Sore Already!

I have been busting hump all day! I am packing my room of massive stuff so I can get out of Jennifer's way. I wish I would have gotten hired back at Chickasha, but with the Economy the way it is these days they couldn't afford to renew my contract :(

I have interviewed in Ninnekah, and I am currently waiting on a phone call from the principal with a yay or nay! I a really excited about the possibilities and I can't wait to hear from him! I am going to be on pins and needles until I hear from him. Wish me luck!

I am going to leave you with a photo...

I love this little boy!

Enjoy your evening!

Only Crazy People Do This!!!

First of all, I need to apologize for my absence as of late. I have been so busy finishing final projects, taking my final exams, planning a graduation party, and cleaning up my classroom so I can move that I have not had any time to update my blog at all. I hope the pictures I have taken this weekend will make up for that!

A question...Who wakes up at 6:00am to go on a 6 mile hike on their first day of summer vacation? Only crazy people that's who! Well then, you know it was me! :) Saturday my womens' bible study group decided to hike a trail in the Wichita Mountains, (a 6 mile trail) and go out to eat afterward. It was an absolute blast. I am definitely paying for it today with my sore body, but it is amazing the hidden beauty in this world. Here are a few of my favorite shots from the day.

  This is my beautiful mother who did an amazing job!!

These are the wonderful ladies who braved my complaining! :)

This is my determined face...

 

My favorite wild flower we saw.

An Indian Paintbrush Oklahoma's state flower!

 

A beautiful field of yellow wild flowers, and my ugly mug :)

Mr. Butterfly landed just for me! I had been waiting on one to land for several miles. He was very patient and let me get very close to take his picture. 

I love the movement of the water in this picture...I think my photography is coming along!

On May 16th Jason graduated from OCU with his Juris Doctorate Degree! That means he has a law degree! Finally woo hoo!!! I was so proud of him as he marched across the stage to get choked by a professor with his hood :)

                                   

We are so proud of him!

Hopefully I will be able to update this blog a lot more frequently now that school is out for the summer! I can not wait to cook my new recipes and take photos to post. Thanks for stopping by and leave me a comment!

Spring has Sprung...

I let baby Jason go outside this past week to have some fun in the sun and boy did he ever!  He absolutely loved being outside and found plenty of acorns, grass, and sticks to play with. Enjoy a few of the photos from our playtime! Leave a comment please! :)                                                                       

                                                                                                                  

My sweet baby blue.

Goody Goody Gum Drops!!!

I know I am excited...I hope you are as excited as I am! Due to popular demand...I will be incorporating my photography ventures and sad attempts at cooking through this blog as well! (Thanks Mom...) I knew she would love this! :)

I am excited to start cooking new things starting April 2nd, and I will be trying to post a step by step photography instruction set as well as a recipe for you. I will for sure try to update it once a week until summer time, so check out Scrappy in the Kitchen coming soon!

Then I will be learning all about photography and just posting my results here in my Sweet Photography page. Be kind...I am new to this...but constructive criticism is always welcome!

We start back to school tomorrow, and although I have missed my babies terribly...all 20 of them...I am not looking forward to the mad crunch for testing. I hate this time of the year. All of the teachers get stressed out trying to prepare the kids and in turn it stresses the kids out. I feel that if you were doing your job all year you wouldn't need to have the cram it in session until testing in April. Alas, I do what is asked of me and I am just sad that we have had to use all of our snow days so now I know I will not get another "break" until summer. Wish me luck for a great week back! ~Keep it sweet and sprinkle it with scrappy!

Trying to figure it out...

Well, today has certainly been a perfect day for figuring out this blogging thing. It has been snowing since midnight last night. We are lucky that it hasn't stuck to the roads. It truly is beautiful.  I am so happy with the layout and header I found for my blog! It makes it look so much more crafty, you know like me! :)

I spent about 2 hours today sorting through all the years worth of printed pictures I have. I am lucky that I am not very old! I already have 2 300 pic. photo albums, 4 photo boxes, and a basket of unprinted photo cds that needed sorting. I am currently reading Stacy Julian's organizational book called Photo Freedom and I absolutely love it! I can see how not worrying about being chronologically correct is going to aid in my creative processes. I can not wait for this summer when I will have the time to finish the complete reorganization of my scraproom, photos and all!

My next goal is to try and get my cards posted on Etsy to see if I can make any money in my free time.
Until then keep it sweet...but definitely keep it scrappy!

Me? Write a book?

Do I really have what it takes? Me the girl who tries to be half-way intelligent and witty in what she writes for her own private audience...Do I have what it takes to write a book? A book that will actually be good to someone other than my mother?



God bless my husband's "pea pickin'" heart... I told him how I have a dream to be able to make money off of my creative talents and he comes up with the bright idea to write a book! What would it truly be about? Sketches for layouts and cards? How to juggle creative talents with everyday life? A silly memoir of a mother trying to make it in today's crazy hectic world? I am not really sure if I can even begin to fathom writing a book...but then again why not me?