Hazy Summer Mini Kit

I've been dabbling in design for digiscrap kits. Its not much but I'm all proud of me. Here's my first mini kit. It's called Hazy Summer. The colors are inspired by the late sunsets in summer when everthing seems to be awash in a light sage and peach. Enjoy. You can download it here.

End of Summer Musings

Everything has been a whirlwind since my son's 3rd birthday. I wont say I've been too busy to post but at the end of some days I just didn't feel like it. I love to blog but hell some days it is what it is I just run out of gas.





Due to my lack of blogging I have a boat load of backed up random thoughts just itching to come on out and play. :)





First things first ..... Let me be the first (that I know of) to endorse Great Value brand Maple flavored microwaveable pork sausage. If you are one who likes to drizzle syrup on your sausage this is for you. Granted I still put mine in the skillet because whats sausage w/o crispy edges but this is the BOMB. I don't know how they get it so syrupy but it totally rocks. I just finished breakfast so this was at the fore front of my mind. LOL don't ask.



If you or anyone you know does not have cable and does not have an HD television and lose their signal in February of 2009... THEN ITS THEIR OWN DAMN FAULT. I mean damn... if its not a commercial airing for this thing then its running across the bottom of my screen distracting me from watching Judge Judy kick ass and take names . ( Don't pee on my leg and tell me its raining).



Anyone else trying really hard to "go green". I must say that I really really am. And dammit its hard to break habits. I was reading up on how Ed Bagley JR and Bill Nye the Science guy were competing to see who could be the "greenest" in the 'hood and was inspired in a sense. Ok so maybe reusing foil, and trying not to let the water run when making a pitcher of lemonade or brushing my teeth, buying the reusable shopping bags, and trying to use less paper/Styrofoam plates and paper towels. Ok it may not be much but I'm trying. I doubt I'm making much difference but hell I'm trying to do my part.



Ok seriously .... SERIOUSLY..... Why is the man hawking Oxyclean and Kaboom is now also hawking health insurance? I'm sitting here minding my own business waiting for the Olympics to come back on and all of a sudden I hear that all to familiar voice. But wait he's not dumping red wine, grape juice and gravy on my carpet and swirling it around with a magic marker he's barking at me about health benes. I cant even describe it but he does it in the exact same used car salesman manner. Who thought this was a good idea? Go check it out at http://www.icanbenefits.com/. Wait for it to load and then there he is in all his denim shirt glory.

Is anyone else being harassed by locusts in your neighborhoods? I'm not talking about the bugs but by these bands of young folks claiming to be in a magazine selling contest to go to college. I usually get them once a summer. So far this month they've been by my house 4 times. Its like NO no no..gas is sky high I don't want to subscribe to Jet, Highlife, Home Cooking or anything else for you to go to "college". It's simply insane.

Julia Childs a SPY get the helloutta here!

Why cant I turn the Olympics off?? I've had the best vacation. I've got to see some of my best friends over the weekend in Erie, PA, sit around and do nothing and watch the Olympics! What more can a girl want! :)

Bigfoot found??? REALLLLLLLLLY?! I can't wait for the news conference on this. The picture on CNN looks like a deflated gorilla suit stuffed in a rubbermaid bin but I guess we shall see. LMAO ... I wonder if it was really found by the cast of Clean House.

Speaking of Clean House who saw the Messiest House in America episode? How pathetic you must be to keep a closet with petrified cat shit in it and whenever you don't like the truth claim your back hurts. And oh boo hoo we didn't get a nursery. Well no shit you lazy asses. You wont clean a toilet or your shower. YOU'LL KILL a kid trying to make formula or baby food in that kitchen. Clutter is one thing filth is another.

Does anyone else get depressed by the start of school? Gawd I do. All those commericals for new sneakers and backpacks and laptops just depress me. Back to school means summer is over and means snow is coming soon.

