how the high school socialite can be), and Joey....working all of these training programs with him everyday, therapy every week and helping him to learn. Then when you throw in the house, the laundry, the cooking, the cleaning, the dogs, the cleaning for other people, running here, running there, running everywhere (no wonder I need a new pair of running shoes...think Forrest Gump will let me borrow his Nike's?)... I AM EXHAUSTED, lololol.... but you know what? I LOVE IT!!!! This is me.

I thought about this class for a long time and how it could bring Wayne and I even closer together, I was going to do it for us.... But now I see that I am doing it for me :o) I really like it (so far anyway) I know that class will be over in just a matter of a couple of months and my hectic life will be just a little less hectic, but now I feel like Sandy again. Not just Ariel, Joey, Cody or Tiffany' mom. I am not just Wayne's wife. I am SANDY!!!!!!!!! I forgot at some point in my life that there was a me and I am slowly finding me again and it is great. It is great to know that if I should have to return to working outside of home again one day that I can have a rewarding career now. I mean sure I could go back to working in an office environment again, but that is not who I am anymore. I love helping people and this is one great way to be able to do that. Sure you will have the frequent flyers that want the ambulance to take them to the hospital so that they can have some company, but then you have that ONE.... that one that really needs your help and you can give it to them. I can see it as being very rewarding. Now I know why my husband LOVES his job so much. And who knows, maybe I will add college one day to my busy and hectic life and become a paramedic, just like Wayne. But I will save that for one day when I grow up :o)

Well these were just some random thoughts that were going through my head this morning. You know what else? I had forgotten that I had a brain and knew how to use it....Isn't a hectic life great?

Till next time....

Sandy

Oh and to make this boring post worth the read, here is a picture for ya :o)