My beautiful butterfly!

Upsetting news.

Very upsetting news today. My mom fills me in that her knee is bothering her worse than ever and that she can not watch El on Thurs. Two days away, are you kidding me?? Anyway, then she tells me that she'll probably be having surgery and to plan on finding other care for a while. I am trying everyone I can and nobody does just one night a week and let alone until 8 or 9 at night. I'm screwed!
Then I get a email from my cousin's girlfriend's sil that she wants to know why I told Nate that her sil is cheating on him. Hmmm, cuz she's a whore and I don't tolerate cheaters. Duh!
What is wrong with the world today? I may have to find a hole to crawl into now.

I am letting go of what people think...

Okay, so this is really a hard thing for me to do. I wasn't going to take any pictues the whole time she had this stupid thing on, but that is not fair to her. She needs to know what, why, and how we did this. So here is the first step for me to excepting this whole helmet thing. I have always been about what others think. I hate that! I don't want to be that way, but for some odd reason I am. It is something I absolutely need to work on, so El doesn't have to feel that way when she gets older. People are cruel and I hope because we chose to do this people will have one less reason to make fun. So here is my little Ella on day 4. Such a brave little peanut!!

Gloomy Monday

Snow has officially fallen the last two days. Ugghh, winter is here. Of course, no accumulation, but I saw the white stuff. I'm not real happy! My fault for living in WI. Right? It was such a gloomy Monday. I also had to break out the shoes. Yuck!
El has gotten used to helmet very well. I'm so proud of her! She is taking it like a pro! She was supposed to wear it to bed tonight, but I decided one more day. She is supposed to be getting used to sweating somewhere else, other than her head. She is still sweating under there and I did not want her to have to sleep in sweat. Hopefully one more day will get her used to it.
Yay, here little butterfly costume came today! It is ADORABLE! I can't wait until Friday! She'll be so cute! For me not liking Halloween, I sure am excited now for the day to come!

Day 2 down!

Things are going well witht the helmet! Yay! She is taking it way better than expected. Tomorrow is going to be a test for sure. She will have to wear it for naps and bed. I've already decided that if naps don't go, then bedtime is helmetless. I am going to need sleep and so is she. Plus, I think I'm getting strep throat and I think tomorrow's going to be a long day either way! Yuck!

First full day almost down, only 4-8 months to go...

Full day one is almost over. She is down for her second nap, not wearing it yet for naps, but seems to be taking it well. Me on the other hand... not so good. Every time I look at her, especially when she's tugging at it, is torture! I know it's hot and uncomfortable and I don't blame her for tugging on it. She is sweating like a pig, the poor thing. But, she's been brave and taking it like a champ! I am so proud of her! So, we just keep wearing it more and more over the next couple days until her body gets used to the heat and just her getting used to it. By Monday, she'll be wearing it full time, 23 hours a day.
I was mistaken that at 18 months she'd be finished with it. She apparently, depending on her growing, could be wearing it up to 24 months. I don't care how long, as long as there are results! Keep the fingers crossed!
On a good note! I went and did some retail therapy today! I got two sets of acrylic stamps, an emboss glue pad, a paper distresser, and a pack of paper to add to my 3 1/2 foot collection. It may be higher, but I love paper and am proud of it! I should really go through my stack and sell some though, cuz there's a crap ton that I haven't even touched in months. I will probably get a stack together and put it on Craigslist or something. Maybe have a contest. Who knows! Or maybe I'll keep it and litl E will practise someday being a scrapper with her mommy! I sure hope so!

Brave litl peanut!

Big day for little El. She got her helmet today. I was at work while Jeremy went and got her fitted. It fit, so they brought her home wearing her new cheesy white $1500 piece of jewelry. Ugghh, it's plastic. Really, why so expensive?? Anyway, I get a text message from J while at work and open to a photo of my poor helpless little peanut wearing her new helmet. I break down right there and bawl. And bawl. And bawl. Then, I suck it up to come home to my brave little girl. She was napping so I didn't have to see it right away, but soon as she woke it was time to put it on again. Tears well up, but I tryed to stay happy so she does as well. So, I guess we'll wait and see how things go. I'll keep praying.

Children's Museum was a hit!!

A cool fall evening.

Here are a few fun pics of E playing outside on a cool fall evening. She was so cute all bundled up!

New Desk!

Here I am, a proud owner of a new huge desk! Yay! Scrapping/ computer desk.

Going to be one long weekend...

The appt has been made now to go get the helmet. It's on Friday. This is going to be one hard weekend! I hope everything goes okay! Please keep your fingers crossed or please keep praying for us. I think we are going to need it!

My masterpieces

A new card and layout. A revised version of the S layout.

Retail Therapy

Yay, for shopping today! Off to go to Linen n Things, Michaels, and F&F toyland. Wish me luck!!!

Another political call!