Lastly my poor child at 3 learned a vital lesson. That commercials are LIES.......ALL LIES. He is a mac-n-cheese fanatic. He's been engrossed in the Kraft Mac-n-cheese crackers commercial. The one where the kids eat the crackers and a geyser of cheese erupts under said kid. Well after a week of no accidents I purchase a box. LOL he excited took his first bite. and looked around . He then ate another cracker and announce it was broken. I asked him why it was broken and he says where is the cheese? Where is the cheese that lifts me up into the sky? Poor Kid.

UGH summer is over I'm so so sad about it.

Wow.. smells do conjure up memories...

Today I caught a wiff of one of those old school permante markers. You know the ones.... they stink but in that weird you cant stop sniffing it until you realize you may be slightly high? Yea those markers.

For some unknown reason today it made me think of dittos. I know it ages me but remember thos???? Remember how your teacher would step out of the room to run off the copies and you'd get one of the first warm copies. With that groovy ditto ink smell and the page was still a smidge damp?

Those were the days when life was simple. I long for the days when something as simple as a warm sheet of paper with that odd blue/purple ink was comforting and could put a smile on my face.

Wish me luck

I did my research and joined gym on Friday. I plan on starting next week. Wish me luck! :)

Just a Meh kinda day

I'm just having a rough time with know-it-alls, liars,know-it-all liars,one-uppers, know-it-all-one upper-liars, and forgetful liars. Or rag tag combination of any of the above.

I'm a people watcher and just happen to be very observant. I don't watch and remember everything on purpose I just do. Yea, yea its my gift and my curse. But I've told you that before. I've just been sitting here pondering things and dammit some folks just get on my nerves. Don't ask me why no one's annoyed me yet today .... just one of those days.

The One Upper:

If I have a cold ... guess what?! I don't want to hear about how you're sick too; but you have pneumonia or the flu. I mean damn, is it so important to the One-upper to be in the spot light that they want to "out-sick" you? If you are proud of a picture you took they claim to have painted a mural. If you make some pocket change selling what ever; they've got a booming home business and need to add on to their house to make room. If you tweaked your granny's cobbler recipe they swear they sold their recipe to Sara Lee. If my toddler counted to 20 with no mistakes your child is already doing basic algebra. Enough already. Mr and Mz One-Upper we get it and we get you. Its ok. You are so insecure in who your are and what you've accomplished that you must stamp out, diminish, crush and obliterate any smidgen of accomplishment. Do you need a hug? That behavior is so ugly. Maybe, just maybe, if the one-upper ever let his/her friends have a moment of being proud of themselves etc; then maybe they'll listen to you when you actually DO have a moment instead of exaggerating one to be better.


The Forgetful Liar

If your memory stinks to the high heavens and you have trouble with the truth... then either you need to load up on the ginko biloba or just tell the truth. I don't know about you but their is nothing that makes me wanna choke the day lights out of someone ;than someone who can't even remember what they told you days, hours or even minutes ago. I don't know about you, but sometimes I just let the lie go in one ear and out the other to keep the peace. I must say however, it is hard as hell not to point out "Yo .. you asshole that is not even remotely close to what you said yesterday". Its like someone who begs off all the time claiming how busy or sick they are then you run into them at the club. They are doing everything but dancing on the table waving and swinging their tshirt lasso style over their head; and yelling that drunken "woohoo". The sad thing about it; is its the people the forgetful liar thiks they are "blowing off" etc ... usually are glad they are gone lol. THAT'S RIGHT YOU SHOW 'EM! LOL.

The know-it-all

Ok so what you wanna be a walking dictionary. That's groovy. Nothing wrong with putting that college education to use. Hell, lord knows you paid enough for it. With that being said ... don't assume because others don't try to go tit for tat with you in a syllable count battle doesn't mean they are of less intelligence. You say succinctly; I say make it snappy. You want to tell me you found something in some manual... I found it thru Google. Same Diff .. same info. Relax we still love you but when it's your goal to always be the smartest in the room you are causing internal damage to those around you. It takes a lot of effin effort to try and stop your self mid eye roll or to keep them from sticking in the back of your head.


The bold faced liar

Everyone says they hate a liar. And the one who is usually screaming that the loudest, is the one who can whip up a whopper of a tale faster than the staff at Burger King. What it boils down to is a huge insult to others intelligence. Just thinking about this ticks me off! The thing I have to say about this is ..... just because others don't call your lying ass to the carpet for every fanciful story of physical dominance, mental superiority, how everyone in your life bows down to your brilliance, doesn't mean anyone believes you. It just means you no longer matter enough to fight with.


By no means am I a perfect person. Hell if you think I'm saying that you've skipped all my other blogs. I'm stubborn. I swear too much. I have a hard time letting go of a grudge. I procrastinate like hell. Little stupid things can really get under my skin; and dont get me started on my bad grammer. I do however try to be a decent and good person to those around me. I honestly believe that I live by the treat others as you want to be treated rule. I'm just having a real issue with people who feel the need to tear down others to lift themselves up. Theirs no need to lie to someone you call a friend. (Or to lie in general). Time is precious use it wisely. Don't waste it on something petty and trivial. You never know if you'll get a chance to do something over. That bridge you burn may be the one you need to cross to make life a little easier. (One lesson I learned is that its ok to call it a wrap without setting the bridge on fire.) Some friends are there just to help you thru a season in your life and you move on... others are there for a life time. Figure out which one you are and act accordingly. And if your are acting like this on your job ..... YOU are the reason I work from home. lol.

Didn't that sound like the Final Thoughts from Jerry Springer? LOL .... true anyway.

This is why people should be tested before parenthood!

I'm a news junkie .. .local, CNN, you know the drill. I stumbled across this story and dammit I have nothing to add. Other than this is just really, really messed up. On the fucked-up-o-meter this is blowing a full scale 10.

Insanity in parenting!

Motherhood is akin to a lit cig

Some say that being a wife and or mother can be a thankless job. Well.... who ever said it was as right as rain.

It doesn't matter if you smoke or not... you know the process.

The match strike.... You strike the match take a couple of puffs and you have a nice red glow. Which is pretty much how most of us moms start our day. It takes a good old couple of heave ho's; then we are off and running to tend to our families and the other parts of our life with a healthy dose of optimism and a glow about our faces.

While you are trying to get it going, to get the best out of this here cigarette and get your fix, you have to keep shaking the ash off. It's a nice relaxing process at first. Their may be a ruckus at breakfast but you shake it off. You may get stuck in traffic but you make it through that as well. Puff puff ...ash flick ... puff puff ash flick...

Midway through, you get hit with a whole sandbag of SHIT. You don't know where it came from but dammit you can barely keep up. You boss is an ass.... Your kids wont mind and you wanna choke your man because he waited until the last minute to tell you he needed something or other. Dammit now you have a foot of untapped ash hanging off your cig that is clenched between your teeth and everyone is staring at you like damn what's her problem.


You try and regain some dignity and tap the ash off but its no use. Your nerves are shot and your hands are shaking and BAM ash everywhere. You're spitting and waving your arms around like a loon .. Just like when you are yelling FOR THE LAST TIME PUT YOUR SHOES ON SO WE CAN GO! And you discovered coins were shoved in the car cd player, and you go to walk out the door and theirs jelly on your shoulder.

You give up. You know the day is shot to hell. You try to go to the special place in your mind and take a few deep breaths and enjoy the last little millimeter of cig you have left. But theirs no time! Damn!

Reluctantly you stand in front of the proper receptacle and extinguish it. Sort of like life. Theirs never enough time to do anything and as soon as you get back on track it's game over.

And sadly yes it can take place in that span of a 5 min span. I guess the beauty is .. you get to try it again to make it go smoothly repeatedly through out the day.

We as mom start off with a bang to get the life sucked out of us and stamped out only to regroup and try it again several times a day.


Good jobs to all the moms who no matter what life throws at us we pick ourselves up off the ground and don't give up just because we get a lil smooshed for our efforts. Continue to shake your selves off and start off with a nice glow with everything you do. Your family will appreciate it even if they don't say so. Complaining about dinner and why they cant dress like a hooker or why its totally ok to do whatever they want to do is the way they say they love you.

It could be worse you could be like a joint.. and we all know how that would go.