Alright, that it!!!! I'm disconnecting my phone!!!! Second political call just since I was posting my last post on here. Efin bastards!

Irritated!

One of my clients put me over the edge today. I had to go into the back room and take many deep breaths to save myself from going off the deep end. She showed up 20 mins late last week and thought nothing of it. (just a note- she has the amount of hair of four people) So comes in today 10 mins late and says she's having some bathroom issues. Well, stay home on your fricken pot then, don't bring your shit (literally) here! So I start doing her hair and "wait I'll be right back." Keep going "wait I'll be right back." Keep going "Oh, I need a eyebrow wax too!" Keep going "wait I'll be right back." Keep going "Oh, I need my bangs trimmed." AAAHHHH!!!!!! I finally get her done (35 minutes late) and want to just kick her out the door. What a pain in my ass!! Oh, and I'm sure she'll be back soon enough! She comes in all the time for a flat iron style from me because she has so much hair SHE doesn't even want to do it! Clients like that just make me want to throw in the towel!

Then on top of it, here we are 3 1/2 weeks into waiting for that damn helmet and still nothing!!! By the time it finally is ready Ella's going to be 16.

And one more thing (while I'm bitching) If one more political call is going to call here at home, I'm going to disconnect my phone! Doesn't the "do not call" list mean anything??? So here the phone rings and wakes up E from her much needed nap! It's always Obama, so when he gets to the big house, can I call him there everyday???

I think it's time to crack a bottle of wine!

Product of scrapping with mom on Sun

Product of scrapping with mom on Sun

Here's the newest los and cards

Here's the newest los and cards.

Product of scrapping with mom on Sun

Here's the newest los and cards.

Just an update.

Today's appt went way better than expected. Poor little Ella couldn't see, probably couldn't hear, and couldn't move. She way screaming and thrashing anything she could, but we just held her down. It was awful, but on the bright side... they had two doing the cast today, so it went pretty quick. Hopefully they also got a good cast so it won't need to be done for a third time. It's been two long weeks of waiting and now two more. I just hope and pray that we aren't to late. It has to do something, right?
Otherwise, life is pretty much the same. Fall is going way to fast and before you know it, it'll be snowing. Yuck! Hopefully it'll be mild this winter.
My class reunion is coming up. The guy in charge is a total tool. He said he'd put an ad in the paper 3 weeks ago and still has not done it. All that know are the ones that have been told through word of mouth. Oh, well, it's just drinking at the local bowling alley, it's not even going to be a real reunion anyway.

Another two weeks...

I am steaming out my ears right now! I just got home from work and Jeremy informs me that after waiting two weeks for the flippin helmet, we need to go make another cast on Mon. Nobody was even going to call us, Jeremy had to call them! I am irate right now!!! Now, it'll be another two weeks and that puts us at 15 months. Two, maybe three months tops for $1500 dollars. Ugggghhhhh!

The secrets in the sauce.

Now for October's Giveaway:

The new Photoshop Elements 7!

After drooling over the amazing photography on Pioneer Woman, we looked into her secret: a good DSLR camera and Photoshop.

No need to spend hundreds on the Professional Version of Photoshop "P Dub" suggests Elements. And, a book to go with it. This software is amazing. And, the book tells you how to do everything. Step by Step.

To celebrate the new version, we are giving away:

*The new PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 7! This new version of the Photoshop Elements software is amazing. Take regular pictures to spectacular photos!

*And, to help you get it all figured out: Photoshop Elements 7: The Missing Manual.

If you are a Mac user, the prize is:

*PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 6 (which we swear by.)

*The Photoshop Elements 6 Book, which tells you how to anything step by step. (This book changed our lives.)

Same rules as September.

1. Comment here for entry #1

2. Post about contest on your blog and link back here for 5 additional entries.

3. Roll Call daily and earn a entry each day!

4. To win, you must have our button in our side bar. You can get the code here.

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Fall is here! I just love fall! I love the leaves and the crisp air! It's sad to think that summer is over!
I am very excited to be able to scrap on Sun with mom. We will be scrapping all day. A day that is much needed!
Haven't had anything to exciting happen since the last post. We've been waiting for Ella's doc to call us to let us know the helmet is in. They said up to two weeks and it's been 1 1/2. I'd be happy if it never came in, but I know it's for the best. I've been emotionally better about this, but the minute I see her in it I'm going to go off the deep end again! I hope I can hold myself together enough to keep Ella okay. The more mommy's upset the more shes going to get upset.
I'll keep ya posted.

Newest work

Here are a couple new things:

Photos

Her hair looks red in the sunlight, weird!



















Nothing cuter than a baby all suds up!

Playin outside.

Here's Ella playing with acorns. The last one is when I took the acorn away. Booo!

My new haircut.

Here is my new haircut. Not the best hair day, but you get the point...

New photos of the little peanut.

Playing in the front yard.
She was so proud of that dang corn cob.